Best Offensive Season Ever?

Ok, I made a pretty descent list here. I might of missed some but theres a big selection to choose from....

Hugh Duffy OF:

1894 Boston Beaneaters

.440 BA 237 HITS 51 2B 16 3B 18 HR 145 RBI 48 SB

Ty Cobb OF:

1911 Detroit Tigers

.420 BA 248 HITS 47 2B 24 3B 8 HR 127 RBI 83 SB

Babe Ruth OF:

1927 New York Yankees

.356 BA 192 HITS 29 2B 8 3B 60 HR 164 RBI 137 BB

Hack Wilson OF

1930 Chicago Cubs

.356 BA 208 HITS 35 2B 6 3B 56 HR 191 RBI

Ted Williams OF

1941 Boston Red Sox

.406 BA 185 HITS 33 2B 3 3B 37 HR 120 RBI

Willie Mays

1955 New York Giants

.319 BA 185 HITS 18 2B 13 3B 51 HR 127 RBI 24 SB

Carl Yastremski

1967 Boston Red Sox

.326 BA 189 HITS 31 2B 4 3B 44 HR 121 RBI

George Brett

1980 Kansas City Royals

.390 BA 175 HITS 33 2B 9 3B 24 HR 118 RBI 17 SB

Rickey Henderson

1985 New York Yankees

.314 BA 172 HITS 28 2B 5 3B 24 HR 72 RBI 80 SB .419 OBP

Larry Walker

1997 Colorado Rockies

.366 BA 208 HITS 46 2B 4 3B 49 HR 130 RBI 33 SB

Mark McGwire

1998 St Louis Cardinals

.299 BA 152 HITS 21 2B 70 HR 147 RBI .470 OBP

Barry Bonds

2001 San Fransisco Giants

.328 BA 156 HITS 32 2B 2 3B 73 HR 137 RBI 13 SB .515 OBP

Alex Rodriguez

2007 New York Yankees

.314 BA 183 HITS 31 2B 54 HR 156 RBI 24 SB .422 OBP

Babe Ruth's 1920, 1921 and 1923, I think, beat out his 1927.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Babe Ruth's 1920, 1921 and 1923, I think, beat out his 1927.

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I would tend to agree, but his 27 season is perhaps the most popular in peoples minds.

fanboy vote alert...while larry walker had a good season, it doesn't hold a candle to others on the list

Bonds.

Do a pitchers one as well :)

I did Ruth in 27 that average with that power, incredible, Williams 41 was a close second for me

I gotta say, you're missing some. :p Honus Wagner 1908, Ross Barnes 1876 (since you put Hugh Duffy up there, I assume you're including all of MLB history), Mickey Mantle 1957, Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas in 1994...

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

I gotta say, you're missing some. :p Honus Wagner 1908, Ross Barnes 1876 (since you put Hugh Duffy up there, I assume you're including all of MLB history), Mickey Mantle 1957, Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas in 1994...

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I know, I asked in the other thread for people to give me some ideas, but no one wanted to help. :o

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

I gotta say, you're missing some. :p Honus Wagner 1908, Ross Barnes 1876 (since you put Hugh Duffy up there, I assume you're including all of MLB history), Mickey Mantle 1957, Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas in 1994...

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Frank Robinson's 1962 weren't too shabby either.:cool:

GOing to add my voice to saying that the Babe is getting short-changed by not having his best season included (1921). RBIs, Extra base hits, hits, BA, OBA, SLG... all were among his best, and he played all but 2 games.

For me Ruth 1921 and Bonds 2001 are a tie. Though Hack in 1930 deserves an honorable mention. 191 RBIs and 146 runs scored in a 154 game season are nothing to sneeze at. Even with all the offense these days, no ones even come close to matching that pace...

Agreed on Ruth/Bonds being a tie.

On Wilson, the 1930 NL was a higher run environment than anything we've seen recently...highest ever, I think. 5.68 R/G. Compare that to 2001 NL, 4.70.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Babe Ruth's 1920, 1921 and 1923, I think, beat out his 1927.

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1920 was certainly his best IMO.

OTHER:

Rogers Hornsby 1922

.401 AVG, 42 Homers, 158 RBIs, 141 Runs, 250 Hits, 623 ABs, 65 BBs and 50 Ks, 207 OPS+, .722 SLG, .459 OBP