The Washington Nationals went 97-65 in 2017, a .599 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 819 runs and allowed 672, a run differential of +147. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.88 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rendon led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.51 ERA.
The 2017 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the NL East, 20 games clear. They spent 178 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 21 games on September 14 and were as far as 1.5 games back on April 13. Their best month was March/April at 17-8, their worst June at 14-14. The longest runs were a 7-game winning streak from April 16 to April 23 and a 4-game losing streak from May 17 to May 20. They were 47-34 at home and 50-31 on the road, 30-21 in one-run games and 23-19 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 23-5 against the Mets on April 30; the heaviest defeat, 17-3 at the Phillies on April 8.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
8
.680
170
122
+48
May
16
11
.593
116
99
+17
June
14
14
.500
161
138
+23
July
16
8
.667
128
100
+28
August
18
11
.621
129
98
+31
Sept/Oct
16
13
.552
115
115
0
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
47-34
.580
Road
50-31
.617
One-run games
30-21
.588
Extra innings
7-4
.636
Within the division
47-29
.618
Against .500+ clubs
23-19
.548
Decided by 5+ runs
32-16
.667
Last 10
5-5
.500
National League East standings, 2017
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2017. 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
31,173
31,738
18,881
42,744
Night
49
29,685
29,651
20,624
41,681
Day
32
33,450
34,139
18,881
42,744
Weekend
40
33,636
33,619
20,624
40,139
Weekday
41
28,770
28,909
18,881
42,744
On the road
81
29,968
28,916
14,390
46,289
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
32,211
May
13
28,956
Jun
14
34,153
Jul
12
33,571
Aug
16
27,945
Sep
13
30,634
Oct
1
35,652
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, 2017.
Regulation
3:07
151 games
All games
3:09
Extra innings
3:42
11 of them
Longest
4:22
2017-10-01, 9 inn
Shortest
2:16
2017-09-10
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
3:09
3:07
2:12
4:22
Regulation
151
3:07
3:05
2:12
4:22
Extra innings
11
3:42
3:43
3:18
4:14
Home
81
3:11
3:10
2:16
4:22
Road
81
3:07
3:02
2:12
3:53
Day
56
3:13
3:14
2:16
4:22
Night
106
3:07
3:05
2:12
3:54
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
3:13
May
13
3:06
Jun
14
3:21
Jul
12
3:12
Aug
16
3:05
Sep
13
3:03
Oct
1
4:22
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +147 run differential implies .590. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
