To be in a "pitching era," we didn't see a lot of impact on pitching records last season. While scoring was up slightly from Season 35, Seasons 34-36 remain the lowest-scoring 3-season span in Hobbs history.
In such a low-scoring environment, I would've expected a bunch of new entries into the Top 5's in the qualitative categories. But the only one was Vic Merced's .184 BA Against, good for a tie for 3rd all-time.
We did have a couple of noteworthy counting-stat performances.
With a pretty decent age 40 (and final) season, Louis Wilson took over the career #1 spot in both innings pitched (4255) and strikeouts (3412). Hall of Fame credentials?
And, although I'm quick to add that wins don't mean much the way Sam Stock is used (except maybe that he plays on a good team), he did up the single-season wins mark to 42. A better indicator of his effectiveness is the fairly sizable leads he has as the career leader in all the qualitative stats. And he did pick up Cy Young #5 (in 7 seasons played), so he's actually on pace to match Itou's "major award" mark and maybe even break it given the longer careers of pitchers. Unlikely, though, given that I'm not likely to stick around through the end of Stock's career, and it's not likely other owners would use Stock the way I have.
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