Record Watch

We're still a relatively young league so most of our career record holders are still active. But, there are a few that could fall in season nine.

HITTING

• Hits: James Gao (FRE) enters season nine as the all-time leader with 1,641. Pat Saunders (FLA) and Dave Adams (ARI) trail at 1,625 and 1,589 respectively.
• OPS: Timo Phillips holds the record at 1.072, but remains unsigned. Al Mendoza sits at 1.053 and with Portland, you never know what could happen.

PITCHING

• Strikeouts: Wayne Ramsey remains unsigned with 1,070 strikeouts. Chicago Black Stockings' Art Shelley is 94 away from claiming the title.
• Worst ERA: William Gonzales and his 6.14 ERA are retired, but Benji Santiago is not. Vancouver will trot out Benji and his 5.85 ERA. You never know.
• Appearances: Al Ibanez (SF) has 542 and is 29 away from Angela Acosta's mark of 571.

Keep Yer Eye On...

Mitch Brow New Orleans Missouri Age: 29 B/T: S/R Born: Calimesa, CA Position(s): SS/IF/OF/DH View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Mitch Brow is narrowing in on the single-season hit streak mark. Brow has hit safely in 25 consecutive games. Andy Porter holds the all-time mark, hitting in 33 straight for Milwaukee (now Chicago-A) in season three.

Kip Davis made a challenge last season, running up a 31-game streak, which is tied for second all-time.

It's in the Books

Season 7 saw a little history being written. Among the record book revisions from last season...

• Vic Prieto (SFE) with the second-highest at-bats total, 704.
• Michael Kondou (BUR) sets the mark for grounding into DPs, with 41. Karim Casto (TEX) follows him in second place with 40.
• Donn Kelly (RIC) gets hit by 21 pitches, tying him for third all time.
• Kip Davis (HOU) with the third longest hit streak ever -- 31 games.
• Sammy Gonzales (NY) with 70 home runs, the second highest total ever. Also, his 167 RBI was good for fourth.
  
• Brandon Rhodes (CHI) struck out 189 times, which is fourth on the list.
• Gene Koehlert (TEX) is second on the triples list, with 14. Fausto Valdivia (ARI) hit 12 three-baggers, for fourth.
• Davey Torres (NY) posted a 1.64 ERA for a new WO record. Julian Santana (POR) had a 2.03 ERA for fourth. He had the fifth-best mark in season six (2.06).
• Torress also posted the fifth-lowest single-season WHIP at 1.01.
  
• Kyle Merritt (CHA) now has the first, second, fourth and fifth highest innings pitched totals. He slid into second last season with 277.3.
• Merritt also set the single-season pitch mark -- 4,224.
• Merritt also has the fourth-highest strikeout number with 244.

On the Books: Hitting

A look at the career hitting records that will be in play this season:

Career

Batting Average
1. Timo Phillips/SJ: .363
2. Pat Saunders/KC-CHA: .357
3. Al Mendoza/KC: .352
4. Hector Pettitte/BOS: .344
5. Mark Yamamoto/SFE-CIN-MIL: .341

Hits
1. Pat Saunders/KC-CHA: 657
2. Joe Stein/AUS: 606
3. James Gao/AUS-CSP: 600
4. Dave Adams/CSP: 596
5. Edwin Underwood/COL-ANA: 579

Home Runs
1. Nerio Turner/CLE: 174
2. Felipe Hernandez/MIL: 169
3. Donovan Milligan/CLE: 164
4. Len Heiserman/MIL-SEA: 162
4. Wayne Ramsey/CHI: 162

RBI
1. Al Mendoza/KC: 454
2. Nerio Turner/CLE: 434
2. Tanner Howard/COL-ANA: 434
4. Felipe Hernandez/MIL: 429
5. Donovan Milligan/CLE: 427

Stolen Bases
1. William Saitou/PHI: 290
2. Chul Tabaka/DET: 289
3. Ralph Ferguson/LA-NAS-TB: 229
4. Trey Daniels*/MNT-POR: 179
5. Mule May/WAS-PIT-KC: 168
*: Player is unsigned for season four

On the Books: Pitching

A quick check of the major career records that will be in play this season:

Wins
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 64
2. Benny Pujols/ATL-KC-DET: 61
3. Midre Navarre/KC-BUF: 57
4. Mel Petersen/DET: 56
4. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 56

ERA
1. Lon Costello/CIN: 2.42
2. Mel Petersen/DET: 2.66
3. Louis Paul/SEA: 2.72
4. Rico Johnson/CSP: 2.91
5. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 2.93

Strikeouts
1. Kyle Merritt/CHA: 775
2. Ugueth Neruda/KC: 670
3. Floyd Brock/NAS-TB: 664
4. Garrett Collins/CHA: 655
5. Lon Costello/CIN: 623

Saves
1. Gregory Rando/CSP: 128
2. Jose Bonilla/ATL: 114
3. Miguel Tavarez/CSP-CLB: 113
4. Duke Monroe/PHI: 106
5. Earle Edmonds/DET: 105

Single-Season Records Smashed

Here's a quick check of the record book and which marks fell in Season Three:

Timo Phillips/SJ: .382 BA (tie - S.2 Pat Saunders/KC). Incidentally, Timo also has the top three single-season OPS marks.

Andy Porter/MIL: 33-game hit streak

Bubba Sisler/CHA: 2.02 ERA

Sonny Anderson/BUF: 86 appearances (tie - S.1 Juan Navarre/LV)

Barry Hubbard/PHI: 50 saves (tie - S.1 Duke Monroe/PHI)