FRANCHISE WINNING PERCENTAGE (WP) SINCE ’69 Won NL East Division in second Highest WP: 0.649 during the is season’s WP is second highest Nationals 2012 season highlights half of 1981 strike season: .556 WP strike-shortened ’94 season in franchise history: .605 ird fewest runs allowed in majors 594 .500 Second lowest team ERA in majors 3.33 .321 Team batting average (in the top ten in majors) .261 NL EAST DIVISION Most home runs hit in franchise history (8th in majors) 194 CHAMPIONS Highest fielding percentage in franchise history .985 SEASON IN REVIEW 1969 ’75 ’80 ’85 MONTREAL EXPOS ’95 ’00 2005 NATIONALS 2012 Largest margin: 12 runs on Aug. 13 MARGIN OF VICTORY APRIL (14-8) MAY (15-13) JUNE (15-11) JULY (17-9) AUGUST (19-10) SEPTEMBER (16-12) OCT. RECORD W L 10 10 (2-1) 7 7 8 7 8 7 HOME 50 31 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 Won by 4 runs 5 5 4 4 4 98 WINS 4 4 4 4 AWAY 48 33 1 Height indicates margin of win or loss 9-INNING GAMES 85 57 1 EXTRA INNINGS 13 7 4 4 4 4 4 64 LOSSES 5 5 6 6 5 Biggest loss, 10 runs 6 BOLD: HOME 7 ITALIC: AWAY 8 9 8 CHC NYM CIN HOU MIA SD LAD ARI PHI PIT CIN SD PIT BAL PHI ATL MIA ATL NYM BOS TOR NYY TB BAL COL ATL SF COL MIA NYM ATL NYM MIL PHI MIA HOU ARI SF NYM ATL PHI MIA STL CHC MIA NYM ATL LAD MIL PHI STL PHI = 31 SERIES WINS AVG RUNS RUNS RUNS SCORED ALLOWED OPPONENT 1 4 4 4 2 0 2 1 1 8 3 0 2 11 0 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 5 4 1 3 1 9 5 4 2 3 1 9 5 6 4 5 2 6 3 1 2 4 4 4 2 5 3 5 0 3 6 3 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 7 5 4 5 2 2 2 1 2 4 5 5 11 4 7 4 3 4 5 5 1 4 1 2 0 5 4 3 9 11 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 10 8 3 0 4 5 7 1 4 2 3 0 1 5 7 2 6 4 4 2 2 4 1 5 4 4 4 9 4 1 0 10 3 1 5 1 2 9 6 8 1 3 0 2 5 5 1 7 1 4 4 6 2 6 4 3 12 4 10 2 2 1 3.7 594 NATIONALS 2 7 3 3 6 4 3 2 4 5 6 1 3 4 2 3 3 7 1 2 3 0 1 5 2 4 7 3 4 2 4 7 2 6 8 1 7 3 1 5 9 2 5 1 7 8 7 3 1 3 2 2 7 5 1 7 4 4 6 4 6 2 3 1 4 3 5 1 3 1 2 12 11 10 5 5 8 9 9 6 1 4 3 5 1 4 3 5 4 5 10 0 5 9 8 5 5 8 0 4 11 0 2 3 7 2 10 4 5 3 4 5 9 6 4 14 1 6 6 0 5 5 4 1 2 2 1 0 8 8 10 9 4 2 11 9 9 7 7 0 5 5 2 1 4 1 3 6 4 2 10 2 12 3 8 7 2 6 4 0 4 5 4.5 731 = 27-21 RECORD IN ONE-RUN GAMES +34 +30 +10 +20 W L games RECORD AGAINST 48 40 GAMES ABOVE .500 WINNING TEAMS The Nats were in first for 152 of 162 games. T T T (T = TIED FOR FIRST) T T T T Eight-game win Largest division lead is Finishes season four games streak is longest of the season 8.5 games on Sept. 12 ahead of the Atlanta Braves Quality starts: Starting pitchers went at least 6 IP and yielded three runs or less in 60 percent of their starts — third best percentage in the majors. Pitchers = WIN L = LOSS = COMPLETE GAME BS = BLOWN SAVE BL = BLOWN SAVE/LOSS S = SAVE INNINGS PITCHED: 1/3 1 3IP 6IP 9IP RUNS ALLOWED: 1 3 6 9 Jackson gave up 9 runs — the most allowed on the team — on Sept. 28. Selected to appearing in at Fewest in