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Peter Moylan | Moylan appeared in 85 games for the Braves in 2010, finishing with a 6 -- 2 record and a 2. |
Mark Ellis (baseball) | In 2005, he returned to the Athletics and led the team in batting average (. |
Maury Wills | Following the 1966 season, in which he dropped to 38 stolen bases and was caught stealing 24 times, the Dodgers traded Wills to the Pittsburgh Pirates. |
Brian Roberts | In 2005, Roberts led the AL in batting average for the first several months of the season. |
John O'Donoghue (1960s pitcher) | Even though O'Donoghue was named to the American League All-Star team in 1965, it probably does not qualify as his best season. |
Hal King | As a designated hitter for the Saltillo Saraperos in 1979, he slugged 19 homers and led the league with 124 walks. |
Jos? Reyes (shortstop) | On August 22, 2007, Reyes stole his 65th, 66th, and 67th bases and broke Roger Cedeño's Mets record for the most stolen bases in a single season. |
Pat Malone | As a rookie, he compiled a 18 -- 13 record for the third-place 1928 Chicago Cubs, striking out 155 opponents to finish second in the National League behind Dazzy Vance (200). |
Chuck Klein | Goudey baseball card Klein won the NL home run title in 1929, his first full year in the majors. |
Jim Bottomley | After having what manager Gabby Street considered a'' poor year'' in 1930, Bottomley struggled in the 1930 World Series, batting. |
Todd Wellemeyer | Until his injury on June 10, 2010, Wellemeyer struggled through nine starts posting a 3-5 record with an ERA of 5. |
Rube Bressler | He finished his pitching career in 1920 with a lifetime record of 26-32, and a 3. |
Bob Elliott (baseball) | In his 1947 MVP campaign, Elliott did not lead the NL in any offensive category ; however, he batted. |
Ernie Whitt | Whitt would have the best season of his career in 1987, as he hit. |
Stuffy McInnis | His most productive season came in 1912, when he hit. |
George Cunningham (baseball) | He pitched in 44 games in 1917, which was the 10th highest among American League pitchers that year. |
Vic Sorrell | He finished 6th in the American League in saves in 1936. |
Skip Lockwood | In and, Lockwood earned 19 and 20 saves, respectively, and established a Mets season record for Games in 1977 with 63. |
Ray Caldwell | In his first full season with the Indians, in 1920, Caldwell went 20 -- 10, with a 3. |
Jos? Valverde | He led the NL in saves for the second straight year and was second in the majors in saves for 2008. |
Miguel Batista | During the offseason Batista pitches for the Aguilas Cibaeñas of the Dominican Winter League During 2008, he had the lowest percentage of quality start s in the majors, at 25 %, and the fewest innings pitched per start, at 4. |
John Stearns | Although his final statistics were mostly at or below the league average, they looked very good compared to the rest of the team which lost 98 games and had the worst offense in the majors in 1977. |
Omar Moreno | His 96 stolen bases in 1980 are the most by any player not to lead the majors in steals on the season. |
Brian Tallet | After the 2002 MLB season his career was never the same as he posted a 0-2 record in 5 games, 3 starts allowing 20 earned runs with a 4. |
Don Demeter | Demeter finished the 1964 season with similar numbers to the prior season with the Phillies. |
Chan Ho Park | In 2000, he ranked second in strikeouts with 217, second in opposing batting average (. |
Paul O'Neill (baseball) | In 2000, O'Neill played in 142 games batting. |
Edd Roush | His best career year in batting average was 1921, when he batted. |
Orlando Cabrera | In 2003, he finished second among the league shortstops in batting average (. |
Moonlight Graham | Graham ranked second in batting average for the New York State League, losing the 1906 batting title by four points. |
George McBride | He never hit for a high average (his best season was in 1911 when he hit. |
Ira Thomas | In the 1911 season, Thomas finished eighth in American League MVP voting, having hit 17 extra base hit s and 101 total base s. |
Dorothy Ferguson | In 1947 she became the spark plug of the team, stealing 71 bases to tie with Faye Dancer for fifth in the league, while batting. |
Joe Mahoney | 356 with five home runs and 49 RBI and in 2007 -- his final year with the school -- he hit. |
Willie McGee | In 1986, McGee led the NL in Fielding % as OF (. |
Charlie Gelbert | He finished 25th in voting for the 1931 National League MVP for playing in 131 games and having 447 at bats, 61 runs, 129 hits, 29 doubles, 5 triples, 1 home run, 62 RBI, 7 stolen bases, 54 walks,. |
Matt Walbeck | His batting average was better in 1995 ; he hit. |
Nap Lajoie | 384 average and 227 hits, both categories bettered only in Lajoie's 1901 campaign. |
Dave Nilsson | He led the 2004 Shield in home runs and RBI and was named to the All-Star team at DH. |
