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.
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1908 (23.9)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1908 (19.8)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1901 (20.6)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1901 (17.3)
P · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1905 (18.3)
1B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1906 (18)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1905 (15.9)
OF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1905 (20.9)
RF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1900 (17.5)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1909 (14.9)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1907 (15.9)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1903 (17.1)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1907 (15.5)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1902 (13.7)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1906 (15.9)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1902 (14.1)
P · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1905 (13.1)
P · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1904 (14.7)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1901 (11.8)
LF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1901 (13.6)
1B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1902 (17.7)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1904 (14.1)
LF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1908 (19.6)
OF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1902 (15.9)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1908 (16.5)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Cobb | 1909 | 24 |
| 2 | Honus Wagner | 1908 | 23.9 |
| 3 | Honus Wagner | 1907 | 21.4 |
| 4 | Ty Cobb | 1907 | 21.3 |
| 5 | Cy Seymour | 1905 | 20.9 |
| 6 | Nap Lajoie | 1901 | 20.6 |
| 7 | Honus Wagner | 1905 | 20.2 |
| 8 | Sam Crawford | 1908 | 19.8 |
| 9 | Ty Cobb | 1908 | 19.8 |
| 10 | Honus Wagner | 1909 | 19.7 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.