Incidentally, Showalter conceded that he is keenly aware of the statistical achievements his players are nearing.

Penn State (5-1) was left with the small consolation of a statistical achievement.

"The players on the mural are based more on popularity than statistical achievements," he said.

But if this prize is about more than mere statistical achievement - and it is - then Strauss is overdue acknowledgement.

Throughout his life, Marshall kept a series of hiking notebooks that he illustrated with photographs and demonstrating his preoccupation with statistical achievements.

And so relief for the Mets yesterday was more than a statistical achievement.

Yet each week, after accumulating another mountain of statistical achievement, the Lions return to practice and listen to their coach scream.

Consideration is given to a players' on-field career but induction is not based on statistical achievement alone.

A ballplayer may lose just a step, their statistical achievements begin an almost insignificant but measurable decline.

Some of his notable statistical achievements were: