Around the Majors: Martinez reaches 500 RSAA

by
July 11, 2005

1) Yesterday’s scores–

AL
Yankees 9, Indians 4
Orioles 4, Red Sox 1
Rangers 9, Blue Jays 8
Twins 3, Royals 2 (12)
Tigers 9, Devil Rays 4
A’s 9, White Sox 8 (11)
Mariners 7, Angels 4

NL
Cubs 9, Marlins 2
Brewers 7, Braves 4
Mets 6, Pirates 1
Phillies 5, Nationals 4 (12)
Astros 6, Dodgers 5
Padres 8, Rockies 5
Diamondbacks 2, Reds 0
Cardinals 4, Giants 3

2) Standings–

AL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT   GB
Red Sox       49   38   .563    -
Orioles       47   40   .540    2
Yankees       46   40   .535    2 1/2
Blue Jays     44   44   .500    5 1/2
Devil Rays    28   61   .315   22

AL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT   GB
White Sox     57   29   .663    -
Twins         48   38   .558    9
Indians       47   41   .534   11
Tigers        42   44   .488   15
Royals        30   57   .345   27 1/2

AL WEST      WON  LOST   PCT   GB
Angels        52   36   .591    -
Rangers       46   40   .535    5
A's           44   43   .506    7 1/2
Mariners      39   48   .448   12 1/2

NL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT   GB
Nationals     52   36   .591    -
Braves        50   39   .562    2 1/2
Marlins       44   42   .512    7
Phillies      45   44   .506    7 1/2
Mets          44   44   .500    8

NL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT   GB
Cardinals     56    32   .636   -
Astros        44    43   .506  11 1/2
Cubs          43    44   .494  12 1/2
Brewers       42    46   .477  14
Pirates       39    48   .448  16 1/2
Reds          35    53   .398  21

NL WEST      WON  LOST   PCT   GB
Padres        48   41   .539    -
Diamondbacks  43   47   .478    5 1/2
Dodgers       40   48   .455    7 1/2
Giants        37   50   .425   10
Rockies       31   56   .356   16

3) Yesterday’s HR–

Derrek Lee–#27
Mark Teixeira–#25
Morgan Ensberg–#24
Paul Konerko–#20
Carlos Delgado–#18
Richie Sexson–#18
Jose Guillen–#18
Gary Sheffield–#17
Vladimir Guerrero–#16
Rafael Palmeiro–#15
Dmitri Young–#15
Jorge Cantu–#15
Jay Gibbons–#13
Carl Everett–#13
Tony Clark–#13
Mike Sweeney–#10 & #11
Nick Swisher–#11
Xavier Nady–#11
Jason Giambi–#10
Todd Helton–#10
Carlos Beltran–#10
Trot Nixon–#9
Geoff Jenkins–#9
Mark Kotsay–#8
Russell Branyan–#8
Dustan Mohr–#8
Rafael Furcal–#7
Jason Phillips–#7
Khalil Greene–#5
Dan Johnson–#4
Mark DeRosa–#3
Miguel Olivo–#3
Ryan Howard–#3
Jeff Francoeur–#2

4) HR leaders–

AL
1) Mark Teixeira–25*
2) Alex Rodriguez–23
3) Manny Ramirez–22
T4) David Ortiz–21
T4) Alfonso Soriano–21
6) Paul Konerko–20*
T7) Miguel Tejada–19
T7) Jermaine Dye–19
T9) Travis Hafner–18
T9) Richie Sexson–18*

NL
T1) Andruw Jones–27
T1) Derrek Lee–27*
3) Morgan Ensberg–24*
4) Adam Dunn–23
T5) Albert Pujols–22
T5) Carlos Lee–22
T5) Cliff Floyd–22
T8) Aramis Ramirez–19
T8) Troy Glaus–19
T10) Carlos Delgado–18*
T10) Bobby Abreu–18
T10) Reggie Sanders–18
T10) Jose Guillen–18*

*–hit 1 yesterday

5) Today’s birthdays–

BOB ALLISON, 1934, AGE: would be 71, but is deceased
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
1963   28   48  .378  .533  .911  .732   7.60  .271  35   91    6  148 
1964   29   56  .404  .553  .957  .764   8.73  .287  32   86   10  149 
1967   32   28  .356  .470  .826  .668   6.09  .258  24   75    6  153 
CAR        191  .358  .471  .829  .607   5.87  .255 256  796   84 1541 
LG AVG       0  .326  .391  .717  .500   4.42  .255 137  593   61 
POS AVG     96  .339  .427  .766  .556   5.07  .262 184  692   65 

MILT STOCK, 1893, AGE: would be 112, but is deceased
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
1919   25   18  .371  .356  .727  .628   5.14  .307   0   52   17  135 
1924   30  -40  .277  .292  .570  .238   2.59  .242   2   52    3  142 
CAR        -20  .339  .361  .700  .489   4.38  .289  22  696  155 1628 
LG AVG       0  .336  .379  .715  .500   4.57  .279  58  700  161 
POS AVG    -59  .330  .365  .695  .467   4.28  .276  42  687  171

Correction from yesterday–The Padres, not the Rockies, called up Pedro Astacio.

