Greatest fluke seasons

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

OK, by this criteria, how about Shane Spencer at the end of 1998 for the Yanks.

Late call-up, career minor leaguer. No major league experience and finished the season 27 games, 10 HR's, 27 RBI's, .373 BA, 1.321 OPS, Beat up on the Rangers in his first playoff series.

Middling career after that. Probably only stayed in the major leagues the following six years, based on his reputation from that late season call-up.

For short spurt flukes.

Chris Shelton's start to 2006.. The guy had 9 HR's through the first 13 games.. At that point he was batting .471/.500/1.216. Yet managed to find himself back in the minors by the end of July.

Another full season one.

Fausto Carmona's(Roberto Hernandez Heredia) 2007 seems to stand out as well.. 19-8 3.06 era. In '06 he was 1-10 with a 5.42. In '08 he was 8-7 with a 5.44...To make things worse he followed that up with 5-12 with a 6.32 in '09..

On the bad luck side of the fence, I'd have to say Kevin Millwood's losing record in '05. He led the AL with a 2.86 era, yet only had a 9-11 record..And it's not like he was on a bad team, as the Indians were 93-69 that year.