National League East · 2016
Washington Nationals 2016
- Team WAR
- 49.0 25.8 bat / 23.1 pitch
- Win %
- .586 pyth .600
- Run diff
- +151 4.71 / 3.78 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 3.55 FIP 3.62
- Home runs
- 202
The Washington Nationals went 95-67 in 2016, a .586 winning percentage — the second best record in baseball. They scored 763 runs and allowed 612, a run differential of +151. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.55 staff ERA was the third best. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Daniel Murphy led the position players at 6.6 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.96 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 142 | 582 | 184 | 25 | 104 | 5 | .347 | .390 | .595 | .413 | 164 | 6.6 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 131 | 523 | 148 | 22 | 80 | 0 | .307 | .354 | .496 | .365 | 131 | 4.2 |
| Anthony Rendon | 3B | 156 | 647 | 153 | 20 | 85 | 12 | .270 | .348 | .450 | .346 | 118 | 3.9 |
| Trea Turner | CF | 71 | 324 | 105 | 13 | 40 | 33 | .342 | .370 | .567 | .400 | 155 | 3.8 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 147 | 627 | 123 | 24 | 86 | 21 | .243 | .373 | .441 | .348 | 119 | 2.7 |
| Danny Espinosa | SS | 156 | 601 | 108 | 24 | 72 | 9 | .209 | .306 | .378 | .297 | 85 | 1.9 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 143 | 606 | 128 | 21 | 69 | 5 | .244 | .335 | .417 | .331 | 108 | 1.6 |
| Stephen Drew | 2B | 68 | 165 | 38 | 8 | 21 | 0 | .266 | .339 | .524 | .367 | 132 | 1.1 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 14 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .321 | .441 | .607 | .449 | 189 | 0.6 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 28 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .327 | 105 | 0.4 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 65 | 237 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 14 | .231 | .278 | .376 | .286 | 77 | 0.4 |
| Joe Ross | P | 20 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .295 | .293 | .265 | 62 | 0.4 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 22 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .229 | .211 | 26 | 0.3 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 37 | 114 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .232 | .319 | .374 | .304 | 89 | 0.3 |
| Chris Heisey | LF | 82 | 155 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 0 | .216 | .290 | .446 | .319 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 33 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .186 | .208 | .200 | .183 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Oliver Pérez | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | .714 | 370 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 32 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 | .188 | .141 | .158 | -11 | 0.1 |
| Brian Goodwin | RF | 21 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .429 | .323 | 102 | 0.1 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Spencer Kieboom | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .697 | 358 | 0.0 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | P | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.0 |
| Shawn Kelley | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Felipe Vázquez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Sammy Solís | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 29 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .135 | .148 | .173 | .141 | -22 | -0.0 |
| Matt Belisle | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.0 |
| Matthew den Dekker | CF | 19 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .176 | .282 | .294 | .266 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Reynaldo López | P | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -69 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 102 | 224 | 46 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .235 | .305 | .332 | .284 | 75 | -0.4 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 115 | 467 | 93 | 15 | 46 | 4 | .218 | .272 | .370 | .280 | 73 | -0.9 |
| Ben Revere | CF | 99 | 375 | 76 | 2 | 24 | 14 | .217 | .260 | .300 | .248 | 51 | -1.3 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 34 | 34 | 228.1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 284 | 2.96 | 3.24 | 0.97 | 11.2 | 5.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 24 | 24 | 147.2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 3.60 | 2.92 | 1.10 | 11.2 | 3.9 |
| Tanner Roark | 34 | 33 | 210.0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 172 | 2.83 | 3.79 | 1.17 | 7.4 | 3.4 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 177.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 171 | 4.57 | 3.76 | 1.34 | 8.7 | 2.9 |
| Joe Ross | 19 | 19 | 105.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 3.43 | 3.49 | 1.30 | 8.0 | 2.1 |
| Shawn Kelley | 67 | 0 | 58.0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 80 | 2.64 | 2.97 | 0.90 | 12.4 | 1.1 |
| Felipe Vázquez | 75 | 0 | 77.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 92 | 4.09 | 3.46 | 1.29 | 10.8 | 1.1 |
| Matt Belisle | 40 | 0 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.76 | 2.84 | 1.09 | 6.3 | 1.0 |
| Sammy Solís | 37 | 0 | 41.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 2.41 | 2.78 | 1.27 | 10.3 | 0.9 |
| Blake Treinen | 73 | 0 | 67.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 2.28 | 3.62 | 1.22 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
| Reynaldo López | 11 | 6 | 44.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 4.91 | 3.92 | 1.57 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | 37 | 0 | 35.0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 4.37 | 3.69 | 1.46 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
| Oliver Pérez | 64 | 0 | 40.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 4.95 | 4.17 | 1.45 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| A.J. Cole | 8 | 8 | 38.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5.17 | 4.74 | 1.33 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
| Rafael Martín | 8 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.45 | 1.24 | 0.27 | 12.3 | 0.1 |
| Matt Grace | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Gott | 9 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 3.15 | 1.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Koda Glover | 19 | 0 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.03 | 4.72 | 1.12 | 7.3 | -0.0 |
| Sean Burnett | 10 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.18 | 4.91 | 1.06 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 36 | 1 | 62.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 4.50 | 4.81 | 1.32 | 7.1 | -0.1 |
| Lucas Giolito | 6 | 4 | 21.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6.75 | 8.21 | 1.78 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2016.
- Average
- 30,641 81 home dates
- Median
- 30,747
- Total
- 2,481,938
- Best
- 42,000 2016-06-15
- Quietest
- 17,161 2016-09-06
- On the road
- 29,664 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 30,641 | 30,747 | 17,161 | 42,000 |
| Night | 51 | 30,025 | 30,747 | 17,161 | 41,955 |
| Day | 30 | 31,688 | 31,149 | 21,144 | 42,000 |
| Weekend | 38 | 32,747 | 32,290 | 24,593 | 38,898 |
| Weekday | 43 | 28,781 | 27,153 | 17,161 | 42,000 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,664 | 30,137 | 15,273 | 48,282 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 26,145 |
| May | 14 | 32,013 |
| Jun | 10 | 35,722 |
| Jul | 15 | 32,922 |
| Aug | 13 | 33,028 |
| Sep | 15 | 25,283 |
| Oct | 2 | 30,183 |
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 160 completed games, 2016.
- Regulation
- 3:03 147 games
- All games
- 3:09
- Extra innings
- 4:22 13 of them
- Longest
- 5:56 2016-04-24, 16 inn
- Shortest
- 2:12 2016-04-13
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 160 | 3:09 | 3:04 | 2:11 | 5:56 |
| Regulation | 147 | 3:03 | 3:01 | 2:11 | 4:01 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 4:22 | 4:30 | 3:22 | 5:56 |
| Home | 80 | 3:09 | 3:00 | 2:12 | 5:56 |
| Road | 80 | 3:09 | 3:11 | 2:11 | 4:54 |
| Day | 54 | 3:16 | 3:03 | 2:29 | 5:56 |
| Night | 106 | 3:05 | 3:05 | 2:11 | 4:39 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:09 |
| May | 14 | 2:54 |
| Jun | 10 | 3:08 |
| Jul | 15 | 3:21 |
| Aug | 13 | 3:07 |
| Sep | 14 | 3:11 |
| Oct | 2 | 3:20 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 183 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 95-67, a .586 win rate, while their +151 run differential implies .600. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.