National League East · 2021
Washington Nationals 2021
- Team WAR
- 36.5 30.7 bat / 5.8 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 7.2 WAR, and Max Scherzer the rotation at a 2.46 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
46 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Juan Soto | RF | 151 | 654 | 157 | 29 | 95 | 9 | .313 | .465 | .534 | .426 | 179 | 7.2 |
| Trea Turner | SS | 148 | 646 | 195 | 28 | 77 | 32 | .328 | .375 | .536 | .388 | 152 | 6.8 |
| Kyle Schwarber | LF | 113 | 471 | 106 | 32 | 71 | 1 | .266 | .374 | .554 | .395 | 157 | 4.1 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 144 | 568 | 130 | 27 | 88 | 0 | .261 | .347 | .476 | .355 | 128 | 2.6 |
| 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 | 2.0 |
| Yan Gomes | C | 101 | 375 | 88 | 14 | 52 | 0 | .252 | .301 | .421 | .310 | 96 | 1.1 |
| Lane Thomas | CF | 74 | 264 | 53 | 7 | 28 | 6 | .235 | .341 | .412 | .332 | 113 | 1.1 |
| 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 | 0.7 |
| Tres Barrera | C | 29 | 107 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .264 | .374 | .385 | .337 | 116 | 0.6 |
| Yadiel Hernandez | LF | 112 | 289 | 72 | 9 | 32 | 3 | .273 | .329 | .413 | .322 | 105 | 0.5 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | 110 | 273 | 62 | 14 | 46 | 0 | .243 | .286 | .471 | .320 | 104 | 0.4 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 28 | 96 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .409 | .326 | 108 | 0.4 |
| Joe Ross | P | 20 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .294 | .250 | .250 | 54 | 0.4 |
| Alex Avila | C | 34 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .191 | .345 | .348 | .318 | 102 | 0.4 |
| Jon Lester | P | 27 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .271 | .206 | 24 | 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 |
| Stephen Strasburg | P | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .329 | 111 | 0.1 |
| Austin Voth | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | .543 | 262 | 0.1 |
| Patrick Corbin | P | 28 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .179 | .132 | .148 | -17 | 0.1 |
| Jakson Reetz | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | .626 | 320 | 0.1 |
| Paolo Espino | P | 21 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .146 | -19 | 0.0 |
| Wander Suero | 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 |
| Patrick Murphy | 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 |
| Ryne Harper | 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 |
| Joan Adon | P | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Cody Wilson | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.0 |
| Adrián Sanchez | 2B | 13 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 | .316 | .314 | .273 | 70 | -0.1 |
| Sean Nolin | P | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Josh Rogers | P | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .056 | -83 | -0.1 |
| Carter Kieboom | 3B | 62 | 249 | 45 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .207 | .301 | .318 | .278 | 75 | -0.1 |
| Humberto Arteaga | SS | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.1 |
| Josiah Gray | P | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .070 | -73 | -0.1 |
| Andrew Stevenson | CF | 102 | 213 | 44 | 5 | 23 | 1 | .229 | .294 | .339 | .278 | 74 | -0.1 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 105 | 369 | 64 | 2 | 19 | 8 | .203 | .310 | .295 | .278 | 74 | -0.1 |
| Gerardo Parra | LF | 51 | 107 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .237 | .292 | .351 | .284 | 78 | -0.2 |
| Hernán Pérez | 1B | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .111 | -44 | -0.3 |
| Erick Fedde | P | 25 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .026 | .000 | .019 | -109 | -0.4 |
| Max Scherzer | P | 27 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -122 | -0.8 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Max Scherzer | 30 | 30 | 179.1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 2.46 | 2.97 | 0.86 | 11.8 | 4.8 |
| Joe Ross | 20 | 19 | 108.0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 109 | 4.17 | 4.36 | 1.22 | 9.1 | 1.1 |
| Erick Fedde | 29 | 27 | 133.1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 128 | 5.47 | 4.66 | 1.44 | 8.6 | 0.9 |
| Daniel Hudson | 54 | 0 | 51.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 3.31 | 3.21 | 1.08 | 13.1 | 0.9 |
| Paolo Espino | 35 | 19 | 109.2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 92 | 4.27 | 4.46 | 1.21 | 7.6 | 0.8 |
