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October 1, 2019

Most Total Bases, Season (Red Sox)

Red Sox Players With 350+ Total Bases In A Season
                    TB   YEAR  AGE    AVG    OBP    SLG     OPS
Jim Rice           406   1978   25   .315   .370   .600    .970
Jimmie Foxx        398   1938   30   .349   .462   .704   1.166
Jim Rice           382   1977   24   .320   .376   .593    .969
Mo Vaughn          370   1996   28   .326   .420   .583   1.003
Jimmie Foxx        369   1936   28   .338   .440   .631   1.071
Jim Rice           369   1979   26   .325   .381   .596    .977
Ted Williams       368   1949   30   .343   .490   .650   1.141
Nomar Garciaparra  365   1997   23   .306   .342   .534    .875
Jacoby Ellsbury    364   2011   27   .321   .376   .552    .928
David Ortiz        363   2005   29   .300   .397   .604   1.001
Carl Yastrzemski   360   1967   27   .326   .418   .622   1.040
Mo Vaughn          360   1998   30   .337   .402   .591    .993
Mookie Betts       359   2016   23   .318   .363   .534    .897
Rafael Devers      359   2019   22   .311   .361   .555    .916
J.D. Martinez      358   2018   30   .330   .402   .629   1.031
David Ortiz        355   2006   30   .287   .413   .636   1.049
Nomar Garciaparra  353   1998   24   .323   .362   .584    .946
David Ortiz        351   2004   28   .301   .380   .603    .983
Rafael Devers is the youngest player on the list. It has been reported that the Red Sox will offer Devers a contract extension in the offseason. He will be eligible for arbitration for the first time after next season.

No one has had 400 total bases in a season since 2001 - when four players did it, and a fifth came close! (Sammy Sosa 425, Luis Gonzalez 419, Barry Bonds 411, Todd Helton 402). ... Near-misses since then: Albert Pujols: 394 in 2003, Alex Rodriguez: 393 in 2001, and Derrek Lee: 393 in 2005.

A player has collected 400+ total bases 29 times in baseball history, although only 18 players are on the list. The massively underrated Lou Gehrig did it five times (1927, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936)! Chuck Klein is the only other major league to do it more than twice (1929, 1930, 1932).

The major league record is 457, by Babe Ruth (of course), in 1921.
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2 comments:

  1. Paul HickmanOctober 2, 2019 at 2:48 AM

    Would it be an outrageous stretch to say that Jim Rice of 1978 transposed into 2019, with the "magic balls" might give Ruth a bit of a shake ?

    Mind you, what would Ruth himself have managed .....

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  2. allanOctober 2, 2019 at 8:59 PM

    Would it be an outrageous stretch to say that Jim Rice of 1978 transposed into 2019, with the "magic balls" might give Ruth a bit of a shake ?

    Yes.

    Rice (from BRef)

    OPS+
    1977: 147 (6th in AL, 10th in MLB, finished 4th in AL MVP)
    1978: 157 (1st in AL, 3rd in MLB, finished 1st in AL MVP)
    1979: 154 (4th in AL, 6th in MLB (Lynn #1), finished 5th in AL MVP)

    2019: Three AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Mike Trout 185, Nelson Cruz 166, Alex Bregman 162
    2018: Three AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Mike Trout 198, Mookie Betts 185, J.D. Martinez 172
    2017: Three AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Mike Trout 186, Aaron Judge 171, Jose Altuve 160
    2016: Two AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Mike Trout 172, David Ortiz 164
    2015: Three AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Mike Trout 176, Miguel Cabrera 169, Nelson Cruz 159
    2014: Four AL hitters had OPS+ over 157: Jose Abreu 173, Victor Martinez 172, Mike Trout 168, Jose Bautista 161

    Friggin' Trout, man.

    WAR (AL only)
    1977: 5.2 (9th in Offensive WAR (5.4))
    1978: 7.6 (3rd (behind Guidry and Mike Caldwell), 1st in WAR Position Players, 1st in Offensive WAR)
    1979: 6.4 (8th, 5th in WAR Position Players, 5th in Offensive WAR (Lynn #1 in all 3))

    2019: Trout's Offensive WAR is 8.3, with Bregman at 7.7.

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