12/23- While he only came down with 98 receptions through week 16, Brandon Marshall was the most targeted WR with 170 passes thrown to him.

12/20- There are 11 teams in the NFL that still hold their opponents to under 100 rushing yards per game.

12/19- The New Orleans Saints, who march into Detroit this weekend, are 1-6 on the road.

12/18- Only 52 days until pitchers and catchers report for the 2009 baseball season.

12/17- While being voted to his 10th Pro Bowl, Brett Favre “leads” the NFL with 17 INTs.

12/16- Thomas Jones leads the AFC in rushing with 1,222 but there are 4 NFC RBs that sill have more yardage.

12/12- Lions kicker Jason Hanson is 7-7 in field goals from 50+ yards this season.

12/11- Drew Brees has thrown for 674 yards and 5 TDs in his last 2 games against the Bears.

12/10- The Pittsburgh Steelers defense leads the league in points allowed with 14.1 per game while the Detroit Lions allow an average of 31.8.

12/9- Old Man River Tony Gonzalez leads all tight ends with 7 TD receptions.

12/6- Tyler Thigpen leads all QBs in rushing yardage with 251.  He is averaging 6.6 YPC.

12/5- Kurt Warner leads all QBs in passing attempts with 473.

12/4- In 2 career games against the Chargers, Jamarcus Russell is 45 for 68 (66.2 %) with 501 passing yards, 2 TD and 2 INT

12/3- LaDainian Tomlinson has rushed for 600 yards and 9 TDs in his last 5 games against the Raiders.

12/2- Michael Turner and LenDale White lead the NFL with 13 rushing TDs each.

11/27- Phillip Rivers leads all NFL quarterbacks with 23 TD passes so far.

11/26- The Lions are 2-6 in their last 8 Thanksgiving Day games.

11/25- Deuce McAllister became the Saints’ all-time TD leader with his 54th on Monday night.

11/22-  The Green Bay Defense has 2 players tied for the NFL lead in interceptions (Nick Collins, Charles Woodson, 5).

11/21- Jason Witten leads all tight ends with 9 catches for 20 yards or more.

11/20- The Inidanapolis Colts have the worst rushing attack in the NFL gaining only an average of 77.7 YPG

11/19- Wes Welker and T.J. Houshmandzadeh lead the NFL with 73 receptions each.

11/15- This is the 185th Stat o’ the Day on Rotobuzz.com.

11/14- The New Orleans Saints offense leads the NFL with an average of 416.2 yards per game.

11/13- Kurt Warner leads all starting QBs with a 70.7 completion percentage

11/12- The Denver Broncos are the worst in the league with a -11 on turnovers this season

11/11- Drew Brees leads all NFL quarterbacks with 12 completions of 40 yards or more.

11/7-  In an admittedly small sample size, Sage Rosenfels has a better QB rating (92.8 in 62 attempts) than injured starter Matt Schaub (91.0 in 227 attempts).

11/6- Despite the injury and lost time, Reggie Bush still leads all running backs with 42 receptions.

11/5-  The undefeated Tennesse Titans lead the league with only 12.9 pts/game allowed.

11/4- Texans WR Andre Johnson leads the NFL with 90 targets so far.

11/1- The Minnesota Vikings lead the league in allowing 3 TDs off of punt returns.

10/31- Now here’s a scary thought…the 49ers have given up a  league leading 230 points thus far.  That’s 13 more PA than the Bengals and 18 more than the Lions.

  10/28- Devery Henderson and Greg Jennings are tied for the lead in the NFL with 5 catches for 40 yards or more.

10/25- Jason Elam leads all kickers with 10.5 fantasy points per week

10/24- There are 12 teams in the NFL whose defense gives up less than 100 yards per game

10/23- There are 5 active tight ends with the last name Miller

10/21- Clinton Portis leads all running backs with 8 rushes for 20 yards or more.

10/18- The Hampton Coliseum holds a capacity of 13,700 for concerts while the capacity of the Pontiac Silverdome exceeds 90,000

10/17- Antonio Gates leads all tight ends with 4 TD.

10/16- Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers leads all quarterbacks with 3 rushing TDs

10/15- Frank Gore leads the NFL with 720 total yards from scrimmage

10/14-  Brandon Marshall has been targetted more than any other WR despite missing game 1 (69 times).

10/11- Greg Jennings leads the NFL with 569 receiving yards; 102 yards more than the next guy.

