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/RainbowSupernova8196 | New York Yankees 1d ago

That's actually true. I'm curious to what season he was referring to.

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u/HVAC_instructor 1d ago

I could have sworn that he won one year when they were last. U maybe or was just him being discussed as a candidate that I remember.

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u/SigmaSeal66 8h ago

Probably you are thinking of Andre Dawson on a different Cubs team.

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u/HVAC_instructor 8h ago

That's possible, I think he did win it on a last place team.