1) According to the Providence Journal, the Mets had a couple of scouts watching the Red Sox series with the Orioles, with the speculation being they are interested in Kevin Millar.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   31    6  .348  .472  .820  .534   5.67  .276  25   96    3  148 
2004   32   15  .383  .474  .857  .581   6.54  .297  18   74    1  150 
2005   33   -6  .342  .368  .711  .423   4.46  .264   4   32    0   75 
CAR         81  .364  .480  .844  .581   6.27  .289 106  453    5  873 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.20  .270  90  371   49 
POS AVG     59  .358  .468  .825  .559   5.96  .273 118  443   30

2) According to the Beaver County Times, the Pirates are leaning towards trading P Mark Redman before the deadline.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 29    9   3.59   29  29  190.2  151  7.13 11.23  14   9   0  13  10 
2004 30   -1   4.71   32  32  191    102  4.81 13.76  11  12   0  11  12 
2005 31    5   3.76   18  18  117.1   62  4.76 10.82   4   8   0   7   5 
CAREER    16   4.30  157 145  924    585  5.70 12.39  52  59   0  58  53 
LG AVG     0   4.53           924    659  6.42 13.06  52  52

3) Phillies 3B Scott Rolen was replaced by Astros 3B Morgan Ensberg for the some star game.

4) Marlins RF Juan Encarnacion was out of the lineup the past couple of games, after being hit in the left forearm by a pitch on Friday.

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now. 
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   -5  .313  .446  .759  .474   4.55  .270  19   94   19  156 
2004   28  -17  .299  .405  .704  .386   3.90  .236  16   62    5  135 
2005   29   12  .367  .471  .838  .618   6.35  .287  11   49    2   80 
CAR        -53  .316  .442  .758  .452   4.63  .267 123  514  115  967 
LG AVG       0  .342  .433  .775  .500   5.22  .270 120  500   65 
POS AVG     33  .347  .450  .797  .524   5.54  .272 137  529   87

5) The Padres designated P Brian Falkenborg for assignment when they called up Pedro Astacio.

FALKENBORG
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
1999 21    2   0.00    2   0    3      1  3.00 12.00   0   0   0   0   0 
2004 26   -5   7.53    6   0   14.1   11  6.91 19.47   1   0   0   0   1 
2005 27   -5   8.18   10   0   11     10  8.18 18.00   0   0   0   0   0 
CAREER    -8   6.99   18   0   28.1   22  6.99 18.11   1   0   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.39            28.1   21  6.60 12.96   2   2

6) The White Sox sent P Kevin Walker to the minors and will activate P Damaso Marte from the DL on Thursday.

WALKER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 26   -1   5.40   11   0    6.2    5  6.75 13.50   0   0   0   0   0 
2004 27   -2  16.20    5   0    1.2    1  5.40 32.40   0   0   0   0   0 
2005 28   -3   9.00    9   0    7      5  6.43 19.29   0   1   0   0   1 
CAREER    -7   4.76  122   0  102     95  8.38 13.50   7   3   0   4   6 
LG AVG     0   4.52           102     76  6.73 13.15   6   6 

MARTE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 28   26   1.58   71   0   79.2   87  9.83  9.83   4   2  11   5   1 
2004 29   13   3.42   74   0   73.2   68  8.31 11.36   6   5   6   7   4 
2005 30    5   2.81   34   0   25.2   29 10.17 15.08   3   3   2   4   2 
CAREER    51   3.07  275   0  284.1  298  9.43 11.40  14  13  29  17  10 
LG AVG     0   4.52           284.1  201  6.35 12.91  16  16

7) Marlins SS Alex Gonzalez had to leave yesterday’s game, due to tightness in his back.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   26   -4  .313  .443  .756  .477   4.58  .256  18   77    0  150 
2004   27  -26  .270  .419  .689  .335   3.43  .232  23   79    3  159 
2005   28   -7  .330  .378  .708  .419   4.08  .282   4   31    4   83 
CAR       -124  .291  .393  .684  .357   3.69  .245  80  361   22  849 
LG AVG       0  .344  .437  .781  .500   5.31  .271 106  431   57 
POS AVG   -100  .320  .382  .702  .393   4.23  .262  56  322   69

8) White Sox 3B Joe Crede has been out of the lineup for the past couple of games, due to a sore back.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   25   -7  .308  .433  .741  .457   4.50  .261  19   75    1  151 
2004   26  -23  .299  .418  .717  .350   3.93  .239  21   69    1  144 
2005   27   -9  .300  .427  .727  .387   4.13  .242  12   37    1   81 
CAR        -40  .303  .433  .736  .416   4.34  .254  64  226    4  453 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .765  .500   5.05  .269  51  213   26 
POS AVG     -6  .330  .430  .760  .487   4.92  .263  54  218   20

9) Nationals C Brian Schneider had to leave yesterday’s game, due to dizziness.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   26  -25  .309  .394  .703  .286   3.73  .230   9   46    0  108 
2004   27   -7  .325  .399  .724  .448   4.45  .257  12   49    0  135 
2005   28   -3  .323  .412  .735  .455   4.40  .263   6   24    1   71 
CAR        -44  .321  .402  .723  .399   4.27  .254  33  165    2  459 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.20  .269  45  184   23 
POS AVG    -40  .322  .393  .715  .403   4.20  .255  35  172    6

