mike piazza out ops+d walker that year by a decent margin, maybe they're statistically progressive at the mlb network They claimed OPS+ was the major deciding factor, and they only chose one season per player, but they chose the best seasons for Cobb, Gherig and some others who didn't even have the best OPS+ of their careers for that selection. Even so, it didn't matter. McGwires '98 wasn't on there and there's a 31 point increase in OPS+ between him and Piazza. I think they were basing it on importance of position in relation to their overall numbers and OPS+. Which I can understand why they chose Piazza, but Walker did have a much better OPS than Piazza, but the whole Colorado effect I guess made them choose otherwise. Piazza had a 185 OPS+ while Walker had a 179, but Walkers OPS was 1.172 compared to Piazza's 1.069. Regardless, the list was jacked because they claimed they based it on OPS+ and they selected some seasons that weren't the best OPS seasons for the players chosen. IE Barry Bonds' 2001 (259) was chosen over his 2002 (268) or 2004 (263), mainly because of the home run record. Bleh, anyways. I love the show, and I love debating history