This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, July 23. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature.

Comment of the week: Bryce Harper apparently read the articles pointing out that he’s been much better in April than the rest of the year, and they pissed him off, because man, has he ever been killing it over the past 30 days.

American League
   Team W-L              
1. Houston          15- 8
2. Kansas City      14-11
3. Detroit          13-11
4. Boston           14-13
5. Cle, Oak         12-12
       
   Worst Team W-L        
1. Chicago           6-17
2. Toronto           9-16
3. Seattle          10-14
4. New York         11-15
5. Minnesota        12-14

   Batting Average       
1. Altuve, Hou       .463
2. Springer, Hou     .425
3. Correa, Hou       .400
4. Hosmer, KC        .358
5. Pedroia, Bos      .353
       
   On Base Percentage    
1. Altuve, Hou       .509
2. Springer, Hou     .495
3. Correa, Hou       .486
4. Pedroia, Bos      .436
5. Judge, NY         .426

   Slugging Percentage   
1. Correa, Hou       .767
2. Springer, Hou     .736
3. Altuve, Hou       .674
4. Gurriel, Hou      .667
5. Moustakas, KC     .629
     
   On Base Plus Slugging 
1. Correa, Hou      1.253
2. Springer, Hou    1.231
3. Altuve, Hou      1.183
4. Gurriel, Hou     1.036
5. Hosmer, KC       1.030

   Worst OPS             
1. Maybin, LA        .378
2. Davidson, Chi     .470
3. Bogaerts, Bos     .489
4. Haniger, Sea      .504
5. Anderson, Chi     .536
          
   Home Runs             
1. K Davis, Oak         9
   Moustakas, KC        9
3. Seven with           7
   
   
 
   Runs                  
1. Springer, Hou       28
2. Betts, Bos          24
3. Altuve, Hou         20
4. Bregman, Hou        19
5. Four with           18

   RBI                   
1. Pedroia, Bos        27
2. Schoop, Bal         24
3. Altuve, Hou         21
   Betts, Bos          21
   Gurriel, Hou        21
       
   Stolen Bases          
1. R Davis, Oak        10
2. Altuve, Hou          9
   Merrifield, KC       9
4. Revere, LA           7
5. Smith, TB            6
  
   Saves                 
1. Colome, TB           8
   Kintzler, Min        8
3. Wilson, Det          7
4. Diaz, Sea            6
5. Osuna, Tor           5
 
   ERA                   
1. Clevinger, Cle    0.75
2. Stroman, Tor      1.06
3. Sale, Bos         1.32
4. Kluber, Cle       1.47
5. Gray, Oak         1.62

   Worst ERA             
1. Shields, Chi      8.88
2. Bundy, Bal        7.24
3. McCullers, Hou    7.13
4. Holland, Chi      7.01
5. Jimenez, Bal      7.00
 
   FIP                   
1. Kluber, Cle       1.78
2. Sale, Bos         1.91
3. Price, Bos        2.15
4. Severino, NY      2.19
5. Paxton, Sea       2.22
 
   WHIP                  
1. Cobb, TB          0.72
2. Gray, Oak         0.75
3. Kluber, Cle       0.77
4. Paxton, Sea       0.84
5. Sale, Bos         0.85
 
   Strikeouts            
1. Kluber, Cle         69
2. Sale, Bos           54
3. Archer, TB          41
   Carrasco, Cle       41
   Severino, NY        41
National League
   Team W-L
1. Los Angeles      19- 5
2. Washington       15- 9
3. Pittsburgh       15-10
4. Chicago          14-10
5. New York         13-10

   Worst Team W-L
1. Arizona          10-14
   Philadelphia     10-14
3. Cincinnati       11-15
4. Colorado, Miami, 11-13
   San Francisco    
   
   Batting Average     
1. Harper, Was       .416
2. Rendon, Was       .385
3. McCutchen, Pit    .376
4. Taylor, LA        .375
5. Arenado, Col      .370
 
   On Base Percentage  
1. Harper, Was       .515
2. Rendon, Was       .489
3. McCutchen, Pit    .486
4. Turner, LA        .452
5. Forsythe, LA      .440

   Slugging Percentage  
1. Harper, Was       .764
2. Rendon, Was       .705
3. Blackmon, Col     .667
   Stanton, Mia      .667
5. Arenado, Col      .663

   On Base Plus Slugging
1. Harper, Was      1.278
2. Rendon, Was      1.194
3. Gennett, Cin     1.087
4. Blackmon, Col    1.068
5. Arenado, Col     1.067
      
   Worst OPS
1. Cespedes, NY      .454
2. Peraza, Cin       .540
3. Kemp, Atl         .551
4. Drury, Ari        .568
5. Crawford, SF      .571

   Home Runs
1. Stanton, Mia        11
2. Blackmon, Col        8
   Contreras, Chi       8
   Grichuk, SL          8
   Shaw, Mil            8
   
   Runs    
1. Harper, Was         26
2. Blackmon, Col       25
3. Pham, SL            22
   Shaw, Mil           22
5. Stanton, Mia        21

   RBI      
1. Arenado, Col        27
2. Murphy, Was         22
3. Bell, Pit           21
4. Pham, SL            20     
   Rendon, Was         20 

   Stolen Bases          
1. Hamilton, Cin       12
2. Gordon, Mia          7
   Pham, SL             7
   Turner, Was          7
5. Broxton, Mil         6

   Saves
1. Jansen, LA           8
   Johnson, Atl         8
   Ramos, Mia           8
4. Four with            6
   

   ERA
1. Kershaw, LA       0.47
2. Nola, Phi         1.80
3. Hill, LA          1.95
4. deGrom, NY        1.96
5. Strasburg, Was    2.08

   Worst ERA
1. Richard, SD       9.72
2. Bailey, Cin       8.56
3. Pivetta, Phi      7.33
4. Newcomb, Atl      6.93
5. Montgomery, Chi   6.67

   FIP
1. Kershaw, LA       1.25
2. Hill, LA          1.57
3. Wacha, SL         2.23
4. Scherzer, Was     2.77
5. Nola, Phi         2.81

   WHIP
1. Kershaw, LA       0.76
2. Hill, LA          0.80
3. deGrom, NY        0.82
4. Wacha, SL         0.89
5. Scherzer, Was     0.95

   Strikeouts
1. Kershaw, LA         53
2. Scherzer, Was       47
3. Hill, LA            44
4. Nola, Phi           42
5. Nelson, Mil         39
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