Monday, August 13, 2018

It Is Rare For Teammates To Both Have At Least A 170 OPS+ And Betts And JD Martinez Might Do It

The table below shows all the teammates since 1900 who each had at least a 170 OPS+ in the same season and qualified for the batting title. Ruth & Gehrig did it 6 times, more than the rest combined. Gehrig had 165 in 1929. Ruth had 193. Aaron (182) and Mathews (168) came close in 1959. Cobb & Heilmann each had 169 in 1922. Data from Baseball Reference.


Player OPS+ Year Tm
Babe Ruth 225 1927 NYY
Lou Gehrig 220 1927 NYY
Babe Ruth 206 1928 NYY
Lou Gehrig 193 1928 NYY
Babe Ruth 211 1930 NYY
Lou Gehrig 203 1930 NYY
Babe Ruth 218 1931 NYY
Lou Gehrig 194 1931 NYY
Babe Ruth 201 1932 NYY
Lou Gehrig 181 1932 NYY
Babe Ruth 176 1933 NYY
Lou Gehrig 177 1933 NYY
Joe Medwick 182 1937 STL
Johnny Mize 173 1937 STL
Kevin Mitchell 192 1989 SFG
Will Clark 175 1989 SFG
Albert Pujols 173 2004 STL
Jim Edmonds 171 2004 STL
J.D. Martinez 182 2018 BOS
Mookie Betts 193 2018 BOS

2 comments:

  1. How do you get to 104 wins?

    Besides the 170 OPS+ for Betts and Martinez also consider, from Fangraphs:
    1. Bogaerts is #1 in Clutch and Benintendi is the #3 Clutch player.
    2. For RE24 Martinez is #1, Betts is #3, Bogaerts #12, Benintendi #14.
    3. For WPA+ Martinez is #3 and Betts #12
    4. For wRC+ Betts is #2, Martinez is #3

    This team can make it happen at anytime during a game.
    The problem of weak middle relievers shows up when ever the lineup goes cold.

    I think they can take a one gamer from the Yanks or the A's. Not so sure about a series with Houston.

    Still, playoffs aside, what a great and entertaining season from the Sox.

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  2. Yes, those clutch stats partly explain the Red Sox success. Not sure if you can count on that to continue. But even if they don't, they are a great team. Thanks for reading and commenting.

    Also, Betts and Martinez are still both above 170 OPS+

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