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The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – Best of the Decades (1900 to 1929)
by James Vlietstra
July 21, 2021
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Introducing V-Rating:
The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB
Background: I have sifted through the numbers to determine who the best offensive players have been in Major League history by using runs produced, total bases, walks, hit by pitches, net stolen bases, grounding into double plays, and sacrifices to determine the most productive players per at bat.
I call this new formula The V-Rating.
Way back in high school math class I learned about algebra. The numerator is divided by the denominator. The formula used for determining a player’s V-Rating includes runs produced plus total bases plus net stolen bases plus walks plus hit-by-pitch minus grounded-into-double plays divided by plate appearances minus sacrifices.
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Here are some of the greatest seasons of each decade.
Some of these seasons include Triple Crown winners, 40/40 seasons and other random seasons that are generally considered some of the greatest of all time.
These are how they rank according to V-Rating:
1900s
1909 Ty Cobb 1.013
1905 Honus Wagner .992
1908 Honus Wagner .987
1906 Cap Lajoie .809
1910s
1911 Ty Cobb 1.192
919 Babe Ruth 1.083
1910 Ty Cobb 1.033
1915 Ty Cobb 1.012
1917 Ty Cobb 1.009
1912 Tris Speaker .984
1914 Tris Speaker .872
1910 Eddie Collins .834
1917 Roger Hornsby .731
1920s
1921 Babe Ruth 1.300
1920 Babe Ruth 1.275
1927 Babe Ruth 1.208
1927 Lou Gehrig 1.201
1925 Roger Hornsby 1.195
1926 Babe Ruth 1.182
1923 Babe Ruth 1.162
1928 Babe Ruth 1.145
1929 Babe Ruth 1.139
1922 Roger Hornsby 1.120
1924 Babe Ruth 1.117
1929 Roger Hornsby 1.109
1927 Al Simmons 1.098
1920 George Sisler 1.049
1929 Al Simmons 1.049
1923 Harry Heilmann 1.043
1927 Harry Heilmann 1.041
1922 Babe Ruth 1.037
1921 Roger Hornsby 1.033
1928 Jim Bottomley 1.032
1924 Roger Hornsby 1.029
1921 Ty Cobb 1.025
1925 Kiki Cuyler 1.010
1927 Roger Hornsby 1.009
1929 Lefty O’Doul .994
1925 Al Simmons .937
1925 Ty Cobb .912
1925 Babe Ruth .850
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PREVIOUS POSTS IN SERIES:
Introducing V-Rating (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB)
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) of Every Hall-of-Fame Batter
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – Monument Park Worthy?
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – The 10,000 Club!
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – The Greatest Single Seasons!
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – Recent Stars
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – The Worst Teams in MLB History
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – The Best Teams!
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – Two Recent Bad Teams
The V-Ratings (The Ultimate Offensive Metric In MLB) – Best of the Decades (The 1800s)
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NEXT WEEK – We continue to look at the greatest seasons by the decades as we look to 1930 to 1959.
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I welcome your comments and a great discussion!
