It's Nostalgia Weekend here on the blog. If you missed it yesterday, we looked at the long list of guys who never played in the major leagues again after playing for the Nationals. Today we're looking at the best of the best in Nats history.
Yes, it's time to revisit the club's all-time leaderboards.
Now that they've got 16 seasons under their belts, the Nationals have compiled enough history to make this exercise both informative and fun. There are a few highly recognizable names that keep showing up in each statistical category, but there are also a few surprise blasts from the past that still own a top-10 spot in one or two of the departments.
And for good measure, I've also included the lowest-ranked player in club history in the various rate categories (i.e., batting average, OPS, ERA). Apologies to those guys and their families for exposing their struggles in this manner, but it's kind of fun to think about some of them as well.
Hope you enjoy this trip through the record book ...
GAMES PLAYED
1. Ryan Zimmerman (1,689)
2t. Bryce Harper (927)
2t. Ian Desmond (927)
4. Anthony Rendon (916)
5. Jayson Werth (808)
6. Danny Espinosa (779)
7. Wilson Ramos (578)
8. Michael A. Taylor (574)
9. Cristian Guzmán (550)
10. Trea Turner (541)
RUNS
1. Ryan Zimmerman (936)
2. Bryce Harper (610)
3. Anthony Rendon (571)
4. Jayson Werth (450)
5. Ian Desmond (424)
6. Trea Turner (378)
7. Danny Espinosa (337)
8. Cristian Guzmán (265)
9. Adam LaRoche (234)
10. Nick Johnson (228)
HITS
1. Ryan Zimmerman (1,784)
2. Anthony Rendon (994)
3. Bryce Harper (922)
4. Ian Desmond (917)
5. Jayson Werth (781)
6. Trea Turner (644)
7. Danny Espinosa (598)
8. Cristian Guzmán (581)
9. Wilson Ramos (566)
10. Adam LaRoche (430)
DOUBLES
1. Ryan Zimmerman (401)
2. Anthony Rendon (245)
3. Ian Desmond (185)
4. Bryce Harper (183)
5. Jayson Werth (162)
6. Danny Espinosa (129)
7. Trea Turner (118)
8. Nick Johnson (105)
9. Daniel Murphy (99)
10. Cristian Guzmán (95)
TRIPLES
1. Trea Turner (29)
2. Cristian Guzmán (28)
3. Ryan Zimmerman (22)
4. Ian Desmond (21)
5. Denard Span (19)
6. Bryce Harper (18)
7. Anthony Rendon (15)
8t. Danny Espinosa (12)
8t. Willie Harris (12)
10. Wilmer Difo (11)
HOME RUNS
1. Ryan Zimmerman (270)
2. Bryce Harper (184)
3. Anthony Rendon (136)
4. Ian Desmond (110)
5. Jayson Werth (109)
6. Danny Espinosa (92)
7. Wilson Ramos (83)
8. Adam LaRoche (82)
9. Adam Dunn (76)
10. Trea Turner (75)
RBIs
1. Ryan Zimmerman (1,015)
2. Anthony Rendon (546)
3. Bryce Harper (521)
4. Ian Desmond (432)
5. Jayson Werth (393)
6. Wilson Ramos (320)
7. Danny Espinosa (285)
8. Adam LaRoche (269)
9. Trea Turner (257)
10. Daniel Murphy (226)
WALKS
1. Ryan Zimmerman (630)
2. Bryce Harper (585)
3. Anthony Rendon (409)
4. Jayson Werth (403)
5. Nick Johnson (286)
6. Adam LaRoche (246)
7. Ian Desmond (232)
8. Juan Soto (228)
9. Danny Espinosa (221)
10. Adam Dunn (193)
STRIKEOUTS
1. Ryan Zimmerman (1,307)
