During the All-Star weekend, Tedd mentioned to me that the IAL Player Register was one year out of date. So I got on it. It’s now updated with 2010 stats. While I was doing that, I thought I do the all-time leaderboards which is a fun for me. Here is my summary.
Who’s new on the list?
Who cracked the single season top ten in 2010? Good question. There weren’t many and the ones that did might surprise you. The Kentucky Kernels’ rookie Andrew Bailey did it with his 44 saves. He’s tenth on the list. The Green Rock Bombers’ Livan Hernandez found himself on a couple categories. In 2009, he broke the all-time record for innings pitched in a season with 354 1/3. This past year, he almost did again. He logged 322 2/3 innings which is good for eighth all time. Not only that, he comes in 3rd all-time in losses with 26 losses in 2010.
Another Bomber pitcher, Francisco Lirano walked 171 batters which now ranks 3rd in the history of our league. Manny Parra of the Twin City Thunderchickens wasn’t far behind in 2010. He gave out 169 free passes and comes in 4th all time.
Two pitchers ranked in the top ten in games pitched in 2010… and they both pitched for the same team. Brad Lidge (88 games) and Kevin Jepsen (87 games) of the Molly Putts Marauders now are in the record books (5th and 6th place respectively).
That seems like a lot of pitchers but among the hitters, there was only one who cracked the single season top ten lists. Chicago Highlander Miguel Tejada. Shortstop Tejada hit 62 doubles which was one less than Nomar Garciaparra’s all-time record set in 2001. Tejada will settle for a tie for second place with 1987 Wade Boggs and former Highlander 1995 Chuck Knoblauch.
What were the trends on the all-time career lists?
We’re starting to see a new class of players make their way into the IAL record books. In 2010, Derek Jeter just made into the top ten of at-bats and runs as well as bolstering his lead in HBP. Alex Rodriguez jumped up a few spots in the homerun category to fifth all-time with 563 dingers. ARod also made his first appearance on the rbi chart. He’s seventh all-time with 1489.
Ivan Rodriguez is going to do his best bolster his numbers going into his last season in 2011. Right now, he’s 8th all-time in hits with 2407, 4th in doubles (he’s giving tips to Miguel), and 9th in at-bats.
Albert Pujols is now the all-time leader in slugging percentage and Joe Mauer’s OBP of .402 is nine points behind all-time leader Wade Boggs. Upperdecker teammate Todd Helton is only three points behind Mauer and comes in at third all time.
There are plenty more players making a splash… Chipper Jones, Jimmy Rollins, Manny Ramirez (if striking out is considered “making a splash”. Manny is now the all-time leader in Ks with 1748).
Are there any old-timers still in the IAL record books?
Records are meant to be broken. But do we have players from our early days still on our record books? Plenty! For example:
- 1981 Al Oliver is 3rd in hits with 231. 1978 Dave Parker clocks in at 9th with 224.
- 1982 Cecil Cooper ranks fifth with 61 doubles.
- 1982 Vince Coleman is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 119. Tim aines is the all time career leader with 854.
- Andy Messersmith won 27 games in 1976 for the all time record. Bryan Harvey saved 55 in 1992 again, no one has matched that.
- The top three in career ERA are all from a different era (no pun intended). Catfish Hunter (3.11), Bert Blyleven (3.44), Jim Palmer (3.50), Ken Forsch (3.50) and Steve Carlton (3.50).
Check out the all-time records yourself.
All-time Hitting Records and the All-time Pitching Records.
Here is the link to the 2011 IAL Player Register