| Patrick Murphy | 25 | 0 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 5.14 | 3.99 | 1.46 | 9.3 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 68 | 0 | 66.0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 68 | 3.55 | 4.52 | 1.48 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Brad Hand | 68 | 0 | 64.2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 61 | 3.90 | 4.58 | 1.27 | 8.5 | 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 |
| Hernán Pérez | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.17 | 0.50 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Sam Clay | 58 | 0 | 45.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 5.60 | 4.61 | 1.71 | 6.8 | 0.1 |
| Will Harris | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.00 | 3.84 | 1.67 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| Andrés Machado | 40 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 3.53 | 4.63 | 1.26 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Kyle McGowin | 27 | 0 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4.20 | 4.60 | 1.17 | 10.5 | 0.1 |
| Joan Adon | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.38 | 4.48 | 1.69 | 15.2 | 0.1 |
| Austin Voth | 49 | 1 | 57.1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 5.34 | 4.90 | 1.48 | 9.3 | -0.1 |
| Ryne Harper | 34 | 0 | 35.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4.04 | 4.96 | 1.18 | 7.8 | -0.1 |
| Sean Nolin | 10 | 5 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4.39 | 5.31 | 1.69 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 5 | 5 | 21.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4.57 | 5.71 | 1.38 | 8.7 | -0.1 |
| Luis Avilán | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12.60 | 6.57 | 2.00 | 7.2 | -0.1 |
| Kyle Lobstein | 3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.25 | 13.67 | 3.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Jon Lester | 28 | 28 | 141.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 91 | 4.71 | 5.41 | 1.51 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Mason Thompson | 31 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 4.01 | 5.36 | 1.91 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Patrick Corbin | 31 | 31 | 171.2 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 143 | 5.82 | 5.41 | 1.47 | 7.5 | -0.2 |
| Josh Rogers | 6 | 6 | 35.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 3.28 | 5.83 | 1.29 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Alberto Baldonado | 14 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.44 | 6.55 | 1.59 | 10.1 | -0.2 |
| Tanner Rainey | 38 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 7.39 | 5.63 | 1.71 | 11.9 | -0.3 |
| Javy Guerra | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.50 | 11.34 | 2.50 | 6.0 | -0.5 |
| Wander Suero | 45 | 0 | 42.2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 6.33 | 5.80 | 1.41 | 9.3 | -0.5 |
| Josiah Gray | 14 | 13 | 70.2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 76 | 5.48 | 6.00 | 1.36 | 9.7 | -0.6 |
| Jefry Rodriguez | 14 | 1 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.92 | 6.95 | 1.73 | 7.4 | -0.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 80 home dates, 2021.
- Average
- 18,319 80 home dates
- Median
- 17,074
- Total
- 1,465,543
- Best
- 42,064 2021-07-03
- Quietest
- 4,801 2021-04-06
- On the road
- 17,527 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 80 | 18,319 | 17,074 | 4,801 | 42,064 |
| Night | 44 | 18,507 | 17,390 | 6,666 | 42,064 |
| Day | 36 | 18,090 | 15,931 | 4,801 | 41,465 |
| Weekend | 42 | 22,460 | 23,243 | 8,056 | 42,064 |
| Weekday | 38 | 13,742 | 15,931 | 4,801 | 22,575 |
| On the road | 79 | 17,527 | 16,021 | 1,274 | 38,300 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 6,660 |
| May | 17 | 10,322 |
| Jun | 14 | 19,543 |
| Jul | 12 | 28,076 |
| Aug | 12 | 21,103 |
| Sep | 12 | 20,424 |
| Oct | 3 | 35,991 |
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, 2021.
- Regulation
- 3:11 148 games
- All games
- 3:14
- Extra innings
- 3:42 13 of them
- Longest
- 4:15 2021-07-16, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:06 2021-05-29
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 161 | 3:14 | 3:14 | 2:06 | 4:24 |
| Regulation | 148 | 3:11 | 3:11 | 2:06 | 4:19 |
| Extra innings | 13 | 3:42 | 3:47 | 3:02 | 4:24 |
| Home | 80 | 3:10 | 3:08 | 2:06 | 4:15 |
| Road | 81 | 3:17 | 3:14 | 2:06 | 4:24 |
| Day | 67 | 3:13 | 3:11 | 2:06 | 4:19 |
| Night | 94 | 3:14 | 3:14 | 2:07 | 4:24 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 11 | 3:01 |
| May | 17 | 3:00 |
| Jun | 14 | 2:49 |
| Jul | 11 | 3:22 |
| Aug | 12 | 3:19 |
| Sep | 12 | 3:25 |
| Oct | 3 | 3:41 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 191 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 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.