We're just past the halfway mark, and here are some of the individual records most at risk of being broken this year:
Adams League
Batting Average: Roberto Cesarez, .365, 2004 (Waylon Blassingame is at .372)
RBI: Brian Frison, 150, 2010 (Frison is on pace for 160)
Wins: Demarcus Ramirez, 28, 2009 (Chad Nelligan is on pace for 31)
Saves: Norman Fuentes, 45, 2010 (Timothy Vallejo is on pace for 53)
Zotti League
RBI: Patrick Valdes, 138, 2009 (Valdes is on pace for 143 and Timothy Palacio for 140)
Hits: Anton Suarez, 220, 2009 (Suarez is on pace for 227 and Duane Gerhardt for 226)
2B: Gerald Bowers, 49, 2003 (Gerhardt is on pace for 55)
3B: Joel Valenti, 18, 2004 (Gerhardt is on pace for 19)
Runs: Frank Nunn, 141, 2004 (Gerhardt is on pace for 143)
I'll note that, while he doesn't have the requisite number of plate appearances now, George Aguinaldo is batting .402 on the season, including .447 since June 1st.
ReplyDeleteBy my reckoning, he needs about 63 more plate appearances over the 3.1/game average to equal the all-time single season record of .366 (Patrick Welch, 2002). If he hits .222 over those next 63 extra at bats, he'll equal Welch's mark.
Now that I've done the calculations, he'll probably hit a major slump and be lucky to break .300 for the season.
I'll also note that Duane Gerhardt, in addition to being on pace to break the hits, 2B, and 3B record, is currently at .363, just a few hits shy of the aforementioned .366 record.