{"id":18423,"date":"2024-04-05T15:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18423"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:37:52","slug":"nats-opening-day-stats-and-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=18423","title":{"rendered":"Nats Opening Day Stats and History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One random little artifact I maintain for some reason is a collection of our Opening Day and Home Opener data.  Now that we&#8217;re past both, here&#8217;s that information for review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Home Opener Attendances through the years<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024: 40,405 (4:05 tues game, 53, cloudy, slight wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023: 35,756 (105 thurs game, 45 degrees and sunny)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: 35,052 (7:05 thurs game (pushed back from 4:05, then delayed to 8:21 weather. 52 degrees, cloudy, rainy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: 4,801 (4:05 tuesday game, 74 degrees, partly cloudy, 5mph wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: 0 (7:09 thurs game, 90, partly cloudy, 7mph wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: 42,263 (1:07 thurs game, 56, partly cloudy, no wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: 42,477 (1:08 thurs game, 42, partly cloudy, slight wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017: 42,744 (1:05 monday game, 66 and cloudy, slight wind)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016: 41,650 (4:05 thursday game, 60 and 1.5hr rain delay)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: 42,295 (4:05 monday game, 75 and gorgeous)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: 42,834 (1:05 friday game, 50s and overcast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013: 45,274 (1:05 monday game, 60 and beautiful)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012: 40,907 (1:05 thursday game 56, partly cloudy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011: 39,055 (1:05 thursday game, 41 degrees and overcast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: 41,290 (1pm game monday, beautiful weather 80s and sunny): This was Phillies Invasaion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: 40,386 (3pm game on a monday, chilly 53degr and overcast).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: 39,389 (season and stadium opener), 8pm sunday night, Braves, nat&#8217;l tv clear but cold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007: 40,389 (in rfk, 1pm game vs Florida, 72degrees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: 40,516 (in rfk, tuesday day game vs Mets, 72degr and sunny)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: 45,596 (in rfk, debut of entire franchise, 62degr and clear, evening game).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2024 was decent weather, compared to a few of these years.  It&#8217;s amazing  how we&#8217;ve had opening day be 41, and one year it was 90.  That&#8217;s a 50-degree swing.  DC Weather.  It was good to see a bump up in attendance this year after the last couple of years, but it&#8217;s also a bummer to see how little the team has capitalized on its 2019 championship.  Look, for example, what happened on Opening Day 2013 the year after the team won 98 games: it was damn near a record for the stadium (which, as far as I can tell, still remains 2012 NLDS Game 5, or the &#8220;Storen&#8221; game, of 45,966).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Home opener Results and Box Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nats are just 6-14 all time through 2024 in their home openers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024: L 8-4, 40,405. attendance. https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/pirates-vs-nationals\/2024\/04\/01\/744875\/final\/box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023: L 7-2. 35,756 attendance. https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/braves-vs-nationals\/2023\/03\/30\/718780<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: L 5-1, 35,052 attendance: https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/mets-vs-nationals\/2022\/04\/07\/662571\/final\/box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: W 6-5: 4,801 attendance: https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/braves-vs-nationals\/2021\/04\/06\/634624#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=634624<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: L 4-1: 0 attendance: https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/yankees-vs-nationals\/2020\/07\/23\/630851#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=630851<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: L 2-0: 42,263: https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/mets-vs-nationals\/2019\/03\/28\/565895#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=wrap,game=565895<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: L 8-2 42,477 https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/mets-vs-nationals\/2018\/04\/05\/529504#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=wrap,game=529504<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017: https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201704030.