National League East · 2022
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 11.2 15.4 bat / -4.2 pitch
- Win %
- .340 pyth .345
- Run diff
- -252 3.72 / 5.28 per g
- wRC+
- 95
- ERA
- 4.82 FIP 4.91
- Home runs
- 139
The Washington Nationals went 55-107 in 2022, a .340 winning percentage — the worst record in baseball. They scored 603 runs and allowed 855, a run differential of -252. The offence ranked 26th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.82 staff ERA was the second worst. Their 95 team wRC+ was 5% below league average — 19th of 30 in MLB. Juan Soto led the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Hunter Harvey the rotation at a 2.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,418 team hits
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Juan Soto | RF | 153 | 664 | 127 | 27 | 62 | 6 | .242 | .401 | .452 | .380 | 148 | 5.2 |
| Josh Bell | 1B | 155 | 647 | 147 | 17 | 71 | 0 | .266 | .362 | .422 | .346 | 125 | 2.5 |
| Joey Meneses | 1B | 56 | 240 | 72 | 13 | 34 | 1 | .324 | .367 | .563 | .396 | 160 | 2.1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 111 | 433 | 99 | 7 | 36 | 6 | .251 | .313 | .360 | .301 | 93 | 2.1 |
| Lane Thomas | LF | 138 | 548 | 120 | 17 | 52 | 8 | .241 | .301 | .404 | .309 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Luis García Jr. | SS | 93 | 377 | 99 | 7 | 45 | 3 | .275 | .295 | .408 | .304 | 95 | 1.3 |
| César Hernández | 2B | 147 | 617 | 139 | 1 | 34 | 10 | .248 | .311 | .318 | .284 | 81 | 0.9 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3B | 63 | 222 | 55 | 4 | 23 | 3 | .263 | .299 | .392 | .303 | 94 | 0.8 |
| Yadiel Hernandez | LF | 94 | 327 | 82 | 9 | 41 | 2 | .269 | .312 | .410 | .316 | 104 | 0.7 |
| Alex Call | LF | 46 | 131 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 3 | .237 | .336 | .412 | .334 | 116 | 0.5 |
| CJ Abrams | SS | 88 | 302 | 70 | 2 | 21 | 7 | .246 | .280 | .324 | .268 | 69 | 0.2 |
| Dee Strange-Gordon | SS | 19 | 59 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .305 | .305 | .356 | .287 | 83 | 0.1 |
| Riley Adams | C | 48 | 155 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .176 | .245 | .310 | .250 | 57 | -0.0 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 122 | 407 | 82 | 6 | 33 | 15 | .224 | .273 | .311 | .261 | 65 | -0.0 |
| Israel Pineda | C | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .114 | -40 | -0.2 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 37 | 131 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .218 | .260 | .282 | .243 | 51 | -0.2 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 103 | 388 | 85 | 9 | 39 | 1 | .229 | .255 | .342 | .262 | 65 | -0.2 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 22 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .213 | .245 | .255 | .226 | 39 | -0.2 |
| Tres Barrera | C | 18 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .180 | .212 | .200 | .187 | 12 | -0.3 |
| Lucius Fox | SS | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .095 | -53 | -0.4 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 34 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .175 | .264 | .206 | .225 | 39 | -0.4 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 124 | 507 | 105 | 10 | 64 | 4 | .234 | .313 | .337 | .294 | 87 | -0.5 |
Pitching
32 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Hunter Harvey | 38 | 0 | 39.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 2.52 | 2.07 | 1.14 | 10.3 | 1.1 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 66 | 0 | 66.2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 3.51 | 3.76 | 1.14 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 60 | 2 | 86.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 2.92 | 4.05 | 1.08 | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| Víctor Arano | 43 | 0 | 42.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4.50 | 3.71 | 1.40 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
| Sean Doolittle | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 0.19 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 57 | 0 | 62.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 2.76 | 4.24 | 1.23 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Rainey | 29 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 3.30 | 4.18 | 1.30 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Jordan Weems | 32 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5.22 | 4.25 | 1.18 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Mason Thompson | 24 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2.92 | 4.17 | 1.14 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Patrick Corbin | 31 | 31 | 152.2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 128 | 6.31 | 4.84 | 1.70 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| Cade Cavalli | 1 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14.54 | 3.80 | 1.85 | 12.5 | 0.1 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.11 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Stephen Strasburg | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13.50 | 5.68 | 2.14 | 9.6 | -0.0 |
| Alcides Escobar | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 6.71 | 2.40 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Andrés Machado | 51 | 0 | 59.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.34 | 4.51 | 1.37 | 7.0 | -0.1 |
| Patrick Murphy | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.35 | 5.94 | 2.82 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Evan Lee | 4 | 1 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4.15 | 5.77 | 1.85 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| Joan Adon | 14 | 14 | 64.2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 7.10 | 5.11 | 1.78 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Reed Garrett | 7 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.75 | 6.11 | 2.25 | 5.8 | -0.2 |
| Tyler Clippard | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.20 | 8.31 | 2.00 | 7.2 | -0.2 |
| Sam Clay | 7 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.44 | 8.17 | 1.50 | 8.4 | -0.2 |
| Dee Strange-Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 28.11 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Jackson Tetreault | 4 | 4 | 21.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5.14 | 6.16 | 1.57 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Francisco Pérez | 10 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.27 | 7.61 | 2.54 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Steve Cishek | 69 | 0 | 66.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 4.21 | 4.85 | 1.22 | 10.0 | -0.3 |
| Paolo Espino | 42 | 19 | 113.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 92 | 4.84 | 4.93 | 1.37 | 7.3 | -0.4 |
| Erick Fedde | 27 | 27 | 127.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 94 | 5.81 | 5.15 | 1.63 | 6.7 | -0.4 |
| Josh Rogers | 16 | 3 | 26.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5.13 | 6.42 | 1.33 | 4.1 | -0.6 |
| Aníbal Sánchez | 14 | 14 | 69.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 4.28 | 5.77 | 1.27 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
| Cory Abbott | 16 | 9 | 48.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 5.25 | 6.36 | 1.44 | 8.4 | -0.9 |
| Josiah Gray | 28 | 28 | 148.2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 154 | 5.02 | 5.86 | 1.36 | 9.3 | -1.7 |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 55-107, a .340 win rate, while their -252 run differential implies .345. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.