Around the Majors: Thomas ties Kingman

by
June 21, 2005

1) Yesterday’s scores–

AL
BlueJays 11, Orioles 2
Devil Rays 5, Yankees 4
Redsox 10, Indians 9
Whitesox 11, Royals 8
Angels 5, Rangers 1
A’s 6, Mariners 2

NL
Cardinals 6, Reds 1
Nationals 7, Pirates 4
Astros 7, Rockies 0
Cubs 5, Brewers 4
Padres 1, Dodgers 0
Giants 8, Diamondbacks 3

2) Standings–

AL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Orioles          41   28  .594   -     22-15  19-13  18-09 11-10 04-02 LOST 1
Redsox           39   30  .565   2     22-10  17-20  15-16 04-01 11-07 WON  2
Yankees          36   33  .522   5     22-14  14-19  10-17 04-05 12-06 LOST 1
BlueJays         35   35  .500   6 1/2 18-15  17-20  16-10 06-09 06-08 WON  1
Devil Rays       24   46  .343  17 1/2 18-18   6-28  09-16 04-09 08-09 WON  1

AL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Whitesox         47   22  .681   -     24-10  23-12  06-04 21-05 09-09 WON  5
Twins            38   29  .567   8     20-15  18-14  10-05 16-12 05-04 LOST 2
Indians          37   31  .544   9 1/2 17-14  20-17  02-02 13-19 09-08 LOST 1
Tigers           33   33  .500  12 1/2 18-17  15-16  08-10 10-11 07-05 WON  2
Royals           25   44  .362  22     15-21  10-23  08-08 05-18 03-12 LOST 1

AL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Angels           40   29  .580   -     19-14  21-15  03-03 16-14 12-06 WON  1
Rangers          37   31  .544   2 1/2 21-14  16-17  06-06 14-09 09-09 LOST 2
Mariners         31   37  .456   8 1/2 18-18  13-19  10-14 06-06 06-11 LOST 1
A's              30   39  .435  10     19-15  11-24  13-18 02-04 08-09 WON  3

NL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Nationals        41   29  .586   -     24-9   17-20  16-13 07-07 08-04 WON  2
Phillies         38   32  .543   3     22-11  16-21  12-18 12-07 07-02 LOST 2
Braves           36   33  .522   4 1/2 19-11  17-22  18-14 11-05 03-06 LOST 1
Marlins          34   32  .515   5     21-15  13-17  15-16 07-06 05-05 WON  1
Mets             33   36  .478   7 1/2 22-15  11-21  15-15 11-10 04-02 LOST 3

NL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Cardinals        45   24  .652   -     21-12  24-12  07-08 22-05 06-06 WON  4
Cubs             35   33  .515   9 1/2 19-17  16-16  05-07 15-12 11-06 WON  1
Pirates          31   37  .456  13 1/2 16-18  15-19  05-03 12-19 09-08 LOST 2
Brewers          31   38  .449  14     17-13  14-25  04-09 14-15 07-08 LOST 1
Astros           29   39  .426  15 1/2 20-12   9-27  04-11 16-17 04-04 WON  1
Reds             27   43  .386  18 1/2 21-19   6-24  10-10 09-20 02-07 LOST 1

NL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Padres           39   31  .557   -     22-12  17-19  06-00 12-09 16-12 WON  3
Diamondbacks     35   36  .493   4 1/2 18-16  17-20  04-09 05-05 20-13 LOST 5
Dodgers          33   36  .478   5 1/2 19-17  14-19  03-06 08-08 17-12 LOST 7
Giants           29   39  .426   9     16-20  13-19  02-07 07-06 14-17 WON  1
Rockies          22   46  .324  16     17-17   5-29  04-05 07-11 08-21 LOST 3

3) Today’s schedule–

AL
Devil Rays (Hideo Nomo, 6.31) at Yankees (Randy Johnson, 3.51), 7:05
Redsox (Bronson Arroyo, 4.26) at Indians (Kevin Millwood, 2.95), 7:05
Orioles (Rodrigo Lopez, 4.21) at BlueJays (Gustavo Chacin, 3.39), 7:07
Royals (Zack Greinke, 5.97) at Whitesox (Jon Garland, 3.61), 8:05
Tigers (Jeremy Bonderman, 3.84) at Twins (Kyle Lohse, 4.50), 8:10
A’s (Rich Harden, 2.80) at Mariners (Joel Pineiro, 5.69), 10:05
Rangers (Chan Ho Park, 5.15) at Angels (Bartolo Colon, 2.90), 10:05

