Washington Nationals 2019 Payroll: Every Player Salary

Season 2019 (full payroll allocation)Ledger 57 of 59 players counting toward the totalDollars Nominal, not inflation adjusted

The Washington Nationals carried a $172,321,791 payroll in 2019 across 57 players, an average of $3,023,189 and a median of $515,948. The highest-paid player was Max Scherzer at $37,505,562. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.

2019 total payroll$172.3M

Players counting57

Average salary$3M

Median salary$516K

Top paidMax Scherzer $37.5M

2019 player salary ledger59 players

Every Washington Nationals 2019 player salary, sorted by adjusted payroll
#		Pos	Service status	Category
1	Max Scherzer	SP	Veteran	Active	$37,505,562	$37,505,562
2	Anthony Rendon	3B	Arbitration 4 (S2)	Active	$18,800,000	$18,800,000
3	Ryan Zimmerman	1B	Veteran	Active	$18,000,000	$18,000,000
4	Patrick Corbin	SP	Veteran	Active	$12,916,666	$12,916,666
5	Brian Dozier	2B	Veteran	Active	$9,000,000	$9,000,000
6	Adam Eaton	RF	Veteran	Active	$8,400,000	$8,400,000
7	Yan Gomes	C	Veteran	Active	$7,083,333	$7,083,333
8	Trevor Rosenthal	RP		Retained	$7,000,000	$7,000,000
9	Aníbal Sánchez	SP	Veteran	Active	$10,000,000	$6,000,000
10	Sean Doolittle	RP	Veteran	Active	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
11	Stephen Strasburg	SP	Veteran	Active	$39,333,334	$5,000,000
12	Howie Kendrick	LF	Veteran	Active	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
13	Kurt Suzuki	C	Veteran	Active	$4,000,000	$4,000,000
14	Trea Turner	SS	Arbitration 1 (S2)	Active	$3,725,000	$3,725,000
15	Michael A. Taylor	CF	Arbitration 2	Active	$3,250,000	$3,250,000
16	Matt Adams	1B	Veteran	Active	$3,000,000	$3,000,000
17	Ryan Zimmerman	1B		Dead	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
18	Jeremy Hellickson	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,900,000	$1,900,000
19	Tony Sipp	RP		Retained	$1,250,000	$1,250,000
20	Kyle Barraclough	RP		Retained	$1,242,752	$1,242,752
21	Matt Adams	1B		Dead	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
22	Yan Gomes	C		Dead	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
23	Joe Ross	SP	Arbitration 1	Active	$1,000,000	$704,256
24	Juan Soto	LF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$578,300	$578,300
25	Koda Glover	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$564,300	$564,300
26	Wander Suero	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$562,500	$562,500
27	Victor Robles	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$557,800	$557,800
28	Javy Guerra	RP	Veteran	Active	$800,000	$554,829
29	Austen Williams	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Injured	$556,000	$515,948
30	Daniel Hudson	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,500,000	$491,965
31	Matt Grace	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$576,400	$480,345
32	Gerardo Parra	RF	Veteran	Active	$555,000	$429,696
33	Hunter Strickland	RP	Veteran	Active	$1,375,000	$419,355
34	Tanner Rainey	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$402,840
35	Justin Miller	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$593,200	$395,436
36	Erick Fedde	RP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$355,096
37	Austin Voth	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$556,000	$338,323
38	Roenis Elias	RP	Arbitration 1	Active	$910,000	$303,902
39	Fernando Rodney	RP	Veteran	Active	$5,250,000	$289,436
40	Jonny Venters	RP	Arbitration 3	Injured	$555,000	$289,436
41	Adrián Sanchez	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$560,000	$255,935
42	Wilmer Difo	SS	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$581,100	$240,548
43	Andrew Stevenson	OF	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$559,100	$219,438
44	Austin Adams	RP		Retained	$184,961	$184,961
45	Asdrubal Cabrera	2B	Veteran	Active	$555,000	$164,120
46	Sammy Solis	RP		Retained	$137,096	$137,096
47	Jimmy Cordero	SP		Retained	$124,161	$124,161
48	Dan Jennings	RP		Retained	$123,655	$123,655
49	Kyle McGowin	SP	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$116,376
50	Raudy Read	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$556,000	$89,670
51	Spencer Kieboom	C	(buried)	Minors	$555,000	$80,568
52	Aaron Barrett	RP		Active	$555,000	$77,584
53	Tres Barrera	C	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$65,648
54	Jake Noll	2B	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$47,744
55	Michael Blazek	RP	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$650,000	$45,435
56	Carter Kieboom	SS	Pre-Arbitration (buried)	Minors	$555,000	$29,840
57	James Bourque	P	Pre-Arbitration	Active	$555,000	$11,936
58	Kevin McGowan	RP		Minors	$555,000	$0
59	Sam Freeman	RP	Arbitration 2	Minors	$555,000	$0

About this 2019 Washington Nationals ledger

Each row is one player’s 2019 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $172,321,791 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (2 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates live on the sources page.

Questions

How many players did the Washington Nationals pay in 2019?

59 players appear on the 2019 ledger; 57 of them carry money that counts toward the $172,321,791 club total, the rest are non-buried minor-league allocations.

Why do modern-era payrolls read higher than a simple roster sum?

From 2017 on the total is everything the club paid that season: active roster, injured list, released players still owed money, retained salary from trades, and buried minor-league allocations. That matches the totals clubs and reporters quote.

Can I compare this season with others?

Yes. The Washington Nationals year-by-year history links every season from 1985 to the present, and each season has a ledger like this one.

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Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.