The Best Offensive and Pitching Season of Each Decade
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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