Lowest OPS by a RF in a Season Since 1920

As for all the positions: the explanation of why I chose to look at seasons since 1920 can be found here. The short story is I wanted to avoid the low-power years of the deadball era while compiling lists of poor-hitting position players.

Qualifiers also remain the same: the player must have qualified for the batting title during the season while playing 75% or more of his games in right field.

The Top 20:

Name	Year	Team	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Stan Benjamin	1941	PHI	508	.235	.266	.325	.591
Nemo Liebold	1920	CHW	480	.220	.316	.281	.597
Dave May	1974	MIL	515	.226	.273	.325	.598
Mike Hershberger	1964	CHW	510	.230	.308	.290	.598
Max Marshall	1943	CIN	555	.236	.287	.313	.600
Mike Hershberger	1965	KCA	541	.231	.289	.312	.601
Cliff Heathcote	1923	CHC	431	.249	.298	.308	.606
Cory Snyder	1989	CLE	518	.215	.251	.360	.611
Ron Fairly	1967	LAD	554	.220	.295	.321	.616
Tommy Thompson	1934	BSN	369	.265	.300	.318	.618
Earl McNeely	1928	SLB	552	.236	.299	.319	.618
Johnny Barrett	1943	PIT	329	.231	.316	.303	.619
Don Mueller	1956	NYG	474	.269	.290	.333	.623
Adam Comorosky	1934	CIN	491	.258	.315	.312	.627
Tommy Griffith	1924	BRO	531	.251	.300	.330	.630
Mike Hershberger	1967	KCA	537	.254	.314	.317	.631
Ron Northey	1942	PHI	433	.251	.300	.331	.631
Chuck Workman	1944	BSN	473	.208	.287	.344	.631
Steve Finley	1990	BAL	513	.256	.304	.328	.632
Lou Finney	1935	PHA	434	.273	.307	.329	.636

Mike Hershberger is the only repeat offender, showing up three times. He had a career OPS of .644, a number that was better than only twenty-six single seasons. Over the entire time period, 105 seasons had an OPS under .700 but only four of these took place since 2000. These players are the futile four:

• Jeromy Burnitz, 2002, .676
• Terrence Long, 2003, .678
• Bobby Higginson, 2003, .689
• Roger Cedeno, 2003, .698

The lowest OPS put up by a qualifying right fielder in 2007 was the .724 put up by rookie (barely) Delmon Young of the Devil Rays. He finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting anyway, so I guess it didn't have a big impact on the perception of him as a player.