NL
Mets (Kris Benson, 3.67) at Phillies (Brett Myers, 2.19), 7:05
Nationals (Ryan Drese, 5.79) at Pirates (Oliver Perez, 6.22), 7:05
Cardinals (Jason Marquis, 3.59) at Reds (Brandon Claussen, 4.02), 7:10
Marlins (A.J. Burnett, 3.36) at Braves (John Smoltz, 3.14), 7:35
Cubs (Jerome Williams, 6.48) at Brewers (Victor Santos, 2.87), 8:05
Rockies (Jamey Wright, 5.40) at Astros (Wandy Rodriguez, 7.86), 8:05
Dodgers (Derek Lowe, 3.69) at Padres (Woody Williams, 4.47), 10:05
Diamondbacks (Claudio Vargas, 10.18) at Giants (Brett Tomko, 4.55), 10:15

4) Yesterday’s HR–

Derrek Lee–#19
Albert Pujols–#18
Paul Konerko–#18
Manny Ramirez–#15
Aramis Ramirez–#15
Vernon Wells–#14
Jermaine Dye–#14
Reggie Sanders–#14
Jose Guillen–#12 & #13
Jason Varitek–#12
Felipe Lopez–#12
Vladimir Guerrero–#11
David Dellucci–#11
Travis Hafner–#10
Pedro Feliz–#9
Lyle Overbay–#9
Hideki Matsui–#8
Shea Hillenbrand–#8
Victor Martinez–#7
Mike Matheny–#7
Frank Thomas–#6
John Buck–#6
Nick Swisher–#5
Mark Kotsay–#5
Eli Marrero–#5
Ruben Gotay–#5
Lance Berkman–#4
Bobby Kielty–#4
Johnny Damon–#3
Aaron Hill–#1

5) HR leaders–

AL
1) Mark Teixeira–20
T2) Alex Rodriguez–19
T2) Miguel Tejada–19
T2) Alfonso Soriano–19
5) Paul Konerko–18*
6) David Ortiz–16
T7) Manny Ramirez–15*
T7) Richie Sexson–15
T9) Melvin Mora–14
T9) Vernon Wells–14*
T9) Jermaine Dye–14*

NL
T1) Andruw Jones–19
T1) Derrek Lee–19*
T3) Albert Pujols–18*
T3) Adam Dunn–18
5) Carlos Lee–17
T6) Troy Glaus–16
T6) Bobby Abreu–16
T6) Morgan Ensberg–16
T6) Cliff Floyd–16
10) Aramis Ramirez–15*

*–hit 1 yesterday

6) Frank Thomas tied Dave Kingman for 29th place on the all time HR list, with 442.

7) Nationals RF Jose Guillen hit 2 HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   27  .359  .569  .928  .649   6.97  .311  31   86    1  136 
2004   28   15  .352  .497  .849  .580   6.11  .294  27  104    5  148 
2005   29    5  .330  .498  .828  .558   5.54  .290  13   37    0   66 
CAR        -39  .322  .447  .769  .460   4.80  .275 123  495   20  964 
LG AVG       0  .341  .431  .772  .500   5.18  .270 106  451   62 
POS AVG     55  .352  .461  .813  .545   5.77  .278 130  505   71

1) The Royals placed 1B Mike Sweeney and Ps Jeremy Affeldt and Ambiorix Burgos on the 15 day DL and called up 1B Justin Huber and P Jimmy Gobble.

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now.

Sweeney has a sprained left wrist and elbow.

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    8  .336  .509  .846  .620   6.15  .299   9   37    2   54 
CAR        140  .375  .499  .874  .593   6.78  .304 170  720   47 1080 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.19  .271 123  520   68 
POS AVG     64  .354  .461  .816  .545   5.81  .273 161  617   19

Affeldt has a strained left groin. After 3.93 ERA/17 RSAA and 4.95 ERA/-4 RSAA seasons, Affeldt has a 3.86 ERA/0 RSAA in his first 12 games. He has a 4.38 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.53, and 18 RSAA in 120 games.

