Event Horizons

Hello all.

Just a quick update--two major additions have been posted to the main BP page in the past week and a half. One is a link that will show you the all-time season leaders in particular statistical categories. That interface will tell you, for instance, that Alex Rodriguez is now 11th on the "all-time" (i.e., since 1957) list of base producers in a season, with 826. (He's still got a ways to go before he catches up with Todd Helton's record of 913.)

Likewise, Magglio Ordonez is now 12th on the all-time list of Team Base Producers in a season, with 335. The record in that department is--again--held by Todd Helton, from the year 2000, in which he banged out a grand total of 393 TBP.

The other major update to the site is a link to the career leaders in statistical categories. Unfortunately, I only have the stat links working at the moment for major league offensive stats, but the career leaders for particular leagues, teams, and for pitching and defensive stats shouldn't take me too long to get up and running.

In the meantime, you can partake of the joy of looking at the list of players with 10,000 BP in their careers:

Rank	Name	BP	BBP	RBP	TBP	BP1	BP2	BP3	BP4
1	Barry Bonds	13403	8345	539	4519	5430	3622	2428	1923
2	Carl Yastrzemski	12980	7424	220	5336	5304	3290	2535	1851
3	Pete Rose	11911	7412	273	4226	5918	2812	1874	1307
4	Eddie Murray	11810	6748	139	4923	4606	2970	2309	1925
5	Hank Aaron	11521	7000	264	4257	4368	3039	2172	1942
6	Dave Winfield	11124	6461	262	4401	4350	2874	2061	1839
7	Rickey Henderson	11080	6588	1415	3077	5121	3167	1720	1072
8	Frank Robinson	10817	6587	248	3982	4310	2813	1950	1744
9	George Brett	10794	6173	262	4359	4283	2758	2153	1600
10	Rafael Palmeiro	10742	6371	124	4247	4176	2749	2126	1691
11	Reggie Jackson	10585	6306	258	4021	4056	2780	2048	1701
12	Cal Ripken	10419	6153	46	4220	4250	2604	1928	1637
13	Paul Molitor	10269	5995	585	3689	4460	2715	1765	1329
14	Joe Morgan	10073	5822	735	3516	4394	2929	1630	1120
15	Robin Yount	10048	5744	332	3972	4156	2664	1822	1406

It's interesting to think about the fact that all those players kept playing long enough to reach that statistical plateau, without ever knowing that they did.

In other news, Juan Pierre is still two ground outs (211) ahead of Luis Castillo (209) in his quest to lead the major leagues in batted ground outs for a record seventh year in a row.

I've also been noticing that Cleveland's Rafael Betancourt (.315) and Rafael Perez (.344) are consistently in the major league BP Average lead for middle relievers. At the moment, only Carlos Marmol (.331) is pitching at the same level of middle relief dominance.

I have hence been wondering why Joe Borowski (BPAVG = .500) remains the Indians' closer. In fact, that unappreciated fact came back to haunt the Indians tonight, as Borowski let the Mariners back into their game by giving up a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Oh well. At least Betancourt picked up the save in the 12th.

Thoughts? Questions? You know where to find me.

Until next time,
Steve