Who carried the decade. Every season is scored against its own league with VAL, so a player is measured against the peers he actually faced, never against a different era's scoring environment.
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1898 (18.3)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1899 (19.8)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1894 (18.3)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1893 (14.9)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1894 (19.3)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1895 (13.9)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1896 (15.2)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1891 (14.2)
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1897 (15.7)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1890 (13.4)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1891 (14.8)
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1891 (12.4)
LF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1896 (16.5)
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1895 (12.3)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1898 (13.6)
OF · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1895 (16.9)
SS · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1896 (14.5)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1892 (12.1)
3B · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1896 (15.5)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1898 (12.5)
1B · 7 seasons in the decade · best 1890 (15.9)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1894 (13.5)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1891 (12.4)
CF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1895 (10.3)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1893 (13.6)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Delahanty | 1899 | 19.8 |
| 2 | Amos Rusie | 1894 | 19.3 |
| 3 | Hugh Duffy | 1894 | 18.3 |
| 4 | Kid Nichols | 1898 | 18.3 |
| 5 | Ed Delahanty | 1896 | 18 |
| 6 | Ed Delahanty | 1893 | 17.8 |
| 7 | Kid Nichols | 1897 | 17.7 |
| 8 | Jouett Meekin | 1894 | 17 |
| 9 | Sam Thompson | 1895 | 16.9 |
| 10 | Buck Freeman | 1899 | 16.9 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.