The Washington Nationals went 83-79 in 2015, a .512 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 703 runs and allowed 635, a run differential of +68. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.63 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Bryce Harper led the position players at 9.6 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
The 2015 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL East, 7 games back. They spent 63 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 4.5 games on July 4 and were as far as 9.5 games back on September 12. Their best month was May at 18-9, their worst August at 12-17. The longest runs were an 8-game winning streak from June 19 to June 28 and a 6-game losing streak from April 22 to April 27. They were 46-35 at home and 37-44 on the road, 22-22 in one-run games and 28-37 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 15-1 against the Braves on September 3; the heaviest defeat, 8-0 at the Marlins on April 25.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
13
.435
103
107
-4
May
18
9
.667
125
105
+20
June
15
12
.556
114
96
+18
July
11
13
.458
78
80
-2
August
12
17
.414
135
137
-2
Sept/Oct
17
15
.531
148
110
+38
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
46-35
.568
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
22-22
.500
Extra innings
9-2
.818
Within the division
44-32
.579
Against .500+ clubs
28-37
.431
Decided by 5+ runs
29-20
.592
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2015
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2015. 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
32,344
31,608
23,192
42,295
Night
48
30,750
30,402
23,536
41,693
Day
33
34,661
34,488
23,192
42,295
Weekend
39
34,645
33,622
23,536
41,722
Weekday
42
30,207
28,768
23,192
42,295
On the road
80
30,231
31,845
10,216
49,384
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
30,174
May
11
34,324
Jun
15
34,262
Jul
11
36,656
Aug
16
31,986
Sep
18
28,423
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, 2015.
Regulation
2:52
151 games
All games
2:54
Extra innings
3:33
11 of them
Longest
3:56
2015-08-05, 9 inn
Shortest
2:13
2015-06-03
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
2:54
2:52
2:12
3:59
Regulation
151
2:52
2:51
2:12
3:56
Extra innings
11
3:33
3:25
3:10
3:59
Home
81
2:55
2:54
2:13
3:56
Road
81
2:54
2:52
2:12
3:59
Day
56
2:54
2:53
2:17
3:50
Night
106
2:54
2:52
2:12
3:59
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
10
2:45
May
11
2:48
Jun
15
2:47
Jul
11
2:52
Aug
16
3:06
Sep
18
3:04
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 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 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +68 run differential implies .546. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
