2022 All Star Break Batting Leaders

The All-Star Game is on tap for tonight in Los Angeles, with four total representatives from the Cubs and White Sox.  As we get ready for the stars to come out, let’s take a look at the first half offensive leaders for the 21 games I attended, starting with:

Home Runs

Name Total
Luis Robert 4
Gavin Sheets 3
Jose Abreu 3
Jake Burger 2
Joey Gallo 2
Tim Anderson 2
Jorge Polanco 2
Josh Naylor 2
Andrew Vaughn 2

Hits

Name Total
Luis Robert 19
Jose Abreu 16
Tim Anderson 16
Gavin Sheets 15
Andrew Vaughn 11
Adam Engel 11
A.J. Pollock 11

Runs

Name Total
Luis Robert 15
Tim Anderson 9
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Active Batting Leaders – Through 2021

Earlier this month, we looked at the overall leaders on both sides of the ball from all of the games I’ve attended between 1984 and 2021.  With the end of this abbreviated spring training in sight, the new Opening Day is right around the corner.  Let’s take another look at those numbers, limiting it to players that are still active heading in to the 2022 season.

Home Runs

Name Total
Jose Abreu 45
Tim Anderson 21
Avisail Garcia 15
Javier Baez 13
Miguel Cabrera 14

Hits

Name Total
Jose Abreu 242
Tim Anderson 168
Adam Eaton 117
Avisail Garcia 101
Yoan Moncada 101

Runs

Name Total
Jose Abreu 116
Tim Anderson 94
Adam Eaton 60
Avisail Garcia 58
Yoan Moncada 53

RBI

Name Total
Jose Abreu 144
Tim Anderson 62
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2021 Final Batting Leaders

Another baseball season has come to an end, with the White Sox winning their first division title since 2008 and making the post-season in consecutive seasons for the first time in team history, before losing to the Astros in the ALDS and the Cubs shocking their fanbase with the dismantling of the core that led them to 3 straight NLCSs and a world championship in 2016.  Let’s take a look back at the offensive leaders for the 58 games that I attended this season, with lower capacity crowds in the spring to full capacity at the end:

Home Runs

Name Total
Jose Abreu 9
Yasmani Grandal 8
Patrick Wisdom 7
Luis Robert 6
Yoan Moncada 5
Tim Anderson 5

Hits

Name Total
Tim Anderson 55
Jose Abreu 49
Yoan Moncada 49
Luis Robert 29
Andrew Vaughn 26

Runs

Name Total
Tim Anderson 32
Yoan Moncada 27
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