2. Ian Desmond (890)
3t. Bryce Harper (834)
3t. Danny Espinosa (834)
5. Jayson Werth (723)
6. Anthony Rendon (610)
7. Michael A. Taylor (566)
8. Trea Turner (432)
9. Adam LaRoche (414)
10. Wilson Ramos (383)
STOLEN BASES
1. Trea Turner (171)
2. Ian Desmond (122)
3. Michael A. Taylor (77)
4. Bryce Harper (75)
5. Denard Span (62)
6. Danny Espinosa (60)
7. Nyjer Morgan (58)
8. Roger Bernadina (56)
9. Jayson Werth (55)
10. Felipe López (49)
BATTING AVERAGE (minimum 500 plate appearances)
1. Daniel Murphy (.329)
2. Howie Kendrick (.316)
3. Yunel Escobar (.314)
4. Dmitri Young (.310)
5. Trea Turner (.296)
6. Juan Soto (.295)
7. Michael Morse (.294)
8. Denard Span (.292)
9. Anthony Rendon (.290)
10. Nick Johnson (.286)
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53. Jose Lobaton (.210)
ON-BASE PERCENTAGE (minimum 500 plate appearances)
1. Nick Johnson (.416)
2. Juan Soto (.415)
3. Bryce Harper (.388)
4. Dmitri Young (.382)
5. Daniel Murphy (.380)
6. Adam Dunn (.378)
7. Josh Willingham (.377)
8. Yunel Escobar (.375)
9. Anthony Rendon (.369)
10. Adam Eaton (.365)
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52. Tyler Moore (.281)
SLUGGING PERCENTAGE (minimum 500 plate appearances)
1. Alfonso Soriano (.560)
2. Juan Soto (.557)
3. Daniel Murphy (.550)
4. Adam Dunn (.533)
5. Michael Morse (.514)
6. Bryce Harper (.512)
7. Howie Kendrick (.511)
8. Anthony Rendon (.490)
9. Matt Adams (.485)
10. Trea Turner (.480)
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52. Jose Lobaton (.307)
OPS (minimum 500 plate appearances)
1. Juan Soto (.972)
2. Daniel Murphy (.930)
3. Alfonso Soriano (.911)
4. Adam Dunn (.910)
5. Bryce Harper (.900)
6. Nick Johnson (.886)
7. Howie Kendrick (.873)
8. Anthony Rendon (.859)
9. Michael Morse (.857)
10. Josh Willingham (.856)
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52. Jose Lobaton (.588)
bWAR
1. Ryan Zimmerman (38.5)
2. Anthony Rendon (29.1)
3. Bryce Harper (27.5)
4. Trea Turner (16.6)
5. Ian Desmond (16.5)
6. Nick Johnson (10.9)
7. Wilson Ramos (10.5)
8. Juan Soto (9.7)
9. Danny Espinosa (9.5)
10. Jayson Werth (9.0)
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193. Tyler Moore (-2.3)
GAMES PITCHED
1. Tyler Clippard (414)
2. Drew Storen (355)
3. Sean Burnett (255)
4. Saul Rivera (245)
5. Stephen Strasburg (241)
6. Jon Rauch (236)
7. Craig Stammen (229)
8. Chad Cordero (224)
9. Gio González (213)
10. Blake Treinen (185)
GAMES STARTED
1. Stephen Strasburg (241)
2. Gio González (213)
3. Jordan Zimmermann (178)
4. Max Scherzer (170)
5. Tanner Roark (141)
6. John Lannan (134)
7. Liván Hernández (129)
8. Ross Detwiler (69)
9. Joe Ross (57)
10. Jason Bergmann (50)
INNINGS PITCHED
1. Stephen Strasburg (1,443 2/3)
2. Gio González (1,253 1/3)
3. Max Scherzer (1,118)
4. Jordan Zimmermann (1,094)
5. Tanner Roark (935)
6. Liván Hernández (828 2/3)
7. John Lannan (783 2/3)
8. Craig Stammen (490 2/3)
9. Ross Detwiler (471)
