Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10
by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com
June 21, 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 – Double Plays Induced
9t. Brad Penny – LAD – 13
9t. Joe Kennedy – Oak – 13
5t. Carlos Zambrano – ChC – 15
5t. Noah Lowry – SF – 15
5t. Fausto Carmona – Cle – 15
5t. Chien-Ming Wang – NYY – 15
2t. Paul Maholm – Pit – 17
2t. Zach Duke – Pit – 17
2t. Andy Pettitte – NYY – 17
1. Kelvim Escobar – LAA – 18

Hitters – Top Ten – Runs Created per 27 Outs
10. Prince Fielder – Mil – 8.40
9. Chase Utley – Phi – 8.46
8. Todd Helton – Col – 8.53
7. Casey Kotchman – LAA – 8.64
6. Matt Holliday – Col – 8.78
5. Vladimir Guerrero – LAA – 8.86
4. David Ortiz – Bos – 9.88
3. Alex Rodriguez – NYY – 9.96
2. Barry Bonds – SF – 10.48
1. Magglio Ordonez – Det – 11.34

Miscellaneous – Top Ten – Home Runs All-Time
10. Rafael Palmeiro – Bal – 569
9. Harmon Killebrew – Min – 573
8. Ken Griffey Jr. – Cin – 582
7. Mark McGwire – StL – 583
6. Frank Robinson – Cle – 586
5. Sammy Sosa – Tex – 600
4. Willie Mays – SF – 660
3. Babe Ruth – NYY – 714
2. Barry Bonds – SF – 748
1. Hank Aaron – Atl - 755


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.