As soon as a 60-game baseball season was made official, the consternation began over how to handle teams playing 102 fewer games than they would in a normal year. What would the leaderboard look like? With the regular season having wrapped up on Sunday, we finally have some answers, and a few things to debate. How we interpret these numbers going forward is up to each individual fan — though, it should be noted, baseball emphatically does not deal in asterisks. To help give some context to a leaderboard that is a bit hard to reconcile, here is a breakdown of some of the more interesting accomplishments of the season, many of which are adjusted to what they might have looked like in a full season.
Source: New York Times September 28, 2020 15:11 UTC