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Note: While I was in the process of writing this, a couple of other pro-Davis messages popped up, but since I've written it, I'll let it fly....
It looks like Tommy Davis 1962 could use a little push, so here is....a word for Tommy Davis.
In 1962, young Dodger named Tommy Davis hit .346 with 27 HR and 153 RBI. Now 153 RBI seems like an extremely good total in any era, but in the 1960s, it was kind of mind boggling. I was a young baseball fan at the time, and I couldn't quite wrap my mind around that number. In fact, I'd never seen anything like it...and for many years, I would never see anything like it again.
In fact, Davis's 153 was the highest RBI total over nearly a fifty year period. Vern Stephens and Ted Williams each topped Davis's number with 159 in 1949. Then, forty-nine years later, in 1998, Sammy Sosa (158) and Juan Gonzalez (157) both topped Davis in the same year.
This means that throughout the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and most of the 1990s, Davis's 153 was the best single-season RBI total that baseball produced. In fact, over that period, the closest anyone came was Al Rosen's 145 in 1953.
So not only was Davis's 1962 season his best ever. It was also a historic season in its own right. Davis has other cards in ATG, but none of them represent him as his best.
Rosen's 1953 card was rightly added in ATG8's most recent "expansion." I think Davis's 1962 card's time has come. It deserves a spot in ATG8. If you have a vote to spare, you might consider spending it on Davis.
It looks like Tommy Davis 1962 could use a little push, so here is....a word for Tommy Davis.
In 1962, young Dodger named Tommy Davis hit .346 with 27 HR and 153 RBI. Now 153 RBI seems like an extremely good total in any era, but in the 1960s, it was kind of mind boggling. I was a young baseball fan at the time, and I couldn't quite wrap my mind around that number. In fact, I'd never seen anything like it...and for many years, I would never see anything like it again.
In fact, Davis's 153 was the highest RBI total over nearly a fifty year period. Vern Stephens and Ted Williams each topped Davis's number with 159 in 1949. Then, forty-nine years later, in 1998, Sammy Sosa (158) and Juan Gonzalez (157) both topped Davis in the same year.
This means that throughout the 1950s, the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and most of the 1990s, Davis's 153 was the best single-season RBI total that baseball produced. In fact, over that period, the closest anyone came was Al Rosen's 145 in 1953.
So not only was Davis's 1962 season his best ever. It was also a historic season in its own right. Davis has other cards in ATG, but none of them represent him as his best.
Rosen's 1953 card was rightly added in ATG8's most recent "expansion." I think Davis's 1962 card's time has come. It deserves a spot in ATG8. If you have a vote to spare, you might consider spending it on Davis.