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Best DH Seasons since 1979

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You know I should probably finish this up this week being that the 2008 season ends on Sunday which will make these lists out of date. But hey that also means it'll be time to work on my "famous" Bored Player Rankings which will just serve as a painful reminder of how bad the A's offense was this year.

 

Top 20 Designated Hitter Seasons since 1979 (per Win Shares)

 

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1. Frank Thomas, 1991 - Chicago White Sox 33.8 Win Shares

 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
1991 23 CHW AL 158  559  104  178  31  2  32  109   1  2 138 112  .318  .453  .553  180  309   0   2  13   1  20

 

2. Frank Thomas, 2000 - Chicago White Sox 33.7

3. Edgar Martinez, 1995 - Seattle Mariners 31.7

4. David Ortiz, 2005 - Boston Red Sox 31.6

5. Rafael Palmeiro, 1999 - Texas Rangers 31.1

6. Paul Molitor, 1991 - Milwaukee Brewers 29.6

7. David Ortiz, 2006 - Boston Red Sox 29.4

8. Paul Molitor, 1993 - Toronto Blue Jays 29.4

9. David Ortiz, 2007 - Boston Red Sox 28.9

10. Paul Molitor, 1987 - Milwaukee Brewers 28.6

11. Paul Molitor, 1992 - Milwaukee Brewers 28.4

12. Edgar Martinez, 2000 - Seattle Mariners 28.2

13. Dave Winfield, 1992 - Toronto Blue Jays 26.7

14. Edgar Martinez, 1997 - Seattle Mariners 26.6

15. Hal McRae, 1982 - Kansas City Royals 26.1

16. Jim Thome, 2006 - Chicago White Sox 26.0

17. Manny Ramirez, 2001 - Boston Red Sox 25.1

18. David Ortiz, 2004 - Boston Red Sox 25.1

19. Travis Hafner, 2006 - Cleveland Indians 25.0

20. Frank Thomas, 1998 - Chicago White Sox 24.7

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God dammit. I've been using the Historic Win Shares spreadsheet from baseballgraphs.com and I think it's been compiled by multiple people as I now see that for 2005 they don't list anyone as a DH. In fact checking Hardball Times they did the same that year for some reason as Oritz is listed as a first baseman. And as I look further the spreadsheet doesn't list DHs for 2004 either and Ortiz had 25.1 Win Shares that season so also add that to the list.

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