The best fantasy years in recent memory

[RyanK]

some of hendersons top years:
82: 149 G 119 R 143 H 10 HR 51 RBI 130 SB .267 BA .398 OBP
83: similar to 82 but .292 avg and 108 SB
85: 146 R 24 HR 72 RBI 80 SB .314 AVG .419 OBP
86: 130 R 28 HR 74 RBI 87 SB .263 AVG .358 OBP

then he was fairly constiant the rest his career, hitting above .300 a couple times, only double digit homeruns a few more times, and never in the 100 mark for steals again, or 80 mark for that matter

[RyanK]

1930 Hack Wilson:

155 G 146 R 208 H 56 HR 191 RBI 105 BB .356 AVG .454 OBP

id love that from any of my players now adays

[tal1286]

I can't remember where it is, but there was a post in here a while ago that had a link to a website that listed the top 200 seasons or something like that and had a top 10 at each position. If I recall, Koufax may have been on that list. Ellis Burks also had an incredible season back in the mid 90s....

yes, I found his stats. It was 1996

.344 142-R 40-HR 128-RBI 32-SB

[Kingctb27]

Sammy Sosa in 2001 64 hr, 160 rbi, .328 avg., 146 R's. Not better than Walker in 1997, but that was damn good.

[Andy1234]

I think Ruth in 1921 was the best 5x5 season ever

177 Runs 59 HR 171 RBI .378 AVG and 17 SB

Last March there was a thread on making the Best All-Time Fantasy Team
Nevermind some of the highlighted names, those are just the names I used to search for the thread.

[orange12]

Sticking to recent memory, I would say the players who I personally owned and who really stood out were:

Hitters: 1999 Manny Ramirez 131R 44HR 165RBI .333BA
2000 Todd Helton 138R 42HR 147RBI .372BA

Pitchers: 2001 Randy Johnson 21-6 372K 2.49ERA 1.01WHIP
1998 Trevor Hoffman 53SV 86K 1.48ERA

[AT]

IMO, these are the best 5 years in the last 35 years of pitching.

Guidry in 1978
25-3, 1.74 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, 9 shutouts, 248 strikeouts

Pedro in 1999
23-4, 2.07 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 313 Strikeouts

Gooden in 1985
24-4, 1.53 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 268 strikeouts

Randy in 2001
21-6, 2.49 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 372 Strikeouts in 249.7 IP

Carlton in 1972
27-10, 1.97 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 346.1 IP, 310 Ks

Gator was God in 1978 with that Louisiana Lightning. He may not belong in the HOF, but that season should have its own plaque.

[Webster11]

Arod in 1998 - 123 r, 42 hr, 124 rbi, 46 sbs, .311 avg. for a SS

[DannyMyron89]

the 1921 Babe Ruth had 171 RBI, 170 RUNS thats more then any slap hitter gets today.... not to mention 378 average 59 homers and throw in 17 stolen bases...

hornsby )the best right handed hitter of all time but that is another topic) the year he hit 400 and 40 homers (the only player ever to do it, i think he did it in 1922) and he had 152 rbi's too for a second baseman! or the year he hit 424 and 20 something homers

at first Helton's 2000 year, Giambi's 2000 year or 2001 year...

Big Hurts 1994 year is insane, and any of Gehrigs years with all the RBI's hitting behind Ruth and Joe D.

Gehrigs 1927 year was ridiculious 370 soemthing, 47 homers, and 175 RBI's.

Hack Wilson's 1931 year where he hit 191 RBI's

thats some off the top of my head

[baseballnewb]

Brady Anderson 1996 - .297 AVG, 117 R, 50 HR, 110 RBI, 21 SB.

While not anywhere near as impressive as some of those others, he was most likely a 10th round pick or later that year so I'm talking value.