Betts and Bogaerts - 2015 season was historic

There has been a lot of early season negative talk about your 2016 Red Sox. Let's take a breather and focus on some positives. Maybe this will turn your frown upside down.

Both Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts had seasons for the ages in 2015 as 22 years old.

First Xander Bogaerts. There are 10 players and 11 seasons (Trout twice) in the last 50 years (1965-2015) that have hit .320 or better and had more than 75 RBI's while being 22 years of age or younger.

Of the 9 players besides Bogaerts, you could argue that there are seven superstars (Trout, Harper, Pujols, Rodriguez, Cabrera, Cedeno and Griffey) plus a solid major leaguer in McCann. The only other name on the list is Pablo Sandoval. Wait. What? Regardless, an impressive list.

Here are their numbers.

PLAYER	YEAR	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Bryce Harper	2015	WSN	143	485	116	166	35	1	41	95	0.342	0.471	0.672	1.144
Alex Rodriguez	1996	SEA	146	601	141	215	54	1	36	123	0.358	0.414	0.631	1.045
Albert Pujols	2001	STL	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	130	0.329	0.403	0.610	1.013
Mike Trout	2013	LAA	157	589	109	190	39	9	27	97	0.323	0.432	0.557	0.988
Mike Trout	2012	LAA	139	559	129	182	27	8	30	83	0.326	0.399	0.564	0.963
Brian McCann	2006	ATL	130	442	61	147	34	0	24	93	0.333	0.388	0.572	0.961
Miguel Cabrera	2005	FLA	158	613	106	198	43	2	33	116	0.323	0.385	0.561	0.947
Pablo Sandoval	2009	SFG	153	572	79	189	44	5	25	90	0.330	0.387	0.556	0.943
Ken Griffey	1991	SEA	154	548	76	179	42	1	22	100	0.327	0.399	0.527	0.926
Cesar Cedeno	1972	HOU	139	559	103	179	39	8	22	82	0.320	0.385	0.537	0.921
Xander Bogaerts	2015	BOS	156	613	84	196	35	3	7	81	.0.320	0.355	0.421	0.776

Now Mookie Betts. There are 8 players and 11 seasons (Rodriguez, Trout, Cedeno did it twice) in the last 50 years (1965-2015) that have had a season of 15+ HR's, 20+ SB with a BA of .290 or better while 22 or younger.

Of the 7 players besides Betts, you could argue that there are three superstars (Trout, Rodriguez and Cedeno) three solid major leaguers (Ramirez, Beltran, Justin Upton) and one average player (Melvin Upton.

Here are the numbers.

PLAYER	YEAR	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB
Mike Trout	2013	LAA	157	589	109	190	39	9	27	97	0.323	0.432	0.557	0.988	33
Mike Trout	2012	LAA	139	559	129	182	27	8	30	83	0.326	0.399	0.564	0.963	49
Cesar Cedeno	1972	HOU	139	559	103	179	39	8	22	82	0.320	0.385	0.537	0.921	55
Alex Rodriguez	1998	SEA	161	686	123	213	35	5	42	124	0.310	0.360	0.560	0.919	46
Cesar Cedeno	1973	HOU	139	525	86	168	35	2	25	70	0.320	0.376	0.537	0.913	56
Justin Upton	2009	ARI	138	526	84	158	30	7	26	86	0.300	0.366	0.532	0.899	20
Melvin Upton	2007	TBD	129	474	86	142	25	1	24	82	0.300	0.386	0.508	0.894	22
Alex Rodriguez	1997	SEA	141	587	100	176	40	3	23	84	0.300	0.350	0.496	0.846	29
Hanley Ramirez	2006	FLA	158	633	119	185	46	11	17	59	0.292	0.353	0.480	0.833	51
Mookie Betts	2015	BOS	145	597	92	174	42	8	18	77	0.291	0.341	0.479	0.820	21
Carlos Beltran	1999	KCR	156	663	112	194	27	7	22	108	0.293	0.337	0.454	0.791	27