VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA

Vintage Baseball Memorabilia

The Best Offensive and Defensive Season of Each Decade

This is an interesting post we saw on Facebook by “Stephens” that I thought it would be interesting to share, we did change a few names we didn’t agree with.

1870s:

Ross Barnes, 1876
.429 BA, 138 H, 36 XBH, 1 HR, 59 RBI,
126 R, .462 OBP, .590 SLG, 1.052 OPS
George Bradley, 1876
45-19, 1.23 ERA, 103 K, 63 CG,
16 SHO, .887 WHIP, 2.14 FIP

1880s:

Sam Thompson, 1887
.372 BA, 203 H, 62 XBH, 10 HR, 166 RBI,
118 R, 22 SB, .416 OBP, .565 SLG, .982 OPS

Old Hoss Radbourne, 1884
60-12, 1.38 ERA, 441 K, 73 CG,
11 SHO, .922 WHIP, 2.75 FIP

1890s:

Hugh Duffy, 1894
.440 BA, 237 H, 85 XBH, 18 HR, 145 RBI,
160 R, 48 SB, .502 OBP, .694 SLG, 1.196 OPS

Cy Young, 1892
36-12, 1.93 ERA, 168 K, 48 CG,
9 SHO, 1.062 WHIP, 2.76 FIP

1900s:

Nap Lajoie, 1901
.426 BA, 232 H, 76 XBH, 14 HR, 125 RBI,
145 R, 27 SB, .463 OBP, .643 SLG, 1.106 OPS

Christy Mathewson, 1908
37-11, 1.43 ERA, 259 K, 34 CG,
11 SHO, .827 WHIP, 1.29 FIP

1910s:

Ty Cobb, 1911
.419 BA, 248 H, 79 XBH, 8 HR, 127 RBI,
148 R, 83 SB, .466 OBP, .620 SLG, 1.086 OPS

Walter Johnson, 1913
36-7, 1.14 ERA, 243 K, 29 CG,
11 SHO, .780 WHIP, 1.90 FIP

1920s:

Babe Ruth, 1921
.378 BA, 204 H, 99 XBH, 59 HR, 168 RBI,
177 R, 17 SB, .512 OBP, .846 SLG, 1.359 OPS

Dazzy Vance, 1924
28-6, 2.16 ERA, 262 K, 30 CG,
3 SHO, 1.022 WHIP, 2.34 FIP

1930s:

Jimmie Foxx, 1932
.364 BA, 213 H, 100 XBH, 58 HR, 169 RBI,
151 R, .469 OBP, .749 SLG, 1.218 OPS

Lefty Grove, 1931
31-4, 2.06 ERA, 175 K, 27 CG,
4 SHO, 1.077 WHIP, 3.03 FIP

1940s:

Stan Musial, 1948
.376 BA, 230 H, 103 XBH, 39 HR, 131 RBI,
135 R, .450 OBP, .702 SLG, 1.152 OPS

Hal Newhouser, 1946
26-9, 1.94 ERA, 275 K, 29 CG,
6 SHO, 1.069 WHIP, 1.63 FIP

1950s:

Mickey Mantle, 1956
.353 BA, 188 H, 79 XBH, 52 HR, 130 RBI,
132 R, 10 SB, .464 OBP, .705 SLG, 1.169 OPS

Warren Spahn, 1953
23-7, 2.10 ERA, 148 K, 24 CG,
5 SHO, 1.058 WHIP, 2.97 FIP

1960s:

Frank Robinson, 1962
.342 BA, 208 H, 92 XBH, 39 HR, 136 RBI,
134 R, 18 SB, .421 OBP, .624 SLG, 1.045 OPS

Bob Gibson, 1968
22-9, 1.12 ERA, 268 K, 28 CG,
13 SHO, .853 WHIP, 1.77 FIP

1970s:

George Foster, 1977
.320 BA, 197 H, 85 XBH, 52 HR, 149 RBI,
124 R, .382 OBP, .631 SLG, 1.013 OPS

Tom Seaver, 1971
20-10, 1.76 ERA, 289 K, 21 CG,
4 SHO, .946 WHIP, 1.93 FIP

1980s:

George Brett, 1980
.390 BA, 175 H, 66 XBH, 24 HR, 118 RBI,
87 R, 15 SB, .454 OBP, .664 SLG, 1.118 OPS

Dwight Gooden, 1985
24-4, 1.53 ERA, 268 K, 16 CG,
8 SHO, .965 WHIP, 2.13 FIP

1990s:

Larry Walker, 1997
.366 BA, 208 H, 99 XBH, 49 HR, 130 RBI,
143 R, 33 SB, .452 OBP, .720 SLG, 1.172 OPS

Greg Maddux, 1995
19-2, 1.63 ERA, 181 K, 10 CG,
3 SHO, .811 WHIP, 2.26 FIP

2000s:

Barry Bonds, 2001
.328 BA, 156 H, 107 XBH, 73 HR, 137 RBI,
129 R, 13 SB, .515 OBP, .863 SLG, 1.379 OPS

Pedro Martinez, 2000
18-6, 1.74 ERA, 284 K, 7 CG,
4 SHO, .737 WHIP, 2.17 FIP

2010s:

Mookie Betts, 2018
.346 BA, 180 H, 84 XBH, 32 HR, 80 RBI,
129 R, 30 SB, .438 OBP, .640 SLG, 1.078 OPS

Clayton Kershaw, 2014
21-3, 1.77 ERA, 239 K, 6 CG,
2 SHO, .857 WHIP, 1.81 FIP

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