Lake Superior Sea Dogs

01/02/2021 - 15 Best Batting Seasons

The 2021 season will be the 15th for the team. To commemorate the occasion, here is a list of the best 15 batting seasons, as measured by VORP (value over replacement player), from 2007-20.

Top 15 Batting Seasons
Rank Player Year VORP G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
1. Jimmy Merling 2014 14.30 21 78 17 33 10 0 3 16 3 .423 .471 .667
2. Jimmy Merling 2015 12.67 24 84 29 28 6 3 2 11 12 .333 .451 .548
3. Travis Bartlett 2015 11.86 24 80 14 32 7 2 0 20 1 .400 .438 .538
4. Jimmy Merling 2016 8.71 21 75 16 26 4 0 1 9 6 .347 .449 .440
5. Bob Eastman 2011 6.14 30 103 13 30 5 0 0 11 1 .291 .393 .340
6. Dan Solarz 2009 5.97 18 63 10 19 5 0 0 9 9 .302 .371 .381
7. Tim Nylund 2014 5.64 18 51 17 15 3 0 0 6 1 .294 .478 .353
8. James Ostrander 2009 5.54 13 46 5 16 0 1 0 5 0 .348 .444 .391
9. Cody Dolsen 2016 5.28 14 35 3 10 0 0 2 6 0 .286 .447 .457
  Kevin Hendrickx 2019 5.28 10 42 9 17 0 0 0 7 0 .405 .479 .405
11. Corey Pavlich 2014 5.24 15 50 15 18 2 0 0 13 2 .360 448 .400
12. Tim Nylund 2012 5.22 26 79 16 20 3 1 0 9 3 .253 .433 .316
13. Steve Halvorson 2007 4.30 21 67 11 22 3 0 0 9 1 .328 .408 .373
14. Matt Chruscielski 2012 4.20 16 55 16 16 5 1 0 14 2 .291 .379 .418
15. Bob Baxton 2012 3.64 16 50 10 14 6 0 0 11 0 .280 .410 .400