Trailing 30 - May 24

Here is an explanation of this weekly feature, listing the best and worst of past 30 days, made possible by FanGraph's Leaders application. Comment for the week: Notice how the fifth-worst team in the American League has played .500 ball over the past 30 days. Does that mean the AL is beating the NL in interleague play yet again? Yes it does: The AL is 37-29 so far this year in interleague play, winning 56% of games played between the leagues. Over 162 games, that's equivalent to winning 91.

   American League              National League

   Team W-L                     Team W-L      

1. Houston          20-9     1. Washington       18-9       

2. Minnesota        18-9        San Francisco    18-9        

3. Kansas City     16-10     3. Los Angeles     17-10         

4. Tampa Bay       16-12     4. Chicago         16-11   

5. Los Angeles     15-12     5. St. Louis       17-12        

   Worst Team W-L               Worst Team W-L

1. Oakland          7-21     1. Colorado         7-18      

2. Toronto         10-19     2. San Diego       10-17       

3. Boston          11-16     3. Cincinnati      10-16      

4. New York        13-14     4. New York        11-17
5. Baltimore       12-12     5. Miami           12-16

   Batting Average              Batting Average     

1. Kipnis, Cle      .400     1. Gordon, Mia      .398        

2. Cruz, Sea        .366     2. Belt, SF         .370      

3. Paredes, Bal     .353     3. Harper, Was      .367           

4. Ellsbury, NY     .353     4. Escobar, Was     .351          

5. Garcia, Chi      .352     5. Crawford, SF     .348       

   Lowest Batting Average       Lowest Batting Average  

1. Drew, NY         .176     1. Maldonado, Mil   .167          

2. Carter, Hou      .191     2. Polanco, Pit     .184       

3. Pillar, Tor      .194     3. Realmuto, Mia    .185
4. Davis, Bal       .195     4. Coghlan, Chi     .188           

5. Souza, TB        .198     5. Rollins, LA      .194      

   On Base Percentage           On Base Percentage  

1. Kipnis, Cle      .485     1. Harper, Was      .491           

2. Cabrera, Det     .451     2. Goldschmidt, Ari .440          

3. Cruz, Sea        .434     3. Gordon, Mia      .436         

4. Ellsbury, NY     .433     4. Belt, SF         .431          

5. Brantley, Cle    .431     5. Rizzo, Chi       .430      

      

   Slugging Percentage          Slugging Percentage   

1. Cruz, Sea        .703     1. Harper, Was      .867        

2. Kipnis, Cle      .635     2. Rizzo, Chi       .673     

3. Cabrera, Det     .622     3. Braun, Mil       .656       

4. Martin, Tor      .609     4. Belt, SF         .652       

5. Teixeira, NY     .598     5. Howard, Phi      .650        

          

   Home Runs                    Home Runs

1. Cruz, Sea           9     1. Harper, Was        12
2. Cabrera, Det        8     2. Braun, Mil         10        

   Teixeira, NY        8        Pederson, LA       10
   Trout, LA           8     4. Howard, Phi         9
5. 4 with              7     5. 4 with              8

                                
   Runs                         Runs    

1. Kipnis, Cle        28     1. Harper, Was        27        

2. Dozier, Min        23     2. Simmons, Atl       24     

3. Hosmer, KC         21     3. Braun, Mil         22
   Trout, LA          21        Fowler, Chi        22
5. 2 with             20     5. 2 with             20

   RBI                          RBI      

1. Morales, KC        26     1. Harper, Was        31        

2. Moss, Cle          25     2. Braun, Mil         30      

3. Gattis, Hou        24     3. Stanton, Mia       26       

   Reddick, Oak       24     4. Rizzo, Chi         24
5. 3 with             22     5. 2 with             22
                             

   Stolen Bases                 Stolen Bases             

1. Deshields, Tex     10     1. Gordon, Mia        10            

   Ellsbury, NY       10     2. Hamilton, Cin       8     

3. Altuve, Hou         9        Pollock, Ari        8   

4. Davis, Det          8        J Upton, SD         8
5. Gardner, NY         7     5. 2 with              7
                                

   Saves                        Saves

1. Perkins, Min       13     1. Storen, Was         9

2. Boxberger, TB       9     2. Papelbon, Phi       8

   Street, LA          9     3. Casilla, SF         7
4. 4 with              8        Melancon, Pit       7

                                Rosenthal, SL       7

   ERA                          ERA

1. Young, KC        0.33     1. Burnett, Pit     1.10

2. Paxton, Sea      1.63     2. Greinke, LA      1.31

3. Gibson, Min      1.64     3. Miller, Atl      1.43

4. Gray, Oak        1.93     4. Hammel, Chi      1.50

5. Keuchel, Hou     2.01     5. Bumgarner, SF    1.60

   Worst ERA                    Worst ERA

1. Greene, Det      6.82     1. Stults, Atl      7.39

2. Dickey, Tor      6.58     2. Marquis, Cin     6.75

3. Shoemaker, LA    6.21     3. Colon, NY        6.67

4. Sabathia, NY     6.15     4. Locke, Pit       6.67

5. Kelly, Bos       5.76     5. Kennedy, SD      6.55

   WHIP                         WHIP

1. Young, KC        0.80     1. Hammel, Chi      0.75

2. Hernandez, Sea   0.96     2. Miller, Atl      0.80
3. Weaver, LA       0.96     3. de la Rosa, Ari  0.90

4. Keuchel, Hou     0.96     4. Scherzer, Was    0.92
5. Chen, Bal        1.00     5. Greinke, LA      0.94

   Strikeouts                   Strikeouts

1. Kluber, Cle        52     1. Shields, SD        46      

2. Salazar, Cle       50     2. Hamels, Phi        44

   Archer, TB         40     3. Arrieta, Chi       43

   Carrasco, Cle      40        Cole, Pit          43

   Hernandez, Sea     40        Scherzer, Was      43