Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their first win, each season:
2008 - 30th March (1st match of season)
2014 - 31st March (1st match)
2013 - 1st April (1st match)
2011 - 2nd April (2nd match)
2017 - 3rd April (1st match)
2016 - 4th April (1st match)
2007 - 4th April (3rd match)
2012 - 5th April (1st match)
2006 - 5th April (2nd match)
2005 - 6th April (2nd match)
2010 - 8th April (3rd match)
2015 - 8th April (2nd match)
2009 - 16th April (8th match)
ALSO - Attendance 42,744, fourth-highest home-opener attendance in club history, trailing only 2013 (45,274 vs Marlins on a Monday), 2005 (the home debut at RFK, 43,618 on a Thursday) and 2014 (42,834 vs Braves on a Friday), and fourth-highest regular-season attendance ever at Nats Park.
I always forget, are those attendance #s actual gate attendance or just tickets sold?
