National League East · 2021
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 31.1 27.4 bat / 3.7 pitch
- Win %
- .401 pyth .443
- Run diff
- -96 4.47 / 5.06 per g
- wRC+
- 109
- ERA
- 4.67 FIP 4.76
- Home runs
- 207
The Washington Nationals went 65-97 in 2021, a .401 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 724 runs and allowed 820, a run differential of -96. The offence ranked 16th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.67 staff ERA was 23rd of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 7th of 30 in MLB. Juan Soto led the position players at 7.1 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.46 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,581 team hits
Batting
46 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Juan Soto | RF | 151 | 654 | 157 | 29 | 95 | 9 | .313 | .465 | .534 | .426 | 179 | 7.1 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 148 | 646 | 195 | 28 | 77 | 32 | .328 | .375 | .536 | .388 | 152 | 6.9 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 113 | 471 | 106 | 32 | 71 | 1 | .266 | .374 | .554 | .395 | 157 | 3.8 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 144 | 568 | 130 | 27 | 88 | 0 | .261 | .347 | .476 | .355 | 128 | 2.4 |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 137 | 558 | 141 | 8 | 60 | 9 | .279 | .341 | .400 | .327 | 109 | 2.4 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 75 | 349 | 92 | 4 | 28 | 3 | .288 | .340 | .404 | .327 | 109 | 1.9 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 101 | 375 | 88 | 14 | 52 | 0 | .252 | .301 | .421 | .310 | 96 | 1.6 |
| Lane Thomas | CF | 74 | 264 | 53 | 7 | 28 | 6 | .235 | .341 | .412 | .332 | 113 | 1.2 |
| Starlin Castro | 3B | 87 | 346 | 89 | 3 | 38 | 0 | .283 | .333 | .375 | .311 | 97 | 1.0 |
| Riley Adams | C | 42 | 120 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .222 | .358 | .384 | .339 | 117 | 0.8 |
| Tres Barrera | C | 29 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .264 | .374 | .385 | .337 | 116 | 0.7 |
| Yadiel Hernandez | LF | 112 | 289 | 72 | 9 | 32 | 3 | .273 | .329 | .413 | .322 | 105 | 0.7 |
| Alex Avila | C | 34 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .191 | .345 | .348 | .318 | 102 | 0.6 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 28 | 96 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .409 | .326 | 108 | 0.6 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 110 | 273 | 62 | 14 | 46 | 0 | .243 | .286 | .471 | .320 | 104 | 0.3 |
| Luis García Jr. | 2B | 70 | 247 | 57 | 6 | 22 | 0 | .242 | .275 | .411 | .293 | 85 | 0.3 |
| Jordy Mercer | 2B | 42 | 127 | 30 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .254 | .307 | .364 | .297 | 87 | 0.2 |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 7 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .316 | .409 | .368 | .355 | 129 | 0.2 |
| Carter Kieboom | 3B | 62 | 249 | 45 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .207 | .301 | .318 | .278 | 75 | 0.1 |
| Austin Voth | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | .543 | 262 | 0.1 |
| Jakson Reetz | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .626 | 320 | 0.1 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 105 | 369 | 64 | 2 | 19 | 8 | .203 | .310 | .295 | .278 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .329 | 111 | 0.0 |
| Adrián Sanchez | 2B | 13 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .316 | .314 | .273 | 70 | -0.0 |
| Patrick Murphy | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Wander Suero | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Javy Guerra | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Kyle McGowin | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Cody Wilson | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Sam Clay | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Ryne Harper | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Joan Adon | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Humberto Arteaga | SS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Joe Ross | P | 20 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .250 | 54 | -0.1 |
| Gerardo Parra | LF | 51 | 107 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .237 | .292 | .351 | .284 | 78 | -0.1 |
| Sean Nolin | P | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Stevenson | CF | 102 | 213 | 44 | 5 | 23 | 1 | .229 | .294 | .339 | .278 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Josh Rogers | P | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .056 | -83 | -0.3 |
| Jon Lester | P | 27 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .271 | .206 | 24 | -0.3 |
| Hernán Pérez | 1B | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .111 | -44 | -0.3 |
| Paolo Espino | P | 21 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | -0.4 |
| Josiah Gray | P | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .070 | -73 | -0.4 |
| Patrick Corbin | P | 28 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .179 | .132 | .148 | -17 | -0.7 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 25 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .026 | .000 | .019 | -109 | -0.9 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 27 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -1.5 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 30 | 30 | 179.1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 2.46 | 2.97 | 0.86 | 11.8 | 4.3 |
| Joe Ross | 20 | 19 | 108.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 109 | 4.17 | 4.36 | 1.22 | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Daniel Hudson | 54 | 0 | 51.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 3.31 | 3.21 | 1.08 | 13.1 | 0.9 |
| Erick Fedde | 29 | 27 | 133.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 128 | 5.47 | 4.66 | 1.44 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
| Paolo Espino | 35 | 19 | 109.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 92 | 4.27 | 4.46 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Patrick Murphy | 25 | 0 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 5.14 | 3.99 | 1.46 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 68 | 0 | 66.0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 68 | 3.55 | 4.52 | 1.48 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Jhon Romero | 5 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 1.67 | 1.25 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Gabe Klobosits | 11 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.56 | 3.88 | 1.59 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Brad Hand | 68 | 0 | 64.2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 61 | 3.90 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 8.5 | 0.1 |
| Hernán Pérez | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Will Harris | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 3.84 | 1.67 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| Sam Clay | 58 | 0 | 45.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5.60 | 4.61 | 1.71 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Joan Adon | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.38 | 4.48 | 1.69 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| Kyle McGowin | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.20 | 4.60 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| Andrés Machado | 40 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3.53 | 4.63 | 1.26 | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Ryne Harper | 34 | 0 | 35.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4.04 | 4.96 | 1.18 | 7.8 | -0.1 |
| Luis Avilán | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.60 | 6.57 | 2.00 | 7.2 | -0.1 |
| Sean Nolin | 10 | 5 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4.39 | 5.31 | 1.69 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Austin Voth | 49 | 1 | 57.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 5.34 | 4.90 | 1.48 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 5 | 5 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4.57 | 5.71 | 1.38 | 8.7 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.25 | 13.67 | 3.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Mason Thompson | 31 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4.01 | 5.36 | 1.91 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Alberto Baldonado | 14 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.44 | 6.55 | 1.59 | 10.1 | -0.2 |
| Josh Rogers | 6 | 6 | 35.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3.28 | 5.83 | 1.29 | 5.6 | -0.3 |
| Tanner Rainey | 38 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 7.39 | 5.63 | 1.71 | 11.9 | -0.3 |
| Jon Lester | 28 | 28 | 141.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 4.71 | 5.41 | 1.51 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| Javy Guerra | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.50 | 11.34 | 2.50 | 6.0 | -0.4 |
| Patrick Corbin | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 143 | 5.82 | 5.41 | 1.47 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| Wander Suero | 45 | 0 | 42.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 6.33 | 5.80 | 1.41 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | 14 | 1 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.92 | 6.95 | 1.73 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
| Josiah Gray | 14 | 13 | 70.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 5.48 | 6.00 | 1.36 | 9.7 | -0.7 |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 65-97, a .401 win rate, while their -96 run differential implies .443. That is about 7 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.