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Washington Nationals Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Washington Nationals best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Gary Carter, 1982

    • Gary Carter
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    150 .388 8.6 154 653 91 163 32 1 29 97 2 78 64 .293 .381 .510 .890

  • First Base – Andres Galarraga, 1988

    • Andres Galarraga
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    154 .390 5.7 157 661 99 184 42 8 29 92 13 39 153 .302 .352 .540 .893

  • Second Base – Daniel Murphy, 2016

    • Daniel Murphy
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    155 .408 4.6 142 582 88 184 47 5 25 104 5 35 57 .347 .390 .595 .985

  • Third Base – Ryan Zimmerman, 2009

    • Ryan Zimmerman
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    130 .377 7.3 157 694 110 178 37 3 33 106 2 72 119 .292 .364 .525 .888

  • Shortstop – Ian Desmond, 2012

    • Ian Desmond
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    128 .362 3.4 130 547 72 150 33 2 25 73 21 30 113 .292 .335 .511 .845

  • Outfield – Bryce Harper, 2015

    • Bryce Harper
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    197 .461 9.9 153 654 118 172 38 1 42 99 6 124 131 .330 .460 .649 1.109

  • Outfield – Vladimir Guerrero, 2002

    • Vladimir Guerrero
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    155 .419 7.0 161 709 106 206 37 2 39 111 40 84 70 .336 .417 .593 1.010

  • Outfield – Andre Dawson, 1982

    • Andre Dawson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    136 .369 7.9 148 660 107 183 37 7 23 83 39 34 96 .301 .343 .498 .841

  • Starting Pitcher – Pedro Martinez, 1997

    • Pedro Martinez
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    45 9.0 31 31 17 8 1.90 241.1 13 4 0 65 51 67 305 11.4 0.932

  • Starting Pitcher – Max Scherzer, 2017

    • Max Scherzer
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    57 7.3 31 31 16 6 2.51 200.2 2 0 0 62 56 55 268 12.0 0.902

  • Starting Pitcher – Stephen Strasburg, 2017

    • Stephen Strasburg
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    58 6.5 28 28 15 4 2.52 175.1 1 1 0 55 49 47 204 10.5 1.015

  • Starting Pitcher – Steve Rogers, 1982

    • Steve Rogers
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    68 7.7 35 35 19 8 2.40 277 14 4 0 84 74 65 179 5.8 1.119

  • Starting Pitcher – Pascual Perez, 1988

    • Pascual Perez
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    70 4.5 27 27 12 8 2.44 188 4 2 0 59 51 44 131 6.3 0.941

  • Relief Pitcher – Matt Albers, 2017

    • Matt Albers
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    37 2.5 63 0 7 2 1.62 61 0 0 2 12 11 17 63 9.3 0.852

  • Relief Pitcher – Joey Eischen, 2002

    • Joey Eischen
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    32 2.0 59 0 6 1 1.34 53.2 0 0 2 11 8 18 51 8.6 1.137

  • Closer – Ugueth Urbina, 1998

    • Ugueth Urbina
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    31 3.2 64 0 6 3 1.30 69.1 0 0 34 11 10 33 94 12.2 1.010

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