The Washington Nationals went 71-91 in 2023, a .438 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 700 runs and allowed 845, a run differential of -145. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.03 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. CJ Abrams led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Hunter Harvey the rotation at a 2.82 ERA.
The 2023 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 5th in the NL East, 33 games back. They were as far as 34 games back on September 28. Their best month was August at 17-11, their worst Sept/Oct at 9-18. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from August 2 to August 6 and a 6-game losing streak from June 3 to June 10. They were 34-47 at home and 37-44 on the road, 28-21 in one-run games and 39-63 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-3 against the White Sox on September 20; the heaviest defeat, 16-1 against the Pirates on April 29.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
10
17
.370
104
130
-26
May
14
15
.483
136
138
-2
June
9
16
.360
95
128
-33
July
12
14
.462
126
157
-31
August
17
11
.607
120
135
-15
Sept/Oct
9
18
.333
119
157
-38
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
34-47
.420
Road
37-44
.457
One-run games
28-21
.571
Extra innings
6-2
.750
Within the division
19-33
.365
Against .500+ clubs
39-63
.382
Decided by 5+ runs
14-26
.350
Last 10
4-6
.400
National League East standings, 2023
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2023. 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
23,035
22,379
2,473
38,853
Night
43
22,344
22,223
2,473
36,297
Day
38
23,816
23,340
10,064
38,853
Weekend
41
25,948
26,196
2,473
38,853
Weekday
40
20,049
19,019
10,064
36,290
On the road
80
29,230
30,198
7,752
48,230
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
35,756
Apr
13
19,604
May
14
20,379
Jun
12
23,831
Jul
14
22,131
Aug
12
22,388
Sep
15
28,364
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, 2023.
Regulation
2:39
154 games
All games
2:41
Extra innings
3:09
8 of them
Longest
3:19
2023-05-25, 9 inn
Shortest
1:55
2023-05-04
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
2:41
2:38
1:50
3:28
Regulation
154
2:39
2:37
1:50
3:19
Extra innings
8
3:09
3:14
2:43
3:28
Home
81
2:41
2:37
1:55
3:19
Road
81
2:40
2:38
1:50
3:28
Day
67
2:39
2:35
1:50
3:19
Night
95
2:42
2:41
2:09
3:28
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:07
Apr
13
2:36
May
14
2:39
Jun
12
2:41
Jul
14
2:37
Aug
12
2:41
Sep
15
2:50
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 159 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -145 run differential implies .415. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.
