Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani have had seasons for the ages, separating themselves offensively from everyone else in the league, in a year off general offensive decline in baseball. The only closely competitive overall performance is by the young Kansas City Royal shortstop, Bobby Witt Jr, who combines sterling offense with top-notch defense.
In my stats post on August 24, I reported on Judge's performance over a 94 game stretch, but used some 100 game benchmarks for comparison. Aaron's best 100 game performance actually ended on August 28. During those one hundred games he batted .382, with on-base percentage of .517, while slugging .854 with 45 home runs and 105 RBI.
Meanwhile, Ohtani has had a incredible season, but his last eight games have seen as torrid a performance as any over a similar period in the game's history. Beginning with his 6 for 6 night against the Marlins, he has 24 hits in 34 at bats, along with 6 doubles, 6 home runs, and 7 stolen bases. He's hitting .706 and slugging 1.412. Shohei has been successful in his last 34 steal attempts and is 57 of 61 for the season. While not as prolific on the basepaths as Ohtani, Judge has stolen ten bases this season without being caught.
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