Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

[dieselboy]

I was just looking at a few players numbers, now that the season is over that really surprised me. A lot of them I was aware of but the player didn't get much national attention for whatever reason, but some of them I didn't realize were that good. Add more that you were surprised to find out about as well.

C - Kenji Johjima - .291, 18 HR, 76 RBI, 61 R
1B - Nick Johnson - .290, 23 HR, 77 RBI, 100 R, 10 SB
2B - Orlando Hudson - .287, 15 HR, 67 RBI, 87 R, 9 SB
3B - Garret Atkins - .329, 29 HR, 117 R, 120 RBI
SS - Bill Hall - .270, 35 HR, 85 RBI, 101 R, 8 SB
OF - Carlos Lee - .300, 37 HR, 116 RBI, 102 R, 19 SB
OF - Grady Sizemore - .290, 28 HR, 76 RBI, 134 R, 22 SB
OF - Raul Ibanez - .289, 33 HR, 123 RBI, 103 R
UTL - Aramis Ramirez - .291, 38 HR, 93 R, 119 RBI

SP - Erik Bedard - 15-11, 3.76 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 171/69
SP - Matt Cain - 13-12, 4.15 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 179/87
SP - Brett Myers - 12-7, 3.94 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 182/62
RP - Takashi Saito - 6-2, 24SV, 2.07 ERA, .91 WHIP, 107/23
RP - J.J. Putz - 4-1, 36 SV, 2.30 ERA, .92 WHIP, 104/13

[bravosfan]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Adam LaRoche

.285 avg, 32 hr, 90 rbi, .561 slg, .915 ops

Chipper put up some nice numbers, too, considering all the games he missed (.324 avg, 26 hr, 86 rbi, 1.000+ ops).

[dust247]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I'm a Twins fan, so I'm not sure if you guys would consider these unnoticed, but Michael Cuddyer and Torii Hunter both had career years.

CF Torii Hunter - .278, 31 HR, 98 RBI, 86 R, 12 SB
RF Michael Cuddyer - .282, 24 HR, 108 RBI, 102 R, 6 SB

[Chip Douglass]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Takashi Saito: best closer in the NL.

[dieselboy]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I actually found it hard to leave Laroche and Cuddyer off my picks.

Both were great.

[Sandman42]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Takashi Saito: best closer in the NL.

Trevor Hoffman?

[TheTruth916]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Adrian Gonzalez: .304, 24 HR, 82 RBI
Mike Piazza: .283, 22 HR, 68 RBI
Josh Barfield: .280, 13 HR, 58 RBI

[Porschebenz2001]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

It's definately Ibanez. He's the most underrated player in the league. When you think of the M's you think of Ichiro and King Felix. He's a solid player, and should've been an All-Star.

[Sandman42]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Carlos Guillen: .317, 19 HR, 84 RBI, 98 Runs, 20 SB
Chris Young: 11-5, 3.46 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 164/69

[cjonesfan921]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Takashi Saito: best closer in the NL.

Hoffman, Wagner, Wickman(snuck it in there).

[bravosfan]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Oh, since Travis Hafner didn't even make the AS team, he should probably get a mention.

[CoRruPt-]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I want O-Dogg back .

[VanillaGorilla]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Garrett Atkins: .326, 28 HR's, 119 RBI's, 115 runs

That is nuts.

[SPTO]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I want O-Dogg back .

Tell me about it

Anyways two Blue Jays who had very nice seasons

Alex Rios: .302 AVG, 17 HR, 82 RBI, .349 OBP, 516 SLG (too bad he missed a chunk of the year.)

Lyle Overbay: .312 AVG, 22 HR, 92 RBI, .372 OBP, .508 SLG with 46 doubles

These stats are up to yesterday. ESPN hasn't added today's stats yet.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Thanks for giving some love to Bedard, I'll also add:

RF: Nick Markakis (.291, 16 HR, 62 RBI)
RP: Chris Ray (4-4, 2.73 ERA, 33 SV, 51 K)