A couple other notes from my research doing this:
* The Brewers have quite an assortment of mediocre pitchers who had a good season. Among the top 15 seasons are Chris Bosio, Doug Davis, Ben McDonald, Chris Capuano, Moose Haas, and Jaime Navarro.
* Two years ago, Kevin Brown would have led for three teams, but Kershaw 2014 and 2015 passed him.
* The second-best Pirates pitching season was Rick Reuschel, which I would not have come up with, so good job whoever suggested him.
* Ubaldo had two pretty good years in Colorado, but everything after him is full of Cooks and Jenningses and Astacios. Astacio has the 5th and 10th best seasons and both seasons he had an ERA over 5.
* Clemens' best year in New York was only slightly worse than Melido Perez's best year there.
* In the list of contrived records that will never be broken, Sammy Sosa's three years of having 60+ home runs and not leading the league in any of them will probably hold up for a while.
* I don't remember watching Cal Ripken play too well; was he really one of the greatest defensive shortstops of all time? According to Fangraphs defensive stats, he has five of the top 30 fielding seasons of the last 35 years, including two better than Andrelton Simmons' best.
* The Brewers have quite an assortment of mediocre pitchers who had a good season. Among the top 15 seasons are Chris Bosio, Doug Davis, Ben McDonald, Chris Capuano, Moose Haas, and Jaime Navarro.
* Two years ago, Kevin Brown would have led for three teams, but Kershaw 2014 and 2015 passed him.
* The second-best Pirates pitching season was Rick Reuschel, which I would not have come up with, so good job whoever suggested him.
* Ubaldo had two pretty good years in Colorado, but everything after him is full of Cooks and Jenningses and Astacios. Astacio has the 5th and 10th best seasons and both seasons he had an ERA over 5.
* Clemens' best year in New York was only slightly worse than Melido Perez's best year there.
* In the list of contrived records that will never be broken, Sammy Sosa's three years of having 60+ home runs and not leading the league in any of them will probably hold up for a while.
* I don't remember watching Cal Ripken play too well; was he really one of the greatest defensive shortstops of all time? According to Fangraphs defensive stats, he has five of the top 30 fielding seasons of the last 35 years, including two better than Andrelton Simmons' best.
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