I used bases.chat, the AI program created by SABR member Ted Ingram, to get this data (2020 was excluded from the search).
The 1927 Yankees are by far the best (same thing happens with OPS differential). They had a wOBA of .392 and their pitchers allowed .312 for a differential of .081 (it is not .080 due to rounding issues).
|
season |
team |
wOBA |
wOBA allowed |
wOBA diff |
win pct |
|
1927 |
New York Yankees |
0.392 |
0.312 |
0.081 |
0.714 |
|
1902 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
0.346 |
0.278 |
0.068 |
0.741 |
|
2019 |
Houston Astros |
0.355 |
0.289 |
0.066 |
0.660 |
|
1905 |
New York Giants |
0.350 |
0.284 |
0.066 |
0.686 |
|
2022 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
0.337 |
0.273 |
0.064 |
0.685 |
|
1939 |
New York Yankees |
0.374 |
0.310 |
0.064 |
0.702 |
|
1906 |
Chicago Cubs |
0.331 |
0.272 |
0.059 |
0.763 |
|
1969 |
Baltimore Orioles |
0.341 |
0.283 |
0.058 |
0.673 |
|
2019 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
0.338 |
0.280 |
0.058 |
0.654 |
|
1944 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
0.348 |
0.291 |
0.057 |
0.682 |
|
2016 |
Chicago Cubs |
0.333 |
0.277 |
0.056 |
0.640 |
|
2021 |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
0.327 |
0.272 |
0.055 |
0.654 |
|
1942 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
0.338 |
0.284 |
0.054 |
0.688 |
|
1998 |
Atlanta Braves |
0.346 |
0.292 |
0.054 |
0.654 |
|
1998 |
New York Yankees |
0.360 |
0.308 |
0.052 |
0.704 |
|
2001 |
Seattle Mariners |
0.347 |
0.296 |
0.052 |
0.716 |
|
1911 |
New York Giants |
0.358 |
0.306 |
0.051 |
0.647 |
|
2022 |
Houston Astros |
0.324 |
0.273 |
0.051 |
0.654 |
|
1937 |
New York Yankees |
0.375 |
0.324 |
0.051 |
0.662 |
|
1901 |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
0.343 |
0.293 |
0.050 |
0.647 |
|
1948 |
Cleveland Indians |
0.365 |
0.315 |
0.050 |
0.626 |
|
1931 |
New York Yankees |
0.386 |
0.335 |
0.050 |
0.614 |
|
1936 |
New York Yankees |
0.392 |
0.342 |
0.050 |
0.667 |
|
1954 |
Cleveland Indians |
0.340 |
0.290 |
0.050 |
0.721 |
|
1941 |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
0.349 |
0.300 |
0.049 |
0.649 |