Vote for Indians All-Time 9

Look, something to distract us from the end of this horrid season!

The Indians are holding a competition on their website to choose the "All-Time 9" - which in this case means the nine best-hitting single seasons by position.

over 2 years ago Voltaire 21 comments 0 recs |

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Surprisingly easy to call other than the outfield.

by Jay on Sep 15, 2009 5:28 PM EDT reply actions

yeah, who did you pick for the 3 OF spots?

by JP_Frost on Sep 15, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Didn’t look too deeply into it, but Manny, Belle, Juan and Tris Speaker jumped out.

Tough to tell with only idiot stats to go on.

by Jay on Sep 15, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

I used some BRef magic to get my list. A couple seasons not on this list that I think should have been – Belle’s ‘94, and Glen Myatt’s ’24.

by Voltaire on Sep 15, 2009 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I went Belle ’95, Manny ’99, and Speaker ’23

by Roger Dorn on Sep 15, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

yep same here. i was thinking long and hard about including Jackson’s season, but in the end I went for Speaker.

by JP_Frost on Sep 15, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Not that it puts him over the top in an offense-only poll, but Lofton’s numbers are in a strike-shortened season, and he still swiped 60.

by Jay on Sep 15, 2009 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions

vic and sandy pretty close. and you could argue for thome.

by emil minty on Sep 15, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Thome is the clear winner. You have to look at league context, the OPS+ isn’t even close.

Victor had 62 walks to Sandy’s 19 — so his OBP was higher despite Sandy’s 24-point lead in batting average. Victor also had three more doubles and four more home runs.

by Jay on Sep 15, 2009 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions

i was looking primarily at ops+, as they come from different eras, and rosen’s was 12 percentage higher. you might be looking at thome in 02 rather than 96?

i take your point on vic and sandy.

by emil minty on Sep 16, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Meant Thome in ’02. Rosen is basically unbeatable.

by Jay on Sep 16, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

richie sexson? and what, no paul sorrento?

by emil minty on Sep 15, 2009 5:57 PM EDT reply actions

Clemson – look at that 2006 DH you missed out on.

Dodgers, Rockies, Giants, Padres and Diamondbacks. Oh my!

by westbrook on Sep 15, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions

I did. I picked him too because I’m bitter I missed him.

Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?

by ClemsonGirl on Sep 15, 2009 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

i forgot how awesome robbie alomar was. he was great in the 3 hole.

by johnf34 on Sep 15, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions

His 2001 campaign was actually even a little better, but they were both great.

by Jay on Sep 15, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Here are my picks:

C-Vic 2007 (although Myatt’s 1924 is very underrated)
1B-Thome 2002, dominating year
2B-Lajoie 1904 (although Robbie’s numbers look amazing, Nap had a 205 OPS+ that season)
3B-Rosen 1953, MVP season
SS-Boudreau, 1948 ditto
LF-Belle 1995 (50-50 .. amazing feat, although his strike shortened 1994 season may actually be better, but not on this list)
CF-Speaker 1923 (although 1916 and 1922 seasons are also worth consideration)
RF-Manny 1999 (I’d rather Manny 2000, and Joe Jacksons 1911-1913 are up there too)

by talonk on Sep 16, 2009 2:55 AM EDT reply actions

Keep in mind Belle’s 95 was also shortened.

by Roger Dorn on Sep 16, 2009 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, but not nearly as shortened as 94 was.

by talonk on Sep 17, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Keeping in mind another post on here about the greatness of Jeter, I went from the Indians all-time lineup to the Yankees.

Just looking at their outfielders and trying to pick 3 was enough to give me fits. Their top 6 outfielders could’ve been on any team’s top 3.

I think we can all agree that the Yankees suck, but looking over that list of outfielders is mighty impressive. I think I went with Ruth, Mantle and DiMaggio.

by lenred on Sep 17, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions