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The leaders at the break
2007-07-10 04:00
by Bob Timmermann

Batting

Stop, Thief, Stop!

American League

  1. Derek Jeter (Yankees) - 7
  2. Carl Crawford (Devil Rays), Carlos Guillen (Tigers) - 6

National League

  1. Jose Reyes (Mets) - 11
  2. Juan Pierre (Dodgers) - 9
  3. Hanley Ramirez (Marlins), Willy Taveras (Marlins) - 8

 

Two for the price of one
American League

  1. Aaron Hill (Blue Jays) - 16
  2. Nick Markakis (Orioles), Melvin Mora (Orioles), Jose Vidro (Mariners) - 15

National League

  1. Orlando Hudson (Diamondbacks) - 18
  2. Carlos Lee (Astros) - 17
  3. Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals) - 16

Whoosh!

American League

  1. Grady Sizemore (Indians) - 91
  2. Curtis Granderson (Tigers), Sammy Sosa (Rangers) - 82

National League

  1. Adam Dunn (Reds) - 105
  2. Ryan Howard (Phillies), Dan Uggla (Marlins) - 96

I Really Meant to Do That
American League

  1. Orlando Cabrera (Angels) - 7
  2. Mike Lowell (Red Sox), Alex Rios (Blue Jays), Bobby Abreu (Yankees), Victor Martinez (Indians) - 6

National League

  1. Carlos Lee (Astros) - 13
  2. Five players with 7

My manager made me do it
American League

  1. Corey Patterson (Orioles) - 7
  2. Melky Cabrera (Yankees), Coco Crisp (Red Sox), Ian Kinsler (Rangers), Julio Lugo (Red Sox) - 6

National League

  1. Juan Pierre (Dodgers) - 10
  2. Roy Oswalt (Astros), Ian Snell (Pirates), Omar Vizquel (Giants) - 9

OUCH, &^$&&!!&@@!
American League

  1. Alex Gordon (Royals) - 12
  2. Ryan Garko (Indians), Grady Sizemore (Indians) - 11

National League

  1. Chase Utley (Phillies) - 15
  2. Aaron Boone (Marlins) - 13
  3. Aaron Rowand (Phillies) - 12

 

Just Showing Up

American League

  1. Michael Young (Rangers) - 361
  2. Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners) - 357
  3. David DeJesus (Royals) - 354

National League

  1. Jimmy Rollins (Phillies) - 388
  2. Juan Pierre (Dodgers) - 373
  3. Dan Uggla (Marlins) - 361

Do I Even Need a Bat?

American League

  1. Vladimir Guerrero (Angels) - 20
  2. Travis Hafner (Indians) - 12
  3. Sean Casey (Tigers) - 9

National League

  1. Barry Bonds (Giants) - 30
  2. Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 22
  3. Albert Pujols (Cardinals) - 11

Pull Up a Chair, These At Bats Will Take A While

American League

  1. Johnny Damon (Yankees) - 4.41
  2. Reggie Willits (Angels) - 4.38
  3. Nick Swisher (Athletics) - 4.32

National League

  1. Todd Helton (Rockies) - 4.36
  2. Albert Pujols (Cardinals) - 4.21
  3. Ryan Howard (Phillies) - 4.20

Don't Blink or You'll Miss Them

American League

  1. Corey Patterson (Orioles) - 3.16
  2. Vladimir Guerrero (Angels) - 3.17
  3. Kenji Johjima (Mariners) - 3.26

National League

  1. Johnny Estrada (Brewers) - 3.02
  2. Miguel Olivo (Marlins) - 3.14
  3. Dmitri Young (Nationals) - 3.36

 

 

PITCHING

Turn Around and Watch It Go

American League

  1. Ervin Santana (Angels) - 23
  2. James Shields (Devil Rays) - 19
  3. Daniel Cabrera (Orioles), Johan Santana (Twins) - 17

National League

  1. Woody Williams (Astros) - 21
  2. Cole Hamels (Phillies) - 20
  3. Rich Hill (Cubs) - 18

I Was Pitching Around Him ... A Lot

American League

  1. Daniel Cabrera (Orioles) - 61
  2. Scott Kazmir (Devil Rays) - 58
  3. Robinson Tejeda (Rangers) - 49

National League

  1. Doug Davis (Diamondbacks) - 59
  2. Noah Lowry (Giants) - 55
  3. Carlos Zambrano (Cubs) - 54

Don Drysdale Was Here

American League

  1. Justin Verlander (Tigers) - 12
  2. Daniel Cabrera (Orioles) - 10
  3. A.J. Burnett (Blue Jays), John Lackey (Angels) - 9

National League

  1. Carlos Zambrano (Cubs) - 9
  2. 5 players with 7

It's Not My Fault That the Catcher Didn't Stop It

American League

  1. Justin Verlander (Tigers) - 10
  2. Robinson Tejeda (Rangers) - 8
  3. Jeremy Bonderman (Tigers) - 7

National League

  1. Aaron Harang (Reds) - 9
  2. Matt Cain (Giants), Tim Lincecum (Giants) - 8

I Guess I Wouldn't Have This Problem If I Didn't Let Runners Get To Third

American League

  1. Joe Kennedy (Athletics) - 7
  2. Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Scott Proctor (Yankees), Dan Haren (Athletics) - 6

National League

  1. Jeff Suppan (Brewers) - 8
  2. 6 players with 6

I'll Give You That Base In Exchange For This Out

American League

  1. Daniel Cabrera (Orioles) - 7
  2. Mike Mussina (Yankees), Shawn Camp (Devil Rays) - 5

National League

  1. Livan Hernandez (Diamondbacks), Jason Marquis (Cubs) - 10
  2.  
  3. 4 players with 9

Runners, what runners? I'm supposed to pay attention to runners?

