National League East · 2018
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 40.1 26.8 bat / 13.4 pitch
- Win %
- .506 pyth .556
- Run diff
- +89 4.76 / 4.21 per g
- wRC+
- 103
- ERA
- 4.00 FIP 4.07
- Home runs
- 203
The Washington Nationals went 82-80 in 2018, a .506 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 771 runs and allowed 682, a run differential of +89. The offence ranked 8th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.00 staff ERA was 16th of 30. Their 103 team wRC+ was 3% above league average — 13th of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rendon led the position players at 5.6 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.53 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,478 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Anthony Rendon | 3B | 135 | 597 | 163 | 24 | 92 | 2 | .308 | .374 | .535 | .387 | 142 | 5.6 |
| Bryce Harper | RF | 159 | 695 | 137 | 34 | 100 | 13 | .249 | .393 | .496 | .380 | 138 | 5.4 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 162 | 740 | 180 | 19 | 73 | 43 | .271 | .344 | .416 | .335 | 108 | 4.9 |
| Juan Soto | LF | 116 | 494 | 121 | 22 | 70 | 5 | .292 | .406 | .517 | .396 | 148 | 4.2 |
| Adam Eaton | RF | 94 | 370 | 96 | 5 | 33 | 9 | .301 | .394 | .411 | .361 | 125 | 2.1 |
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 91 | 351 | 98 | 12 | 42 | 3 | .299 | .336 | .454 | .340 | 111 | 1.8 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 85 | 323 | 76 | 13 | 51 | 1 | .264 | .337 | .486 | .356 | 121 | 1.4 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 76 | 271 | 56 | 8 | 30 | 0 | .238 | .330 | .374 | .311 | 91 | 1.2 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 119 | 337 | 73 | 21 | 57 | 0 | .239 | .309 | .477 | .336 | 108 | 0.9 |
| Howie Kendrick | 2B | 40 | 160 | 46 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .303 | .331 | .474 | .345 | 114 | 0.9 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1B | 85 | 235 | 51 | 13 | 40 | 0 | .248 | .328 | .476 | .345 | 114 | 0.9 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 124 | 385 | 80 | 6 | 28 | 24 | .227 | .287 | .357 | .284 | 74 | 0.5 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 141 | 456 | 94 | 7 | 42 | 10 | .230 | .298 | .350 | .285 | 74 | 0.5 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 21 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .288 | .348 | .525 | .374 | 134 | 0.5 |
| Spencer Kieboom | C | 48 | 143 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .232 | .322 | .320 | .292 | 79 | 0.5 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 73 | 180 | 38 | 6 | 25 | 4 | .239 | .318 | .390 | .314 | 94 | 0.4 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | .680 | 338 | 0.1 |
| Matt Grace | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .293 | 79 | 0.0 |
| Adrián Sanchez | 2B | 26 | 59 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .276 | .288 | .345 | .278 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Shawn Kelley | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Justin Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Austin Voth | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Kyle McGowin | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Wander Suero | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | P | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .190 | 11 | -0.1 |
| Matt Reynolds | PH | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .176 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Rafael Bautista | CF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .088 | -57 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Stevenson | LF | 55 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .253 | .306 | .320 | .278 | 69 | -0.2 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 32 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .243 | .274 | .271 | .245 | 47 | -0.2 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .059 | -77 | -0.2 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .093 | -54 | -0.3 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 28 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .190 | .217 | .259 | .212 | 26 | -0.3 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 62 | 213 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .168 | .254 | .247 | .224 | 33 | -0.5 |
| Moisés Sierra | LF | 27 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .167 | .217 | .204 | .193 | 13 | -0.5 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 21 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .122 | .163 | .122 | .135 | -26 | -0.6 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | P | 17 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .094 | .067 | -71 | -0.6 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 29 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .078 | .096 | .098 | .089 | -57 | -0.8 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 33 | 33 | 220.2 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 300 | 2.53 | 2.65 | 0.91 | 12.2 | 5.9 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 22 | 22 | 130.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 3.74 | 3.62 | 1.20 | 10.8 | 2.1 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 171.0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 148 | 4.21 | 4.16 | 1.44 | 7.8 | 1.7 |
| Tanner Roark | 31 | 30 | 180.1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 146 | 4.34 | 4.27 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 1.6 |
| Sean Doolittle | 43 | 0 | 45.0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 60 | 1.60 | 1.89 | 0.60 | 12.0 | 1.4 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 19 | 19 | 91.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 3.45 | 4.22 | 1.07 | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| Matt Grace | 56 | 0 | 59.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.87 | 3.40 | 1.14 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| Wander Suero | 40 | 0 | 47.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3.59 | 3.48 | 1.22 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Shawn Kelley | 54 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.94 | 3.71 | 0.90 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Madson | 58 | 0 | 52.2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 5.47 | 3.98 | 1.41 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 70 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 4.60 | 4.10 | 1.47 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Erick Fedde | 11 | 11 | 50.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5.54 | 4.71 | 1.53 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Justin Miller | 51 | 0 | 52.1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 3.61 | 4.44 | 1.13 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Koda Glover | 22 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.31 | 4.69 | 1.41 | 5.0 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Milone | 5 | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.81 | 5.10 | 1.44 | 7.9 | -0.0 |
| Austin Adams | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.16 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Sammy Solís | 56 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 6.41 | 4.91 | 1.55 | 10.1 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5.06 | 5.85 | 1.31 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Kyle McGowin | 5 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5.87 | 6.42 | 1.43 | 9.4 | -0.1 |
| Austin Voth | 4 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6.57 | 6.00 | 1.46 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Jimmy Cordero | 22 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5.68 | 5.48 | 1.84 | 5.7 | -0.2 |
| Carlos Torres | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6.52 | 6.57 | 1.24 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Tim Collins | 38 | 0 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.37 | 5.76 | 1.54 | 8.3 | -0.3 |
| Trevor Gott | 20 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5.68 | 6.21 | 1.53 | 7.1 | -0.3 |
| Austen Williams | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5.59 | 10.09 | 1.66 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | 14 | 8 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 5.71 | 5.97 | 1.54 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 82-80, a .506 win rate, while their +89 run differential implies .556. That is about 8 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.