The Washington Nationals went 77-85 in 2026, a .475 winning percentage — 19th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 821 runs and allowed 815, a run differential of +6. The offence ranked the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.74 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ was 2% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. CJ Abrams led the position players at 5.3 WAR, and Cade Cavalli the rotation at a 3.02 ERA.
The 2026 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 4th in the NL East, 17 games back. They spent 3 of 186 days in first place and were as far as 19.5 games back on September 10. Their best month was May at 16-12, their worst August at 11-18. The longest runs were a 4-game winning streak from May 23 to May 26 and a 7-game losing streak from July 29 to August 4. They were 39-42 at home and 38-43 on the road, 18-22 in one-run games and 33-48 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 23-4 at the Athletics on July 17; the heaviest defeat, 15-1 at the Reds on May 14.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
15
17
.469
175
185
-10
May
16
12
.571
149
138
+11
June
13
14
.481
136
128
+8
July
11
13
.458
142
128
+14
August
11
18
.379
124
128
-4
Sept/Oct
11
11
.500
95
108
-13
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
39-42
.481
Road
38-43
.469
One-run games
18-22
.450
Extra innings
9-5
.643
Within the division
18-34
.346
Against .500+ clubs
33-48
.407
Decided by 5+ runs
27-28
.491
Last 10
6-4
.600
National League East standings, 2026
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National League East, 2026. 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
22,705
21,116
10,746
41,161
Night
45
21,176
19,764
10,746
38,912
Day
36
24,616
23,902
12,686
41,161
Weekend
39
27,734
26,715
17,061
41,161
Weekday
42
18,035
17,631
10,746
29,611
On the road
81
28,185
28,624
9,088
54,211
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
22,403
May
16
23,326
Jun
13
22,220
Jul
15
25,269
Aug
14
20,170
Sep
10
22,439
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, 2026.
Regulation
2:44
148 games
All games
2:47
Extra innings
3:20
14 of them
Longest
4:08
2026-05-18, 12 inn
Shortest
2:14
2026-06-14
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
2:47
2:46
2:13
4:08
Regulation
148
2:44
2:43
2:13
3:28
Extra innings
14
3:20
3:15
2:27
4:08
Home
81
2:49
2:50
2:14
4:08
Road
81
2:44
2:41
2:13
4:00
Day
69
2:46
2:45
2:14
3:32
Night
93
2:47
2:46
2:13
4:08
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
13
2:51
May
16
2:48
Jun
13
2:46
Jul
15
2:56
Aug
14
2:49
Sep
10
2:44
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 77-85, a .475 win rate, while their +6 run differential implies .503. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.
