The New York Mets right fielder batted in just 54 runs and had a slugging percentage of .365 in '02.
He had only 61 at bats last season, but finished the year with a .328 average and slugging percentage of .590.
Mantle had achieved the highest Wins Above Replacement in the American League (9.8) as well as an On Base Plus Slugging Percentage of 1.035.
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That put him on pace to finish this season with more home runs (56) and a higher slugging percentage (.744) than any 20-year-old in major-league history.
General Manager Brian Cashman says that as long as Teixeira is hitting 30 homers, 100 RBI, and putting up a mid-.800s on-base plus slugging percentage, that's more than enough.
Leading the bunch is Minnesota's Justin Morneau, whose .342 batting average, 18 homers and 1.056 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) makes him baseball's most productive player during the first half of 2010.
For the moment, it's the socks used, game-worn (but washed) outer socks that come up to the knee, and Teixeira has seen his on-base plus slugging percentage rise 60 points since he put Sabathia's on.
From the old school (home runs, batting average, runs batted in, wins, earned run average) to the money ball school (on-base percentage, slugging percentage, wins over replacement player), there's more to feed the stat geek's appetite than ever.
Hitters were measured by six major offensive categories: batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, runs batted in and extra base hits (homers and extra base hits, since they're largely absorbed by slugging percentage, were given less weight).
Besides accomplishing this historic feat, Larkin also led the Reds during the season in games played (152), plate appearances (627), runs (117), home runs (33), runs batted in (89), on base percentage (.410), slugging percentage (.567) and stolen bases (36).
But the team holds the best record in baseball (along with the Cincinnati Reds), and it features a 19 year old (Bryce Harper) who, according to Tom Boswell of The Washington Post, was the best offensive player in baseball since August 29, leading the league in runs, extra-base hits, and on-base-plus-slugging percentage (1.106) with 10 homers.
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Baseball rules state a player needs to average 3.1 plate appearances for each of his team's games to become a batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion.
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