Bret Saberhagen, SP (55.9 / 52.7)
Ended the 1999 season as the best fantasy pitcher in baseball: 23 W, 0.96 WHIP, 2.16 ERA, 193K. Two time 20-game winner and four time top-10 pitcher of the year. Seemed to have great seasons every other year, but never consecutively. Averaged 18 W, 1.06 WHIP, and a 2.83 ERA during his 5-year peak.
Best Score: 16.4 in 1989. Peak Avg: 10.5

73 - Edgar Martinez, DH (55.9 / 52.3)
A wonderful batter that perhaps was not as good as his reputation, in terms of fantasy baseball anyway. Martinez was feared immensely as his eight seasons with a 150+ OPS supports, but from a fantasy standpoint he didn’t accumulate enough counting stats to match his real-life accomplishments. Over his 5-year peak: .337, 109 R, 28 HR, 107 RBI, 5 SB.
Best Score: 13.7 in 1995. Peak Avg: 10.5

72 – Shawn Green, OF (56.0 / 52.3)
Green enjoyed a 4-year reign as a Top-10 outfielder. He reached the forty home run mark three times and twice drove in 120+ runners. He also stole 20 bases a year during his top-2 seasons making him a legitimate 4-tool threat for a while.
Best Score: 13.0 in 1999. Peak Avg: 10.5

71 – Darryl Strawberry, OF (56.1 / 53.9)
“Straw” never hit for average, limiting his fantasy ceiling somewhat. In addition, he only has two seasons of 100+ runs and three of 100+ RBI. What he did was consistently hit for plus power, reaching 24 ten times, including a nine-year streak from 1983 to 1991 where he averaged 31 per season. He had speed to, with on average 28 per season during his first 6 years in baseball.
Best Score: 12.9 in 1988. Peak Avg: 10.8

70 – Alan Trammell, SS (56.2 / 51.5)
The AL’s version of Barry Larkin and a better real-life player than a fantasy one. He lasted 19 seasons, though was only considered a better than average fantasy shortstop in 11 of them. 1987 was his best year: .343 AVG, 109 R, 28 HR, 105 RBI, 21 SB
Best Score: 13.7 in 1987. Peak Avg: 10.3

69 – Julio Franco, 2B (56.5 / 52.3)
Franco started as a shortstop and averaged 7.3 FBHOF points over his first 5 years in baseball at the position. In 1988 he moved to second base, flourished, and averaged 10.7 FBHOF points for his 4 years there. He moved to DH, had a 9 Point season in 1994, but then age caught up to him and he mustered a negative 14.8 FBHOF points during his remaining 7 seasons. In his early years was a Top-3 second basemen and Top-5 shortstop. Franco is one of those players that has quite an interesting “best stat” line for his career: .343 AVG (in 1991), 108 R (in 1991), 20 HR (in 1994), 98 RBI (in 1994), and 36 SB (in 1991).
Best Score: 13.4 in 1991. Peak Avg: 10.5

68 – Eric Davis, OF (56.5 / 54.4)
“Eric the Red’s” story is well known. One of most talented players to come along in a dozen years, Davis had incredible raw power and speed, a combination that caused Davis to sometimes be compared to a young Mickey Mantle. Injuries destroyed his career, so much so that he retired at the age of 32 thinking his body just couldn’t handle it. He did come back, but only to more of the same, and in 17 seasons never once reached 140 games and only reached 100 games in eight of them. It was a shame too. Davis accumulated 13.8 FBHOF points in 1987, finishing as the second best batter after batting .293 with 120 R, 37 HR, 100 RBI, and 50 SB. Yet he missed over a month of the season. The year before he hit 27 HR and stole 80 bases in just 132 games.

For the fun of it, prorating his ’86 and 87 seasons over 162 games:

1987: .293 AVG, 144 R, 45 HR, 120 RBI, 60 SB, 18.2 FBHOF Points
1986: .277 AVG, 114 R, 32 HR, 84 RBI, 94 SB, 15.6 FBHOF Points.

1987 would have ranked as the 4th best batting season in fantasy history.
Best Score: 12.7 in 1987. Peak Avg: 10.

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