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Fritz Buelow
04-09-2002, 12:07 AM
Can I nominate Fatty Fothergill 1927?
Craig S.
04-09-2002, 12:25 AM
How did he manage to drive in 114 runs with only 9 homers and 56 extra-base hits? Must have come up with runners on base pretty often, and there were some good players on that team.

Fats had a decent career, but it's no wonder we've never noticed his season - that's the same year Harry Heilmann hit .398!
Fritz Buelow
04-09-2002, 08:20 AM
How come you never see players today with a nickname like "Fatty"?
WiredTiger
04-09-2002, 08:31 AM
Originally posted by Fritz Buelow
How come you never see players today with a nickname like "Fatty"?
You do.... just not to their faces.:D Hideki Irabu=Fat Toad
WiredTiger
04-09-2002, 08:33 AM
I nominate Arky Vaughan's 1935 season. That's a pretty lofty OPS from a SS.
SmedIndy
04-09-2002, 10:03 AM
There's Tip O'Neils 1887 season (yes, I know walks were hits that season but I think Lee's db takes them out when calculating BA).

At any rate, 167 runs scored. 52 doubles, 19 triples, 14 homers in a dead ball era. 123 RBI. Only because they jacked with the rules do people discredit it.
WiredTiger
04-09-2002, 12:08 PM
Originally posted by SmedIndy
There's Tip O'Neils 1887 season (yes, I know walks were hits that season but I think Lee's db takes them out when calculating BA).

At any rate, 167 runs scored. 52 doubles, 19 triples, 14 homers in a dead ball era. 123 RBI. Only because they jacked with the rules do people discredit it.

All that and a Congressman as well.:D
pathogan
04-09-2002, 12:18 PM
Originally posted by WiredTiger


All that and a Congressman as well.:D


and a possible FATTY nickname somewhere along his career...
LeGrandOrange
04-09-2002, 12:37 PM
The UA may be a scab league, but Fred "Sure Shot" Dunlap put a hell of a season up in that...
KCBOOMER
04-09-2002, 05:39 PM
Arky Vaughan must be the least recognized stud at his position of anybody, so whatever his best season was.
pwdennis
04-10-2002, 12:45 AM
Ted Lyons in 1942 at the age of 41 - pitching (essentially) every Sunday: 20 games - 20 starts - 20 complete games 14-6 W-L for a team that went 66-82 - ERA of 2.10 when the league was at 3.58 (adjusted)

A remarkable, and unknown season
Skip
04-10-2002, 02:07 AM
Where'd you pull that one from PW?
Slippery Pedro
04-10-2002, 07:43 AM
Originally posted by pwdennis
Ted Lyons in 1942 at the age of 41 - pitching (essentially) every Sunday: 20 games - 20 starts - 20 complete games 14-6 W-L for a team that went 66-82 - ERA of 2.10 when the league was at 3.58 (adjusted)

A remarkable, and unknown season

:shockbig:
pathogan
04-10-2002, 01:47 PM
perhaps i have spent my life ,up until now, among baseball illiterates,though i think Kleins 1930 season is greatly overlooked in general
Slippery Pedro
04-10-2002, 02:04 PM
I think Chuck always gets bichetted because of his home park.
pathogan
04-10-2002, 02:22 PM
Originally posted by Slippery Pedro
I think Chuck always gets bichetted because of his home park.


my problem with that is the same one I have with the coors numbers:what can you do? Klein had to play there SOMONE has tp play in coors,so what is the solution?there are other players in the same place who do not put up great numbers,i dont know what the answer is...
SmedIndy
04-10-2002, 02:51 PM
Originally posted by pathogan



my problem with that is the same one I have with the coors numbers:what can you do? Klein had to play there SOMONE has tp play in coors,so what is the solution?there are other players in the same place who do not put up great numbers,i dont know what the answer is...

Hit .450 with 75 homers for the year and the questions will go away! :D

Klein's 1930 was also in a monster year offensively for the entire league. So he gets double bichetted for that.