Tonight the gathering commences.  Hundreds of baseball lunatics from across the country are converging on St. Louis as we speak to enjoy each other's company, talk baseball and inadvertently make the indigenous population feel much better about their level of coolness.  In honor of this meeting, let's use PI to find some leaders in the SABR era.

SABR began in 1971, but in mid-season.  So I'll look at info from 1972-onward.  Forget most homers or wins - I already know its Bonds and Clemens.  Let's look at the weird stuff.

Heaviest player in the SABR era.   In an upset, it's not Rich Garces.

Lightest Player.  I like that Craig Grebeck and Freddy Patek are tied.

A bit more normal: Most doubles.  Two in the top ten will never make Cooperstown.

For pitchers, let's look up something depressing: Most losses.   Six have lost 200, which points out I'm doing this the wrong way.  So I know Bonds has the most homers -- how many have hit over 500?

Well, turns out eight guys have.  And 185 have hit 200.

Alternately, 11 have 3000 hits and 97 have 2000 hits.  And to really get nuts with it, 482 have 1000 hits in those years.  In your face Rick Cerone! Not that anyone cares, but #241 of the 482 is Vince Coleman.  Unless Jermaine Dye got two hits tonight.

Well, unfortunaely I have to run.  Hope you liked.

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