Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Aaron Judge has the two best hitting seasons since 2005 and it is by a wide margin

The first table shows every guy who had at least a 180 OPS+ since 2005 with 400+ PAs. From Stathead.

Player

OPS+

Season

Aaron Judge

223

2024

Aaron Judge

210

2022

Bryce Harper

198

2015

Mike Trout

198

2018

Albert Pujols

192

2008

Shohei Ohtani

190

2024

Miguel Cabrera

190

2013

Albert Pujols

189

2009

Yordan Alvarez

188

2022

Mookie Betts

186

2018

Mike Trout

186

2017

Shohei Ohtani

185

2023

Jose Bautista

182

2011

Mike Trout

182

2019

Travis Hafner

181

2006

This next table shows every guy who had at least a 180 wRC+ since 2005 with 400+ PAs. From Fangraphs.

Name

wRC+

Season

Aaron Judge

218

2024

Aaron Judge

206

2022

Bryce Harper

197

2015

Miguel Cabrera

193

2013

Mike Trout

188

2018

Yordan Alvarez

185

2022

Mookie Betts

185

2018

Albert Pujols

184

2008

Shohei Ohtani

181

2024

Mike Trout

180

2017

José Bautista

180

2011

Albert Pujols

180

2009

Juan Soto

180

2024

A more sophisticated measure, wRC+, gives a different weight for outcomes like singles, doubles, etc. Each event is multiplied by a different coefficient or run value. This gets summed and divided by PAs (or something close to it). It is also adjusted for park effects and the league average like OPS+.

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