by Todd Lammi
Instead of using some complicated formula to review May statistics, here is a breakdown of the numbers for the month sorted by RBI, for outfielders.
Who needs Manny Ramirez? Juan Pierre was 12th among outfielders with 18 RBI in the month of May. Gerardo Parra (#23) seems to have successfully made the jump from AA to the major leagues with little problems. Although he does not have much power, think 10 home runs to 15 home runs max, he will hit close to .300 and drive in runs. Carl Crawford put up staggering numbers in May, with .355-28-3-15-21.
Nick Swisher has slowed down after his big April, with a line of .150-9-3-10-0 in May. Daniel Murphy has not been able to take advantage of the absence of Carlos Delgado, posting .176-8-3-10-0. Jordan Schafer was ticketed for Triple-A after going .158-8-0-5-1 with 40 strikeouts in 101 at bats. Dexter Fowler has struggled the second and third time around the league as pitchers adjusted, going .237-10-0-3-2.
| RK | PLAYER | TEAM | AB | BA | R | HR | RBI | SB |
| 1 | Jason Bay | BOS | 106 | 0.264 | 19 | 10 | 30 | 3 |
| 2 | Raul Ibanez | PHI | 109 | 0.312 | 20 | 10 | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | Adam Dunn | WAS | 107 | 0.243 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
| M. Cuddyer | MIN | 109 | 0.312 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 2 | |
| 4 | Torii Hunter | LAA | 102 | 0.304 | 18 | 4 | 26 | 9 |
| 6 | Brad Hawpe | COL | 83 | 0.361 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jermaine Dye | CHW | 88 | 0.261 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Justin Upton | ARI | 110 | 0.373 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 5 | |
| 7 | Johnny Damon | NYY | 115 | 0.304 | 25 | 6 | 21 | 2 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | CLE | 106 | 0.311 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 1 | |
| 11 | Nelson Cruz | TEX | 103 | 0.311 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 7 |
| Adam Jones | BAL | 105 | 0.333 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 3 | |
| Nate McLouth | PIT | 106 | 0.255 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 5 | |
| Nick Markakis | BAL | 121 | 0.240 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 1 | |
| 12 | Juan Pierre | LAD | 111 | 0.369 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
| Jay Bruce | CIN | 113 | 0.212 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 2 | |
| Carlos Beltran | NYM | 96 | 0.323 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 6 | |
| 16 | Jose Guillen | KAN | 97 | 0.289 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | Jayson Werth | PHI | 101 | 0.248 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 7 |
| Matt Holliday | OAK | 103 | 0.291 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 4 | |
| Ben Zobrist | TAM | 80 | 0.313 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 4 | |
| Ryan Braun | MIL | 92 | 0.315 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 1 | |
| Gerardo Parra | ARI | 69 | 0.319 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |
| C. Granderson | DET | 111 | 0.270 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 6 | |
| Colby Rasmus | STL | 85 | 0.212 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 0 | |
| 24 | Gary Sheffield | NYM | 66 | 0.348 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 2 |
| Carl Crawford | TAM | 121 | 0.355 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 21 | |
| G. Anderson | ATL | 84 | 0.286 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| 29 | Josh Hamilton | TEX | 59 | 0.237 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Cody Ross | FLA | 94 | 0.287 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 2 | |
| Reed Johnson | CHC | 41 | 0.366 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |
| Matt Kemp | LAD | 113 | 0.292 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 7 | |
| Alex Rios | TOR | 116 | 0.302 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 2 | |
| J.D. Drew | BOS | 89 | 0.258 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Juan Rivera | LAA | 91 | 0.319 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |
| Aaron Rowand | SFO | 106 | 0.283 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |
| G. Sizemore | CLE | 114 | 0.211 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | |
| R. Spilborghs | COL | 83 | 0.241 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 4 | |
| Ben Francisco | CLE | 95 | 0.295 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 6 | |
| Clete Thomas | DET | 85 | 0.282 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | |
| J. Hermida | FLA | 111 | 0.270 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 3 | |
| 41 | Chris Duncan | STL | 88 | 0.227 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| 33 | Randy Winn | SFO | 105 | 0.314 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
| 44 | Mike Cameron | MIL | 97 | 0.247 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Carlos Lee | HOU | 106 | 0.349 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |
| Milton Bradley | CHC | 82 | 0.268 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ryan Raburn | DET | 40 | 0.300 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |
| F. Gutierrez | SEA | 94 | 0.277 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
| Eric Byrnes | ARI | 88 | 0.239 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |
| 50 | A. Soriano | CHC | 111 | 0.216 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| Nolan Reimold | BAL | 60 | 0.267 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Scott Hairston | SDG | 100 | 0.300 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | |
| Vernon Wells | TOR | 119 | 0.252 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 6 | |