10/10-  Jason Witten has 10 more catches than any other TE (35).

10/7- 5 weeks in and Michael Turner leads the NFL with 543 rushing yards.

10/6- Going into tonight’s MNF matchup, the Saints lead the NFL with 327.3 passing yards per game.

10/5- After today’s games, the NY Giants lead the NFL with 181.3 rushing yards per game.

10/4- The Miami Dolphins have only attempted 2 field goals so far.

10/3- The Detroit Lions give up an average of 37.7 points per game.  Start your Bears this week.

10/2- Brett Favre leads the NFL with a passer rating of 110.8

10/1- Matt Forte leads all rookie running backs with 347 yards through 4 games.

9/30- Harry Hoodlums (Howard’s primary fantasy team) scored a record tying 168 points this past week

9/29- Reggie Bush leads all running backs with 31 receptions.

9/28- Despite a sputtering offense, Kellen Winslow leads the league in targets for tight ends with 38

9/27- The Tennesse Titans have allowed an league best 11.5 points per game

9/26- Sebastian Janikowski and Matt Prater have 2008’s longest field goal so far at 56 yards.

9/25- Ben Roethlisberger “leads” the NFL with 3 fumbles lost so far.

9/24- With a minimum of 15 attempts, Felix Jones has an 8.2 yds/carry average

9/23-  The Philidelphia Eagles have the best rushing defense in the league through three weeks (45.7 yrd/game).

9/22- The total attendance for Yankee Stadium, from 1923 to 2008, was 151,959,005

 9/20- The St. Louis Rams give up an average of 327.5 passing yards per game; worst in the NFL

9/19- Aaron Rodgers has rushed 12 times for 60 yards so far.  That is 2nd most behind Tavaris Jackson (10 times for 66 yards).

9/18- Yankee Stadium, since its opening in 1923, has played host to 37 of 84 World Series, with the Yankees winning 26 of them.

9/17-  Earnest Graham has the highest yd/carry average for any player with at least 10 carries (8.3).

9/16- Donovan McNabb hasn’t played a full season in almost 5 years.  Get that backup ready.

9/15- Cliff Lee has been responsible for 31% of the Indians wins.  No pitcher has had a greater impact on his team’s overall record this season.

9/13- Until this Sunday, it’s been 3,173 days since Matt Cassel started a football game.

9/12-  Before the All Star break Lance Berkman  had 22 HRs with 73 RBI in 334 ABs.  After the break 6 HR with 27 RBI in 175 ABs.

9/11- Last year Jason Campbell led all quarterbacks with 8 fumbles lost.

9/10- Despite a less than spectacular showing, Reggie Wayne was the most targeted receiver in Week 1 with 17 looks.

9/5  Justin Gage caught 36 passes for 527 yards and 2 tds in the second half last season.

9/4- Last season, in two games against the Redskins, Giants QB Eli Manning completed only 43.8% of his passes (39 of 89)

9/3 - Titans QB Vince Young rushed for 395 yards and 3 TDs last season.  Now if he can just learn to throw them too!

9/2-  Last season Jerious Norwood led all RBs with a 6.0 yrd/att average (min 100 carries).

9/1- In 2007, Clinton Portis led the NFL with 325 rushing attempts.

8/29- Owen Daniels had the 6th highest yardage total for TEs in 2007 (768).

8/28- Barry Zito “leads” the league with 85 walks allowed this year.

8/27- Broncos WR Brandon Marshall was the most targeted receiver in 2007 with 170 looks thrown his way.

8/26- Drew Brees (655) had 77 more passing attempts than the next highest QB (Tom Brady 578).

8/25-  Only 10 WRs had 10 or more TDs in 2007.

8/24- Orioles 3B Melvin Mora is hitting .455 with 6 HR and 30 RBI so far for the month of August.

8/22-  Kellen Winslow had the highest yd/rec average in the leauge last season (13.5) for a tight end.

8/21- In 2007, Willie Parker was the only RB with more than 1200 yards but less than 5 TDs

8/20- Arizona’s Mark Reynolds leads the majors with 22 errors.

8/19-  Ben Roethlisberger threw the third largest number of TD passes in the NFL last season (32).

8/14- It’s been 110 years since a Giant led the majors in strikeouts (Cy Seymour in 1898).  Tim Lincecum has 182 and is currently one K behind the Brewers’ C.C. Sabathia.

