National League East · 2017
Washington Nationals 2017
- Team WAR
- 49.3 28.5 bat / 20.8 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.
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 | 4.6 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 142 | 576 | 159 | 36 | 108 | 1 | .303 | .358 | .573 | .391 | 143 | 3.9 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 97 | 447 | 117 | 11 | 45 | 46 | .284 | .338 | .451 | .342 | 110 | 3.2 |
| 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 | 1.9 |
| 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 | 1.2 |
| 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 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 30 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .161 | .212 | .210 | .193 | 10 | 0.3 |
| Jayson Werth | LF | 70 | 289 | 57 | 10 | 29 | 4 | .226 | .322 | .393 | .315 | 92 | 0.2 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 25 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .130 | .161 | .241 | .175 | -2 | 0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 15 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .206 | .242 | .198 | 14 | 0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .198 | 13 | 0.1 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 122 | 465 | 95 | 10 | 52 | 1 | .225 | .288 | .344 | .276 | 65 | 0.1 |
| Joe Blanton | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | .710 | 358 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Raburn | LF | 25 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .262 | .304 | .431 | .316 | 93 | 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 |
| Jacob Turner | P | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .118 | -40 | -0.0 |
| Victor Robles | RF | 11 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .458 | .330 | 102 | -0.0 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 3 | 5 | 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 | -0.1 |
| Matt Grace | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .083 | -64 | -0.1 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .091 | .143 | .091 | .116 | -42 | -0.2 |
| 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 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 29 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .107 | .109 | .098 | -54 | -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 | -0.5 |
| Chris Heisey | LF | 37 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .162 | .215 | .270 | .216 | 26 | -0.5 |
| Jose Lobatón | C | 48 | 158 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .170 | .248 | .277 | .235 | 38 | -0.5 |
Pitching
22 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 31 | 31 | 200.2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 268 | 2.51 | 2.90 | 0.90 | 12.0 | 5.8 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 28 | 28 | 175.1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 204 | 2.52 | 2.72 | 1.02 | 10.5 | 5.4 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 201.0 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 188 | 2.96 | 3.93 | 1.18 | 8.4 | 3.5 |
| Tanner Roark | 32 | 30 | 181.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 166 | 4.67 | 4.13 | 1.33 | 8.2 | 2.6 |
| Sean Doolittle | 53 | 0 | 51.1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 62 | 2.81 | 2.59 | 0.86 | 10.9 | 1.3 |
| Blake Treinen | 72 | 0 | 75.2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 74 | 3.93 | 3.42 | 1.39 | 8.8 | 1.3 |
| Matt Albers | 63 | 0 | 61.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 1.62 | 3.40 | 0.85 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
| Enny Romero | 53 | 0 | 55.2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 65 | 3.56 | 3.86 | 1.40 | 10.5 | 0.7 |
| Matt Grace | 40 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 4.32 | 3.96 | 1.36 | 5.6 | 0.6 |
| Koda Glover | 23 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 5.12 | 2.69 | 1.24 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Oliver Pérez | 50 | 0 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 4.64 | 3.82 | 1.33 | 10.6 | 0.4 |
| Joe Ross | 13 | 13 | 73.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 5.01 | 4.99 | 1.47 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Sammy Solís | 30 | 0 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5.88 | 4.50 | 1.35 | 9.7 | 0.1 |
| A.J. Cole | 11 | 8 | 52.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 3.81 | 5.20 | 1.50 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Austin Adams | 6 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.60 | 4.56 | 2.40 | 18.0 | 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 | -0.7 |
| Shawn Kelley | 33 | 0 | 26.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 7.27 | 8.62 | 1.54 | 8.7 | -1.1 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2017.
- Average
- 31,173 81 home dates
- Median
- 31,738
- Total
- 2,524,980
- Best
- 42,744 2017-04-03
- Quietest
- 18,881 2017-05-25
- On the road
- 29,968 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 31,173 | 31,738 | 18,881 | 42,744 |
| Night | 49 | 29,685 | 29,651 | 20,624 | 41,681 |
| Day | 32 | 33,450 | 34,139 | 18,881 | 42,744 |
| Weekend | 40 | 33,636 | 33,619 | 20,624 | 40,139 |
| Weekday | 41 | 28,770 | 28,909 | 18,881 | 42,744 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,968 | 28,916 | 14,390 | 46,289 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 32,211 |
| May | 13 | 28,956 |
| Jun | 14 | 34,153 |
| Jul | 12 | 33,571 |
| Aug | 16 | 27,945 |
| Sep | 13 | 30,634 |
| Oct | 1 | 35,652 |
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, 2017.
- Regulation
- 3:07 151 games
- All games
- 3:09
- Extra innings
- 3:42 11 of them
- Longest
- 4:22 2017-10-01, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:16 2017-09-10
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:09 | 3:07 | 2:12 | 4:22 |
| Regulation | 151 | 3:07 | 3:05 | 2:12 | 4:22 |
| Extra innings | 11 | 3:42 | 3:43 | 3:18 | 4:14 |
| Home | 81 | 3:11 | 3:10 | 2:16 | 4:22 |
| Road | 81 | 3:07 | 3:02 | 2:12 | 3:53 |
| Day | 56 | 3:13 | 3:14 | 2:16 | 4:22 |
| Night | 106 | 3:07 | 3:05 | 2:12 | 3:54 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 12 | 3:13 |
| May | 13 | 3:06 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:21 |
| Jul | 12 | 3:12 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:05 |
| Sep | 13 | 3:03 |
| Oct | 1 | 4:22 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 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 97-65, a .599 win rate, while their +147 run differential implies .590. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.