Burgos has a strained rotator cuff. He has a 4.44 ERA/-1 RSAA in his first 22 career games.

Gobble has a 5.13 ERA/-12 RSAA in 35 career games, including a shutout inning in his 2005 debut.

2) Angels SS Orlando Cabrera was scratched from yesterday’s lineup, due to a tender elbow.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   28   -7  .347  .460  .807  .471   5.78  .297  17   80   24  162 
2004   29  -21  .306  .383  .689  .384   3.98  .264  10   62   16  161 
2005   30   -8  .299  .360  .659  .379   3.74  .249   4   20    5   68 
CAR       -122  .315  .406  .720  .394   4.33  .267  76  432  102 1030 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .270 126  516   68 
POS AVG   -111  .320  .383  .704  .400   4.23  .262  69  392   82

3) The Mets placed 2B Kaz Matsui on the 15 day DL, released P Mike DeJean, activated P Dae-Sung Koo from the DL and will call up OF Gerald Williams today.

Matsui has a bruised knee.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2004   28   -4  .331  .396  .727  .472   4.89  .272   7   44   14  114 
2005   29  -10  .284  .321  .604  .309   3.28  .234   3   21    3   58 
CAR        -14  .318  .374  .692  .427   4.41  .261  10   65   17  172 
LG AVG       0  .341  .435  .776  .500   5.23  .270  21   85   10 
POS AVG    -12  .327  .395  .723  .437   4.53  .270  12   65   14

After 4.68 ERA/-3 RSAA and 4.57 ERA/0 RSAA seasons, DeJean is off to a 6.31 ERA/-6 RSAA start in his first 28 games. He has a 4.38 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.35, and 32 RSAA in 525 games.

Koo has a bruised rotator cuff. Koo has a 5.65 ERA/-2 RSAA in his first 22 games in the US.

WILLIAMS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2002   35   -3  .105  .000  .105  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    2   33 
2003   36   -4  .182  .161  .343  .047   0.93  .129   0    3    3   27 
2004   37   -6  .277  .419  .696  .346   3.67  .233   4   11    2   57 
CAR       -102  .301  .410  .711  .384   4.09  .255  84  362  104 1129 
LG AVG       0  .344  .435  .779  .500   5.30  .273 102  437   60 
POS AVG     16  .346  .442  .788  .510   5.50  .274 104  431  105

4) The Reds placed INF Luis Lopez on the 15 day DL and called up INF William Bergolla.

Lopez tore his hamstring. He’s out for the rest of the season and his career is in jeopardy. Lopez described the injury as being similar to when Ken Griffey Jr. pulled the muscle off the bone last year.

LOPEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2002   31  -10  .230  .299  .529  .161   1.95  .197   2   10    1   58 
2004   33  -10  .211  .273  .483  .112   1.73  .182   1    8    0   56 
2005   34   -2  .250  .333  .583  .228   2.45  .222   0    2    0   17 
CAR        -89  .293  .343  .636  .301   3.28  .241  22  151   10  721 
LG AVG       0  .342  .431  .773  .500   5.20  .271  54  230   35 
POS AVG    -32  .331  .396  .727  .435   4.58  .266  36  189   37 

BERGOLLA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005        -4  .143  .143  .286  .045   0.90  .143   0    1    0   15 
CAR         -4  .143  .143  .286  .045   0.90  .143   0    1    0   15 
LG AVG       0  .341  .430  .770  .500   5.15  .270   1    5    1 
POS AVG      0  .348  .409  .757  .492   5.06  .279   1    4    1

5) Pirates 3B Freddy Sanchez will be out of the lineup for their entire 3 game series with the Nationals, due to a recurring hamstring injury. He will be available for pinch hitting.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   25   -3  .235  .294  .529  .154   2.08  .235   0    2    0   20 
2004   26   -2  .158  .158  .316  .107   1.59  .158   0    2    0    9 
2005   27    0  .347  .393  .740  .494   4.86  .289   0   11    0   50 
CAR         -6  .307  .338  .646  .379   3.81  .260   0   17    0   91 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .769  .500   5.12  .269   6   26    3 
POS AVG     -1  .339  .410  .749  .480   4.90  .274   5   22    4

6) The Padres released minor league OF Kerry Robinson.

