List of Washington Nationals team records
The Washington Nationals are a United States Major League Baseball franchise based in Washington, D.C.
Franchise records
What follows are the Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos team records.
Single season records
Batting
(records all by Montreal Expos except for Alfonso Soriano in 2006, Danny Espinosa in 2012 and Bryce Harper in 2015 as members of the Washington Nationals)
- Batting Average: Vladimir Guerrero, .345 (2000)
- On-base percentage: Bryce Harper, .460 (2015)
- Slugging Percentage: Vladimir Guerrero, .664 (2000)
- OPS: Bryce Harper, 1.109 (2015)
- At Bats: Warren Cromartie, 659 (1979)
- Runs: Tim Raines, 133 (1983)
- Hits: Vladimir Guerrero, 206 (2002)
- Total Bases: Vladimir Guerrero, 379 (2000)
- Doubles: Mark Grudzielanek, 54 (1997)
- Home Runs: Alfonso Soriano, 46 (2006)
- Runs Batted In: Vladimir Guerrero, 131 (1999)
- Walks: Bryce Harper, 124 (2015)
- Strikeouts: Danny Espinosa, 189 (2012)
- Stolen Bases: Ron LeFlore, 97 (1980)
- Singles: Mark Grudzielanek, 157 (1996)
- Runs Created: Bryce Harper, 161 (2015)
- Extra-Base Hits: Vladimir Guerrero, 84 (1999)
- Times on Base: Bryce Harper, 301 (2015)
- Hit By Pitch: Ron Hunt, 50 (1971)
- Sacrifice Hits: Larry Lintz, 23 (1974)
- Sacrifice Flies: Andre Dawson, 18 (1983)
- Intentional Walks: Vladimir Guerrero, 32 (2002)
- At Bats per Strikeout: Gary Sutherland, 25.3 (1971)
- At Bats per Home Run: Bryce Harper, 12.4 (2015)
Pitching
(records all by Montreal Expos except for Chad Cordero in 2005, Ramón Ortiz in 2006, and Gio González in 2012 as members of the Washington Nationals)
- ERA: Pedro Martínez, 1.90 (1997)
- Wins: Gio González, 21 (2012)
- Won-Loss %: Bryn Smith, .783 (1985)
- WHIP: Pedro Martínez, .932 (1997)
- Games: Mike Marshall, 92 (1973)
- Saves: Chad Cordero, 47 (2005)
- Innings: Steve Rogers, 301 ⅔ (1977)
- Strikeouts: Pedro Martínez, 305 (1997)
- Games Started: Steve Rogers, 40 (1977)
- Complete Games: Bill Stoneman, 20 (1971)
- Walks Allowed: Bill Stoneman, 146 (1971)
- Hits Allowed: Carl Morton, 281 (1970)
- Strikeout to Walk: Javier Vázquez, 4.73 (2001)
- Losses: Steve Rogers, 22 (1974)
- Earned Runs Allowed: Steve Rogers, 126 (1974)
- Wild Pitches: Steve Renko, 19 (1974)
- Hit Batsmen: Ramón Ortiz, 18 (2006)
- Batters Faced: Bill Stoneman, 1,243 (1971)
- Games Finished: Mike Marshall, 73 (1973)
Career records
| Record | All-time | Active | Currently with team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting (as of August 10th, 2017) | ||||||
| Games played | Tim Wallach | 1767 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1406 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1406 |
| Batting average† | Vladimir Guerrero | .323 | Bryce Harper | .289 | Bryce Harper | .289 |
| On-base percentage† | Rusty Staub | .402 | Bryce Harper | .384 | Bryce Harper | .384 |
| Slugging percentage† | Vladimir Guerrero | .588 | Bryce Harper | .517 | Bryce Harper | .517 |
| OPS† | Vladimir Guerrero | .978 | Bryce Harper | .902 | Bryce Harper | .902 |
| At bats | Tim Wallach | 6529 | Ryan Zimmerman | 5416 | Ryan Zimmerman | 5416 |
