The Washington Nationals went 86-76 in 2013, a .531 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 656 runs and allowed 626, a run differential of +30. The offence ranked 15th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.55 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 97 team wRC+ was 3% below league average — 18th of 30 in MLB. Jayson Werth led the position players at 5.0 WAR, and Jordan Zimmermann the rotation at a 3.25 ERA.
The 2013 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 10 games back. They spent 6 of 183 days in first place, led by as many as 1 game on April 4 and were as far as 16 games back on August 19. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 18-9, their worst July at 11-16. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from September 7 to September 13 and a 6-game losing streak from July 19 to July 24. They were 47-34 at home and 39-42 on the road, 28-24 in one-run games and 24-41 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 against the Mets on July 28; the heaviest defeat, 15-0 at the Reds 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
14
.481
96
115
-19
May
15
13
.536
97
100
-3
June
13
13
.500
102
99
+3
July
11
16
.407
106
124
-18
August
16
11
.593
128
109
+19
Sept/Oct
18
9
.667
127
79
+48
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
39-42
.481
One-run games
28-24
.538
Extra innings
7-8
.467
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
24-41
.369
Decided by 5+ runs
21-18
.538
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2013
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2013. 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
32,746
33,002
24,394
45,274
Night
52
30,931
31,024
24,394
41,816
Day
29
35,999
36,719
25,062
45,274
Weekend
40
35,152
34,791
27,831
41,992
Weekday
41
30,398
29,986
24,394
45,274
On the road
81
30,597
30,390
15,933
51,729
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
31,813
May
10
35,968
Jun
12
34,335
Jul
18
33,476
Aug
14
30,458
Sep
11
31,156
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 162 completed games, 2013.
Regulation
2:53
147 games
All games
2:57
Extra innings
3:40
15 of them
Longest
4:07
2013-07-20, 10 inn
Shortest
2:08
2013-04-26
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
162
2:57
2:57
2:01
5:29
Regulation
147
2:53
2:53
2:01
3:39
Extra innings
15
3:40
3:33
3:05
5:29
Home
81
2:57
2:55
2:08
4:07
Road
81
2:58
2:58
2:01
5:29
Day
52
3:03
3:04
2:10
4:04
Night
110
2:54
2:53
2:01
5:29
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
16
2:47
May
10
2:50
Jun
12
2:59
Jul
18
3:09
Aug
14
2:53
Sep
11
2:58
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 173 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 86-76, a .531 win rate, while their +30 run differential implies .521. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
