Around the Majors: White Sox, Cardinals win

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October 13, 2005

1) Yesterday’s scores–

White Sox 2, Angels 1 (Series tied, 1-1)
Cardinals 5, Astros 3 (Cardinals lead the series, 1-0)

2) Today’s schedule–

Astros (Roy Oswalt, 2.94, 32 RSAA) at Cardinals (Mark Mulder, 3.64, 15 RSAA), 8:05

3) WHITE SOX 2, ANGELS 1

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
                 - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Angels           0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   1   5  3
White Sox        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   2   7  1

* White Sox P Mark Buehrle’s line–9 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.

4) CARDINALS 5, ASTROS 3

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

* Astros P Andy Pettitte took a pounding–6 IP, 8 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.

* Cardinals P Chris Carpenter’s line–8 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 3 SO.

5) Yesterday’s HR–

Robb Quinlan
Chris Burke
Reggie Sanders

6) Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre finally resigned.

Stottlemyre was working on a long streak of announcing every year that one was his final season and then returned.

7) The Marlins are denying rumors that they have offered their managerial job to Joe Girardi and the sides are working on a contract.

8) The Royals hired Bob McClure (pitching), Fred Kendall (bullpen) and Bill Doran (bench) as coaches.

9) The Rangers gave the A’s permission to interview pitching coach Orel Hershiser for their managerial job.

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10) The Phillies removed Ps Keith Bucktrot, Francisco Butto and Edwin Moreno from the 40 man roster and added P Yoel Hernandez to the 40 man roster.

11) Phillies C A.J. Hinch became a free agent when he refused an assignment to the minors.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   28   -8  .321  .401  .722  .372   4.35  .249   7   27    3   72  Royals       
2003   29   -5  .247  .392  .639  .235   2.49  .203   3   11    0   27  Tigers       
2004   30   -1  .182  .273  .455  .263   3.00  .182   0    0    0    4  Phillies     
CAR        -58  .280  .356  .636  .294   3.22  .219  32  112   13  350 
LG AVG       0  .339  .432  .771  .500   5.15  .270  34  143   20 
POS AVG    -33  .313  .392  .705  .388   4.05  .255  26  128    5

12) The Astros removed Ps Scott Strickland, Brandon Duckworth and Travis Driskill from the 40 man roster.

STRICKLAND
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 26    2   3.54   69   0   68.2   69  9.04 12.58   6   9   2   8   7  Expos/Mets
2003 27    4   2.25   19   0   20     16  7.20 12.15   0   2   0   2   0  Mets         
2005 29   -1   6.75    5   0    4      2  4.50  9.00   0   0   0   0   0  Astros       
CAREER    28   3.34  236   0  240    243  9.11 12.00  12  21  20  21  12 
LG AVG     0   4.35           240    182  6.82 12.88  13  13 

DUCKWORTH
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -9   4.94   24  18   93     68  6.58 14.71   4   7   0   5   6  Phillies     
2004 28  -11   6.86   19   6   39.1   23  5.26 15.56   1   2   0   1   2  Astros       
2005 29  -13  11.02    7   2   16.1   10  5.51 19.84   0   1   0   0   1  Astros       
CAREER   -57   5.34   91  66  380.2  308  7.28 13.97  16  21   0  15  22 
LG AVG     0   4.23           380.2  286  6.77 12.73  21  21 

DRISKILL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   -9   6.00   20   0   48     33  6.19 13.50   3   5   1   3   5  Orioles      
2004 32   -1   6.48    5   0    8.1    6  6.48 17.28   0   0   0   0   0  Rockies      
2005 33    0   0.00    1   0    1      2 18.00  9.00   0   0   0   0   0  Astros       
CAREER   -18   5.26   55  19  190    119  5.64 13.97  11  13   1  10  14 
LG AVG     0   4.47           190    132  6.24 12.84  11  11

13) The Twins added P Willie Eyre to the 40 man roster.

14) The White Sox removed Ps David Sanders and Ryan Wing from the 40 man roster.