10) The Angels sent P Jake Woods to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2005       1   3.90   27   0   27.2   20  6.51 12.36   1   1   0   1   1 
CAREER     1   3.90   27   0   27.2   20  6.51 12.36   1   1   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.36            27.2   19  6.17 12.64   2   2

11) The Giants sent P Jeremy Accardo to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2005      -1   5.40   10   0   13.1    5  3.38 10.80   0   2   0   1   1 
CAREER    -1   5.40   10   0   13.1    5  3.38 10.80   0   2   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.35            13.1   10  6.52 12.91   1   1

1) YANKEES 9, INDIANS 4

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Indians    1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0   4  11  1
Yankees    0 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 X   9   9  1

Yankees: 46-40, .535, 3rd place, 2 1/2 GB, 7-3 last 10, streak: W1
Indians: 47-41, .534, 3rd place, 11 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Yankees, 3-1

* Yankees RF Gary Sheffield passed Cal Ripken into 33rd place on the all time HR list, with 432.

SHEFFIELD
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   34   72  .419  .604 1.023  .772   9.72  .330  39  132   18  155 
2004   35   40  .393  .534  .927  .676   7.41  .290  36  121    5  154 
2005   36   28  .399  .521  .920  .722   8.05  .298  17   68    7   83 
CAR        633  .400  .528  .928  .701   7.85  .298 432 1421  212 2119 
LG AVG       0  .338  .420  .758  .500   4.99  .268 217  961  151 
POS AVG     88  .345  .443  .788  .531   5.41  .273 259 1053  153 

RIPKEN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
1983   22   38  .371  .517  .888  .664   6.57  .318  27  102    0  162 
1984   23   49  .374  .510  .884  .718   7.03  .304  27   86    2  162 
1991   30   58  .374  .566  .940  .735   7.66  .323  34  114    6  162 
CAR        161  .340  .447  .788  .540   5.19  .276 431 1695   36 3001 
LG AVG       0  .334  .411  .745  .500   4.78  .266 322 1469  222 
POS AVG   -254  .316  .373  .689  .415   4.02  .259 204 1234  203

* Indians CF Grady Sizemore had 3 hits–1 2B, 1 3B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2004   21    1  .333  .406  .739  .526   5.35  .246   4   24    2   43 
2005   22    6  .338  .472  .810  .561   5.57  .287   9   40   11   85 
CAR          7  .337  .452  .789  .550   5.51  .275  13   64   13  128 
LG AVG       0  .335  .429  .764  .500   5.03  .270  15   62    8 
POS AVG     -2  .333  .421  .754  .488   4.93  .275  12   58   13

* Yankees LF Hideki Matsui had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   29    5  .353  .435  .788  .526   5.09  .287  16  106    2  163 
2004   30   44  .390  .522  .912  .693   7.73  .298  31  108    3  162 
2005   31   24  .384  .530  .915  .693   7.46  .320  14   70    2   86 
CAR         73  .374  .489  .862  .634   6.57  .298  61  284    7  411 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .766  .500   5.06  .269  47  200   24 
POS AVG     18  .343  .448  .791  .535   5.51  .281  50  211   31

* Indians P Jake Westbrook took a pounding–6 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 25   -2   4.33   34  22  133     58  3.92 14.21   7  10   0   8   9 
2004 26   28   3.38   33  30  215.2  116  4.84 11.43  14   9   0  15   8 
2005 27   -5   4.67   19  19  115.2   69  5.37 11.28   6  11   0   8   9 
CAREER     0   4.43  123  83  577.1  312  4.86 12.72  32  39   0  36  35 
LG AVG     0   4.53           577.1  404  6.30 12.94  32  32

2) ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 1

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Red Sox    0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   1   4  0
Orioles    0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 X   4   9  0

Red Sox: 49-38, .563, 1st place, 2 GA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L2
Orioles: 47-40, .540, 2nd place, 2 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Red Sox, 7-5

* Orioles P Rodrigo Lopez’s line–8 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 6 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 27  -25   5.82   26  26  147    103  6.31 14.76   7  10   0   6  11 
2004 28   23   3.59   37  23  170.2  121  6.38 11.60  14   9   0  15   8 
2005 29    1   4.47   19  19  116.2   74  5.71 12.11   8   5   0   7   6 
CAREER     5   4.43  121 102  655.2  451  6.19 12.49  44  36   0  43  37 
LG AVG     0   4.51           655.2  457  6.28 12.91  37  37

3) RANGERS 9, BLUE JAYS 8

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Blue Jays  0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3   8  13  1
Rangers    0 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 X   9  12  2

Rangers: 46-40, .535, 2nd place, 5 GB, 7-3 last 10, streak: W3
Blue Jays: 44-44, .500, 4th place, 5 1/2 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: L3
Season series: Rangers, 5-2

