Has baseball cleaned up its act? A look inside the numbers suggest so.

Journeyman · Jul 4, 2007

At the halfway point, some interesting stats have sarted to take shape.

A look at some HR totals over the past few years and this years pace.

David Ortiz 2005-47 ,2006-54, 2007 pace 26
Manny Ramirez 2005-45, 2006 -35- 2007 pace 22
Ken Griffey 2005-35, 2006-27, 2007 pace 44
Puhols 2005 -41, 2006- 49, 2007 pace 32
A. Jones 2005-51, 2006-41, 2007 pace 26
Hafner 2005-33, 2006-42, 2007 pace 26
Brian Giles has 1 HR, he avg'd 37 over a 4 yr period, he's played in just 41 games, not sure anyone is more obvious than Giles.
Teixeira-43-33-24 (60 games played)

*There are just 6 AL players on pace to hit more than 30 home runs.

AL total HR for 2006 -2546
AL total HR for 2007 -1144 halfway mark. (2,288 pace)
AL total HR for 2000-2,688
AL total HR for 1996 -2,742

MLB pitching is definitely not getting better either.:missingte

GreenDoberman · Jul 4, 2007

I've been watching lots of games lately and I am amazed at the number of hitters batting in the low .200s and even .100s. These are everyday players too.

Journeyman · Jul 4, 2007

It could be the ball I guess...can't beat em take the ball and deaden it.

Baseball seems to be lacking star quality at the moment.

Not enough Vladimir Guerrero's out there...and BTW his stats have never been freaky, he is the real deal...a career .325 batter too.

VIEJODINOSAUR · Jul 4, 2007

Guerrero....modern day version of Roberto Clemente...JMAN, I think July and August you will see an increase of home runs, those hot and humid days and nites will get those baseballs a-flying....

CapNWatch · Jul 4, 2007

Journey this is one of the best points...and nobody is talking about it. As Green said the averages are down too. I can't believe that only 6 AL players are on pace to hit 30 home runs. That is unreal they need to start talking about this on ESPN.