8/13- Brad Ziegler of the Oakland A’s has now pitched 38 consective scoreless innings to start his career.  It’s already an MLB record and he’s still going…

8/12-  Ryan Dempster leads the league with 5 runs walked in this season.

8/11- Padres outfielder Jody Gerut is hit .346 with 4 HR and 8 RBI this past week.

8/10- Over the past 2 weeks, Brian Wilson and Joakim Soria led the league with 5 saves apiece.  Not bad for for closers on bad teams.

8/9- The Mets bullpen has 6 blown saves for Johan Santana this year.  That is 1 more than the Twins had in Santana’s last 100 starts for Minnesota.

8/8-  Fred Taylor had the second highest yrds/att average (5.4) of all running backs with over 200 attempts.  (Adrian Peterson - 5.6)

8/7- During his current 10 game hitting streak, Jay Bruce is hitting .361 with 4 HR and 8 RBI.

8/6- Albert Pujols lead the majors with 27 intentional walks this season.

8/5-  Miguel Cabrera has the most RBIs in the league since the All-Star Break (25).

8/4-  Backup catcher Kelly Shoppach (well, he will be a backup when Victor Martinez returns) has 4 HRs in his last 6 games.

8/1-  Ryan Howard has 174 ABs against lefties this season, the highest total in the league.  He is batting .195 against them, the 4th lowest BA in the league against them (100 AB to qualify).

7/31- At home, Matt Garza is 6-1 with a 2.10 ERA.  On the road, he is 2-5 with a 6.04 ERA.  How’s that for ’splits’?

7/30- Over the past 3 years, Mark Teixeira has hit 7 HR at Angel Stadium, the most at any ballpark he hasn’t called home.

7/29-  The San Diego Padres have fewer SBs as a team than 11 individual players in MLB.

7/28- Orioles catcher Ramon Hernandez’ next hit will be the 1000th of his career.

7/27- In only 106 2/3 innings and freshly returned to the rotation, Brett Myers has allowed 24 HR.  He “leads” the league in this category.

7/26- Nate McLouth and Ryan Braun lead the majors with 58 extra base hits

7/25- And to prep you for next month, last year Mark Teixeira led all hitters with 32 RBI in the month of August.

7/24-  Melvin Mora leads all hitters with 24 RBI in July.

7/23-  Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera leads the league with 13 hit batsmen so far this season.

7/22- Atlanta’s Blaine Boyer and Florida’s Renyel Pinto lead the majors with 52 appearance each this year.

7/21- To start the second half, Jack Cust already has 8 strikeouts in 9 at bats.

7/20- Orioles’ 2B Brian Roberts leads the majors with 36 doubles.

7/19-  In just the first year of the daily stat/daily quote sections, Keith Giordano already has 2 duplicate quotes and stats.  This stat replaces one of such instances.

7/18-  Rich Harden has the best K/9 ratio of any starter with at least 10 starts (11.15).

7/17- In the first half of this season, Derrek Lee had grounded into 19 double plays, the most in the majors.

7/16-  The difference in runs scored between the highest scoring team in the league (Rangers-538) and the lowest (Padres, Nationals-350) is 188 runs.

7/15-  Jason Giambi leads lead league having been hit by pitches 14 times this season.

7/14-  Batters hit .342 against Livan Hernandez in the first half.

7/13- Another HR Milestone as Derek Jeter hit his 200th career HR yesterday.

7/12- Last night, Matt Stairs: Professional Hitter (I think that’s actually his full name according to SportsCenter) hit the 250th HR of his career.

7/11-  Ryan Howard leads the league in strikeouts with 124.

7/10- Madonna has more than twice the Grammy Awards (7) than Alex Rodriguez has MVPs (3)

7/9 - In 124 career opportunities, Kevin Youkilis has never swung at a 3-0 pitch.

7/8- Yadier Molina leads the league in batting average when behind in the count at .392 (min 60 when behind in count to qualify).

7/7- Love that National League.  Danny Haren and Tim Lincecum lead the majors in quality starts with 15.

7/4-  BJ Upton has been caught stealing in 10 out of his 35 attempts.

7/3-  Ervin Santana is 6-1 with a 3.36 ERA away from home.  Last year his numbers away from home were; 1-10 with a 8.38 ERA.

7/2-  Livan Hernandez leads the league in hits allowed with 157 (in 110.1 innings pitched).

7/1-  JD Drew has 12 HR in the month of June.  That is more than he had all of last year in 466 ABs (11 HR).

