Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Top Ten Years Position Player - 1910s

Here comes the Babe! But he wasn't the best this decade, only reaching #2 with his Boston year in 1919, prior to his coming dominance one decade in the future. For the 1910s, there were Cobbs, Speakers, and even a disgraced Joe Jackson to contend with. And at the top of the list was the gruff Tiger Cobb, who in 1917, produced a year with a PEVA rating of 48.911 that jumped to the top of the decade Top Ten list. Batting 0.383 with 102 RBI, Cobb's year was one of four that decade that indicated his dominance of the players in his decade. But perhaps the most striking thing about this list is the figure that pops out beside the Bambino in 1919. Babe Ruth hit 29 home runs that year, low in any era to come, but not far below the total, 49, for the other nine players on the best players of the decade list combined. Oh, what was to come!

Top Ten Years of the 1910s

D/ARank Player ID Name First Year Team Lg HR RBI AVG Age PEVA-B
1 14 cobbty01 Cobb Ty 1917 DET AL 6 102 0.383 31 48.911
2 22 ruthba01 Ruth Babe 1919 BOS AL 29 114 0.322 24 45.484
3 28 cobbty01 Cobb Ty 1915 DET AL 3 99 0.369 29 43.671
4 30 speaktr01 Speaker Tris 1912 BOS AL 10 90 0.383 24 43.198
5 37 cobbty01 Cobb Ty 1911 DET AL 8 127 0.420 25 42.464
6 40 speaktr01 Speaker Tris 1916 CLE AL 2 79 0.386 28 42.388
7 81 jacksjo01 Jackson Joe 1912 CLE AL 3 90 0.395 23 37.904
8 85 cobbty01 Cobb Ty 1918 DET AL 3 64 0.382 32 37.701
9 92 speaktr01 Speaker Tris 1914 BOS AL 4 90 0.338 26 37.327
10 101 bakerfr01 Baker Frank 1912 PHA AL 10 130 0.347 26 36.589

Code: D/A Rank - Decade/All-Time Rank
Age: Age at end of year

PEVA Scoreboard
Above 32.000 - Fantastic, MVP candidate
Above 20.000 - All League Player
Above 15.0000 - All Star Player
Above 10.000 - Very Good Player
3.500 - Average Player

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