Top Ten Years Position Player - 1980s

Although the decade of the 1980s was less predominant in the number of great years by position players with only 12 rising above the 32.000 PEVA level, the great players of the 1980s were often good, all-around players with good defensive skills. But it still comes as some surprise that the year which ranks as the best is from Robin Yount. Yount's play for Milwaukee in 1982 can get overshadowed, but as a shortstop, he knocked in 114 Runs in a pitcher's stat era, had the highest SLG in a pitcher's park, and batted 0.331, all adding up to the 1st place rating of 45.717. Not far behind was Mike Schmidt in the strike year of 1981. (The short season of a strike year does not count against a player's PEVA rating)


D/ARank Player ID Name First Year Team Lg HR RBI AVG Age PEVA-B
1 21 yountro01 Yount Robin 1982 ML4 AL 29 114 0.331 27 45.717
2 53 schmimi01 Schmidt Mike 1981 PHI NL 31 91 0.316 32 40.963
3 69 brettge01 Brett George 1985 KCA AL 30 112 0.335 32 39.324
4 90 murraed02 Murray Eddie 1984 BAL AL 29 110 0.306 28 37.406
5 111 cansejo01 Canseco Jose 1988 OAK AL 42 124 0.307 24 36.135
6 116 ripkeca01 Ripken Jr. Cal 1984 BAL AL 27 86 0.304 24 35.874
7 119 evansdw01 Evans Dwight 1984 BOS AL 32 104 0.295 33 35.847
8 133 mattido01 Mattingly Don 1986 NYA AL 31 113 0.352 25 35.246
9 149 boggswa01 Boggs Wade 1987 BOS AL 24 89 0.363 29 34.592
10 178 cartega01 Carter Gary 1982 MON NL 29 97 0.293 28 33.521