Robinson had a clause in his contract that allowed him to be released if he wasn’t in the majors.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2002   28   -5  .301  .359  .660  .401   3.80  .260   1   15    7  124 
2003   29  -11  .281  .322  .603  .301   3.13  .250   1   16    6  116 
2004   30   -1  .330  .337  .667  .467   4.50  .293   0    5   11   80 
CAR        -22  .305  .338  .644  .385   3.85  .267   3   51   35  445 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .268  22   90   11 
POS AVG     20  .362  .474  .836  .582   6.22  .277  29  104   13

7) Cardinals RF Larry Walker was scratched from yesterday’s lineup, due to neck stiffness.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   36   24  .422  .476  .898  .626   7.65  .284  16   79    7  143 
2004   37   28  .424  .589 1.013  .724   9.52  .298  17   47    6   82 
2005   38    3  .367  .441  .807  .549   5.55  .253   7   28    1   56 
CAR        523  .400  .565  .965  .669   8.58  .312 375 1287  229 1944 
LG AVG       0  .338  .419  .758  .500   5.00  .268 186  823  140 
POS AVG    109  .347  .454  .801  .546   5.58  .275 240  961  159

8) The A’s deny the Mark Kotsay to the Yankees trade rumors and, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, they are interested in signing him to a contract extension.

Kotsay is already signed through 2006.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27    0  .343  .384  .726  .501   4.71  .266   7   38    6  128 
2004   28   21  .370  .459  .829  .600   6.49  .314  15   63    8  148 
2005   29    0  .336  .399  .735  .499   4.95  .276   5   36    3   66 
CAR         17  .343  .423  .766  .511   5.12  .286  85  435   80 1082 
LG AVG       0  .342  .433  .775  .500   5.24  .270 128  532   72 
POS AVG     34  .346  .449  .794  .522   5.54  .278 135  542  117

1) Redsox LF Manny Ramirez had 3 hits, including a 2B and a HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   31   59  .427  .587 1.014  .732   9.11  .325  37  104    3  154 
2004   32   49  .397  .613 1.009  .695   8.59  .308  43  130    2  152 
2005   33    8  .356  .521  .877  .588   6.35  .267  15   55    1   65 
CAR        581  .409  .596 1.005  .722   8.94  .314 405 1325   34 1600 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.20  .271 178  759  101 
POS AVG     81  .349  .462  .812  .539   5.73  .276 221  865   87

2) Indians C Victor Martinez (1 HR) and SS Jhonny Peralta (1 2B) had 3 hits.

MARTINEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   24   -4  .345  .333  .678  .401   3.73  .289   1   16    1   49 
2004   25   15  .359  .492  .851  .583   6.07  .283  23  108    0  141 
2005   26   -7  .308  .370  .678  .394   3.81  .227   7   25    0   59 
CAR          3  .344  .434  .777  .511   5.06  .271  32  154    1  261 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .766  .500   5.07  .269  30  126   15 
POS AVG    -20  .319  .404  .723  .426   4.34  .258  27  121    4 

PERALTA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   21  -12  .295  .326  .621  .308   2.98  .227   4   21    1   77 
2004   22   -2  .321  .280  .601  .240   2.70  .240   0    2    0    8 
2005   23    2  .326  .519  .844  .533   5.19  .272   8   24    0   52 
CAR        -12  .308  .396  .704  .399   3.79  .245  12   47    1  137 
LG AVG       0  .334  .427  .760  .500   4.99  .268  14   60    7 
POS AVG     -4  .326  .407  .733  .470   4.68  .268  11   52    9

3) Devil Rays SS Julio Lugo had 3 hits (1 2B) and DH Jonny Gomes reached base safely 4 times (1 H, 3 BB).

