The Washington Nationals went 71-91 in 2024, a .438 winning percentage — 25th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 660 runs and allowed 764, a run differential of -104. The offence ranked 25th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.36 staff ERA was 25th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 25th of 30 in MLB. CJ Abrams led the position players at 3.8 WAR, and MacKenzie Gore the rotation at a 3.90 ERA.
The 2024 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 24 games back. They spent 1 of 187 days in first place and were as far as 25 games back on September 26. Their best month was March/April at 14-15, their worst July at 10-16. The longest runs were a 5-game winning streak from June 7 to June 12 and a 5-game losing streak from May 14 to May 19. They were 38-43 at home and 33-48 on the road, 14-23 in one-run games and 38-67 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-3 at the Cardinals on July 27; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 at the Diamondbacks on July 30.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
15
.483
118
129
-11
May
12
15
.444
105
109
-4
June
13
14
.481
118
118
0
July
10
16
.385
121
160
-39
August
12
15
.444
112
120
-8
Sept/Oct
10
16
.385
86
128
-42
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
38-43
.469
Road
33-48
.407
One-run games
14-23
.378
Extra innings
5-12
.294
Within the division
25-27
.481
Against .500+ clubs
38-67
.362
Decided by 5+ runs
18-27
.400
Last 10
3-7
.300
National League East standings, 2024
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2024. 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
24,288
23,303
11,135
40,405
Night
44
23,758
22,928
13,299
39,235
Day
37
24,918
24,185
11,135
40,405
Weekend
39
26,756
25,456
18,265
39,235
Weekday
42
21,996
20,752
11,135
40,405
On the road
80
28,044
29,838
3,330
52,718
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
25,042
May
11
24,600
Jun
13
26,331
Jul
14
25,387
Aug
18
22,868
Sep
13
22,064
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, 2024.
Regulation
2:34
145 games
All games
2:37
Extra innings
2:57
17 of them
Longest
3:35
2024-05-08, 12 inn
Shortest
1:58
2024-07-04
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
2:37
2:35
1:58
3:35
Regulation
145
2:34
2:34
1:58
3:20
Extra innings
17
2:57
2:52
2:28
3:35
Home
81
2:37
2:35
1:58
3:35
Road
81
2:36
2:36
2:04
3:20
Day
73
2:34
2:34
1:58
3:26
Night
89
2:39
2:37
2:04
3:35
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
12
2:44
May
11
2:38
Jun
13
2:24
Jul
14
2:43
Aug
18
2:42
Sep
13
2:30
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 154 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 -104 run differential implies .433. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
