most strikeouts in a single season as a nationals pitcher

Pedro Martinez has struck out the most hitters for the Montreal Expos in a season, with 305 strikeouts in 1997.

	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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	251	1971	MON	39	17	16	.515	38	3.15	19	3	0	294.2	243	103	112	20	146	5	1	11	1,243	10	7.67	4.46	1.72	0.61	20.2	11.7	1.32	.272	3.42	89	3.16	92	7.42	9.2
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	222	1996	MON	34	15	11	.577	34	3.30	5	1	0	231.2	217	85	95	20	55	3	0	3	967	5	8.62	2.14	4.04	0.78	23.0	5.7	1.17	.295	3.69	78	3.12	74	8.43	28.3
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	222	1996	MON	33	13	10	.565	33	3.70	4	1	0	216.2	189	89	100	19	70	3	0	3	901	6	9.22	2.91	3.17	0.79	24.6	7.8	1.20	.290	4.15	88	3.26	78	7.85	22.9
14	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
15	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
16	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	206	1977	MON	40	17	16	.515	40	3.10	17	4	0	301.2	272	104	122	16	81	5	0	3	1,235	14	6.15	2.42	2.54	0.48	16.7	6.6	1.17	.276	3.64	81	2.91	76	8.11	31.2
17	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
18	Floyd Youmans F. Youmans	202	1986	MON	33	13	12	.520	32	3.53	6	2	0	219.0	145	86	93	14	118	4	1	4	905	10	8.30	4.85	1.71	0.58	22.3	13.0	1.20	.231	3.82	96	3.42	91	5.96	7.8
19	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
20	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
21	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	194	2026	WSH	31	12	5	.706	31	3.12	0	0	0	164.2	144	57	68	18	48	16	0	0	687	4	10.60	2.62	4.04	0.98	28.2	7.0	1.17	.307	3.72	73	3.32	77	7.87	17.5
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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30

Wood

RBI

95

Abrams

AVG

.283

García

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Cavalli

194

Cavalli

ERA

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Team Rankings

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3rd

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	87	61	.588
Phillies	82	66	.554	5.0
Marlins	72	76	.486	15.0
Mets	68	79	.463	18.5
Nationals	68	81	.456	19.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	LAA	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 9/13	LAA	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 9/16	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 9/18	WSH	@	STL	8:15 PM

Last Game

Angels

56 - 91

Final

Nationals

68 - 81

Fri 11 Sep 2026

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HR Leaders

44

Schwarber

41

Crow-Armstrong

40

Caminero

RBI Leaders

107

Stewart

106

Burleson

100

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.318

Arraez

.310

Alvarez

.307

Lopez

Hit Leaders

177

Lopez

177

Arraez

171

Díaz

Run Leaders

111

Crow-Armstrong

101

Wood

99

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.395

Bauers

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.590

Alvarez

.570

Crow-Armstrong

.554

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

228

Williams

227

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.95

Misiorowski

2.01

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.92

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.17

Misiorowski

12.66

Cease

12.14

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.93

Rasmussen

5.76

Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

27

Rasmussen

31

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,156.2

Crow-Armstrong

1,900

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,634

Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

1,424

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82-66

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Worst Record ATS

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69-79

69-78

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	87	61	.588
Phillies	82	66	.554	5.0
Marlins	72	76	.486	15.0
Mets	68	79	.463	18.5
Nationals	68	81	.456	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	92	56	.622
Cubs	82	66	.554	10.0
Pirates	74	74	.500	18.0
Cardinals	73	75	.493	19.0
Reds	69	78	.469	22.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	90	57	.612
Padres	79	68	.537	11.0
Diamondbacks	79	69	.534	11.5
Giants	62	86	.419	28.5
Rockies	55	92	.374	35.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	88	59	.599
Yankees	85	62	.578	3.0
Red Sox	80	68	.541	8.5
Blue Jays	73	75	.493	15.5
Orioles	72	76	.486	16.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	75	72	.510
Guardians	75	73	.507	0.5
Twins	69	78	.469	6.0
Tigers	68	79	.463	7.0
Royals	66	82	.446	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	75	73	.507
Rangers	72	76	.486	3.0
Mariners	69	79	.466	6.0
Athletics	60	88	.405	15.0
Angels	56	91	.381	18.5