This is the first in a series of articles examining the lore of the pinstripes. In this piece, we’ll take a look at the five greatest offensive seasons in franchise history. In this list, a player can only appear once. Therefore, there will be just one season from “The Babe.” There will be just one season from Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, and other Yankees legends.
#5: Don Mattingly in 1986: .352/.394/.573, 31 HR, 113 RBI, 161 OPS+ in 162 games
Mattingly was looking to improve from his AL MVP-winning year of 1985–and he did just that!