LUGO
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   28    2  .336  .374  .710  .525   4.98  .291   2   31   17   70 
CAR        -42  .334  .396  .730  .446   4.70  .273  52  273   93  710 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .773  .500   5.19  .269  87  356   45 
POS AVG    -59  .322  .395  .718  .424   4.41  .264  56  286   57 

GOMES
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   22   -1  .188  .200  .388  .167   2.08  .133   0    0    0    8 
2004   23   -2  .133  .071  .205  .000   0.00  .071   0    1    0    5 
2005   24    8  .462  .643 1.104  .841  11.70  .333   3    7    1   14 
CAR          5  .349  .437  .786  .650   6.75  .239   3    8    1   27 
LG AVG       0  .334  .427  .761  .500   5.00  .269   2   10    1 
POS AVG      2  .352  .462  .814  .564   5.77  .268   3   12    0

4) BlueJays 3B Aaron Hill had 4 hits (1 HR) and RF Alexis Rios and 1B Shea Hillenbrand (1 2B) had 3 hits.

HILL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005        13  .438  .549  .987  .782  10.55  .382   1   21    1   29 
CAR         13  .438  .549  .987  .782  10.55  .382   1   21    1   29 
LG AVG       0  .332  .423  .755  .500   4.93  .268   2   11    1 
POS AVG      0  .340  .439  .779  .514   5.15  .274   3   11    1 

RIOS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2004   23  -13  .338  .383  .720  .404   4.44  .286   1   28   15  111 
2005   24   -5  .321  .433  .754  .433   4.53  .281   4   28    6   65 
CAR        -18  .332  .400  .732  .414   4.47  .285   5   56   21  176 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .766  .500   5.08  .270  21   88   11 
POS AVG      2  .340  .438  .778  .510   5.23  .272  23   92   11 

HILLENBRAND
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27  -14  .314  .468  .782  .417   4.63  .280  20   97    1  134 
2004   28    3  .348  .464  .812  .518   5.64  .310  15   80    2  148 
2005   29    5  .371  .462  .833  .560   5.98  .314   8   32    1   70 
CAR        -21  .328  .449  .777  .473   4.93  .291  73  341   11  647 
LG AVG       0  .336  .429  .765  .500   5.06  .267  76  318   40 
POS AVG      8  .338  .444  .781  .509   5.21  .265  91  348   22

5) Whitesox 2B Tadahito Iguchi, 1B Paul Konerko (1 2B, 1 HR) and C A.J. Pierzynski had 3 hits.

IGUCHI
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2005         0  .351  .439  .790  .495   5.22  .291   5   30    9   59 
CAR          0  .351  .439  .790  .495   5.22  .291   5   30    9   59 
LG AVG       0  .332  .423  .755  .500   4.93  .268   7   30    4 
POS AVG      1  .337  .422  .759  .509   5.06  .277   6   28    6 

KONERKO
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    7  .363  .502  .865  .575   6.22  .253  18   52    0   68 
CAR         32  .346  .482  .828  .522   5.57  .277 188  644    4 1033 
LG AVG       0  .339  .432  .771  .500   5.15  .270 119  501   64 
POS AVG     91  .360  .471  .831  .567   6.05  .275 163  618   22 

PIERZYNSKI
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   26   11  .360  .464  .824  .566   5.92  .312  11   74    3  137 
2004   27  -23  .319  .410  .729  .344   3.81  .272  11   77    0  131 
2005   28   -3  .315  .446  .761  .443   4.65  .256  10   27    0   55 
CAR        -18  .334  .438  .772  .470   4.86  .290  47  297    6  616 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .766  .500   5.07  .268  66  275   35 
POS AVG    -64  .312  .389  .700  .390   4.00  .253  52  246    8

6) Rangers DH David Dellucci had 3 hits, including a HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   29   -9  .313  .352  .665  .369   4.12  .227   3   23   12   91 
2004   30   -3  .342  .441  .783  .471   5.34  .242  17   61    9  107 
2005   31   14  .409  .505  .915  .675   8.10  .261  11   24    4   59 
CAR         -6  .347  .427  .774  .486   5.31  .261  55  248   34  707 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .770  .500   5.14  .269  57  238   32 
POS AVG     27  .349  .459  .808  .542   5.69  .274  71  266   35

7) Angels CF Chone Figgins (1 2B) and 2B Adam Kennedy had 3 hits.

