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 1973 (18.5)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (18.1)
2B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (21.3)
C · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (19.1)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (19.6)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (19.6)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (18.8)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1970 (18.3)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (16.9)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (15.5)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1978 (16.2)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (16.7)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (15.7)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (15.1)
3B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1976 (16)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1977 (17.5)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (16.2)
3B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (15.2)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (14.2)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1979 (16.7)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1974 (14)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1973 (15.4)
OF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1971 (15.4)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1975 (16.6)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 1972 (17.8)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Allen | 1972 | 21.6 |
| 2 | Joe Morgan | 1976 | 21.3 |
| 3 | Billy Williams | 1972 | 21.1 |
| 4 | Jim Rice | 1978 | 20.1 |
| 5 | Fred Lynn | 1979 | 20.1 |
| 6 | Dave Parker | 1978 | 19.9 |
| 7 | George Foster | 1977 | 19.7 |
| 8 | Carl Yastrzemski | 1970 | 19.6 |
| 9 | Willie Stargell | 1971 | 19.6 |
| 10 | Hank Aaron | 1971 | 19.5 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.