National League East · 2026
Washington Nationals 2026
- Team WAR
- 31.3 25.2 bat / 6.2 pitch
- Win %
- .475 pyth .506
- Run diff
- +10 5.09 / 5.03 per g
- wRC+
- 102
- ERA
- 4.73 FIP 4.70
- Home runs
- 215
The Washington Nationals are 76-84 through 160 games of 2026, a .475 winning percentage — 20th of 30 record in baseball. They have scored 814 runs and have allowed 804, a run differential of +10. The offence ranks the third best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.73 staff ERA is 26th of 30. Their 102 team wRC+ is 2% above league average — 9th of 30 in MLB. CJ Abrams leads the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Cade Cavalli the rotation at a 3.02 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
Batting
20 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| CJ Abrams | SS | 150 | 646 | 150 | 33 | 105 | 34 | .263 | .339 | .499 | .361 | 124 | 5.4 |
| James Wood | RF | 133 | 615 | 134 | 30 | 77 | 21 | .265 | .389 | .506 | .387 | 142 | 5.0 |
| Luis García Jr. | 1B | 147 | 543 | 143 | 30 | 92 | 5 | .277 | .309 | .521 | .355 | 120 | 2.7 |
| Curtis Mead | 3B | 88 | 329 | 72 | 17 | 48 | 6 | .253 | .353 | .498 | .372 | 132 | 2.4 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 100 | 351 | 94 | 10 | 48 | 2 | .286 | .322 | .450 | .335 | 106 | 2.1 |
| Jacob Young | CF | 130 | 467 | 105 | 10 | 49 | 18 | .252 | .318 | .391 | .316 | 94 | 1.9 |
| Daylen Lile | LF | 158 | 647 | 149 | 22 | 90 | 15 | .251 | .301 | .436 | .319 | 96 | 1.4 |
| Andrés Chaparro | 1B | 80 | 224 | 50 | 11 | 37 | 0 | .258 | .357 | .495 | .374 | 133 | 1.3 |
| Brady House | 3B | 92 | 348 | 77 | 10 | 45 | 3 | .245 | .310 | .398 | .314 | 93 | 1.1 |
| Joey Wiemer | RF | 27 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .286 | .398 | .514 | .401 | 151 | 0.8 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 2B | 117 | 363 | 74 | 3 | 31 | 2 | .239 | .331 | .323 | .302 | 85 | 0.7 |
| Dylan Crews | RF | 105 | 435 | 89 | 13 | 44 | 13 | .224 | .290 | .375 | .296 | 81 | 0.5 |
| Harry Ford | C | 35 | 114 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 3 | .186 | .307 | .340 | .298 | 82 | 0.4 |
| Yohandy Morales | 1B | 16 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .273 | .273 | .636 | .379 | 136 | 0.3 |
| Andrew Pinckney | LF | 15 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .280 | .310 | .480 | .331 | 104 | 0.1 |
| Miles Mikolas | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| José Tena | DH | 112 | 287 | 57 | 7 | 25 | 6 | .223 | .303 | .371 | .303 | 85 | -0.1 |
| Drew Millas | C | 44 | 152 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .185 | .277 | .262 | .254 | 52 | -0.1 |
| Nasim Nuñez | 2B | 137 | 487 | 89 | 1 | 36 | 49 | .209 | .291 | .242 | .253 | 52 | -0.2 |
| Abimelec Ortiz | 1B | 43 | 132 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .192 | .235 | .352 | .254 | 53 | -0.6 |
Pitching
39 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cade Cavalli | 32 | 32 | 169.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 200 | 3.02 | 3.26 | 1.16 | 10.6 | 4.1 |
| Foster Griffin | 31 | 31 | 172.2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 158 | 3.60 | 3.96 | 1.21 | 8.2 | 2.7 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 25 | 17 | 112.2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 114 | 3.43 | 3.32 | 1.30 | 9.1 | 2.4 |
| Brad Lord | 40 | 5 | 83.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 3.78 | 4.29 | 1.22 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 45 | 0 | 43.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 3.77 | 3.92 | 1.21 | 8.8 | 0.4 |
| Jackson Kent | 8 | 7 | 36.1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5.94 | 4.23 | 1.79 | 7.4 | 0.4 |
| Jake Irvin | 21 | 20 | 101.2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 104 | 5.40 | 4.98 | 1.37 | 9.2 | 0.4 |
| Will Dion | 26 | 1 | 47.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 3.78 | 4.13 | 1.20 | 10.0 | 0.4 |
| Trevor Williams | 15 | 1 | 28.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3.14 | 3.80 | 1.19 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
| Riley Cornelio | 17 | 3 | 34.2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 3.89 | 4.08 | 1.53 | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| Erik Tolman | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 3.21 | 3.60 | 1.43 | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| Carson Palmquist | 11 | 6 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.71 | 4.08 | 1.78 | 8.3 | 0.2 |
| Paxton Schultz | 27 | 1 | 32.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6.40 | 4.34 | 1.70 | 8.9 | 0.2 |
| Eddy Yean | 8 | 1 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.45 | 3.83 | 0.91 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Jack Sinclair | 10 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2.61 | 3.78 | 0.97 | 6.1 | 0.1 |
