The All-Star to All-Star All-Stars

   by Gus Ramsey

   I always thought it was odd that the All-Stars were selected on 3 months of work. So a few years back, out of curiosity, I started looking at the leaders in categories from the prior year's all-star break to the next year's all-star break. It gives me a good sense of who carried over a strong second half, or an indication of how red-hot someone was in one of the two halves. If nothing else, it's kind of fun. So here are the 2010-2011 ASG-to-ASG All-Stars. (a minimum of 502 plate appearances was required). I used the excellent website Baseballmusings.com to run the numbers. Among the things that stood out; how far Jose Bautista is ahead of the field in homers (and slg%). Can you guess who is second before you look?  Only 3 players have over 200 hits. Can you guess who they are? Challenge your friends to guess the lists. It's hours of fun and it's all free!

Leaders in batting average:

Joey Votto																				.329
Jose Reyes																				.328
Adrian Gonzalez																				.328
Carlos Gonzalez																				.325
Matt Holliday																				.323
Ryan Braun																				.322
Paul Konerko																				.323
Victor Martinez																				.316
Hunter Pence																				.315
Starlin Castro																				.315

Leaders in Hits:

Adrian Gonzalez					210
Starlin Castro					206
Hunter Pence					205
Ichiro Suzuki					199
Nick Markakis					194
Michael Young					194
Jose Reyes					194
Joey Votto					192
Carlos Gonzalez					191
Paul Konerko					189

Leaders in Doubles:

Adrian Beltre						47
Starlin Castro						46
Adrian Gonzalez						42
Joey Votto						41
Howie Kendrick						41
Ryan Braun						41
Andrew McCutchen						41

Leaders in Triples:

Jose Reyes							19
Austin Jackson							13
Dexter Fowler							12
Carl Crawford							11
Michael Bourn							11
Shane Victorino							11
Starlin Castro							10
Peter Bourjos							10
Stephen Drew							10
Curtis Granderson							10

Leaders in Home Runs:

Jose Bautista								62
Curtis Granderson								42
Paul Konerko								41
Mark Teixeira								41
Albert Pujols								39
Jay Bruce								36
Mike Stanton								36
Prince Fielder								35
Miguel Cabrera								35
Troy Tulowitzki								35

Leaders in Runs:

Jose Bautista				129
Curtis Granderson				123
Rickie Weeks				123
Albert Pujols				116
Carlos Gonzalez				112
Miguel Cabrera				111
Ryan Braun				108
Joey Votto				106
Chris Young				106
Mark Teixeira				104

Leaders in RBI: 

Jose Bautista									134
Adrian Gonzalez									122
Troy Tulowitzki									118
Adrian Beltre									118
Prince Fielder									117
Paul Konerko									116
Ryan Howard									115
Mark Teixeira									114
Ryan Braun									113
Neil Walker									113

Leaders in Stolen Bases:

Michael Bourn														59
Coco Crisp														53
Juan Pierre														49
Rajai Davis														48
Brett Gardner														45
Ichiro Suzuki														43
Jose Reyes														41
Angel Pagan														38
B.J. Upton														38
Drew Stubbs														37

Leaders in Strikeouts: (Dunn is also hitting just .192 in his last 150 games and Jack Cust amassed his whiff total in just 421 abs.)

Adam Dunn													212
Drew Stubbs													201
Mark Reynolds													188
Austin Jackson													185
Mike Stanton													177
B.J. Upton													174
Kelly Johnson													173
Ryan Howard													170
Rickie Weeks													170
Jack Cust													161

Leaders in Slugging %:

Jose Bautista																						.699
Paul Konerko																						.585
Carlos Gonzalez																						.578
Miguel Cabrera																						.569
Albert Pujols																						.559
Ryan Braun																						.557
Matt Holliday																						.555
Curtis Granderson																						.552
Joey Votto																						.550
Troy Tulowitzki																						.549

Other offensive notes:

Carlos Quentin has 27 HBPs. 10 more than the next closest person. 

Carl Crawford and Ryan Ludwick each have reached on catchers interference 5 times.

Miguel Cabrera has a league best 38 intentional walks. 9 more than Adrian Gonzalez.

