V-Ratings – Best of the Decades 1900 to 1929

by James Vlietstra

July 21, 2021

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Here are some of the greatest seasons of each decade.

Some of these seasons include Triple Crown winners, 40/40 seasons and other random seasons that are generally considered some of the greatest of all time.

These are how they rank according to V-Rating:

1900s

1. 1909 Ty Cobb 1.013

2. 1905 Honus Wagner .992

3. 1908 Honus Wagner .987

4. 1906 Nap Lajoie .809

1910s

1. 1911 Ty Cobb 1.192

2. 919 Babe Ruth 1.083

3. 1910 Ty Cobb 1.033

4. 1915 Ty Cobb 1.012

5. 1917 Ty Cobb 1.009

6. 1912 Tris Speaker .984

7. 1914 Tris Speaker .872

8. 1910 Eddie Collins .834

9. 1917 Roger Hornsby .731

1920s

1. 1921 Babe Ruth 1.300

2. 1920 Babe Ruth 1.275

3. 1927 Babe Ruth 1.208

4. 1927 Lou Gehrig 1.201

5. 1925 Roger Hornsby 1.195

6. 1926 Babe Ruth 1.182

7. 1923 Babe Ruth 1.162

8. 1928 Babe Ruth 1.145

9. 1929 Babe Ruth 1.139

10. 1922 Roger Hornsby 1.120

11. 1924 Babe Ruth 1.117

12. 1929 Roger Hornsby 1.109

13. 1927 Al Simmons 1.098

14. 1920 George Sisler 1.049

15. 1929 Al Simmons 1.049

16. 1923 Harry Heilmann 1.043

17. 1927 Harry Heilmann 1.041

18. 1922 Babe Ruth 1.037

19. 1921 Roger Hornsby 1.033

20. 1928 Jim Bottomley 1.032

21. 1924 Roger Hornsby 1.029

22. 1921 Ty Cobb 1.025

23. 1925 Kiki Cuyler 1.010

24. 1927 Roger Hornsby 1.009

25. 1929 Lefty O’Doul .994

26. 1925 Al Simmons .937

27. 1925 Ty Cobb .912

28. 1925 Babe Ruth .850