Around the Majors: Yankees take over 1st place

by
September 22, 2005

1) Yesterday’s scores–

AL
Royals 4, Tigers 3
Twins 10, A’s 4
Yankees 2, Orioles 1
Mariners 3, Blue Jays 2
Devil Rays 7, Red Sox 4
Indians 8, White Sox 0
Angels 6, Rangers 5

NL
Phillies 10, Braves 6 (10)
Giants 5, Nationals 1
Astros 12, Pirates 8
Mets 5, Marlins 4
Cardinals 5, Reds 1
Brewers 7, Cubs 6
Padres 5, Rockies 2
Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2

2) Standings–

AL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Yankees       88   63   .583     -
Red Sox       88   64   .579      .5  
e--Blue Jays  74   77   .490    14
e--Orioles    70   81   .464    18
e--Devil Rays 64   89   .418    25

AL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
White Sox     91   60   .603     -
Indians       89   63   .586     2.5
e--Twins      77   74   .510    14
e--Tigers     67   85   .441    24.5
e--Royals     52   99   .344    39

AL WEST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Angels        86   65   .570     -
A's           84   68   .553     2.5
e--Rangers    75   77   .493    11.5
e--Mariners   66   86   .434    20.5

NL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Braves        86   66   .566     -
Phillies      81   71   .533     5
Marlins       79   73   .520     7
Nationals     77   75   .507     9
Mets          75   76   .497    10.5

NL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
x--Cardinals  96   57   .627     -
d--Astros     83   69   .546    12.5
d--Brewers    75   76   .497    20
d--Cubs       74   78   .487    21.5
e--Reds       70   81   .464    25
e--Pirates    62   90   .408    33.5

NL WEST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Padres        76   75   .503     -
Giants        71   80   .470     5
Diamondbacks  69   83   .454     7.5
Dodgers       67   84   .444     9
e--Rockies    62   89   .411    14

3) Wild card standings–

AL           WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Indians       89   63   .586     -
Red Sox       88   64   .579     1
A's           84   68   .553     5

NL           WON  LOST   PCT    GB  
Astros        83   69   .546     -
Phillies      81   71   .533     2
Marlins       79   73   .520     4
Nationals     77   75   .507     6

4) Today’s schedule–

AL
Orioles (Bruce Chen, 3.51, 11 RSAA) at Yankees (Mike Mussina, 4.34, 4 RSAA), 7:05
Mariners (Joel Pineiro, 5.30, -19 RSAA) at Blue Jays (Gustavo Chacin, 3.51, 19 RSAA), 7:07
Twins (Johan Santana, 3.05, 31 RSAA) at White Sox (Brandon McCarthy, 4.72, -1 RSAA), 8:05
Indians (Cliff Lee, 3.75, 9 RSAA) at Royals (Runelvys Hernandez, 5.24, -16 RSAA), 8:10
Rangers (Chris Young, 4.19, 5 RSAA) at Angels (Ervin Santana, 4.70, -7 RSAA), 10:05

NL
Astros (Brandon Backe, 4.76, -9 RSAA) at Pirates (Zach Duke, 1.84, 18 RSAA), 12:35
Phillies (Jon Lieber, 4.40, 4 RSAA) at Braves (Tim Hudson, 3.45, 19 RSAA), 1:05
Cubs (Greg Maddux, 4.31, -1 RSAA) at Brewers (Rick Helling, 2.19, 8 RSAA), 2:05
Padres (Adam Eaton, 4.10, -3 RSAA) at Rockies (Aaron Cook, 3.36, 11 RSAA), 3:05
Giants (Brett Tomko, 4.54, -7 RSAA) at Nationals (Hector Carrasco, 2.01, 16 RSAA), 4:35
Cardinals (Matt Morris, 4.10, 3 RSAA) at Reds (Brandon Claussen, 3.98, 10 RSAA), 7:10
Marlins (Dontrelle Willis, 2.48, 35 RSAA) at Mets (Pedro Martinez, 2.80, 34 RSAA), 7:10
Dodgers (Jeff Weaver, 4.24, -5 RSAA) at Diamondbacks (Shawn Estes, 4.76, -5 RSAA), 9:40

5) Magic numbers–

AL East–Yankees, 11
AL Central–White Sox, 9
AL West–Angels, 9
AL wild card–Indians, 10

NL East–Braves, 6
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Padres, 7
NL wild card–Astros, 9

6) Race for the postseason seeds–

AL–The White Sox lead the Yankees by 3 games for the #1 seed. The Yankees lead the Angels by 2 games for the #2 seed.

