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! 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.