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.
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 |