Greatest fluke seasons

[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.

[EvilKing00]

what about the thought process in reverse. Adam dunn just, 1 season ago not even comming close to his normal 40 or so HR, that hes pretty steady with. Where he hit only 11, then the following year, he was right back to 41

[atx840]

Johnny, your arms are as cut as your cards.

[dodgerfanjohn]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

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

I was gonna point that out....25-8, 3.23 ERA.

He never had more than 15 wins in a season(and even that was only 1 season..next highest was 12 wins), and his next lowest ERA was 3.77 ERA.

He was out of baseball after only one more season.

Also Daren Erstad in the Angels championship season in 2002.. .355 BA. Never hit over .299 any other season.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by dodgerfanjohn

I was gonna point that out....25-8, 3.23 ERA.

He never had more than 15 wins in a season(and even that was only 1 season..next highest was 12 wins), and his next lowest ERA was 3.77 ERA.

He was out of baseball after only one more season.

Also Daren Erstad in the Angels championship season in 2002.. .355 BA. Never hit over .299 any other season.

My numbers were slightly off...he was 25-7 followed by 4-7.

[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.

[Scott T]

Davey Johnson hitting 43 HRs for the 1973 Braves after coming over from the Orioles, where he hit 5 in 1972 (I know it was the "Launching Pad", but...)

[howard38]

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[frankbmd]

1959 Elroy Leon Face , Pittsburgh Pirates

18-1 from the bull pen in 57 games and 93 innings. (104-95 career record)

Unlike current practice, Murtaugh liked to use his bull pen ace in losing games.

At least for one year, it worked.

[Blunder19]

Arods 2009 playoff performance... vs every other playoff performance he's ever had.. that guy cant swing the bat in the playoffs.

[travrosty]

i dont think an entire season can be a fluke, give me the biggest fluke decade for any player. flukes are one day, one week maybe, something like that, a hot streak for a little while, not an entire season. you dont hit 191 rbi's in a season and its a fluke.

[r2678]

Tito Francona lifetime .272 hitter batting .363 in 1959 in 399 at bats.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by 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.

Can't forget the 61 gamer he had with the Seals though.

Jim Gentile's 46 HR season always stands out to me, though many like Brady Anderson's 50 beat it. How about 57 HRs from Luis Gonzalez! I wonder how much his chewed gum is worth now?? Seem to remember someone thought it was worth over $50K in 2001.

[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!