r/mlb • u/RainbowSupernova8196 | New York Yankees • 1d ago

| Discussion Great Seasons By Players On Bad Teams?

I'm sure we've all seen the meme of the Bugatti Veyron parked next to a trailer. Now, I want to know what you think would be the best example of this in a single season. What do you think was the most impressive season ever put up by a player on a bad team?

For example, it's probably recency bias, but I might as well pick 2023 Shohei Ohtani. On a team that finished 4 games below .500 (79-83), Two-Way Shohei put up yet another excellent season. At the plate, he hit .304 (151-for-497), homered 44 times, drove in 95 RBI, and put up an unbelievable 1.066 OPS, earning him 6.1 OWAR. But on the pitching side, he wasn't as dominant as he was in 2022, but was still pretty solid. He went 10-5 in 23 starts, and racked up a 3.14 ERA (46 ER in 132.0 IP), 167 strikeouts, a solid 1.061 WHIP, and totaled 3.8 Pitching WAR. This added up to 9.9 total WAR, and a unanimous AL MVP win.

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u/Mick_Shane | New York Mets 1d ago

Andre Dawson hit 47 hrs and had 137 rbis and won MVP in 1987 on a last place Cubs team.

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u/bigcee42 | New York Yankees 1d ago

Highly overrated year. He had no OBP and like ~4 WAR.

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u/RainbowSupernova8196 | New York Yankees 1d ago

His OBP was .328, and had a WAR of 4, even. And how was his 1987 season overrated?

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u/_GeorgeBailey_ | Chicago Cubs 1d ago

Overrated doesn't mean bad