SANDERS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   -4   6.14   20   0   22     14  5.73 15.14   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
2005 25   -2  13.50    2   0    2      1  4.50 18.00   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
CAREER    -6   6.75   22   0   24     15  5.63 15.38   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.52            24     16  6.12 12.85   1   1

15) The Orioles removed 1B Alejandro Freire, 2B Bernie Castro, SS Eddie Rogers and OFs Ramon Nivar and Keith Reed from the 40 man roster.

FREIRE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   30   -3  .319  .338  .658  .323   3.06  .246   1    4    0   25  Orioles      
CAR         -3  .319  .338  .658  .323   3.06  .246   1    4    0   25 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   2    9    1 
POS AVG      1  .346  .452  .798  .554   5.48  .267   3   11    0 

CASTRO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    1  .360  .350  .710  .543   5.03  .288   0    7    6   24  Orioles      
CAR          1  .360  .350  .710  .543   5.03  .288   0    7    6   24 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   2   10    1 
POS AVG     -1  .324  .412  .735  .477   4.63  .268   2    9    2 

ROGERS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   23   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    5  Orioles      
2005   26    0 1.000 4.000 5.000  .000   0.00 1.000   1    2    0    8  Orioles      
CAR         -1  .250 1.000 1.250  .000   0.00  .250   1    2    0   13 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .757  .500   4.91  .266   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .333  .435  .769  .513   5.07  .270   0    1    0 

NIVAR
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  -10  .253  .267  .519  .148   2.13  .211   0    7    4   28  Rangers      
2004   24   -3  .211  .222  .433  .080   1.50  .222   0    4    1    7  Rangers      
2005   25   -1  .357  .308  .665  .241   2.45  .308   0    1    0    7  Orioles      
CAR        -14  .258  .264  .522  .143   2.06  .223   0   12    5   42 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .764  .500   5.03  .268   4   18    2 
POS AVG      0  .333  .416  .748  .493   4.92  .272   3   17    4 

REED
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   26   -1  .333  .200  .533  .000   0.00  .200   0    1    0    6  Orioles      
CAR         -1  .333  .200  .533  .000   0.00  .200   0    1    0    6 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .331  .449  .780  .524   5.11  .268   0    1    0

16) The Indians removed OF Jeff Liefer and P Kyle Denney from the 40 man roster.

LIEFER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -14  .217  .319  .535  .117   1.95  .177   4   21    0   44  Expos/Devil Rays
2004   29   -3  .258  .393  .651  .158   2.16  .214   1    5    0   16  Brewers      
2005   30   -5  .211  .286  .496  .148   1.76  .196   1    8    0   19  Indians      
CAR        -37  .281  .398  .679  .335   3.62  .230  31  113    2  288 
LG AVG       0  .336  .430  .767  .500   5.07  .268  26  109   14 
POS AVG     11  .349  .452  .802  .539   5.62  .272  32  123   12 

DENNEY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26   -9   9.56    4   4   16     13  7.31 22.50   1   2   0   1   2  Indians      
CAREER    -9   9.56    4   4   16     13  7.31 22.50   1   2   0   1   2 
LG AVG     0   4.64            16     11  6.45 13.15   1   1

17) The Royals claimed P Joel Peralta off waivers from the Angels.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 29    1   3.89   28   0   34.2   30  7.79 10.90   1   0   0   1   0  Angels       
CAREER     1   3.89   28   0   34.2   30  7.79 10.90   1   0   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.36            34.2   24  6.16 12.63   2   2

18) Royals LF Terrence Long and P Nate Field became free agents when they refused assignments to the minors.

LONG
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -12  .293  .385  .678  .410   3.85  .245  14   61    4  140  A's          
2004   28   -3  .335  .420  .756  .465   4.48  .295   3   28    3  136  Padres       
2005   29  -11  .321  .378  .699  .416   4.01  .279   6   53    3  137  Royals       
CAR        -55  .319  .406  .725  .436   4.32  .270  69  374   27  878 
LG AVG       0  .337  .431  .768  .500   5.10  .269  98  410   52 
POS AVG      9  .336  .437  .773  .507   5.22  .273  95  405   86 

FIELD
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27    2   4.15   19   0   21.2   19  7.89 14.12   1   1   0   1   1  Royals       
2004 28    1   4.26   43   0   44.1   30  6.09 12.38   2   3   3   3   2  Royals       
2005 29   -4   9.45    7   0    6.2    4  5.40 24.30   0   0   0   0   0  Royals       
CAREER    -3   4.98   74   0   77.2   56  6.49 14.37   3   4   3   4   3 
LG AVG     0   4.57            77.2   55  6.32 13.00   4   4

19) The Rangers removed Ps Kevin Gryboski and Michael Tejera from the 40 man roster.

