Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

The HEAD INMATE has volunteered to produce the 2010 NASOMA Yearbook. He'll have help from the DVs, who are working on creating a ballot for the All Star Team. Thanks guys!

In the meantime, I have posted a few final stats on the website. You can find the top 10 in all hitting and pitching categories, the team totals for all categories, and upgraded individual team stats (click on the team names in the standings).

Some points of interest...

THE GOOD

The Killer Bees led the league in runs scored, base hits, and doubles. The Warpigs led in triples and home runs. The Zaps had the most walks and the Drillers stole the most bases. The Bees had the highest team batting average and slugging percentage, while the Zaps led in onbase. The Drillers set a league record, making only 49 errors. Robinson Cano of the Killer Bees also broke a league record with 729 at bats.

In pitching, the Buckeyes had the lowest ERA, but the Sidewinders allowed the fewest hits and struck out the most opponents. The Drillers gave up the fewest home runs. The Fungoes had the most saves.

Warpig Albert Pujols just missed winning the triple crown. He easily won the batting and the home run titles, but was 3 rbi behind Killer Bee Kendry Morales. Pujols also led the league in doubles, runs scored, OBP, SLG, and was second in walks. Jacoby Ellsbury of the Drillers and Carl Crawford of the Zaps both stole 100 bases, with Ellsbury edging Crawford 102 to 100 for the SB title.

There were four 20-game winners: Roy Halladay (23-13) of the DVs, Zach Greinke (23-8) of the Zaps, Dan Haren (23-11) of the Drillers, and Chris Carpenter (20-6) of the Buckeyes. Carpenter was also the league ERA champ. Justin Verlander of the Killer Bees won the strike out title, getting 2 more than the Inmates' Javier Vazquez and 3 more than the Drillers' Tim Lincecum. Jonathan Papelbon of the Fungoes led the league in saves.

THE BAD

The Mavs scored the fewest runs in the league, had the fewest hits, and struck out the most times. They also stole the fewest bases and, of course, had the lowest team batting average. The Inmates edged the Tweeners for the most errors, and the FFTs hit the fewest home runs.

The Warpigs had the worst ERA in the league and tied with the Wahoos for the most homers allowed. The team allowing the most hits, however, was the Nads. The SuperGoofs struck out fewer batters than anyone else, and the Warpigs managed only 26 saves, easily the fewest in the league.

A couple of third basemen led the league in dubious categories. The Mavs' Chase Headley made the most errors with 28, and the Tweeners' Mark Reynolds ran away with the strike out title. The lowest batting average in the league by batters with 100+ at bats was Geovany Soto of the Warpigs. The lowest of those who had enough at bats to qualify was Jason Bay of the FFTs.

Matt Cain of the Mavs and Joe Saunders of the Goofs each lost 22 games to lead the league. The Wahoos' Cole Hamels gave up the most home runs. The Bees' Justin Verlander allowed the most hits and runs while his teammate Chad Billingsley walked the most batters.

THE UGLY

For the zillionth year in a row, the Killer Bee pitchers did not make an error.

The DV pitchers got a base hit despite not having any at bats. I don't know how to figure a batting average for that.

The leading home run hitter for the Drillers was... Derek Jeter?!?

And from the "Things That Make You Go WHAT THE FUCK?" category, the Nad pitchers accumulated 54 at bats. Now, in the first place, that's a lot. They also managed 4 doubles and a triple. They even stole 2 bases in 3 attempts. But the most amazing part of their stat line was the HBP category. They had 2. Now, as far as I can tell, pitcher hitting cards 1-8 do not have HBPs on them anywhere. So I went through the individual hitting cards for the Nad pitchers. Still no HBP chances. And since the Nads most likely played all of their games on the computer, this seems to be a case of Hal just messing with us. Still... how does that happen?