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.
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1917 (22.9)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1913 (20.4)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1912 (20.7)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1915 (17.4)
3B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1913 (20.7)
LF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1913 (19)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1911 (16.4)
RF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1913 (19.7)
3B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1912 (18.7)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1910 (19.7)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1915 (19.3)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1912 (14.3)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1915 (17.8)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1916 (18.1)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1917 (16.6)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1911 (14.7)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1915 (16.4)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1914 (12.8)
LF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1911 (17.5)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1917 (11.9)
RF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1911 (17.6)
LF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1910 (13.2)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1913 (12.4)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1916 (15)
P · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1919 (14.3)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Cobb | 1917 | 22.9 |
| 2 | Ty Cobb | 1911 | 21.8 |
| 3 | Benny Kauff | 1914 | 20.9 |
| 4 | Ty Cobb | 1910 | 20.8 |
| 5 | Tristram Speaker | 1912 | 20.7 |
| 6 | Home Run Baker | 1913 | 20.7 |
| 7 | Ty Cobb | 1916 | 20.5 |
| 8 | Ed Walsh | 1910 | 20.4 |
| 9 | Walter Johnson | 1913 | 20.4 |
| 10 | Ty Cobb | 1915 | 20 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.