This entry lists the best and worst for the past 30 days of the 2017 regular season, through games of Sunday, May 14. Here is an explanation of this weekly feature.

Comment of the week: The American League pitcher with the lowest ERA over the past 30 days pitched 12 innings last season. The two National League pitchers with the lowest ERA over the past 30 days did not pitch in the majors last season..

American League
   Team W-L              
1. Houston          19- 8
2. New York         16- 9
3. Cleveland        15-11
4. Toronto          16-12
5. Baltimore        15-12
       
   Worst Team W-L        
1. Detroit          11-15
   Oakland          11-15
3. Kansas City      12-15
4. Los Angeles      13-16
   Tampa Bay        13-16

   Batting Average       
1. Segura, Sea       .393
2. Cruz, Sea         .374
3. Trout, LA         .366
4. Carrera, Tor      .355
5. Dickerson, TB     .350
       
   On Base Percentage    
1. Trout, LA         .475
2. Cruz, Sea         .459
3. Judge, NY         .455
4. Hicks, NY         .452
5. Sano, Min         .429

   Slugging Percentage   
1. Judge, NY         .821
2. Trout, LA         .756
3. Alonso, Oak       .735
4. Cruz, Sea         .681
5. Sano, Min         .638
     
   On Base Plus Slugging 
1. Judge, NY        1.277
2. Trout, LA        1.231
3. Cruz, Sea        1.140
4. Alsonso, Oak     1.107
5. Sano, Min        1.066

   Worst OPS             
1. Gordon, KC        .437
2. Escobar, KC       .459
3. Hardy, Bal        .514
4. Saladino, Chi     .527
5. Maybin, LA        .537
          
   Home Runs             
1. Judge, NY           11
   Alonso, Oak         11
3. Gallo, Tex          10
4. Machado, Bal         8
   Trout, LA            8
 
   Runs                  
1. Judge, NY           24
2. Pillar, Tor         23
3. Castro, NY          21
4. Gallo, Tex          20
5. 4 with              19

   RBI                   
1. Cruz, Sea           26
2. Betts, Bos          24
3. Alonso, Oak         23
4. Judge, NY           22
5. 4 with              20
       
   Stolen Bases          
1. Maybin, LA           8
2. Dyson, Sea           7
3. 6 with               6
   
   
  
   Saves                 
1. Brach, Bal           8
   Giles, Hou           8
   Kimbrel, Bos         8
4. Four with            7
   
 
   ERA                   
1. Vargas, KC        1.16
2. Santana, Min      1.76
3. Carrasco, Cle     1.77
4. Bundy, Bal        2.11
5. Keuchel, Hou      2.15

   Worst ERA             
1. Sabathia, NY      7.39
2. Zimmermann, Det   6.75
3. Cotton, Oak       6.41
4. Bauer, Cle        6.35
5. Pomeranz, Bos     6.11
 
   FIP                   
1. Sale, Bos         1.69
2. Vargas, KC        2.49
3. Triggs, Oak       2.53
4. Estrada, Tor      2.67
5. Tomlin, Cle       2.70
 
   WHIP                  
1. Carrasco, Cle     0.79
2. Sale, Bos         0.80
3. Santana, Min      0.88
4. Vargas, KC        0.94
5. Keuchel, Hou      1.01
 
   Strikeouts            
1. Sale, Bos           68
2. Estrada, Tor        44
   Morton, Hou         44
4. Karns, KC           43
5. Archer, TB          41
National League
   Team W-L
1. St. Louis        18- 8
2. Washington       18- 9
3. Colorado         17-10
4. Los Angeles      16-11
5. Milwaukee        15-12

   Worst Team W-L
1. San Diego         9-19
2. Miami             9-17
3. New York          9-16
4. San Francisco    10-17
5. Atlanta          10-15
   
   Batting Average     
1. Harper, Was       .404
2. Zimmerman, Was    .387
3. Posey, SF         .379
4. Gyorko, SL        .360
5. Turner, LA        .358
 
   On Base Percentage  
1. Harper, Was       .509
2. Freeman, Atl      .473
3. Goldschmidt, Ari  .472
4. Votto, Cin        .470
5. Altherr, Phi      .444

   Slugging Percentage  
1. Harper, Was       .831
2. Zimmerman, Was    .817
3. Freeman, Atl      .742
4. Altherr, Phi      .724
5. Blackmon, Col     .676

   On Base Plus Slugging
1. Harper, Was      1.341
2. Zimmerman, Was   1.249
3. Freeman, Atl     1.215
4. Altherr, Phi     1.168
5. Votto, Cin       1.122
      
   Worst OPS
1. Granderson, NY    .465
2. Pence, SF         .485
3. Nunez, SF         .501
4. Swanson, Atl      .509
5. Peraza, Cin       .572

   Home Runs
1. Harper, Was         10
   Thames, Mil         10
   Zimmerman, Was      10
4. Freeman, Atl         9
   Stanton, Mia         9

   Runs    
1. Harper, Was         30
   Thames, Mil         30
3. Zimmerman, Was      23
4. 5 with              21
   

   RBI      
1. Zimmerman, Was      30
2. Goldschmidt, Ari    27
   Votto, Cin          27
4. Harper, Was         26     
5. Shaw, Mil           24 

   Stolen Bases          
1. Hamilton, Cin       14
2. Pollock, Ari        10
3. Gordon, Mia          8
4. Broxton, Mil         7
   Goldschmidt, Ari     7

   Saves
1. Holland, Col        10
   Oh, SL              10
3. Davis, Chi           6
   Rodney, Ari          6
5. Three with           5

   ERA
1. Freeland, Col     1.84
2. Lynn, SL          1.86
3. Cole, Pit         1.91
4. Greinke, Ari      2.06
5. Kershaw, LA       2.36

   Worst ERA
1. Gsellman, NY      7.56
2. Colon, Atl        7.53
3. Peralta, Mil      7.45
4. Moore, SF         6.89
5. Harvey, NY        6.83

   FIP
1. Wood, LA          1.08
2. Samardzija, SF    2.42
3. Cahill, SD        2.53
4. Kershaw, LA       2.72
5. Cole, Pit         2.95

   WHIP
1. Greinke, Ari      0.83
2. Cole, Pit         0.85
3. Wood, LA          0.90
4. Straily, Mia      0.94
5. Scherzer, Was     0.95

   Strikeouts
1. deGrom, NY          58
2. Scherzer, Was       53
3. Samardzija, SF      47
4. Ray, Ari            45
5. Three with          44
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