Runs created by young and old
Posted by Andy on January 5, 2009
Most runs created in a season by a player no older than 19 years old:
Cnt Player **RC** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Mel Ott 90 1928 19 NYG NL 124 499 435 69 140 26 4 18 77 52 0 36 2 10 0 0 3 0 .322 .397 .524 .921 *9/4785 2 Buddy Lewis 81 1936 19 WSH AL 143 657 601 100 175 21 13 6 67 47 0 46 4 5 0 0 6 6 .291 .347 .399 .746 *5 3 Phil Cavarretta 76 1935 18 CHC NL 146 636 589 85 162 28 12 8 82 39 0 61 2 6 0 9 4 0 .275 .322 .404 .726 *3 4 Tony Conigliaro 72 1964 19 BOS AL 111 444 404 69 117 21 2 24 52 35 1 78 5 0 0 11 2 4 .290 .354 .530 .884 *78/9 5 Ken Griffey 65 1989 19 SEA AL 127 506 455 61 120 23 0 16 61 44 8 83 2 1 4 4 16 7 .264 .329 .420 .749 *8 6 Robin Yount 64 1975 19 MIL AL 147 607 558 67 149 28 2 8 52 33 3 69 1 10 5 8 12 4 .267 .307 .367 .674 *6 7 Bob Kennedy 56 1940 19 CHW AL 154 655 606 74 153 23 3 3 52 42 0 58 0 7 0 17 3 7 .252 .301 .315 .616 *5 8 Cesar Cedeno 53 1970 19 HOU NL 90 377 355 46 110 21 4 7 42 15 2 57 2 3 2 8 17 4 .310 .340 .451 .791 *89 9 Al Kaline 53 1954 19 DET AL 138 535 504 42 139 18 3 4 43 22 0 45 0 7 2 21 9 5 .276 .305 .347 .652 *9 10 Ed Kranepool 51 1964 19 NYM NL 119 461 420 47 108 19 4 10 45 32 2 50 2 3 4 9 0 1 .257 .310 .393 .703 *3/98 11 Rusty Staub 51 1963 19 HOU NL 150 585 513 43 115 17 4 6 45 59 8 58 5 6 2 10 0 0 .224 .309 .308 .617 *39/8 12 Mickey Mantle 51 1951 19 NYY AL 96 386 341 61 91 11 5 13 65 43 0 74 0 2 0 3 8 7 .267 .349 .443 .792 *9/8 13 Phil Cavarretta 51 1936 19 CHC NL 124 486 458 55 125 18 1 9 56 17 0 36 5 6 0 8 8 0 .273 .306 .376 .682 *3
And the most runs created in a season by a player in his 20th season or later:
Cnt Player **RC** Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Positions +----+-----------------+-------+----+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+ 1 Ty Cobb 117 1924 37 DET AL 155 726 625 115 211 38 10 4 78 85 0 18 1 15 0 0 23 14 .338 .418 .450 .868 *8 2 Babe Ruth 116 1933 38 NYY AL 137 575 459 97 138 21 3 34 103 114 0 90 2 0 0 0 4 5 .301 .442 .582 1.024 *97/13 3 Ty Cobb 113 1925 38 DET AL 121 490 415 97 157 31 12 12 102 65 0 12 5 5 0 0 13 9 .378 .468 .598 1.066 *8/91 4 Hank Aaron 104 1973 39 ATL NL 115 465 392 84 118 12 1 40 96 68 13 51 1 0 4 7 1 1 .301 .402 .643 1.045 *79 5 Tris Speaker 104 1926 38 CLE AL 150 661 539 96 164 52 8 7 86 94 0 15 0 28 0 0 6 1 .304 .408 .469 .877 *8 6 Ty Cobb 101 1927 40 PHA AL 134 574 490 104 175 32 7 5 93 67 0 12 5 12 0 0 22 16 .357 .440 .482 .922 *98 7 Barry Bonds 99 2007 42 SFG NL 126 477 340 75 94 14 0 28 66 132 43 54 3 0 2 13 5 0 .276 .480 .565 1.045 *7/D 8 Barry Bonds 98 2006 41 SFG NL 130 493 367 74 99 23 0 26 77 115 38 51 10 0 1 9 3 0 .270 .454 .545 .999 *7/D 9 Willie Mays 98 1971 40 SFG NL 136 537 417 82 113 24 5 18 61 112 11 123 3 1 4 8 23 3 .271 .425 .482 .907 *83 10 Rickey Henderson 96 1999 40 NYM NL 121 526 438 89 138 30 0 12 42 82 1 82 2 1 3 4 37 14 .315 .423 .466 .889 *7/D 11 Gary Sheffield 94 2007 38 DET AL 133 593 494 107 131 20 1 25 75 84 2 71 9 0 6 10 22 5 .265 .378 .462 .840 *D/79 12 Stan Musial 94 1962 41 STL NL 135 505 433 57 143 18 1 19 82 64 4 46 3 0 5 13 3 0 .330 .416 .508 .924 *79 13 Joe Morgan 92 1982 38 SFG NL 134 554 463 68 134 19 4 14 61 85 4 60 2 1 3 3 24 4 .289 .400 .438 .838 *4/5 14 Mel Ott 91 1945 36 NYG NL 135 532 451 73 139 23 0 21 79 71 0 41 8 2 0 6 1 0 .308 .411 .499 .910 *9
Who's on both lists? The one and only Mel Ott.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Who's the more underrated RF, Mel Ott or Frank Robinson? Off the top of my head it seems to me both are probably among the top 5 RF ever, but I doubt the "average" baseball fan would put them there. Ott I suppose has been somewhat forgotten due to the years. I think he was probably the NL career HR leader for decades. Robinson is remembered, but seems to generally be placed behind Clemente, who wasn't as good but was I guess a flashier and more all-around player.