Surprising Leaders

I bet you didn't know...

-The Chicago White Sox are hitting .235, worst in baseball.

-The Cincinnati Reds have hit the most homeruns (105).

-The St. Louis Cardinals have 20 steals, fewest in baseball. Jose Reyes has 38 steals, most in baseball.

-The Minnesota Twins' hitters have struck out the fewest times this season (346). The Florida Marlins' hitters have struck out the most times this season (617).

-The San Diego Padres lead the majors in staff ERA (3.04), shutouts (11), and quality starts (45).

-The Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, and Washington Nationals are tied for the most blown saves (13).

-The Oakland A's lead the majors in fewest runs allowed (273).

-The Tampa Bay Devil Rays have allowed the most homeruns this season (95).

-The Florida Marlins lead the majors in errors (65).

-If Magglio Ordonez goes 8 for his next 8, he'll be hitting .401

-Gary Sheffield and Albert Pujols are the only players in the top 10 in baseball in homeruns who have more walks than strikeouts.

-Carlos Lee has grounded into more double plays (16) and hit more sacrifice flys (11) than anyone.

-In 265 plate appearances Luis Castillo has 7 extra base hits, fewest in baseball.

-Jason Kendall has created the fewest runs (13.2) of any qualifying big leaguer.

-Kip Wells has the highest ERA (6.75) of all qualifying pitchers in baseball.

-Scott Eyre (Cubs) and Joel Peralta (Royals) have both blown all 4 of their save opportunities this season.

-Zach Duke has induced the most double plays (20) and allowed the most total bases this season (194).

-No pitcher has thrown 2 shutouts this season. Only 17 have thrown 1.

-Jeremy Bonderman is averaging 9.00 runs of support each start, best in baseball. He is 8-0 with a 4.01 ERA.

-Anthony Reyes is averaging 2.11 runs of support each start, worst in baseball. He is 0-8 with a 6.64 ERA.

-A.J. Burnett has allowed the most stolen bases this season (23).

-Among pitchers who've thrown at least 40 innings, Scot Shields has the lowest batting average against (.156). Jae Seo has the highest (.372).

-Carlos Ruiz, Kevin Youkilis, and Placido Polanco are the only qualifying big league infielders who haven't made an error this season.

-Yuniesky Betancourt leads the majors in errors (18).