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Late, Great Power Hitting Years
Posted by Pete Sorice
Ted Williams, Roy Campanella and Mickey Mantle had three seasons after age 28 with at least 30 home runs and a 150 OPS+...
Toronto Blue Jay Jose Bautista also has three such late, great power hitting years under his belt.
The all-time record is far out of reach at eleven seasons (Barry Bonds).
Posted in MLB, MLB history, MLB stats, old guys, power hitting
Tags: Barry Bonds, José Bautista, Mickey Mantle, Roy Campanella, Ted Williams
The Big Red “On-Base” Machine: Joey Votto
Posted by Pete Sorice
Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is having his 5th major league season with an On-Base Percentage over 41%. This is very impressive considering Votto turns 30 in September.
Here are a few players who had four seasons with a 41% OBP before age 30:
Only a dozen players in MLB history had more than five seasons before age 30 with a 41% OBP. The record is eight seasons by Jimmie Foxx and Ty Cobb.
Ted Williams, Barry Bonds and…Raul Ibanez?
Posted by Pete Sorice
Seattle Mariners leftfielder Raul Ibanez has become one of 11 payers ever to hit 20 home-runs in a season after age 40. Being just over halfway though 2013, Ibanez is on pace to match his age in dingers this year (41).
What is really shocking is that he is slugging greater than Barry Bonds did in any of his two awesome 40+ seasons. Of all the 20+ HR seasons at age 40+ Ibanez ranks 2nd all-time in SLG% to Ted Williams crazy good final season.
Here is the full list sorted of old guy power seasons:
Rk |
Player |
SLG |
HR |
Year |
Age |
Tm |
G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Ted Williams |
.645 |
29 |
1960 |
41 |
BOS |
113 |
2 |
Raul Ibanez |
.576 |
24 |
2013 |
41 |
SEA |
71 |
3 |
Barry Bonds |
.565 |
28 |
2007 |
42 |
SFG |
126 |
4 |
Barry Bonds |
.545 |
26 |
2006 |
41 |
SFG |
130 |
5 |
Harold Baines |
.533 |
25 |
1999 |
40 |
TOT |
135 |
6 |
Hank Sauer |
.508 |
26 |
1957 |
40 |
NYG |
127 |
7 |
Darrell Evans |
.501 |
34 |
1987 |
40 |
DET |
150 |
8 |
Dave Winfield |
.491 |
26 |
1992 |
40 |
TOR |
156 |
9 |
Hank Aaron |
.491 |
20 |
1974 |
40 |
ATL |
112 |
10 |
Edgar Martinez |
.489 |
24 |
2003 |
40 |
SEA |
145 |
11 |
Dave Winfield |
.442 |
21 |
1993 |
41 |
MIN |
143 |
12 |
Craig Biggio |
.422 |
21 |
2006 |
40 |
HOU |
145 |
13 |
Eddie Murray |
.417 |
22 |
1996 |
40 |
TOT |
152 |
14 |
Darrell Evans |
.380 |
22 |
1988 |
41 |
DET |
144 |