Ben Paschal | In 144 games, Paschal finished the 1930 season with 204 hits, 10 home runs and a. |
Don Wert | 341 on base percentage fueled by a career-high 73 walks, and even showed some power with hit 12 home run s. Wert had his best season as a batter in 1966, when he had a. |
Jerry Snyder | His most productive season came in 1954, when he posted career-numbers in games (64), runs (17) and RBI (17), while hitting. |
Rico Petrocelli | He had another good season in 1970, hitting 29 home runs and a high-career 103 RBI. |
Scott Erickson | 39 ERA in the first half of the 1991 season, including being awarded the American League Pitcher of the Month award for May, Erickson won 20 games in his first full season and finished second to Roger Clemens in the American League Cy Young Award. |
Bill Terry | In both years, he finished in the top ten in the NL in a number of statistical categories and in 1929 he finished 3rd in the MVP voting. |
Julio Franco | In 1994, Franco had already hit 20 home run s for the only time in his career and was on pace to reach 100 runs batted in for the only time in his career when the remainder of the season was canceled by the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. |
Gavvy Cravath | In 1911 he again led the league in the same categories except for triples, with an average of. |
Jimmy Ryan (baseball) | A native of Clinton, Massachusetts, Ryan enjoyed his best season in 1888, leading the National League (NL) in home run s (16), hits (182), doubles (33), total bases (283) and slugging percentage (. |
Hong Sung-Heon | In 2008, as a full-time designated hitter, Hong finished runner-up in batting average with. |
Matt Reynolds (baseball) | In 30 games in 2013, Reynolds went 0-2 with 5 holds, 2 saves and a 1. |
Skeeter Webb | Despite his weak hitting performance in the regular season, Skeeter Webb played all seven games of the 1945 World Series as the Tigers' shortstop. |
Pinky Higgins | It was also where his hitting numbers dropped while his power numbers still stayed fairly strong, but not in the same realm as his career-high of 23 homers with Philadelphia in 1935. |
Paul Derringer | His best season followed for the 1939 league champions as he was among the leaders in wins, ERA, strikeouts, innings and shutout s, and led the league with a. |
Julio Lugo | As of July 5, 2008, Lugo had committed 16 errors, which not only led all big-league players, but was also nearly one-third of the 50 errors made by the Red Sox as a team. |
Brandon Moss | He finished 2009 with 20 doubles, 4 triples, 7 home runs, 41 runs batted in, 1 stolen base, and a. |
Dick McAuliffe | In 1960, he led the original Sally League in runs (109), triples (21), and shortstop assists (430) while playing for the Knoxville Smokies in 1960. |
Mark McGwire | Although McGwire had the prestige of the home run record, Sammy Sosa (who had fewer HR but more RBI and stolen bases) won the 1998 NL MVP award, as his contributions helped propel the Cubs to the playoffs (the Cardinals in 1998 finished third in the NL Central). |
Tris Speaker | Speaker's best season came in 1912. |
Tim Keefe | He had arguably his greatest season in 1888, when he led the league with a 35 -- 12 record, 1. |
Yadier Molina | Molina's home run and doubles rates also increased ; from 2011 -- 13, he hit 104 of his 226 career doubles. |
Ed Brinkman | Brinkman holds the American League record for the fewest hits in a season while playing a minimum of 150 games, with 82 hits in 1965. |
Paul O'Neill (baseball) | In 1997, O'Neill played in 149 games batting. |
George Gore | He won his only batting title in 1880 while playing for Chicago, along with league leading totals in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. |
Shane Mack (baseball) | 361 batting average, 29 home run s, 142 runs batted in, 158 runs scored and 44 stolen base s. Mack was the runner-up for the Pac-10 Conference Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1983. |
John Denny | In 1983, Denny enjoyed the best season of his career, going 19-6 with a 2. |
Frank Thomas (designated hitter) | In 1994, playing just 113 games due to a strike-shortened season, Thomas again put up huge offensive numbers recording 38 homers, 101 RBIs, batted. |
Billy Hunter (baseball) | With his path to the Majors blocked by Pee Wee Reese, he was sold to the St. Louis Browns of the American League on October 14, 1952, for $ 150,000 after leading the Texas League in fielding and stolen bases. |
Billy Gardner | Gardner was not speedy, picking up a career-high of only 10 steals, but in his best season of 1957, he did lead the league in doubles with 36, and at bat s with 644. |
Rudy May | May was the 1980 American League ERA leader List of Major League Baseball earned run average champions. |
Stan Spence | After serving in World War II in 1945, he returned to the Senators a year later and hit a career-high 50 doubles with 10 triples and 16 home runs. |
