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 2007 (21.9)
1B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2009 (21.2)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2005 (18.6)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (21.3)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (18.6)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (19.5)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2008 (17.1)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (16.5)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (20.4)
3B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (17.9)
1B · 9 seasons in the decade · best 2000 (18.3)
DH · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2005 (19)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (17.1)
LF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (15.9)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (19.7)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2005 (20.1)
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2006 (14.5)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2003 (19.2)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (16.1)
LF · 7 seasons in the decade · best 2001 (22)
SS · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (15.9)
RF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2002 (18.9)
P · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (15.1)
1B · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2005 (15.1)
CF · 10 seasons in the decade · best 2004 (13.8)
Decade VAL is the sum of a player's VAL across the decade's seasons. How VAL works.
| # | Player | Season | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barry Bonds | 2001 | 22 |
| 2 | Alex Rodriguez | 2007 | 21.9 |
| 3 | Sammy Sosa | 2001 | 21.8 |
| 4 | Todd Helton | 2001 | 21.3 |
| 5 | Albert Pujols | 2009 | 21.2 |
| 6 | Barry Bonds | 2002 | 20.9 |
| 7 | Luis Gonzalez | 2001 | 20.8 |
| 8 | Jim Thome | 2002 | 20.4 |
| 9 | Alex Rodriguez | 2002 | 20.3 |
| 10 | Alex Rodriguez | 2005 | 20.3 |
VAL player-seasons in the corpus for each year of the decade.