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Reply With QuoteWow, and especially with that stat being something hard to get like shutouts. That is remarkable.
Has anyone else ever led each league in any one stat in the same season?
Wow, and especially with that stat being something hard to get like shutouts. That is remarkable.
Technically he's tied with Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee for shutouts in the AL.
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Tied or not, still at the top and that's impressive. And/or very telling of how pitchers are handled today. Sabbathia is quite a luxury.
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He is also first in the NL and 2nd in the AL in CGHas anyone else ever led each league in any one stat in the same season?
I think shutouts are one of the few stats where someone can lead both leagues in the same year. It has to be something where the leader has a very low total, or there is no way someone can lead both leagues in it. Something like shutouts, maybe triples, etc.
I tried to find some players that COULD have done it (had they been traded mid-season).
Maury Wills could have done it with stolen bases in 1962. 104 SBs - no one else in MLB had more than 32.
Babe Ruth with 29 HRs in 1919. Next highest was 12.
Bonds with 120 IBBs in 2004. Next highest was 26.
He's the first guy to lead in both leagues, although with a total of 2 needing to lead the NL, its not as impressive as it first appears. Still the last time someone throw more than 5 shutouts was in '89, so well done CC!
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In 1945 Hank Borowy lead the NL in winning percentage with .846 on an 11-2 record for the Chicago Cubs. He was 6th in the AL with .667 on his 10-5 record for the New York Yankees before an inexplicable waiver deal that allowed the Cubs to obtain him. This after he had been selected to the 1945 AL All-Star team! (He did not pitch in the game.) He was selected as the *NL* Pitcher of the Year by the Sporting News yet was on the *AL* All-Star squad. I think it will be awhile before that is done again.
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Reminds me of Carlos Beltran in the 2004 All Star Game, who played for the Astros in the game, despite being selected in the American League with the Royals.
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Slight threadcrap here, but does anybody remember back in the good old days (perhaps as recently as the early 1980s) when the Sporting Nedws Official Guides had a curious stat called "Tandem Shutouts"?
With the virtual death of Complete Games today, the Complete Game Shutout which can actually be credited to a single pitcher is quite a rarity!
C. C. has fortunately revived the concept of Complete Games......
I wouldnt say he has revived it. 5 in one season even just 15 years ago would have been nothing worth mentioning. Its only in the 21st century that we've seen 3 or even 3 complete games be enough to lead the league.
Bob, he had a total of 10 Complete Games (3 Cleveland and 10 Milwaukee), and 5 shutouts (2 Cleveland, 3 Milwaukee). The last time one major league pitcher had double figures in complete games for a season was Randy Johnson 9 seasons ago.
In this day of 100-pitch limits and other methods of pampering starters, that's quite a feat!