| Runs | Tim Raines | 947 | Ryan Zimmerman | 793 | Ryan Zimmerman | 793 |
| Hits | Ryan Zimmerman | 1695 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1695 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1695 |
| Total bases | Tim Wallach | 2728 | Ryan Zimmerman | 2528 | Ryan Zimmerman | 2528 |
| Doubles | Ryan Zimmerman | 364 | Ryan Zimmerman | 364 | Ryan Zimmerman | 364 |
| Triples | Tim Raines | 82 | Ian Desmond | 21 | Ryan Zimmerman | 20 |
| Home runs | Ryan Zimmerman | 241 | Ryan Zimmerman | 241 | Ryan Zimmerman | 241 |
| RBI | Ryan Zimmerman | 910 | Ryan Zimmerman | 910 | Ryan Zimmerman | 910 |
| Walks | Tim Raines | 793 | Ryan Zimmerman | 539 | Ryan Zimmerman | 539 |
| Stolen bases | Tim Raines | 635 | Ian Desmond | 122 | Bryce Harper | 58 |
| Pitching (as of August 10th, 2017) | ||||||
| Wins | Steve Rogers | 158 | Stephen Strasburg | 79 | Stephen Strasburg | 79 |
| Saves | Jeff Reardon | 152 | Drew Storen | 95 | Jonathan Papelbon | 15 |
| Innings pitched | Steve Rogers | 2837.2 | Jordan Zimmermann | 1094.0 | Stephen Strasburg | 1046.0 |
| Strikeouts | Steve Rogers | 1621 | Stephen Strasburg | 1225 | Stephen Strasburg | 1225 |
| ERA ‡ | Tim Burke | 2.61 | Stephen Strasburg | 3.06 | Stephen Strasburg | 3.06 |
| Games pitched | Tim Burke | 425 | Tyler Clippard | 414 | Stephen Strasburg | 176 |
| Games started | Steve Rogers | 393 | Jordan Zimmermann | 178 | Stephen Strasburg | 176 |
| Complete games | Steve Rogers | 129 | Javier Vazquez | 16 | Max Scherzer | 5 |
| Shutouts | Steve Rogers | 37 | Javier Vazquez | 6 | Max Scherzer | 3 |
| Save opportunities | Chad Cordero | 152 | Drew Storen | 116 | Jonathan Papelbon | 26 |
| Caught stealing | Gio González | 39 | Gio González | 39 | Gio González | 39 |
| Pickoffs | Gio González | 13 | Gio González | 13 | Gio González | 13 |
| Games finished | Jeff Reardon | 281 | Drew Storen | 163 | Jonathan Papelbon | 38 |
| Batters faced by pitcher | Steve Rogers | 11702 | Javier Vazquez | 5,183 | Stephen Strasburg | 4,237 |
| Pitch count | Liván Hernández | 20,691 | Jordan Zimmermann | 16,801 | Stephen Strasburg | 12,909 |
| Holds | Tyler Clippard | 150 | Tyler Clippard | 150 | Matt Thornton | 13 |
| Fielding (as of August 10th, 2017) | ||||||
| Games played (defensive) | Tim Wallach | 1757 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1478 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1478 |
| Games started (position player) | Ryan Zimmerman | 1478 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1478 | Ryan Zimmerman | 1478 |
| Innings (position player) | Ryan Zimmerman | 12803.1 | Ryan Zimmerman | 12803.1 | Ryan Zimmerman | 12803.1 |
| Total chances | Gary Carter | 8759 | Ryan Zimmerman | 5681 | Ryan Zimmerman | 5681 |
| Putouts | Andrés Galarraga | 7893 | Brian Schneider | 4187 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3211 |
| Assists | Tim Wallach | 3354 | José Vidro | 2795 | Ryan Zimmerman | 2311 |
| Double plays | Andrés Galarraga José Vidro |
606 | José Vidro | 606 | Ryan Zimmerman | 457 |
| Caught stealing (catcher) | Brian Schneider | 178 | Brian Schneider | 178 | Jesús Flores | 38 |
† minimum of 2000 plate appearances ‡ minimum of 500 innings pitched