| Josiah Gray | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 2.85 | 1.00 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| PJ Poulin | 35 | 11 | 36.2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2.70 | 4.96 | 1.31 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Jackson Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.25 | 4.60 | 6.00 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| José Tena | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 6.10 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Yovanny Cruz | 17 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5.06 | 4.91 | 1.56 | 8.4 | -0.0 |
| DJ Herz | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9.00 | 5.85 | 1.75 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| Jared Simpson | 4 | 1 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10.38 | 6.10 | 1.85 | 8.3 | -0.1 |
| Julian Fernández | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.25 | 6.35 | 1.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Richard Lovelady | 37 | 6 | 34.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 3.71 | 5.07 | 1.82 | 7.9 | -0.1 |
| Tom Cosgrove | 18 | 0 | 16.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.71 | 5.25 | 1.47 | 7.7 | -0.1 |
| Zak Kent | 11 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.51 | 5.49 | 1.65 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Gus Varland | 34 | 0 | 33.0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 6.55 | 5.28 | 1.76 | 8.7 | -0.2 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 9.35 | 3.00 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Joey Wiemer | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 14.10 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Mitchell Parker | 22 | 0 | 39.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 6.58 | 5.47 | 1.49 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Cole Henry | 11 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.90 | 6.91 | 1.76 | 9.9 | -0.3 |
| Matt Krook | 11 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10.80 | 8.38 | 2.28 | 9.7 | -0.3 |
| Clayton Beeter | 50 | 0 | 48.0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 4.50 | 5.44 | 1.40 | 8.8 | -0.4 |
| Andre Granillo | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.64 | 8.14 | 2.25 | 2.9 | -0.4 |
| Max Kranick | 17 | 0 | 18.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9.33 | 7.03 | 2.18 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Ken Waldichuk | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.75 | 9.21 | 1.50 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Luis Perales | 6 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11.45 | 10.19 | 2.55 | 10.6 | -0.7 |
| Miles Mikolas | 25 | 11 | 116.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 58 | 5.82 | 5.77 | 1.38 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| Zack Littell | 26 | 14 | 124.1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 5.21 | 6.08 | 1.41 | 5.3 | -1.4 |
Attendance
Announced gate at 79 home dates, 2026.
- Average
- 22,634 79 home dates
- Median
- 20,891
- Total
- 1,788,079
- Best
- 41,161 2026-04-03
- Quietest
- 10,746 2026-08-31
- On the road
- 28,185 what they drew away
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All home | 79 | 22,634 | 20,891 | 10,746 | 41,161 |
| Night | 45 | 21,176 | 19,764 | 10,746 | 38,912 |
| Day | 34 | 24,563 | 22,757 | 12,686 | 41,161 |
| Weekend | 37 | 27,854 | 26,715 | 17,061 | 41,161 |
| Weekday | 42 | 18,035 | 17,631 | 10,746 | 29,611 |
| On the road | 81 | 28,185 | 28,624 | 9,088 | 54,211 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 22,403 |
| May | 16 | 23,326 |
| Jun | 13 | 22,220 |
| Jul | 15 | 25,269 |
| Aug | 14 | 20,170 |
| Sep | 8 | 21,670 |
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 160 completed games, 2026.
- Regulation
- 2:44 146 games
- All games
- 2:47
- Extra innings
- 3:20 14 of them
- Longest
- 4:08 2026-05-18, 12 inn
- Shortest
- 2:14 2026-06-14
By situation
| Split | Games | Avg | Med | Fastest | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 160 | 2:47 | 2:47 | 2:13 | 4:08 |
| Regulation | 146 | 2:44 | 2:43 | 2:13 | 3:28 |
| Extra innings | 14 | 3:20 | 3:15 | 2:27 | 4:08 |
| Home | 79 | 2:50 | 2:50 | 2:14 | 4:08 |
| Road | 81 | 2:44 | 2:41 | 2:13 | 4:00 |
| Day | 67 | 2:46 | 2:47 | 2:14 | 3:32 |
| Night | 93 | 2:47 | 2:46 | 2:13 | 4:08 |
Through the season
| Month | Games | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Apr | 13 | 2:51 |
| May | 16 | 2:48 |
| Jun | 13 | 2:46 |
| Jul | 15 | 2:56 |
| Aug | 14 | 2:49 |
| Sep | 8 | 2:44 |
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 164 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 76-84, a .475 win rate, while their +10 run differential implies .506. That is about 5 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.