Freak Seasons

Halfway through the season, what Arraez is doing qualifies as an outlier "freak" season, his .402 BA is more than 150 points higher than league average. That kind of differential is unprecedented in the modern era. Maybe you'd have to go back to the 1800s or early 20th century for a comp. Certainly Babe Ruth in 1920 is the ultimate freak season, any others that come to mind?

Pedro 99-00. Maybe the highest peak ever reached by a pitcher given the offensive environment.

Curious how judges season last year compared to his competition stacks up….

War 10.6 - ohtani second 9.6
Offensive war 10.4 - goldy second 7.5
Homeruns 62- schauber second 46
Obp .425 - freeman second .407
Slug .686 - trout second .630

Can't forget Bonds 01-04. 04 especially, dude broke the entire sport.

Micks 1956 was pretty damn good too.

Pedro 99-00. Maybe the highest peak ever reached by a pitcher given the offensive environment.

Agree with this--gold standard to me.

Ruth in '20 has to be up there too (I know it's pre integration)--15% of all HR's hit in the AL. Single handedly outhomered 15 of 16 teams in MLB.

A couple other seasons where the player was well better than the norm for the league:

Maddux 1994 ERA 1.54 with NL ERA of 4.21

Pedro (noted above) 2000 ERA 1.74 with AL ERA 4.91

Ted Williams 1941 .406 vs. AL league average of .266

Yaz being only AL hitter above .300 in 1968