Derrek Lee had a forgotten MVP type season in 2005

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The 2005 NL MVP was Albert Pujols.
And frankly, there's no real argument against Pujols that season.

He slashed .330/.430/.609 for a total OPS of 1.039
He had 41 HR and 117 RBI and led the NL with 129 Runs Scored. And he stole 16 bases.
His WAR value was 8.4 which is exceptional.

It may surprise people to know that Derrek Lee had an equally fantastic season in 2005.
He slashed .335/.418/.662 for a total OPS of 1.080.
He had 46 HR and 107 RBI and had 120 Runs Scored.
His WAR value was 7.7, hurt a bit because he wasn't quite as good as Albert defensively at the time.

Even so, Lee finished 3rd in the NL MVP voting that season behind Pujols and Andruw Jones.

Unfortunately, Lee's 2005 Cubs finished 4th in the NL Central going 73-89 while Pujols' Cardinals won the division with a 100-62 record.

Over the years, people have forgotten much about the 2000s decade and all most remember is how great Bonds, Pujols and A-Rod were. But a number of other players had fantastic performances and Derrek Lee's was one of them.

 

[Sohh_lifted]

D-Lee!!!! David Sampson and the marlins were wack trading him for hee sop choi, then using money to sign Carlos Delgado to essentially replace D-Lee void.

Marlins coulda had a nice potential another run at the world series if they just resigned Pudge. They literally brought back most of the time the following year, except for pudge. Signing Paul Lo Duca and shyt.

 

[Stop_It_5]

Not even a Cubs fan but it hurt me when that 97 win squad with Lee, Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Zambrano, etc got swept by the Manny Dodgers in the first round

 

[SoulController]

couldnt pitch to this mf when he was hot. saw him go 4-4 with 2 bombs in Philly one day

 

[malbaker86]

Lol I remember when Derek Lee had the glow for a bit. Looking back, shyt was so random. Not that he was a bum or anything, just random

 

[Brozay]

similar to Jermaine Dye's season in 2006, both always good players, but they exploded those career years

 

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similar to Jermaine Dye's season in 2006, both always good players, but they exploded those career years

I was afraid of Jermaine Dye back in that 2001 ALDS vs the Yankees (the one with the famous Jeter flip to home plate)

If I remember correctly, Dye was absolutely BEASTING with the A's (He wasn't hot in that series but I was afraid of him). But then he broke his leg in Game 4 and Oakland lost Game 5.

Damn shame.

 

[Brozay]

I was afraid of Jermaine Dye back in that 2001 ALDS vs the Yankees (the one with the famous Jeter flip to home plate)

If I remember correctly, Dye was absolutely BEASTING with the A's (He wasn't hot in that series but I was afraid of him). But then he broke his leg in Game 4 and Oakland lost Game 5.

Damn shame.

dont you worry, he still got his World Series MVP in '05

 

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couldnt pitch to this mf when he was hot. saw him go 4-4 with 2 bombs in Philly one day

I couldn't find this game. I wasn't trying to prove you wrong. I wanted to see when he did this. But based off his Home Run log at Baseball-reference, he didn't have a 2-homer game vs Philly.

To be fair, you said bombs, not necessarily HRs.

In any case, here are the 2 homer games of Jermaine Dye's career:

July 2, 1999: Two homers off Dwight Gooden
July 4, 1999: Two homers off Dave Burba
August 9, 1999: Two homers off Mark Portugal
September 14, 1999: One homer off Tim Belcher, one homer off Al Lavine
April 26, 2000: Two homers off Ryan Rupe
July 25, 2000: Two homers off Jim Parque
August 12, 2000: One homer off John Parrish, one homer off Mike Trombley
September 22, 2002: Two homers off Chan Ho Park
April 14, 2004: Two homers off RA dikkey
August 30, 2005: One homer off Edison Volquez, one homer off John Wasdin
April 25, 2006: One homer off Bobby Livingston, one homer off Jake Woods
June 1, 2006: One homer off Paul Byrd, one homer off Fernando Cabrera
July 8, 2006: Two homers off Josh Beckett
August 24, 2006: Two homers off Nate Robertson
April 27, 2007: One homer off Ervin Santana, one homer off Justin Speier
August 15: 2007: Two homers off Garrett Olson
August 2, 2007: One homer off Jeff Karstens, one homer off Kyle Farnsworth
May 21, 2008: One homer off Paul Byrd, one homer off Jorge Julio
June 19, 2008: One homer off Phil Dumatrait, one homer off John Grabow
August 23, 2008: Two homers off Scott Kazmir
September 23, 2009: One homer off Brian Duensing, one homer off Bobby Keppel

