Around the Majors: World Series starts tonight

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October 22, 2005

1) Today’s game–

White Sox (Jose Contreras, 3.61, 20 RSAA) at Astros (Roger Clemens, 1.87, 53 RSAA), 7:30

2) Red Sox P David Wells says he wants to be traded to a west coast team and the Red Sox say they will try to accommodate him.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 40    5   4.14   31  30  213    101  4.27 11.41  15   7   0  11  11  Yankees      
2004 41    5   3.73   31  31  195.2  101  4.65 10.35  12   8   0  11   9  Padres       
2005 42   -1   4.45   30  30  184    107  5.23 12.23  15   7   0  11  11  Red Sox      
CAREER   132   4.06  618 447 3206.1 2081  5.84 11.46 227 143  13 199 171 
LG AVG     0   4.48          3206.1 2181  6.12 13.08 180 180

3) Larry Bowa denies the reports that he has already been hired as a Yankees coach.

4) The Dodgers will interview Orel Hershiser for their managerial job.

5) The Royals claimed P Bobby Madritsch off waivers from the Mariners.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 28   10   3.27   15  11   88     60  6.14 11.35   6   3   0   6   3  Mariners     
2005 29   -1   6.23    1   1    4.1    1  2.08 10.38   0   1   0   0   1  Mariners     
CAREER     9   3.41   16  12   92.1   61  5.95 11.31   6   4   0   6   4 
LG AVG     0   4.62            92.1   66  6.43 13.12   5   5

6) Today’s birthdays–

MICHAEL BARRETT, 1976, AGE: 29
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26  -19  .280  .398  .678  .257   3.45  .208  10   30    0   70  Expos        
2004   27   -2  .337  .489  .826  .488   5.42  .287  16   65    1  134  Cubs         
2005   28    8  .345  .479  .824  .556   5.77  .276  16   61    0  133  Cubs         
CAR        -85  .320  .420  .740  .398   4.42  .263  70  319    9  809 
LG AVG       0  .343  .436  .778  .500   5.27  .270  90  368   49 
POS AVG    -63  .327  .407  .733  .422   4.47  .258  79  354   17 

ROBINSON CANO, 1982, AGE: 23
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   22   -5  .320  .458  .778  .471   4.70  .297  14   62    1  132  Yankees      
CAR         -5  .320  .458  .778  .471   4.70  .297  14   62    1  132 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268  16   67    8 
POS AVG     -4  .324  .412  .735  .477   4.63  .268  12   62   11 

HECTOR CARRASCO, 1969, AGE: 36
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 31   -1   4.64   56   0   73.2   70  8.55 13.07   4   3   1   3   4  Twins        
2003 33   -3   4.93   40   0   38.1   27  6.34 14.56   2   6   1   4   4  Orioles      
2005 35   19   2.04   64   5   88.1   75  7.64 10.49   5   4   2   7   2  Nationals    
CAREER    43   3.93  562   6  693.2  557  7.23 13.22  35  46  18  45  36 
LG AVG     0   4.44           693.2  500  6.49 13.01  39  39 

KID CARSEY, 1870-1960
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1891 20  -53   4.99   54  53  415    174  3.77 14.62  14  37   0  19  32  Senators     
1896 25  -23   5.62   27  21  187.1   36  1.73 16.57  11  11   1   9  13  Phillies     
1898 27  -33   6.33   20  13  123.2   10  0.73 16.30   2  12   0   4  10  Cardinals    
CAREER  -176   4.95  294 256 2222    484  1.96 14.56 116 138   3 111 143 
LG AVG     0   4.24          2222    666  2.70 13.74 125 125 

FRANK DIPINO, 1956, AGE: 49
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1988 31  -13   4.98   63   0   90.1   69  6.87 13.35   2   3   6   2   3  Cubs         
1989 32   11   2.45   67   0   88.1   44  4.48  9.48   9   0   0   6   3  Cardinals    
CAREER   -11   3.83  514   6  700    515  6.62 12.24  35  38  56  35  38 
LG AVG     0   3.68           700    446  5.73 12.02  39  39 

JIMMIE FOXX, 1907-67
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1929   21   75  .463  .625 1.088  .768  11.29  .354  33  117    9  149  A's          
1930   22   72  .429  .637 1.066  .754  10.23  .335  37  156    7  153  A's          
1932   24  118  .469  .749 1.218  .816  14.47  .364  58  169    3  154  A's          
1933   25  117  .449  .703 1.153  .856  13.18  .356  48  163    2  149  A's          
1934   26   91  .449  .653 1.102  .803  12.14  .334  44  130   11  150  A's          
1935   27   87  .461  .636 1.096  .796  12.12  .346  36  115    6  147  A's          
1936   28   69  .440  .631 1.071  .723  11.25  .338  41  143   13  155  Red Sox      
1938   30  105  .462  .704 1.166  .810  13.45  .349  50  175    5  149  Red Sox      
1939   31   78  .464  .694 1.158  .784  12.83  .360  35  105    4  124  Red Sox      
1940   32   43  .412  .581  .993  .684   8.61  .297  36  119    4  144  Red Sox      
CAR        985  .428  .609 1.038  .743  10.25  .325 534 1921   87 2317 
LG AVG       0  .358  .417  .775  .500   5.57  .286 131 1072  107 
POS AVG    268  .378  .473  .851  .590   6.83  .298 235 1333   99 

KEITH OSIK, 1968, AGE: 37
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   34  -10  .342  .324  .665  .360   3.86  .249   2   21    0   80  Brewers      
2004   35   -5  .080  .080  .160  .000   0.00  .080   0    0    0   11  Orioles      
2005   36   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    6  Nationals    
CAR        -64  .308  .321  .630  .310   3.47  .231  13  108    6  456 
LG AVG       0  .343  .433  .776  .500   5.24  .270  38  159   23 
POS AVG    -24  .329  .408  .736  .430   4.54  .259  35  153    7 

ICHIRO SUZUKI, 1973, AGE: 32
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   22  .352  .436  .788  .601   6.11  .312  13   62   34  159  Mariners     
2004   30   56  .414  .455  .869  .722   7.97  .372   8   60   36  161  Mariners     
2005   31   20  .350  .436  .786  .591   5.90  .303  15   68   33  162  Mariners     
CAR        174  .377  .442  .819  .652   6.69  .332  52  310  190  796 
LG AVG       0  .334  .428  .762  .500   5.00  .268  98  412   52 
POS AVG     21  .339  .444  .783  .521   5.26  .270 112  437   57 

CECIL UPSHAW, 1942, AGE: 63
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
CAREER    23   3.14  348   0  562.2  323  5.17 11.87  34  36  86  37  33 
LG AVG     0   3.45           562.2  348  5.57 11.80  31  31 

ELI WHITESIDE, 1979, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25   -2  .250  .250  .500  .000   0.00  .250   0    1    0    9  Orioles      
CAR         -2  .250  .250  .500  .000   0.00  .250   0    1    0    9 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .316  .394  .710  .429   4.16  .258   0    2    0 

WILBUR WOOD, 1941, AGE: 64
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1968 26   20   1.87   88   2  159     74  4.19  9.23  13  12  16  18   7  White Sox    
1971 29   54   1.91   44  42  334    210  5.66  9.19  22  13   1  26   9  White Sox    
1972 30   32   2.51   49  49  376    193  4.62  9.72  24  17   0  25  16  White Sox    
CAREER   123   3.24  651 297 2682   1411  4.73 11.31 164 156  57 185 135 
LG AVG     0   3.55          2682   1573  5.28 11.99 149 149


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