National League East · 2022
Washington Nationals 2022
- Team WAR
- 12.8 15.7 bat / -2.9 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 5.6 WAR, and Hunter Harvey the rotation at a 2.52 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Juan Soto | RF | 153 | 664 | 127 | 27 | 62 | 6 | .242 | .401 | .452 | .380 | 148 | 5.6 |
| 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 | 2.0 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 111 | 433 | 99 | 7 | 36 | 6 | .251 | .313 | .360 | .301 | 93 | 1.8 |
| Luis García Jr. | SS | 93 | 377 | 99 | 7 | 45 | 3 | .275 | .295 | .408 | .304 | 95 | 1.5 |
| Lane Thomas | LF | 138 | 548 | 120 | 17 | 52 | 8 | .241 | .301 | .404 | .309 | 99 | 1.4 |
| César Hernández | 2B | 147 | 617 | 139 | 1 | 34 | 10 | .248 | .311 | .318 | .284 | 81 | 0.9 |
| Yadiel Hernandez | LF | 94 | 327 | 82 | 9 | 41 | 2 | .269 | .312 | .410 | .316 | 104 | 0.8 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3B | 63 | 222 | 55 | 4 | 23 | 3 | .263 | .299 | .392 | .303 | 94 | 0.8 |
| 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 | 0.4 |
| Dee Strange-Gordon | SS | 19 | 59 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .305 | .305 | .356 | .287 | 83 | 0.1 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 122 | 407 | 82 | 6 | 33 | 15 | .224 | .273 | .311 | .261 | 65 | 0.0 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 37 | 131 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .218 | .260 | .282 | .243 | 51 | -0.1 |
| Riley Adams | C | 48 | 155 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .176 | .245 | .310 | .250 | 57 | -0.1 |
| Israel Pineda | C | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .114 | -40 | -0.2 |
| Joshua Palacios | RF | 22 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .213 | .245 | .255 | .226 | 39 | -0.2 |
| Ehire Adrianza | 3B | 34 | 110 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | .175 | .264 | .206 | .225 | 39 | -0.3 |
| Tres Barrera | C | 18 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .180 | .212 | .200 | .187 | 12 | -0.3 |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 124 | 507 | 105 | 10 | 64 | 4 | .234 | .313 | .337 | .294 | 87 | -0.4 |
| Lucius Fox | SS | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .095 | -53 | -0.4 |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 103 | 388 | 85 | 9 | 39 | 1 | .229 | .255 | .342 | .262 | 65 | -0.7 |
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 | 0.6 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 60 | 2 | 86.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 2.92 | 4.05 | 1.08 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Víctor Arano | 43 | 0 | 42.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4.50 | 3.71 | 1.40 | 9.4 | 0.4 |
| Patrick Corbin | 31 | 31 | 152.2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 128 | 6.31 | 4.84 | 1.70 | 7.5 | 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 | 0.2 |
| Jordan Weems | 32 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5.22 | 4.25 | 1.18 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Rainey | 29 | 0 | 30.0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 3.30 | 4.18 | 1.30 | 10.8 | 0.1 |
| Mason Thompson | 24 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2.92 | 4.17 | 1.14 | 5.5 | 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 |
| Andrés Machado | 51 | 0 | 59.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3.34 | 4.51 | 1.37 | 7.0 | -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 |
| Joan Adon | 14 | 14 | 64.2 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 7.10 | 5.11 | 1.78 | 7.7 | -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 |
| 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 |
| Erick Fedde | 27 | 27 | 127.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 94 | 5.81 | 5.15 | 1.63 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Dee Strange-Gordon | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 28.11 | 5.00 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Steve Cishek | 69 | 0 | 66.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 4.21 | 4.85 | 1.22 | 10.0 | -0.3 |
| Jackson Tetreault | 4 | 4 | 21.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5.14 | 6.16 | 1.57 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Paolo Espino | 42 | 19 | 113.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 92 | 4.84 | 4.93 | 1.37 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| Francisco Pérez | 10 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.27 | 7.61 | 2.54 | 7.3 | -0.3 |
| 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 | -0.6 |
| 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 | -1.6 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2022.
- Average
- 25,017 81 home dates
- Median
- 25,225
- Total
- 2,026,401
- Best
- 42,730 2022-06-18
- Quietest
- 9,261 2022-04-19
- On the road
- 27,840 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 25,017 | 25,225 | 9,261 | 42,730 |
| Night | 47 | 24,787 | 24,785 | 11,720 | 36,841 |
| Day | 34 | 25,335 | 25,650 | 9,261 | 42,730 |
| Weekend | 41 | 27,738 | 26,111 | 15,501 | 42,730 |
| Weekday | 40 | 22,229 | 22,499 | 9,261 | 35,052 |
| On the road | 80 | 27,840 | 29,874 | 6,601 | 53,302 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 19,458 |
| May | 13 | 22,052 |
| Jun | 14 | 24,001 |
| Jul | 13 | 26,413 |
| Aug | 14 | 29,227 |
| Sep | 10 | 27,932 |
| Oct | 3 | 33,143 |
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 159 completed games, 2022.
- Regulation
- 3:06 149 games
- All games
- 3:08
- Extra innings
- 3:40 10 of them
- Longest
- 4:03 2022-08-12, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 2:21 2022-08-28
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 159 | 3:08 | 3:07 | 2:18 | 4:03 |
| Regulation | 149 | 3:06 | 3:05 | 2:18 | 4:03 |
| Extra innings | 10 | 3:40 | 3:48 | 2:53 | 4:02 |
| Home | 80 | 3:08 | 3:05 | 2:21 | 4:03 |
| Road | 79 | 3:08 | 3:09 | 2:18 | 3:57 |
| Day | 61 | 3:09 | 3:05 | 2:21 | 4:02 |
| Night | 98 | 3:07 | 3:09 | 2:18 | 4:03 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 14 | 3:07 |
| May | 13 | 3:03 |
| Jun | 14 | 3:17 |
| Jul | 13 | 3:04 |
| Aug | 14 | 3:12 |
| Sep | 10 | 3:02 |
| Oct | 2 | 2:54 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 186 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 55-107, a .340 win rate, while their -252 run differential implies .345. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.