A major offensive force behind the Washington Senators back-to-back appearances in the World Series, Outfielder, Goose Goslin, played the first half of his career in D.C..  Goslin was a hitting machine, winning the American League Batting in 1928 and boasting a Batting Average over .300 five times.  Goslin would finish in the top ten in MVP voting three times as a Senator and showed power for the team with 127 Home Runs with a .502 Slugging Percentage.  He would be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968.

Although Camilo Pasucal was a five-time All-Star over his tenure with the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, the Cuban is a somewhat underappreciated player historically.  Dubbed “The Little Potato” (in reference to his older brother, Carlos, who was nicknamed (The Potato”) Pascual was a three-time Strikeout Champion and would win 20 Games twice.  While Pascual would not finish in the top ten in MVP voting, he did receive a smattering of votes in three different seasons.

Pascual went 145-141 for the franchise, fanning 1,885 Strikeouts.  The Twins inducted him into their franchise Hall of Fame in 2012.

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963 via the Veteran’s Committee, Sam Rice was a Washington Senator for all but his final season in MLB.  Rice smacked 2,987 Hits over his career (2,889 with Washington) and would lead the AL in Hits twice and had over 200 Hits in a season six times.  As expected, he would have thirteen seasons where he batted over .300 and had a career Batting Average for the Senators of .323.  Rice was also a fleet footed player who won the Stolen Base crown in 1920 and swiped 346 overall bases a Senator.

During the mid-2000s a fair argument could be made that Johan Santana was the best pitcher in Baseball.  From 2004 to 2007, Santana would win two Cy Youngs and finish in the top five in voting in the other two.  He would win two ERA titles, three Strikeout titles, three FIP titles, four WHIP titles, and led in bWAR for Pitchers three times.  This was the player that during that time frame, opposing General Managers coveted and wanted to build their rotation around.