Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10
by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com
September 11, 2007

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

Pitchers – Bottom Ten – Save Percentage (min 20 Opportunities)
10. David Weathers – Cin – 85.3% (29 Saves/34 Opportunities)
9. Francisco Rodriguez – LAA – 85.0% (34/40)
8. Todd Jones – Det – 84.6% (33/39)
7. Jeremy Accardo – Tor – 84.4% (27/32)
6. Chad Cordero – Wsh – 80.5% (33/41)
5. Chris Ray – Bal – 80.0% (16/20)
4. Brad Hennessey – SF – 79.2% (19/24)
2t. Brian Fuentes – Col – 76.9% (20/26)
2t. Bob Wickman – Atl/Ari – 76.9% (20/26)
1. Brad Lidge – Hou – 70.0% (14/20)

Hitters – Top Ten – Batting Average Batting 8th (min 100 PA)
10. John Buck – KC - .288 (40-for-139)
9. Josh Barfield – Cle - .289 (35-for-121)
8. Yorvit Torrealba – Col - .296 (53-for-179)
7. Yuniesky Betancourt – Sea - .297 (60-for-202)
6. Nook Logan – Wsh - .298 (37-for-124)
5. Jack Wilson – Pit - .305 (78-for-256)
4. Andy Phillips – NYY - .306 (34-for-111)
3. Geoff Blum – SD - .308 (37-for-120)
2. Andre Ethier – LAD - .330 (37-for-112)
1. Franklin Gutierrez – Cle - .337 (31-for-92)

Miscellaneous – Top Ten – Team Batting Average Batting 8th
10. Washington Nationals - .256 (128-for-500)
9. San Diego Padres - .257 (127-for-494)
7t. St. Louis Cardinals - .264 (128-for-485)
7t. Los Angeles Dodgers - .264 (132-for-500)
6. Cleveland Indians - .269 (142-for-528)
5. Los Angeles Angels - .274 (138-for-504)
4. New York Mets - .275 (139-for-506)
3. Florida Marlins - .276 (142-for-514)
2. Seattle Mariners - .277 (143-for-517)
1. Pittsburgh Pirates - .292 (150-for-513)


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