Washington Nationals: First Place Clinch

Washington does not have a first-place clinch number.

Here are the final standings of a scenario in which Washington wins all 26 of their remaining games (89 total), but does not clinch first place.

In this scenario Washington finishes tied at 89 wins with 1 team. Head-to-head:

  • Miami: Washington loses the season series 5-8, so Miami holds the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Whether they are still alive is shown by their FPE number.

Final standings for this scenario

TeamWinsLossesPCTGB
ATL 95 67 0.586 0
PHI 90 72 0.556 5
MIA 89 73 0.549 6
WSH 89 73 0.549 6
NYM 76 86 0.469 19

Current standings

TeamWinsLossesGLPCTGB
AtlantaATL 79 55 28 0.590 0
PhiladelphiaPHI 74 60 28 0.552 5
MiamiMIA 68 66 28 0.507 11
WashingtonWSH 63 73 26 0.463 17
NY MetsNYM 60 74 28 0.448 19

How the remaining games play out

Each page shows one team's remaining series in this scenario. Green: they win the season series. Red: they lose it. Gray: the series ends tied. The tiebreak verdicts are in the blocks above, and this opens on Washington, where the rivals those notes name are outlined.

TeamCurrent WinsCurrent LossesScenario WinsScenario LossesScenario Results
MIA 8 2 0 3 8-5
NYM 6 7 0 0 6-7
PHI 5 1 0 7 5-8
WSH 8 3 0 2 8-5
ATL 2 8 3 0 5-8
NYM 6 4 0 3 6-7
PHI 5 8 0 0 5-8
WSH 8 1 0 4 8-5
ATL 7 6 0 0 7-6
MIA 4 6 3 0 7-6
PHI 4 5 0 4 4-9
WSH 6 4 0 3 6-7
ATL 1 5 7 0 8-5
MIA 8 5 0 0 8-5
NYM 5 4 4 0 9-4
WSH 8 3 0 2 8-5
ATL 3 8 2 0 5-8
MIA 1 8 4 0 5-8
NYM 4 6 3 0 7-6
PHI 3 8 2 0 5-8
TeamCurrent WinsCurrent LossesScenario WinsScenario LossesScenario Results
Full head-to-head summary for this scenario

Final season series between every pair in this scenario, colored for the row team: green won the series, red lost it, gray tied it. Who wins a tied series is a tiebreaker question, answered in the head-to-head notes above. Washington's row and column are highlighted, and cells in that row are outlined where a note names the pair: solid where the series settled the tie, dashed where it did not.

National League East

Team ATLPHIMIAWSHNYM
ATL - 5 - 8 8 - 5 8 - 5 6 - 7
PHI 8 - 5 - 8 - 5 8 - 5 9 - 4
MIA 5 - 8 5 - 8 - 8 - 5 6 - 7
WSH 5 - 8 5 - 8 5 - 8 - 7 - 6
NYM 7 - 6 4 - 9 7 - 6 6 - 7 -