6/30-  David DeJesus leads the league in BA with RISP at .463 (min 30 ABs with RISP).

6/27- Rays 2B Akinori Iwamura has played in the most games (76) and had the most AB (318) without grounding into a double play.

6/26- 4 of the last 5 pitchers the Minnesota Twins have faced are Cy Young Award winners.  The Twinkies are 4-0 in those games.

6/25- Last night, Doug Mientkiewicz played in his 1000th career MLB game.  He went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI for the Pirates and he’s as valuable today as he was when he first started.

6/24- Despite an abyssmal 77 Ks, Adam Dunn still leads the league in walks with 61.

6/23-  Willy Tavares has already stolen 15 bases in the month of June.

6/22- Based on a minimum of 30 appearances, Arizona’s Juan Cruz leads the majors with a 13.5 Ks per 9 innings ratio

6/21- Turn ‘em loose!!!  The pitcher who has allowed the most stolen bases while on the mound this year is Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield with 18.

6/20- There are currently 8 major league hitters on pace to go 20-20 or better.

6/19- Since his recent “demotion” to the 7 hole in the order, Michael Bourn has hit .444 in 27 at bats.  He’s being moved back to the leadoff spot again, so we’ll see how it goes…

6/18- Last night, Edgar Renteria’s 6th inning infield single was the 2000th hit of his career.

6/17-  Justin Morneau leads the lead in hits with RISP with 29, but is 11th in RBI.

6/16- With his 32nd and 33rd stolen bases this season, Jacoby Ellsbury broke a 100 year old Red Sox record for steals by a rookie — Amby McConnell had 31 back in 1908.

6/15- Of the 16 teams in the National League, only 2 (the Phillies and the Cardinals) have a winning record on the road.

6/14- Since his demotion to the minors to work on his control, Rich Hill has issued 24 walks in 25 1/3 innings.

6/13- After the count goes to 1-2, Russell Martin is hitting .279 while the rest of the league is hitting .172

6/12-  Darrell Rasner (who gave up 6 ER in 3.2 IN yesterday) is the only Yankee pitcher with more than 2 starts that has an ERA under 4.30

6/11- Staying with the Reds here…Brandon Phillips is 2 for his last 15 with RISP.

6/10- A pretty obvious one here, but Rotobuzz must acknowledge it:  Last night’s HR was Ken Griffey, Jr.’s 600th career HR.  Congrats Junior!

6/9- Johnny Cueto, Roy Oswalt, and Paul Byrd are all tied for ‘most HR allowed’ in 2008 so far with 16 apiece

6/8- Phillies’ 1B Ryan Howard leads the major leagues with 86 strikeouts, 15 more than the next guy

6/7- In the past 2 weeks (56 AB) Marlins’ 3B Jorge Catnu has hit .339 with 6 HR and 14 RBI

6/6-  Edinson Volquez is averaging over 106 pitches per start.  This average has gone  UP from 103 over his last 3 starts.

6/5-  Paul Konerko is off to another slow start.  However, over the last 4 years, his BA in June has been; 2007-.290, 2006-.336, 2005-.293, 2004-.287.

6/4- If he continues to perform at this level, Texas CF Josh Hamilton is on pace to hit .328-118-46-183-5.  Unlikely (I think), but imagine what could have been had he not been on a diet of smack and cocaine all that time…

6/3-  Tim Lincecum leads the league with 11 quality starts (6IP or more with 3ER or less).  He has only 11 starts on the season.  Thats right folks, all 11 starts have been quality.

6/2- Red Sox CF Jacoby Ellsbury has 8 stolen bases in his last 4 games, giving him a league leading 27 on the year so far.

6/1- It has been 17 games (64 AB) since Marlins SS Hanley Ramirez has stolen a base.

5/31- Through his first 4 games, Jay Bruce is 8 for 14 (.571) with 3 RBI, 5 runs, 2 SB, and 4 BB.  Let’s also tack on that while he might not have a HR yet, he does have 3 doubles…and we all know how that’s gonna translate…

5/30-  Since returning from the DL, Rich Harden has won 2 of his 3 starts with a 1.80 ERA, 85 WHIP, and 21 Ks in 20 IP.

5/29-  Since the 2007 All-Star break, Nate McLouth has a line of .288-24HR-69RBI-21SB-87R in only 423 ABs.

