In honor of the end of the season: since 1980 (arbitrarily chosen as when I started paying attention to baseball), what pitcher has the highest Fangraphs WAR season for each team?
Hints:
There are 3 pitchers from this year - Kershaw, Archer, Cole
There are 3 pitchers who appear on the list twice - Johnson, Martinez, Brown
Angels - Witt 1986, Trout 2013 - both revo (Trout 2015 3rd)
Astros - Scott 1986, Bagwell 1996 - both revo (Keuchel 2015 5th, Biggio 1997 led in WAR)
A's - Norris 1980, Giambi 2001 - pogues, feral (Henderson 1990 led in WAR)
Blue Jays - Clemens 1997, Delgado 2000 - tranagreg, ironfist (Donaldson 2015 led in WAR)
Braves - Smoltz 1996, Chipper Jones 1999 - pogues, ironfist (the next seven are Maddux 93-00 skipping 99, JD Drew 2004 led in WAR)
Brewers - Sheets 2004, Braun 2011 - both ironfist (Yount 1982 led in WAR)
Cardinals - Wainwright 2013, McGwire 1998 - revo, eld (Pujols 2003 led in WAR)
Cubs - Prior 2003, Sosa 2001 - feral, pauly
Diamondbacks - Johnson 2001, Luis Gonzalez 2001 - revo, pogues (Goldschmidt 2015 was 2nd, Pollock 2015 was 4th)
Dodgers -Kershaw 2015, Piazza 1997 - both revo (Greinke 2015 down in 10th, Beltre 2004 led in WAR)
Giants - Lincecum 2009, Bonds 2001 - revo, ironfist
Indians - Kluber 2014, Thome 2002 - both pogues (Sizemore 2006 led in WAR)
Mariners - Johnson 1995, Edgar Martinez 1995 - revo, feral (Felix's best season is 6th behind Johnson x3, Hanson, Langston, Griffey 1996 led in WAR)
Marlins - Brown 1996, Sheffield 1996 - pauly, ironfist (Hanley 2008 led in WAR)
Mets - Gooden 1985, Olerud 1998 - revo, ks (Wright 2007 led in WAR)
Nationals/Expos - Martinez 1997, Harper 2015 - heye, feral (Scherzer 2015 2nd)
Orioles - Mussina 2000, Chris Davis 2013 - revo, rhd (Ripken 1991 led in WAR)
Padres - Brown 1998, Caminiti 1996 - revo, eld
Phillies - Carlton 1980, Abreu 2004 - joncarlos, eld (Dykstra 1990 led in WAR)
Pirates - Cole 2015, Bonds 1992 - eld, pogues
Rangers - Ryan 1989, ARod 2001 - revo, eld
Rays - Archer 2015, Pena 2007 - mj, pauly (Zobrist 2009 led in WAR)
Red Sox - Martinez 1999, Boggs 1987 - heye, feral (Ellsbury 2011 led in WAR)
Reds - Soto 1982, Votto 2015 - both revo
Rockies - Ubaldo 2010, Walker 1997 - revo, pauly
Royals - Greinke 2009, Brett 1980 - heye, ironfist
Tigers - Verlander 2009, Cabrera 2013 - revo, ironfist (Ordonez 2007 led in WAR)
Twins - Santana 2005, Mauer 2009 - pogues, feral (Knoblauch 1996 led in WAR)
White Sox - Loaiza 2003, Thomas 1994 - feral, revo (Sale 2015 2nd)
Yankees - Pettitte 1997, ARod 2007 - eld, revo (Henderson 1985 led in WAR)
enh, since I'm typing it up anyway, since 1980 what hitter has the highest offensive runs produced season for each team? This includes batting and baserunning and is also park and year adjusted, but doesn't include defense. I was going to do WAR but it has a defensive component and defensive assessments from 30 years ago can't be that accurate, so you end up with things like the best Phillies season being Dykstra 1990 with the 23rd best offense. If you want extra credit, you can try to guess the best WAR seasons also.
