This is the second post of a series. The first one covered AVG, OBP & SLG. Click here to read it. It all started when I noticed that Harold Baines led the AL in SLG in 1984 but had no other top 10 finishes in SLG (according to his BB Ref page). It made me wonder if this kind of thing was rare.
For HRs, I only went back as far as 1920. These are the only players I found who have lead their league in HRs but have no other top 10 finishes in HRs.
|
Player |
Year |
Lg. |
HR |
Next Best Rank |
HR |
|
Jorge Soler |
2019 |
AL |
48 |
56 |
8 |
|
Luke Voit |
2020 |
AL |
22 |
28 |
22 |
|
Salvador Perez |
2021 |
AL |
48 |
20 |
27 |
For Soler, his next best rank of 56th was in 2020, the Covid year. He hit 27 HRs in 2021, 13 in the AL and 14 in the NL. 27 would rank him 31st in the AL and 24th in the NL in 2021.
Voit's league leading year was also the Covid year. Since all of these guys are active, they still have a chance to some day be in the top 10 again.
RBIs are next. For the NL I start with 1900 and I only looked at the AL and NL.
|
Player |
Year |
Lg. |
RBI |
Next Best Rank |
RBI |
|
Monte Irvin |
1951 |
NL |
121 |
14 |
97 |
|
Ken Harrelson |
1968 |
AL |
109 |
12 |
92 |
|
Kevin Mitchell |
1989 |
NL |
125 |
11 |
80 |
|
Chase Headley |
2012 |
NL |
115 |
51 |
64 |
|
Javier Baez |
2018 |
NL |
111 |
20 |
87 |
|
Salvador Perez |
2021 |
AL |
121 |
22 |
32 |
Salvador Perez next best rank in RBIs is from 2020, the Covid season. His next best outside of that is a 23rd with 80 RBIs. Since Baez and Perez are both still active they might get another top 10 finish in their careers.
Now for TBs.
|
Player |
Year |
Lg. |
TB |
Next Best Rank |
TB |
|
Charlie Hollocher |
1918 |
NL |
202 |
13 |
263 |
|
Pete Reiser |
1941 |
NL |
299 |
11 |
222 |
|
Johnny Lindell |
1944 |
AL |
297 |
29 |
196 |
|
Jacoby Ellsbury |
2011 |
AL |
364 |
27 |
246 |
|
Cody Bellinger |
2019 |
NL |
351 |
12 |
279 |
Bellinger is still active so he could get another top 10 finish.
Now for Hits.
|
Player |
Year |
Lg. |
Hits |
Next Best Rank |
Hits |
|
Doc Miller |
1911 |
NL |
192 |
27 |
138 |
|
Gavvy Cravath |
1913 |
NL |
179 |
14 |
149 |
|
Johnny Hodapp |
1930 |
AL |
225 |
26 |
145 |
|
Dick Wakefield |
1943 |
AL |
200 |
42 |
106 |
|
Darin Erstad |
2000 |
AL |
240 |
14 |
177 |
|
Rich Aurilia |
2001 |
NL |
206 |
41 |
157 |
|
Carlos Gonzalez |
2010 |
NL |
197 |
11 |
174 |
|
Matt Carpenter |
2013 |
NL |
199 |
20 |
162 |
Carpenter is still active but age 37 he is not getting alot of playing time. He has only 18 hits this year.
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