Acquired from the Oakland A’s in an August 3, 2012 trade for minor league catcher David Freitas, Kurt Suzuki put up a .267/.321/.404 line, five doubles, and five home runs over 43 games and 164 plate appearances down the stretch for the Washington Nationals on the way to the first postseason trip by a D.C.-based team since 1933.
Suzuki posted a .222/.283/.310 line, 11 doubles, and three home runs in 79 games and 281 PAs in 2013 before he was dealt back to the Athletics, and he went on to sign a free agent deal with the Minnesota Twins, for whom he played between 2014-16, and Atlanta’s Braves (2017-18) before returning to the nation’s capital on a 2-year/$10M free agent deal earlier this week.