National League East · 2019
Washington Nationals 2019
- Team WAR
- 49.1 28.0 bat / 21.0 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.
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 | 5.6 |
| 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 | 2.1 |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 134 | 482 | 99 | 20 | 50 | 3 | .238 | .340 | .430 | .333 | 104 | 1.8 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 84 | 309 | 74 | 17 | 63 | 0 | .264 | .324 | .486 | .340 | 108 | 1.6 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 97 | 358 | 70 | 12 | 43 | 2 | .223 | .316 | .389 | .301 | 83 | 0.9 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 33 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .222 | .187 | 8 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.2 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 28 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .159 | -11 | 0.1 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 52 | 190 | 44 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .257 | .321 | .415 | .316 | 93 | 0.1 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | P | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .209 | 22 | 0.1 |
| Kyle McGowin | P | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .291 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 111 | 333 | 70 | 20 | 56 | 0 | .226 | .276 | .465 | .309 | 88 | 0.0 |
| Roenis Elías | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Tanner Rainey | 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 Grace | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Austin Voth | P | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .097 | -52 | -0.0 |
| Tres Barrera | PH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.0 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .116 | -39 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .123 | -35 | -0.1 |
| Javy Guerra | P | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Sean Doolittle | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -116 | -0.1 |
| Jake Noll | PH | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .215 | 26 | -0.1 |
| Wilmer Difo | SS | 42 | 144 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .252 | .315 | .313 | .272 | 63 | -0.1 |
| Patrick Corbin | P | 31 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .092 | .132 | .108 | .113 | -41 | -0.2 |
| Raudy Read | C | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .079 | -63 | -0.2 |
| Carter Kieboom | SS | 11 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .128 | .209 | .282 | .206 | 20 | -0.2 |
| Adrián Sanchez | PH | 25 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .250 | .226 | .213 | 25 | -0.2 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | P | 27 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .101 | -49 | -0.2 |
| Gerardo Parra | RF | 119 | 301 | 64 | 9 | 48 | 8 | .234 | .293 | .391 | .290 | 75 | -0.3 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 27 | 27 | 172.1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 243 | 2.92 | 2.45 | 1.03 | 12.7 | 6.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 33 | 33 | 209.0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 251 | 3.32 | 3.25 | 1.04 | 10.8 | 5.6 |
| Patrick Corbin | 33 | 33 | 202.0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 238 | 3.25 | 3.49 | 1.18 | 10.6 | 4.9 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 30 | 30 | 166.0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 3.85 | 4.44 | 1.27 | 7.3 | 2.3 |
| Wander Suero | 78 | 0 | 71.1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 81 | 4.54 | 3.07 | 1.26 | 10.2 | 1.6 |
| Austin Voth | 9 | 8 | 43.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 3.30 | 3.79 | 1.05 | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Javy Guerra | 51 | 0 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 4.66 | 4.25 | 1.24 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| Sean Doolittle | 63 | 0 | 60.0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 66 | 4.05 | 4.25 | 1.30 | 9.9 | 0.6 |
| Joe Ross | 27 | 9 | 64.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 5.48 | 4.59 | 1.67 | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| Fernando Rodney | 55 | 0 | 47.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 5.66 | 4.28 | 1.62 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
| Tanner Rainey | 52 | 0 | 48.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 3.91 | 4.37 | 1.45 | 13.8 | 0.4 |
| Tony Sipp | 36 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4.71 | 3.55 | 1.33 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| Erick Fedde | 21 | 12 | 78.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 4.50 | 5.34 | 1.46 | 4.7 | 0.1 |
| James Bourque | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 12.21 | 7.50 | 0.0 | -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 |
| Michael Blazek | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 8.81 | 2.20 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Aaron Barrett | 3 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 13.07 | 3.86 | 3.9 | -0.2 |
| Matt Grace | 51 | 1 | 46.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 6.36 | 5.55 | 1.52 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jeremy Hellickson | 9 | 8 | 39.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 6.23 | 6.29 | 1.72 | 6.9 | -0.3 |
| Austen Williams | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 162.00 | 84.21 | 18.00 | 27.0 | -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 |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2019.
- Average
- 27,899 81 home dates
- Median
- 27,084
- Total
- 2,259,781
- Best
- 42,263 2019-03-28
- Quietest
- 14,628 2019-07-24
- On the road
- 29,055 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 27,899 | 27,084 | 14,628 | 42,263 |
| Night | 43 | 27,164 | 25,483 | 17,890 | 39,730 |
| Day | 38 | 28,730 | 28,859 | 14,628 | 42,263 |
| Weekend | 38 | 31,416 | 30,379 | 21,873 | 39,730 |
| Weekday | 43 | 24,790 | 23,843 | 14,628 | 42,263 |
| On the road | 81 | 29,055 | 30,319 | 6,276 | 53,647 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 33,153 |
| Apr | 13 | 26,306 |
| May | 12 | 27,680 |
| Jun | 12 | 30,228 |
| Jul | 16 | 26,814 |
| Aug | 10 | 27,760 |
| Sep | 15 | 27,789 |
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, 2019.
- Regulation
- 3:08 152 games
- All games
- 3:12
- Extra innings
- 4:05 10 of them
- Longest
- 5:40 2019-08-17, 14 inn
- Shortest
- 2:15 2019-06-13
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 3:12 | 3:09 | 2:15 | 5:40 |
| Regulation | 152 | 3:08 | 3:07 | 2:15 | 4:09 |
| Extra innings | 10 | 4:05 | 3:57 | 3:09 | 5:40 |
| Home | 81 | 3:13 | 3:08 | 2:15 | 5:40 |
| Road | 81 | 3:10 | 3:10 | 2:27 | 4:35 |
| Day | 62 | 3:11 | 3:08 | 2:22 | 4:35 |
| Night | 100 | 3:12 | 3:10 | 2:15 | 5:40 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 3 | 3:16 |
| Apr | 13 | 3:15 |
| May | 12 | 3:06 |
| Jun | 12 | 3:07 |
| Jul | 16 | 3:19 |
| Aug | 10 | 3:22 |
| Sep | 15 | 3:07 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 188 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 93-69, a .574 win rate, while their +149 run differential implies .585. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.