National League East · 2023
Washington Nationals 2023
- Team WAR
- 16.7 15.7 bat / 1.0 pitch
- Win %
- .438 pyth .415
- Run diff
- -145 4.32 / 5.22 per g
- wRC+
- 92
- ERA
- 5.03 FIP 5.14
- Home runs
- 157
The Washington Nationals went 71-91 in 2023, a .438 winning percentage — 26th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 700 runs and allowed 845, a run differential of -145. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 5.03 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 92 team wRC+ was 8% below league average — 20th of 30 in MLB. CJ Abrams led the position players at 3.3 WAR, and Hunter Harvey the rotation at a 2.82 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
22 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| CJ Abrams | SS | 151 | 614 | 138 | 18 | 64 | 47 | .245 | .300 | .412 | .308 | 90 | 3.3 |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 140 | 576 | 127 | 22 | 70 | 8 | .251 | .336 | .471 | .348 | 117 | 3.2 |
| Lane Thomas | RF | 156 | 682 | 168 | 28 | 86 | 20 | .268 | .315 | .468 | .335 | 109 | 2.8 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 136 | 562 | 136 | 18 | 67 | 1 | .260 | .308 | .409 | .312 | 93 | 1.8 |
| Luis García Jr. | 2B | 121 | 482 | 119 | 9 | 50 | 9 | .266 | .304 | .385 | .299 | 84 | 1.2 |
| Riley Adams | C | 43 | 158 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .273 | .331 | .476 | .347 | 117 | 1.0 |
| Stone Garrett | LF | 86 | 271 | 63 | 9 | 40 | 3 | .269 | .343 | .457 | .346 | 116 | 1.0 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 35 | 126 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .299 | .385 | .364 | .341 | 113 | 0.9 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3B | 85 | 286 | 66 | 4 | 31 | 1 | .252 | .304 | .363 | .294 | 81 | 0.5 |
| Jacob Young | CF | 33 | 121 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .252 | .322 | .336 | .297 | 83 | 0.5 |
| Drew Millas | C | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .464 | .368 | 131 | 0.3 |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 146 | 586 | 134 | 12 | 46 | 1 | .254 | .326 | .366 | .308 | 90 | 0.2 |
| Jeter Downs | SS | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .667 | .400 | .511 | 228 | 0.2 |
| Joey Meneses | DH | 153 | 657 | 168 | 13 | 89 | 0 | .275 | .321 | .401 | .316 | 96 | 0.1 |
| Alex Call | CF | 120 | 439 | 75 | 8 | 38 | 9 | .200 | .307 | .307 | .282 | 73 | 0.1 |
| Michael Chavis | 2B | 41 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .242 | .281 | .341 | .274 | 67 | -0.0 |
| Carter Kieboom | 3B | 27 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .207 | .266 | .368 | .277 | 69 | -0.1 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | LF | 10 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .297 | .258 | .264 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Jake Alu | LF | 50 | 175 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 5 | .226 | .282 | .289 | .257 | 56 | -0.2 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 13 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .170 | .220 | .191 | .191 | 11 | -0.3 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 50 | 152 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .250 | .283 | .354 | .279 | 70 | -0.3 |
| Blake Rutherford | LF | 12 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .171 | .194 | .171 | .167 | -5 | -0.4 |
Pitching
27 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Hunter Harvey | 57 | 0 | 60.2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 67 | 2.82 | 3.29 | 0.94 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| Josiah Gray | 30 | 30 | 159.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 143 | 3.91 | 4.93 | 1.46 | 8.1 | 0.9 |
| MacKenzie Gore | 27 | 27 | 136.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 4.42 | 4.89 | 1.40 | 10.0 | 0.9 |
| Mason Thompson | 51 | 0 | 54.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 5.50 | 4.03 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 0.5 |
| Robert Garcia | 25 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3.66 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 32 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 3.69 | 3.86 | 1.52 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Patrick Corbin | 32 | 32 | 180.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 124 | 5.20 | 5.28 | 1.48 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Joe La Sorsa | 25 | 0 | 32.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.41 | 4.11 | 1.26 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 67 | 0 | 69.1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 63 | 3.76 | 4.58 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 0.3 |
