Around the Majors: White Sox take 2-0 lead

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October 24, 2005

1) Yesterday’s score–

White Sox 7, Astros 6 (White Sox lead the series, 2-0)

2) WHITE SOX 7, ASTROS 6

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
                - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Astros          0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 2   6   9  0
White Sox       0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1   7  12  0

Astros P Andy Pettitte’s line–6 IP, 8 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31    8   4.02   33  33  208.1  180  7.78 12.01  21   8   0  16  13  Yankees      
2004 32    4   3.90   15  15   83     79  8.57 11.06   6   4   0   5   5  Astros       
2005 33   43   2.39   33  33  222.1  171  6.92  9.39  17   9   0  19   7  Astros       
CAREER   177   3.78  331 324 2098   1525  6.54 12.20 172  91   0 154 109 
LG AVG     0   4.63          2098   1475  6.33 13.26 117 118

3) Yesterday’s HR–

Morgan Ensberg
Paul Konerko
Scott Podsednik

4) On Saturday, former Indians owner Ted Bonda died at the age of 88.

5) Harry Dalton died yesterday at the age of 77. Dalton served as GM for the Orioles, Angels and Brewers.

6) Today’s birthdays–

RAFAEL BELLIARD, 1961, AGE: 44
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1991   29  -21  .296  .286  .582  .277   3.01  .249   0   27    3  149  Braves       
1992   30  -23  .255  .239  .494  .172   1.87  .211   0   14    0  144  Braves       
1996   34  -21  .179  .218  .398  .033   0.84  .169   0    3    3   87  Braves       
CAR       -177  .270  .259  .530  .201   2.24  .221   2  142   43 1155 
LG AVG       0  .331  .398  .729  .500   4.61  .263  61  296   65 
POS AVG    -61  .313  .348  .661  .400   3.75  .252  31  221   62 

OSSIE BLUEGE, 1900-85
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1931   30  -14  .336  .382  .718  .424   4.55  .272   8   98   16  152  Senators     
1933   32  -16  .338  .325  .663  .393   3.85  .261   6   71    6  140  Senators     
1934   33  -22  .306  .291  .598  .249   3.19  .246   0   11    2   99  Senators     
CAR       -164  .352  .356  .707  .420   4.48  .272  43  848  140 1867 
LG AVG       0  .361  .416  .776  .500   5.53  .291  96  932  107 
POS AVG   -156  .348  .379  .727  .428   4.75  .277  57  828  104 

CHRIS BOOTCHECK, 1978, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -6   9.58    4   1   10.1    7  6.10 19.16   0   1   0   0   1  Angels       
2005 26    2   3.38    5   2   18.2    8  3.86 11.09   0   1   1   1   0  Angels       
CAREER    -4   5.59    9   3   29     15  4.66 13.97   0   2   1   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.42            29     20  6.14 12.71   2   2 

JIM BROSNAN, 1929, AGE: 76
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1958 28   16   3.35   41  20  166.2   89  4.81 12.31  11   8   7  11   8  Cubs/Cardinals
1960 30   15   2.36   57   2   99     62  5.64  9.18   7   2  12   6   3  Reds         
1961 31   10   3.04   53   0   80     40  4.50 10.69  10   4  16   9   5  Reds         
CAREER    39   3.54  385  47  831.2  507  5.49 12.02  55  47  67  60  42 
LG AVG     0   3.88           831.2  479  5.19 12.30  46  46 

RAWLY EASTWICK, 1950, AGE: 55
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1975 24   11   2.60   58   0   90     61  6.10 10.40   5   3  22   5   3  Reds         
1976 25   18   2.09   71   0  107.2   70  5.85 10.20  11   5  26  12   4  Reds         
CAREER    23   3.31  326   1  525.1  295  5.05 11.70  28  27  68  31  24 
LG AVG     0   3.68           525.1  295  5.06 12.26  29  29 

