The Washington Nationals went 95-67 in 2016, a .586 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 763 runs and allowed 612, a run differential of +151. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.55 staff ERA was the third best. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Daniel Murphy led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.96 ERA.
The 2016 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 8 games clear. They spent 176 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 10.5 games on September 2 and were as far as 0.5 games back on May 8. Their best month was March/April at 16-7, their worst July at 13-12. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 10 to April 16 and a 7-game losing streak from June 18 to June 25. They were 50-31 at home and 45-36 on the road, 26-19 in one-run games and 31-29 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-1 at the Diamondbacks on August 1; the heaviest defeat, 14-4 against the Diamondbacks on September 26.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
16
7
.696
93
60
+33
May
16
14
.533
133
110
+23
June
16
11
.593
149
112
+37
July
13
12
.520
108
89
+19
August
17
11
.607
157
128
+29
Sept/Oct
17
12
.586
123
113
+10
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
50-31
.617
Road
45-36
.556
One-run games
26-19
.578
Extra innings
5-8
.385
Within the division
51-25
.671
Against .500+ clubs
31-29
.517
Decided by 5+ runs
30-10
.750
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League East standings, 2016
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2016. 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
30,641
30,747
17,161
42,000
Night
51
30,025
30,747
17,161
41,955
Day
30
31,688
31,149
21,144
42,000
Weekend
38
32,747
32,290
24,593
38,898
Weekday
43
28,781
27,153
17,161
42,000
On the road
81
29,664
30,137
15,273
48,282
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
26,145
May
14
32,013
Jun
10
35,722
Jul
15
32,922
Aug
13
33,028
Sep
15
25,283
Oct
2
30,183
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 160 completed games, 2016.
Regulation
3:03
147 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
4:22
13 of them
Longest
5:56
2016-04-24, 16 inn
Shortest
2:12
2016-04-13
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
160
3:09
3:04
2:11
5:56
Regulation
147
3:03
3:01
2:11
4:01
Extra innings
13
4:22
4:30
3:22
5:56
Home
80
3:09
3:00
2:12
5:56
Road
80
3:09
3:11
2:11
4:54
Day
54
3:16
3:03
2:29
5:56
Night
106
3:05
3:05
2:11
4:39
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:09
May
14
2:54
Jun
10
3:08
Jul
15
3:21
Aug
13
3:07
Sep
14
3:11
Oct
2
3:20
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +151 run differential implies .600. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