American League

  1. A.J. Burnett (Blue Jays) - 23
  2. Tim Wakefield (Red Sox) - 20
  3. Roy Halladay (Blue Jays), Mike Mussina (Yankees) - 14

National League

  1. Chris Young (Padres) - 26
  2. Greg Maddux (Padres) - 22
  3. Brandon Webb (Diamondbacks) - 15

I've got a bad feeling about this

American League

  1. Todd Jones (Tigers), Matt Thornton (White Sox), Joel Peralta (Royals), Chris Ray (Orioles) - 4

National League

  1. Chad Cordero (Nationals), Salomon Torres (Pirates), Brian Fuentes (Rockies) - 6

 

Fielding

E2

American League

  1. Gerald Laird (Rangers) - 8
  2. John Buck (Royals) - 7 (includes two catcher's interference calls)
  3. Ramon Hernandez (Orioles), Mike Napoli (Angels) - 5

National League

  1. Russell Martin (Dodgers), Brian McCann (Braves) - 8 (McCann has two catcher's interference calls)
  2.  
  3. Michael Barrett (Padres), Miguel Olivo (Marlins) - 6

PB

American League

  1. Gerald Laird (Rangers) - 9
  2. Paul Bako (Orioles), Jason Kendall (Athletics) - 6

National League

  1. Bengie Molina (Giants) - 11
  2. Miguel Olivo (Marlins) - 10
  3. Michael Barrett (Padres) - 9

E3

American League

  1. Matt Stairs (Blue Jays) - 5
  2. Miguel Cairo (Yankees), Dan Johnson (Athletics), Carlos Pena (Devil Rays) - 4

National League

  1. Prince Fielder (Brewers) - 10
  2. Dmitri Young (Nationals) - 9
  3. Conor Jackson (Diamondbacks), Albert Pujols (Cardinals) - 7

E4

American League

  1. Ian Kinsler (Rangers) - 14
  2. B.J. Upton (Devil Rays) - 12
  3. Josh Barfield (Indians) - 10

National League

  1. Jeff Kent (Dodgers) - 10
  2. Orlando Hudson (Diamondbacks) - 9
  3. 3 players with 7

E5

American League

  1. Mike Lowell (Red Sox) - 13
  2. Four players with 9

National League

  1. Miguel Cabrera (Marlins), Ryan Zimmerman (Nationals) - 13
  2.  
  3. Kevin Kouzmanoff (Padres) - 12

E6

American League

  1. Yuniesky Betancourt (Mariners) - 19
  2. Carlos Guillen (Tigers) - 16
  3. Jason Bartlett (Twins) - 15

National League

  1. Hanley Ramirez (Marlins) - 16
  2. Alex Gonzalez (Reds) - 14
  3. Rafael Furcal (Dodgers) - 12

E7 or E8 or E9

American League

  1. Delmon Young (Devil Rays) - 6 (3 each in RF and CF)
  2. 3 players with 5

National League

  1. Bill Hall (Brewers) - 8 (all in CF)
  2. Juan Encarnacion (Cardinals) - 6 (all in RF)
  3. 3 players with 5

E1

American League

  1. Jose Contreras (White Sox) - 4
  2. 3 players tied with 3

National League

  1. Brandon Webb (Diamondbacks) - 4
  2. 3 players tied with 3

It's the pitcher's fault!

American League

  1. Jorge Posada (Yankees) - 61
  2. Jason Kendall (Athletics) - 58
  3. Jason Phillips (Blue Jays) - 43

National League

  1. Josh Bard (Padres) - 52
  2. Michael Barrett (Padres) - 49
  3. Russell Martin (Dodgers) - 46

 

 

 

Comments
2007-07-10 06:54:26
1.   Cliff Corcoran
I've got most of the categories figured, but I can't figure out the methodology that leaves #2 blank for three of them.

Meanwhile, best part about Miguel Cairo's four E3s is that he made them all over the course two games this past Friday and Saturday, two of them coming on a single game-losing play.

2007-07-10 08:09:27
2.   berkowit28
Crib, please.
2007-07-10 08:18:16
3.   mehmattski
1 Clearly, a blank #2 means that there was a tie for first and therefore no second place. Which is good, because second place is the first loser.

Either that or it was following the Underpants Gnomes business model:

1. Lead the league in Catcher's Interference.
2.
3. Profit!

2007-07-10 08:19:44
4.   Shaun P
1 Just a guess, but I think Bob left some #2s blank because of a tie at #1.

"I Guess I Wouldn't Have This Problem If I Didn't Let Runners Get To Third" is the only category I can't figure out.

2007-07-10 08:20:19
5.   mehmattski
4 Sac-Flies Allowed?
2007-07-10 08:24:48
6.   dianagramr
Brilliant Bob .... well-done!
2007-07-10 08:30:14
7.   Shaun P
5 Good call.

This is a lot more fun that debating the relative value of defensive stats.

2007-07-10 08:37:31
8.   Jon Weisman
1 - That methodology is ties for first place.
2007-07-10 08:38:00
9.   Jon Weisman
8 - Okay, I thought I was refreshed, but clearly I wasn't.
2007-07-10 08:43:50
10.   Cliff Corcoran
8 Seems so obvious now. I suppose I could have tried harder.
2007-07-10 09:10:02
11.   Bob Timmermann
I'll put in EPs if Scott Boras insists.

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