Best Ever?

[Art Vandelay]

A new twist on an old debate: compiling their career best single season statistics for each individual category, whose numbers look better?

Ruth: .393, 177 R, 45 2B, 16 3B, 60 HR, 171 RBI, 17 SB, 150 BB, .545 OBP, .849 SLG
Mays: .347, 130 R, 43 2B, 20 3B, 52 HR, 141 RBI, 40 SB, 112 BB, .425 OBP, .667 SLG
Williams: .406, 150 R, 44 2B, 14 3B, 43 HR, 159 RBI, 4 SB, 162 BB, .553 OBP, .735 SLG
Bonds: .370, 129 R, 44 2B, 9 3B, 73 HR, 137 RBI, 52 SB, 232 BB, .609 OBP, .863 SLG

For my money, I'll take Bonds slightly over Ruth with Williams 3rd and Mays 4th. Who are some other players with ridiculously good numbers when you look at them like this?

[dclark0699]

Ricky Henderson .327, 146 Runs, 33 2B, 7 3B, 28 HR, 61 RBI, 130 SB, 126 BB, .469 OBP, .577 SLG

I think a lot of people could look REALLY good if you do it that way.

Case in Point....

.328, 146 R, 38 2B, 10 3B, 66 HR, 160 RBI, 36 SB, 116 BB, .440 OBP, .737 SLG from Sammy Sosa
.379, 143 R, 46 2B, 7 3B, 49 HR, 130 RBI, 33 SB, 98 BB, .458 OBP, .720 SLG from Larry Walker
.336, 128 R, 47 2B, 9 3B, 57 HR, 142 RBI, 20 SB, 100 BB, .429 OBP, .688 SLG from Luis Gonzalez
.297, 117 R, 39 2B, 10 3B, 50 HR, 110 RBI, 53 SB, 98 BB, .404 OBP, .637 SLG from Brady Anderson

[rocky123]

I'm one of those guys who takes the era they played in into account so that being said I have to go with Ruth. As per baseball-almanac.com:

1927 was the season where a player hit more home runs than any other team in the league. That player was Babe Ruth, who finished with sixty, and the nearest team was the Washington Senators who finished with fifty-six long balls.

When one guy hits more HRs than any other team in all of baseball, that's just sick.

[acsguitar]

Helton: .372 AVG , 138 R, 59 Doubles, 5 Triples, 7 Sb's, 49hrs, 147 RBIs, 127 BB, .469 OBP, .698 Slug


This is a fun game

[dclark0699]

A-Rod

.385 AVG, 141 Runs, 54 2B, 6 3B, 57 HR, 142 RBI, 46 SB, 100 BB, .421 OBP .637 SLG

[acsguitar]

A-Rod

.385 AVG, 141 Runs, 54 2B, 6 3B, 57 HR, 142 RBI, 46 SB, 100 BB, .421 OBP .637 SLG

That should be a 358 avg...not 385

[dclark0699]

A-Rod

.385 AVG, 141 Runs, 54 2B, 6 3B, 57 HR, 142 RBI, 46 SB, 100 BB, .421 OBP .637 SLG

That should be a 358 avg...not 385

whoops...fingers got ahead of themselves....still not bad numbers across the board

[acsguitar]

George Brett: .390 AVG, 119 Runs, 45 Doubles, 20 triples, 30 HRs, 118 RBIs, 23 SB's, 103 BBs, .454 OBP, .664 SLG

[SJNez46]

Ted Williams .406
AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
456 135 185 33 3 37 1 120 147 - 27 0 - 3 10 .406 .553 .735

[acsguitar]

Lou Gehrig: .379, 163 Runs, 52 Doubles, 20 Triples, 49 HRs, 184 RBIs, 17 SBs, 132 BBs, .478 OBP, .706 Slug

WOW!

I'm giving Lou the Award