National League East · 2018
Washington Nationals 2018
- Team WAR
- 45.6 28.6 bat / 17.0 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.
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 | 5.2 |
| 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 | 2.2 |
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 91 | 351 | 98 | 12 | 42 | 3 | .299 | .336 | .454 | .340 | 111 | 1.6 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 85 | 323 | 76 | 13 | 51 | 1 | .264 | .337 | .486 | .356 | 121 | 1.3 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 119 | 337 | 73 | 21 | 57 | 0 | .239 | .309 | .477 | .336 | 108 | 0.9 |
| Matt Wieters | C | 76 | 271 | 56 | 8 | 30 | 0 | .238 | .330 | .374 | .311 | 91 | 0.9 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1B | 85 | 235 | 51 | 13 | 40 | 0 | .248 | .328 | .476 | .345 | 114 | 0.7 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 32 | 78 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .243 | .274 | .271 | .245 | 47 | 0.7 |
| Howie Kendrick | 2B | 40 | 160 | 46 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .303 | .331 | .474 | .345 | 114 | 0.6 |
| Brian Goodwin | CF | 73 | 180 | 38 | 6 | 25 | 4 | .239 | .318 | .390 | .314 | 94 | 0.5 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 21 | 66 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .288 | .348 | .525 | .374 | 134 | 0.5 |
| Tanner Roark | P | 28 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .190 | .217 | .259 | .212 | 26 | 0.4 |
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 141 | 456 | 94 | 7 | 42 | 10 | .230 | .298 | .350 | .285 | 74 | 0.4 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 124 | 385 | 80 | 6 | 28 | 24 | .227 | .287 | .357 | .284 | 74 | 0.3 |
| Spencer Kieboom | C | 48 | 143 | 29 | 2 | 13 | 0 | .232 | .322 | .320 | .292 | 79 | 0.3 |
| A.J. Cole | P | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 | .680 | 338 | 0.2 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | P | 10 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .190 | 11 | 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 |
| Kyle McGowin | P | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Wander Suero | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Tommy Milone | P | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .088 | -57 | -0.0 |
| Justin Miller | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 21 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .122 | .163 | .122 | .135 | -26 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .118 | .063 | .093 | -54 | -0.1 |
| Rafael Bautista | CF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Matt Reynolds | 3B | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .176 | 1 | -0.1 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | P | 17 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .094 | .067 | -71 | -0.2 |
| Andrew Stevenson | LF | 55 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 1 | .253 | .306 | .320 | .278 | 69 | -0.2 |
| Gio Gonzalez | P | 29 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .078 | .096 | .098 | .089 | -57 | -0.2 |
| Miguel Montero | C | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .059 | -77 | -0.2 |
| Moisés Sierra | LF | 27 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .167 | .217 | .204 | .193 | 13 | -0.6 |
| Pedro Severino | C | 62 | 213 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .168 | .254 | .247 | .224 | 33 | -0.7 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 33 | 33 | 220.2 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 300 | 2.53 | 2.65 | 0.91 | 12.2 | 6.7 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 22 | 22 | 130.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 156 | 3.74 | 3.62 | 1.20 | 10.8 | 2.5 |
| Gio Gonzalez | 32 | 32 | 171.0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 148 | 4.21 | 4.16 | 1.44 | 7.8 | 2.2 |
| Tanner Roark | 31 | 30 | 180.1 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 146 | 4.34 | 4.27 | 1.28 | 7.3 | 2.0 |
| Sean Doolittle | 43 | 0 | 45.0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 60 | 1.60 | 1.89 | 0.60 | 12.0 | 1.5 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 19 | 19 | 91.1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 3.45 | 4.22 | 1.07 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| Matt Grace | 56 | 0 | 59.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2.87 | 3.40 | 1.14 | 7.2 | 0.9 |
| Wander Suero | 40 | 0 | 47.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 3.59 | 3.48 | 1.22 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| Shawn Kelley | 54 | 0 | 49.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.94 | 3.71 | 0.90 | 9.2 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Madson | 58 | 0 | 52.2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 5.47 | 3.98 | 1.41 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
| Brandon Kintzler | 70 | 0 | 60.2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 4.60 | 4.10 | 1.47 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Erick Fedde | 11 | 11 | 50.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 5.54 | 4.71 | 1.53 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Justin Miller | 51 | 0 | 52.1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 3.61 | 4.44 | 1.13 | 10.3 | 0.2 |
| Tommy Milone | 5 | 4 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5.81 | 5.10 | 1.44 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Koda Glover | 22 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.31 | 4.69 | 1.41 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sammy Solís | 56 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 6.41 | 4.91 | 1.55 | 10.1 | -0.1 |
| Austin Adams | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12.16 | 4.00 | 0.0 | -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 | -0.1 |
| 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 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | 14 | 8 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 5.71 | 5.97 | 1.54 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| Austen Williams | 10 | 0 | 9.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5.59 | 10.09 | 1.66 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2018.
- Average
- 31,620 80 home dates
- Median
- 31,568
- Total
- 2,529,604
- Best
- 42,723 2018-06-18
- Quietest
- 19,357 2018-04-10
- On the road
- 28,102 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 31,620 | 31,568 | 19,357 | 42,723 |
| Night | 46 | 30,692 | 30,888 | 19,357 | 42,723 |
| Day | 34 | 32,876 | 32,194 | 21,109 | 42,528 |
| Weekend | 38 | 33,613 | 32,998 | 21,579 | 41,591 |
| Weekday | 42 | 29,817 | 28,908 | 19,357 | 42,723 |
| On the road | 80 | 28,102 | 27,062 | 7,512 | 51,297 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 26,980 |
| May | 13 | 31,339 |
| Jun | 12 | 35,891 |
| Jul | 10 | 36,096 |
| Aug | 16 | 30,969 |
| Sep | 16 | 28,584 |
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 161 completed games, 2018.
- Regulation
- 3:03 147 games
- All games
- 3:08
- Extra innings
- 3:51 14 of them
- Longest
- 4:16 2018-09-20, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:16 2018-06-05
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:08 | 3:07 | 2:16 | 4:28 |
| Regulation | 147 | 3:03 | 3:03 | 2:16 | 4:14 |
| Extra innings | 14 | 3:51 | 3:49 | 3:16 | 4:28 |
| Home | 80 | 3:09 | 3:04 | 2:16 | 4:16 |
| Road | 81 | 3:07 | 3:09 | 2:24 | 4:28 |
| Day | 63 | 3:08 | 3:06 | 2:24 | 4:28 |
| Night | 98 | 3:07 | 3:08 | 2:16 | 4:16 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:02 |
| May | 13 | 3:00 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:02 |
| Jul | 10 | 3:14 |
| Aug | 16 | 3:01 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:31 |
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 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.