TheRealMattKain

I noticed this too and was wondering if anyone else saw it. Baseball-reference now has it at 23 (with 2 more already tonight). 176 appears to be the record: http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/higs5.shtml

There were two polls. The first poll asked which contender would catch the division leader - this poll had the Rockies (!!) but NOTthe Brewers. The second poll (which I think is still up) asked which contender would fall apart - the Brewers were included in this poll (as were some team called the "Cadrdinals"). In both cases they managed to trash the Brewers.

I just got all those stats based off their 162 game averages on BR. Long time lurker posting here. Absolutely love this thread. Had to chime in here. You absolutely CANNOT use the baseball-reference 162 game average for pitchers to determine if pitchers started more games or less games during certain eras. The 162 game average for pitchers is normalized to a 34 game season (so, for example, if someone started 68 games back in 1898 that would count as two seasons for the 162 game average used on baseball-reference). Here is a link that clarifies the methodology: http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/pitch_glossary.shtml#162_avg Pitchers absolutely started more games and pitched more innings in the past: http://www.baseball-analysis.com/article.php?articleid=2627 Or, as the poster mentioned above, just browse through some pitchers from different eras and look at how many games they started and innings they pitched. Cy Young started over 40 games in a season 11 times during his career and pitched over 350 innings in a season 11 times in his career. No one has started 40 games in a season since Charlie Hough back in 1987 (since 1980 it's only been done twice). No one has pitched over 350 innings in a season since Wilbur Wood back in in 1973. Pitchers started more games and pitched more innings back in the early days of the game. This is indisputable.