League Leaders

Here are a bunch of statistics at the just past the halfway mark of the baseball season that caught my eye.

• Curt Granderson has racked up 15 triples.
• Ichiro is just 18 hits from being halfway to 3,000 career hits -- in the American Major Leagues.
• As measured by OPS+, Alex Rodriguez is having the best year of his career. His 186 mark so far this season exceeds the 167 he tallied in 2000 (SEA) and 2005 (NYY).
• Prince Fielder has exceeded last year's home run total by one, 29 to 28.
• I don't know if Jimmy Rollins is nearing exclusive company but this year marks the 5th season of his career that the 28-year old Rollins has hit 10+ doubles, triples and homers. Carl Crawford's done it three times. George Brett did it three times. Roberto Clemente seven times. Lou Gehrig nine times. Willie Mays five times.
• Oakland's ERA+ has dropped to 117 since early this June when I was all excited about there 130-plus showing.
• In the order of their innings pitched the San Diego relief corps have turned in the following first-half ERA's, 1.78 -- 3.43 -- 2.52 -- 3.03 -- 1.91 -- 0.31 -- 2.30 -- 0.84 -- 7.84 -- 0.00.
• Kevin Cameron's ERA+ is 1314. In the previous bullet he's the guy with the 0.31 ERA.