Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10 by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com June 20, 2007 Every weekday, Richard Van Zandt provides three Top 10 lists: One for pitchers, one for hitters, and one miscellaneous list. Enjoy! Pitchers – Top Ten – Batting Average Against 3rd Time Through Lineup 10t. Dan Haren – Oak - .234 (26-for-111) 10t. Jose Contreras – ChW - .234 (22-for-94) 9. Andy Pettitte – NYY - .232 (22-for-95) 8. James Shields – TB - .230 (26-for-113) 7. Fausto Carmona – Cle - .228 (23-for-101) 6. Javier Vazquez – ChW - .215 (20-for-93) 5. Justin Verlander – Det - .214 (21-for-98) 4. Erik Bedard – Bal - .206 (22-for-107) 3. Kelvim Escobar – LAA - .195 (17-for-87) 2. Johan Santana – Min - .175 (20-for-114) 1. A.J. Burnett – Tor - .168 (17-for-101) Hitters – Top Ten – Batting Average with None On (min 100 PA) 10. Eric Byrnes – Ari - .343 (59-for-172) 9. Reggie Willits – LAA .344 (42-for-122) 8. Hunter Pence – Hou - .354 (40-for-113) 7. Cristian Guzman – Wsh - .362 (42-for-116) 6. Magglio Ordonez – Det - .363 (45-for-124) 5. Jorge Posada – NYY - .364 (39-for-107) 4. Kenji Johjima – Sea - .381 (43-for-113) 3. Chipper Jones – Atl - .385 (35-for-91) 2. Hanley Ramirez – Fla - .388 (69-for-178) 1. Matt Holliday – Col - .397 (58-for-146) Miscellaneous – Top Ten – Runs Scored/Runs Allowed Differential 10. Chicago Cubs – +22 (312 RS – 290 RA) 9. New York Mets – +27 (317 – 290) 8. Los Angeles Dodgers – +30 (304 – 274) 7. Oakland Athletics – +49 (310 – 261) 6. Cleveland Indians – +52 (381 – 329) 5. Los Angeles Angels – +64 (366 – 302) 4. New York Yankees - +70 (380 – 310) 3. Boston Red Sox - +77 (356 – 279) 2. San Diego Padres - +84 (315 – 231) 1. Detroit Tigers - +88 (431 – 343) 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.