Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

[GBrushTWood]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Matt Holliday, Rockies OF: .311/.370/.535/.905, 34 HR, 114 RBI, 119 runs, 10 SB

[Birdsonbat]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Cardinals ROY Chris Duncan - .293, 22 HR, 43 RBI in just 280 ABs.

[Nyrican127]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Jose Valentin and Endy Chavez got some credit for the jobs they did for the Mets but Pedro Feliciano hardly got any and he was money with a 2.09 in 64 relief appearances. Good to have a lefty like that outta the pen.

[Chip Douglass]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Hoffman, Wagner

Saito has a better ERA, K/BB ratio, and WHIP than Wagner. Hoffman is debatable.

[rsox]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Playing for the Red Sox it's pretty hard to go unnoticed, but here goes:

Kevin Youkilis: .279 Avg, 13 HR's, 72 RBI's and 42 Doubles

and

Mike Lowell: .282 Avg, 19 HR's, 77 RBI's and 47 Doubles

At the start of the season the Sox were so unsure about Youkilis they brought in J.T. Snow to platoon at 1B, Youkilis quickly put to rest their concerns about whether or not he could be an every day player.

Mike Lowell was basically a throw in in the Josh Beckett trade and put together a pretty solid season, especially after a dismal 2005.

[dieselboy]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Playing for the Red Sox it's pretty hard to go unnoticed, but here goes:

Kevin Youkilis: .279 Avg, 13 HR's, 72 RBI's and 42 Doubles

and

Mike Lowell: .282 Avg, 19 HR's, 77 RBI's and 47 Doubles

At the start of the season the Sox were so unsure about Youkilis they brought in J.T. Snow to platoon at 1B, Youkilis quickly put to rest their concerns about whether or not he could be an every day player.

Mike Lowell was basically a throw in in the Josh Beckett trade and put together a pretty solid season, especially after a dismal 2005.

You could even argue that Lowell had a better season than Beckett.

Crazy to think about.

[ehh]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

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

That is nuts.

I'm not gonna lie, I don't even know who the eff he is.

[skitch]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I'm not gonna lie, I don't even know who the eff he is.

Hahah, glad I'm not the only one.

Good thread.

[jfsolo]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Aaron Harang 16-11, 3.76, 234 IP, 6 CG 2 SHO

Bronson Arroyo 14-11, 3.29, 240 IP

Those numbers for Reds starters are outstanding. They got us closer to the playoffs then I though possible.

[Scott]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Mark Teixeira: .282, 33 HR's, 110 RBIs, 99 Runs...not a shabby year for Tex
Michael Young: .314, 14 HR's, 103 RBIs, 93 Runs...not too bad

[Dice]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Jon Garland: 18-7(Second straight season with 18 wins), 4.51 ERA, 112 K's, 41 BB
Freddy Garcia: 17-9(Fourth in the AL in wins), 4.53 ERA, 135 K's, 48 BB

[dalnet22]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I like how people are posting their own teams' under-the-radar players. Especially ones with 1.30+ whips, a stat that just so happens to be missing from their post.

[Beantown]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Mark Teixeira: .282, 33 HR's, 110 RBIs, 99 Runs...not a shabby year for Tex

Even better considering he had, what, 9 HRs before the break and was hitting under .270?

[Dice]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

I like how people are posting their own teams' under-the-radar players. Especially ones with 1.30+ whips, a stat that just so happens to be missing from their post.

It's the only thing I got to hold on to since we're not in the playoffs. But all things considering I am impressed with Jon Garland getting 18 wins for the second straight season. Not too many picthers supply back-to-back 18+ wins season.

[skitch]

Re: Great player seasons that went unnoticed:

Michael Young: .314, 14 HR's, 103 RBIs, 93 Runs...not too bad

It seems like he's done this year in and year out... put up great numbers, but nobody ever notices.