If you ask FanGraphs for the greatest seasons by WAR for hitters aged 24 or younger, the stats machine spits out a leaderboard starting with six Hall of Famers: Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Jimmie Foxx, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker.
The next name: Bobby Witt Jr.
Last year, Witt won a batting title, a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger, finished second in American League MVP voting and ended the Kansas City Royals’ eight-year playoff drought. He accumulated an astounding 10.4 fWAR. Witt, 24, has many more good years of baseball ahead of him. But he is running out of time for one thing: The Athletic’s All-Under-25 Team.
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