the majors All-Star team least 25 games TEAM LEADER, BY TYPE GAME 1 APRIL GAME 23 MAY GAME 51 JUNE GAME 77 JULY GAME 103 AUGUST GAME 132 SEPTEMBER OCT. OF PITCHER, IN BOLD ITALIC STRASBURG, NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH GONZALEZ, NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH ZIMMERMANN, NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH ERA WHIP SO/9 H/9 John Lannan replaces Strasburg in the rotation aer the ace is Stephen Strasburg (15-6) L L L L L L shut down for the season. Lannan is 2-1 (4-1 overall) in his place. 3.16 1.15 11.1 7.7 Gio Gonzalez (21-8) L L L L L L L L 2.89 1.13 9.4 6.7 Jordan Zimmermann (12-8) L L L L L L L L 2.94 1.17 7.0 8.6 STARTERS Edwin Jackson (10-11) L L L L L L L L L L L 4.03 1.22 8.0 8.2 Ross Detwiler (10-8) L L L L L L L L 3.40 1.22 5.8 8.2 Sean Burnett (1-2, 2 saves) S S L BS BS L 2.38 1.24 9.1 9.2 Michael Gonzalez (0-0) GONZALEZ IS CALLED UP FROM THE MINORS ON JUNE 3 BS BS 3.03 1.32 9.8 7.8 Tom Gorzelanny (4-2, 1 save) S L L 2.88 1.32 7.8 8.1 RELIEVERS Ryan Mattheus (5-3) L 15-DAY DISABLED LIST L L 2.85 1.15 5.6 7.7 Craig Stammen (6-1, 1 save) BS L S 2.34 1.20 8.9 7.1 Tyler Clippard (2-6, 32 saves) BL BL S S S S S S S S S S S S S S L BS S BS S S S S S S S BS S S S S S S S S L S S L BL 3.72 1.16 10.4 6.8 Drew Storen (3-1, 4 saves) STOREN MAKES HIS 2012 DEBUT ON JULY 19 AFTER HAVING SURGERY IN APRIL S L S S S 2.37 0.99 7.1 6.5 CLOSERS BS Players with at least One or two hits ree or four hits Each ring equals one home run White field indicates a hitting streak of five games or more A gap in the chart indicates the player either did not play or did not record an ocial at-bat 145 ocial at-bats TEAM LEADER GAME 1 APRIL GAME 23 MAY GAME 51 JUNE GAME 77 JULY GAME 103 AUGUST GAME 132 SEPTEMBER OCT. IN BOLD ITALIC AVG RBI OBP SLG DISABLED LIST FOR 25 GAMES Ian Desmond, SS .292 73 .335 .511 Danny Espinosa, 2B .247 56 .315 .402 INJURY Adam LaRoche, 1B .271 100 .343 .510 INFIELDERS Steve Lombardozzi, 2B/SS/3B/LF .273 27 .317 .354 15-DAY DISABLED LIST Ryan Zimmerman, 3B .282 95 .346 .478 ZIMMERMAN, NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK, JULY 16-22 Roger Bernadina, OF .291 25 .372 .405 Bryce Harper, CF MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT ON APRIL 28 .270 59 .340 .477 HARPER, NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Tyler Moore, LF MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT ON APRIL 29 .263 29 .327 .513 OUTFIELDERS Michael Morse, LF ON THE DISABLED LIST FOR 50 GAMES .291 62 .321 .470 Jayson Werth, RF ON THE DISABLED LIST FOR 75 GAMES .300 31 .387 .440 Jesus Flores .213 26 .248 .329 Kurt Suzuki ACQUIRED IN A TRADE FROM THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS ON AUG. 3 .267 25 .321 .404 CATCHERS Sources: baseball-reference.com, Washington Nationals, Major League Baseball BY TODD LINDEMAN/THE WASHINGTON POST.