Projected Mid-Season MLB Statistical Leaders
Posted: July 5, 2011 Filed under: Research 1 Comment »We’re just past halfway through the 2011 MLB season. That means it’s time to multiply everything by two and see what happens! I did this at a third of the way through the season as well.
I have included the current MLB record along with the projected number for the leader in each category. I did this by taking the total games played for each player’s team and extrapolating their current stats based on that.
Hitters:
| Statistic | Record | Current Pace | Leader(s) |
| AVG | 0.440 | 0.354 | Jose Reyes |
| AB | 716 | 682 | Starlin Castro |
| PA | 778 | 739 | Rickie Weeks |
| H | 262 | 236 | Jose Reyes |
| 1B | 225 | 160 | Jose Reyes |
| 2B | 67 | 53 | Adrian Gonzalez |
| 3B | 36 | 29 | Jose Reyes |
| HR | 73 | 51 | Jose Bautista |
| R | 192 | 141 | Curtis Granderson |
| RBI | 191 | 143 | Adrian Gonzalez |
| BB | 232 | 133 | Jose Bautista |
| IBB | 120 | 27 | *2 tied, see below |
| SO | 223 | 217 | Drew Stubbs |
| HBP | 51 | 32 | Carlos Quentin |
| GDP | 36 | 38 | Adrian Gonzalez |
| SB | 130 | 67 | Michael Bourn |
| CS | 42 | 19 | Jacoby Ellsbury |
*IBB Leaders: Jose Bautista, Miguel Cabrera
Pitchers:
| Statistic | Record | Current Pace | Leader(s) |
| W | 59 | 21 | *5 tied, see below |
| L | 48 | 20 | *3 tied, see below |
| CG | 75 | 12 | *2 tied, see below |
| ShO | 16 | 8 | Cliff Lee |
| SV | 62 | 49 | *3 tied, see below |
| HLD | 40 | 41 | Tyler Clippard |
| IP | 680 | 266 | Roy Halladay |
| H | 772 | 256 | Chris Carpenter |
| ER | 291 | 131 | Fausto Carmona |
| HR | 50 | 47 | Bronson Arroyo |
| BB | 289 | 115 | Jonathan Sanchez |
| HBP | 54 | 20 | Jon Lester |
| WP | 63 | 25 | A.J. Burnett |
| BK | 16 | 6 | *2 tied, see below |
| SO | 513 | 269 | Clayton Kershaw |
*W Leaders: Jair Jurrjens, Justin Verlander, Roy Halladay, CC Sabathia, Kevin Correia
*L Leaders: Fausto Carmona, Jeremy Guthrie, J.A. Happ
*CG Leaders: James Shields, Roy Halladay
*SV Leaders: Heath Bell, Craig Kimbrel, Joel Hanrahan
*BK Leaders: Anibal Sanchez, Cole Hamels
Okay, Kevin Correia is still projected for over 20 wins. Albert Pujols won’t break the GDP record any more, but Adrian Gonzalez may come close to it. Tyler Clippard is now projected to break the holds record and Bronson Arroyo may challenged the home runs allowed record. Drew Stubbs seems to be the new Mark Reynolds, but with about half of the power.
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