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.
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1921 (23.2)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1922 (22.6)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1921 (19.3)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1922 (20.7)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1921 (17.2)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1924 (16.2)
1B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (23)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1923 (15.4)
CF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (19.3)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1921 (15.8)
1B · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1928 (18.8)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (13.2)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1925 (13.4)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1923 (17.4)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (14.6)
LF · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1926 (16.2)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1927 (13.5)
CF · 9 seasons in the decade · best 1921 (16.3)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (16.5)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1924 (14.9)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1920 (12.2)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1928 (16.7)
1B · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1924 (16.9)
P · 8 seasons in the decade · best 1922 (15.5)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1928 (13.1)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1921 | 23.2 |
| 2 | George Sisler | 1920 | 23 |
| 3 | Rogers Hornsby | 1922 | 22.6 |
| 4 | Babe Ruth | 1923 | 22.6 |
| 5 | Babe Ruth | 1926 | 22.3 |
| 6 | Babe Ruth | 1927 | 22.3 |
| 7 | Babe Ruth | 1920 | 22.1 |
| 8 | Lou Gehrig | 1927 | 22.1 |
| 9 | Babe Ruth | 1924 | 21.3 |
| 10 | Babe Ruth | 1928 | 21 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.