most strikeouts as a nationals pitchers in 2016

Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters for the Nationals in 2016, with 284 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
2	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	183	2016	WSH	24	15	4	.789	24	3.60	0	0	147.2	119	59	59	15	44	2	0	1	598	2	11.15	2.68	4.16	0.91	30.6	7.4	1.10	.294	3.60	85	2.92	71	7.25	19.8
3	Tanner Roark T. Roark	172	2016	WSH	34	16	10	.615	33	2.83	0	0	210.0	173	66	72	17	73	13	0	4	855	6	7.37	3.13	2.36	0.73	20.1	8.5	1.17	.269	3.09	67	3.78	92	7.41	8
4	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	171	2016	WSH	32	11	11	.500	32	4.57	0	0	177.1	179	90	98	19	59	9	0	2	765	7	8.68	2.99	2.90	0.96	22.4	7.7	1.34	.316	4.97	108	3.75	91	9.08	7.3
5	Joe Ross J. Ross	93	2016	WSH	19	7	5	.583	19	3.43	0	0	105.0	108	40	43	9	29	6	0	3	447	2	7.97	2.49	3.21	0.77	20.8	6.5	1.30	.319	3.69	81	3.48	84	9.26	7.5
6	Shawn Kelley S. Kelley	80	2016	WSH	67	3	2	.600	0	2.64	0	7	58.0	41	17	19	9	11	0	26	2	224	2	12.41	1.71	7.27	1.40	35.7	4.9	0.90	.258	2.95	62	2.97	72	6.36	7.5
7	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	63	2016	WSH	73	4	1	.800	0	2.28	0	1	67.0	51	17	19	5	31	0	17	6	263	1	8.46	4.16	2.03	0.67	24.0	11.8	1.22	.280	2.55	54	3.62	88	6.85	3.8
8	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	53	2016	WSH	47	0	3	.000	0	4.53	0	1	49.2	43	25	26	4	15	5	8	2	203	1	9.60	2.72	3.53	0.72	26.1	7.4	1.17	.310	4.71	107	3.26	79	7.79	4.8
9	Yusmeiro Petit Y. Petit	49	2016	WSH	36	3	5	.375	1	4.50	0	1	62.0	67	31	33	12	15	0	16	3	265	3	7.11	2.18	3.27	1.74	18.5	5.7	1.32	.291	4.79	106	4.80	116	9.73	-4.7
10	Sammy Solis S. Solis	47	2016	WSH	37	2	4	.333	0	2.41	0	0	41.0	31	11	12	1	21	1	10	2	172	2	10.32	4.61	2.24	0.22	27.3	12.2	1.27	.294	2.63	57	2.77	67	6.80	6.2
11	Oliver Perez O. Perez	46	2016	WSH	64	2	3	.400	0	4.95	0	0	40.0	38	22	22	4	20	7	7	3	182	5	10.35	4.50	2.30	0.90	25.3	11.0	1.45	.324	4.95	117	4.16	101	8.55	-0.2
12	Reynaldo López R. López	42	2016	WSH	11	5	3	.625	6	4.91	0	0	44.0	47	24	27	4	22	0	1	2	201	5	8.59	4.50	1.91	0.82	20.9	10.9	1.57	.323	5.52	116	3.91	95	9.61	1
13	A.J. Cole	39	2016	WSH	8	1	2	.333	8	5.17	0	0	38.1	37	22	24	7	14	2	0	1	168	1	9.16	3.29	2.79	1.64	23.2	8.3	1.33	.283	5.63	122	4.73	115	8.69	-2.6
14	Matt Belisle M. Belisle	32	2016	WSH	40	0	0		0	1.76	0	0	46.0	43	9	13	2	7	1	6	3	186	2	6.26	1.37	4.57	0.39	17.2	3.8	1.09	.285	2.54	41	2.83	69	8.41	6.6
15	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	31	2016	WSH	37	2	4	.333	0	4.37	0	19	35.0	37	17	18	3	14	0	30	3	152	1	7.97	3.60	2.21	0.77	20.4	9.2	1.46	.327	4.63	103	3.68	89	9.51	1.7
16	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	27	2016	WSH	30	1	1	.500	0	1.82	0	17	29.2	21	6	6	1	3	0	28	0	107	3	8.19	0.91	9.00	0.30	25.2	2.8	0.81	.263	1.82	43	2.06	50	6.37	6.8
17	Koda Glover K. Glover	16	2016	WSH	19	2	0	1.000	0	5.03	0	0	19.2	15	11	12	3	7	1	4	1	83	1	7.32	3.20	2.29	1.37	19.3	8.4	1.12	.214	5.49	119	4.72	114	6.86	-1.3
18	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	11	2016	WSH	6	0	1	.000	4	6.75	0	0	21.1	26	16	18	7	12	1	1	0	101	1	4.64	5.06	0.92	2.95	10.9	11.9	1.78	.271	7.59	159	8.20	199	10.97	-9.7
19	Mat Latos M. Latos	10	2016	WSH	6	1	1	.500	1	6.52	0	0	9.2	11	7	7	1	5	0	1	0	44	0	9.31	4.66	2.00	0.93	22.7	11.4	1.66	.357	6.52	153	3.97	96	10.24	0.2
20	Marc Rzepczynski M. Rzepczynski	9	2016	WSH	14	0	0		0	1.54	0	0	11.2	8	2	3	0	5	2	0	2	46	0	6.94	3.86	1.80	0.00	19.6	10.9	1.11	.267	2.31	36	3.40	82	6.17	0.9
21	Trevor Gott T. Gott	6	2016	WSH	9	0	0		0	1.50	0	0	6.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	28	0	9.00	4.50	2.00	0.00	21.4	10.7	1.50	.333	1.50	35	3.14	76	9.00	0.7
22	Rafael Martin R. Martin	5	2016	WSH	8	0	0		0	2.45	0	0	3.2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	12	0	12.27	2.45	5.00	0.00	41.7	8.3	0.27	.000	2.45	58	1.23	30	0.00	1.2
23	Matt Grace M. Grace	4	2016	WSH	6	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	12.00	0.00		0.00	40.0	0.0	0.33	.167	0.00	0	0.47	11	3.00	1.2
24	Sean Burnett S. Burnett	3	2016	WSH	10	0	0		0	3.18	0	0	5.2	5	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	22	0	4.76	1.59	3.00	1.59	13.6	4.5	1.06	.235	3.18	75	4.90	119	7.94	-0.5

