Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10 by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com October 1, 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 – Earned Run Average 10. Roy Oswalt – Hou – 3.18 9. Erik Bedard – Bal – 3.16 8. Chris Young – SD – 3.12 7. John Smoltz – Atl – 3.11 6. Dan Haren – Oak – 3.07 5. Fausto Carmona – Cle – 3.06 4. Brad Penny – LAD – 3.03 2t. Brandon Webb – Ari – 3.01 2t. John Lackey – LAA – 3.01 (AL Leader) 1. Jake Peavy – SD – 2.54 Hitters – Top Ten – Batting Average 7t. Edgar Renteria – Atl - .332 7t. Chase Utley – Phi - .332 7t. Hanley Ramirez – Fla - .332 7t. David Ortiz – Bos - .332 6. Chipper Jones – Atl - .337 5. Jorge Posada – NYY - .338 4. Matt Holliday – Col - .340 (NL Leader) 3. Placido Polanco – Det - .341 2. Ichiro Suzuki – Sea - .351 1. Magglio Ordonez – Det - .363 Miscellaneous – Top Five – Team Batting Average 5. Boston Red Sox - .279 4. Los Angeles Angels - .284 2t. Seattle Mariners - .287 2t. Detroit Tigers - .287 1. New York Yankees - .290 Miscellaneous – Top Five – Team Earned Run Average 5. Cleveland Indians – 4.05 4. Chicago Cubs – 4.04 3. Toronto Blue Jays – 4.00 2. Boston Red Sox – 3.87 1. San Diego Padres – 3.73 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.