The people who run Major League Baseball must have flunked their math classes.

The All-Star Break is no more the halfway point of the baseball season that running 15 miles is half a marathon.

Just about everyone, though, insists on calling the All-Star Break the halfway point of the season, even though the Pirates have played 57.4 percent of their schedule.

Some things defy explanation.

That doesn’t mean we have to skip handing out Mid-Season Awards.

For the purposes of all the math sticklers out there, I present to you the 57.4 Percent of the Season Awards:

Most Surprising Team — This is a hotly contested category because you have the Boston Red Sox in one corner and the Pittsburgh Pirates in another.

The case for the Sox is they have the most wins in the majors at the break and are just five wins shy of their victory total in 2012.

The case for the Pirates is they have second-best record in the league and would need to go 25-44 in the “second half” to notch another non-winning record.

That seems very unlikely. Winner: Buccos.

We haven’t had much occasion to pair those two words together recently, have we?

Most surprising player — This is another tough category because you have several guys having seasons no one expected.

Chris Davis and his 37 home runs is one, although Davis has always had power. What is more surprising is the .315 average and 93 RBIs at the break.

But the real winner here is Boston outfield Daniel Nava, who is a living and breathing Roy Hobbs.

The dude didn’t make his college baseball team. The dude played in the independent league and languished in the low minors until the Red Sox gave him a shot because most of their outfield was on the disabled list. This year, he is batting .288 with 10 home runs and 52 RBI.

Most Disappointing Team — The Dodgers would have won this hands down a month ago, but are .500 and only a couple of game back of the Diamondbacks, so this award goes to the Toronto Blue Jays.

They are further proof that you can’t buy a championship.

Most Disappointing Player — Josh Hamilton. He’s making $17.4 million and hitting .224.

Worst use of a shoulder — Zack Greinke. His shoulder charge into Carlos Quentin cost him a month of the season.

Best use of 148 pitches — Tim Lincecum. It took that many torques of his body and arm to throw a no-hitter against the Padres. If his name was Stephen Strasburg, he’d be shut down for two years after a pitch-count like that.

Worst throwback unis — The Tampa Bay Rays 1970s throwback. Huh? The Rays have nothing to throwback to, yet they have 70s-style throwback duds.

That’s just not right.

Sort of like calling the All-Star Break the “halfway point.”

Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.