Curtis Granderson picked up a home run and a triple last night in a 6-4 loss to the Mariners. The sixteen triples puts him on a pace for 29. That would break the American League record but fall short of the major league record.

Granderson is an interesting choice for a leadoff hitter, because his strength is power, not getting on base. But he score both times he reached base yesterday, driving himself in with a home run and scoring on a ground out after the triple. Granderson's been on base 128 times and scored 66 runs. This makes me wonder if players with power score as much from the leadoff spot as players with high OBAs. I'm going to try to research this later today.