10. Tyler Clippard (464)
STRIKEOUTS
1. Stephen Strasburg (1,697)
2. Max Scherzer (1,463)
3. Gio González (1,215)
4. Jordan Zimmermann (903)
5. Tanner Roark (732)
6. Tyler Clippard (530)
7. Liván Hernández (476)
8. John Lannan (410)
9. Craig Stammen (370)
10. Drew Storen (321)
SAVES
1. Chad Cordero (113)
2. Drew Storen (95)
3t. Sean Doolittle (75)
3t. Rafael Soriano (75)
5. Tyler Clippard (34)
6t. Jonathan Papelbon (26)
6t. Matt Capps (26)
8. Jon Rauch (23)
9. Mike MacDougal (20)
10. Mark Melancon (17)
WINS
1. Stephen Strasburg (112)
2. Gio González (86)
3. Max Scherzer (84)
4. Jordan Zimmermann (70)
5. Tanner Roark (64)
6. Liván Hernández (44)
7. John Lannan (42)
8. Tyler Clippard (34)
9. Craig Stammen (26)
10t. Joe Ross (21)
10t. Doug Fister (21)
10t. Drew Storen (21)
LOSSES
1. Gio González (65)
2. Stephen Strasburg (59)
3. Tanner Roark (54)
4. John Lannan (52)
5. Jordan Zimmermann (50)
6. Liván Hernández (47)
7. Max Scherzer (43)
8. Ross Detwiler (32)
9t. Craig Stammen (24)
9t. Tyler Clippard (24)
9t. Jason Bergmann (24)
ERA (minimum 100 innings pitched)
1. Tyler Clippard (2.68)
2. Chad Cordero (2.78)
3. Max Scherzer (2.80)
4. Sean Burnett (2.82)
5. Drew Storen (3.02)
6. Sean Doolittle (3.03)
7. Doug Fister (3.10)
8. Rafael Soriano (3.15)
9. Gary Majewski (3.18)
10. Stephen Strasburg (3.19)
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56. Scott Olsen (5.76)
WHIP (minimum 100 innings pitched)
1. Max Scherzer (0.969)
2. Sean Doolittle (1.037)
3. Tyler Clippard (1.047)
4. Shawn Kelley (1.057)
5. Stephen Strasburg (1.088)
6. Drew Storen (1.129)
7. Jon Rauch (1.144)
8. Jordan Zimmermann (1.159)
9. Chad Cordero (1.172)
10. Rafael Soriano (1.181)
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56. Garrett Mock (1.673)
STRIKEOUT/WALK RATIO (minimum 100 innings pitched)
1. Max Scherzer (5.81)
2. Shawn Kelley (5.07)
3. Sean Doolittle (4.94)
4. Dan Haren (4.87)
5. Stephen Strasburg (4.49)
6. Jordan Zimmermann (4.09)
7. Patrick Corbin (3.39)
8. Doug Fister (3.35)
9. Drew Storen (3.34)
10. Esteban Loaiza (3.15)
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56. Shairon Martis (1.12)
OPPONENTS' OPS (minimum 100 innings pitched)
1. Tyler Clippard (.593)
2. Max Scherzer (.609)
3. Henry RodrÃguez (.613)
4. Drew Storen (.616)
5. Sean Doolittle (.631)
6. Stephen Strasburg (.632)
7. Sean Burnett (.641)
8. Rafael Soriano (.654)
9. Jon Rauch (.657)
10. Chad Cordero (.664)
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56. Scott Olsen (.861)
bWAR
1. Max Scherzer (36.7)
2. Stephen Strasburg (32.1)
3. Gio González (21.0)
4. Jordan Zimmermann (19.5)
5. Tanner Roark (16.8)
6. Tyler Clippard (10.1)
7. John Lannan (7.7)
8. Patrick Corbin (7.3)
9. Liván Hernández (6.2)
10t. Drew Storen (5.2)
10t. Chad Cordero (5.2)
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202. Levale Speigner (-1.7)
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