Leaders of Men (in March)
April 07, 2010
If you thought this blog could go through June 7 without a Joy Division reference, you were very, very wrong.*
The following lists are the opposite of the lists we presented yesterday. These are the lists of batters and pitchers who marched through last month like Sherman through Atlanta.
Top qualified batters in March, as sorted by OPS (minimum 40 AB):
PLAYER SCHOOL AB BB/K XBH/K OPS A.J. Kirby-Jones Tennessee Tech 68 0.95 0.91 1.650 Paul Hoilman East Tennessee State 64 1.56 1.67 1.608 Wes Cunningham Murray State 72 1.00 1.38 1.543 Jace Brinkerhoff Utah Valley State 49 0.20 2.00 1.524 Chris Duffy UCF 71 0.40 1.07 1.470 Ryan Rivers Charlotte 68 0.62 1.15 1.449 Devin Harris East Carolina 63 1.00 1.33 1.443 J.D. Ashbrook Morehead State 73 2.00 2.17 1.436 Ryan Fleming Georgia State 68 1.17 1.33 1.430 Alex Dickerson Indiana 68 0.78 1.56 1.425 Joey Wood Georgia State 72 0.92 1.15 1.424 Ben Harty New Mexico State 75 0.68 0.84 1.423 Danny Brock St. Louis 67 1.78 1.56 1.416 Cameron Seitzer Oklahoma 58 0.38 1.50 1.409 C.J. Cron Utah 51 0.50 1.83 1.393 Mark Castellitto Gonzaga 69 0.60 1.07 1.390 Trey Karlen Tennessee-Martin 60 1.00 0.87 1.386 Zach Wright East Carolina 56 0.60 1.40 1.375 Chace Perkins New Mexico State 61 0.69 0.75 1.349 Luke Stewart UAB 56 0.80 0.80 1.344
(It's no coincidence that East Carolina and Georgia State both played a series against North Carolina Central last month.)
Top qualified pitchers in March, as sorted by strikeout rate (minimum 13.3 IP):
PLAYER SCHOOL IP BABIP K/9 Stephen Pryor Tennessee Tech 13.3 0.409 16.9 Barret Loux Texas A&M 25.0 0.293 15.8 John Stilson Texas A&M 23.0 0.273 15.7 Matt Little Kentucky 15.7 0.261 15.5 Luke Irvine Northwestern State 23.7 0.340 15.2 Boone Whiting Centenary 17.3 0.324 14.5 Kevin Munson James Madison 18.3 0.250 14.2 Rye Davis Western Kentucky 14.0 0.382 14.1 Nick Maronde Florida 14.7 0.200 14.1 Cedric Pomerlee Alcorn State 18.0 0.348 14.0 Thomas Rooke Kansas State 20.0 0.317 14.0 Rob Rasmussen UCLA 22.3 0.271 13.7 Thomas Keeling Oklahoma State 25.7 0.356 13.7 Shawn Tolleson Baylor 20.0 0.464 13.5 John Dischert Maryland 15.3 0.087 13.5 Zach Woods East Carolina 27.7 0.379 13.3 Garett Claypool UCLA 21.0 0.211 13.3 Daniel Watts Jacksonville State 18.3 0.455 13.3 Kyle Stewart Western Carolina 17.0 0.343 13.2 Gerrit Cole UCLA 26.7 0.250 13.2
* In June, we break out the umlauts and trace the early career of Bob Mould through the continued use of headline puns!