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More Nationals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

30

Wood

RBI

91

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Griffin

151

Cavalli

ERA

3.06

Griffin

Team Rankings

180

1st

670

1st

962

26th

ERA

4.72

27th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	51	.592
Phillies	68	58	.540	6.5
Marlins	64	62	.508	10.5
Nationals	60	66	.476	14.5
Mets	57	69	.452	17.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/18	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 8/19	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Thu 8/20	WSH	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Fri 8/21	WSH	@	MIA	7:10 PM
Sat 8/22	WSH	@	MIA	4:10 PM

Last Game

Nationals

60 - 66

Final

Mets

56 - 69

Sun 16 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

36

Olson

RBI Leaders

92

Burleson

91

Stewart

91

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.321

Alvarez

.314

Arraez

.310

Lopez

Hit Leaders

152

Lopez

150

Arraez

143

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

89

Crow-Armstrong

88

Olson

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.619

Alvarez

.556

Ohtani

.552

Olson

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

33

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

15

Gray

14

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

210

Misiorowski

201

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.75

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.19

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.60

Misiorowski

13.14

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.77

Misiorowski

5.78

Rasmussen

5.71

Sale

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

28

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,133.2

Ohtani

1,766.8

Crow-Armstrong

1,683.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,493.6

Ohtani

1,343

Crow-Armstrong

1,262

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

74-50

73-53

70-54

70-56

69-57

Worst Record ATS

47-78

50-76

52-74

54-71

57-68

58-68

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	51	.592
Phillies	68	58	.540	6.5
Marlins	64	62	.508	10.5
Nationals	60	66	.476	14.5
Mets	57	69	.452	17.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	77	48	.616
Cubs	73	53	.579	4.5
Cardinals	64	62	.508	13.5
Pirates	61	66	.480	17.0
Reds	60	65	.480	17.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	75	51	.595
Padres	67	59	.532	8.0
Diamondbacks	66	60	.524	9.0
Giants	51	73	.411	23.0
Rockies	50	75	.400	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	75	49	.605
Yankees	69	55	.556	6.0
Red Sox	67	58	.536	8.5
Orioles	61	64	.488	14.5
Blue Jays	61	65	.484	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	65	59	.524
Tigers	61	64	.488	4.5
Twins	61	65	.484	5.0
Guardians	60	65	.480	5.5
Royals	52	74	.413	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	62	.504
Rangers	61	64	.488	2.0
Mariners	59	66	.472	4.0
Athletics	49	76	.392	14.0
Angels	49	76	.392	14.0