One hit wonders/Freak years

[KJA]

Danny Jackson in 1988

[cgjackson222]

Two more pitchers:

Dick Ellsworth went 22-10 with a 2.11 ERA (league leading 167 ERA+) and an absurd 10.2 bWAR in 1963.

Ellsworth only had one other winning season, and ended up with a 115-137 record with a league average ERA+ of exactly 100.


The year before Ellsworth's monster year, Bobby Schantz led the League with 24 wins to only 7 losses, an ERA of 2.48 (159 ERA+) and a league leading 8.8 bWAR on his way to an MVP. He would never win more than 11 games again.

[packs]

Evan Gattis had a brief career with a couple productive seasons but his 2015 season was kinda freaky. He had 12 triples in his entire career but hit 11 of them in 2015 as a catcher and finished tied for third while also hitting 27 homers.

[KJA]

John Tudor in 1985 with 10 shutouts, probably the last time a pitcher has at least 10 in a season.

[Fred]

Chase Headley 2012

[tod41]

Jim Hickman in 1970. Superstar year over 1000 OPS.

Bernard Gilkey in 1996

[Beercan collector]

Don Baylor MVP year 1979 .
Baylor was a solid player and played for 19 years but only reached 100 RBI once : 1979 - 139 RBIs .
It was also the only year he was a All-Star