National League East · 2026
Washington Nationals
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- Team WAR
- 22.1 21.4 bat / 0.7 pitch
- Win %
- .492 pyth .517
- Run diff
- +24 5.36 / 5.16 per g
- wRC+
- 110
- ERA
- 4.77 FIP 4.79
- Home runs
- 172
The Washington Nationals went 59-61 in 2026, a .492 winning percentage — 16th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 643 runs and allowed 619, a run differential of +24. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.77 staff ERA was 27th of 30. Their 110 team wRC+ is 10% above league average — the third best in MLB. CJ Abrams leads the position players at 5.2 WAR, and Cade Cavalli the rotation at a 3.57 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,038 team hits
Batting
19 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| CJ Abrams | SS | 116 | 498 | 126 | 28 | 89 | 22 | .287 | .359 | .544 | .387 | 144 | 5.2 |
| James Wood | RF | 114 | 535 | 116 | 30 | 73 | 17 | .265 | .393 | .535 | .397 | 152 | 4.6 |
| Curtis Mead | 3B | 88 | 329 | 72 | 17 | 48 | 6 | .253 | .353 | .498 | .372 | 134 | 2.4 |
| Luis García Jr. | 1B | 109 | 395 | 105 | 24 | 78 | 4 | .279 | .311 | .551 | .367 | 131 | 2.1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | C | 76 | 269 | 70 | 7 | 39 | 2 | .279 | .316 | .446 | .329 | 105 | 1.7 |
| Jacob Young | CF | 97 | 356 | 77 | 9 | 42 | 13 | .241 | .309 | .392 | .311 | 93 | 1.2 |
| Joey Wiemer | RF | 27 | 83 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .286 | .398 | .514 | .401 | 154 | 0.8 |
| Daylen Lile | LF | 118 | 488 | 111 | 15 | 61 | 11 | .247 | .297 | .420 | .312 | 94 | 0.6 |
| Nasim Nuñez | 2B | 107 | 392 | 78 | 1 | 33 | 40 | .229 | .316 | .268 | .275 | 68 | 0.6 |
| Andrés Chaparro | 1B | 47 | 115 | 23 | 6 | 28 | 0 | .235 | .348 | .500 | .370 | 133 | 0.6 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 3B | 84 | 252 | 51 | 3 | 18 | 1 | .238 | .329 | .327 | .301 | 86 | 0.5 |
| Harry Ford | C | 12 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .457 | .350 | 119 | 0.3 |
| Dylan Crews | RF | 66 | 279 | 55 | 9 | 25 | 7 | .218 | .294 | .365 | .296 | 82 | 0.3 |
| Brady House | 3B | 56 | 219 | 46 | 8 | 27 | 1 | .227 | .279 | .394 | .295 | 82 | 0.3 |
| Andrew Pinckney | LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 1.007 | 568 | 0.1 |
| Abimelec Ortiz | 1B | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .273 | .304 | .591 | .378 | 138 | 0.1 |
| Miles Mikolas | PH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| José Tena | DH | 89 | 232 | 50 | 5 | 20 | 3 | .238 | .310 | .381 | .309 | 91 | -0.0 |
| Drew Millas | C | 44 | 152 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .185 | .277 | .262 | .253 | 53 | -0.1 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Cade Cavalli | 25 | 25 | 128.2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 3.57 | 3.60 | 1.30 | 9.9 | 2.1 |
| Andrew Alvarez | 17 | 9 | 69.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 3.76 | 3.10 | 1.40 | 8.4 | 1.4 |
| Foster Griffin | 23 | 23 | 133.1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 3.31 | 4.20 | 1.11 | 8.2 | 1.3 |
| Orlando Ribalta | 37 | 0 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 3.34 | 3.49 | 1.17 | 8.2 | 0.4 |
| Brad Lord | 29 | 2 | 61.2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 3.79 | 4.06 | 1.18 | 8.2 | 0.4 |
| Trevor Williams | 5 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.00 | 1.53 | 0.96 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| Jake Irvin | 13 | 13 | 62.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 5.37 | 4.73 | 1.29 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Carson Palmquist | 11 | 6 | 16.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.71 | 4.07 | 1.78 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Paxton Schultz | 27 | 1 | 32.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6.40 | 4.32 | 1.70 | 8.9 | 0.1 |
| Eddy Yean | 7 | 1 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.80 | 4.09 | 0.70 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Tom Cosgrove | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2.70 | 4.19 | 1.00 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Jackson Rutledge | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.25 | 4.59 | 6.00 | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| Riley Cornelio | 11 | 0 | 20.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.40 | 4.74 | 1.85 | 9.0 | -0.0 |
| PJ Poulin | 35 | 11 | 36.2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2.70 | 4.94 | 1.31 | 6.1 | -0.1 |
| Julian Fernández | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.25 | 6.34 | 1.25 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Jorbit Vivas | 3 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 10.21 | 3.38 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Zak Kent | 10 | 0 | 14.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6.28 | 5.74 | 1.74 | 6.9 | -0.2 |
| Joey Wiemer | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 14.09 | 4.50 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Richard Lovelady | 33 | 5 | 30.1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 3.86 | 5.39 | 1.81 | 8.0 | -0.2 |
| Max Kranick | 8 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.64 | 7.29 | 1.80 | 3.2 | -0.2 |
| Clayton Beeter | 38 | 0 | 36.0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 3.75 | 5.28 | 1.25 | 9.3 | -0.3 |
| Gus Varland | 33 | 0 | 31.2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 6.82 | 5.49 | 1.83 | 8.5 | -0.3 |
| Cole Henry | 11 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.90 | 6.89 | 1.76 | 9.9 | -0.3 |
| Matt Krook | 11 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10.80 | 8.37 | 2.28 | 9.7 | -0.3 |
| Andre Granillo | 8 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.64 | 8.12 | 2.25 | 2.9 | -0.4 |
| Mitchell Parker | 22 | 0 | 39.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 6.58 | 5.46 | 1.49 | 7.7 | -0.4 |
| Ken Waldichuk | 5 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6.75 | 9.19 | 1.50 | 7.7 | -0.5 |
| Zack Littell | 23 | 14 | 112.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 70 | 4.97 | 5.75 | 1.34 | 5.6 | -1.1 |
| Miles Mikolas | 24 | 11 | 113.0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 56 | 5.89 | 5.72 | 1.41 | 4.5 | -1.1 |
Record versus run differential
Washington Nationals are 59-61, a .492 win rate, while their +24 run differential implies .517. That is about 3 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.