Hints:
There are 2 batters from this year (three if you go by WAR) - Harper, Votto, (Donaldson)
There are 2 batters who appear on the OFF list twice and two who appear on the WAR list twice - Bonds for both lists, RHenderson for WAR list, ARod for OFF list
Hints:
There are 3 pitchers from this year - Kershaw, Archer, Cole
There are 3 pitchers who appear on the list twice - Johnson, Martinez, Brown
Angels - Witt 1986, Trout 2013 - both revo (Trout 2015 3rd)
Astros - Scott 1986, Bagwell 1996 - both revo (Keuchel 2015 5th, Biggio 1997 led in WAR)
A's - Norris 1980, Giambi 2001 - pogues, feral (Henderson 1990 led in WAR)
Blue Jays - Clemens 1997, Delgado 2000 - tranagreg, ironfist (Donaldson 2015 led in WAR)
Braves - Smoltz 1996, Chipper Jones 1999 - pogues, ironfist (the next seven are Maddux 93-00 skipping 99, JD Drew 2004 led in WAR)
Brewers - Sheets 2004, Braun 2011 - both ironfist (Yount 1982 led in WAR)
Cardinals - Wainwright 2013, McGwire 1998 - revo, eld (Pujols 2003 led in WAR)
Cubs - Prior 2003, Sosa 2001 - feral, pauly
Diamondbacks - Johnson 2001, Luis Gonzalez 2001 - revo, pogues (Goldschmidt 2015 was 2nd, Pollock 2015 was 4th)
Dodgers -Kershaw 2015, Piazza 1997 - both revo (Greinke 2015 down in 10th, Beltre 2004 led in WAR)
Giants - Lincecum 2009, Bonds 2001 - revo, ironfist
Indians - Kluber 2014, Thome 2002 - both pogues (Sizemore 2006 led in WAR)
Mariners - Johnson 1995, Edgar Martinez 1995 - revo, feral (Felix's best season is 6th behind Johnson x3, Hanson, Langston, Griffey 1996 led in WAR)
Marlins - Brown 1996, Sheffield 1996 - pauly, ironfist (Hanley 2008 led in WAR)
Mets - Gooden 1985, Olerud 1998 - revo, ks (Wright 2007 led in WAR)
Nationals/Expos - Martinez 1997, Harper 2015 - heye, feral (Scherzer 2015 2nd)
Orioles - Mussina 2000, Chris Davis 2013 - revo, rhd (Ripken 1991 led in WAR)
Padres - Brown 1998, Caminiti 1996 - revo, eld
Phillies - Carlton 1980, Abreu 2004 - joncarlos, eld (Dykstra 1990 led in WAR)
Pirates - Cole 2015, Bonds 1992 - eld, pogues
Rangers - Ryan 1989, ARod 2001 - revo, eld
Rays - Archer 2015, Pena 2007 - mj, pauly (Zobrist 2009 led in WAR)
Red Sox - Martinez 1999, Boggs 1987 - heye, feral (Ellsbury 2011 led in WAR)
Reds - Soto 1982, Votto 2015 - both revo
Rockies - Ubaldo 2010, Walker 1997 - revo, pauly
Royals - Greinke 2009, Brett 1980 - heye, ironfist
Tigers - Verlander 2009, Cabrera 2013 - revo, ironfist (Ordonez 2007 led in WAR)
Twins - Santana 2005, Mauer 2009 - pogues, feral (Knoblauch 1996 led in WAR)
White Sox - Loaiza 2003, Thomas 1994 - feral, revo (Sale 2015 2nd)
Yankees - Pettitte 1997, ARod 2007 - eld, revo (Henderson 1985 led in WAR)
enh, since I'm typing it up anyway, since 1980 what hitter has the highest offensive runs produced season for each team? This includes batting and baserunning and is also park and year adjusted, but doesn't include defense. I was going to do WAR but it has a defensive component and defensive assessments from 30 years ago can't be that accurate, so you end up with things like the best Phillies season being Dykstra 1990 with the 23rd best offense. If you want extra credit, you can try to guess the best WAR seasons also.
Hints:
There are 2 batters from this year (three if you go by WAR) - Harper, Votto, (Donaldson)
There are 2 batters who appear on the OFF list twice and two who appear on the WAR list twice - Bonds for both lists, RHenderson for WAR list, ARod for OFF list
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