GRYBOSKI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    1   3.86   64   0   44.1   32  6.50 14.01   6   4   0   5   5  Braves       
2004 30    8   2.84   69   0   50.2   24  4.26 13.68   3   2   2   3   2  Braves       
2005 31   -4   5.52   42   0   31     10  2.90 18.58   1   1   0   0   2  Braves/Rangers
CAREER     9   3.75  232   0  177.2   99  5.02 15.30  12   8   2  10  10 
LG AVG     0   4.24           177.2  132  6.67 12.76  10  10 

TEJERA
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -6   4.67   50   6   81     58  6.44 13.22   3   4   2   3   4  Marlins      
2004 27   -9  13.50    8   2    9.1   10  9.64 25.07   0   1   0   0   1  Marlins/Rangers
2005 28   -2  13.50    3   0    2      2  9.00 31.50   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
CAREER   -29   5.14  111  27  238.1  172  6.50 14.24  11  13   3  10  14 
LG AVG     0   4.20           238.1  178  6.71 12.74  13  13

20) Today’s birthdays–

BOB BAILEY, 1942, AGE: 63
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1970   27   35  .407  .597 1.004  .724   8.50  .287  28   84    5  131  Expos
1973   30   18  .379  .489  .868  .594   5.88  .273  26   86    5  151  Expos
1974   31   18  .396  .446  .842  .601   5.87  .280  20   73    4  152  Expos
CAR         52  .347  .403  .750  .522   4.63  .257 189  773   85 1931 
LG AVG       0  .326  .385  .711  .500   4.34  .260 143  705   96 
POS AVG     59  .333  .407  .740  .527   4.67  .263 182  805   74 

TIM CRABTREE, 1969, AGE: 36
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1996 26   19   2.54   53   0   67.1   57  7.62 11.23   5   3   1   6   2  Blue Jays    
1998 28   13   3.59   64   0   85.1   60  6.33 13.08   6   1   0   5   2  Rangers      
1999 29   11   3.46   68   0   65     54  7.48 12.46   5   1   0   4   2  Rangers      
CAREER    32   4.20  342   0  394    288  6.58 13.66  21  22   9  24  19 
LG AVG     0   4.79           394    276  6.30 13.53  22  22 

WILD BILL DONOVAN, 1876-1923
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1901 24   28   2.77   45  38  351    226  5.79 12.41  25  15   1  24  16  Dodgers      
1903 26   18   2.29   35  34  307    187  5.48 10.17  17  16   0  20  13  Tigers       
1907 30   12   2.19   32  28  271    123  4.08 10.36  25   4   1  17  12  Tigers       
CAREER    60   2.69  378 327 2964.2 1552  4.71 11.48 186 139   7 175 150 
LG AVG     0   2.82          2964.2 1265  3.84 11.32 164 164 

GEORGE FRAZIER, 1954, AGE: 51
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1985 30  -18   6.39   51   0   76     46  5.45 16.93   7   8   2   5  10  Cubs         
CAREER   -11   4.20  415   0  675.2  449  5.98 13.08  35  43  29  36  42 
LG AVG     0   3.93           675.2  398  5.30 12.36  38  38 

FRANKIE HAYES, 1914-55
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1934   19  -17  .286  .339  .625  .277   3.33  .226   6   30    2   92  A's          
1936   21  -28  .335  .388  .723  .347   4.65  .271  10   67    3  144  A's          
1943   28  -11  .295  .276  .571  .326   2.79  .188   5   30    1   88  Browns
CAR        -38  .343  .400  .744  .473   4.91  .259 119  628   30 1364 
LG AVG       0  .351  .399  .749  .500   5.20  .277  77  598   61 
POS AVG   -122  .335  .350  .685  .408   4.28  .259  49  548   29 

