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The best single seasons by a right fielder, 2,028 qualified seasons since 1871, ranked by OPS+ (100 x OBP/lgOBP + SLG/lgSLG - 1, same league-season, no park adjustment). Swipe the table sideways on mobile; filter by era below.
Showing 160 of 160 ranked seasons
| # | Player | Year | Team | OPS+ | OBP | SLG | HR | RBI | SB | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babe Ruth | 1920 | NYA | 273 | .533 | .849 | 54 | 137 | 14 | 615 |
| 2 | Babe Ruth | 1923 | NYA | 252 | .545 | .764 | 41 | 131 | 17 | 699 |
| 3 | Babe Ruth | 1927 | NYA | 232 | .486 | .772 | 60 | 164 | 7 | 691 |
| 4 | Babe Ruth | 1924 | NYA | 230 | .513 | .739 | 46 | 121 | 9 | 681 |
| 5 | Babe Ruth | 1931 | NYA | 221 | .495 | .700 | 46 | 163 | 5 | 663 |
| 6 | Stan Musial | 1948 | SLN | 219 | .450 | .702 | 39 | 131 | 7 | 694 |
| 7 | King Kelly | 1886 | CHN | 218 | .483 | .534 | 4 | 79 | 53 | 534 |
| 8 | Aaron Judge | 2025 | NYA | 215 | .457 | .688 | 53 | 114 | 12 | 679 |
| 9 | Babe Ruth | 1930 | NYA | 214 | .493 | .732 | 49 | 153 | 10 | 676 |
| 10 | Babe Ruth | 1928 | NYA | 213 | .463 | .709 | 54 | 142 | 4 | 684 |
| 11 | Larry Walker | 1997 | COL | 211 | .452 | .720 | 49 | 130 | 33 | 664 |
| 12 | Bryce Harper | 2015 | WAS | 209 | .460 | .649 | 42 | 99 | 6 | 654 |
| 13 | Ty Cobb | 1909 | DET | 209 | .431 | .517 | 9 | 107 | 76 | 651 |
| 14 | Frank Robinson | 1966 | BAL | 206 | .410 | .637 | 49 | 122 | 8 | 680 |
| 15 | Sammy Sosa | 2001 | CHN | 205 | .437 | .737 | 64 | 160 | 0 | 711 |
| 16 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 1913 | CLE | 205 | .460 | .551 | 7 | 71 | 26 | 623 |
| 17 | Babe Ruth | 1932 | NYA | 205 | .489 | .661 | 41 | 137 | 2 | 589 |
| 18 | Orator Shafer | 1884 | SLU | 205 | .398 | .501 | 2 | — | 0 | 497 |
| 19 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 1912 | CLE | 204 | .458 | .579 | 3 | 90 | 35 | 653 |
| 20 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 1911 | CLE | 203 | .468 | .590 | 7 | 83 | 41 | 641 |
| 21 | Harry Heilmann | 1923 | DET | 200 | .481 | .632 | 18 | 115 | 9 | 626 |
| 22 | Chuck Klein | 1933 | PHI | 199 | .422 | .602 | 28 | 120 | 15 | 667 |
| 23 | Larry Walker | 1999 | COL | 199 | .458 | .710 | 37 | 115 | 11 | 513 |
| 24 | King Kelly | 1884 | CHN | 199 | .414 | .524 | 13 | 95 | 0 | 498 |
| 25 | Lip Pike | 1871 | TRO | 199 | .400 | .654 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 135 |
| 26 | Frank Robinson | 1967 | BAL | 196 | .403 | .576 | 30 | 94 | 2 | 563 |
| 27 | Gary Sheffield | 1996 | FLO | 194 | .465 | .624 | 42 | 120 | 16 | 677 |
| 28 | Babe Ruth | 1929 | NYA | 194 | .430 | .697 | 46 | 154 | 5 | 587 |
| 29 | Ed Swartwood | 1882 | PT1 | 194 | .371 | .489 | 4 | — | 0 | 350 |
| 30 | Stan Musial | 1943 | SLN | 193 | .425 | .562 | 13 | 81 | 9 | 701 |
