Stats

Baseball is all about stats. When I was a yoot, I would pore over the stats page in the sport section. In fact, my interest in sports began with a fascination with baseball stats. Other sports try to mimic baseball's mastery of meaningless (and some very meaningful) stats, but they pale in comparison. Football has the YAC, but baseball counters with the WHIP, OPS, and IBB. Stats and Baseball are like chocolate and peanut butter... Lennon & McCartney... Oates & Hall. They can exist apart, but they're infinitely less interesting.

Without further adieu, some prime stats for your 2009 Detroit Tigers:
Team ERA - 13.50
Team BA - .235
Opponent BA - .405