Greatest fluke seasons

[Peter_Spaeth]

Norm cash hit .361 in 1961 his next highest average was .289. Tommy Davis had 153 RBI in 1962 his next best total was 89. Other examples?

[Mikehealer]

I don't remember the year, but Brady Anderson hitting 50 HR's was certainly a fluke. I don't think he hit 30 in any other year.

[z28jd]

Earl Webb hitting 67 doubles in 1931. He only had 155 career doubles.

Joe Charboneau ROY in 1980, out of majors by 1982

[brob28]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Earl Webb hitting 67 doubles in 1931. He only had 155 career doubles.

Joe Charboneau ROY in 1980, out of majors by 1982

+1 Charboneau was my first thought, another would be Ron Kittle.

[sycks22]

Dontrelle Willis 2005

22-10 2.63 ERA 5 SO 7 CG

72-69 career over 4.00 ERA

[Jay Wolt]

Like Brady Anderson, Luis Gonzalez 2001 season had to be a fluke.
He hit .325 w/ 57 home runs & 142 RBI, no other season of his came close to any of those marks.


edited for spelling

[mrvster]

Does this count as a "fluke"

[barrysloate]

Steve Stone going 25-8 and winning the Cy Young Award. The next season he was 5-8.

[freakhappy]

McGwire and Bonds 70 homer seasons...I heard they were hitting the weights extra heavy those years

[z28jd]

Maris hitting 61 or Hack Wilson setting the RBI record would have to be the greatest fluke seasons. Wilson at least showed that potential in another season, but 191 RBI's is a fluke, especially when you walk 104 times!

[kmac32]

The 2011 Cardinals winning the World Series.

[bbcard1]

Let me throw this at you....Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. Had it not been stopped by two great plays Kenny Keltner would have stretched to more than seventy games...but despite a career that puts him in the upper pantheon of the greatest players of all-time, he never again hit in more than 23 consecutive games.

[quinnsryche]

Originally Posted by Mikehealer

I don't remember the year, but Brady Anderson hitting 50 HR's was certainly a fluke. I don't think he hit 30 in any other year.

That's not a fluke, that's PEDs!

[Jlighter]

Recently we have had Ubaldo Jimenez in 2010, although this might have been steroid aided.

19-8, 1.15-WHIP, 2.88-ERA, 214 SO.

2011

10-13, 1.40-WHIP, 4.68-ERA, 180 SO

2012

9-17, 1.61-WHIP, 5.40-ERA, 143 SO.

[novakjr]

As Mike said, Brady Anderson's 1996 stands out to me. Although steroids were probably the main cause. I just can't imagine steroids alone, taking a guy with a previous career high of 21, and suddenly make him hit 50, and then never again top 24 afterwards. There had to have been an insane amount of luck as well..

Now this next one isn't really a fluke season...But rather a lucky MVP Award. And that's Bagwell's NL MVP in '94. He had broken his hand, which would've forced him to sit a significant amount of time.. That more than likely would've put him out of the running. Especially with Matt Williams still on pace to tie Maris' single season HR record.. But then the strike happened a few days later.. I guess there's still a chance that Baggy could've won it anyways though..