5/28- The third time he faces the same pitcher in a game, B.J. Upton is hitting .469 with a .580 OBP.

5/27- Every year, an average of 73 people are killed by lightning.  Sadly, former MLB pitcher Jeremi Gonzalez joins that statistic for 2008 after being killed in Venezuela yesterday.

5/26- Milwaukee’s Derrick Turnbow has walked 15 batters in 4 1/3 innings since his demotion to Triple-A.  Remember when this guy was an All Star???

5/25- 20 year old, Clayton Kershaw is making his Dodgers debut today after blowing through the minors with a 2.28 ERA and 47 K’s in 41 1/3 innings

5/24- Josh Hamilton has had multi-hit games in his last 8, one shy of the Texas record held by former average-killer Rusty Greer

5/23-  Tim Hudson (my pick for biggest 2007 NL fluke) is still kicking ass with a 2.97 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, and 7 wins.  Whoops.

5/21-  Adam LaRoche had a slow start last season as well hitting, .214 through April and May.  This season he is off to an even worse start hitting .203 thus far.

5/20-  Dallas McPherson has 15 HRs in AAA so far this season.

5/18-  Despite being handed his first loss of the season, Indians lefty Cliff Lee has issued only 5 walks in 61+ innings thus far.

5/17- Astros CF Michael Bourn was caught stealing for the first time this season leaving him now at a mark of 18 for 19 in stolen base attempts.

5/16-  Lance Berkman is very good. 

5/15-  Ervin Santana is on pace to have more Ks than hits allowed for the first time in his career. 

5/14-  As of 5/13 Rickie Weeks was the only MLB player with over 60 ABs that had more runs scored than hits. 

5/13-  Despite his 5.40 ERA, CJ Wilson has blown only one save this season. 

5/8-  Despite the struggles of David Ortiz, he is batting .362 with RISP. 

5/7-  Fausto Carmona leads the league in BBI with 31. 

5/6-  Ryan Howard has a 20/20 BB/K ratio against right handed pitching.  Against lefties that ratio is 2/26.  No, that is not a typo.   

5/5-  With Julio Franco’s retirement, Jamie Moyer is now the oldest active player in the major league.  He is 45.

5/4- Nationals 2B Felipe Lopez’ 12th RBI of 2008 was the 300th of his career

5/3- Jason Giambi is 0 for his last 22 at bats against left handed pitching.

5/2-  Andy Sonnanstine has allowed only 4 runs in his last 23.1 innings. 

4/30-  Rotoworld.com saw it necessary to put up 10 posts in April alone (March had another eight posts) regarding Mike Hampton, a pitcher that hasnt pitched in the bigs since 2005.  One more reason Rotobuzz.com is useful, we sift through the shit for you. 

4/29-  BJ Upton is 4 out of 8 on his SB attempts. 

4/28-  Casey Kotchman already has more than half the HRs this year (6) than he had in 2007 (11). 

4/25-  Jose Valverde has blown 3 out of 6 in save chances so far in 2008. 

4/24- Lance Berkman’s home run today was his 18th at Great American Ballpark, the most by any visiting player in the stadium’s history.

4/23-  While Phil Hughes  has given up 16 ER in 16.1 IN over his first 4 starts, he has allowed 0 HR this season.

4/21-  CC Sabathia has already given up 5 HR this season in 4 starts.   In 2007 he only gave up 20 HR all season. 

4/18-  Gabe Kapler has 4 home runs in his first 27 ABs of 2008.  His career high is 17 (2001 in 483 ABs). 

4/17-  Michael Bourn (my pick for NL ROY) has 8 SBs and 0 CS this season. 

4/16-  Bill Hall has an 18Ks and 1BB through the first 54 ABs of the 2008 season. 

4/14-  Andre Ethier has the highest OBP of any Dodgers outfielder at .308. 

4/10- Vernon Wells had the 9th lowest OBP of all MLB players with 500+ ABs in 2007 (.304).

4/9-  Delmon Young walked only 26 times in 645 ABs in 2007, the fewest of any player with over 600ABs.

4/7-  In 2007 Jack Cust struck out 164 times in 395 ABs.

4/5- Jim Thome is 18 for 38 in stolen bases giving him a career of 47%. 

4/4-  Nate McLouth has never been thrown out by a catcher on an attempted steal of second base in his professional career. 

4/3-  Zach Greinke after the All-Star game in 2007 went 3-3 with a 2.42 era and 47Ks in 54IP.