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016: http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2016_04_07_miamlb_wasmlb_1#game=2016_04_07_miamlb_wasmlb_1,game_state=Wrapup,game_tab=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2015_04_06_nynmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2014_04_04_atlmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box&amp;c_id=was#gid=2014_04_04_atlmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2013_04_01_miamlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=recap&amp;c_id=was#gid=2013_04_01_miamlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_12_cinmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=wrap&amp;c_id=mlb#gid=2012_04_12_cinmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2011_03_31_atlmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=wrap&amp;c_id=mlb#gid=2011_03_31_atlmlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/mlb\/gameday\/index.jsp?gid=2010_04_05_phimlb_wasmlb_1&amp;mode=wrap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/wrap.jsp?ymd=20090413&amp;content_id=4251894&amp;vkey=wrapup2005&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;team=home&amp;c_id=was<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/wrap.jsp?ymd=20080330&amp;content_id=2467836&amp;vkey=wrapup2005&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;team=home&amp;c_id=was<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/wrap.jsp?ymd=20070402&amp;content_id=1874785&amp;vkey=wrapup2005&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;team=home&amp;c_id=was<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/news\/wrap.jsp?ymd=20060411&amp;content_id=1394878&amp;vkey=wrapup2005&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;team=home&amp;c_id=was<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: http:\/\/nationals.mlb.com\/news\/wrap.jsp?ymd=20050414&amp;content_id=1015977&amp;vkey=wrapup2004&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=was<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nats Season Openers.<\/strong><br>We are slightly better in Season openers: Record: 8-12.  We&#8217;ve been  home 12 times, away 8 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024: Away: Reds d Nats 8-2. WP: Montas. LP Grey (Starters: Grey, Montes). https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/nationals-vs-reds\/2024\/03\/28\/746737\/final\/wrap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023: Home: Braves d Nationals 7-2. WP: Luetge, LP Corbin (starters: Fried, Corbin): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/braves-vs-nationals\/2023\/03\/30\/718780<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022: Home: Mets d Nationals 5-1. WP: Megill, LP Corbin (starters same): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/mets-vs-nationals\/2022\/04\/07\/662571\/final\/box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: Home: Nationals d Braves 6-5. WP: Hudson, LP Smith (starters Scherzer v Smyly): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/braves-vs-nationals\/2021\/04\/06\/634624#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=634624<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020: Home: Yankees d Nationals 4-1. WP: Cole, LP Scherzer (starters same): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/yankees-vs-nationals\/2020\/07\/23\/630851#game_state=final,game_tab=,game=630851<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019: Home: Mets d Nationals 2-0. WP: deGrom, LP Scherzer (starters same): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/mets-vs-nationals\/2019\/03\/28\/565895#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565895<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018: Away: Nats d Reds 2-0. WP Scherzer, LP Bailey (starters same): https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/nationals-vs-reds\/2018\/03\/30\/529420#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=wrap,game=529420<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017: home: Nats d Marlins 4-2. WP Strasburg, LP Phelps (Starters Strasburg, Volquez): https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201704030.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016: away: Nats d Braves 4-3. WP Treinen, LP O&#8217;Flarity (starters Scherzer, Teheran): http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/ATL\/ATL201604040.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015: home: Mets d Nats 3-1. WP: Bartolo Colon. LP: Max Scherzer http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201504060.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014: away: Nats d Mets 9-7. WP Aaron Barrett, LP Familia (starters Strasburg, dillon Gee): http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYN\/NYN201403310.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013: home: Nats d Marlins 2-0. WP: Stephen Strasburg. LP: Ricky Nolasco. http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201304010.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012: away: Nats d Cubs 2-1. WP Clippard, LP Marmol (starters: Strasburg and Ryan Dempster): http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/CHN\/CHN201204050.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2011: home: Braves d Nats 2-0. WP: Derek Lowe. LP: Livan Hernandez. http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201103310.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010: home: Phillies d Nats 11-1. WP: Roy Halladay. LP: John Lannan http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS201004050.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009: away: Marlins d Nats 12-6. WP: Nolasco, LP; Lannan http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/FLO\/FLO200904060.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008: home: Nats d Braves 3-2. WP: Jon Rauch. LP: Peter Moylan (Starters: Tim Hudson and Odalis Perez) http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS200803300.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007: home: Marlins d Nats 9-2. WP: Dontrelle Willis. LP: John Patterson http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/WAS\/WAS200704020.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2006: away: Mets d Nats 3-2. WP: Glavine, LP: Hernandez. http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/NYN\/NYN200604030.shtml<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005: away: Phillies d Nats 8-4. WP: Lieber, LP: Hernandez. http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/boxes\/PHI\/PHI200504040.shtml<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One random little artifact I maintain for some reason is a collection of our Opening Day and Home Opener data. Now that we&#8217;re past both, here&#8217;s that information for review. Home Opener Attendances through the years 2024 was decent weather, compared to a few of these years. It&#8217;s amazing how we&#8217;ve had opening day be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsgeneral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18424,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423\/revisions\/18424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}