Every trade between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals

The Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals have made 20 deals with each other since 1978, 3 of them sales. The most recent, on Jul 26, 2026: Boston Red Sox traded LHP Connelly Early to Washington Nationals for 3B Curtis Mead. The first on file, on Dec 7, 1978: The Boston Red Sox traded Bill Lee to the Montreal Expos for Stan Papi.

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Trades between the Boston Red Sox and the Washington Nationals
Date	Deal
Jul 26, 2026	Boston Red Sox traded LHP Connelly Early to Washington Nationals for 3B Curtis Mead.
Dec 15, 2025	Boston Red Sox traded RHP Luis Perales to Washington Nationals for LHP Jake Bennett.
Jul 29, 2021	The Boston Red Sox traded Aldo Ramirez to the Washington Nationals for Kyle Schwarber.
Mar 30, 2015	The Boston Red Sox purchased Sandy León from the Washington Nationals.
Jan 14, 2015	The Boston Red Sox traded Dan Butler to the Washington Nationals for Daniel Rosenbaum.
Aug 17, 2007	The Boston Red Sox traded Wily Mo Peña to the Washington Nationals for Chris Carter.
Sep 29, 2005	The Boston Red Sox traded Rhys Taylor and Yader Peralta to the Washington Nationals for Mike Stanton.
Feb 15, 2005	The Boston Red Sox traded Carlos Torres to the Washington Nationals for Alejandro Machado.
Jul 31, 2004	In a 4-team trade, the Boston Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs; the Chicago Cubs sent Brendan Harris, Alex Gonzalez and Francis Beltrán to the Montreal Expos; the Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox; the Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox; the Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones to the Minnesota Twins.(4 clubs)
Jul 30, 2002	The Boston Red Sox traded Sun-Woo Kim and Seung Song to the Montreal Expos for Cliff Floyd.
Jul 31, 2001	The Boston Red Sox traded Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles to the Montreal Expos for Ugueth Urbina.
Nov 18, 1997	The Boston Red Sox traded Carl Pavano and Tony Armas to the Montreal Expos for Pedro Martínez.
Jan 10, 1996	The Boston Red Sox traded Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier and Ryan McGuire to the Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd.
Mar 23, 1994	The Boston Red Sox traded Derek Vinyard to the Montreal Expos for Glenn Murray.
Feb 18, 1994	The Boston Red Sox purchased Matt Stairs and Pete Young from the Montreal Expos.
Dec 8, 1992	The Boston Red Sox traded Mike Gardiner and Terry Powers to the Montreal Expos for Iván Calderón.
Jun 27, 1992	The Boston Red Sox purchased Steve Lyons from the Montreal Expos.
Dec 8, 1988	The Boston Red Sox traded Spike Owen and Dan Gakeler to the Montreal Expos for John Dopson and Luis Rivera.
Aug 31, 1988	The Boston Red Sox traded Víctor Rosario to the Montreal Expos for John Trautwein.
Dec 7, 1978	The Boston Red Sox traded Bill Lee to the Montreal Expos for Stan Papi.

Trades and sales between the two franchises under every name they have had. To May 2022 from Retrosheet, since then from MLB's transaction feed. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.