| Joan Adon | 12 | 10 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 6.45 | 4.98 | 1.63 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Jake Irvin | 24 | 24 | 121.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 4.61 | 5.30 | 1.42 | 7.4 | 0.2 |
| José A. Ferrer | 39 | 0 | 34.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5.03 | 4.55 | 1.47 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Tanner Rainey | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.26 | 2.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Jordan Weems | 51 | 0 | 54.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 3.62 | 4.90 | 1.21 | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 38 | 2 | 60.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 6.41 | 5.05 | 1.57 | 6.4 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Banda | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.43 | 5.97 | 2.00 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Jackson Rutledge | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.75 | 5.86 | 1.50 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Lane Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.00 | 14.26 | 3.00 | 9.0 | -0.1 |
| Paolo Espino | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.75 | 7.26 | 4.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 12.76 | 1.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Hobie Harris | 16 | 0 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.12 | 5.84 | 1.76 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| Andrés Machado | 44 | 0 | 50.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5.22 | 5.50 | 1.32 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Cory Abbott | 22 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 6.64 | 5.95 | 1.70 | 9.2 | -0.5 |
| Thaddeus Ward | 26 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.37 | 6.68 | 1.61 | 7.6 | -0.7 |
| Amos Willingham | 18 | 0 | 24.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6.66 | 7.53 | 1.81 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| Chad Kuhl | 16 | 5 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 8.45 | 6.78 | 1.96 | 7.3 | -0.7 |
| Trevor Williams | 30 | 30 | 144.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 5.55 | 5.98 | 1.60 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 81 home dates, 2023.
- Average
- 23,035 81 home dates
- Median
- 22,379
- Total
- 1,865,832
- Best
- 38,853 2023-08-19
- Quietest
- 2,473 2023-08-20
- On the road
- 29,230 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 81 | 23,035 | 22,379 | 2,473 | 38,853 |
| Night | 43 | 22,344 | 22,223 | 2,473 | 36,297 |
| Day | 38 | 23,816 | 23,340 | 10,064 | 38,853 |
| Weekend | 41 | 25,948 | 26,196 | 2,473 | 38,853 |
| Weekday | 40 | 20,049 | 19,019 | 10,064 | 36,290 |
| On the road | 80 | 29,230 | 30,198 | 7,752 | 48,230 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 1 | 35,756 |
| Apr | 13 | 19,604 |
| May | 14 | 20,379 |
| Jun | 12 | 23,831 |
| Jul | 14 | 22,131 |
| Aug | 12 | 22,388 |
| Sep | 15 | 28,364 |
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, 2023.
- Regulation
- 2:39 154 games
- All games
- 2:41
- Extra innings
- 3:09 8 of them
- Longest
- 3:19 2023-05-25, 9 inn
- Shortest
- 1:55 2023-05-04
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 162 | 2:41 | 2:38 | 1:50 | 3:28 |
| Regulation | 154 | 2:39 | 2:37 | 1:50 | 3:19 |
| Extra innings | 8 | 3:09 | 3:14 | 2:43 | 3:28 |
| Home | 81 | 2:41 | 2:37 | 1:55 | 3:19 |
| Road | 81 | 2:40 | 2:38 | 1:50 | 3:28 |
| Day | 67 | 2:39 | 2:35 | 1:50 | 3:19 |
| Night | 95 | 2:42 | 2:41 | 2:09 | 3:28 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Mar | 1 | 3:07 |
| Apr | 13 | 2:36 |
| May | 14 | 2:39 |
| Jun | 12 | 2:41 |
| Jul | 14 | 2:37 |
| Aug | 12 | 2:41 |
| Sep | 15 | 2:50 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 159 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 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -145 run differential implies .415. That is about 4 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.