The Washington Nationals went 69-93 in 2010, a .426 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 655 runs and allowed 742, a run differential of -87. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.09 staff ERA was 14th of 30. Their 94 team wRC+ was 6% below league average — 21st of 30 in MLB. Ryan Zimmerman led the position players at 5.5 WAR, and Livan Hernandez the rotation at a 3.66 ERA.
The 2010 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 28 games back. They were as far as 29 games back on October 2. Their best month was March/April at 13-10, their worst June at 8-19. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from September 21 to September 24 and a 6-game losing streak from June 15 to June 20. They were 41-40 at home and 28-53 on the road, 20-28 in one-run games and 30-45 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-4 at the Astros on May 31; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 against the Phillies on April 5.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
13
10
.565
100
108
-8
May
13
16
.448
130
132
-2
June
8
19
.296
91
123
-32
July
12
13
.480
108
110
-2
August
11
18
.379
111
139
-28
Sept/Oct
12
17
.414
115
130
-15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
41-40
.506
Road
28-53
.346
One-run games
20-28
.417
Extra innings
3-10
.231
Within the division
30-42
.417
Against .500+ clubs
30-45
.400
Decided by 5+ runs
19-30
.388
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2010
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2010. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
22,569
21,168
10,999
41,290
Night
52
21,434
19,788
10,999
40,325
Day
29
24,603
21,695
14,633
41,290
Weekend
39
25,590
23,824
16,788
40,325
Weekday
42
19,764
18,086
10,999
41,290
On the road
81
29,665
28,635
13,169
45,438
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
19,777
May
11
21,922
Jun
12
28,340
Jul
15
26,967
Aug
14
22,294
Sep
16
17,070
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 161 completed games, 2010.
Regulation
2:54
148 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:25
13 of them
Longest
4:35
2010-08-26, 13 inn
Shortest
2:19
2010-06-08
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
161
2:57
2:55
2:03
4:35
Regulation
148
2:54
2:53
2:03
3:53
Extra innings
13
3:25
3:17
2:35
4:35
Home
81
2:57
2:55
2:19
4:35
Road
80
2:56
2:56
2:03
4:14
Day
57
3:00
2:57
2:21
4:20
Night
104
2:55
2:54
2:03
4:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
3:00
May
11
3:03
Jun
12
2:49
Jul
15
2:57
Aug
14
3:01
Sep
16
2:52
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 174 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 69-93, a .426 win rate, while their -87 run differential implies .443. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
