Now hold on just a second. Before we fully lose ourselves in the loving arms of the 2020 postseason, let's take one final moment to pay tribute to the top performers of the 2020 regular season. In doing so, let's pay particular heed to those who broke or came tantalizingly close to breaking all-time records for those who played no more than 60 games or pitched no more than a 60-game season's worth of innings. Astute readers may recall that . Spoiler: One moundsman very central to the first day of postseason color television intrigue has now barged his way into said record book.Now on with the leaders and their historical standing. First up, the hitters. Again, for the historical reference point, we're citing records for those hitters who played no more than 60 games during the season in question.2020 leader: Conor Sheary Jersey 68, , All-time 60-game record: 81, Reb Ru sell, , 1922It was an outstanding season for the D.C. shortstop, who batted .335/.394/.588 in 2020. However, he didn't really sniff Ru sell's record for a 60-game season. 2020 leader: .364, , All-time 60-game record: .374, Earle Brucker, , 1938LeMahieu became the , but he fell short of the 60-game single-season record.2020 leader: 212, , NationalsPrevious all-time 60-game record: 188, Willie McCovey, , 1959 Here we have our first record-breaker of 2020. Soto, who's still just 21 years of age, absolutely destroyed the ball in 2020, as Evan Rodrigues Men Jersey evidenced by that lofty OPS+. Given what he's already accomplished at the highest level, Soto is worthy succe sor to the Hall of Famer McCovey.2020 leader: 22, , YankeesAll-time 60-game record: 24, , AthleticsVoit was a huge and stabilizing presence in the Yankee lineup this season. En route to slugging .610, Voit cracked those 22 homers above. He just mi ses Olson's record for a 60-game season. 2020 leader: 23, , Previous all-time 60-game record: 18, Bubba Trammel, Devil , 1998; , , 2019Freeman, who may be the NL MVP frontrunner, pretty well crushed the existing 60-game record for two-baggers. That tally put him on pace for 62 doubles acro s the usual 162-game season.2020 leader: 6, Carter Hutton Women Jersey , All-time 60-game record: 8, Reb Ru sell, Pirates, 1922 It is not and has not been for some time a triples era, but Tucker worked against those trends and came within sniffing distance of the record. The 23-year-old Tucker was one of the few bright spots for the Astros this season, as he slashed .268/.325/.512.2020 leader: 60, , All-time 60-game record: 75, Reb Ru sell, Pirates, 1922Abreu, the White Sox's philosopher-king, was one of the most productive hitters in baseball this season, but he wound up well shy of Ru sell's ribbie total. 2020 leader: 51, Freddie Freeman, BravesAll-time 60-game record: 51, Reb Ru sell, Pirates, 1922And we have a tie. Look, you don't sniff the likes of 1922 Reb Ru sell unle s you've had one hell of year. That certainly describes Freddie Perilous.2020 leader: 24, , All-time 60-game record: 16, Eric Davis, Justin Bailey Women Jersey , 1985 The KC shortstop is nothing if not an entertaining throwback, and he indeed dominated the stolen base record for a 60-game season. Mondesi, however, also led the majors in times caught stealing with eight.2020 leader: 90, , All-time 60-game record: 96, , , 2014Despite the high strikeout total, Sano with 13 homers and a 104 OPS+ was still a somewhat useful hitter in 2020. 2020 leader: 3.4, , Previous all-time 60-game record: 3.3, Brett Lawrie, Blue Jays, 2011Is Betts the new best player in baseball? That's a reasonable question to ask these days. He'll certainly challenge Freeman for the NL MVP award, and he's now the record-holder for WAR in a 60-game season.Now let's turn the pitching side of the ledger. By way of reminder, pitchers this season must have logged at least 60 innings to quality for rate-based leaderboards like ERA. In determining the all-time 60-game records for pitchers, we limited our pool of eligibles to those with no more than 12 starts in a season (and for rate-based metrics, at least 60 IP -- the qualifying figure for 2020). For relievers, we'll limited it to those with no more than 25 appearances in a season. 2020 leader: 8 Rasmus Ristolainen Men Jersey , , All-time 60-game record: 9, Ken Holtzman, Cubs, 1967Bieber, the runaway favorite for AL Cy Young honors, came up just short here, but we've not heard the last of him.2020 leader: 122, Shane Bieber, IndiansPrevious all-time 60-game record: 92, , Nationals, 2010 Yep, Bieber completely incinerated this particular record. Second to Bieber this season was , but he's all the way back at 104 strikeouts.2020 leader: 15, , ; , PiratesAll-time 60-game record: 18, , , 2019Boyd and Williams mercifully mi s out on making 60-game history in this instance. In related matters, Boyd and Williams this season combined to allow 88 runs in 115 2/3 innings. Not optimal!2020 leader: 16, , IndiansPrevious all-time 60-game record: 13, Ryan Kohlmeier, , 2000The record now belongs to the Cleveland lefty Hand, who was a Dylan Cozens Kids Jersey perfect 60 for 60 in save opps while also striking out 29 batters against just four walks in 22 innings.2020 leader: 1.63, Shane Bieber, IndiansPrevious all-time 60-game record: 1.64, Josh Johnson, , 2011Bieber, who as you may have already figured out won the pitcher's triple crown this season, now has the lowest ERA ever acro s no more than 12 starts. Bieber allowed one or zero runs in seven of his 12 starts in 2020.2020 leader: 3.2, Shane Bieber, IndiansAll-time 60-game record:3.8, Cliff Curtis, Doves (Braves), 1909Not quite for Mr. Bieber on this one, but overall it's clear he also merits some consideration for AL MVP laurels in addition to becoming -- a suming common sense prevails -- the unanimous choice for the Cy Young.Speaking off all things Shane Bieber, he'll be in action against the cloutin' Yankees on Tuesday as the postseason gets underway.OK, now let's have some playoffs.