BILL KUEHNE, 1858-1921
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1890   31  -33  .277  .352  .629  .338   4.46  .239   5   73   21  126  Burghers     
1891   32  -20  .271  .293  .564  .349   3.98  .238   3   40   31  109  Buckeyes/Colonels
1892   33  -34  .203  .224  .428  .156   2.03  .168   1   40    7   89  Colonels/Cardinals/Reds
CAR       -161  .258  .338  .595  .386   4.25  .232  25  313  151 1087 
LG AVG       0  .319  .352  .671  .500   5.99  .259  32  356  192 
POS AVG    -61  .308  .340  .649  .464   5.50  .253  29  351  175 

MIKE MATTHEWS, 1973, AGE: 32
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29   -4   4.45   77   0   64.2   44  6.12 13.64   6   4   0   4   6  Padres       
2004 30   -8   6.30   35   0   30     15  4.50 14.70   2   1   0   1   2  Reds         
2005 31   -4  10.80    6   0    5      2  3.60 23.40   1   0   0   0   1  Mets         
CAREER   -12   4.54  230  10  243.2  175  6.46 13.70  14  10   1  10  14 
LG AVG     0   4.30           243.2  184  6.81 12.76  14  14 

MACAY MCBRIDE, 1982, AGE: 23
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 22   -2   5.79   23   0   14     22 14.14 16.07   1   0   1   0   1  Braves       
CAREER    -2   5.79   23   0   14     22 14.14 16.07   1   0   1   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.23            14     10  6.57 12.76   1   1 

OMAR MORENO, 1952, AGE: 53
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1980   27  -22  .306  .325  .631  .375   3.52  .249   2   36   96  162  Pirates      
1982   29  -36  .292  .315  .606  .297   3.13  .245   3   44   60  158  Pirates      
1986   33  -20  .276  .351  .627  .289   2.89  .234   4   27   17  118  Braves       
CAR       -130  .306  .343  .649  .399   3.72  .252  37  386  487 1382 
LG AVG       0  .331  .392  .723  .500   4.50  .265 114  605  133 
POS AVG      3  .328  .393  .721  .496   4.54  .268 108  566  252 

ARTHUR RHODES, 1969, AGE: 36
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33    1   4.17   67   0   54     48  8.00 12.00   3   3   3   3   3  Mariners     
2004 34   -2   5.12   37   0   38.2   34  7.91 15.59   3   3   9   3   3  A's          
2005 35   10   2.08   47   0   43.1   43  8.93  9.55   3   1   0   3   1  Indians      
CAREER    19   4.26  598  61  965.1  945  8.81 11.95  75  55  26  74  56 
LG AVG     0   4.55           965.1  656  6.12 13.16  54  54 

JACK RUSSELL, 1905-90
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1930 24  -30   5.44   35  30  230     35  1.37 14.01   9  20   0  11  18  Red Sox      
1931 25  -27   5.16   36  31  232     45  1.75 14.16  10  18   0  11  17  Red Sox      
1935 29  -21   5.71   43   7  126     30  2.14 14.93   4   9   3   5   8  Senators     
CAREER   -43   4.46  557 182 2051    418  1.83 13.40  85 141  38 109 117 
LG AVG     0   4.31          2051    732  3.21 13.43 114 114 

NED WILLIAMSON, 1857-94
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1879   21   24  .343  .447  .790  .685   8.40  .294   1   36    0   80  Cubs         
1882   24   22  .333  .408  .741  .665   7.49  .282   3   60    0   83  Cubs         
1884   26   42  .344  .554  .898  .706   9.85  .278  27   84    0  107  Cubs         
CAR         81  .332  .384  .716  .551   6.73  .255  64  667   88 1201 
LG AVG       0  .302  .353  .654  .500   5.75  .260  31  523  111 
POS AVG    -32  .298  .345  .642  .487   5.52  .257  26  509  116


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