Comments on: 10 Great Offensive Seasons in Major League History

By: jake

jake — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:31:58 +0000

Not even close Pujols come on!

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:52:31 +0000

Here are 2 more that you can add to this list 1). Manny Ramirez, 1999, 44 Hr’s, 165 RBIs, 34 doubles, .333 Batting Average, .663 Slugger Pct., .442 OBP and 2). Larry Walker, 1997, 49 Hr’s, 130 RBIs, 46 doubles, .366 Batting Average, .720 Slugger Pct, .452 OBP, 208 hits

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:01:53 +0000

Carl Yastrzemski, 1967, Boston Red Sox : 44 Home Runs, 121 RBI’s, .326 Batting Average, 189 hits, .622 Slugger Pct., .418 OBP, 112 runs, 31 doubles, MVP award, LAST player to ever win the Triple Crown. In his last 23 times at bat for the season he made 12 hits for a .523 BA (5 of which were Home Runs). Single handedly put the RED SOX into the 1967 World Series and had to face the terrifying pitching of a one Bob Gibson. Even though the RED SOX lost the World Series 4 games to 3, what did Yaz do with Gibson ?………..Hit 3 Home Runs off of him !!!!

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:34:40 +0000

What we have here is a case in which the author of this list is either a New York Yankees Fan or a St. Louis Cardinals Fan as 6 of the 10 players here listed, played for either team……….and this is coming from a BOSTON RED SOX fanatic. Give me a couple of minutes and I will give you the stats of a particular season of a player from the RED SOX and I will give you a hint. Its NOT Ted Williams…..

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:13:36 +0000

Just a trivial note : Bill Terry of the old New York Giants was the LAST NATIONAL league player to have hit .400 or better in a single season in 1930 with an average of .401

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:39:34 +0000

I find it amazing that after the STEROIDS scandal, a Baseball player who hits 50 home runs now will be probably the maximum that you will see for a long time to come

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:36:46 +0000

I do have an anecdote for all of you Baseball fans regarding No.7 on this list, Hack Wilson. First his physical stature was quite unique. He was only 5’6″ tall but weighed 210 lbs. and also wore a size 6 shoe !! The other anecdote was that he was a hopeless alcoholic and died from it when he was only 48 years old. His manager at the time of his great playing was the great Joe McCarthy who was getting on his case as to how many cases he was consuming. McCarthy ordered him into his office. Wilson entered and on McCarthy’s desk were two glasses of drink. One was a glass of water and the other was a glass of high powered Whiskey. He held in each of his hands an earthworm. He dropped one worm into the water and the worm was swimming around and having a good time. He then dropped the other earthworm into the glass Whiskey and the worm was dead in less then 30 seconds. McCarthy then asked Wilson as to what he thought of what he just saw (trying to tell him that alcohol will kill him). Wilson replied by saying “Well, if I keep on drinking Whiskey, I won’t get worms”

By: peter8172

peter8172 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:21:04 +0000

How could you forget Bill Terry. He is the last NATIONAL player to hit .400 in 1930 (.401 actually) as opposed to Ted Williams who played in the AMERICAN league.

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:44:45 +0000

Ichiro’s .372 BA, 262 hits, 40 sb, 100 runs, all concluded in a second half during which he hit over .400….but since he only hit a couple of homers, he’s not on the list despite the fact that every now and then he’ll choose to hit ONLY hone runs in BP. Yea, he has an immense sense of honor and a principled idea of how baseball should be played….that’s why he chooses not to be a homer-hittin ape-man.

Albert Pujols’ best hits during 2003 were those frozen rope singles to center. Occassionally, he’ll mis-time AND misplace his swing and hit a homer. Go ask him about it. As a hitter, you try to redirect the ball right back where is came from. Home runs are always at LEAST a mild mistake.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:55:57 +0000

Honestly, did a Cardinals fan write this? Babe Ruth's 1920, 1921, 1926, 1927 and 1928 seasons were absolutely better than the Pujols season listed above. Hack Wilson's RBI record season was as well. This list is preposterous.