Greatest Five Year Stretch in a Career

[oldjudge]

What player do you think had the greatest five year stretch during their career? I think Hornsby from 1921-25 would be tough to top but I'm sure there are others who are in the running. What are your thoughts?

[dodgerblue6969]

sandy koufax

[barrysloate]

Rogers Hornsby from 1921-25, when his batting average for that five year stretch was .403.

Oops, that's what Jay said. I ony read half your post!

[glenv]

Yogi Berra - 1949-53 Won the MVP one year and was 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in voting in the others. Also got five World Series rings in those five years. Hard to top that!

[barrysloate]

Since I duplicated Jay, how about:

Ruth 1920-24
Ruth 1926-30
Gehrig 1930-34

[bbcard1]

if you interpret your question to be which player in comparison to virtually everyone else who was playing at that time and the established norm had the most above context sustained period of excellence, a pretty compelling case could be made for Albert Pujols.

[drc]

1992-98 Greg Maddux had a good string. As a starting pitcher and leading the league in innings pitched each year, he had a 1.56 ERA in 1994 and 1.63 in 1995.

[GasHouseGang]

I was going to say Ruth from 1926-1930. He averaged 51 homers per year during that stretch.

YR HR AVG
1926 47 .372
1927 60 .356
1928 54 .323
1929 46 .345
1930 49 .359

[travrosty]

ichiro suzuki 2006-2010 pretty good.

[Robextend]

Year W L ERA CG SHO SO

1910 25 17 1.36 38 8 313
1911 25 13 1.90 36 6 207
1912 33 12 1.39 34 7 303
1913 36 7 1.14 29 11 243
1914 28 18 1.72 33 9 225
1915 27 13 1.55 35 7 203

[glynparson]

1996-2000

[Peter_Spaeth]

Barry Bonds 2000-04. 4 MVPs, 1 second place.

[glynparson]

but I tried to go outside the box a little. Pedro was filthy during the era 1996-2000 and this was during a hitters paradise

[Touch'EmAll]

Ali (Cassius Clay) in early/mid 1970's - pretty darn awesome if you consider the depth and quality of competition at that point.

Also Dizzy Dean 1932-1936 = like wow! Check out his stats.

[jwgators]

Walter Johnson, 1912-16. 58.7 pitching WAR, averaged 30 wins and a 1.55 ERA.

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by glynparson

but I tried to go outside the box a little. Pedro was filthy during the era 1996-2000 and this was during a hitters paradise

I watched almost all of Pedro's starts during that run and it was a sight to behold! At his best, he made good hitters look absolutely foolish. I can't believe that he never threw a no-no.

[Runscott]

Walter Johnson - 1911-15

[packs]

Rube Waddell was pretty good from 1903 - 1907. Led lead in strike outs every year. Won the triple crown one year. Threw 142 complete games and 34 shut outs.

[Rob D.]

Bill Mastro, 2003-07

[honus94566]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Bill Mastro, 2003-07

Bwahahaa


I vote Walter Johnson as well.

[iwantitiwinit]

Wilt Chamberlain 5 seasons 1959-1960 thru 1963-1964 Avg points per game 41.69 (yes that is a correct figure) and 25.25 avg total rebounds per game. Avg games played 78.20 per season

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Bill Mastro, 2003-07

Yuwrah Killin' me ovah here :))

And den he got relijun...

Top dat Babie Ruth!

[yanks12025]

What about the Yankees career from 1949-53. Won 5 world championships.