Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10 by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com May 2, 2007 Every weekday, Richard Van Zandt provides three Top 10 lists: One for pitchers, one for hitters, and one concerning team totals. Enjoy! Pitchers – Top Ten – Pitches per Games Started 10. John Lackey – LAA – 105.33 (632 pitches – 6 games started) 8t. Barry Zito – SF – 105.40 (527 – 5) 8t. Matt Cain – SF – 105.40 (527 – 5) 7. Aaron Harang – Cin – 105.67 (634 – 6) 6. John Smoltz – Atl – 106.33 (638 – 6) 5. Jake Peavy – SD – 106.67 (640 – 6) 4. Roy Halladay – Tor – 107.00 (642 – 6) 3. Scott Kazmir – TB – 107.50 (645 – 6) 2. Daisuke Matsuzaka – Bos – 108.20 (541 – 5) 1. Daniel Cabrera – Bal – 111.17 (667 – 6) Hitters – Top Ten – Lowest Percentage of First Pitches Swung at 10. Garrett Atkins – Col – 11.2% (13 swings – 116 pitches) 9. Shannon Stewart – Oak – 10.7% (12 – 112) 8. Felipe Lopez – Wsh – 10.4% (13 – 125) 7. Shea Hillenbrand – LAA – 9.7% (8 – 82) 6. Casey Blake – Cle – 8.0% (8 – 100) 5. Jason Kendall – Oak – 7.9% (8 – 101) 4. J.J. Hardy – Mil – 7.6% (9 – 118) 3. Albert Pujols – StL – 7.3% (8 – 109) 2. Johnny Damon – NYY – 7.3% (6 – 82) 1. Darin Erstad – ChW – 6.8% (7 – 103) Team – Top Ten – Fewest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Pitched 10. Los Angeles Dodgers – 8.49 9. San Francisco Giants – 8.39 8. Baltimore Orioles – 8.33 7. Toronto Blue Jays – 8.19 6. Boston Red Sox – 7.98 5. Chicago Cubs – 7.92 4. San Diego Padres – 7.91 3. Chicago White Sox – 7.67 2. Oakland Athletics – 7.66 1. New York Mets – 7.42 Disagree with something? Got something to add? Wanna bring up something totally new? Richard resides in San Francisco, California and can be reached at richard@baseballevolution.com.