* Blue Jays C Gregg Zaun had 3 hits and a BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   32   -9  .309  .349  .658  .312   3.55  .229   4   21    1   74 
2004   33   -3  .367  .393  .761  .470   5.15  .269   6   36    0  107 
2005   34    5  .378  .420  .798  .562   6.07  .277   6   35    1   70 
CAR        -37  .343  .380  .724  .436   4.66  .253  45  257   20  756 
LG AVG       0  .341  .431  .772  .500   5.18  .271  66  283   38 
POS AVG    -47  .323  .404  .727  .422   4.41  .258  60  269   12

* Blue Jays P Josh Towers took a pounding–6 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 26    2   4.48   14   8   64.1   42  5.88 10.91   8   1   1   5   4 
2004 27   -2   5.11   21  21  116.1   51  3.95 14.16   9   9   0   9   9 
2005 28    1   4.51   18  18  103.2   65  5.64 12.76   6   7   0   7   6 
CAREER   -15   4.86   82  70  452    229  4.56 12.78  31  30   1  30  31 
LG AVG     0   4.50           452    318  6.32 12.91  25  25

4) TWINS 3, ROYALS 2 

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - - -- -- --  -  --  -
Twins      0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0  0  1  3  15  1
Royals     0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  0  0  0  2   7  1

Twins: 48-38, .558, 2nd place, 9 GB, 6-4 last 10, streak: W1
Royals: 30-57, .345, 5th place, 27 1/2 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Twins, 9-3

* Twins 1B Justin Morneau had 3 hits and DH Torii Hunter was 0 for 5.

MORNEAU
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   22   -6  .287  .377  .664  .291   3.14  .226   4   16    0   40 
2004   23   10  .340  .536  .875  .598   6.56  .271  19   58    0   74 
2005   24    3  .331  .477  .808  .534   5.49  .267  11   44    0   70 
CAR          7  .328  .486  .814  .530   5.53  .262  34  118    0  184 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .766  .500   5.07  .270  20   85   10 
POS AVG      6  .346  .448  .794  .530   5.43  .264  26   99    3 

HUNTER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27  -11  .312  .451  .762  .440   4.48  .250  26  102    6  154 
2004   28   -5  .330  .475  .805  .468   4.93  .271  23   81   21  138 
2005   29    4  .342  .481  .823  .540   5.55  .271  14   54   19   82 
CAR        -41  .321  .461  .782  .458   4.80  .267 133  504   92  911 
LG AVG       0  .338  .432  .769  .500   5.12  .270 108  454   58 
POS AVG     -7  .335  .425  .760  .491   5.06  .272  93  419  111

* Royals DH Mike Sweeney hit 2 HR and had 3 hits and LF Shane Costa and 1B Matt Stairs were 0 for 5.

SWEENEY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   29    9  .391  .467  .858  .562   6.55  .293  16   83    3  108 
2004   30   15  .347  .504  .851  .611   6.31  .287  22   79    3  106 
2005   31   15  .355  .547  .902  .673   7.06  .318  11   44    2   63 
CAR        147  .376  .501  .877  .597   6.83  .305 172  727   47 1089 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.19  .271 124  524   68 
POS AVG     65  .355  .462  .816  .546   5.82  .273 162  621   19 

COSTA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005        -2  .321  .375  .696  .398   3.79  .264   2    7    0   24 
CAR         -2  .321  .375  .696  .398   3.79  .264   2    7    0   24 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .760  .500   4.98  .270   2   10    1 
POS AVG      0  .334  .429  .764  .511   5.11  .277   2   10    2 

STAIRS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   35   24  .389  .561  .950  .695   8.00  .292  20   57    0  121 
2004   36    4  .345  .451  .796  .528   5.24  .267  18   66    1  126 
2005   37    4  .369  .421  .789  .563   5.46  .252   8   27    1   69 
CAR        125  .360  .490  .850  .592   6.24  .265 202  661   25 1241 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .777  .500   5.24  .272 121  510   67 
POS AVG     64  .354  .464  .818  .545   5.84  .274 154  592   59

* Twins P Carlos Silva’s line–7 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 24   -4   4.43   62   1   87.1   48  4.95 14.12   3   1   1   2   2 
2004 25   12   4.21   33  33  203     76  3.37 13.08  14   8   0  12  10 
2005 26   12   3.53   16  16  114.2   41  3.22 10.99   7   3   0   6   4 
CAREER    25   3.92  179  50  489    206  3.79 12.63  29  12   2  23  18 
LG AVG     0   4.42           489    352  6.47 12.89  28  27

* Royals P D.J. Carrasco’s line–7 IP, 10 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 26    3   4.82   50   2   80.1   57  6.39 14.45   6   5   2   6   5 
2004 27   -2   4.84   30   0   35.1   22  5.60 15.03   2   2   0   2   2 
2005 28    4   3.57   11  11   68     28  3.71 13.24   4   3   0   4   3 
CAREER     5   4.36   91  13  183.2  107  5.24 14.11  12  10   2  12  10 
LG AVG     0   4.49           183.2  127  6.20 12.84  10  10

5) TIGERS 9, DEVIL RAYS 4

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Tigers     1 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0   9  15  0
Devil Rays 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   4  10  2

