By far his best year was with the last place Cubs in '87. He wasn't particularly outstanding in 1981 when the Expos made the playoffs
If you go by HR and RBIs, perhaps. If you're using more advanced stats (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dawsoan01.shtml?redir) (On-Base Average and Slugging, and considering the difference between playing in Montreal's Olympic Stadium vs. Wrigley Field...) then actually - 1981 is his best year, and by far. (Dawson was 2nd behind Schmidt in MVP voting) He also stole 26 bases in 30 attempts in a strike shortened year.
What hurts him is that his batting average wasn't very good and he didn't take walks - which mostly means he made way too many outs. As nice a guy he was, guys who lead the league in Outs don't help their team as much as they should.
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If you go by HR and RBIs, perhaps. If you're using more advanced stats (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dawsoan01.shtml?redir) (On-Base Average and Slugging, and considering the difference between playing in Montreal's Olympic Stadium vs. Wrigley Field...) then actually - 1981 is his best year, and by far. (Dawson was 2nd behind Schmidt in MVP voting) He also stole 26 bases in 30 attempts in a strike shortened year.
What hurts him is that his batting average wasn't very good and he didn't take walks - which mostly means he made way too many outs. As nice a guy he was, guys who lead the league in Outs don't help their team as much as they should.