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Nationals Park park factors

Nationals Park ranks 7th of 29 on the three year rolling run index at 104, and 2026 on its own is running 112, a jump of 8 points against that baseline, which is the kind of gap worth watching rather than assuming. The most extreme number here is the strikeout index at 94, 5th lowest in baseball on the three year rolling view.

Updated September 10, 2026 Indices Baseball Savant Venue MLB Stats API
104
Run index
7th of 29
105
HR index
10th of 29
94
Strikeout index
25th of 29
102
wOBA index
three year rolling
112
2026 run index
this season alone

Park factor history

Five single seasons and the three year rolling view Baseball Savant shows by default. Reading them side by side is how you tell a park that has changed from a park that had one odd year.

Statcast park factors for Nationals Park. 100 is league average. The strikeout column reads from the hitter's side, so a number above 100 means the park suppresses contact.
SeasonwOBARunsHRSO2B3BBB
20261061121279310068105
202510110293969812593
202499989393927996
202310310698821008792
2022102104113931019599
Three year rolling10210410594989498

The ballpark itself

Elevation is 35 feet, close to the 518 foot league average, so altitude is not doing anything here. Home plate points north northeast toward centre field, at 28.0 degrees, which is what turns a wind forecast into a blowing out or blowing in read rather than a guess. Playing surface is grass. The average fence sits 371 feet from the plate, level with the league average, and the average wall is 9.8 feet high.

Measured fence distance and wall height from the Statcast park dimensions record for 2026, with the difference against the 30 park average in the adjacent column. Average wall height here is 9.8 feet against a league average of 9.7, and the average home run at this park travels 381 feet.
LocationDistancevs leagueWallvs league
Left field line336 ft+58.6 ft-1.3
Left centre gap377 ft-27.7 ft-2.3
Centre field402 ft-07.0 ft-1.7
Right centre gap370 ft-914.1 ft+5.1
Right field line335 ft+816.3 ft+5.2

Where it ranks

Where this ballpark sits against the other 29 on every published index, three year rolling. Rank 1 is the highest number in baseball on that index, which for strikeouts means the most pitcher friendly.
IndexValueRankvs average
Runs1047th of 29+4
Home runs10510th of 29+5
Strikeouts9425th of 29-6
wOBA1027th of 29+2
Hits1037th of 29+3
Singles1053rd of 29+5
Doubles9814th of 29-2
Triples9411th of 29-6
Walks9820th of 29-2
Hard hit rate1026th of 29+2

Splits that move a number

Three year rolling index split by batter handedness.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Right handed batters10410210294
Left handed batters10610910393
Three year rolling index split by start time.
SplitRunsHRwOBASO
Day games1009310097
Night games11011710591

Scoring at this ballpark in 2026

The index numbers above are league adjusted and cover three seasons. This is the raw scoring that actually happened here this year, which is the sanity check on all of it.

73
Games played here
2026 regular season
11.01
Runs per game
League average 8.94
23
Highest scoring game
New York Mets at Washington Nationals, 2026-05-18
3
Lowest scoring game
San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals, 2026-04-19
66%
Games above league average
48 of 73
33-40
Home team record here
2026 regular season
Runs per game at this ballpark by month, against the league average of 8.94 for the same period. Small samples early and late, so read the direction rather than the decimal.
MonthGamesRuns/gmvs league
April1312.69+3.75
May1610.94+2.00
June1310.69+1.75
July1510.53+1.59
August1410.29+1.35
September211.50+2.56
The last ten completed games at this ballpark.
DateMatchupFinalTotalStart
2026-09-02Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals9–09Day
2026-09-01Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals5–914Night
2026-08-31Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals3–69Night
2026-08-30Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals6–28Day
2026-08-29Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals4–59Day
2026-08-28Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals2–911Night
2026-08-27Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals1–78Day
2026-08-26Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals13–114Night
2026-08-25Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals3–14Night
2026-08-24Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals3–1316Night

What it means for a bet

Totals

Close to neutral on runs, which makes this a park where the pitching matchup and the weather carry the total rather than the venue.

Strikeout props

At 94 the park costs pitchers strikeouts. Unders on strikeout props and a slightly lower expectation on the starter's line are the natural reads.

Handedness

The home run index favours left handed hitters by 7 points (102 against 109). When a lineup is stacked the other way, the park is doing less for them than the headline number suggests.

Time of day

Day games run 10 points lower on the run index than night games (100 against 110), which is a real split and not one most totals models carry.

Every index on this page is a three year rolling figure unless the column says otherwise, and all of it is league relative: 100 is average, not neutral in an absolute sense. Park factors describe the venue, not tonight's pitching matchup, and they are the starting point of a number rather than the whole of it.

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