National League East · 2019
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 41.2 24.9 bat / 16.3 pitch
- Win %
- .574 pyth .585
- Run diff
- +149 5.39 / 4.47 per g
- wRC+
- 105
- ERA
- 4.37 FIP 4.15
- Home runs
- 226
The Washington Nationals went 93-69 in 2019, a .574 winning percentage — 9th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 873 runs and allowed 724, a run differential of +149. The offence ranked 6th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.37 staff ERA was 15th of 30. Their 105 team wRC+ was 5% above league average — 10th of 30 in MLB. Anthony Rendon led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.92 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,437 team hits
Batting
35 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Anthony Rendon | 3B | 146 | 646 | 174 | 34 | 126 | 5 | .319 | .412 | .598 | .416 | 159 | 7.1 |
| Juan Soto | LF | 150 | 659 | 153 | 34 | 110 | 12 | .282 | .401 | .548 | .399 | 147 | 5.4 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 122 | 569 | 155 | 19 | 57 | 35 | .298 | .353 | .497 | .358 | 121 | 4.5 |
| Howie Kendrick | 1B | 121 | 370 | 115 | 17 | 62 | 2 | .344 | .395 | .572 | .403 | 150 | 3.0 |
| Adam Eaton | RF | 151 | 656 | 158 | 15 | 49 | 15 | .279 | .365 | .428 | .345 | 112 | 2.5 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 154 | 617 | 139 | 17 | 65 | 28 | .255 | .326 | .419 | .319 | 95 | 2.0 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 134 | 482 | 99 | 20 | 50 | 3 | .238 | .340 | .430 | .333 | 104 | 1.9 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 84 | 309 | 74 | 17 | 63 | 0 | .264 | .324 | .486 | .340 | 108 | 1.9 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 97 | 358 | 70 | 12 | 43 | 2 | .223 | .316 | .389 | .301 | 83 | 1.2 |
| Andrew Stevenson | PH | 29 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .367 | .486 | .467 | .422 | 163 | 0.3 |
| Michael A. Taylor | CF | 46 | 97 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .305 | .364 | .291 | 76 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 52 | 190 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .257 | .321 | .415 | .316 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Kyle McGowin | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Tanner Rainey | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Roenis Elías | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Wander Suero | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 111 | 333 | 70 | 20 | 56 | 0 | .226 | .276 | .465 | .309 | 88 | -0.0 |
| Wilmer Difo | SS | 42 | 144 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .252 | .315 | .313 | .272 | 63 | -0.0 |
| Tres Barrera | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Sean Doolittle | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Matt Grace | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | P | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .209 | 22 | -0.1 |
| Jake Noll | PH | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .215 | 26 | -0.1 |
| Javy Guerra | P | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Austin Voth | P | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .097 | -52 | -0.1 |
| Raudy Read | C | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .079 | -63 | -0.2 |
| Adrián Sanchez | PH | 25 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .250 | .226 | .213 | 25 | -0.2 |
| Carter Kieboom | SS | 11 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .128 | .209 | .282 | .206 | 20 | -0.2 |
| Gerardo Parra | RF | 119 | 301 | 64 | 9 | 48 | 8 | .234 | .293 | .391 | .290 | 75 | -0.2 |
| Joe Ross | P | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .123 | -35 | -0.3 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .116 | -39 | -0.3 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 28 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .159 | -11 | -0.6 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 33 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .222 | .187 | 8 | -0.6 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 27 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .101 | -49 | -0.8 |
| Patrick Corbin | P | 31 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .092 | .132 | .108 | .113 | -41 | -1.0 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 27 | 27 | 172.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 243 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 1.03 | 12.7 | 5.3 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 33 | 33 | 209.0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 251 | 3.32 | 3.25 | 1.04 | 10.8 | 4.7 |
| Patrick Corbin | 33 | 33 | 202.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 238 | 3.25 | 3.49 | 1.18 | 10.6 | 4.0 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 30 | 30 | 166.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 3.85 | 4.44 | 1.27 | 7.3 | 1.7 |
| Wander Suero | 78 | 0 | 71.1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 4.54 | 3.07 | 1.26 | 10.2 | 1.4 |
| Austin Voth | 9 | 8 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3.30 | 3.79 | 1.05 | 9.1 | 0.7 |
| Javy Guerra | 51 | 0 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 4.66 | 4.25 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Sean Doolittle | 63 | 0 | 60.0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 66 | 4.05 | 4.25 | 1.30 | 9.9 | 0.4 |
| Joe Ross | 27 | 9 | 64.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 5.48 | 4.59 | 1.67 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
| Fernando Rodney | 55 | 0 | 47.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 5.66 | 4.28 | 1.62 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Tony Sipp | 36 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4.71 | 3.55 | 1.33 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Tanner Rainey | 52 | 0 | 48.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 3.91 | 4.37 | 1.45 | 13.8 | 0.3 |
| James Bourque | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 12.21 | 7.50 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Erick Fedde | 21 | 12 | 78.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 4.50 | 5.34 | 1.46 | 4.7 | -0.1 |
| Dan Jennings | 8 | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13.50 | 7.29 | 3.21 | 17.4 | -0.1 |
| Brian Dozier | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 16.21 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Aaron Barrett | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 13.07 | 3.86 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
| Michael Blazek | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 8.81 | 2.20 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Austen Williams | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 162.00 | 84.21 | 18.00 | 27.0 | -0.3 |
| Matt Grace | 51 | 1 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6.36 | 5.55 | 1.52 | 6.8 | -0.3 |
| Trevor Rosenthal | 22 | 0 | 15.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 13.50 | 6.87 | 2.41 | 10.0 | -0.3 |
| Hunter Strickland | 28 | 0 | 24.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5.55 | 6.30 | 1.23 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Justin Miller | 17 | 0 | 15.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.02 | 7.11 | 1.28 | 6.3 | -0.3 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 9 | 8 | 39.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6.23 | 6.29 | 1.72 | 6.9 | -0.4 |
| Kyle McGowin | 7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10.13 | 7.59 | 1.63 | 10.1 | -0.4 |
| Kyle Barraclough | 43 | 0 | 33.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 5.61 | 6.36 | 1.75 | 10.7 | -0.5 |
| Gerardo Parra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +149 run differential implies .585. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.