2021 Washington Nationals

65-97 • .401 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 2021 Washington Nationals went 65-97 (.401) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 724 runs, allowed 820, and played home games at Nationals Park. Team leaders included Juan Soto (29 HR, 95 RBI) and Patrick Corbin (9-16, 5.82 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
97 Losses
.401 Win %
5th Rank
724 R 820 RA
Diff -96

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724 Runs Scored
820 Runs Allowed
-96 Run Diff
1,465K Attendance

📈 vs. 2021 NL Average

Batting Avg .257 6% above the 2021 league average (.242)
OBP .336 6% above the 2021 league average (.318)
SLG .417 3% above the 2021 league average (.406)
Team ERA 4.80 14% worse than the 2021 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 724 equal to the 2021 league average (722 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumNationals Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,465,543
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Avg per Game 18,093

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 2021

Batting Avg

1 Trea Turner 0.322 2 Juan Soto 0.313 3 Josh Harrison 0.294 4 Alcides Escobar 0.288 5 Keibert Ruiz 0.284

Home Runs

1 Juan Soto 29 2 Josh Bell 27 3 Kyle Schwarber 25 4 Trea Turner 18 5 Ryan Zimmerman 14

RBI

1 Juan Soto 95 2 Josh Bell 88 3 Kyle Schwarber 53 4 Trea Turner 49 5 Ryan Zimmerman 46
2021 Washington Nationals — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Juan Soto 151 502 111 157 20 2 29 95 145 93 9 0.313
Josh Bell 144 498 75 130 24 1 27 88 65 101 0 0.261
Trea Turner 96 388 66 125 17 3 18 49 26 77 21 0.322
Josh Harrison 90 320 39 94 23 2 6 38 25 50 5 0.294
Alcides Escobar 75 319 53 92 21 2 4 28 17 56 3 0.288
Starlin Castro 87 315 25 89 20 0 3 38 26 62 0 0.283
Victor Robles 107 315 37 64 21 1 2 19 33 85 8 0.203
Kyle Schwarber 72 265 42 67 9 0 25 53 31 88 1 0.253
Yadiel Hernandez 112 264 33 72 8 1 9 32 22 59 3 0.273
Ryan Zimmerman 110 255 27 62 16 0 14 46 16 77 0 0.243
Luis Garcia 70 236 29 57 18 2 6 22 11 43 0 0.242
Yan Gomes 63 218 30 59 11 1 9 35 13 47 0 0.271
Carter Kieboom 62 217 26 45 6 0 6 20 25 62 0 0.207
Andrew Stevenson 109 192 22 44 6 0 5 23 13 61 1 0.229
Lane Thomas 45 178 33 48 14 2 7 27 27 46 4 0.270
Jordy Mercer 46 118 13 30 7 0 2 9 9 34 0 0.254
Gerardo Parra 53 97 13 23 5 0 2 10 6 30 1 0.237
Tres Barrera 30 91 8 24 3 1 2 10 12 22 0 0.264
Alex Avila 34 89 5 17 9 1 1 9 19 37 0 0.191
Keibert Ruiz 23 81 9 23 3 0 2 14 6 4 0 0.284
Riley Adams 35 71 11 19 6 1 2 10 13 28 0 0.268
Patrick Corbin 31 53 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 24 0 0.132
Erick Fedde 29 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 0 0.000
Adrian Sanchez 16 35 5 9 2 0 0 1 3 4 0 0.257
Max Scherzer 19 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0.000
Joe Ross 22 32 1 8 0 0 0 3 1 14 0 0.250
Paolo Espino 35 30 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.167
Jon Lester 18 28 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 13 0 0.179
Josiah Gray 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0.053
Hernan Perez 10 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0.053
Jonathan Lucroy 5 14 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.357
Rene Rivera 4 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.214
Josh Rogers 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Sean Nolin 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Stephen Strasburg 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.200
Humberto Arteaga 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.000
Joan Adon 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Sam Clay 58 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jakson Reetz 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Jefry Rodriguez 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Austin Voth 49 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Javy Guerra 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ryne Harper 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Kyle McGowin 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Patrick Murphy 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Wander Suero 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cody Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Avilan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alberto Baldonado 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Finnegan 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Hand 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Will Harris 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Daniel Hudson 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gabe Klobosits 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kyle Lobstein 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andres Machado 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Justin Miller 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tanner Rainey 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jhon Romero 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mason Thompson 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 2021

