Tuesday Nats Stats--League Leaders!

I was browsing for stats for the new guys for yesterday's post on the invaluable baseball-reference.com . With NationalsPride's update of their Nats Progress Index today, I thought I'd pull out some random tidbits for you.  (For those too lazy to click, Nats are up 3.4% last week over the week before, but still down 3.1% from last year.)

Here are this week's Doghouse Nationals National League Leaders (for the Nats):

• Christian Guuuuuzman!  Second most at-bats (136). (The Padres' Kevin Kouzmanoff is first with 137--c'mon Guz!  You're still walking too much!)
• Christian Guuuuuuzman!  Tied with about a dozen guys for 3rd most triples, with 2.  Stupid early-season records. (Jose Reyes from the hated Mets leads with 5.)
• Christian Guuuuuuuzman!  Fourth most singles (29). (The despicable, but hot-hitting, LARRRRRY from Atlanta leads with 33.)
• Ryan Zimmerman -- In a five-way tie for third most sacrifice flies (3). (Andre Ethier from the Dodgers and Milwaukee's Prince Fielder lead with 5 each.)
• Austin Kearns -- In a six-way tie for second most GIDPs (6). (The Phils' Pedro Feliz and Dodger James Loney lead with 8.)
• Lastings Milledge -- Tied with about ten folks (including Jose Reyes and David Wright) for third-most caught stealing (3). (The Cubs' Ryan Theriot leads--remember his bonehead attempt to take third in our last series with them?)
• Ryan Zimmerman -- Most outs in the NL (105)!  We're number one! We're number one!  (Take a pitch once in a while, Zimmy. I know you can walk more, I've seen it.)
  
• Lastings Milledge -- Tied with four other guys for fourth-most outs (100).  Can the Nats dominate this category by the end of the season?  Must... not.. start... "Fire Lenny"... rant...
• Tim Redding -- In a many-way tie for third-most wins (4). Santana isn't even on the list!  Hah, suck it, Mets!  St. Clair for President! (D-backer Brandon Webb leads with 7.)
  
• Luis "Set-Up" Ayala -- Most games in the NL (20).
• Saul "Saa-ooooool" Rivera -- Tied for second most games (18). Look like another category the Nats might dominate this year?  We'll see if the starters stabilize any.
• Jon "Big John" Rauch -- Tied for fourth most saves (7).  (The Cards' Jason Isringhausen leads with 11.)
• Chico, Perez, Redding -- 30-way tie for most games started (7). Another very stupid early-season stat.  Think Perez and Redding will make the rest of their starts this year?  Chico certainly seems like he might get some time on the Clippers to refine his mechanics.
• Matt Chico -- Tied for fourth most HR allowed (7).  (Brett Myers leads with 11 from the Phils' tiny ballpark.)
• Matt Chico -- Tied for second most hits allowed (50).  Given that his IP per game has been low, think how ugly that WHIP must be... Urgh.  (Four guys tied for first with 52).
• Matt Chico -- Second most losses (5).  (The Giant's Barry Zito leads with 6. Is this what Stan means by the "perils of pursuing free agency?")
• Matt Chico -- Any guess what pitching stat goes here?  Second most ER allowed (28).  (Bronson Arroyo from the Reds leads with 31.)
• Joel Hanrahan -- Tied for fourth most WP (3).  I didn't see a separate "game-losing WP" category. (The Rockies' Ubadlo Jimenez leads with 8.)
• Odalis Perez -- Tied for second most hit batsmen (3).  The problem with that devastating down-and-in is that sometimes it tags the batter's back foot... (Aaron Heilman and Micah Owings both have 4.)
• Jon "Big John" Rauch -- Tied for second most games finished (14). (Brandon Lyon from the D-backs leads with 15.)

What have we learned about how we compare to the rest of the league?  Guz gets a lot of hits and doesn't walk much (for a while at the beginning of the year his AVG was higher than his OBP!).  Chico and the middle of the order are struggling.  Our bullpen works a lot.  Any of this surprise you?