I kept telling everyone I had a good offense last year, and the stats don't lie. I blew away the season records in homers and runs scored, and I also was close to
matching the JLB hit record that I already owned, placing second all-time.
That’s what I found when I plugged in my numbers into the
record book.
Then, I plugged in the Outs’ numbers, and it was all over.
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"Hmm, where's my glue?" Outs says, scanning his work bench covered in plastic airplane parts. "It's right here," I say, handing it over. "Jimmy?!" shouts Outs, who jumped a few feet in the air. "Jesus Christ, what the hell are you doing in my basement?" "Really? After last season, you have to ask why I'm in a basement below you? I should ask you, Mr. Champion, why you are down here." "Umm, I live here, and what the hell are you doing with my glue?" "I was gluing Choo's mouth shut." "Choo?" Outs says, now noticing him in the corner struggling to let out even a murmur. "Now what is HE doing here?" Outs asked. "Oh, he got lost. He was looking for Parker." |
In total, Outs set five new JLB records — in four instances,
spoiling it for others who would have set a new record if Outs would have just
gone on vacation for a few months or locked himself in his basement to make a
squadron of model F-35 fighter jets.
Of course, he didn’t do that because nobody needs the F-35.
Outs, in total, had 11 stats that fell into the JLB Top 5
all-time. Mind you, we are only an 11-by-11 league, and I only keep records for
18 categories.
He blew away the home run record, blasting 275 during the
regular season. Choo held the original record at 226, which I bested with my
231. Outs, that show-off, had to out-do me by 44.
Part of that had to do with the lineup he assembled, but
another part had to do with the numbers in baseball.
In the JLB record book (which I’m slowly expanding to Top
10, and it’ll take a few years for some categories to populate to 10) you’ll
notice that six teams in 2016 hit home run totals that were good enough to beat
out the Top 5 listed last year. It’s partially why I decided to expand to Top
10.
Running through the record book and finding this many homers
in one year made me wonder — were we just better at setting the “right”
lineups, or did MLB see a major boost in homers?
The answer, a combo of both, I think.
In 2016, MLB teams combined for 5,610 homers, which was a
701 increase from 2015. Runs (21,744, up 1,097) and RBIs (20,746, up 1,096)
were also up big, which explains the new records set in each.
Then again, triples saw several teams squeak into the
original Top 5, and MLB totals were down 66 triples from 2015 to 873 for the
year.
In total, 40 marks were good enough to crack the original
Top 5 in categories, and Outs owned 11 of them. Crox, who now owns the new JLB
record in hits with 1,566 — he just edged out Outs who had 1,561 — was second
with six “Top 5” records, and Cheese Steaks had five.
Here’s a look at the updated single-season records. (Note, 1. Some categories aren’t at 10 yet
and will take time to get there; 2. This is only regular season. Playoff totals
do not count toward overall season totals.)
