The Washington Nationals went 96-66 in 2014, a .593 winning percentage — the third best record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 555, a run differential of +131. The offence ranked 9th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.05 staff ERA was the best. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rendon led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Jordan Zimmermann the rotation at a 2.66 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 17 games clear. They spent 111 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 17 games on September 26 and were as far as 4 games back on April 27. Their best month was Sept/Oct at 19-8, their worst May at 11-15. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from August 12 to August 21 and a 4-game losing streak from May 21 to May 24. They were 51-30 at home and 45-36 on the road, 26-22 in one-run games and 23-23 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-0 against the Cubs on July 5; the heaviest defeat, 11-2 at the Marlins on April 15.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
12
.571
126
108
+18
May
11
15
.423
96
98
-2
June
17
11
.607
109
82
+27
July
14
10
.583
111
88
+23
August
19
10
.655
135
95
+40
Sept/Oct
19
8
.704
109
84
+25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
51-30
.630
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
26-22
.542
Extra innings
8-9
.471
Within the division
45-31
.592
Against .500+ clubs
23-23
.500
Decided by 5+ runs
26-17
.605
Last 10
8-2
.800
2014 postseason
In October the Washington Nationals lost the NLDS to the Giants 3-1.
NLDS vs Giants1-3 L
Game 1, October 3 L 2-3 vs Giants
Game 2, October 4 L 1-2 vs Giants
Game 3, October 6 W 4-1 at Giants
Game 4, October 7 L 2-3 at Giants
National League East standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2014. 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
31,844
32,311
20,869
42,834
Night
49
30,280
29,233
21,190
42,181
Day
32
34,239
34,542
20,869
42,834
Weekend
40
35,072
35,125
25,497
42,834
Weekday
41
28,695
28,629
20,869
42,181
On the road
81
29,864
30,149
16,555
45,325
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
28,906
May
13
31,399
Jun
11
32,978
Jul
10
35,291
Aug
17
33,171
Sep
13
30,787
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, 2014.
Regulation
2:58
145 games
All games
3:05
Extra innings
4:04
17 of them
Longest
4:58
2014-05-19, 15 inn
Shortest
2:01
2014-09-28
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
3:05
3:00
2:01
5:34
Regulation
145
2:58
2:57
2:01
3:56
Extra innings
17
4:04
3:49
2:32
5:34
Home
81
3:08
3:02
2:01
4:58
Road
81
3:02
2:57
2:03
5:34
Day
54
3:01
2:54
2:01
5:34
Night
108
3:07
3:02
2:03
5:22
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
17
3:07
May
13
3:09
Jun
11
3:10
Jul
10
3:14
Aug
17
3:09
Sep
13
3:03
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 178 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 96-66, a .593 win rate, while their +131 run differential implies .596. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
