Poll: Best fantasy season of all-time?

[LSU31always]

how about some love for the year Eric Davis had in 87
.293/120/37/100/50

[Absolutely Adequate]

I think you've forgotten many of the really great seasons... Can we expand the list?

Player Year Avg HR RBI Runs SB Hits OPS
Bagwell 99 .304 42 126 143 30 171 1.045

42 homers and 30 steals from yr 1b? That's impressive.

ARod 98 .310 42 124 123 46 213 .920

And he was still playing short...

Henderson 85 .314 24 72 146 80 172 .934

24 homers and 80 steals...

Piazza 97 .362 40 124 104 5 201 1.070

I can't believe none of these made the list. Also, I didn't remember these off the top of my head but grabbed them from http://athomeplate.com/alltimefantasy.shtml
It's a good article.

[LukeW9027]

Either Unit 2001 or Larry Walker's.

[RAmst23]

Wow, great poll. Personally I went with RJ in '01. Big Unit had 79 more Ks than any other pitcher, threw 249 IP, led the league in ERA, and WHIP around 1. The reason I didn't choose Pedro, is that while he dominated the league in ERA and WHIP, the counting stats of so many more Ks from RJ did it for me. I dunno though, as I keep flipping back to the numbers I think Pedro might have been the correct choice.

That Walker pick is very sexy, but '97 was a big offensive year in baseball. Griffey that year hit .304 with 147 RBI and 125 R. 11 players total had 120+ RBIs, 12 players hit 40+ HRs with McGwire hitting 58.
Bonds had a mini-Walker year himself. 13 players had more SBs than Walker, and Biggio had a great year from 2B: .309 22 HR 81 RBI 146 R 47 SBs..

While few players had the all around great numbers as Walker, several were close. Walker didn't seem to dominate his league like the seasons of the Big Unit and Pedro did. These two put up such great numbers (Especially Pedro in the ratio stats) that it would be hard to win your league without them. I don't think the same could be said for '97 Walker, where several players had truely spectacular offensive seasons.

[spacehamster01]

Anyone realize that Ellis Burks has no chance? Larry Walker beats him in every category for this poll. Poor Burks, not getting the credit he deserves.

[GradysBaby133]

wow Walker is running away with this. Can't believe Pedro isn't getting more votes, 2nd best AL ERA was like 3.79 that year.