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To avoid spamming the general blog page with the Player Value posts for each season/team, this blog page will serve as a separate listing of all of the Player Value posts for each season/team. These posts will be less detailed, mainly just listing out the top players each season and including the necessary files.
In this post I will list out the All-Time Nationals lineup, according to Player Value. I will follow along the same format as MLB uses with its new "All-MLB" teams, which you can view here. That format is 1 player for each defensive position, 5 starters, and 2 relievers. I will only use DHs for AL teams, since most NL teams don't have enough seasons with the DH to really have a deserving player. This includes all years from the Nationals franchise since its inception in 1969, meaning the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 2004 and the Washington Nationals from 2005 to 2021. You can view the Montreal Expos specific all-time team here. You can view the Washington Nationals specific all-time team here. You can also view the Washington Senators specific all-time team here. The Senators were never actually a part of the current Nationals franchise, but rather went on to become the Twins and Rangers franchises. However, they were the primary baseball team in Washington for 70 years and were even technically called the Washington Nationals from 1905-1955, despite the name never really being recognized. The more standard typed W is the more famous Senators logo, but the Senators in the 1960s used the cursive W that is essentially used by the Nationals today. Importantly, and as the graphic above suggests, these are based on individual seasons according to Player Value. The question we want to ask here is which version of a player would we want on our team? I want to give guys that only played a few seasons with a team an equal chance at making the lineup as the guys that spent their entire careers with one team. If you had to give this NL team a DH spot, you would probably go with (my favorite player ever) Vladimir Guerrero in 2000, who was mainly a RF. Vlad in 2000 has the 2nd highest Batting Value season in Nationals franchise history, at 48.10. The only player with more is Bryce Harper in 2015 with 57.24, which is unfortunately why Vlad is not on the all-time team. Vlad has the 6th highest Player Value in a season in the franchise's history, at 50.53. All-Time Team Total Player Value: 635.4446 (11th in NL, 25th in MLB)
All-Time Team Pitching Value: 212.2582 (5th in NL, 15th in MLB) All-Time Team Fielding Value: 165.2201 (9th in NL, 20th in MLB) All-Time Team Baserunning Value: 0.9491 (13th in NL, 20th in MLB) The All-Time Nationals fall towards the bottom of teams in history. Their outfield and catcher/first base units rank fairly average, but their pitchers rank towards the bottom and their infielders fare even worse. Interestingly, their pitchers rank average in terms of pitching, but don't rate as well when considering their ability to hit and play defense. Here is how the players on the all-time team compare in terms of their Player Value components: The team is led by Gary Carter and Bryce Harper, who both produced 60+ Player Value seasons. View the file below to see the numerical values of the Player Value components for each player on the all-time team:
View the files below to see the Player Value components, hypothetical awards based on Player Value, and general statistics for each player season and position (if you're wondering how another player that isn't on the all-time team fares, this is the place to look):
And that's it! I'm trying to make these posts shorter and just focus on sharing the all-time teams themselves and necessary data files. If you want to investigate an individual season for a player on the all-time team, I encourage you to check out their page on Baseball Reference.
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