Washington Nationals

Every MLB player the encyclopedia attributes to the Washington Nationalsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

Every position room Washington Nationals has passed down, steadiest first. The C room is their most stable — 10 holders across 58 years, a new one every 5.8 on average.

1. C10 holders · 9 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 5.8y
   John Bateman1969–1972→Gary Carter1974–1992→Mike Fitzgerald1985–1991→Darrin Fletcher1992–1997→Lenny Webster1994–2000→Michael Barrett1998–2003→Brian Schneider2000–2007→Wilson Ramos2010–2016→Kurt Suzuki2012–2020→Keibert Ruiz2021–2026
2. 1B11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 5.3y
   Ron Fairly1969–1974→Mike Jorgensen1972–1977→Tony Perez1977–1979→Andres Galarraga1985–2002→David Segui1995–1997→Lee Stevens2000–2002→Nick Johnson2004–2009→Adam LaRoche2011–2014→Bryce Harper2012–2018→Luis García Jr.2020–2026→Joey Meneses2022–2024
3. 3B10 holders · 9 handoffs · 1969–2021 · one every 5.3y
   Coco Laboy1969–1973→Bob Bailey1969–1975→Larry Parrish1974–1981→Tim Wallach1980–1992→Vance Law1985–1987→Sean Berry1992–1995→Shane Andrews1995–1999→Geoff Blum1999–2001→Ryan Zimmerman2005–2021→Anthony Rendon2013–2019
4. SS11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1972–2026 · one every 5y
   Tim Foli1972–1977→Chris Speier1977–1984→Tom Foley1986–1995→Spike Owen1989–1992→Orlando Cabrera1997–2004→Cristian Guzman2005–2010→Felipe López2006–2008→Ian Desmond2009–2015→Asdrúbal Cabrera2014–2020→Trea Turner2015–2021→CJ Abrams2022–2026
5. 2B11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1971–2020 · one every 4.5y
   Ron Hunt1971–1974→Rodney Scott1976–1982→Dave Cash1977–1979→Delino DeShields1990–1993→Mike Lansing1993–1997→Mark Grudzielanek1995–1998→Jose Vidro1997–2006→Emilio Bonifácio2008–2020→Danny Espinosa2010–2016→Daniel Murphy2016–2018→Howie Kendrick2017–2020
6. OF37 holders · 36 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 1.6y
   Mack Jones1969–1971→Rusty Staub1969–1979→Ken Singleton1972–1974→Tony Scott1973–1984→Jerry White1974–1983→Warren Cromartie1974–1983→Ellis Valentine1975–1981→Jim Dwyer1975–1989→Andre Dawson1976–1986→Tim Raines Sr.1979–2001→Al Oliver1982–1983→Mitch Webster1985–1988→Hubie Brooks1985–1989→Dave Martinez1988–1991→Larry Walker1989–1994→Marquis Grissom1989–1994→Moises Alou1990–1996→Wil Cordero1992–2005→Matt Stairs1992–2011→Rondell White1993–2000→Cliff Floyd1993–2002→F.P. Santangelo1995–1998→Henry Rodriguez1995–2002→Vladimir Guerrero1996–2003→Brad Wilkerson2001–2005→Ryan Church2004–2007→Austin Kearns2006–2009→Adam Dunn2009–2010→Josh Willingham2009–2010→Michael Morse2009–2012→Jayson Werth2011–2017→Denard Span2013–2015→Michael A. Taylor2014–2020→Victor Robles2017–2024→Juan Soto2018–2022→Lane Thomas2021–2024→James Wood2024–2026

+1 more room with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1969–2026 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.