NL–The Cardinals lead the Braves by 10 1/2 games for the #1 seed. The Braves lead the Padres by 9 1/2 games for the #2 seed.

7) The Yankees passed the Red Sox into 1st place in the AL East.

8) The Twins were mathematically eliminated from the postseason.

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now.

9) The Rangers were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title and from the postseason.

10) The Reds were mathematically eliminated from the postseason.

11) Yesterday’s HR–

Manny Ramirez–#39
Troy Glaus–#37
Travis Hafner–#29 & #30
Hank Blalock–#25
Jason Lane–#24
Casey Blake–#23
Michael Young–#23
Grady Sizemore–#21
Lance Berkman–#20
Ryan Howard–#19
Shea Hillenbrand–#18
Adam LaRoche–#18
Hee Seop Choi–#15
Matt Lawton–#13
Michael Cuddyer–#12
Travis Lee–#12
Brady Clark–#12
Mark Ellis–#11
Brad Eldred–#11
Mike Lamb–#10
David Bell–#9
Mike Lowell–#8
David Eckstein–#8
So Taguchi–#8
Curtis Granderson–#7
Edwin Encarnacion–#7
Ryan Doumit–#6
Danny Ardoin–#5
Barry Bonds–#4
Johnny Estrada–#4
Freddy Sanchez–#4
Aaron Guiel–#3
Brad Hennessey–#2

12) HR leaders–

AL
1) David Ortiz–46
2) Alex Rodriguez–45
3) Mark Teixeira–41
4) Manny Ramirez–39*
5) Richie Sexson–38
6) Paul Konerko–37
7) Alfonso Soriano–35
8) Vladimir Guerrero–31
T9) Jason Giambi–30
T9) Travis Hafner–30**

NL
1) Andruw Jones–50
2) Derrek Lee–44
3) Albert Pujols–39
T4) Adam Dunn–37
T4) Troy Glaus–37*
6) Morgan Ensberg–36
7) Ken Griffey Jr.–35
T8) Carlos Delgado–32
T8) Carlos Lee–32
T8) Miguel Cabrera–32
T8) Cliff Floyd–32

**–hit 2 yesterday
*–hit 1 yesterday

13) Today’s birthdays–

WALLY BACKMAN, 1959, AGE: 46
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   26   14  .376  .385  .761  .613   5.49  .320   1   27   13  124  Mets         
1987   27  -16  .307  .287  .593  .299   3.11  .250   1   23   11   94  Mets         
CAR          0  .349  .339  .687  .495   4.35  .275  10  240  117 1102 
LG AVG       0  .329  .390  .719  .500   4.47  .262  74  381   89 
POS AVG    -26  .328  .366  .694  .465   4.20  .264  45  315  105 

VINCE COLEMAN, 1961, AGE: 44
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   24  -16  .301  .280  .581  .400   3.77  .232   0   29  107  154  Cardinals    
1994   32  -25  .285  .340  .626  .315   3.84  .240   2   33   50  104  Royals       
CAR        -48  .324  .345  .668  .464   4.41  .264  28  346  752 1371 
LG AVG       0  .332  .400  .731  .500   4.64  .263 138  667  142 
POS AVG     90  .343  .420  .763  .547   5.24  .269 158  683  237 

HOOKS DAUSS, 1889-1963
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1915 25   22   2.50   46  35  309.2  132  3.84 11.16  24  13   3  22  15  Tigers       
1920 30   12   3.57   38  32  270     82  2.73 13.33  13  21   0  19  15  Tigers       
1925 35   29   3.16   35  30  228     58  2.29 12.91  16  11   1  17  10  Tigers       
CAREER    34   3.32  538 388 3390.1 1201  3.19 12.19 222 182  41 206 198 
LG AVG     0   3.41          3390.1 1239  3.29 12.48 187 187 

LARRY DIERKER, 1946, AGE: 59
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1969 22   45   2.33   39  37  305    232  6.85  9.24  20  13   0  23  10  Astros       
1974 27   16   2.89   33  33  224    150  6.03 11.13  11  10   0  12   9  Astros       
CAREER    32   3.30  356 329 2335   1493  5.75 11.14 139 123   1 134 128 
LG AVG     0   3.56          2335   1451  5.59 11.98 130 130 

