Clark Griffith insisted that his team was the Nationals as long as he owned it. Bob Wolff always began a broadcast, whether TV or radion, with "Welcome to YOUR Washington Nationals". My dad usually called the team the Senators, so I did, too. When Clark Griffith, a founder of the AL called the Old Fox, died after the 1955 season, his son, Calvin took over the team. Calvin Griffith re-named the team the Senators. In 1959, Calvin put "Senators" across the front of the uniform, replacing the 'W'. The 1950s teams had "Washington" on the road uniforms.
The obvious point is that Cecil Travis played for Washington, same as Joe Judge, Buddy Myer, Firpo Marberry, Goose Goslin, Roy Sievers, Harmon Killebrew, Walter Johnson, Frank Howard, and Ken McMullen. Search for "Ken McMullen stats", and they will show that McMullen played for the Dodgers and then, year after year, for the Rangers. The same search will tell you that Walter Johnson pitched for the Twins. That is idiotic.
The serious point, though, is that Cecil Travis has been overlooked by Cooperstown voters for about 70 years.
Cecil Travis was a great hitter getting better as he got stronger. At 27, he matched Williams and DiMaggio in 1941, as Williams said. Cecil Travis hit .359 and led the league with 218 hits. His hitting had "slid" below .300 only in one season, 1939, when he hit .292, after hitting .355 and .344 the two previous seasons. Travis began to pull the ball in 1940, and had an OPS of .930 in 1941. Then he was drafted, then he fought WW2, and then his froze his feet during the war in Europe. He returned to baseball but could not come back after his war injury. Even then, his sad 1946 season -- .252 with .641 OPS -- would make him a starter on this Nats team.
Cecil Travis belongs in the Hall of Fame.