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Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10
by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com
July 13, 2007

Every weekday, Richard Van Zandt provides three Top 10 lists: One for pitchers, one for hitters, and one miscellaneous list. Enjoy!


2007
Daily Top 10 Lists

April: 18 | 19 | 20

23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27

30 May: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18

21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25

28 | 29 | 30 | 31

June: 1

4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22

25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29

July: 2 | 3 | 5 | 6

9 | 10 | 11/12 | 13

16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20

23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27

30 | 31

August: 1 | 2 | 3

6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17

20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

September:

4 | 5 | 6 | 7

10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14

17 | 18 | 19 | 21

24 | 25 | 27 | 28

October:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Pitchers – Top Ten – Batting Average Against vs RHB
10. Shawn Chacon – Pit - .205 (32-for-156)
9. Jeremy Guthrie – Bal - .204 (38-for-186)
8. Carlos Villanueva – Mil - .194 (25-for-129)
7. Chad Billingsley – LAD – .191 (22-for-115)
6. Jake Peavy – SD - .188 (39-for-208)
5. Shawn Marcum – Tor - .176 (27-for-153)
4. Jason Bergmann – Wsh - .174 (21-for-121)
2t. Orlando Hernandez – NYM - .171 (24-for-140)
2t. Chris Young – SD - .171 (33-for-193)
1. Carlos Zambrano – ChC - .167 (39-for-233)

Hitters – Top Ten – Percentage of Swings Put Into Play
10. Mike Lowell – Bos – 54.5 (279 Balls Into Play / 512 Swings)
9. Placido Polanco – Det – 55.2 (318 / 576)
7t. Jose Vidro – Sea – 55.8 (285 / 511)
7t. Yuniesky Betancourt – Sea – 55.8 (277 / 496)
6. Brian Giles – SD – 56.4 (177 / 314)
5. Sean Casey – Det – 56.8 (237 / 417)
4. Juan Pierre – LAD – 57.1 (361 / 632)
3. Ryan Theriot – ChC – 57.2 (234 / 409)
2. Luis Castillo – Min – 57.4 (279 / 486)
1. Scott Hatteberg – Cin – 59.6 (208 / 349)

Miscellaneous – Top Ten – Most Hits Professional Baseball History
10. Wade Boggs – 3,734 (3,010 MLB/724 MiLB)
9. Carl Yastrzemski – 3,782 (3,419 MLB/363 MiLB)
7t. Jake Beckley – 3,906 (2,934 MLB/972 MiLB)
7t. Tris Speaker – 3,906 (3,514MLB/392 MiLB)
6. Julio Franco – 3,952
(2,576 MLB/618 MiLB/316 Mex/286 NPB/156 KBO)
5. Stan Musial – 4,001 (3,630 MLB/371 MiLB)
4. Jigger Statz – 4,093 (737 MLB/3,356 MiLB)
3. Hank Aaron – 4,095 (3,771 MLB/324 MiLB)
2. Ty Cobb – 4,402 (4,191 MLB/211 MiLB)
1. Pete Rose – 4,683 (4,256 MLB/427 MiLB)


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.

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