The Angels are 9-13 since the All-Star break and find themselves third in the AL West behind Oakland and the Texas Rangers. Let’s a look at five interesting statistics from the last 30 days.

1. Who is the leading the Angels in batting average?
If you guessed Juan Rivera with a .371 average, you’d be correct. Yea, I know…shocker. He’s only played 20 games with 70 at-bats, but has been effective in his limited time. He’s been sitting more often because of the outfield experiment we’re going through, but in the past three series against Texas, Baltimore and Detroit, he’s had 4 multi-hit games in 6 games he’s played in with 8 RBIS and 0 strikeouts.

2. Who is leading the team in RBIs?
This was kind of a trick question, because it’s a tie. Not between Hideki Matsui and Torii Hunter, who both have 8, but between Bobby Abreu and Mike Napoli, tied at 14. And third place is Maicer Izturis. Napoli has been doing it with the long ball (4) and Bobby with doubles (9).

3. The Angels have scored __ runs in the past 30 days.
104. That puts us 18th in the majors in the past month. Not great, but above the Texas Rangers (101), Boston Red Sox (98), Detroit Tigers (91), Kansas City Royals (86), and Seattle Mariners (72). The only team that has more that we’ve played is the New York Yankees (131), yet we have a losing record since the break.

*Side Note* We also have a .265 batting average, 12th in the majors. None of those teams listed above have a better batting average, which means we’re getting more people on base, but leaving them there and scoring runs when it doesn’t matter.

4. What’s our team ERA?
4.64. We’re currently 23rd in the majors and third to last in the American League. We also lead the majors in wild pitches and are second in stolen bases allowed. We’re literally giving up bases.

5. What’s the winning percentage of our starting pitchers?
Including Joe Saunders, Sean O’Sullivan and Scot Shields’ random start, our starters have won 8 games and been tagged with 11 losses. Our bullpen has suffered 4 losses and have recorded 1 win, meaning the Angels are giving up runs late in the innings. 4 pitchers have a sub 3 ERA. In the past 30 days, Shields is a perfect 10, sarcastically meaning he’s allowed 10 runs and 10 walks in 10 innings.

Again, these are all stats from the past 30 days. Doesn’t mean that’s how we’ll always play (hopefully), but this has been the trend as of the last month. And for the most part, it looks like our team has been ok playing like this. It doesn’t look like we have any fire. That’s why I’m so glad to see players like Peter Bourjos get some great playing time like he’s had, and even see Torii Hunter get fired up, even if it means he had to take a four game suspension. I know Angels fans are tired of watching a losing team, especially when we know how good they can be. I just have to wonder if the players are as upset as the fans, and when we’re going to see it. Come on, boys, the turnaround starts right here!