July Stats

Expanding on Gordon Edes's Extra Bases post (various numbers of note in bold):

Batting - Ranked by OPS

           AVG   OBP   SLG  RS  RBI  BB   K
Ramirez   .340  .425  .660  23   25  15  17
Ortiz     .330  .427  .568  19   15  14  17
Crisp     .323  .391  .505  16   20  11  15
Lowell    .330  .376  .470  14   18   8  11
Lugo      .313  .377  .448  13   15  10  16
Pena      .235  .297  .471   2    4   3  15
Varitek   .294  .398  .368  10   11  12  17
Pedroia   .299  .358  .381  11    7   8  10
Mirabelli .208  .345  .375   2    6   5  10
Youkilis  .219  .348  .356  16   12  14  18
Hinske    .186  .286  .372   4    6   6  14
Drew      .213  .318  .307  13    8  12  19
Cora      .152  .200  .212   6    1   1   2

Pitching - Ranked by WHIP

            ERA   IP    H  BB   K   WHIP
Beckett    3.50  36.0  33   7  40   1.11
Lester     4.26  12.2  11   4   9   1.18
Matsuzaka  3.62  37.1  37  14  32   1.37
Wakefield  5.52  31.0  37   7  14   1.42
  
Timlin     0.00  14.1   5   2   4   0.49
Okajima    0.71  12.2   8   2   9   0.79
Papelbon   4.70   7.2   7   1  12   1.04
Delcarmen  2.40  15.0  12   5  18   1.13
Lopez      2.61  10.1   9   3   7   1.16
Snyder     3.72   9.2   8   7   5   1.55
Tavarez    6.75  22.2  38   8  16   2.03

Boston went 15-12 in July, batting .285 (tied for 4th), slugging .446 (4th) and putting up an on-base percentage of .367 (2nd). The Yankees topped the AL in all three categories: .319/.390/.526.

The Sox's team ERA was 3.66, second to Toronto's 3.40. They allowed the third fewest runs (107), behind Toronto (90) and Baltimore (102). So far in 2007, the Sox starters' ERA is 4.17 (3rd in the AL; NY is 10th) and the pen ERA is 2.74 (1st in MLB; NY is 7th in the AL, 14th overall).

The Yankees went 19-9 in July. Their run total of 202 (7.2 per game) was well ahead of second-place Boston (153).