I pretty much echo BTA's thoughts on this. Last year Weeks had an 850 OPS April, with May and July being terrible, June being below average, and followed with the scorching final 2 months. Hardy on the otherhand had a similar year but was very hot the first 2 months instead of the last 2, and very good again in September, but wound up with a lower OPS than Weeks. I'd be willing to bet almost every casual fan would tell you Hardy had a better year though, when in actuality Weeks slightly out-hit him. If you get off to a fast start people will overlook a couple of terrible ones in the middle, when it really doesn't matter at all if a player hits well in the beginning or end of the year.