Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals All-Time Record

World Series meeting
Houston Astros
Washington Nationals
Astros lead Nationals255to218since 1969

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

2026 season series: Nationals lead 2-1

Met in the World Series in 2019

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At a glance

All-time since 1969 · current-feed analysis, 2002 to 2026

Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals insights

Current-feed record
+11wins for Nationals
55% Nationals · 45% Astros

The split has held steady across the schedule change: 6-6 since 2023.

Recent form
11-9last 20

Nationals won 8-2 on Jul 8, 2026

Where it matters
7Postseason games

7 postseason games across 1 postseason since 2002.

Schedule context
  • Nationals built the series lead before the 2023 schedule change, taking 51 of 91 decided meetings (56%).
  • Since the schedule balanced out they are 6-6, or 50% to Nationals.

Astros vs Nationals postseason head-to-head record

Houston Astros and Washington Nationals have met 473 times since 1969, 7 times in the postseason. The playoff games are included in the all-time total, not added on top of it.

Postseason record
Nationals 4-3
7 postseason games since 1969
Playoff share
1.5%
Share of all meetings
Regular season
466
Recorded non-postseason meetings
Win Percentage
46W
57W
HOU
WSH
45%55%
Houston AstrosWashington Nationals

Recent Games

Last 10 Games
Jul 8
WSH 8-2 HOU
WSH
Jul 7
WSH 3-6 HOU
HOU
Jul 6
WSH 12-11 HOU
WSH
Jul 30
HOU 9-1 WSH
HOU
Jul 29
HOU 7-4 WSH
HOU
Jul 28
HOU 1-2 WSH
WSH
Apr 21
WSH 6-0 HOU
WSH
Apr 20
WSH 5-4 HOU
WSH
Apr 19
WSH 3-5 HOU
HOU
Jun 15
HOU 1-4 WSH
WSH
Last Meeting
Jul 8, 2026Final
WSH
8
HOME
HOU
2
AWAY
Nationalswon by6runs
Snapped Astros' streak·Game 103 since 2002
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Washington Nationals won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 3.6 runs on average
3.6runs
Momentum (Last 10 vs Archive since 2002)
HOU-Neutral
Last 1040%
Archive since 200244.7%
WSH-Neutral
Last 1060%
Archive since 200255.3%
Last 10 Results
HOU / WSH

Record since 2002

Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs Postseason record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season96 games
43
53
Postseason7 games
3
4
Houston Astros Biggest Win
14–1+13 runs
Jul 22, 2005
Washington Nationals Biggest Win
13–2+11 runs
Jul 11, 2009
Decade Breakdown
Choose a decade to scope the current-feed page
Season by Season
Season ↓HOU ↕WSH ↕Games ↕
2026123
2025213
2024123
2023213
2022213
2019347
2017123
2014044
2012178
2011336
2010448
2009336
2008426
2007257
2006448
2005527
2004246
2003336
2002336

All 19 seasons are shown in the table above.

Home / Away Split
25-28HOU HOME29-21WSH HOME
AWAY
21-29
HOU
AWAY
28-25
WSH
Retrosheet archiveComplete through 2025

Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals all-time record, 1969 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
470
Peak inning
1
Record game
22 runs
Two source windows. Current-feed sections: 103 games from 2002 to 2026. History Lab: 470 Retrosheet games from 1969 to 2025. The first refreshes with current finals; Retrosheet's published archive currently ends in 2025.

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.

One-run games
35.9%

Share of the 103 decided meetings settled by exactly one run.

Won by 2 or more
64.1%

A 2+ run margin crosses 1.5, but this is not a historical line result. Average gap: 3.6.

Average total
9.3runs

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

Home side wins
52.4%

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
7.56340
61.2%
8.5Closest to even5845
56.3%
9.54261
40.8%

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.

Washington Nationals
57 W · 55.3%1.81
Houston Astros
46 W · 44.7%2.24

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
20%vs 35.9% full archive
-15.9% in the last 20
Won by 2 or more
80%vs 64.1% full archive
+15.9% in the last 20
Average total
9.2 runsvs 9.3 runs full archive
-0.1 runs in the last 20

Seasons 2019 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 Nationals and Astros in the oddsmatcher.

Questions about this record: Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals

What is the Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals postseason record?

The postseason subset contains 7 games: Houston Astros have 3 wins and Washington Nationals have 4 wins. Those games are already included in the complete series from 1969 through 2026.

How do recent Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals results compare with the complete record?

Washington Nationals have won 6 of the latest 10 decided meetings. Houston Astros lead the decided record 255-218. The recent window is a subset of the complete series from 1969 through 2026, so the page reports the two separately.

When did the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals first play each other?

The Retrosheet archive's first recorded meeting for this pairing is May 13, 1969, when Houston Astros won 10-3 away to Washington Nationals. The archive covers 470 meetings from 1969 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.

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Last updated Sources: balldontlie, MLB Stats API, Retrosheet

Houston Astros and Washington Nationals have met 103 times in this archive, which covers the 2002 season onward.