Who are the projected batting and pitching leaders for 2007?
By John Dewan
November 8, 2006
Based on hitting and pitching projections from The Bill James Handbook 2007, here are 2007’s projected year-end leaderboards:
| Batting Average |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Joe Mauer | .331 | 1. Albert Pujols | .333 |
| 2. Vladimir Guerrero | .328 | 2. Miguel Cabrera | .328 |
| 3. Robinson Cano | .325 | 3. Ryan Howard | .326 |
| 4. Ichiro Suzuki | .318 | 4. Todd Helton | .322 |
| 5. Derek Jeter | .315 | 5. Freddy Sanchez | .319 |
| Home Runs |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. David Ortiz | 47 | 1. Ryan Howard | 56 |
| 2. Alex Rodriguez | 42 | 2. Albert Pujols | 50 |
| 3. Mark Teixeira | 39 | 3. Adam Dunn | 43 |
| 4. Jim Thome | 38 | 4. Andruw Jones | 40 |
| 5. 3 tied with | 37 | 5. Alfonso Soriano | 38 |
| Runs Batted In |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. David Ortiz | 138 | 1. Ryan Howard | 148 |
| 2. Alex Rodriguez | 124 | 2. Albert Pujols | 141 |
| 3. Mark Teixeira | 124 | 3. Miguel Cabrera | 125 |
| 4. Vladimir Guerrero | 119 | 4. Lance Berkman | 118 |
| 5. Manny Ramirez | 118 | 5. Carlos Delgado | 118 |
| Stolen Bases |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Carl Crawford | 55 | 1. Jose Reyes | 58 |
| 2. Chone Figgins | 46 | 2. Juan Pierre | 49 |
| 3. Erick Aybar | 44 | 3. Hanley Ramirez | 46 |
| 4. B.J. Upton | 43 | 4. Ryan Freel | 38 |
| 5. Scott Podsednik | 40 | 5. Willy Taveras | 34 |
| On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS) |
| American League | | | National League | |
| 1. Manny Ramirez | 1.004 | | 1. Barry Bonds | 1.107 |
| 2. Travis Hafner | 1.001 | | 2. Albert Pujols | 1.102 |
| 3. David Ortiz | .983 | | 3. Ryan Howard | 1.101 |
| 4. Vladimir Guerrero | .973 | | 4. Lance Berkman | .999 |
| 5. Jason Giambi | .947 | | 5. Miguel Cabrera | .986 |
| Wins |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Johan Santana | 19 | 1. John Smoltz | 18 |
| 2. Randy Johnson | 15 | 2. Chris Carpenter | 16 |
| 3. 5 tied with | 14 | 3. Tim Hudson | 15 |
| | | 4. Roy Oswalt | 15 |
| | | 5. Dontrelle Willis | 15 |
| Saves |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Fran. Rodriguez | 44 | 1. Trevor Hoffman | 45 |
| 2. Huston Street | 44 | 2. Fran. Cordero | 43 |
| 3. Mariano Rivera | 40 | 3. Bob Wickman | 41 |
| 4. Akinori Otsuka | 39 | 4. Mike Gonzalez | 40 |
| 5. 2 tied with | 38 | 5. 2 tied with | 38 |
| Strikeouts |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Johan Santana | 245 | 1. Rich Hill | 241 |
| 2. Felix Hernandez | 197 | 2. Jake Peavy | 219 |
| 3. Josh Beckett | 191 | 3. Matt Cain | 201 |
| 4. Javier Vazquez | 190 | 4. John Smoltz | 200 |
| 5. Randy Johnson | 186 | 5. 2 tied with | 199 |
| ERA |
| American League | | National League | |
| 1. Johan Santana | 2.90 | 1. John Smoltz | 3.17 |
| 2. Jon. Papelbon | 2.98 | 2. Clay Hensley | 3.28 |
| 3. Jered Weaver | 3.14 | 3. Jason Schmidt | 3.34 |
| 4. Rich Harden | 3.33 | 4. Roy Oswalt | 3.38 |
| 5. Roy Halladay | 3.38 | 5. Rich Hill | 3.40 |