ERA

1 Daniel Hudson 2.20 2 Max Scherzer 2.76 3 Josh Rogers 3.28 4 Andres Machado 3.53 5 Kyle Finnegan 3.55

Wins

1 Patrick Corbin 9 2 Max Scherzer 8 3 Erick Fedde 7 4 Paolo Espino 5 5 Kyle Finnegan 5

Strikeouts

1 Max Scherzer 147 2 Patrick Corbin 143 3 Erick Fedde 128 4 Joe Ross 109 5 Paolo Espino 92
2021 Washington Nationals — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Patrick Corbin 9 16 5.82 31 31 0 171.2 192 111 60 143
Erick Fedde 7 9 5.47 29 27 0 133.1 144 81 48 128
Max Scherzer 8 4 2.76 19 19 0 111.0 71 34 28 147
Paolo Espino 5 5 4.27 35 19 1 109.2 108 52 25 92
Joe Ross 5 9 4.17 20 19 0 108.0 98 50 34 109
Jon Lester 3 5 5.02 16 16 0 75.1 91 42 29 51
Kyle Finnegan 5 9 3.55 68 0 11 66.0 64 26 34 68
Josiah Gray 2 2 5.31 12 12 0 62.2 56 37 28 63
Austin Voth 4 1 5.34 49 1 0 57.1 57 34 28 59
Sam Clay 0 5 5.60 58 0 0 45.0 55 28 22 34
Brad Hand 5 5 3.59 41 0 21 42.2 31 17 18 42
Wander Suero 2 3 6.33 45 0 0 42.2 45 30 15 44
Ryne Harper 0 2 4.04 34 0 0 35.2 28 16 14 31
Andres Machado 1 2 3.53 40 0 0 35.2 30 14 15 30
Josh Rogers 2 2 3.28 6 6 0 35.2 32 13 14 22
Daniel Hudson 4 1 2.20 31 0 0 32.2 23 8 7 48
Tanner Rainey 1 3 7.39 38 0 3 31.2 29 26 25 42
Kyle McGowin 0 0 4.20 27 0 0 30.0 21 14 14 35
Sean Nolin 0 2 4.39 10 5 0 26.2 32 13 13 20
Jefry Rodriguez 0 0 5.92 14 1 0 24.1 25 16 17 20
Stephen Strasburg 1 2 4.57 5 5 0 21.2 16 11 14 21
Mason Thompson 1 3 4.15 27 0 0 21.2 28 10 14 21
Patrick Murphy 0 2 5.30 17 0 0 18.2 19 11 6 23
Gabe Klobosits 0 1 5.56 11 0 0 11.1 13 7 5 5
Alberto Baldonado 0 1 8.44 14 0 0 10.2 10 10 7 12
Javy Guerra 0 1 16.50 6 0 0 6.0 12 11 3 4
Will Harris 0 1 9.00 8 0 0 6.0 7 6 3 9
Joan Adon 0 0 3.38 1 1 0 5.1 6 2 3 9
Luis Avilan 0 1 12.60 4 0 0 5.0 7 7 3 4
Jhon Romero 0 0 4.50 5 0 0 4.0 5 2 0 3
Justin Miller 0 0 15.00 5 0 0 3.0 5 5 1 4
Hernan Perez 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 2
Kyle Lobstein 0 0 20.25 3 0 0 1.1 3 3 1 1

👥 Roster (60)

Riley Adams Joan Adon Humberto Arteaga Alex Avila Luis Avilan Alberto Baldonado Tres Barrera Josh Bell Starlin Castro Sam Clay Patrick Corbin Alcides Escobar +48 more

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The 2021 Washington Nationals in brief

The record for the 2021 Washington Nationals reads 65 wins and 97 losses, good for 5th in the NL East. With 724 runs scored and 820 given up, the 2021 differential was -96. The team batting average of .257 was 6% above the 2021 league mark of .242. Pitchers allowed 4.80 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.20. Attendance at Nationals Park totaled 1,465,543 for the year.

The home run leader was Juan Soto, who hit 29. Patrick Corbin was the top winner, with 9 victories. The strikeout leader was Max Scherzer with 147. Brad Hand closed out 21 saves. The roster section lists 60 players who appeared for the club. Neighboring pages cover the 2020 season and the 2022 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 2021 Washington Nationals

What was the 2021 Washington Nationals record?
The 2021 Washington Nationals finished 65-97 (.401 win pct).
Who led the 2021 Washington Nationals in home runs?
Juan Soto led the 2021 Washington Nationals with 29 home runs.
What was the 2021 Washington Nationals team ERA?
The 2021 Washington Nationals posted a team ERA of 4.80.
Did the 2021 Washington Nationals win the World Series?
No. The 2021 Washington Nationals did not win the World Series.
Where did the 2021 Washington Nationals play?
The 2021 Washington Nationals played home games at Nationals Park.
Who led the 2021 Washington Nationals in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Juan Soto (29 HR, 95 RBI) and Patrick Corbin (9-16, 5.82 ERA).
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