This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, May 21. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature.

Comment of the week: The top three National League home run hitters over the past 30 days hit a total of 27 homers. They hit a combined total of 24 home runs all of last year.

American League
   Team W-L              
1. Houston          17-10
2. Texas            17-11
3. New York         15-10
4. Minnesota        14-10
5. Los Angeles      16-12
       
   Worst Team W-L        
1. Kansas City      11-16
   Oakland          11-16
3. Boston           12-14
4. Chicago          13-14
   Seattle          13-14

   Batting Average       
1. Hosmer, KC        .375
2. Trout, LA         .365
3. Dickerson, TB     .364
4. Sano, Min         .354
5. Judge, NY         .352
       
   On Base Percentage    
1. Trout, LA         .505
2. Judge, NY         .462
3. Sano, Min         .448
4. Hicks, NY         .432
5. Hosmer, KC        .431

   Slugging Percentage   
1. Trout, LA         .838
2. Judge, NY         .761
3. Cruz, Sea         .681
4. Gardner, NY       .667
5. Dickerson, TB     .654
     
   On Base Plus Slugging 
1. Trout, LA        1.343
2. Judge, NY        1.224
3. Sano, Min        1.094
4. Cruz, Sea        1.087
5. Gardner, NY      1.074

   Worst OPS             
1. Escobar, KC       .398
2. Hardy, Bal        .462
3. Headley, NY       .464
4. Gordon, KC        .506
5. Goins, Tor        .537
          
   Home Runs             
1. Judge, NY           10
2. Alonso, Oak          9
   Cruz, Sea            9
   Trout, LA            9
5. Five with            8
 
   Runs                  
1. Pillar, Tor         25
2. Castro, NY          23
   Judge, NY           23
4. Three with          22
   

   RBI                   
1. Cruz, Sea           29
2. Smoak, Tor          22
3. Correa, Hou         21
   Garcia, Chi         21
   Sano, Min           21
       
   Stolen Bases          
1. Dyson, Sea           8
   Maybin, LA           8
3. Cain, KC             6
   Trout, LA            6
5. Five with            5
  
   Saves                 
1. Allen, Cle           9
2. Colome, TB           8
   Norris, LA           8
4. Giles, Hou           7
   Kintzler, Min        7
 
   ERA                   
1. McCullers, Hou    2.08
2. Quintana, Chi     2.38
3. Stroman, Tor      2.43
4. Cashner, Tex      2.48
5. Keuchel, Hou      2.52

   Worst ERA             
1. Tanaka, NY        7.00
2. Bauer, Cle        6.83
3. Salazar, Cle      6.75
4. Zimmermann, Det   6.43
5. Gausman, Bal      6.28
 
   FIP                   
1. Sale, Bos         1.93
2. Quintana, Chi     2.54
3. Hahn, Oak         2.57
4. Duffy, KC         2.61
5. Rodriguez, Bos    2.64
 
   WHIP                  
1. Carrasco, Cle    0.857
2. Sale, Bos        0.861
3. Keuchel, Hou      0.93
4. Karns, KC         0.99
5. Rodriguez, Bos    1.00
 
   Strikeouts            
1. Sale, Bos           53
2. Archer, TB          50
3. Estrada, Tor        46
   Morton, Hou         46
5. Darvish, Tex        45
National League
   Team W-L
1. Los Angeles      18- 8
2. St. Louis        15- 9
3. Milwaukee        16-10
4. Colorado         17-11
5. Ari, Was         15-12

   Worst Team W-L
1. Miami             7-20
2. San Diego         8-20
3. Philadelphia      8-17
4. New York         10-15
5. Cincinnati       11-15
   
   Batting Average     
1. Turner, LA        .391
2. Posey, SF         .370
3. Blackmon, Col     .365
4. Bryant, Chi       .360
5. Kemp, Atl         .355
 
   On Base Percentage  
1. Votto, Cin        .479
2. Goldschmidt, Ari  .475
3. Bryant, Chi       .472
4. Turner, LA        .455
5. Freeman, Atl      .443

   Slugging Percentage  
1. Bryant, Chi      .730
2. Zimmerman, Was   .701
3. Freeman, Atl     .662
4. Votto, Cin       .6593
5. Bour, Mia        .6591

   On Base Plus Slugging
1. Bryant, Chi      1.203
2. Votto, Cin       1.138
3. Goldschmidt, Ari 1.127
4. Freeman, Atl     1.106
5. Zimmerman, Was   1.097
      
   Worst OPS
1. Russell, Chi      .536
2. Schwarber, Chi    .537
3. Panik, SF         .539
4. Mercer, Pit       .576
5. Spangenberg, SD   .579

   Home Runs
1. Bellinger, LA        9
   Bour, Mia            9
   Schebler, Cin        9
4. Six with             8
   
   Runs    
1. Conforto, NY        25
2. Turner, Was         24
3. Blackmon, Col;      23
   Bryant, Chi; Harper, 
   Was; Hamilton, Cin

   RBI      
1. Votto, Cin          29
2. Reynolds, Col       27
3. Goldschmidt, Ari    26
4. Zimmerman, Was      25     
5. Bellinger, LA       24 

   Stolen Bases          
1. Hamilton, Cin       16
2. Gordon, Mia         10
3. Broxton, Mil         8
   Pollock, Ari         8
5. Two with             7

   Saves
1. Holland, Col        10
2. Oh, SL               7
3. Five with            5
   
   

   ERA
1. Wood, LA          1.23
2. Cole, Pit         1.59
3. Hendricks, Chi    1.82
4. Kershaw, LA       1.83
5. Martinez, SL      2.31

   Worst ERA
1. Teheran, Atl      7.18
2. Moore, SF         6.00
3. Arroyo, Cin       5.97
4. Arrieta, Chi      5.91
5. Eickhoff, Phi     5.88

   FIP
1. Wood, LA          1.16
2. Samardzija, SF    2.23
3. Cole, Pit         2.51
4. Wacha, SL         2.75
5. Kershaw, LA       2.95

   WHIP
1. Cole, Pit         0.74
2. Greinke, Ari      0.89
3. Martinez, SL      0.91
   Straily, Mia      0.91
5. Wood, LA          0.92

   Strikeouts
1. deGrom, NY          54
2. Scherzer, Was       52
3. Samardzija, SF      47
4. Greinke, Ari        46
5. Ray, Ari            41
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