Worst 20 Homer Season Ever
Posted by Chris J. on September 12, 2007
Heading into today, Juan Uribe of the White Sox is hitting, .227 /.280 /.386 on the year with 18 homers. That works out to an OPS+ of 72. Can he have the worst 20 homer season EVER? Let's check.
Going by OPS+, he's on pace to be the worst ever, edging out Marquis Grissom's 73 from 2001. It's awful nice, since Uribe just missed out-worsing Grissom last year with his 74 OPS+.
By plain ol' OPS, it's the illustrious Willie Kirkland.
By batting average, he wouldn't even be close to Rob Deer's 1991.
By OBP, Grissom would remain the king.
By SLG, it's Dale Murphy of all people.
September 12th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I'm surprised none of McGwire's seasons were too high up there... I bet he had one of the lowest BA (29 HRs, .187 BA in 2001).
September 13th, 2007 at 7:56 am
McGwire always got on base a lot though. Unrelated - when did he start "juicing", allegedly? Because his mid-90's seasons are just as impressive, with respect to league averages, as the 'Roid Era stats he put up later in the decade.
I'd be more interested in seeing a Worst 200 Hit Season Ever list, or worst .300 Average. People always slag on the big guys for being all or nothing, but I bet there have been some pretty weak seasons from pure singles hitters.