Three Strikes: The break-to-break leaders

Monday, July 20, 2009 | Print Entry

Three Strikes is back, with a hodge-podge of fun-filled nuggets we've been storing up for a week now:

STRIKE ONE -- THE SEASON THAT WASN'T DEPT.

Now that the 2009 All-Star break has come and gone, let's take a look at the leaders in the full "season" that ran between the 2008 and 2009 All-Star breaks:

    BATTING AVERAGE:
    NL -- Manny Ramirez .380 (in NL only), AL -- Joe Mauer .355

    HOME RUNS
    NL -- Albert Pujols 51, AL -- Carlos Pena 41

    RBIs
    NL -- Pujols 153, AL -- Justin Morneau 131

    RUNS
    NL -- Pujols 124, AL -- Dustin Pedroia 116

     
     

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  • Jayson Stark Jayson Stark

    Jayson Stark has been a senior baseball writer for ESPN.com since 2000. His regular contributions include the newsy Rumblings and Grumblings column and his tilted look inside baseball's numbers and quirks, the Useless Information Department.

    Stark also makes regular television appearances on "SportsCenter," "The Hot List" and "Baseball Tonight." He is a regular ESPN Radio guest of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" (Wednesdays), "GameNight" (Thursdays) and the "Sports Bash" (Tuesdays), as well as numerous other shows on the network.

    Before arriving at ESPN, Stark worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer for 21 years. He was twice named Pennsylvania's sportswriter of the year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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