From Natstown to Oblivion; counting the Nats players who last appeared in a Nats uniform. Borrowing from Mark Zuckerman's Nov 2010 article as a starting point http://www.natsinsider.com/2010/11/from-natstown-to-oblivion-revisited.html Feb2012 overall stats: from 2005-2010 over 6 seasons: 83 players never appeared again 310 players used over that period 26.77% of players who appeared for this team in a given year were out of the majors the next year!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- by year: 2012 (12 candidates): created Nov 2012 Total Players used: 24 position, 19 pitchers, 43 total. 12/43 = 27.9% candidate ratio right now...likely to be incredibly high. Candidates Jesus Flores Rick Ankiel Mark DeRosa Jhonatan Solano Corey Brown Carlos Maldonado Cesar Izturis Brett Carroll Chien-Ming Wang Zach Duke Brad Lidge Ryan Perry 2011 (6): updated Nov 2012 (removed Brown, Slaten) updated May 2012 (removed many) Total Players used: 20 position, 24 pitchers, 44 total. 6/44 = 13.6% candidate ratio right now... Candidates Ivan Rodriguez - retired after 2011 Matt Stairs -- retired after 2011 Alex Cora -- never signed in 2012 Cole Kimball -- Nats 60-day DL in 2012 Brian Broderick -- Stl AAA, waived now Nats AAA in 2012 Atahualpa Severino -- Nats AAA, DFA'd off 40-man in 2012 2010 (12); updated this Nov 2012 to remove some players (Maxwell, Guzman, Maldonado) Total Players used: 20 position, 26 pitchers, 46 total. 12/46 = 26.0% never appeared again Willy Taveras; played AAA for Col in 2011, retired prior to 2012 Kevin Mench; retired after 2010 Jamie Burke; retired after 2010 Luis Atilano: in CIN org, AAA in 2012 Scott Olsen; in CWS org, AAA 2012 JD Martin; in MIA org AAA 2012 Tyler Walker; indy league 2011, 2012 Jesse English; indy league 2011, 2012 Matt Chico; indy league 2012 Joe Bisenius; in Mexico 2011-12 Garrett Mock: Houston AAA 2012, signed with AZ for 2013 Jason Bergmann: indy, Col 2012 2009 (11); Updated Nov 2012 for 2012 status, updated post 2011 season from 13-> 11 (removed Flores, Orr) Total Players used: 25 position, 30 pitchers, 55 total. 11/55 = 20% never appeared again Elijah Dukes: arrested in 2011, 2012, out of baseball. Alex Cintron; playing in Mexico 2012 Jorge Padilla; in SD org, AAA in 2012 Shairon Martis: in Min org, AAA 2012 Ron Villone, 2011 playing indy ball, retired prior to 2012 Julian Tavarez; retired after 2009 Logan Kensing; in Pits org, AAA 2012 Zack Segovia; in Det org AA in 2012 Mike Hinckley: Tor org in 2011, retired prior to 2012 Steven Shell; KC org in 2011, retired prior to 2012 Victor Garate; MIL org and Indy ball in 2012 2008 (8); Updated Feb2012 from 10->8 (removed Pena, O'Conner) Total Players used: 25 position, 25 pitchers, 50 total. 8/50 = 16% never appeared again Kory Casto Dmitri Young Rob Mackowiak Johnny Estrada Odalis Perez Levale Speigner Ray King Chris Schroder 2007 (13) Total Players used: 21 position, 26 pitchers, 47 total. 13/47 = 27.6% never appeared again Nook Logan Robert Fick D'Angelo Jimenez Tony Batista Michael Restovich Brandon Watson Mike Bacsik Jason Simontacchi John Patterson Jerome Williams Ryan Wagner Arnie Munoz Chris Booker 2006 (20) Total Players used: 28 position, 29 pitchers, 57 total. 20/57 = 35% never appeared again Damian Jackson Bernie Castro Alex Escobar Brandon Harper Wiki Gonzalez Henry Mateo George Lombard Mike Vento Melvin Dorta Luis Matos Pedro Astacio Felix Rodriguez Zach Day Beltran Perez Joey Eischen Travis Hughes Ryan Drese Kevin Gryboski Brett Campbell Santiago Ramirez 2005 (16) Total Players used: 30 position, 25 pitchers, 55 total. 16/55 = 29% never appeared again Carlos Baerga Junior Spivey Tony Blanco Wil Cordero Deivi Cruz Jeffrey Hammonds J.J. Davis Rick Short Kenny Kelly Keith Osik Tyrell Godwin T.J. Tucker Joe Horgan Matt White C.J. Nitkowski Antonio Osuna