Torri Hunter has the most GIDPs, 31.

Bautista (121), Fielder (116), Cabrera (114) and Votto (104) are the only players with 100+ walks.

Leaders in Wins:

CC Sabathia				23	-	8
Roy Halladay				22	-	6
Justin Verlander				19	-	8
Jair Jurrjens				18	-	6
Trevor Cahill				18	-	12
Jon Lester				18	-	10
Tim Hudson				17	-	11
Daniel Hudson				17	-	7
Cole Hamels				17	-	8
C.J. Wilson				17	-	7

Leaders in ERA (min. 150 IP): 

Cole Hamels																				2.21
Jered Weaver																				2.38
Felix Hernandez																				2.41
Justin Verlander																				2.46
Tommy Hanson																				2.47
Roy Halladay																				2.51
Gio Gonzalez																				2.53
Tim Stauffer																				2.81
Clay Buchholz																				2.85
Wandy Rodriguez																				2.90

Leaders in Strikeouts: 

Justin Verlander																256
Felix Hernandez																250
Roy Halladay																238
Cliff Lee																233
Tim Lincecum																232
Clayton Kershaw																231
Cole Hamels																228
Jered Weaver																223
CC Sabathia																220
James Shields																215

Leaders in Saves:

Brian Wilson								52
Heath Bell								50
Huston Street								42
Carlos Marmol								41
John Axford								38
Jonathan Papelbon								38
Chris Perez								37
Leo Nunez								36
Neftali Feliz								35
Mariano Rivera								35

Leaders in Losses: (left in their wins and era for perspective)

Doug Fister				6	-	20														3.91
Fausto Carmona				9	-	17														4.90
Paul Maholm				10	-	17														4.19
Hiroki Kuroda				10	-	16														2.98
Mat Latos				9	-	16														3.84
Livan Hernandez				9	-	16														4.13
Jeremy Guthrie				11	-	16														3.54
Colby Lewis				12	-	15														4.29
Joe Saunders				9	-	15														3.99
John Lackey				11	-	15														5.43
Gavin Floyd				12	-	15														4.19
Ubaldo Jimenez				8	-	15														3.98
A.J. Burnett				11	-	15														4.86
J.A. Happ				8	-	15														4.93

Leaders in K/9 (minimum 50 IP):

Craig Kimbrel																					14.66
Kenley Jansen																					13.89
Carlos Marmol																					12.87
David Robertson																					12.76
Jonathan Papelbon																					12.58
Sergio Romo																					12.32
John Axford																					11.83
Tyler Clippard																					11.67
Koji Uehara																					11.64
Rafael Betancourt																					11.61

Leaders in K/9 (minimum 150 IP):

Jonathan Sanchez																					9.79
Tim Lincecum																					9.53
Jon Lester																					9.39
Clayton Kershaw																					9.34
Mat Latos																					9.24
Zack Greinke																					9.19
Bud Norris																					8.99
Anibal Sanchez																					8.93
Ubaldo Jimenez																					8.86
Justin Verlander																					8.86

Leaders in Walks: 

Jonathan Sanchez															104
J.A. Happ															92
Gio Gonzalez															91
Bud Norris															90
Trevor Cahill															88
Ubaldo Jimenez															87
Carlos Zambrano															86
C.J. Wilson															85
A.J. Burnett															84
Chad Billingsley															84

Leaders in IP (1st number is games pitched):

Felix Hernandez	36									265
Justin Verlander	35									260
CC Sabathia	36									259 1/3
Roy Halladay	34									255
Jered Weaver	35									249 2/3
Cliff Lee	34									246
Dan Haren	36									239 1/3
Chris Carpenter	35									238
Cole Hamels	35									236 1/3
Trevor Cahill	36									235 2/3

Other pitching leaders:

Jason Vargas and Bud Norris each have 4 balks.

CG leaders are Halladay (8), Shields (7) and Verlander (7)

HBP leaders are Lackey (16), Wolf (14) and Lester, Brett Anderson and Burnett (13)

Cliff Lee has 4 shutouts. Kershaw, Shields. Vargas, Jaime Garcia have 3.

AJ Burnett has uncorked a league high 21 wild pitches. Ian Kennedy is next with 17.