FIGGINS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   25    0  .345  .367  .711  .498   4.62  .296   0   27   13   71 
2004   26    5  .350  .419  .770  .527   5.44  .296   5   60   34  148 
2005   27    4  .339  .427  .766  .552   5.48  .281   5   33   23   66 
CAR          7  .345  .408  .752  .521   5.19  .291  10  121   72  300 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .766  .500   5.07  .269  35  147   18 
POS AVG      1  .336  .427  .763  .503   5.09  .269  33  143   25

Kennedy was playing in his 800th career game.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27    4  .344  .399  .743  .527   4.92  .269  13   49   22  143 
2004   28   -1  .351  .406  .757  .493   5.04  .278  10   48   15  144 
2005   29    3  .372  .382  .755  .568   5.68  .338   0   13    6   43 
CAR        -31  .331  .404  .735  .461   4.74  .281  46  290   94  800 
LG AVG       0  .338  .433  .772  .500   5.16  .270  88  370   47 
POS AVG    -48  .330  .396  .726  .439   4.58  .267  55  295   72

8) Nationals C Brian Schneider had 3 hits.

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  .330  .405  .735  .443   4.30  .260   4   18    1   56 
CAR        -44  .322  .400  .722  .395   4.25  .253  31  159    2  444 
LG AVG       0  .342  .433  .775  .500   5.21  .269  44  178   22 
POS AVG    -39  .323  .393  .715  .403   4.20  .255  34  165    5

9) Pirates 1B Daryle Ward had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   28  -13  .211  .193  .403  .068   1.15  .183   0    9    0   52 
2004   29   -3  .305  .474  .780  .467   4.68  .249  15   57    0   79 
2005   30    5  .346  .514  .860  .563   5.66  .285  11   40    0   61 
CAR        -26  .311  .456  .767  .448   4.75  .262  75  294    1  610 
LG AVG       0  .343  .434  .777  .500   5.26  .270  56  228   30 
POS AVG     48  .363  .477  .840  .577   6.25  .278  75  270   26

10) Cardinals LF Reggie Sanders had 3 hits (1 2B, 1 HR) and 1B Albert Pujols reached base safely 4 times (2 H (1 HR), 2 BB).

SANDERS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   35   22  .345  .567  .913  .629   6.81  .285  31   87   15  130 
2004   36    4  .315  .482  .797  .529   5.42  .260  22   67   21  135 
2005   37   14  .356  .555  .911  .678   7.48  .290  14   36   13   61 
CAR        147  .345  .490  .835  .568   5.94  .268 285  905  296 1633 
LG AVG       0  .340  .426  .766  .500   5.12  .270 176  759  119 
POS AVG    102  .350  .459  .808  .547   5.73  .277 222  859  157 

PUJOLS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   23  101  .439  .667 1.106  .830  11.80  .359  43  124    5  157 
2004   24   75  .415  .657 1.072  .768   9.77  .331  46  123    5  154 
2005   25   36  .423  .601 1.023  .790  10.27  .336  18   58    5   69 
CAR        317  .414  .621 1.035  .766   9.57  .333 178  562   18  698 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .268  79  320   40 
POS AVG     60  .360  .469  .830  .570   6.06  .277 102  379   27

11) Pirates 1B Lance Berkman reached base safely 4 times (2 H (1 HR), 2 BB) and CF Willy Taveras was 0 for 5 (1 SO).

BERKMAN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   27   40  .412  .515  .927  .678   8.03  .288  25   93    5  153 
2004   28   69  .450  .566 1.016  .762   9.98  .316  30  106    9  160 
2005   29   -2  .363  .375  .738  .463   4.89  .250   4   17    1   39 
CAR        252  .414  .554  .968  .703   8.73  .301 160  552   41  814 
LG AVG       0  .342  .435  .777  .500   5.24  .269  89  359   46 
POS AVG     64  .358  .471  .829  .565   6.10  .275 112  404   55 

TAVERAS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2004   22    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    1   10 
2005   23   -6  .320  .365  .685  .421   4.45  .282   3   11   17   65 
CAR         -6  .319  .364  .683  .416   4.40  .281   3   11   18   75 
LG AVG       0  .341  .430  .771  .500   5.15  .270   7   31    4 
POS AVG      0  .340  .433  .773  .502   5.19  .274   7   28    6

12) Cubs 1B Derrek Lee reached base safely 4 times–2 H (1 HR), 2 BB.

