We just don't get many hitters getting into the top 5 of the single-season records in these days of the average team scoring 723 runs a season (last year's league-wide average).
A quick search shows the only players to crack the top 5 single season records in the last few years were Itou in Season 33 (.345/67/155), Ike Allen in Season 33 (.362/51/136, 222 hits, 101 extra-basehits), and Carlos Valdivia in Season 35 (.332/54/113, 216 hits, 103 extra-basehits). There might be a couple of others in there somewhere, so correct me if I missed somebody.
As near as I can tell with my limited willingness to research, no hitting seasons cracked the top 5 single-season records in any major categories last season.
Conversely, the single-season pitching records are coming to be dominated by recent or active pitchers.
In Season 37, Sam Stock and Kirk Marks both entered the top 5 in OBP Allowed: Stock at #4 with .238 and Marks at #5 with .246.
In Quality Starts, Paul Kinney of The Steam set a new single-season record with 32.
Stock hit the record books a second time with a .251 Slugging % Allowed (#2 all-time) and a third time with a .87 WHIP (#3 all-time).
Ya' think we're in a "pitching era"?
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