greatest year by a non HOF hitter?

[M2d]

Lefty O'Doul, 1929
.398, 254 hits, 32 hr, 152 runs, 122 RBI, 19K in 638 AB.

[ThaSaltCracka]

I don't get it, he had a 6 year span in which he didn't play.....

[andyfox]

Off the top of my head:

Norm Cash in 1961.

Alberte Belle the year he had 100 extra base hits.

[mikeyvegas]

He played in the Pacific Coast League(PCL) from 1924-27 after his arm "went dead" as a pitcher. He returned to the league as an outfielder in 1928 as a NY Giant.

[mikeyvegas]

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Off the top of my head:

Norm Cash in 1961.

Alberte Belle the year he had 100 extra base hits.

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Wow, didn't realize Albert put up those kind of numbers.
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
1995 28 CLE AL 143 546 121 173 52 1 50 126 5 2 73 80 .317 .401 .690 377 0 4 5 6 24
1998 31 CHW AL 163 609 113 200 48 2 49 152 6 4 81 84 .328 .399 .655 399 0 15 10 1 17

[Uston]

Wally Berger, 1930.

.317/.375/.614, 38 HR's, 119 RBI.

How insane is 38 bombs when you're playing half of your games in Braves Field? Second place on the team in home runs in 1930 was Buster Chatham with five.

Not bad for a rookie.

[Toro]

Geez. How can you not say Roger Maris in 1961 when he broke you know who's single season homerun record while not on steroids.

[sfer]

That I can personally remember, Don Mattingly 1985-1986.

[J.R.]

Joe Jackson
1920 .382 BA, 121 rbi, 218 hits, 42 doubles, 20 triples, 105 runs, .444 obp, .589 slug, only 14 strikeouts in context of the questions and rumors concerning the 1919 world series (not that he has very emotionally fragile or even that he fully understood what was happening, but it was still a burden and distraction).


2000 Todd helton (I am biased)

138 runs 216 hits 59 doubles 42 HRs 147 rbi 103 walks .372 BA .463 OBP .698 SLG


1994 Frank Thomas, in 113 games
106 runs 34 doubles 38 HRs 101 rbi 109 walks .353 BA .487 OBP .729 SLG

[Non_Comformist]

Dwight Gooden 1985

Jose Canseco 1st ever 40/40 season