| 31 | Stan Musial | 1949 | SLN | 192 | .438 | .624 | 36 | 123 | 3 | 721 |
| 32 | Reggie Jackson | 1969 | OAK | 192 | .410 | .608 | 47 | 118 | 13 | 677 |
| 33 | Mookie Betts | 2018 | BOS | 192 | .438 | .640 | 32 | 80 | 30 | 614 |
| 34 | Larry Walker | 2001 | COL | 191 | .449 | .662 | 38 | 123 | 14 | 601 |
| 35 | Harry Heilmann | 1927 | DET | 189 | .475 | .616 | 14 | 120 | 11 | 596 |
| 36 | Christian Yelich | 2019 | MIL | 189 | .429 | .671 | 44 | 97 | 30 | 580 |
| 37 | Al Kaline | 1967 | DET | 189 | .411 | .541 | 25 | 78 | 8 | 550 |
| 38 | Hank Aaron | 1963 | ML1 | 188 | .391 | .586 | 44 | 130 | 31 | 714 |
| 39 | Jose Bautista | 2011 | TOR | 188 | .447 | .608 | 43 | 103 | 9 | 655 |
| 40 | Hank Aaron | 1969 | ATL | 188 | .396 | .607 | 44 | 97 | 9 | 639 |
| 41 | Manny Ramirez | 2000 | CLE | 188 | .457 | .697 | 38 | 122 | 1 | 532 |
| 42 | Larry Walker | 1998 | COL | 188 | .445 | .630 | 23 | 67 | 14 | 524 |
| 43 | Frank Robinson | 1962 | CIN | 187 | .421 | .624 | 39 | 136 | 18 | 701 |
| 44 | Benny Kauff | 1914 | IND | 187 | .447 | .534 | 8 | 95 | 75 | 667 |
| 45 | Rocky Colavito | 1958 | CLE | 187 | .405 | .620 | 41 | 113 | 0 | 578 |
| 46 | Chuck Klein | 1932 | PHI | 186 | .404 | .646 | 38 | 137 | 20 | 711 |
| 47 | Stan Musial | 1944 | SLN | 186 | .440 | .549 | 12 | 94 | 7 | 667 |
| 48 | Mel Ott | 1936 | NY1 | 186 | .448 | .588 | 33 | 135 | 6 | 660 |
| 49 | Bryce Harper | 2021 | PHI | 186 | .429 | .615 | 35 | 84 | 13 | 599 |
| 50 | Tommy Holmes | 1945 | BSN | 185 | .420 | .577 | 28 | 117 | 15 | 713 |
| 51 | Gavvy Cravath | 1913 | PHI | 185 | .407 | .568 | 19 | 128 | 10 | 594 |
| 52 | Steve Evans | 1914 | BRF | 184 | .416 | .556 | 12 | 96 | 18 | 580 |
| 53 | Honus Wagner | 1900 | PIT | 184 | .434 | .573 | 4 | 100 | 38 | 580 |
| 54 | Mel Ott | 1939 | NY1 | 184 | .449 | .581 | 27 | 80 | 2 | 508 |
| 55 | Sam Thompson | 1895 | PHI | 183 | .430 | .654 | 18 | 165 | 27 | 576 |
| 56 | Sam Thompson | 1894 | PHI | 183 | .466 | .696 | 13 | 149 | 27 | 502 |
| 57 | Hank Aaron | 1959 | ML1 | 182 | .401 | .636 | 39 | 123 | 8 | 693 |
| 58 | Ty Cobb | 1908 | DET | 182 | .368 | .476 | 4 | 108 | 39 | 635 |
| 59 | Mel Ott | 1932 | NY1 | 181 | .424 | .601 | 38 | 123 | 6 | 673 |
| 60 | Dave Parker | 1978 | PIT | 181 | .394 | .585 | 30 | 117 | 20 | 642 |
| 61 | Roberto Clemente | 1967 | PIT | 181 | .400 | .554 | 23 | 110 | 9 | 632 |
| 62 | Gavvy Cravath | 1915 | PHI | 181 | .393 | .510 | 24 | 115 | 11 | 621 |
| 63 | Juan Soto | 2024 | NYA | 180 | .419 | .569 | 41 | 109 | 7 | 713 |
| 64 | Elmer Flick | 1900 | PHI | 179 | .441 | .545 | 11 | 110 | 35 | 623 |
| 65 | Dixie Walker | 1944 | BRO | 179 | .434 | .529 | 13 | 91 | 6 | 611 |
| 66 | Harry Lumley | 1906 | BRO | 179 | .386 | .477 | 9 | 61 | 35 | 554 |
| 67 | Mel Ott | 1944 | NY1 | 179 | .423 | .544 | 26 | 82 | 2 | 494 |
