Washington’s 95 wins in the first season under Nationals’ skipper Dusty Baker were the third-most since the franchise returned to the nation’s capital in 2005, behind only the 2012 (98) and 2014 (96) Nationals.
It was also the third-highest win total for Baker in his second career in the game.
Baker, 67, led the 1993 San Francisco Giants to 103 wins, the 2000 Giants and 2012 Cincinnati Reds to 97 wins and the ‘02 Giants to 95 as well. That 2002 Giants team went to the World Series, eventually losing to the Los Angeles (then Anaheim) Angels.