National League East · 2016
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 42.8 21.6 bat / 21.1 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 6.2 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.96 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,402 team hits
Batting
33 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 142 | 582 | 184 | 25 | 104 | 5 | .347 | .390 | .595 | .413 | 164 | 6.2 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 131 | 523 | 148 | 22 | 80 | 0 | .307 | .354 | .496 | .365 | 131 | 4.6 |
| Anthony Rendon | 3B | 156 | 647 | 153 | 20 | 85 | 12 | .270 | .348 | .450 | .346 | 118 | 3.7 |
| Trea Turner | CF | 71 | 324 | 105 | 13 | 40 | 33 | .342 | .370 | .567 | .400 | 155 | 3.7 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 147 | 627 | 123 | 24 | 86 | 21 | .243 | .373 | .441 | .348 | 119 | 2.6 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 143 | 606 | 128 | 21 | 69 | 5 | .244 | .335 | .417 | .331 | 108 | 1.7 |
| Danny Espinosa | SS | 156 | 601 | 108 | 24 | 72 | 9 | .209 | .306 | .378 | .297 | 85 | 1.7 |
| 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 | 0.5 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 37 | 114 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .232 | .319 | .374 | .304 | 89 | 0.5 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 65 | 237 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 14 | .231 | .278 | .376 | .286 | 77 | 0.3 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 28 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .276 | .364 | .379 | .327 | 105 | 0.3 |
| Chris Heisey | LF | 82 | 155 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 0 | .216 | .290 | .446 | .319 | 100 | 0.2 |
| Oliver Pérez | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | .714 | 370 | 0.1 |
| Brian Goodwin | RF | 21 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .429 | .323 | 102 | 0.1 |
| Spencer Kieboom | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .697 | 358 | 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 |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .219 | 31 | -0.0 |
| Matthew den Dekker | CF | 19 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .176 | .282 | .294 | .266 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 20 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .244 | .295 | .293 | .265 | 62 | -0.1 |
| Sammy Solís | P | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | P | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.1 |
| Matt Belisle | P | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119 | -0.2 |
| Reynaldo López | P | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .073 | -69 | -0.2 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 22 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .229 | .211 | 26 | -0.3 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 102 | 224 | 46 | 5 | 26 | 0 | .235 | .305 | .332 | .284 | 75 | -0.5 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 29 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .135 | .148 | .173 | .141 | -22 | -0.7 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 33 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .186 | .208 | .200 | .183 | 7 | -0.7 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 32 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .125 | .188 | .141 | .158 | -11 | -0.7 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 115 | 467 | 93 | 15 | 46 | 4 | .218 | .272 | .370 | .280 | 73 | -1.0 |
| Ben Revere | CF | 99 | 375 | 76 | 2 | 24 | 14 | .217 | .260 | .300 | .248 | 51 | -1.0 |
Pitching
21 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 34 | 34 | 228.1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 284 | 2.96 | 3.24 | 0.97 | 11.2 | 4.7 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 24 | 24 | 147.2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 183 | 3.60 | 2.92 | 1.10 | 11.2 | 3.6 |
| Tanner Roark | 34 | 33 | 210.0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 172 | 2.83 | 3.79 | 1.17 | 7.4 | 3.0 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 177.1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 171 | 4.57 | 3.76 | 1.34 | 8.7 | 2.6 |
| Joe Ross | 19 | 19 | 105.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 3.43 | 3.49 | 1.30 | 8.0 | 1.9 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| Matt Belisle | 40 | 0 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.76 | 2.84 | 1.09 | 6.3 | 0.9 |
| 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 |
| Matt Grace | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.33 | 12.0 | 0.1 |
| Rafael Martín | 8 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.45 | 1.24 | 0.27 | 12.3 | 0.1 |
| Trevor Gott | 9 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.50 | 3.15 | 1.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Sean Burnett | 10 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.18 | 4.91 | 1.06 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
| Koda Glover | 19 | 0 | 19.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5.03 | 4.72 | 1.12 | 7.3 | -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 |
Record versus run differential
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.