National League East · 2023
Washington Nationals
- Team WAR
- 11.9 13.7 bat / -1.8 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. Jeimer Candelario led the position players at 3.2 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.
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 140 | 576 | 127 | 22 | 70 | 8 | .251 | .336 | .471 | .348 | 117 | 3.2 |
| CJ Abrams | SS | 151 | 614 | 138 | 18 | 64 | 47 | .245 | .300 | .412 | .308 | 90 | 2.8 |
| Lane Thomas | RF | 156 | 682 | 168 | 28 | 86 | 20 | .268 | .315 | .468 | .335 | 109 | 2.4 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 136 | 562 | 136 | 18 | 67 | 1 | .260 | .308 | .409 | .312 | 93 | 2.1 |
| Riley Adams | C | 43 | 158 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .273 | .331 | .476 | .347 | 117 | 1.1 |
| Stone Garrett | LF | 86 | 271 | 63 | 9 | 40 | 3 | .269 | .343 | .457 | .346 | 116 | 1.1 |
| Luis García Jr. | 2B | 121 | 482 | 119 | 9 | 50 | 9 | .266 | .304 | .385 | .299 | 84 | 0.8 |
| Victor Robles | CF | 35 | 126 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .299 | .385 | .364 | .341 | 113 | 0.8 |
| Jacob Young | CF | 33 | 121 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .252 | .322 | .336 | .297 | 83 | 0.4 |
| Ildemaro Vargas | 3B | 85 | 286 | 66 | 4 | 31 | 1 | .252 | .304 | .363 | .294 | 81 | 0.4 |
| Drew Millas | C | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .286 | .375 | .464 | .368 | 131 | 0.3 |
| 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 | 0.0 |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 146 | 586 | 134 | 12 | 46 | 1 | .254 | .326 | .366 | .308 | 90 | -0.0 |
| Carter Kieboom | 3B | 27 | 94 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 0 | .207 | .266 | .368 | .277 | 69 | -0.0 |
| Michael Chavis | 2B | 41 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .242 | .281 | .341 | .274 | 67 | -0.0 |
| Travis Blankenhorn | LF | 10 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .161 | .297 | .258 | .264 | 60 | -0.1 |
| Alex Call | CF | 120 | 439 | 75 | 8 | 38 | 9 | .200 | .307 | .307 | .282 | 73 | -0.2 |
| Corey Dickerson | LF | 50 | 152 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 0 | .250 | .283 | .354 | .279 | 70 | -0.3 |
| Derek Hill | CF | 13 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .170 | .220 | .191 | .191 | 11 | -0.3 |
| Jake Alu | LF | 50 | 175 | 36 | 2 | 16 | 5 | .226 | .282 | .289 | .257 | 56 | -0.4 |
| 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 | 1.0 |
| Josiah Gray | 30 | 30 | 159.0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 143 | 3.91 | 4.93 | 1.46 | 8.1 | 0.5 |
| MacKenzie Gore | 27 | 27 | 136.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 151 | 4.42 | 4.89 | 1.40 | 10.0 | 0.5 |
| Mason Thompson | 51 | 0 | 54.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 5.50 | 4.03 | 1.56 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Robert Garcia | 25 | 0 | 32.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3.66 | 3.54 | 1.19 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | 32 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 3.69 | 3.86 | 1.52 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| Joe La Sorsa | 25 | 0 | 32.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.41 | 4.11 | 1.26 | 7.7 | 0.2 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 67 | 0 | 69.1 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 63 | 3.76 | 4.58 | 1.30 | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| Joan Adon | 12 | 10 | 51.2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 6.45 | 4.98 | 1.63 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| 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 | -0.1 |
| Patrick Corbin | 32 | 32 | 180.0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 124 | 5.20 | 5.28 | 1.48 | 6.2 | -0.1 |
| Anthony Banda | 10 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.43 | 5.97 | 2.00 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Jake Irvin | 24 | 24 | 121.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 99 | 4.61 | 5.30 | 1.42 | 7.4 | -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 |
| Jackson Rutledge | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.75 | 5.86 | 1.50 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 38 | 2 | 60.1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 6.41 | 5.05 | 1.57 | 6.4 | -0.2 |
| 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 | -0.4 |
| Cory Abbott | 22 | 0 | 39.1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 6.64 | 5.95 | 1.70 | 9.2 | -0.5 |
| Amos Willingham | 18 | 0 | 24.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6.66 | 7.53 | 1.81 | 5.5 | -0.7 |
| Thaddeus Ward | 26 | 0 | 35.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.37 | 6.68 | 1.61 | 7.6 | -0.7 |
| Chad Kuhl | 16 | 5 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 8.45 | 6.78 | 1.96 | 7.3 | -0.8 |
| Trevor Williams | 30 | 30 | 144.1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 5.55 | 5.98 | 1.60 | 6.9 | -1.2 |
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.