With another month out of the way, let's look back and see who did well over the last 31 days. Bobby Abreu certainly looks like the offensive player of the month. He led the majors in both on base average and slugging percentage. He also tied Carlos Lee with 30 RBI.

Johnny Damon and Brian Giles led batters in reaching home plate, scoring 25 runs each. Giles did it with power, collecting 18 extra-base hits. And Jose Reyes almost had as many triples as walks, collecting 7 of the former and 8 of the latter. (I wonder what the record for triples in a month is?)

Todd Helton was the most feared hitter of the month, collecting 7 intentional walks, while Abreu had the best eye, getting 30 free passes. Adam Dunn missed the most, striking out 34 times.

On the pitching side, Kenny Rogers was a big reason for Texas having a great month. Kenny was the only pitcher with 25 innings in May to post a sub 1.00 ERA, coming in at 0.98. Amazingly, he did it striking out just 3.72 per 9 innings. He's no Kirk Rueter, however. Woody only struck out 1.30 per 9 in the month. At the other end of the scale, Johan Santana was tops in the majors at 9.78 K per 9.

Rogers was also the only six game winner in the majors in May, although five others went at least 4-0. Mark Buehrle was the work horse, amassing 48 innings without throwing a complete game. That's 8 innings a start. No one was pounded more than Ezequiel Astacio, who gave up 10 homers in 19 2/3 innings.

Russ Ortiz should be renamed the Walking Man as he issued 8.16 BB per 9. Meanwhile, Javier Vazquez did not issue a free pass in the month (although he did hit three batters).

It looks like Abreu and Rogers deserve player of the month honors. Starting today, we'll see who are the heroes of June.