Crazy Numbers of the 1st Half
Well the first half of the baseball season is officially over and there is no shortage of stuff to talk about. As most of you loyal readers know I am a stat fiend, especially when it comes to baseball. So this column is my ode to Peter Gammons, Rob Neyer, and Jayson Stark.
BARRY LAMAR BONDS
Bonds has 71 intentional walks already this year. He has more IBB than he does RBI, Hits, and he has 71 runs scored. He has walkd a total of 131 times, that puts him on pace for 238 BB, and he has struck out a whopping 19 times. He is also on pace to shatter his own OBP% record of .581 set two years ago. His current OBP is .626, here are some other hall of famers best seasons; Ruth .545, Griffey JR. .408, Cobb .486, Mays .425, Aaron .410, Dimaggio .459, Mantle .512, and Ted Williams .553 and he hit .406 that year.
Alex Rodriguez is having a great year too, he has 22 HR's out of 90 hits, that is good. For his career he has 367 Home Runs, that is just plain filthy for his age. And his best number so far is 18 SB in 20 tries, he is a cleanup hitter.
The two best starters of the first half are both Senior circut guys, Ben Sheets and Jason Schmidt. Sheets has walked only 19 batters and fanned 130. His WHIP is .99 and hitters are hitting .200 against him. Those are great numbers, and Schmidts are better. He has thrown 3 one hitters and in 12 of his 17 starts he has given up 2 runs or less. Batters are hitting just .174 against him and his WHIP is .96. Those numbers are ridiculous. And one more pitchers numbers, Mariano Rivera has 32 saves and an ERA of 0.99.
Michael Young is the best player you have never heard of, he leads the majors in hits with 127. That outs him on pace for 240 hits. Since 1980 only 6 people have had more than 230 hits. The most hits Pete Rose ever had in a season is 230. This will put Michael Young in some lofty company.
Finally, something near and dear to me, the Jeter slump. He has raised his average to .277 after his early season struggles. Everything changed on May 25 when he was hitting .189, he got three hits that day and was on his way. From the season opener till May 25th Jeter had only 31 hits, since then he has 61 in 160 AB's. That puts his average at .381 since the end of May. During his slump he had only 2 3+ hit games and had 17 hitless games. Since he has had 9 3+ hit games and has gone hitless in only 5 games. So it looks like Jeter told everyone to "Slump This."
Those are just some fancy numbers from baseballs first half. There are sure to be some great moments in the 2nd half. Here are a few predictions, Carlos Beltran will be traded, Larry Bowa & Jimy Williams will not make it till seasons end, the Red Sox will soon fall apart, Randy Johnson will be moved (but look for a team like the Angels or Giants to get into the mix, so he can still be close to home), and the Braves will win the NL East again just to piss everyone off.
BARRY LAMAR BONDS
Bonds has 71 intentional walks already this year. He has more IBB than he does RBI, Hits, and he has 71 runs scored. He has walkd a total of 131 times, that puts him on pace for 238 BB, and he has struck out a whopping 19 times. He is also on pace to shatter his own OBP% record of .581 set two years ago. His current OBP is .626, here are some other hall of famers best seasons; Ruth .545, Griffey JR. .408, Cobb .486, Mays .425, Aaron .410, Dimaggio .459, Mantle .512, and Ted Williams .553 and he hit .406 that year.
Alex Rodriguez is having a great year too, he has 22 HR's out of 90 hits, that is good. For his career he has 367 Home Runs, that is just plain filthy for his age. And his best number so far is 18 SB in 20 tries, he is a cleanup hitter.
The two best starters of the first half are both Senior circut guys, Ben Sheets and Jason Schmidt. Sheets has walked only 19 batters and fanned 130. His WHIP is .99 and hitters are hitting .200 against him. Those are great numbers, and Schmidts are better. He has thrown 3 one hitters and in 12 of his 17 starts he has given up 2 runs or less. Batters are hitting just .174 against him and his WHIP is .96. Those numbers are ridiculous. And one more pitchers numbers, Mariano Rivera has 32 saves and an ERA of 0.99.
Michael Young is the best player you have never heard of, he leads the majors in hits with 127. That outs him on pace for 240 hits. Since 1980 only 6 people have had more than 230 hits. The most hits Pete Rose ever had in a season is 230. This will put Michael Young in some lofty company.
Finally, something near and dear to me, the Jeter slump. He has raised his average to .277 after his early season struggles. Everything changed on May 25 when he was hitting .189, he got three hits that day and was on his way. From the season opener till May 25th Jeter had only 31 hits, since then he has 61 in 160 AB's. That puts his average at .381 since the end of May. During his slump he had only 2 3+ hit games and had 17 hitless games. Since he has had 9 3+ hit games and has gone hitless in only 5 games. So it looks like Jeter told everyone to "Slump This."
Those are just some fancy numbers from baseballs first half. There are sure to be some great moments in the 2nd half. Here are a few predictions, Carlos Beltran will be traded, Larry Bowa & Jimy Williams will not make it till seasons end, the Red Sox will soon fall apart, Randy Johnson will be moved (but look for a team like the Angels or Giants to get into the mix, so he can still be close to home), and the Braves will win the NL East again just to piss everyone off.
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