Baseball Records Of This Decade

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Here are some interesting stats from this decade (2000's) and how they are ranked among other players.  I listed the second-best total in parentheses. Since players like Barry Bonds might hold not only the 1st place for a statistic but also 2nd, 3rd, 4rd place, etc, I will just list the highest total by someone other than the guy who is #1 in parentheses.

TOTAL BATTING (rate stats minimum 3,000 PA)

Batting average: .334, Albert Pujols
(.333, Ichiro Suzuki)

On-base percentage: .517, Barry Bonds
(.436, Todd Helton)

Slugging percentage: .724, Barry Bonds
(.628, Albert Pujols)

OPS: 1.241, Barry Bonds
(1.055, Albert Pujols)

OPS+: 221, Barry Bonds
(172, Albert Pujols)

Times on base: 2,791, Todd Helton
(2,785, Bobby Abreu)

Hits: 2,029, Ichiro Suzuki
(1,938, Derek Jeter)

Home runs: 433, Alex Rodriguez
(368, Jim Thome)

At bats per home run: 9.0, Barry Bonds
(12.6, Jim Thome)

Triples: 95, Jimmy Rollins
(92, Carl Crawford)

Doubles: 431, Todd Helton
(408, Bobby Abreu)

Walks: 1,128, Barry Bonds
(1,038, Bobby Abreu)

Hit-by-pitches: 159, Jason Kendall
(138, Jason Giambi)

Runs batted in: 1,236, Alex Rodriguez
(1,112, Albert Pujols)

Runs scored: 1,188, Alex Rodriguez
(1,114, Johnny Damon)

Runs produced: 1,991, Alex Rodriguez
(1,837, Bobby Abreu)

Sacrifice hits: 113, Omar Vizquel
(110, Juan Pierre)

Stolen bases: 457, Juan Pierre
(362, Carl Crawford)

At bats: 6,259, Miguel Tejada
(6,118, Derek Jeter)

Plate appearances: 6,929, Bobby Abreu
(6,919, Derek Jeter)

Games played: 1,580, Miguel Tejada
(1,573, Bobby Abreu)

SINGLE-SEASON BATTING (rate stats minimum 400 PA)

BA: .372, Ichiro Suzuki, 2004; Nomar Garciaparra, 2000; Todd Helton, 2000
(.370, Barry Bonds, 2002)

OBP: .609, Barry Bonds, 2004
(.477, Jason Giambi, 2001)

SLG: .863, Barry Bonds, 2001
(.737, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

OPS: 1.421, Barry Bonds, 2004
(1.174, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

OPS+: 268, Barry Bonds, 2002
(203, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

TOB: 376, Barry Bonds, 2004
(334, Carlos Delgado, 2000)

H: 262, Ichiro Suzuki, 2004
(240, Darin Erstad, 2000)

HR: 73, Barry Bonds, 2001
(64, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

AB/HR: 6.5, Barry Bonds, 2001
(9.0, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

3B: 23, Curtis Granderson, 2007
(20, Jimmy Rollins, 2007)

2B: 59, Todd Helton, 2000
(57, Carlos Delgado, 2007)

BB: 232, Barry Bonds, 2004
(135, Brian Giles, 2002)

HBP: 30, Craig Wilson, 2004
(28, Craig Biggio, 2001)

RBI: 160, Sammy Sosa, 2001
(156, Alex Rodriguez, 2007)

R: 152, Jeff Bagwell, 2000
(146, Sammy Sosa, 2001)

RP: 245, Alex Rodriguez, 2007
(243, Todd Helton, 2000)

SH: 24, Royce Clayton, 2004
(22, Adam Everett, 2004)

AB: 716, Jimmy Rollins, 2007
(704, Ichiro Suzuki, 2004)

PA: 778, Jimmy Rollins, 2007
(765, Jose Reyes, 2007)

G: 163, Justin Morneau, 2008; Hideki Matsui, 2003
(54 players have had 162)

TOTAL PITCHING, starters (min. 1,000 innings pitched)

Earned run average: 3.01, Pedro Martinez
(3.12, Johan Santana)

ERA+: 152, Pedro Martinez
(143, Johan Santana)

Home runs per nine innings: 0.63, Brandon Webb
(0.72, Roy Halladay)

Walks per nine innings: 1.36, Brad Radke
(1.40, David Wells)

Strikeouts per nine innings: 10.41, Randy Johnson
(10.05, Kerry Wood)

Walks plus hits per innings pitched: 1.036, Pedro Martinez
(1.113, Johan Santana)

Strikeouts: 2,180, Randy Johnson
(2,001, Javier Vazquez)

Winning percentage: Pedro Martinez, .691
(.682, Roger Clemens)

Wins: 148, Andy Pettitte
(143, Randy Johnson)

Shutouts: 14, Roy Halladay
(12, Randy Johnson)

Innings pitched: 2,195, Livan Hernandez
(2,163, Javier Vazquez)

Complete games: 47, Roy Halladay
(36, Livan Hernandez)

Games started: 332, Livan Hernandez
(327, Javier Vazquez)

SINGLE-SEASON PITCHING, starters (min. 160 innings pitched)

ERA: 1.74, Pedro Martinez, 2000
(1.87, Roger Clemens, 2005)

ERA+: 291, Pedro Martinez, 2000
(226, Roger Clemens, 2005)

HR/9: 0.33, Chris Carpenter, 2009
(0.34, Pedro Martinez, 2003)

BB/9: 0.43, Carlos Silva, 2005
(0.85, David Wells, 2003)

SO/9: 13.41, Randy Johnson, 2001
(12.56, Randy Johnson, 2000)

WHIP: 0.737, Pedro Martinez, 2000
(.900, Randy Johnson, 2004)

SO: 372, Randy Johnson, 2001
(316, Curt Schilling, 2002)

W%: .880, Cliff Lee, 2008

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