National League East · 2015
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 42.4 21.1 bat / 21.2 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 9.7 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.79 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,363 team hits
Batting
31 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Bryce Harper | RF | 153 | 654 | 172 | 42 | 99 | 6 | .330 | .460 | .649 | .468 | 207 | 9.7 |
| Yunel Escobar | 3B | 138 | 591 | 168 | 9 | 56 | 2 | .314 | .375 | .415 | .351 | 124 | 3.9 |
| Ian Desmond | SS | 156 | 641 | 136 | 19 | 62 | 13 | .233 | .290 | .384 | .298 | 87 | 2.1 |
| Denard Span | CF | 61 | 275 | 74 | 5 | 22 | 11 | .301 | .365 | .431 | .352 | 125 | 2.1 |
| Danny Espinosa | 2B | 116 | 412 | 88 | 13 | 37 | 5 | .240 | .311 | .409 | .313 | 98 | 1.4 |
| Anthony Rendon | 2B | 80 | 355 | 82 | 5 | 25 | 1 | .264 | .344 | .363 | .319 | 101 | 1.4 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 121 | 352 | 84 | 10 | 34 | 0 | .272 | .358 | .424 | .344 | 119 | 1.3 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 95 | 390 | 86 | 16 | 73 | 1 | .249 | .308 | .465 | .333 | 111 | 1.1 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 127 | 504 | 109 | 15 | 68 | 0 | .229 | .258 | .358 | .267 | 65 | 0.7 |
| Matthew den Dekker | LF | 49 | 110 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .253 | .315 | .485 | .348 | 122 | 0.5 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 88 | 378 | 73 | 12 | 42 | 0 | .221 | .302 | .384 | .304 | 91 | 0.4 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 136 | 511 | 108 | 14 | 63 | 16 | .229 | .282 | .358 | .277 | 72 | 0.3 |
| Emmanuel Burriss | PH | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .800 | .667 | .637 | 326 | 0.1 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 41 | 155 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 0 | .199 | .279 | .294 | .259 | 60 | 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 |
| Taylor Jordan | P | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .294 | 84 | 0.0 |
| Trea Turner | 2B | 23 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .225 | .295 | .325 | .281 | 75 | -0.0 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.0 |
| Dan Uggla | 2B | 66 | 141 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .183 | .298 | .300 | .277 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Blake Treinen | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123 | -0.1 |
| Doug Fister | P | 22 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .242 | 47 | -0.1 |
| Wilmer Difo | PH | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .160 | -10 | -0.1 |
| Reed Johnson | PH | 17 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .227 | .250 | .273 | .230 | 39 | -0.1 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 18 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .192 | 12 | -0.2 |
| Joe Ross | P | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .121 | -38 | -0.4 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 32 | 77 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .239 | .217 | .206 | 22 | -0.4 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 20 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .175 | .132 | .146 | -20 | -0.5 |
| Tyler Moore | 1B | 94 | 200 | 38 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .203 | .250 | .364 | .266 | 64 | -0.6 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 27 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .093 | .152 | .116 | .132 | -30 | -0.7 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | P | 31 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .175 | .146 | -20 | -0.7 |
Pitching
23 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 33 | 33 | 228.2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 276 | 2.79 | 2.77 | 0.92 | 10.9 | 5.6 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 31 | 31 | 175.2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 169 | 3.79 | 3.05 | 1.42 | 8.7 | 3.7 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 23 | 23 | 127.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 155 | 3.46 | 2.81 | 1.11 | 11.0 | 3.1 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | 33 | 33 | 201.2 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 3.66 | 3.75 | 1.20 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
| Joe Ross | 16 | 13 | 76.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 3.64 | 3.42 | 1.11 | 8.1 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| 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 | 0.7 |
| Matt Thornton | 60 | 0 | 41.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2.18 | 3.52 | 1.06 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| A.J. Cole | 3 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5.79 | 2.92 | 1.61 | 8.7 | 0.2 |
| Doug Fister | 25 | 15 | 103.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 4.19 | 4.55 | 1.40 | 5.5 | 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 | -0.2 |
Record versus run differential
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.