The Washington Nationals went 55-107 in 2022, a .340 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 603 runs and allowed 855, a run differential of -252. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.82 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Juan Soto led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Hunter Harvey the rotation at a 2.52 ERA.
The 2022 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 46 games back. They were as far as 46 games back on October 4. Their best month was June at 11-16, their worst July at 6-19. The longest runs were a 3-game winning streak from May 25 to May 28 and a 9-game losing streak from July 7 to July 16. They were 26-55 at home and 29-52 on the road, 17-22 in one-run games and 30-70 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-4 at the Giants on April 29; the heaviest defeat, 16-4 at the Braves on April 12.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
7
16
.304
84
123
-39
May
11
17
.393
122
154
-32
June
11
16
.407
109
147
-38
July
6
19
.240
78
137
-59
August
9
18
.333
92
140
-48
Sept/Oct
11
21
.344
118
154
-36
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
26-55
.321
Road
29-52
.358
One-run games
17-22
.436
Extra innings
3-7
.300
Within the division
17-59
.224
Against .500+ clubs
30-70
.300
Decided by 5+ runs
19-39
.328
Last 10
2-8
.200
National League East standings, 2022
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2022. 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
25,017
25,225
9,261
42,730
Night
47
24,787
24,785
11,720
36,841
Day
34
25,335
25,650
9,261
42,730
Weekend
41
27,738
26,111
15,501
42,730
Weekday
40
22,229
22,499
9,261
35,052
On the road
80
27,840
29,874
6,601
53,302
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
19,458
May
13
22,052
Jun
14
24,001
Jul
13
26,413
Aug
14
29,227
Sep
10
27,932
Oct
3
33,143
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 159 completed games, 2022.
Regulation
3:06
149 games
All games
3:08
Extra innings
3:40
10 of them
Longest
4:03
2022-08-12, 9 inn
Shortest
2:21
2022-08-28
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
159
3:08
3:07
2:18
4:03
Regulation
149
3:06
3:05
2:18
4:03
Extra innings
10
3:40
3:48
2:53
4:02
Home
80
3:08
3:05
2:21
4:03
Road
79
3:08
3:09
2:18
3:57
Day
61
3:09
3:05
2:21
4:02
Night
98
3:07
3:09
2:18
4:03
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
14
3:07
May
13
3:03
Jun
14
3:17
Jul
13
3:04
Aug
14
3:12
Sep
10
3:02
Oct
2
2:54
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 55-107, a .340 win rate, while their -252 run differential implies .345. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
