Top Ten Years Position Player - 1960s

With many of the great players from the 1950s playing at a high level in the early 1960s, it is not surprising to see Mays, Mantle, and Aaron predominant the Top Ten list of Position Player seasons during that decade as well. But despite their inclusion five times on the list, it was the year of Frank Robinson for the Cincinnati Reds in 1962 that took the top spot. Combined with power production that produced 136 RBI and 39 HR, his 0.342 batting average elevated Robinson to the top spot in the decade, one year after winning the MVP award in 1961. But guess what, folks, he didn't win the MVP in this most dominant year of the decade. Maury Wills did. Just goes to show you just how important being on a winning squad can be, and how fickle using MVP awards won as a criteria for greatness.

D/ARank Player ID Name First Year Team Lg HR RBI AVG Age PEVA-B
1 24 robinfr02 Robinson Frank 1962 CIN NL 39 136 0.342 27 44.982
2 31 mayswi01 Mays Willie 1965 SFN NL 52 112 0.317 34 43.109
3 32 robinfr02 Robinson Frank 1966 BAL AL 49 122 0.316 31 42.918
4 38 mantlmi01 Mantle Mickey 1961 NYA AL 54 128 0.317 30 42.398
5 39 mantlmi01 Mantle Mickey 1960 NYA AL 40 94 0.275 29 42.394
6 48 matheed01 Mathews Eddie 1960 ML1 NL 39 124 0.277 29 41.382
7 54 mayswi01 Mays Willie 1962 SFN NL 49 141 0.304 31 40.947
8 59 yastrca01 Yastrzemski Carl 1967 BOS AL 44 121 0.326 28 40.383
9 61 aaronha01 Aaron Hank 1963 ML1 NL 44 130 0.319 29 40.268
10 72 mayswi01 Mays Willie 1960 SFN NL 29 103 0.319 29 38.898