Here is an explanation of this weekly feature. This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2016 regular season, through games of Monday, August 15.

Comment of the week: We’ve lapped the All Star break, so these numbers should be back to normal, with 26-28 game sample sizes. Not that the last 30 days for Jose Altuve should be construed as normal. And to expand on a topic raised last week, Billy Hamilton has stolen 29 bases since the All Star break. The only players with more than that all season are Jonathan Villar (46), Starling Marte (40), and Rajai Davis (32).

American League
   Team W-L              
1. Seattle          17- 9
2. Toronto          16-10
3. New York         17-11
4. Detroit          16-11
5. Texas            16-12
       
   Worst Team W-L        
1. Los Angeles      10-17
2. Chicago          11-16
3. Kansas City      12-16
   Oakland          12-16
5. Houston          11-16

   Batting Average       
1. Altuve, Hou       .438
2. Cabrera, Det      .370
3. Ramirez, Cle      .360
4. Orlando, KC       .358
5. Betts, Bos        .347
       
   On Base Percentage    
1. Altuve, Hou       .482
2. Trout, LA         .448
3. Cabrera, Det      .434
4. Correa, Hou       .414
5. Ramirez, Cle      .413

   Slugging Percentage   
1. Dozier, Min       .733
2. Betts, Bos        .713
3. Napoli, Cle       .710
4. Cabrera, Det      .700
   Moreland, Tex     .700
     
   On Base Plus Slugging 
1. Altuve, Hou      1.168
2. Cabrera, Det     1.134
3. Napoli, Cle      1.115
4. Betts, Bos       1.100
5. Dozier, Min      1.093

   Worst OPS             
1. Perez, KC         .460
2. Bregman, Hou      .469
3. Hosmer, KC        .488
4. Davis, Bal        .495
5. Profar, Tex       .544
          
   Home Runs             
1. Dizier, Min         11
2. Napoli, Cle         10
3. Cabrera, Det         9
   Encarnacion, Tor     9
   Moreland, Tex        9
 
   Runs                  
1. Forsythe, TB        23
   Trout, LA           23
3. Dozier, Min         22
   Pedroia, Bos        22
5. 2 with              21

   RBI                   
1. Pujols, LA          29
2. Betts, Bos          25
   Correa, Hou         25
4. Cabrera, Det        24
5. 3 with              23
       
   Stolen Bases          
1. Ramirez, Cle         9
2. Davis, Cle           8
3. Kiermaier, TB        6
   Kipnis, Cle          6
5. 5 with               5
  
   Saves                 
1. Dyson, Tex           9
2. Britton, Bal         8
   Colome, TB           8
   Osuna, TB            8
   Rodriguez, Det       8
 
   ERA                   
1. Happ, Tor         1.47
2. Paxton, Sea       1.59
   Quintana, Chi     1.59
4. Odorizzi, TB      1.66
5. Duffy, KC         1.73

   Worst ERA             
1. Santiago, LA-Min  6.67
2. Gee, KC           6.07
3. Griffin, Tex      6.06
4. Tomlin, Cle       5.84
5. Fiers, Hou        5.51
 
   FIP                   
1. Archer, TB        2.46
2. Duffy, KC         2.48
3. Paxton, Sea       2.57
4. Sanchez, Tor      2.61
5. Sale, Chi         2.69
 
   WHIP                  
1. Paxton, Sea       0.74
2. Porcello, Bos     0.76
3. Duffy, KC         0.85
4. Bundy, Bal        0.857
5. Verlander, Det    0.861
 
   Strikeouts            
1. Archer, TB          41
2. Hamels, Tex         40
   Verlander, Det      40
4. 3 with              39
National League
   Team W-L
1. Chicago          17- 7
2. Colorado         16- 9
3. Washington       14- 9
4. Los Angeles      13- 9
5. Cincinnati       13-10

   Worst Team W-L
1. San Francisco     9-17
2. San Diego        10-17
3. Arizona          10-16
4. New York         11-17
5. Atl, Mil, Phi    13-14     
   
   Batting Average     
1. Votto, Cin        .444
2. Molina, SL        .393
3. Braun, Mil        .382
4. Blackmon, Col     .364
5. Walker, NY        .360
 
   On Base Percentage  
1. Votto, Cin        .552
2. Braun, Mil        .467
3. LeMahieu, Col     .447
4. Molina, SL        .433
5. Marte, Pit        .426

   Slugging Percentage  
1. Braun, Mil        .803
2. Tomas, Ari        .714
3. Votto, Cin        .711
4. Blackmon, Col     .678
5. Murphy, Was       .671

   On Base Plus Slugging
1. Braun, Mil       1.269
2. Votto, Cin       1.263
3. Blackmon, Col    1.091
4. Freeman, Atl     1.061
5. Murphy, Was      1.060
      
   Worst OPS
1. Espinosa, Was     .423
2. Hewyard, Chi      .476
3. Garcia, SL        .511
4. Franco, Phi       .541
5. Granderson, NY    .548

   Home Runs
1. Gyorko, SL          10
2. Blackmon, Col        9
   Braun, Mil           9
   Bruce, Cin-NY        9
   Tomas, Ari           9

   Runs    
1. Blackmon, Col       27
2. Braun, Mil          24
3. Arenado, Col        23
4. Freeman, Atl        22
   Votto, Cin          22

   RBI      
1. Gonzalez, Col       24
   Prado, Mia          24
3. Arenado, Col        22
   Yelich, Mia         22
5. 4 with              21

   Stolen Bases          
1. Hamilton, Cin       28
2. Villar, Mil         14
3. Turner, Was         12
4. Perez, Mil          10
5. 2 with               9

   Saves
1. Oh, SL               9
2. Jansen, LA           8
   Johnson, Atl         8
4. Familia, NY          7
   Melancon, Pit-Was    7

   ERA
1. Koehler, Mia      1.36
2. Hendricks, Chi    1.53
3. deGrom, NY        1.56
4. Taillon, Pit      1.97
5. Bumgarner, SF     2.06

   Worst ERA
1. Eflin, Phi        7.39
2. Leake, SL         6.88
3. Foltynewicz, Atl  6.11
4. Velasquez, Phi    5.65
5. Friedrich, SD     5.60

   FIP
1. Cole, Pit         2.40
2. deGrom, NY        2.49
3. Fernandez, Mia    2.61
4. Syndergaard, NY   2.65
5. Scherzer, Was     2.69

   WHIP
1. Koehler, Mia      0.76
2. Arrieta, Chi      0.83
3. Lackey, Chi       0.86
4. Scherzer, Was     0.90
5. deGrom, NY        0.92

   Strikeouts
1. Scherzer, Was       47
2. Ray, Ari            46
3. Fernandez, Mia      45
4. Matz, NY            39
5. 2 with              38
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