Pitching Records, Season
|
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Ks
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
2,051
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
2
|
1,936
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2016
|
3
|
1,910
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
4
|
1,883
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
5
|
1,873
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
6
|
1,800
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2016
|
7
|
1,792
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2014
|
8
|
1,722
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2015
|
9
|
1,716
|
Big
League Choo
|
2015
|
QS
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
186
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
2
|
177
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
3
|
170
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2016
|
3
|
170
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2014
|
5
|
167
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2014
|
5
|
167
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2011
|
CG
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
20
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2010
|
2
|
17
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2011
|
3
|
16
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2011
|
4
|
15
|
Dolph's
Destroyers
|
2010
|
5
|
15
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
W
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
144
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
2
|
142
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
3
|
135
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
4
|
134
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2016
|
5
|
133
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2014
|
6
|
129
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2012
|
7
|
128
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2016
|
7
|
128
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
9
|
127
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2011
|
SV
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
139
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
137
|
Steroid.ERA
|
2014
|
3
|
119
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2010
|
4
|
118
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2015
|
5
|
114
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2010
|
6
|
107
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2016
|
7
|
105
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2013
|
7
|
105
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2011
|
HD
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
90
|
Jerkin'
My Kurkjian
|
2014
|
2
|
81
|
Jerkin'
My Kurkjian
|
2012
|
3
|
75
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
4
|
73
|
Big
League Choo
|
2016
|
5
|
69
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2014
|
5
|
69
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
7
|
68
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2012
|
7
|
68
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2013
|
ERA
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
3.051
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2014
|
2
|
3.25
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
3.25
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2013
|
4
|
3.272
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2011
|
5
|
3.369
|
Jerkin'
My Kurkjian
|
2014
|
6
|
3.372
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2013
|
Batting Records, Season
|
|||
Hits
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
1,566
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
2
|
1,561
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
3
|
1,559
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2014
|
4
|
1,514
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2016
|
5
|
1,513
|
NJ
Bombers
|
2010
|
6
|
1,498
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2012
|
7
|
1,482
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2014
|
8
|
1,478
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2015
|
Runs
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
921
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
822
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2016
|
3
|
805
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
4
|
804
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2016
|
5
|
803
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2009
|
6
|
801
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2012
|
7
|
796
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2016
|
8
|
792
|
Big
League Choo
|
2015
|
9
|
791
|
Steroid.ERA
|
2014
|
1B
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
1,033
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2014
|
2
|
1,011
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
3
|
1,010
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2016
|
4
|
1,006
|
Steroid.ERA
|
2015
|
5
|
1,000
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2010
|
6
|
999
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2015
|
7
|
994
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2014
|
2B
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
329
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2010
|
2
|
327
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2010
|
3
|
327
|
Crox
Sox
|
2016
|
4
|
324
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2014
|
5
|
320
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
6
|
314
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
7
|
308
|
Jimmyjam
Slammers
|
2009
|
7
|
308
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2015
|
3B
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
43
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2011
|
2
|
42
|
Big Ol'
Country Breakfast
|
2016
|
2
|
42
|
Big
League Choo
|
2015
|
4
|
39
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2016
|
4
|
39
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2010
|
6
|
38
|
Big
League Choo
|
2016
|
6
|
38
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2015
|
8
|
37
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2012
|
HR
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
275
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
231
|
JimmyJam
Slammers
|
2016
|
3
|
226
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2016
|
3
|
226
|
Big
League Choo
|
2015
|
5
|
225
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2012
|
6
|
224
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2016
|
7
|
221
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
8
|
218
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2009
|
9
|
216
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2016
|
10
|
212
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2016
|
RBIs
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
859
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
816
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
3
|
805
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2012
|
3
|
805
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2012
|
5
|
794
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2016
|
6
|
773
|
Vandelay
Industries
|
2012
|
7
|
765
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2009
|
BB
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
614
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
2
|
591
|
Philly
Cheese Steaks
|
2016
|
3
|
584
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2015
|
4
|
578
|
Team
Suck
|
2009
|
5
|
576
|
Team
Suck
|
2010
|
6
|
566
|
Stankinator
|
2009
|
7
|
564
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2016
|
8
|
562
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2012
|
SAC
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
80
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2009
|
2
|
78
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2012
|
3
|
74
|
Stankinator
|
2011
|
4
|
73
|
Graybill's
Generals
|
2009
|
5
|
71
|
Steroid.ERA
|
2015
|
SB
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
185
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2011
|
2
|
176
|
You're
Freaking Out
|
2016
|
3
|
165
|
Channel
9 News Team
|
2009
|
4
|
155
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2009
|
5
|
146
|
Steroid.ERA
|
2015
|
6
|
144
|
N.J.
Bombers
|
2012
|
AVG
|
Team
|
Year
|
|
1
|
0.296
|
Sex
Panthers
|
2009
|
2
|
0.2877
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2011
|
3
|
0.2871
|
JimmyJam
Slammers
|
2009
|
4
|
0.2856
|
Chief
Otto Parts
|
2012
|
5
|
0.2855
|
Gameday
Gamblers
|
2011
|
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