The Washington Nationals went 65-97 in 2021, a .401 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 820, a run differential of -96. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.67 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Juan Soto led the position players at 7.2 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.46 ERA.
The 2021 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 23.5 games back. They spent 2 of 181 days in first place and were as far as 23.5 games back on October 3. Their best month was June at 19-9, their worst August at 7-20. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 13 to June 18 and a 7-game losing streak from August 8 to August 15. They were 35-46 at home and 30-51 on the road, 22-26 in one-run games and 27-58 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 18-1 against the Marlins on July 19; the heaviest defeat, 24-8 against the Padres on July 16.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
12
.455
77
98
-21
May
11
17
.393
111
116
-5
June
19
9
.679
131
103
+28
July
8
18
.308
135
165
-30
August
7
20
.259
123
161
-38
Sept/Oct
10
21
.323
147
177
-30
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
35-46
.432
Road
30-51
.370
One-run games
22-26
.458
Extra innings
2-11
.154
Within the division
30-46
.395
Against .500+ clubs
27-58
.318
Decided by 5+ runs
15-20
.429
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League East standings, 2021
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2021. 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
80
18,319
17,074
4,801
42,064
Night
44
18,507
17,390
6,666
42,064
Day
36
18,090
15,931
4,801
41,465
Weekend
42
22,460
23,243
8,056
42,064
Weekday
38
13,742
15,931
4,801
22,575
On the road
79
17,527
16,021
1,274
38,300
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
6,660
May
17
10,322
Jun
14
19,543
Jul
12
28,076
Aug
12
21,103
Sep
12
20,424
Oct
3
35,991
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 161 completed games, 2021.
Regulation
3:11
148 games
All games
3:14
Extra innings
3:42
13 of them
Longest
4:15
2021-07-16, 9 inn
Shortest
2:06
2021-05-29
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
161
3:14
3:14
2:06
4:24
Regulation
148
3:11
3:11
2:06
4:19
Extra innings
13
3:42
3:47
3:02
4:24
Home
80
3:10
3:08
2:06
4:15
Road
81
3:17
3:14
2:06
4:24
Day
67
3:13
3:11
2:06
4:19
Night
94
3:14
3:14
2:07
4:24
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
11
3:01
May
17
3:00
Jun
14
2:49
Jul
11
3:22
Aug
12
3:19
Sep
12
3:25
Oct
3
3:41
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 191 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 65-97, a .401 win rate, while their -96 run differential implies .443. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
