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Hail to the leaders
2008-07-14 15:15
by Bob Timmermann

The leader or leaders in each league

  • Hitting per AB: Chipper Jones, .376; Ian Kinsler, .337
  • Onbasing per PA: Jones, .472; Milton Bradley, .440
  • Bases per AB: Lance Berkman, .653; Bradely, .610
  • 2 + 3: Berkman, 1.096; Bradley, 1.049
  • Showing up: Ryan Howard, 96; Justin Morneau, Dustin Pedroia, Ichiro Suzuki, Raul Ibanez, 95
  • Coming to bat when it "counts": Cristian Guzman, 403; Kinsler 398
  • Coming to bat: Kinsler, 452; Jose Reyes, 441
  • Crossing the plate: Kinsler, 84; Hanley Ramirez, 80
  • Hitting 'em where they ain't: Kinsler, 134; Guzman, 126
  • Touching a lot of bases: Berkman, 218; Kinsler, 218
  • Earl Webb rests easy: Kinsler, 34; Nate McLouth, 33
  • Owen Wilson doesn't even bother checking anymore: Reyes, 10; Brian Roberts, 8
  • Barry Bonds scoffs: Howard, 28; Sizemore, 23
  • Hack Wilson sleeps it off again: Josh Hamilton, 95; Howard, 84
  • "He's too lazy to swing the bat": Pat Burrell and Adam Dunn, 69; Jack Cust, 67
  • "Boy, what a swing! Strike three!": Howard, 129; Cust, 114
  • "Stop, thief!": Willy Taveras, 39; Jacoby Ellsbury, 35
  • "One, please": Suzuki, 102; Ryan Theriot, 97
  • "So what's a good number in this? Over 100?": Jones, 189; Bradley, 180
  • Creative runs: Berkman, 100; Kinsler, 92
  • Runs checked by an insurance company: Berkman, 45; Bradley, 34
  • Winners at the plate: Berkman, 4.2; Bradley 3.9
  • Overall greediness in base hits: Berkman and McLouth, 55; Kinsler, 52
  • "He gets on base a lot": Kinsler, 177; Berkman, 176
  • Percentage of wins at bat: Jones, .841; Bradley, .803
  • "OUCH": Jason Giambi, 14; Kevin Kouzmanoff, 12
  • The ultimate sacrifice, until the next time up: Aaron Cook and Ryan Dempster, 11; Jamey Carroll and Alexi Casilla, 7
  • "I really meant to do that": Hamilton and Jose Lopez, 9; Bengie Molina, 9
  • "They're afraid of me": Albert Pujols, 22; Vladimir Guerrero, 11
  • Two for the price of one: Derrek Lee, 19; Lyle Overbay and Jhonny Peralta, 15
  • "I've got the culprit here": B.J. Upton, 11; Reyes, 10
  • The Bobby Bonds Memorial Metric: Ramirez, 23.0; Sizemore, 22.5
  • Making contact: Yadier Molina, every 19.7 ABs; Yuniesky Betancourt, every 16.3
  • Making contact that goes far: Dunn, every 11.2 ABs; Giambi, every 13.7
  • Helping the games end: Short Chris Young, 305; Orlando Cabrera, 300
  • "I only feel a little bit responsible": Justin Duchscherer, 1.82; Edinson Volquez, 2.29
  • Joe Morgan's stat: Brandon Webb, 13; Cliff Lee and Joe Saunders, 12
  • A high percentage of Joe Morgan approved stats: Daisuke Matsuzaka, .900; Tim Lincecum and Kyle Lohse, .846
  • WHIPped into shape: Duchscherer, .865; Dan Haren, .955
  • "You can't hit what you can't catch": Duchscherer, 5.88; Volquez, 6.88
  • "Thou shalt not pass": Roy Halladay, 1.29; Haren, 1.58
  • "Take a seat at this rate": Chad Billingsley, 9.9; A.J. Burnett, 8.93
  • "Tonight's call to the bullpen ...": Blaine Boyer, 51; Sean Green, 48
  • Usually the last three outs: Francisco Rodriguez, 38; Jonathan Papelbon and George Sherrill, 28
  • Overeaters: Halladay, 146 1/3; Cole Hamels 142 2/3
  • "Take a seat, overall": CC Sabathia, 137 (in both leagues); Lincecum, 135; Burnett, 126
  • "Taking the ball": Lots of guys with 20
  • Finishing what you started: Halladay, 7; Ben Sheets, 3
  • Nothing but zeroes: Six guys with 2
  • "Look at it go!": Brett Myers, 24; Paul Byrd, 23
  • Getting squeezed by the umps excessively: Tom Gorzelanny and Ubaldo Jimenez, 61; Burnett, 57
  • Letting them hit it where they ain't: Livan Hernandez, 173; Aaron Cook, 147
  • 3:4: Halladay, 5.76; Haren, 5.09
  • Negative Joe Morgan stats: Joe Blanton, 12; Barry Zito, 12
  • I have a lot I'm responsible for: Hernandez, 73; Mark Hendrickson, 72
  • "Just a little outside": Jimenez, 13; Daniel Cabrera, 11
  • "Back off!": Cabrera, 12; Micah Owings, 11
  • "How many more of these guys do I have to face?": Halladay, 579; Cook, 569
  • Finishing what others started: Kevin Gregg and Jose Valverde, 43; Rodriguez, 41
  • Adjusted responsibility: Duchscherer, 210; Volquez, 195
  • Geezers: Jamie Moyer, 45; Kenny Rogers, 43
  • Little shavers: Clayton Kershaw, 20; Nick Adenhart, 21

 

 

 

 

Comments
2008-07-14 17:25:16
1.   MC Safety
If Matt Kemp were just a little more lazy....
2008-07-14 17:29:30
2.   underdog
Who's the CI leader as of now?
2008-07-14 17:48:53
3.   Bob Timmermann
Lyle Overbay and Carl Crawford have 2 each.
2008-07-15 16:31:56
4.   Steven Sharp
I wouldn't think that Roberto Kelly is too worried about Lyle Overbay or Carl Crawford catching his historic 1992 season total of reaching base eight times by catcher's interference, even though Kelly had only done it twice by the All-Star Break that season?

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