"Stats are like Heroin to the Baseball Fan"

I watched a great special on MLB Network about the best stats in the 2009 season and I thought I'd share- some of them are pretty interesting.

Highest OPS

-Albert Pujols- 1.101
-Joe Mauer- 1.031
-Prince Fielder- 1.014
-Joey Votto- .981
- Derrek Lee- .972

Most Extra Base Hits

-Albert Pujols- 93
-Ryan Howard- 86
-Mark Teixeira- 85
-Prince Fielder- 84
-Adam Lind- 81

Highest OBP

-Joe Mauer- .444
-Albert Pujols- .443
-Nick Johnson- .426
-Todd Helton- .416
-Joey Votto- .414

Highest BA

-Joe Mauer- .365 (it never ceases to amaze me how insanely monsterous this is)
-Ichiro Suzuki- .352
-Hanley Ramirez- .342
-Derek Jeter- .334
-Pablo Sandoval- .330

Highest BA With Runners in Scoring Posistion

-Yunie Escobar- .373
-Hanley Ramirez- .373
-Joe Mauer- .367
-Kevin Youkilis- .362
-Bay- .360

Consecutive Games Played

-Prince Fielder- 185
-Andre Etheir- 116
-Everth Cabrera-97
-Joe Mauer- 95
-Robinson Cano- 90

Most Pitches Seen

-Chone Figgins- 3,078
-Jayson Werth- 3,041
-Brian Roberts- 2,895
-Adam Dunn- 2,893
-Ryan Howard- 2,870

Most Intentional Walks

-Albert Pujols- 44
-Adrian Gonzalez- 22
-Prince Fielder- 21
-Manny Ramirez- 21
-Chipper Jones- 18

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Most Quality Starts (at least 6 innings pitched with 3 or fewer earned runs)

-Felix Hernandex- 29
-Tim Lincecum- 26
-Zack Greinke- 26
-Adam Wainwright- 25
-Jair Jurjens- 25

Most 10K Games

-Tim Lincecum- 8
-Justin Verlander- 7
-Jon Lester-6
-Zack Greinke- 5
-Ricky Nolasco- 5

Highest Percentage of Team's Victories

-Zack Greinke- 24.6% (This is huge considering he played for the ROYALS)
-Roy Halladay- 22.7%
-Felix Hernandez- 22.4%
-Justin Verlander- 22.1%
-Adam Wainwright- 20.9%

Lowest Home ERA

-Zack Greinke- 1.70 (again... proving why he was the AL Cy Young winner)
-Clayton Kershaw- 1.83 (phenomenal especially considering his age and division played in)
-Ted Lilly- 1.87
-Tim Lincecum- 1.88
-Adam Wainwright- 2.05

Most 1-2-3 Innings by a Pitcher

-Justin Verlander- 95
-Dan Haren-91
-Tim Lincecum- 91

Most Pitches Thrown

-Justin Verlander- 3,931
-Felix Hernandez- 3,627
-Adam Wainwright- 3,614
-CC Sabathia- 3,586

Most Innings Pitched in Relief

-DJ Carrasco- 89.1
-Brian Bass- 83.2
-Todd Coffey- 83.2
-Andrew Bailey- 83.1
-Ramon Troncosco- 82.2

Lowest WHIP

-Dan Haren- 1.00
-Chris Carpenter- 1.01
-Javie Vazques- 1.03
-Tim Lincecum- 1.05
-Ted Lilly- 1.06