Detroit Tigers vs Washington Nationals All-Time Record

Interleague
Detroit Tigers
Washington Nationals
Nationals lead Tigers18to16since 1997

Retrosheet history through 2025, plus 3 final games from the current feed.

2026 season series: Nationals lead 2-1

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At a glance

All-time since 1997 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Detroit Tigers vs Washington Nationals insights

Current-feed record
+1wins for Tigers
52% Tigers · 48% Nationals

Nationals have closed the gap since the 2023 schedule change: 8-4.

Recent form
8-12last 20
Nationals on a 2-game streak

Nationals won 4-2 on Sep 23, 2026

Where it matters
0Postseason games

No postseason meetings since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Tigers built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 12 of 19 decided meetings (63%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 4-8, or 33% to Tigers.

Tigers vs Nationals complete all-time series record

Detroit Tigers and Washington Nationals have met 34 times since 1997, never in the postseason. 3 meetings predate the current feed, which adds game-level detail from 2002.

History span
1997 to 2026
First and latest meeting
Before 2002
3
Meetings from the Retrosheet game logs
Since 2002
31
Meetings with game-level detail below
Win Percentage
16W
15W
DET
WSH
52%48%
Detroit TigersWashington Nationals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Sep 23
DET 2-4 WSH
WSH
Sep 22
DET 1-3 WSH
WSH
Sep 21
DET 9-2 WSH
DET
Jul 3
WSH 11-7 DET
WSH
Jul 2
WSH 2-11 DET
DET
Jul 2
WSH 9-4 DET
WSH
Jun 13
DET 7-2 WSH
DET
Jun 12
DET 5-7 WSH
WSH
Jun 11
DET 4-5 WSH
WSH
May 21
WSH 6-4 DET
WSH
Last Meeting
Sep 23, 2026Final
DET
2
HOME
WSH
4
AWAY
Nationalswon by2runs
Nationals' 2nd straight in this series·Game 31 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Washington Nationals: 2 consecutive wins
2
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.4 runs on average
3.4runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
DET↓Trending Down
Last 1030%
Archive since 200251.6%
WSH↑Trending Up
Last 1070%
Archive since 200248.4%
Last 10 Results
DET / WSH

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season31 games
16
15
No postseason meetings appear since 2002.
Detroit Tigers Biggest Win
15–1+14 runs
Jun 19, 2007
Washington Nationals Biggest Win
9–4+5 runs
Jul 2, 2025
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓DET ↕WSH ↕Games ↕
2026123
2025123
2024123
2023123
2019123
2016123
2013224
2010303
2007303
2002213
Home / Away Split
10-7DET HOME8-6WSH HOME
AWAY
6-8
DET
AWAY
7-10
WSH
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Detroit Tigers vs Washington Nationals all-time record, 1997 to 2025

Explore how this matchup changed by decade, where each lineup produced its runs, and the games that pushed the rivalry record book. This archive is a separate source window from the current-feed sections above, which start in 2002.

Games
31
Peak inning
EX
Record game
18 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 31 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 31 Retrosheet games from 1997 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.Small historical sample: 31 games. Era and inning rates describe these meetings, but should not be treated as a forecast.

Decade balance

Select an era to inspect pace, scoring and attendance.

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Open source archive

Betting Context

Betting context since 2002

How this pairing has settled: run margins, totals and break-even prices derived from its historical record. These are final-score frequencies, not results against a closing line. We do not hold historical sportsbook prices for these games.

Small sample: 31 decided meetings, under the 50 we treat as the floor for a stable rate. Read the figures below as description, not a forecast. Interleague pairs meet in short bursts, so a single series can move any percentage here by several points.

One-run games
29%

Share of the 31 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
71%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.4.

Average total
9.5runs

Final-score average without accounting for park, bullpen or weather.

Home side wins
58.1%

Share of decided meetings won by the listed home team.

Totals ladder

Where the combined score landed against the half-run lines a book normally posts. Half runs cannot push, so every meeting falls on one side.

LineOverUnderOver rate
7.52110
67.7%
8.52110
67.7%
9.5Closest to even1615
51.6%

Fair price from the base rate

The decimal price that corresponds exactly to each club's win share in this archive. It describes the record and does not estimate the next game.

Detroit Tigers
16 W · 51.6%1.94
Washington Nationals
15 W · 48.4%2.07

A base rate is not a forecast. Starting pitchers, lineups, injuries and venue all matter more to a single game than a multi-season head-to-head record.

Last 20 meetings vs full history

One-run games
25%vs 29% full archive
-4% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
75%vs 71% full archive
+4% in the last 20
Average total
9.3 runsvs 9.5 runs full archive
-0.2 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2013 to 2026. The comparison shows whether the last 20 final scores differ from the longer archive, without assigning a cause or predicting what comes next.

View the break-even percentages in another odds format with the odds converter, or compare current prices for Tigers and Nationals in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Detroit Tigers vs Washington Nationals

How do recent Detroit Tigers vs Washington Nationals results compare with the complete record?

Washington Nationals have won 7 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Washington Nationals lead the decided record 18-16. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1997 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Detroit Tigers and Washington Nationals first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is Jun 13, 1997, when Washington Nationals beat Detroit Tigers 4-3 at home. The archive covers 31 meetings from 1997 through 2025. The current feed starts in 2002 and is reported separately.

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Methodology & Data Sources

Current MLB game logs come from the balldontlie API and cover the 2002 season onward. Scores and schedule anomalies are checked against the official MLB Stats API. Spring training is excluded, while results from earlier franchise identities are merged into the current club.

The all-time record and the History Lab use Retrosheet game logs through 2025, with inning lines, team totals, attendance, duration and ballpark fields when available. Final games after 2025 come from the current feed, and every section built on that feed alone is labeled as starting in 2002.

The betting context summarizes completed final scores only. It contains no sportsbook closing lines and summarizes only completed games. Report a possible error through our contact page with the matchup and game date.

Read the full H2H data methodology →

Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Detroit Tigers and Washington Nationals have met 31 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.