most strikeouts in a season pitcher since 2000 nationals pitchers

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters for the Nationals in a season, with 300 strikeouts in 2018.

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	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	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	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	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
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	251	2019	WSH	33	18	6	.750	33	3.32	0	0	0	209.0	161	77	79	24	56	10	0	4	841	8	10.81	2.41	4.48	1.03	29.8	6.7	1.04	.274	3.40	75	3.24	73	6.93	28.3
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	243	2019	WSH	27	11	7	.611	27	2.92	0	0	0	172.1	144	56	59	18	33	7	0	2	693	0	12.69	1.72	7.36	0.94	35.1	4.8	1.03	.321	3.08	66	2.44	55	7.52	38.6
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	242	2014	WSH	34	14	11	.560	34	3.14	0	0	0	215.0	198	75	86	23	43	5	0	4	868	7	10.13	1.80	5.63	0.96	27.9	5.0	1.12	.315	3.60	86	2.94	80	8.29	17.1
8	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	241	2003	MON	34	13	12	.520	34	3.24	4	1	0	230.2	198	83	93	28	57	4	0	5	938	11	9.40	2.22	4.23	1.09	25.7	6.1	1.11	.280	3.63	73	3.31	75	7.73	28.2
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	238	2019	WSH	33	14	7	.667	33	3.25	1	1	0	202.0	169	73	81	24	70	3	0	2	835	4	10.60	3.12	3.40	1.07	28.5	8.4	1.18	.290	3.61	73	3.48	78	7.53	22.2
10	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	208	2001	MON	32	16	11	.593	32	3.42	5	3	0	223.2	197	85	92	24	44	3	0	4	898	3	8.37	1.77	4.73	0.97	23.2	4.9	1.08	.279	3.70	75	3.21	72	7.93	31.3
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	207	2012	WSH	32	21	8	.724	32	2.89	2	1	0	199.1	149	64	69	9	76	5	0	3	822	10	9.35	3.43	2.72	0.41	25.2	9.2	1.13	.267	3.12	73	2.82	73	6.73	23.3
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	204	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	2.52	1	1	0	175.1	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	57	2.71	62	6.72	32.4
13	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	200	2026	WSH	32	13	5	.722	32	3.02	0	0	0	169.2	148	57	68	18	48	16	0	0	706	4	10.61	2.55	4.17	0.95	28.3	6.8	1.16	.307	3.61	71	3.25	76	7.85	19.4
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	197	2012	WSH	28	15	6	.714	28	3.16	0	0	0	159.1	136	56	62	15	48	4	0	1	653	5	11.13	2.71	4.10	0.85	30.2	7.4	1.15	.311	3.50	80	2.82	73	7.68	18.6
15	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	196	2000	MON	33	11	9	.550	33	4.05	2	1	0	217.2	247	98	104	24	61	5	0	10	945	3	8.10	2.52	3.21	0.99	20.7	6.5	1.42	.338	4.30	88	3.67	78	10.21	25.1
16	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	192	2013	WSH	32	11	8	.579	32	3.36	1	1	0	195.2	169	73	79	17	76	2	0	1	819	4	8.83	3.50	2.53	0.78	23.4	9.3	1.25	.286	3.63	90	3.41	91	7.77	6.9
17	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	191	2013	WSH	30	8	9	.471	30	3.00	1	1	0	183.0	136	61	71	16	56	12	0	1	731	7	9.39	2.75	3.41	0.79	26.1	7.7	1.05	.263	3.49	80	3.21	86	6.69	10.5
18	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	188	2017	WSH	32	15	9	.625	32	2.96	0	0	0	201.0	158	66	69	21	79	7	0	5	827	7	8.42	3.54	2.38	0.94	22.7	9.6	1.18	.258	3.09	67	3.92	89	7.07	10.7
19	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	186	2004	MON	35	11	15	.423	35	3.60	9	2	0	255.0	234	102	105	26	83	10	0	9	1,053	1	6.56	2.93	2.24	0.92	17.7	7.9	1.24	.278	3.71	81	4.00	89	8.26	13.8
20	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	185	2025	WSH	30	5	15	.250	30	4.17	0	0	0	159.2	152	74	75	20	64	5	0	0	680	12	10.43	3.61	2.89	1.13	27.2	9.4	1.35	.325	4.23	97	3.74	89	8.57	8.5
21	John Patterson J. Patterson	185	2005	WSH	31	9	7	.563	31	3.13	2	1	0	198.1	172	69	71	19	65	5	0	11	817	9	8.39	2.95	2.85	0.86	22.6	8.0	1.19	.282	3.22	77	3.45	84	7.81	15
22	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	183	2016	WSH	24	15	4	.789	24	3.60	0	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
23	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	182	2014	WSH	32	14	5	.737	32	2.66	3	2	0	199.2	185	59	67	13	29	6	0	0	800	4	8.20	1.31	6.28	0.59	22.8	3.6	1.07	.302	3.02	73	2.68	73	8.34	21.7
24	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	181	2024	WSH	32	10	12	.455	32	3.90	0	0	0	166.1	171	72	93	15	65	11	0	0	731	14	9.79	3.52	2.78	0.81	24.8	8.9	1.42	.340	5.03	94	3.53	87	9.25	9.8
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	179	2002	MON	34	10	13	.435	34	3.91	2	0	0	230.1	243	100	111	28	49	4	0	6	971	3	6.99	1.91	3.65	1.09	18.4	5.0	1.27	.302	4.34	92	3.67	86	9.49	15.4

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Team Batting Leaders

33

Abrams

RBI

106

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

3.02

Cavalli

Team Rankings

210

6th

821

3rd

1,283

24th

ERA

4.67

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

Last Game

Mets

74 - 88

Final

Nationals

77 - 85

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

2

Rice

1

Montgomery

1

Tatis

Playoffs RBI Leaders

6

Rice

3

Riley

2

Merrill

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

.800

Rice

.750

Lombard

.667

Tatis

Playoffs Hit Leaders

4

Rice

4

Harris

3

Bohm

Playoffs Run Leaders

3

Tatis

2

Murakami

2

Rice

Playoffs OBP Leaders

.800

Rice

.750

Tatis

.750

Machado

Playoffs SLG Leaders

2.200

Rice

2.000

Machado

1.667

Tatis

Playoffs SB Leaders

2

Acuña

1

Crow-Armstrong

1

Tatis

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

1

Schlittler

1

King

1

Painter

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

10

Schlittler

9

Sale

8

King

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Schlittler

0.00

King

0.00

Iglesias

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Matsui

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

King

19.29

Taylor

18.00

Rolison

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

10.00

Schlittler

9.00

Sale

6.00

Luzardo

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Duran

0

Iglesias

0

Hader

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

60.4

Rice

59

Schlittler

55

King

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

44

Rice

36.5

Schlittler

33.4

King

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

94-69

93-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-95

69-93

75-87

76-87

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0