| 68 | Manny Ramirez | 1999 | CLE | 178 | .442 | .663 | 44 | 165 | 2 | 640 |
| 69 | Babe Ruth | 1933 | NYA | 178 | .442 | .582 | 34 | 103 | 4 | 575 |
| 70 | Babe Herman | 1930 | BRO | 177 | .455 | .678 | 35 | 130 | 18 | 699 |
| 71 | Aaron Judge | 2017 | NYA | 177 | .422 | .627 | 52 | 114 | 9 | 678 |
| 72 | Juan Soto | 2021 | WAS | 177 | .465 | .534 | 29 | 95 | 9 | 654 |
| 73 | Sam Crawford | 1911 | DET | 177 | .438 | .526 | 7 | 115 | 37 | 648 |
| 74 | Ty Cobb | 1907 | DET | 177 | .380 | .468 | 5 | 119 | 53 | 642 |
| 75 | Stan Musial | 1954 | SLN | 176 | .428 | .607 | 35 | 126 | 1 | 705 |
| 76 | Hank Aaron | 1967 | ATL | 176 | .369 | .573 | 39 | 109 | 17 | 669 |
| 77 | Gavvy Cravath | 1914 | PHI | 176 | .402 | .499 | 19 | 100 | 14 | 604 |
| 78 | Sam Thompson | 1887 | DTN | 176 | .416 | .565 | 10 | 166 | 22 | 586 |
| 79 | Jim O'Rourke | 1879 | PRO | 176 | .371 | .459 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 375 |
| 80 | Mel Ott | 1929 | NY1 | 175 | .449 | .635 | 42 | 151 | 6 | 674 |
| 81 | Rusty Staub | 1969 | MON | 175 | .426 | .526 | 29 | 79 | 3 | 673 |
| 82 | Mel Ott | 1934 | NY1 | 175 | .415 | .591 | 35 | 135 | 0 | 671 |
| 83 | Mel Ott | 1942 | NY1 | 175 | .415 | .497 | 30 | 93 | 6 | 664 |
| 84 | Frank Robinson | 1969 | BAL | 175 | .415 | .540 | 32 | 100 | 9 | 643 |
| 85 | Reggie Smith | 1977 | LAN | 175 | .427 | .576 | 32 | 87 | 7 | 603 |
| 86 | Elmer Flick | 1905 | CLE | 175 | .383 | .462 | 4 | 64 | 35 | 573 |
| 87 | Roberto Clemente | 1969 | PIT | 175 | .411 | .544 | 19 | 91 | 4 | 570 |
| 88 | Orator Shafer | 1878 | IN1 | 175 | .369 | .455 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 279 |
| 89 | Vladimir Guerrero | 2000 | MON | 174 | .410 | .664 | 44 | 123 | 9 | 641 |
| 90 | Larry Walker | 2002 | COL | 174 | .421 | .602 | 26 | 104 | 6 | 553 |
| 91 | Enos Slaughter | 1942 | SLN | 173 | .412 | .494 | 13 | 98 | 9 | 687 |
| 92 | Frank Robinson | 1964 | CIN | 173 | .396 | .548 | 29 | 96 | 23 | 662 |
| 93 | Frank Robinson | 1961 | CIN | 173 | .404 | .611 | 37 | 124 | 22 | 636 |
| 94 | Doc Gessler | 1908 | BOS | 173 | .394 | .423 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 507 |
| 95 | Tony Gwynn | 1994 | SDN | 173 | .454 | .568 | 12 | 64 | 5 | 475 |
| 96 | Paul O'Neill | 1994 | NYA | 173 | .460 | .603 | 21 | 83 | 5 | 443 |
| 97 | Ronald Acuña | 2023 | ATL | 172 | .416 | .596 | 41 | 106 | 73 | 735 |
| 98 | Pete Rose | 1969 | CIN | 172 | .428 | .512 | 16 | 82 | 7 | 728 |
| 99 | Sammy Sosa | 1998 | CHN | 172 | .377 | .647 | 66 | 158 | 18 | 722 |
| 100 | Bill Nicholson | 1943 | CHN | 172 | .386 | .531 | 29 | 128 | 4 | 684 |
| 101 | Cody Bellinger | 2019 | LAN | 172 | .406 | .629 | 47 | 115 | 15 | 660 |
| 102 | Giancarlo Stanton | 2014 | MIA | 172 | .395 | .555 | 37 | 105 | 13 | 638 |
