Thursday, May 17, 2012

Take 5 - Best Offensive Seasons

By Runs/Created/27 Outs, here are the 5 best seasons in Major Leagues history:

1.  Tomas Pascual  (Season 6, Nationals - 13.52):  Although limited to 128 games, Pascual still hammered 127 hits (including 37 doubles, 5 triples and 27 homers).  His .389 average was the 3rd-best all-time; throw in 84 walks and his .478 OB was the best ever.

2.  Dickie Scharein (Season 5, Astros - 12.95):  .346, 49 HR's, .440 OBP and a 5th-best ever .732 slugging %.

3.  Charley Jameson (Season 10, Sounds - 12.33):  .347, 44 HR's, .465 OBP and .673 slugging.  This may be the only one of the top 5 seasons that happened in the "dead ball" era
(I think around Season 9 in this world).

4.  Jae Nakano (Season 7, Orioles - 12.07):  One of Nakano's 2 most dominant seasons, it featured a .397 BA (best ever, topping his season 15 BA by 1 point), 46 doubles, .461 OBP, .612 Slugging (oh, and a whopping 33 strikeouts).

5.  Luis Escobar (Season 3, Rangers - 11.95):  .340, 32 HR's, 2nd-best ever .476 OBP, .648 Slugging.

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