A major-leaguer’s performance is usually measured season by season. But looking at performance from one All-Star break to another may produce some surprises. The 2000-01 All-Star-to-All-Star leaders were:
BATTING*
PLAYER TEAM AVG.
Roberto Alomar Indians .359
Moises Alou Astros .357
Manny Ramirez Indians, .351
Red Sox
Sean Casey Reds .348
Ichiro Suzuki Mariners .347
* Minimum 350 at-bats
HOME RUNS
PLAYER TEAM HRs
Barry Bonds Giants 60
Sammy Sosa Cubs 56
Manny Ramirez Indians, 51
Red Sox
RUNS BATTED IN
PLAYER TEAM RBIs
Todd Helton Rockies 161
Manny Ramirez Indians, 159
Red Sox
Sammy Sosa Cubs 147
Luis Gonzalez D’backs 147
PITCHING
PITCHER TEAM WINS
Roger Clemens Yankees 19
Tom Glavine Braves 19
Tim Hudson A’s 19
EARNED-RUN AVERAGE*
PITCHER TEAM ERA
Pedro Martinez Red Sox 2.14
Greg Maddux Braves 2.52
Chan Ho Park Dodgers 2.55
* Minimum 162 innings
SAVES
PITCHER TEAM SAVES
Robb Nen Giants 50
Kazuhiro Sasaki Mariners 47
Mariano Rivera Yankees 44
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Winning stuff
Greg Maddux of the Atlanta Braves joined a select group of major-league pitchers when he won his 250th game on July 5. Maddux is the 15th pitcher since 1950 to earn 250 victories. Among active pitchers, only Roger Clemens of the New York Yankees has more. Since 1950, there have been more than 3,600 pitching debuts in the majors, but just 15 of those hurlers went on to win 250.
Around the horn
Members of the Mariners received more than 14 million All-Star votes; the next highest team vote total was for the Indians at 6.8 million. … The Twins drew 1,039,911 fans before the All-Star break this season; last year, their full-season total was just 19,804 more than that. … Jimy Williams is the first Red Sox manager since Don Zimmer (1976-80) to win at least 400 games with the team. … At the break, All-Star pitcher Mike Hampton of the Rockies was batting .311, which was higher than 14 All-Star position players including Cal Ripken (.229), Mike Piazza (.269), Jeff Kent (.289), Derek Jeter (.292), Ivan Rodriguez (.295), Barry Bonds (.307) and Edgar Martinez (.305).
Strike zone
Hideo Nomo of the Boston Red Sox has held opposing batters to an average of just .027 (2-for-74) after getting ahead 0-2. Nomo has recorded 47 strikeouts in those 74 at bats.