Jermaine Dye did play 9 games in his career vs the Phillies, hitting .367 with 1 homer and 5 doubles (OPS of 1.000)

 

[Sohh_lifted]

similar to Jermaine Dye's season in 2006, both always good players, but they exploded those career years

Jermaine Dye was a beast!

 

[Reggie]

Lee was a beast that season but he was just going against an all time great in Albert.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

similar to Jermaine Dye's season in 2006, both always good players, but they exploded those career years

Luis Gonzalez was a journeyman...Went to the D Backs in the early 2000's and started having 50+ HR seasons hitting well over .300...I wonder why his name don't come up in steroid allegations more?

 

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Luis Gonzalez was a journeyman...Went to the D Backs in the early 2000's and started having 50+ HR seasons hitting well over .300...I wonder why his name don't come up in steroid allegations more?

He was on the juice. But the media only focuses on Bonds/Manny/Arod because they were higher profile.

Hell I didn’t forget that Andy Pettitte was on PEDs.

So was Bret Boone. And to me there is no way Bagwell was clean either.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Luis Gonzalez was a journeyman...Went to the D Backs in the early 2000's and started having 50+ HR seasons hitting well over .300...I wonder why his name don't come up in steroid allegations more?

it was only one year. Granted he had other good seasons too and always was a good contact hitter but 50 home runs was just the one season in 2001 when he had a crazy 57 homers..

Why nobody remembers? Bonds had 71

 

[CHICAGO]

I couldn't find this game. I wasn't trying to prove you wrong. I wanted to see when he did this. But based off his Home Run log at Baseball-reference, he didn't have a 2-homer game vs Philly.

To be fair, you said bombs, not necessarily HRs.

In any case, here are the 2 homer games of Jermaine Dye's career:

July 2, 1999: Two homers off Dwight Gooden
July 4, 1999: Two homers off Dave Burba
August 9, 1999: Two homers off Mark Portugal
September 14, 1999: One homer off Tim Belcher, one homer off Al Lavine
April 26, 2000: Two homers off Ryan Rupe
July 25, 2000: Two homers off Jim Parque
August 12, 2000: One homer off John Parrish, one homer off Mike Trombley
September 22, 2002: Two homers off Chan Ho Park
April 14, 2004: Two homers off RA dikkey
August 30, 2005: One homer off Edison Volquez, one homer off John Wasdin
April 25, 2006: One homer off Bobby Livingston, one homer off Jake Woods
June 1, 2006: One homer off Paul Byrd, one homer off Fernando Cabrera
July 8, 2006: Two homers off Josh Beckett
August 24, 2006: Two homers off Nate Robertson
April 27, 2007: One homer off Ervin Santana, one homer off Justin Speier
August 15: 2007: Two homers off Garrett Olson
August 2, 2007: One homer off Jeff Karstens, one homer off Kyle Farnsworth
May 21, 2008: One homer off Paul Byrd, one homer off Jorge Julio
June 19, 2008: One homer off Phil Dumatrait, one homer off John Grabow
August 23, 2008: Two homers off Scott Kazmir
September 23, 2009: One homer off Brian Duensing, one homer off Bobby Keppel

Jermaine Dye did play 9 games in his career vs the Phillies, hitting .367 with 1 homer and 5 doubles (OPS of 1.000)

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT
DEREK LEE.



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