The Washington Nationals went 80-81 in 2011, a .497 winning percentage — 15th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 624 runs and allowed 643, a run differential of -19. The offence ranked 24th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.63 staff ERA was 8th of 30. Their 93 team wRC+ was 7% below league average — 23rd of 30 in MLB. Michael Morse led the position players at 4.2 WAR, and Jordan Zimmermann the rotation at a 3.18 ERA.
The 2011 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 3rd in the NL East, 21.5 games back. They were as far as 28.5 games back on September 10. Their best month was June at 17-10, their worst May at 11-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from June 10 to June 18 and a 6-game losing streak from July 23 to July 29. They were 44-36 at home and 36-45 on the road, 27-27 in one-run games and 35-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 17-5 at the Orioles on May 20; the heaviest defeat, 11-1 at the Braves on July 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
12
14
.462
98
108
-10
May
11
17
.393
114
118
-4
June
17
10
.630
102
84
+18
July
11
15
.423
99
123
-24
August
12
15
.444
101
115
-14
Sept/Oct
17
10
.630
110
95
+15
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
44-36
.550
Road
36-45
.444
One-run games
27-27
.500
Extra innings
12-8
.600
Within the division
36-36
.500
Against .500+ clubs
35-37
.486
Decided by 5+ runs
12-15
.444
Last 10
8-2
.800
National League East standings, 2011
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2011. 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
78
24,878
22,715
13,413
44,685
Night
48
23,341
21,451
13,413
44,685
Day
30
27,337
24,367
18,356
41,727
Weekend
40
27,673
25,944
17,217
44,685
Weekday
38
21,936
21,264
13,413
39,055
On the road
81
29,478
30,314
9,520
45,762
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
39,055
Apr
13
17,930
May
11
21,675
Jun
10
26,967
Jul
17
24,153
Aug
13
24,945
Sep
15
28,356
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, 2011.
Regulation
2:51
141 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:38
20 of them
Longest
3:43
2011-05-13, 11 inn
Shortest
2:02
2011-05-02
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
2:54
2:02
5:15
Regulation
141
2:51
2:48
2:02
3:38
Extra innings
20
3:38
3:26
3:00
5:15
Home
80
2:53
2:50
2:02
3:43
Road
81
3:01
2:56
2:12
5:15
Day
57
2:59
2:56
2:16
5:15
Night
104
2:56
2:52
2:02
4:58
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
2:32
Apr
13
2:42
May
11
2:49
Jun
10
2:53
Jul
17
3:00
Aug
13
2:48
Sep
15
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 171 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 80-81, a .497 win rate, while their -19 run differential implies .486. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