Tigers: 42-44, .488, 4th place, 15 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Devil Rays; 28-61, .315, 5th place, 22 GB, 1-9 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Tigers, 5-2

* Tigers SS Carlos Guillen had 4 hits, including a 2B and a SB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   -1  .359  .394  .753  .496   4.84  .276   7   52    4  109 
2004   28   36  .379  .542  .921  .682   7.53  .318  20   97   12  136 
2005   29   13  .394  .469  .863  .673   7.11  .353   2   17    2   57 
CAR         31  .350  .426  .776  .540   5.28  .284  51  325   29  681 
LG AVG       0  .337  .431  .768  .500   5.09  .269  77  325   41 
POS AVG    -24  .328  .415  .743  .465   4.77  .271  63  292   48

* Devil Rays SS Julio Lugo had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   -2  .333  .410  .743  .482   4.85  .271  15   55   12  139 
2004   28    0  .338  .396  .734  .500   4.93  .275   7   75   21  157 
2005   29    3  .346  .365  .711  .532   5.11  .287   2   35   24   89 
CAR        -41  .335  .394  .730  .449   4.72  .273  52  277  100  729 
LG AVG       0  .339  .434  .774  .500   5.19  .269  89  366   46 
POS AVG    -57  .323  .397  .720  .429   4.46  .266  57  295   59

* Devil Rays P Mark Hendrickson took a pounding–2 2/3 IP, 8 H, 6 R/ER, 0 BB, 1 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 29  -13   5.51   30  30  158.1   76  4.32 14.04   9   9   0   8  10 
2004 30   -8   4.81   32  30  183.1   87  4.27 12.96  10  15   0  12  13 
2005 31  -22   6.33   16  16   91     41  4.05 14.74   3   6   0   3   6 
CAREER   -35   5.16   94  80  469.1  225  4.31 13.40  25  30   0  25  30 
LG AVG     0   4.53           469.1  327  6.27 12.93  26  26

6) A’S 9, WHITE SOX 8

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - - -- --  -  --  -
A's        1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1  0  1  9  15  3
White Sox  1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2  0  0  8  17  1

White Sox: 57-29, .663, 1st place, 9 GA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L3
A’s: 44-43, .506, 3rd place, 7 1/2 GB, 7-3 last 10, streak: W3
Season series: A’s, 7-2

* A’s DH Jason Kendall (1 2B) and 1B Dan Johnson (1 2B, 1 HR, 1 BB) had 3 hits.

KENDALL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   29   21  .399  .416  .815  .608   6.49  .325   6   58    8  150 
2004   30   15  .399  .390  .789  .578   5.97  .319   3   51   11  147 
2005   31   -9  .361  .329  .690  .402   4.03  .281   0   24    6   79 
CAR        105  .385  .412  .797  .559   6.02  .304  67  495  146 1331 
LG AVG       0  .342  .432  .774  .500   5.21  .270 152  632   90 
POS AVG   -105  .326  .402  .728  .423   4.43  .257 134  598   26 

JOHNSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005         4  .379  .453  .832  .604   6.30  .291   4   18    0   36 
CAR          4  .379  .453  .832  .604   6.30  .291   4   18    0   36 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .760  .500   4.98  .270   4   16    2 
POS AVG      1  .337  .438  .775  .513   5.14  .261   5   18    1

* White Sox 1B Paul Konerko had 5 hits, including a HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27  -22  .305  .399  .704  .328   3.34  .234  18   65    0  137 
2004   28   14  .359  .535  .894  .567   6.39  .277  41  117    1  155 
2005   29    5  .349  .479  .828  .543   5.85  .249  20   55    0   84 
CAR         30  .345  .481  .825  .520   5.55  .276 190  647    4 1049 
LG AVG       0  .339  .432  .771  .500   5.15  .270 121  510   65 
POS AVG     93  .360  .471  .831  .567   6.05  .275 166  628   22

7) MARINERS 7, ANGELS 4

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Mariners   0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0   7  10  1
Angels     2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0   4   8  0

Angels: 52-36, .591, 1st place, 5 GA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L4
Mariners: 39-48, .448, 4th place, 12 1/2 GB, 6-4 last 10, streak: W4
Season series: Mariners, 5-4

* Angels P Ervin Santana took a pounding–3 IP, 6 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2005      -8   6.20    8   8   40.2   34  7.52 15.71   3   4   0   2   5 
CAREER    -8   6.20    8   8   40.2   34  7.52 15.71   3   4   0   2   5 
LG AVG     0   4.36            40.2   28  6.17 12.64   2   2

1) METS 6, PIRATES 1

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Mets       2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0   6  13  0
Pirates    0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   1   6  1

Mets: 44-44, .500, 5th place, 8 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Pirates: 39-48, .448, 5th place, 16 1/2 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Pirates, 2-1

* Mets SS Jose Reyes had 4 hits and a SB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   20    4  .334  .434  .769  .552   5.70  .307   5   32   13   69 
2004   21   -9  .271  .373  .644  .359   3.79  .255   2   14   19   53 
2005   22  -16  .284  .367  .650  .351   3.62  .261   3   36   26   87 
CAR        -21  .297  .389  .686  .420   4.28  .274  10   82   58  209 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .269  28  114   14 
POS AVG    -20  .322  .394  .716  .423   4.38  .267  17   90   20