TREVOR HOFFMAN, 1967, AGE: 38
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 35    2   2.00    9   0    9     11 11.00 10.00   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
2004 36   10   2.30   55   0   54.2   53  8.73  8.23   3   3  41   4   2  Padres       
2005 37    5   2.97   60   0   57.2   54  8.43 10.14   1   6  43   4   3  Padres       
CAREER   113   2.76  756   0  822.1  915 10.01  9.53  49  53 436  65  37 
LG AVG     0   4.27           822.1  607  6.64 12.80  46  46 

EDDIE MATHEWS, 1931-2001
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1953   21   80  .406  .627 1.033  .789  10.17  .302  47  135    1  157  Braves       
1954   22   68  .423  .603 1.026  .797   9.68  .290  40  103   10  138  Braves       
1955   23   67  .413  .601 1.014  .790   9.39  .289  41  101    3  141  Braves       
1956   24   43  .373  .518  .892  .702   7.39  .272  37   95    6  151  Braves       
1957   25   58  .387  .540  .927  .758   8.05  .292  32   94    3  148  Braves       
1959   27   69  .390  .593  .983  .770   8.98  .306  46  114    2  148  Braves       
1960   28   63  .397  .551  .948  .776   8.22  .277  39  124    7  153  Braves       
1961   29   58  .402  .535  .937  .750   8.12  .306  32   91   12  152  Braves       
CAR        655  .376  .509  .885  .704   7.15  .271 512 1453   68 2391 
LG AVG       0  .331  .406  .738  .500   4.70  .265 227 1011   96 
POS AVG     19  .335  .411  .747  .503   4.80  .263 249 1044   78 

DAMIAN MILLER, 1969, AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33  -18  .310  .369  .680  .326   3.41  .233   9   36    1  114  Cubs         
2004   34  -11  .339  .403  .742  .407   4.23  .272   9   58    0  110  A's          
2005   35   -7  .340  .413  .753  .443   4.47  .273   9   43    0  114  Brewers      
CAR        -63  .332  .418  .750  .422   4.51  .265  77  344    4  830 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .270  89  365   48 
POS AVG    -65  .325  .403  .728  .417   4.40  .257  77  348   14 

RANDY MOFFITT, 1948, AGE: 57
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1973 24   16   2.42   60   0  100.1   65  5.83 10.58   4   4  14   6   2  Giants       
1976 27   16   2.27   58   0  103     50  4.37 11.18   6   6  14   8   4  Giants       
CAREER     8   3.65  534   1  781.1  455  5.24 12.39  43  52  96  49  46 
LG AVG     0   3.66           781.1  451  5.20 12.20  43  43 

HAYDEN PENN, 1984, AGE: 21
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 20  -10   6.34    8   8   38.1   18  4.23 15.73   3   2   0   2   3  Orioles      
CAREER   -10   6.34    8   8   38.1   18  4.23 15.73   3   2   0   2   3 
LG AVG     0   4.36            38.1   26  6.16 12.63   2   2 

RUBE WADDELL, 1876-1914
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1902 25   55   2.05   33  27  276.1  210  6.84  9.71  24   7   1  24   7  A's          
1904 27   40   1.62   46  46  383    349  8.20  9.70  25  19   0  31  13  A's          
1905 28   49   1.48   46  34  328.2  287  7.86  9.06  27  10   4  28   9  A's          
CAREER   254   2.16  407 340 2961.1 2316  7.04 10.27 193 143  12 212 124 
LG AVG     0   2.88          2961.1 1200  3.65 11.36 164 164 

EDDIE YOST, 1926, AGE: 79
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1951   24   40  .423  .424  .847  .685   7.30  .283  12   65    6  154  Twins        
1953   26   28  .403  .395  .799  .639   6.25  .272   9   45    7  152  Twins        
1959   32   37  .435  .436  .871  .669   7.80  .278  21   61    9  148  Tigers       
CAR        162  .394  .371  .765  .561   5.63  .254 139  683   72 2109 
LG AVG       0  .345  .396  .742  .500   4.87  .266 172  945   70 
POS AVG     15  .354  .392  .746  .503   4.94  .271 150  928   66


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