BEST SEASON OF THE FOLLOWING: Baltimore Oriole edition

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George Stone 1906: .358/.417/.501 25 doubles 20 triples 192 OPS+

George Sisler 1920: .407/.449/.632 49 doubles 19 HR 181 OPS+

Ken Williams 1922: .332/.413/.627 39 HR 37 SB 165 OPS+

Goose Goslin 1930: .326/.400/.652 25 doubles 30 HR 158 OPS+ ***PARTIAL SEASON***

Jim Gentile 1960: .302/.423/.646 46 HR 141 RBI 187 OPS+

Frank Robinson 1966: .316/.410/.637 49 HR 122 RBI 198 OPS+

Ken Singleton 1977: .328/.438/.507 24 doubles 24 HR 165 OPS+

Cal Ripken 1991: .323/.374/.566 46 doubles 34 HR 162 OPS+

Brady Anderson 1996: .297/.396/.637 50 HR 21 SB 156 OPS+

Miguel Tejada 2004: .311/.360/.534 34 HR 150 RBI 131 OPS+

[AstrosFan]

George Stone's 1906 season is to me, the most underrated season of all time. He led the league in BA, OBP, and SLG, played a fine CF, stole 35 bases, and did all this playing in a pitcher's park.

Here is the list of all the players who have hit the percentages triple crown (BA/OBP/SLG) since the American League formed in 1901:

1901 Nap Lajoie
1904 Honus Wagner, Lajoie
1906 George Stone
1907-09 Honus Wagner
1910 Sherry Magee
1917 Ty Cobb
1920-25 Rogers Hornsby (that's sick)
1924 Babe Ruth
1934 Lou Gehrig
1935 Arky Vaughan
1938 Jimmie Foxx
1942 Ted Williams
1943 Stan Musial
1947-48 Ted Williams
1957 Ted Williams
1966 Frank Robinson
1967 Carl Yastrzemski
1980 George Brett
1999 Larry Walker
2002 Barry Bonds
2004 Barry Bonds

Stone is easily the worst player on the list. He was an excellent hitter, but only lasted six full seasons in baseball (anyone know why?). So it is only natural that people tend to forget about this season. But it was truly one of the greatest seasons in baseball history.

[Otis Nixon's Bodyguard]

George Stone's 1906 season is to me, the most underrated season of all time. He led the league in BA, OBP, and SLG, played a fine CF, stole 35 bases, and did all this playing in a pitcher's park.

Here is the list of all the players who have hit the percentages triple crown (BA/OBP/SLG) since the American League formed in 1901:

1901 Nap Lajoie
1904 Honus Wagner, Lajoie
1906 George Stone
1907-09 Honus Wagner
1910 Sherry Magee
1917 Ty Cobb
1920-25 Rogers Hornsby (that's sick)
1924 Babe Ruth
1934 Lou Gehrig
1935 Arky Vaughan
1938 Jimmie Foxx
1942 Ted Williams
1943 Stan Musial
1947-48 Ted Williams
1957 Ted Williams
1966 Frank Robinson
1967 Carl Yastrzemski
1980 George Brett
1999 Larry Walker
2002 Barry Bonds
2004 Barry Bonds

Stone is easily the worst player on the list. He was an excellent hitter, but only lasted six full seasons in baseball (anyone know why?). So it is only natural that people tend to forget about this season. But it was truly one of the greatest seasons in baseball history.

You left out a few. Todd Helton did it in 2000 (.372/.463/.698). Chuck Klein did it in 1933 (.368/.422/.602). Stan Musial did it another time in 1948 (.376/.450/.702). Ted Williams did it yet another time in 1941 (.406/.553/.735). The fact he did it five times is unbelievable.

As for the best season by an Oriole, I'll take another Percentage Triple Crown winner, Frank Robinson in '66 (his first year with the team nonetheless).

[AstrosFan]

Ha! I would expect to miss a few, but I figure I would have gotten Williams 1941 just by guessing. Thanks for the heads up.