National League East · 2015
Washington Nationals 2015
- Team WAR
- 45.4 22.7 bat / 22.7 pitch
- Win %
- .512 pyth .546
- Run diff
- +68 4.34 / 3.92 per g
- wRC+
- 101
- ERA
- 3.63 FIP 3.41
- Home runs
- 177
The Washington Nationals went 83-79 in 2015, a .512 winning percentage — 13th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 703 runs and allowed 635, a run differential of +68. The offence ranked 10th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.63 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Bryce Harper led the position players at 9.6 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bryce Harper | RF | 153 | 654 | 172 | 42 | 99 | 6 | .330 | .460 | .649 | .468 | 207 | 9.6 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 138 | 591 | 168 | 9 | 56 | 2 | .314 | .375 | .415 | .351 | 124 | 3.5 |
| Denard Span | CF | 61 | 275 | 74 | 5 | 22 | 11 | .301 | .365 | .431 | .352 | 125 | 2.1 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 156 | 641 | 136 | 19 | 62 | 13 | .233 | .290 | .384 | .298 | 87 | 2.0 |
| Danny Espinosa | 2B | 116 | 412 | 88 | 13 | 37 | 5 | .240 | .311 | .409 | .313 | 98 | 1.6 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 121 | 352 | 84 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .272 | .358 | .424 | .344 | 119 | 1.3 |
| Anthony Rendon | 2B | 80 | 355 | 82 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .264 | .344 | .363 | .319 | 101 | 1.1 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 95 | 390 | 86 | 16 | 73 | 1 | .249 | .308 | .465 | .333 | 111 | 1.0 |
| Matthew den Dekker | LF | 49 | 110 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .253 | .315 | .485 | .348 | 122 | 0.6 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 32 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .239 | .217 | .206 | 22 | 0.4 |
| Doug Fister | P | 22 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .242 | 47 | 0.3 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 136 | 511 | 108 | 14 | 63 | 16 | .229 | .282 | .358 | .277 | 72 | 0.2 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 88 | 378 | 73 | 12 | 42 | 0 | .221 | .302 | .384 | .304 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Emmanuel Burriss | PH | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .800 | .667 | .637 | 326 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 18 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .192 | 12 | 0.1 |
| Taylor Jordan | P | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 84 | 0.1 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 127 | 504 | 109 | 15 | 68 | 0 | .229 | .258 | .358 | .267 | 65 | 0.1 |
| Sammy Solís | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | .441 | 187 | 0.0 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .319 | 101 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 20 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .175 | .132 | .146 | -20 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 31 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .175 | .146 | -20 | 0.0 |
| Trea Turner | 2B | 23 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .225 | .295 | .325 | .281 | 75 | -0.0 |
| Blake Treinen | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 27 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .093 | .152 | .116 | .132 | -30 | -0.1 |
| Wilmer Difo | PH | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .160 | -10 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .121 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Dan Uggla | 2B | 66 | 141 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .183 | .298 | .300 | .277 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 41 | 155 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .199 | .279 | .294 | .259 | 60 | -0.2 |
| Reed Johnson | PH | 17 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .227 | .250 | .273 | .230 | 39 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Moore | 1B | 94 | 200 | 38 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .203 | .250 | .364 | .266 | 64 | -0.6 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 33 | 33 | 228.2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 276 | 2.79 | 2.77 | 0.92 | 10.9 | 6.0 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 31 | 31 | 175.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 169 | 3.79 | 3.05 | 1.42 | 8.7 | 4.0 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 23 | 23 | 127.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 3.46 | 2.81 | 1.11 | 11.0 | 3.2 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 33 | 33 | 201.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 3.66 | 3.75 | 1.20 | 7.3 | 2.9 |
| Joe Ross | 16 | 13 | 76.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 3.64 | 3.42 | 1.11 | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| Drew Storen | 58 | 0 | 55.0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 67 | 3.44 | 2.79 | 1.11 | 11.0 | 1.1 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 49 | 0 | 48.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 2.79 | 2.64 | 0.95 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Aaron Barrett | 40 | 0 | 29.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 4.60 | 2.21 | 1.19 | 10.7 | 0.8 |
| Blake Treinen | 60 | 0 | 67.2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 65 | 3.86 | 3.49 | 1.39 | 8.6 | 0.8 |
| Matt Thornton | 60 | 0 | 41.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.18 | 3.52 | 1.06 | 5.0 | 0.5 |
| Taylor Jordan | 4 | 1 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.29 | 2.90 | 1.53 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| Matt Grace | 26 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4.24 | 3.07 | 2.00 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Sammy Solís | 18 | 0 | 21.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.38 | 3.46 | 1.36 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
| Doug Fister | 25 | 15 | 103.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 4.19 | 4.55 | 1.40 | 5.5 | 0.2 |
| A.J. Cole | 3 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5.79 | 2.92 | 1.61 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Casey Janssen | 48 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 4.95 | 4.08 | 1.15 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| Clint Robinson | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.13 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Craig Stammen | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.88 | 1.25 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7.63 | 0.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Rafael Martín | 13 | 0 | 12.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5.11 | 4.76 | 1.38 | 18.2 | -0.0 |
| Taylor Hill | 6 | 0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.75 | 5.05 | 1.50 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Abel De Los Santos | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.40 | 9.13 | 1.80 | 16.2 | -0.1 |
| Tanner Roark | 40 | 12 | 111.0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 70 | 4.38 | 4.70 | 1.31 | 5.7 | -0.1 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2015.
- Average
- 32,344 81 home dates
- Median
- 31,608
- Total
- 2,619,843
- Best
- 42,295 2015-04-06
- Quietest
- 23,192 2015-06-02
- On the road
- 30,231 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 32,344 | 31,608 | 23,192 | 42,295 |
| Night | 48 | 30,750 | 30,402 | 23,536 | 41,693 |
| Day | 33 | 34,661 | 34,488 | 23,192 | 42,295 |
| Weekend | 39 | 34,645 | 33,622 | 23,536 | 41,722 |
| Weekday | 42 | 30,207 | 28,768 | 23,192 | 42,295 |
| On the road | 80 | 30,231 | 31,845 | 10,216 | 49,384 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 30,174 |
| May | 11 | 34,324 |
| Jun | 15 | 34,262 |
| Jul | 11 | 36,656 |
| Aug | 16 | 31,986 |
| Sep | 18 | 28,423 |
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2015.
- Regulation
- 2:52 151 games
- All games
- 2:54
- Extra innings
- 3:33 11 of them
- Longest
- 3:56 2015-08-05, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:13 2015-06-03
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 2:54 | 2:52 | 2:12 | 3:59 |
| Regulation | 151 | 2:52 | 2:51 | 2:12 | 3:56 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:33 | 3:25 | 3:10 | 3:59 |
| Home | 81 | 2:55 | 2:54 | 2:13 | 3:56 |
| Road | 81 | 2:54 | 2:52 | 2:12 | 3:59 |
| Day | 56 | 2:54 | 2:53 | 2:17 | 3:50 |
| Night | 106 | 2:54 | 2:52 | 2:12 | 3:59 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 10 | 2:45 |
| May | 11 | 2:48 |
| Jun | 15 | 2:47 |
| Jul | 11 | 2:52 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:06 |
| Sep | 18 | 3:04 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 172 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Washington Nationals are 83-79, a .512 win rate, while their +68 run differential implies .546. That is about 6 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.