* Mets P Pedro Martinez’s line–7 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 9 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 31   53   2.22   29  29  186.2  206  9.93  9.79  14   4   0  14   4 
2004 32   24   3.90   33  33  217    227  9.41 11.20  16   9   0  15  10 
2005 33   23   2.72   18  18  129    138  9.63  7.74  10   3   0   9   4 
CAREER   500   2.71  406 339 2425   2791 10.36  9.60 192  79   3 196  75 
LG AVG     0   4.47          2425   1732  6.43 13.01 136 136

Martinez became the 7th pitcher to reach 500 career RSAA (since 1900)–

RSAA  
1    Roger Clemens               686   
2    Lefty Grove                 668   
3    Walter Johnson              643   
4    Greg Maddux                 552   
5    Grover C Alexander          524   
6    Randy Johnson               511   
7    Pedro Martinez              500   
8    Christy Mathewson           405   
9    Tom Seaver                  404   
10   Carl Hubbell                355

* Pirates P Kip Wells took a pounding–5 IP, 9 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 26   21   3.28   31  31  197.1  147  6.70 11.58  10   9   0  12   7 
2004 27   -7   4.55   24  24  138.1  116  7.55 14.12   5   7   0   5   7 
2005 28   -4   4.46   19  19  113     87  6.93 14.02   6   9   0   7   8 
CAREER    18   4.23  174 154  914.2  683  6.72 13.55  53  60   0  58  55 
LG AVG     0   4.38           914.2  669  6.58 12.95  51  51

2) DIAMONDBACKS 2, REDS 0

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
             - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Reds         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0   5  0
Diamondbacks 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X   2   5  0

Diamondbacks: 43-47, .478, 2nd place, 5 1/2 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: W1
Reds: 35-53, .399, 6th place, 21 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Reds, 2-1

* Reds P Eric Milton’s line–6 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 8 SO. 

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 27    4   2.65    3   3   17      7  3.71  8.47   1   0   0   1   0 
2004 28   -9   4.75   34  34  201    161  7.21 12.18  14   6   0   9  11 
2005 29  -34   6.92   19  19  106.2   67  5.65 14.51   4  10   0   4  10 
CAREER   -36   4.93  219 218 1295    943  6.55 12.04  75  67   0  66  76 
LG AVG     0   4.60          1295    921  6.40 13.19  73  73

This is the 4th consecutive outing in which Milton forgot to take a pounding. But, even with that “better” pitching, his ERA over that span (4.81) is still almost 1/2 run worse than the league average (4.35). Milton’s still close to the Reds single season record for worst RSAA–

RSAA                          YEAR    RSAA    
1    Bill Phillips            1901      -42   
2    Benny Frey               1935      -40   
3    Si Johnson               1935      -36   
T4   Jose Acevedo             2004      -34   
T4   Eric Milton              2005      -34   
6    Herm Wehmeier            1950      -33   
7    Jim O'Toole              1965      -31   
T8   Herm Wehmeier            1952      -30   
T8   Tony Cloninger           1969      -30   
T10  Frank Pastore            1984      -29   
T10  Ryan Dempster            2003      -29

* Diamondbacks P Mike Gosling (5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 4 BB, 2 SO) combined with Lance Cormier, Armando Almanza, Jose Valverde and Brian Bruney for a shutout.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2004 23    0   4.62    6   4   25.1   14  4.97 14.57   1   1   0   1   1 
2005 24    0   4.61    9   1   13.2    5  3.29 18.44   0   2   0   1   1 
CAREER     0   4.62   15   5   39     19  4.38 15.92   1   3   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.33            39     29  6.66 12.86   2   2

3) CUBS 9, MARLINS 2

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Cubs       0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1   9  13  1
Marlins    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2   2   6  1

Marlins: 44-42, .512, 3rd place, 7 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: L3
Cubs: 43-44, .494, 3rd place, 12 1/2 GB, 3-7 last 10, streak: W3
Season series: Cubs, 4-2

* Marlins 1B Carlos Delgado tied Lee May for 67th place on the all time HR list, with 354.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   31   69  .426  .593 1.019  .756   9.78  .302  42  145    0  161 
2004   32   19  .372  .535  .907  .605   6.94  .269  32   99    0  128 
2005   33   23  .385  .537  .922  .686   7.47  .288  18   66    0   86 
CAR        415  .392  .555  .947  .683   8.09  .282 354 1124    9 1509 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .271 168  712   93 
POS AVG    145  .363  .478  .841  .574   6.21  .279 237  881   41

* Cubs SS Neifi Perez had 3 hits and 1B Derrek Lee reached base safely 4 times (2 H (1 2B, 1 HR), 2 BB).

PEREZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   30  -20  .285  .348  .632  .279   3.05  .256   1   31    3  120 
2004   31  -23  .296  .336  .632  .299   3.42  .255   4   39    1  126 
2005   32  -22  .287  .371  .659  .274   3.18  .264   7   32    4   85 
CAR       -324  .300  .379  .679  .283   3.86  .269  59  432   52 1193 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .270 150  622   87 
POS AVG   -124  .324  .385  .709  .407   4.31  .263  85  475   99

Perez is 3rd on the list for worst career RCAA–

RCAA 
1    Ski Melillo                -355   
2    Tommy Thevenow             -351   
3    Neifi Perez                -324   
4    Bill Bergen                -312   
5    Tim Foli                   -309   
6    Larry Bowa                 -307   
7    Alfredo Griffin            -306   
T8   Don Kessinger              -305   
T8   Ozzie Guillen              -305   
10   Ed Brinkman                -300   

LEE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   35  .379  .508  .888  .669   7.07  .271  31   92   21  155 
2004   28   13  .356  .504  .860  .557   6.30  .278  32   98   12  161 
2005   29   65  .452  .733 1.186  .848  13.89  .378  27   72   10   84 
CAR        141  .362  .495  .857  .599   6.42  .275 189  591   73 1111 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .269 123  504   67 
POS AVG     90  .361  .472  .832  .563   6.06  .275 167  625   30

Lee is tied for 8th on the Cubs single season RCAA list–

RCAA                          YEAR    RCAA    
1    Sammy Sosa               2001      114   
2    Rogers Hornsby           1929       97   
3    Hack Wilson              1930       90   
T4   Frank Chance             1903       73   
T4   Sammy Sosa               2000       73   
T6   Topsy Hartsel            1901       67   
T6   Ray Grimes               1922       67   
T8   Phil Cavarretta          1945       65   
T8   Derrek Lee               2005       65   
10   Billy Williams           1972       64

* Cubs P Greg Maddux’s line–8 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 37    5   3.96   36  36  218.1  124  5.11 10.96  16  11   0  14  13 
2004 38   13   4.02   33  33  212.2  151  6.39 11.00  16  11   0  15  12 
2005 39   -1   4.67   19  19  115.2   72  5.60 11.83   8   6   0   7   7 
CAREER   552   3.00  627 623 4297   2988  6.26 10.44 313 180   0 319 174 
LG AVG     0   4.07          4297   3046  6.38 12.51 240 240

* Marlins P Al Leiter took a pounding–3 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 5 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 37    5   3.99   30  30  180.2  139  6.92 13.90  15   9   0  13  11 
2004 38   20   3.21   30  30  173.2  117  6.06 12.75  10   8   0  11   7 
2005 39  -22   6.64   17  16   80     52  5.85 17.33   3   7   0   3   7 
CAREER   121   3.76  403 372 2328.2 1929  7.46 12.84 158 127   2 160 125 
LG AVG     0   4.37          2328.2 1700  6.57 12.95 131 130

4) BREWERS 8, BRAVES 4

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Brewers    1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1   8  11  2
Braves     0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0   4  10  3

Braves: 50-39, .562, 2nd place, 2 1/2 GB, 7-3 last 10, streak: W2
Brewers: 42-46, .477, 4th place, 14 GB, 6-4 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Brewers, 2-1

* Braves SS Rafael Furcal had 5 hits (1 2B, 1 HR) and LF Kelly Johnson and 3B Andy Marte were 0 for 5.

FURCAL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   24   24  .352  .443  .794  .609   6.36  .292  15   61   25  156 
2004   25    1  .344  .414  .758  .507   5.32  .279  14   59   29  143 
2005   26   -7  .310  .393  .703  .436   4.45  .254   7   31   29   85 
CAR          3  .343  .403  .746  .501   5.23  .280  52  265  172  748 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .775  .500   5.22  .269  97  394   50 
POS AVG    -89  .318  .383  .701  .397   4.18  .261  52  297   67 

JOHNSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005         2  .376  .447  .823  .545   5.66  .258   6   24    0   37 
CAR          2  .376  .447  .823  .545   5.66  .258   6   24    0   37 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.13  .269   4   18    2 
POS AVG      2  .348  .459  .806  .547   5.69  .273   6   21    2 

MARTE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005        -5  .235  .250  .485  .155   2.03  .159   0    3    0   15 
CAR         -5  .235  .250  .485  .155   2.03  .159   0    3    0   15 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.13  .269   2    7    1 
POS AVG      0  .346  .432  .778  .517   5.28  .271   2    7    0

5) PHILLIES 5, NATIONALS 4

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - - -- -- --  -  --  -
Nationals  0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0  0  0  0  4  12  1
Phillies   0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0  0  0  1  5  12  0

Nationals: 52-36, .591, 1st place, 2 1/2 GA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L2
Phillies: 45-44, .506, 4th place, 7 1/2 GB, 5-5 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Phillies, 5-4

* Nationals 2B Jose Vidro had 3 hits.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   28    9  .397  .470  .866  .547   6.82  .310  15   65    3  144 
2004   29    9  .367  .454  .821  .569   5.80  .294  14   60    3  110 
2005   30    5  .368  .480  .848  .614   6.25  .288   4   18    0   34 
CAR         72  .367  .471  .837  .553   6.16  .304 105  489   20 1007 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .778  .500   5.28  .270 114  469   64 
POS AVG    -30  .342  .409  .751  .469   4.99  .275  77  382   81

* Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins had 3 hits (1 23B) and 2B Chase Utley was 0 for 5 (1 SB).

