2026 MLB Season Thread
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That would be amazing but it's almost impossible to imagine Verlander banking another 34 wins. After looking at the list of active pitchers, I think that it is entirely possible that Verlander, Kershaw, and Max end up as the last 200 game winners in the major leagues. I guess you never know about someone like Skenes. Sale or Berrios (less likely) might get there if they pitc
Yep, when Verlander retires Randy Johnson will have locked up the answer to 'last 300 game winner' forever unless the game changes drastically involving the ruling on wins changing. Like if the win requirement for starters drops to 3 innings, and starters start throwing 3-5 inning starts 40+ times per season.
As it stands, I think at least one future 200 game winner is out there somewhere among the current active pitchers. But we will probably see times where the active leader in wins has like 128.
shawn green?
No on Shawn Green
1. Shohei Ohtani -- 113 in 2024, which I believe is the fifth highest single season total since WWII.
2. Ronald Acuna -- 114 in 2023.
3. Rickey Henderson -- seven times between 1980 and 1990.
4. Tim Raines --101 in 1983.
5. Lou Brock -- 121 in 1974
6. Vince Coleman -- three consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1987
7. Jose Reyes -- 90 exactly in 2007
8. Marquis Grisson -- 92 in 1992
9. Eric the Red -- 87 in 1986
10. Maury Wills -- 110 in 1962
I miscounted. There are only fourteen, so four to go. One is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, one is active, one did it in his rookie year and didn't win ROY, and the last player dropped out of high school and served several years in prison before being signed to a professional contract.
I meant to guess Elly.
1. Shohei Ohtani -- 113 in 2024, which I believe is the fifth highest single season total since WWII.
2. Ronald Acuna -- 114 in 2023.
3. Rickey Henderson -- seven times between 1980 and 1990.
4. Tim Raines --101 in 1983.
5. Lou Brock -- 121 in 1974
6. Vince Coleman -- three consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1987
7. Jose Reyes -- 90 exactly in 2007
8. Marquis Grisson -- 92 in 1992
9. Eric the Red -- 87 in 1986
10. Maury Wills -- 110 in 1962
11. Elly De La Cruz -- 92 in 2024
Three to go.
You guys really should get the HOFer. In his prime, he had six consecutive seasons with more than 70 HRs+SBs.
I don't think it's right, but Vlad?
Lindor, Carroll, and Jackson Holiday all out with hamate fractures. Seems suss
Was Billy Hamilton guessed ?
You guys really should get the HOFer. In his prime, he had six consecutive seasons with more than 70 HRs+SBs.
I can't imagine who it is and I've been looking at the all time steals list so I know who 2 of the remaining guys are who did it on steals alone.
Joe Morgan topped out at 87 when he had 27 homers/60 steals one year.
You have an error for Davis his total was 118 in 1987.
that orioles outfielder brady something that had one monster ped season
I want to say Juan Samuel, but doubt he ever got there.
Juan Samuel came close 15/72 for an 87 total in his 1st full season. Pretty meh career after that. We posted about him at exactly the same time lol I hadn't seen your post.
I really don't understand who we could be missing other than the 2 guys who stole over 90 bases in the same year that probably nobody would guess.
Here is another one. 34 players in the history of major league baseball have hit at least 50 HRs in a single season. Of those 34 players, four never had (or are yet to have) another season that was within 25 HRs of their best season. (In other words, if the player's best season was 60 HRs, that player had no other season with as many as 35 HRs.)
Who are these players?
Brady Anderson
Luis Gonzalez
Cal Raleigh
Juan Samuel came close 15/72 for an 87 total in his 1st full season. Pretty meh career after that. We posted about him at exactly the same time lol I hadn't seen your post.
I have friends who favorite players are still Juan Samuel and Von Hayes. Oddly enough, I have both of their autographs from Clearwater.
1. Shohei Ohtani -- 113 in 2024, which I believe is the fifth highest single season total since WWII.
2. Ronald Acuna -- 114 in 2023.
3. Rickey Henderson -- seven times between 1980 and 1990.
4. Tim Raines --101 in 1983.
5. Lou Brock -- 121 in 1974
6. Vince Coleman -- three consecutive seasons from 1985 to 1987
7. Jose Reyes -- 90 exactly in 2007
8. Marquis Grisson -- 92 in 1992
9. Eric the Red -- 87 in 1986
10. Maury Wills -- 110 in 1962
11. Elly De La Cruz -- 92 in 2024
12. Joe Morgan -- 26 and 67 in 1973
Two to go. Carnivore is correct that both are rabbits. I thought Juan Samuel had done it but I double checked and he topped out at 87. There are two more. One was a Pirate. The other was the guy who went to prison before playing in the MLB.