| Marlon Byrd | TEX | 92 | 0.283 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
| Corey Hart | MIL | 99 | 0.232 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |
| David DeJesus | KAN | 104 | 0.250 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Melky Cabrera | NYY | 84 | 0.321 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |
| Elijah Dukes | WAS | 44 | 0.273 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | |
| Brandon Moss | PIT | 82 | 0.305 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| J. Willingham | WAS | 76 | 0.303 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ichiro Suzuki | SEA | 130 | 0.377 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |
| Nick Swisher | NYY | 80 | 0.150 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Daniel Murphy | NYM | 68 | 0.176 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |
| Denard Span | MIN | 113 | 0.283 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
| G Matthews Jr. | LAA | 59 | 0.271 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| S. Victorino | PHI | 121 | 0.298 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |
| Jeff Francoeur | ATL | 109 | 0.229 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| Ryan Sweeney | OAK | 101 | 0.238 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | |
| Nick Stavinoha | STL | 43 | 0.256 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |
| 60 | M. Ordonez | DET | 89 | 0.315 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Gabe Gross | TAM | 47 | 0.277 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| 71 | Bobby Abreu | LAA | 82 | 0.232 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Fernando Tatis | NYM | 66 | 0.227 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Hunter Pence | HOU | 98 | 0.388 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| Delwyn Young | PIT | 51 | 0.275 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Ryan Ludwick | STL | 43 | 0.186 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |
| 76 | Brian Giles | SDG | 86 | 0.221 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Andruw Jones | TEX | 53 | 0.245 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jody Gerut | MIL/SDG | 58 | 0.172 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| 81 | B.J. Upton | TAM | 124 | 0.218 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Chase Headley | SDG | 74 | 0.203 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | |
| Andre Ethier | LAD | 95 | 0.211 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | |
| S. Podsednik | CHW | 101 | 0.297 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| Michael Bourn | HOU | 109 | 0.303 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |
| Laynce Nix | CIN | 62 | 0.242 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Fred Lewis | SFO | 89 | 0.258 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |
| 85 | Omar Infante | ATL | 46 | 0.348 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| J. Hoffmann | LAD | 15 | 0.200 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| 89 | Endy Chavez | SEA | 53 | 0.264 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Willy Taveras | CIN | 108 | 0.269 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| David Murphy | TEX | 62 | 0.290 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
| Jose Bautista | TOR | 52 | 0.231 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Mitch Maier | KAN | 32 | 0.344 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | BOS | 120 | 0.308 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| Nyjer Morgan | PIT | 94 | 0.245 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Rocco Baldelli | BOS | 32 | 0.250 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Travis Buck | OAK | 49 | 0.245 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 96 | Manny Ramirez | LAD | 14 | 0.214 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Ross Gload | FLA | 36 | 0.306 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Craig Monroe | PIT | 39 | 0.205 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Coco Crisp | KAN | 82 | 0.220 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Chris Young | ARI | 82 | 0.159 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Seth Smith | COL | 49 | 0.204 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Drew Macias | SDG | 15 | 0.267 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| K. Fukudome | CHC | 65 | 0.277 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Gabe Kapler | TAM | 41 | 0.146 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Matt Diaz | ATL | 37 | 0.378 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Delmon Young | MIN | 55 | 0.236 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Jordan Schafer | ATL | 101 | 0.158 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Brett Gardner | NYY | 52 | 0.327 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Matt Murton | COL | 37 | 0.270 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Lou Montanez | BAL | 31 | 0.226 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Matt LaPorta | CLE | 42 | 0.190 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 110 | Austin Kearns | WAS | 63 | 0.222 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Carlos Quentin | CHW | 56 | 0.196 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| W. Balentien | SEA | 67 | 0.209 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Josh Anderson | DET | 53 | 0.226 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 118 | Eric Hinske | PIT | 34 | 0.294 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Amezaga | FLA | 33 | 0.182 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Chris Duffy | MIL | 22 | 0.136 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