| 103 | Ken Harrelson | 1968 | BOS | 172 | .356 | .518 | 35 | 109 | 2 | 612 |
| 104 | Chicken Wolf | 1890 | LS2 | 172 | .421 | .479 | 4 | 98 | 46 | 598 |
| 105 | Cal McVey | 1874 | BS1 | 172 | .360 | .481 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 344 |
| 106 | Vladimir Guerrero | 2002 | MON | 171 | .417 | .593 | 39 | 111 | 40 | 709 |
| 107 | Dale Murphy | 1987 | ATL | 171 | .417 | .580 | 44 | 105 | 16 | 693 |
| 108 | Gary Sheffield | 2003 | ATL | 171 | .419 | .604 | 39 | 132 | 18 | 678 |
| 109 | Sam Crawford | 1914 | DET | 171 | .388 | .483 | 8 | 104 | 25 | 674 |
| 110 | Hank Aaron | 1965 | ML1 | 171 | .379 | .560 | 32 | 89 | 24 | 639 |
| 111 | Tommy McCarthy | 1890 | SL4 | 171 | .430 | .467 | 6 | 69 | 83 | 625 |
| 112 | Willie Keeler | 1897 | BLN | 171 | .464 | .539 | 0 | 74 | 64 | 618 |
| 113 | Mike Tiernan | 1889 | NY1 | 171 | .447 | .497 | 10 | 73 | 33 | 600 |
| 114 | Danny Tartabull | 1991 | KCA | 171 | .397 | .593 | 31 | 100 | 6 | 557 |
| 115 | Roger Maris | 1961 | NYA | 170 | .372 | .620 | 61 | 142 | 0 | 698 |
| 116 | Bill Nicholson | 1944 | CHN | 170 | .391 | .545 | 33 | 122 | 3 | 686 |
| 117 | Reggie Jackson | 1980 | NYA | 170 | .398 | .597 | 41 | 111 | 1 | 601 |
| 118 | Reggie Smith | 1978 | LAN | 170 | .382 | .559 | 29 | 93 | 12 | 531 |
| 119 | Dwight Evans | 1981 | BOS | 170 | .415 | .522 | 22 | 71 | 3 | 504 |
| 120 | Lance Berkman | 2004 | HOU | 169 | .450 | .566 | 30 | 106 | 9 | 687 |
| 121 | Magglio Ordonez | 2007 | DET | 169 | .434 | .595 | 28 | 139 | 4 | 678 |
| 122 | Mike Donlin | 1908 | NY1 | 169 | .364 | .452 | 6 | 106 | 30 | 654 |
| 123 | Lance Berkman | 2011 | SLN | 169 | .412 | .547 | 31 | 94 | 2 | 587 |
| 124 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 1914 | CLE | 169 | .399 | .464 | 3 | 53 | 22 | 512 |
| 125 | John Cassidy | 1877 | HAR | 169 | .386 | .458 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 254 |
| 126 | Billy Williams | 1965 | CHN | 168 | .377 | .552 | 34 | 108 | 10 | 719 |
| 127 | Al Kaline | 1955 | DET | 168 | .421 | .546 | 27 | 102 | 6 | 681 |
| 128 | Frank Robinson | 1965 | CIN | 168 | .386 | .540 | 33 | 113 | 13 | 674 |
| 129 | Darryl Strawberry | 1988 | NYN | 168 | .366 | .545 | 39 | 101 | 29 | 640 |
| 130 | Elmer Flick | 1901 | PHI | 168 | .399 | .500 | 8 | 88 | 30 | 612 |
| 131 | Sam Crawford | 1902 | CIN | 168 | .386 | .461 | 3 | 78 | 16 | 609 |
| 132 | Ed Swartwood | 1890 | TL2 | 168 | .444 | .444 | 3 | 64 | 53 | 559 |
| 133 | Dave Winfield | 1979 | SDN | 167 | .395 | .558 | 34 | 118 | 15 | 686 |
| 134 | Jose Bautista | 2010 | TOR | 167 | .378 | .617 | 54 | 124 | 9 | 683 |
| 135 | Jose Canseco | 1988 | OAK | 166 | .391 | .569 | 42 | 124 | 40 | 705 |
| 136 | Sammy Sosa | 2000 | CHN | 166 | .406 | .634 | 50 | 138 | 7 | 705 |