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   56  .472  .710 1.182  .860  14.65  .392  19   58   10   68 
CAR        132  .362  .490  .851  .595   6.35  .275 181  577   73 1095 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .269 122  497   66 
POS AVG     89  .361  .472  .833  .564   6.07  .275 164  615   30

13) Brewers CF Brady Clark reached base safely 4 times–2 H, 2 BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   30   -7  .330  .403  .733  .427   4.50  .273   6   40   13  128 
2004   31    1  .385  .397  .782  .510   5.50  .280   7   46   15  138 
2005   32   10  .397  .465  .862  .601   6.59  .331   7   26    8   68 
CAR         -4  .364  .408  .771  .490   5.20  .283  26  142   41  495 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.19  .269  39  157   19 
POS AVG     22  .354  .462  .816  .553   5.86  .274  48  172   24

14) Padres RF Brian Giles had 3 hits (2 2B, 1 BB, 1 SB).

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   32   45  .427  .514  .941  .719   8.38  .299  20   88    4  134 
2004   33   30  .374  .475  .849  .636   6.57  .284  23   94   10  159 
2005   34   18  .409  .508  .917  .691   7.36  .283   9   38    5   68 
CAR        393  .411  .547  .958  .706   8.46  .298 240  813   85 1270 
LG AVG       0  .343  .436  .779  .500   5.28  .271 139  571   77 
POS AVG     76  .356  .461  .818  .549   5.94  .273 169  621   93

15) Diamondbacks SS Royce Clayton reached base safely 4 times–3 H, 1 BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   33  -36  .301  .333  .634  .252   2.91  .228  11   39    5  146 
2004   34  -31  .338  .397  .735  .348   4.48  .279   8   54   10  146 
2005   35  -16  .296  .341  .637  .262   3.02  .248   2   22    3   64 
CAR       -279  .312  .370  .682  .350   3.74  .257 107  649  205 1815 
LG AVG       0  .340  .426  .766  .500   5.10  .270 205  892  137 
POS AVG   -144  .326  .386  .712  .424   4.37  .266 123  701  152

16) Giants 2b Ray Durham had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G
2003   31    8  .366  .441  .807  .560   5.84  .285   8   33    7  110 
2004   32   15  .364  .484  .848  .584   6.52  .282  17   65   10  120 
2005   33   -4  .361  .403  .764  .446   4.72  .284   3   18    2   57 
CAR         60  .354  .434  .788  .526   5.57  .279 140  622  244 1487 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.23  .271 188  796  105 
POS AVG    -64  .341  .401  .742  .460   4.85  .274 116  633  157

1) Padres P Jake Peavy (8 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 13 SO) combined with Trevor Hoffman for a shutout against the Dodgers.

Peavy is now scheduled to start on Wednesday. After 4.11 ERA/-5 RSAA and 2.27 ERA/31 RSAA seasons, Peavy is off to a 2.56 ERA/16 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 3.36 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.28, and 34 RSAA in 90 games.

2) Astros P Andy Pettitte (7 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 8 SO) combined with John Franco and Chad Qualls for a shutout against the Rockies.

After 4.02 ERA/8 RSAA and 3.90 ERA/4 RSAA seasons, Pettitte is off to a 3.47 ERA/10 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 3.92 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.67, and 144 RSAA in 312 games.

3) Indians P C.C. Sabathia took a pounding–4 2/3 IP, 9 H, 9 R/ER, 0 BB, 5 SO.

After 3.60 ERA/13 RSAA and 4.12 ERA/9 RSAA seasons, Sabathia is off to a 4.66 ERA/-4 RSAA start in his first 13 starts. He has a 4.17 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.50, and 25 RSAA in 139 games.

4) Devil Rays P Casey Fossum’s line–7 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO.

