Best Seasons By An Old Full-Time D.H.

Posted by Steve L. on November 29th, 2011 · Comments (1)

Here’s one list on that -

Rk	Player	WAR/pos	Year	Age	Tm	G	PA	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG
1	Dave Winfield	3.7	1992	40	TOR	156	670	92	26	108	82	89	2	.290	.377	.491
2	Edgar Martinez	3.5	2003	40	SEA	145	603	72	24	98	92	95	0	.294	.406	.489
3	Paul Molitor	3.4	1996	39	MIN	161	728	99	9	113	56	72	18	.341	.390	.468
4	Brian Downing	2.5	1991	40	TEX	123	476	76	17	49	58	70	1	.278	.377	.455
5	Harold Baines	2.3	1999	40	TOT	135	486	62	25	103	54	48	1	.312	.387	.533
6	Frank Thomas	2.0	2007	39	TOR	155	624	63	26	95	81	94	0	.277	.377	.480
7	Dave Parker	1.9	1990	39	MIL	157	669	71	21	92	41	102	4	.289	.330	.451
8	Paul Molitor	1.4	1997	40	MIN	135	597	63	10	89	45	73	11	.305	.351	.435
9	Reggie Jackson	1.3	1986	40	CAL	132	517	65	18	58	92	115	1	.241	.379	.408
10	Carl Yastrzemski	1.2	1982	42	BOS	131	523	53	16	72	59	50	0	.275	.358	.431
11	Chili Davis	0.7	1999	39	NYY	146	554	59	19	78	73	100	4	.269	.366	.445
12	Al Kaline	0.6	1974	39	DET	147	630	71	13	64	65	75	2	.262	.337	.389
13	Hal McRae	0.4	1985	39	KCR	112	369	41	14	70	44	45	0	.259	.349	.450
14	Paul Molitor	0.1	1998	41	MIN	126	559	75	4	69	45	41	9	.281	.335	.382
15	George Brett	0.0	1992	39	KCR	152	637	55	7	61	35	69	8	.285	.330	.397
16	Hank Aaron	0.0	1975	41	MIL	137	543	45	12	60	70	51	0	.234	.332	.355
17	Dave Winfield	-0.2	1993	41	MIN	143	594	72	21	76	45	106	2	.271	.325	.442
18	Gary Sheffield	-0.3	2008	39	DET	114	482	52	19	57	58	83	9	.225	.326	.400
19	George Brett	-0.4	1993	40	KCR	145	612	69	19	75	39	67	7	.266	.312	.434
20	Carl Yastrzemski	-0.4	1983	43	BOS	119	437	38	10	56	54	29	0	.266	.359	.408
21	Rico Carty	-0.4	1979	39	TOR	132	512	48	12	55	46	45	3	.256	.322	.390
22	Edgar Martinez	-0.7	2004	41	SEA	141	549	45	12	63	58	107	1	.263	.342	.385
23	Eddie Murray	-0.8	1996	40	TOT	152	637	69	22	79	61	87	4	.260	.327	.417
24	Dave Parker	-1.4	1991	40	TOT	132	541	47	11	59	33	98	3	.239	.288	.365

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So, the Big Hurt in 2007 was the last “good” old full-time DH in baseball history. I wonder if we will ever see another?

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Comments on Best Seasons By An Old Full-Time D.H.

KPOcala

November 29th, 2011 | 2:38 pm

Yeah, this out to get under a few skins, but I always suspected that Brian Downing at #4 was one of the first ‘juicers’. If you notice, Yaz is the only guy in the top ten that is a “for sure” non-user. Proves nothing, but it’s a smoking gun lying around a body,no?

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