ROLLINS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   24  -12  .320  .387  .707  .435   4.23  .263   8   62   20  156 
2004   25   14  .348  .455  .803  .561   6.03  .289  14   73   30  154 
2005   26   -5  .316  .398  .714  .454   4.65  .273   7   23   20   86 
CAR        -18  .324  .409  .733  .479   4.79  .270  54  277  150  722 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .268  97  394   50 
POS AVG    -87  .317  .383  .700  .401   4.17  .263  52  298   66 

UTLEY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   24   -2  .322  .373  .696  .445   4.33  .239   2   21    2   43 
2004   25   -3  .308  .468  .776  .462   4.85  .266  13   57    4   94 
2005   26   14  .390  .504  .894  .643   7.11  .303  11   40    8   75 
CAR          9  .344  .463  .806  .538   5.59  .275  26  118   14  212 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .773  .500   5.19  .269  21   86   10 
POS AVG     -4  .342  .412  .754  .482   4.99  .277  15   71   14

* Nationals P Esteban Loaiza’s line–6 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2003 31   39   2.90   34  34  226.1  207  8.23 10.42  21   9   0  21   9 
2004 32  -18   5.70   31  27  183    117  5.75 14.31  10   7   0   8   9 
2005 33    7   3.57   18  18  113.1   92  7.31 11.75   5   5   0   6   4 
CAREER    -4   4.63  318 281 1776.1 1174  5.95 13.06 105  94   1 103  96 
LG AVG     0   4.50          1776.1 1273  6.45 13.03 100 100

6) ASTROS 6, DODGERS 5

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Dodgers    0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0   5   9  1
Astros     1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 X   6   9  2

Astros: 44-43, .506, 2nd place, 11 1/2 GB, 8-2 last 10, streak: W3
Dodgers: 40-48, .455, 3rd place, 7 1/2 GB, 3-7 last 10, streak: L4
Season series: Astros, 3-0

* Dodgers SS Oscar Robles had 3 hits.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005         2  .407  .405  .811  .587   5.95  .357   0    7    0   38 
CAR          2  .407  .405  .811  .587   5.95  .357   0    7    0   38 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.13  .269   2   10    1 
POS AVG     -2  .314  .385  .698  .397   4.11  .264   1    7    2

7) PADRES 8, ROCKIES 5

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Padres     1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0   8   9  0
Rockies    0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1   5  14  0

Padres: 48-41, .539, 1st place, 5 1/2 GA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Rockies: 31-56, .356, 5th place, 16 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Padres, 6-2

* Padres LF Damian Jackson had 3 hits and a SB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   29  -12  .294  .323  .617  .242   2.82  .261   1   13   16  109 
2004   30   -3  .206  .267  .473  .145   2.00  .100   1    3    0   21 
2005   31    5  .365  .404  .768  .596   5.85  .292   4   15   11   60 
CAR        -39  .326  .361  .688  .430   4.33  .248  27  180  128  702 
LG AVG       0  .343  .438  .781  .500   5.32  .271  69  281   38 
POS AVG    -50  .329  .389  .719  .416   4.47  .264  40  215   46

* Rockies P Jeff Francis took a pounding–4 IP, 7 H, 7 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL
2004 23    0   5.15    7   7   36.2   32  7.85 13.75   3   2   0   3   2 
2005 24    1   5.16   18  18  104.2   77  6.62 14.96   8   6   0   7   7 
CAREER     1   5.16   25  25  141.1  109  6.94 14.65  11   8   0  10   9 
LG AVG     0   4.34           141.1  103  6.57 12.89   8   8

8) CARDINALS 4, GIANTS 3

           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
           - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Cardinals  0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   4  10  0
Giants     1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   3  13  1

Cardinals: 56-32, .636, 1st place, 11 1/2 GA, 7-3 last 10, streak: W1
Giants: 37-50, .425, 4th place, 10 GB, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Cardinals, 2-1

* Giants RF Alex Sanchez and SS Omar Vizquel had 3 hits.

SANCHEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   26  -15  .319  .363  .681  .407   3.99  .287   1   32   52  144 
2004   27   -7  .335  .386  .721  .426   4.22  .322   2   26   19   79 
2005   28    4  .366  .448  .814  .573   5.71  .339   2   16    8   55
CAR        -26  .331  .373  .704  .441   4.32  .297   6  111  122  420 
LG AVG       0  .337  .429  .767  .500   5.07  .268  49  203   25 
POS AVG      1  .336  .426  .762  .502   5.08  .272  44  186   49 

VIZQUEL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   36  -10  .321  .336  .657  .356   3.36  .244   2   19    8   64 
2004   37   -3  .353  .388  .741  .486   4.90  .291   7   59   19  148 
2005   38   -3  .359  .397  .756  .467   4.92  .305   1   30   14   83 
CAR       -151  .341  .360  .701  .434   4.40  .276  67  745  332 2221 
LG AVG       0  .339  .423  .761  .500   5.02  .269 252 1114  156 
POS AVG   -172  .322  .389  .711  .425   4.32  .265 166  933  175

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