| 137 | Hank Aaron | 1957 | ML1 | 166 | .378 | .600 | 44 | 132 | 1 | 675 |
| 138 | J. D. Drew | 2004 | ATL | 166 | .436 | .569 | 31 | 93 | 12 | 645 |
| 139 | Darryl Strawberry | 1987 | NYN | 166 | .398 | .583 | 39 | 104 | 36 | 640 |
| 140 | Moises Alou | 2000 | HOU | 166 | .416 | .623 | 30 | 114 | 3 | 517 |
| 141 | Mookie Betts | 2023 | LAN | 165 | .408 | .579 | 39 | 107 | 14 | 693 |
| 142 | Giancarlo Stanton | 2017 | MIA | 165 | .376 | .631 | 59 | 132 | 2 | 692 |
| 143 | Sammy Sosa | 2002 | CHN | 165 | .399 | .594 | 49 | 108 | 2 | 666 |
| 144 | Mike Tiernan | 1891 | NY1 | 164 | .388 | .494 | 16 | 73 | 53 | 614 |
| 145 | Sixto Lezcano | 1979 | ML4 | 164 | .414 | .573 | 28 | 101 | 4 | 566 |
| 146 | Jayson Werth | 2013 | WAS | 164 | .398 | .532 | 25 | 82 | 10 | 532 |
| 147 | Tony Gwynn | 1987 | SDN | 163 | .447 | .511 | 7 | 54 | 56 | 680 |
| 148 | Dave Parker | 1985 | CIN | 162 | .365 | .551 | 34 | 125 | 5 | 694 |
| 149 | Jose Bautista | 2014 | TOR | 162 | .403 | .524 | 35 | 103 | 6 | 673 |
| 150 | Jackie Jensen | 1958 | BOS | 162 | .396 | .535 | 35 | 122 | 9 | 655 |
| 151 | Pedro Guerrero | 1982 | LAN | 162 | .378 | .536 | 32 | 100 | 22 | 652 |
| 152 | Roger Maris | 1960 | NYA | 162 | .371 | .581 | 39 | 112 | 2 | 578 |
| 153 | Leon Durham | 1982 | CHN | 161 | .388 | .521 | 22 | 90 | 28 | 609 |
| 154 | Mel Ott | 1945 | NY1 | 161 | .411 | .499 | 21 | 79 | 1 | 532 |
| 155 | Michael Cuddyer | 2013 | COL | 160 | .389 | .530 | 20 | 84 | 10 | 540 |
| 156 | Bill Nicholson | 1942 | CHN | 159 | .382 | .476 | 21 | 78 | 8 | 673 |
| 157 | Ken Singleton | 1977 | BAL | 158 | .438 | .507 | 24 | 99 | 0 | 651 |
| 158 | Dave Winfield | 1988 | NYA | 158 | .398 | .530 | 25 | 107 | 9 | 631 |
| 159 | Jack Clark | 1980 | SFN | 157 | .382 | .517 | 22 | 82 | 2 | 524 |
| 160 | Bobby Bonilla | 1991 | PIT | 156 | .391 | .492 | 18 | 100 | 2 | 680 |
Single seasons with PA >= 3.1 x the league's scheduled games that year (the batting-title rule shape, applied era-consistently). Era adjustment is league-season normalization only, not park-adjusted; WAR-style value is tracked separately.
Legends Deck rates every right fielder using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning: the same fixed pipeline for every player.
Full methodology: How Legends Deck card ratings work. Or read the ranked breakdown: Best Right Fielders in MLB 2026.
The historical board above covers 1871-2025 and is built from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA): a season counts at a position when the player played the most games there that year, and seasons where pitching made up at least half of a player's games stay on the pitcher boards. Rankings use league-season-normalized OPS+ and ERA+ (no park adjustment); WAR-style value rankings are planned separately and not used here yet.