Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons At 3rd Base
By Phil Watson
1. Jim Ray Hart, 1966
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 24 | 156 | 636 | 88 | 165 | 23 | 4 | 33 | 93 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 75 | .285 | .342 | .510 | .853 | 130 |
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Generated 2/17/2014.
Hart earned his only All-Star nod in 1966, when he posted career highs in homers and slugging percentage.
He was ninth in the National League with a 5.5 Offensive WAR and 10th with a 6.6 WAR (sixth among position players).
Hart was also sixth in the league with 33 home runs and eighth with 60 extra base hits and 17.5 at-bats per homer. He did lead the circuit by grounding into 23 double plays.
He was second among NL third basemen with 33 home runs and third with a .285 batting average, 93 RBI, 88 runs, 23 doubles, a .510 slugging percentage and .853 OPS.
His power tailed off after the All-Star break, with 20 homers in 83 games in the first half, but had 15 doubles and 13 long balls in 73 games afterward, so it wasn’t a significant drop in production.