Can you name the (unique) modern era MLB players with the top 5 single season totals in these statistical categories? by baseball4825

Can you name the (unique) modern era MLB players with the top 5 single season totals in these statistical categories?

created by baseball4825

Enter a player (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named players will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: baseball-reference.com
NOTES: Only the best year is included for players who have multiple entries in the top 5 of a category, but the same player may appear under multiple categories. Modern era means 1900-present day.
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Hits
262 (2004)
257 (1920)
254 (1929)
254 (1930)
253 (1925)

Batting Average
.427 (1901)
.424 (1924)
.420 (1922)
.420 (1911)
.408 (1911)

Homeruns
73 (2001)
70 (1998)
66 (1998)
61 (1961)
60 (1927)

RBI
191 (1930)
184 (1931)
183 (1937)
175 (1938)
171 (1921)

Runs
177 (1921)
167 (1936)
158 (1930)
156 (1929)
155 (1930)

Stolen Bases
130 (1982)
118 (1974)
110 (1985)
104 (1962)
97 (1980)

At Bats
716 (2007)
705 (1980)
704 (2004)
701 (1984)
699 (1975)

Slugging %
.863 (2001)
.849 (1920)
.765 (1927)
.756 (1925)
.753 (1998)

Wins
41 (1904)
40 (1908)
37 (1908)
36 (1913)
35 (1904)

Losses
29 (1905)
27 (1910)
27 (1933)
27 (1901)
26 (Tie)

ERA
0.96 (1914)
1.04 (1906)
1.12 (1968)
1.14 (1909)
1.15 (1913)

Saves
62 (2008)
57 (1990)
55 (2003)
55 (2002)
53 (Tie)

Strikeouts
383 (1973)
382 (1965)
364 (1999)
349 (1904)
348 (1946)

Innings Pitched
464 (1908)
454 2/3 (1904)
434 (1903)
410 (1902)
392 2/3 (1915)

Games Started
51 (1904)
49 (1908)
49 (1972)
48 (1903)
46 (Tie)

Complete Games
48 (1904)
45 (1902)
44 (1903)
42 (1904)
42 (1908)

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MLB Single Season Top 5 (Modern Era) Quiz

by baseball4825

Created Jan 18, 2010 in Sports
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	baseball4825:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 02:49 GMT	1 point
	The bonus answers indicate players that are in the top 5 but did not qualify for this quiz, either because the record happened before the modern era or because they had a higher entry in the top 5. You can type "bonus" to see all the bonus answers if you want.

	baseball4825:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 02:51 GMT	1 point
	Also, if you like this quiz I made one for career records as well (note: that one does include pre-modern era players): http://www.sporcle.com/games/baseball4825/mlb_career_top_5

	adamnvillani:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 04:08 GMT	1 point
	Weird... a lot of the results showed up while I was taking the quiz, but not on the stats page. On the stats page, it's showing nobody getting any of a bunch of the pitching statistics. Regardless, I need to bone up on my circa-1930 hitters and my early-20th-century pitchers.

	dtro:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 04:20 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz, but it's a bit of a stretch to call those early 1900s pitchers part of the modern era. The game then was very unlike modern baseball.

	baseball4825:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 05:42 GMT	4 points
	@adamnvillani: I see that too, I'm not sure why that is but it does seem to be giving credit for those players so I don't know if there is anything I can do about it. @dtro: I do agree that baseball was different in the early 1900s, but baseball recognizes 1900 as being the beginning of the modern era. It's not a number I made up.

	jametz:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 09:37 GMT	3 points
	Great addition with allowing "BONUS" to give you the list of all of them.

	mflournoy:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 10:42 GMT	1 point
	Move all the bonus answers to the bottom. That's probably what's messing up the statistics.

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	wallyballz:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 15:33 GMT	0 points
	i also didnt think 1900's- 1930s would be considered modern era but what do i know. Bob Gibson putting up a 1.12 ERA in '68 is freaking sick btw,

	baseball4825:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 16:12 GMT	1 point
	@mflournoy: Thanks, that was the problem! I guess the stats will be screwed up for a while now but hopefully if enough people play it that will even out. @nwaldrip: Yea that is understandable, I was hoping there would be a better mix of new and old players on here, but maybe some people will find this quiz useful in learning who they are since they technically are the record holders. I might make another quiz like this though with more modern players that would be more enjoyable.

	mikeinpurple:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 16:29 GMT	1 point
	Hasn't Rickey Henderson had more than one triple-digit season for SB? Shouldn't he be a bonus answer then?

	baseball4825:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 18:10 GMT	1 point
	@mikeinpurple: Yes he has, but none of his other ones qualified in the overall top 5.

	willy1273:	Jan 19th, 2010 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	baseball, why dont his seasons of 108 & 100 SB count? you have seasons of 104 and 97 listed in the top 5. Same for Vince Colemans years of 109 & 107

	mellybmel:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 00:42 GMT	2 points
	Good one! Thank you!

	baseball4825:	Jan 20th, 2010 at 01:43 GMT	0 points
	@willy1273: Because it is the top 5 different players for each category, so Henderson and Coleman are only being displayed for their best season. I would put their other seasons as bonus answers, but then there would be waaaay too many (for example, there are 121 non-modern era players with higher games started totals than the #1 modern era player). So the bonus answers are reserved for displaying the players who are in the overall top 5, just in case people are curious about that.

	howard38:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 05:37 GMT	1 point
	Randy johnson's top strikeout year was 2001 with 372.