After 5.47 ERA/-6 RSAA and 6.65 ERA/-35 RSAA seasons, Fossum is off to a 3.99 ERA/1 RSAA start in his first 18 games (7 starts). He has a 5.10 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.40, and -31 RSAA in 120 games.

5) Orioles P Bruce Chen took a pounding–5 IP, 9 H, 6 R/ER, 2 BB, 4 SO.

After pitching in just 24 games in 2003-04, Chen is off to a 3.73 ERA/7 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 4.33 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.42, and 7 RSAA in 177 games.

6) BlueJays P Ted Lilly’s line–7 IP, 3 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 10 SO.

After 4.34 ERA/-2 RSAA and 4.06 ERA/19 RSAA seasons, Lilly is off to a 6.08 ERA/-12 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 4.65 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.52, and -6 RSAA in 142 games.

7) Royals P Jose Lima took a pounding–4 IP, 10 H, 7 R/ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.

After 4.91 ERA/2 RSAA and 4.07 ERA/1 RSAA seasons, Lima is off to a 7.82 ERA/-31 RSAA start in his first 15 starts. He has a 5.14 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.47, and -107 RSAA in 327 games.

8) Whitesox P Brandon McCarthy took a pounding–4 2/3 IP, 7 H, 6 R/ER, 4 BB, 0 SO.

McCarthy has a 8.40 ERA/-6 RSAA in his first 3 career starts.

9) Rangers P Chris Young took a pounding–5 IP, 10 H, 5 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.

Young has a 3.63 ERA/16 RSAA in 21 career games, including a 3.16 ERA/14 RSAA in 14 starts in 2005.

10) Angels P Paul Byrd’s line–9 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.

After 3.90 ERA/35 and 3.94 ERA/5 RSAA seasons (2002 & ’04), Byrd is off to a 3.87 ERA/4 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 4.29 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.42, and 44 RSAA in 229 games.

11) A’s P Dan Haren’s line–8 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.

Haren has a 4.46 ERA/-7 RSAA in 43 career games, including a 3.98 ERA/3 RSAA in 15 starts in 2005.

12) Mariners P Aaron Sele’s line–6 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.

After 5.77 ERA/-21 RSAA and 5.05 ERA/-7 RSAA seasons, Sele is off to a 3.73 ERA/2 RSAA start in his first 14 starts. He has a 4.49 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.66, and 35 RSAA in 335 games.

13) Pirates P Mark Redman took a pounding–7 IP, 10 H, 6 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.

After 3.59 ERA/9 RSAA and 4.71 ERA/-1 RSAA seasons, Redman is off to a 3.14 ERA/12 RSAA start in his first 15 starts. He has a 4.24 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.54, and 23 RSAA in 154 games.

14) Cardinals P Chris Carpenter’s line–8 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 8 SO.

After 5.28 ERA/-7 RSAA and 3.46 ERA/14 RSAA seasons (2002 & 2004), Carpenter is off to a 3.01 ERA/14 RSAA start in his first 15 starts. He has a 4.45 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.59, and 21 RSAA in 195 games.

15) Reds P Aaron Harang took a pounding–6 1/3 IP, 8 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO.

Harang has a 4.77 ERA/-25 RSAA in 74 career games, including a 4.08 ERA/0 RSAA in 14 starts in 2005.

16) Rockies P Joe Kennedy took a pounding–6 1/3 IP, 9 H, 6 R/ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.

After 6.13 ERA/-24 RSAA and 3.66 ERA/27 RSAA seasons, Kennedy is off to a 7.33 ERA/-17 RSAA start in his first 13 starts. He has a 4.92 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.44, and -14 RSAA in 122 games.

17) Giants P Noah Lowry’s line–5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 0 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.

Lowry has a 4.30 ERA/3 RSAA in 34 career games, including a 5.20 ERA/-6 RSAA in 14 starts in 2005.

18) Dodgers P Brad Penny’s line–6 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.

After 4.13 ERA/-3 RSAA and 3.15 ERA/15 RSAA seasons, Penny is off to a 3.82 ERA/3 RSAA start in his first 12 starts. He has a 4.01 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.34, and 11 RSAA in 146 games.

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