National League East · 2017
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 42.6 25.4 bat / 17.2 pitch
- Win %
- .599 pyth .590
- Run diff
- +147 5.06 / 4.15 per g
- wRC+
- 105
- ERA
- 3.88 FIP 4.01
- Home runs
- 217
The Washington Nationals went 97-65 in 2017, a .599 winning percentage — 4th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 819 runs and allowed 672, a run differential of +147. The offence ranked 5th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.88 staff ERA was 7th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 8th of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rendon led the position players at 5.9 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.51 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,523 team hits
Batting
37 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Anthony Rendon | 3B | 146 | 605 | 153 | 25 | 100 | 7 | .301 | .403 | .533 | .399 | 149 | 5.9 |
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 144 | 593 | 172 | 23 | 93 | 2 | .322 | .384 | .543 | .389 | 142 | 5.2 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 111 | 492 | 134 | 29 | 87 | 4 | .319 | .413 | .595 | .420 | 163 | 4.8 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 142 | 576 | 159 | 36 | 108 | 1 | .303 | .358 | .573 | .391 | 143 | 3.8 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 97 | 447 | 117 | 11 | 45 | 46 | .284 | .338 | .451 | .342 | 110 | 3.1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 115 | 432 | 108 | 19 | 53 | 17 | .271 | .320 | .486 | .342 | 110 | 2.2 |
| Howie Kendrick | LF | 91 | 334 | 96 | 9 | 41 | 12 | .315 | .368 | .475 | .365 | 126 | 1.8 |
| Adam Lind | 1B | 114 | 301 | 81 | 14 | 59 | 1 | .303 | .362 | .513 | .366 | 126 | 1.4 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 74 | 278 | 63 | 13 | 30 | 6 | .251 | .313 | .498 | .342 | 110 | 1.3 |
| Adam Eaton | CF | 23 | 107 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .297 | .393 | .462 | .374 | 132 | 0.8 |
| Wilmer Difo | SS | 118 | 365 | 90 | 5 | 21 | 10 | .271 | .319 | .370 | .296 | 79 | 0.7 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 122 | 465 | 95 | 10 | 52 | 1 | .225 | .288 | .344 | .276 | 65 | 0.6 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 70 | 289 | 57 | 10 | 29 | 4 | .226 | .322 | .393 | .315 | 92 | 0.3 |
| Ryan Raburn | LF | 25 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .262 | .304 | .431 | .316 | 93 | 0.0 |
| Victor Robles | RF | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .458 | .330 | 102 | 0.0 |
| Joe Blanton | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 358 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Drew | SS | 46 | 106 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | .253 | .302 | .358 | .288 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Enny Romero | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.0 |
| Raudy Read | C | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .238 | 41 | -0.0 |
| Grant Green | 2B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Adrián Sanchez | 2B | 30 | 75 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .268 | .288 | .366 | .285 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Turner | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -40 | -0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .198 | 13 | -0.1 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Matt Grace | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 16 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .172 | .226 | .207 | .183 | 3 | -0.2 |
| Rafael Bautista | RF | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .182 | 3 | -0.3 |
| Joe Ross | P | 15 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .206 | .242 | .198 | 14 | -0.3 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 48 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .170 | .248 | .277 | .235 | 38 | -0.3 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .083 | -64 | -0.3 |
| Alejandro De Aza | LF | 26 | 70 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .194 | .224 | .323 | .226 | 32 | -0.4 |
| Andrew Stevenson | RF | 27 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .250 | .193 | .213 | 23 | -0.4 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 25 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .130 | .161 | .241 | .175 | -2 | -0.5 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 30 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .161 | .212 | .210 | .193 | 10 | -0.5 |
| Chris Heisey | LF | 37 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .162 | .215 | .270 | .216 | 26 | -0.6 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 29 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .107 | .109 | .098 | -54 | -1.0 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .116 | -42 | -1.0 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 31 | 31 | 200.2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 268 | 2.51 | 2.90 | 0.90 | 12.0 | 5.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 28 | 28 | 175.1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 2.52 | 2.72 | 1.02 | 10.5 | 4.8 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 201.0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 188 | 2.96 | 3.93 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 2.9 |
| Tanner Roark | 32 | 30 | 181.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 166 | 4.67 | 4.13 | 1.33 | 8.2 | 2.1 |
| Sean Doolittle | 53 | 0 | 51.1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 62 | 2.81 | 2.59 | 0.86 | 10.9 | 1.2 |
| Blake Treinen | 72 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 74 | 3.93 | 3.42 | 1.39 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| Matt Albers | 63 | 0 | 61.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 1.62 | 3.40 | 0.85 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Enny Romero | 53 | 0 | 55.2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 3.56 | 3.86 | 1.40 | 10.5 | 0.6 |
| Matt Grace | 40 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 4.32 | 3.96 | 1.36 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Koda Glover | 23 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 5.12 | 2.69 | 1.24 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| Oliver Pérez | 50 | 0 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 4.64 | 3.82 | 1.33 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| Joe Ross | 13 | 13 | 73.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 5.01 | 4.99 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Sammy Solís | 30 | 0 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5.88 | 4.50 | 1.35 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| Austin Adams | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.60 | 4.56 | 2.40 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| A.J. Cole | 11 | 8 | 52.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 3.81 | 5.20 | 1.50 | 7.6 | -0.0 |
| Jeremy Guthrie | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135.00 | 21.16 | 15.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Gott | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.00 | 8.49 | 4.67 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Joe Blanton | 51 | 0 | 44.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 5.68 | 5.28 | 1.49 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Erick Fedde | 3 | 3 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9.39 | 7.20 | 2.15 | 8.8 | -0.3 |
| Jacob Turner | 18 | 2 | 39.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5.08 | 5.88 | 1.49 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Edwin Jackson | 16 | 13 | 76.0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 5.21 | 6.14 | 1.51 | 7.1 | -0.8 |
| Shawn Kelley | 33 | 0 | 26.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 7.27 | 8.62 | 1.54 | 8.7 | -1.1 |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +147 run differential implies .590. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.