Ryan Braun | If Braun continues to hit home runs at the rate he had hit them through July 1, 2009, he will reach 600 home runs in his 15th major league season. |
Jonathan Papelbon | For the 2011 season, Papelbon recorded 31 saves in 34 opportunities. |
Joe Murray (baseball) | His most productive season came in 1950, when he posted a 20 -- 14 record with a 2. |
Brian Dinkelman | 272 with four home runs, 40 RBI, and 12 stolen base s. For the year, Dinkelman posted club highs in hits, doubles and walks to help the Rock Cats make their first post-season appearance since 2003. |
Hank Greenberg | Nonetheless, Howard Megdal has calculated that in September 1938, Greenberg was walked in over 20 % of his plate appearances, the highest percentage in his career by far. |
Biz Mackey | In 1924, he finished third in the batting race as Hilldale repeated as champions, but lost to the Kansas City Monarchs 5 games to 4 in the first Negro League World Series with Mackey playing third base. |
Boots Day | In 1971, his best major league season, he reached career highs in hits (105), home runs (4), runs batted in (33), and batting average (. |
Bobby Veach | In 1914, Veach had 282 putouts and 22 assists, compared to 177 and 8 for Cobb. |
Jon Matlack | Matlack's record dipped to 14 -- 16 in 1973, however, he was 5 -- 1 from August 18 on, helping the Mets capture the National League East crown. |
Kazuo Matsui | In 2009 he led all major league starting second basemen in range factor, at 5. |
Miguel Tejada | In 2009, he again led the majors in grounding into double plays, this time with 29. |
Heine Meine | His 1931 performance led the National League in wins (19), innings pitched (284), and batters faced (1,202), and ranked fourth in earned run average (2. |
Doris Barr | Her most productive season came in 1945, both for South Bend and Racine, when she posted career-numbers in wins (20), earned run average (1. |
Johnny Callison | He is also remembered for being an excellent outfielder with a formidable throwing arm ; his throwing accuracy helped him lead the NL in outfield assists (24) and double plays (7) in 1962, and he topped the league in assists the next three years with totals of 26, 19, and 21. |
Cody Ross | In 2006, Ross posted modest statistics for three different teams but had two seven - RBI games and a three - home run game. |
Tommy Holmes | Kelly,'' one of the most popular Boston Braves especially in the twilight of his career, finished second in MVP voting in the National League in 1945 after leading the NL in hits (224), home run s (28) and doubles (47). |
Gary Majewski | Majewski pitched in 56 games for the Skeeters during the 2012 season, compiling an ERA of 3. |
Camilo Pascual | Pascual was a 20-game winner twice, in 1962 -- 63, and also finished with a career-high in complete games (18) in both of those seasons. |
Kyle Lohse | His 16-3 won-lost record for 2012 led the National League in winning percentage, at. |
Mickey Tettleton | By midseason, he was tied for the major league home run lead with Barry Bonds with 24, along with 73 runs batted in yet, he was once again snubbed by fans in the voting for the 1993 All-Star Game. |
Charlie Jamieson | He finished 18th in voting for the 1927 AL MVP for playing in 127 games and having 489 At Bats, 73 Runs, 151 Hits, 23 Doubles, 6 Triples, 36 RBI, 7 Stolen Bases, 64 Walks,. |
Wally Berger | In 1933 he finished third in the Most Valuable Player voting, behind Carl Hubbell and Chuck Klein, after hitting 27 home runs (half the Braves team total), second in the league behind Klein's 28. |
Clem Dreisewerd | Dreisewerd enjoyed his most productive season with the 1946 American League champion Red Sox, going 4 -- 1 in 20 games pitched in relief, except for one start. |
Eric Yelding | Although his fielding had greatly improved since his early days with the Astros (with two errors in 32 games at second base in 1993), he struggled with the bat, hitting. |
Jim Foor | In 1972, Foor once again struggled with control, walking 6 in just 3 and 2/3 innings. |
Richie Sexson | Sexson had a breakout year in 1999 with 31 home run s, and 116 runs batted in in 134 games. |
Todd Wellemeyer | His best season came in 2008 with the St. Louis Cardinals, when he went 13-9 with a team best (among qualified starters) 3. |
Robby Thompson | Thompson continued to perform well defensively in 1987, teaming up with Giants shortstop José Uribe to form one of the best double play combinations in baseball, and helped the Giants lead the major leagues with 183 double plays. |
Andre Dawson | Nonetheless, Dawson was n't able to turn around the Cubs' fortunes : although the team held first place for nearly half of May and remained in contention through July, the Cubs finished the 1987 season at 76-85, last in the National League East. |
Nap Lajoie | Lajoie led the majors in 1906 in hits (214) and doubles (48) and the Naps finished third in the AL again with a winning record, 89 -- 64. |