IRA FLAGSTEAD, 1893-1940
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1919   25   27  .416  .481  .897  .742   7.86  .331   5   41    6   97  Tigers       
1924   30   10  .401  .421  .823  .547   6.22  .307   5   43   10  149  Red Sox      
CAR          3  .370  .407  .776  .504   5.43  .290  40  450   71 1218 
LG AVG       0  .361  .410  .772  .500   5.39  .294  48  552   78 
POS AVG     99  .378  .445  .823  .565   6.21  .308  61  559   89 

MARK GUTHRIE, 1965, AGE: 40
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1992 26   10   2.88   54   0   75     76  9.12  9.84   2   3   5   3   2  Twins        
1996 30   13   2.22   66   0   73     56  6.90 10.85   2   3   1   4   1  Dodgers      
CAREER    19   4.05  765  43  978.2  778  7.15 12.80  51  54  14  56  49 
LG AVG     0   4.27           978.2  670  6.16 12.86  55  55 

BOB LEMON, 1920-2000
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1948 27   41   2.82   43  37  294    147  4.50 11.11  20  14   2  23  11  Indians      
1949 28   29   2.99   37  33  280    138  4.44 11.38  22  10   1  20  12  Indians      
1954 33   29   2.72   36  33  258    110  3.84 11.30  23   7   0  19  11  Indians      
CAREER   180   3.23  460 350 2849   1277  4.03 12.22 207 128  22 193 142 
LG AVG     0   4.02          2849   1272  4.02 13.12 159 159 

JEFFREY LEONARD, 1955, AGE: 50
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1980   24  -10  .274  .333  .608  .314   2.82  .213   3   20    4   88  Astros       
1985   29  -16  .272  .393  .664  .365   3.08  .241  17   62   11  133  Giants       
1988   32  -22  .276  .352  .628  .330   2.97  .242  10   64   17  138  Giants/Brewers
CAR        -18  .312  .411  .723  .481   4.22  .266 144  723  163 1415 
LG AVG       0  .329  .391  .720  .500   4.47  .263 116  597  130 
POS AVG     61  .337  .408  .745  .534   4.89  .269 132  626  192 

MIKE MATHENY, 1970, AGE: 35
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32  -16  .320  .356  .676  .375   3.75  .252   8   47    1  141  Cardinals    
2004   33  -23  .292  .348  .640  .290   3.12  .247   5   50    0  122  Cardinals    
2005   34  -14  .296  .415  .711  .384   3.85  .243  13   59    0  125  Giants       
CAR       -220  .294  .345  .639  .291   3.23  .239  64  425    8 1249 
LG AVG       0  .343  .434  .777  .500   5.25  .270 127  527   69 
POS AVG   -104  .324  .398  .722  .408   4.32  .256 106  493   20 

URBAN SHOCKER, 1892-1928
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1920 27   43   2.71   38  28  246    107  3.91 10.90  20  10   5  21   9  Orioles      
1921 28   29   3.55   47  39  327    132  3.63 12.03  27  12   4  23  16  Orioles      
1922 29   47   2.97   48  38  348    149  3.85 11.02  24  17   3  27  14  Orioles      
CAREER   239   3.16  411 319 2681.1  983  3.30 11.42 187 117  25 183 121 
LG AVG     0   3.87          2681.1  875  2.94 13.11 149 149

1) According to the Tampa Tribune, the Devil Rays will buy out the final year of Lou Piniella’s contract.

There are rumors that Piniella could be Joe Torre’s successor with the Yankees.

2) Marlins LF Miguel Cabrera had to leave yesterday’s game, after fouling a pitch off his left knee. He was able to compute his AB and was diagnosed with a bruised knee.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   20   -1  .325  .468  .793  .486   4.66  .268  12   62    0   87  Marlins      
2004   21   26  .366  .512  .879  .619   6.51  .294  33  112    5  160  Marlins      
2005   22   47  .382  .561  .942  .712   7.71  .321  32  111    1  150  Marlins      
CAR         72  .364  .522  .886  .635   6.55  .299  77  285    6  397 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .269  47  191   23 
POS AVG     29  .353  .464  .817  .556   5.88  .269  62  223   21

3) Orioles 2B Brian Roberts has ligament and tendon damage in his left arm. He will need surgery that has a recovery time of about 6 months.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -4  .337  .367  .704  .472   4.47  .270   5   41   23  112  Orioles      
2004   26  -10  .344  .376  .720  .453   4.84  .273   4   53   29  159  Orioles      
2005   27   47  .387  .515  .903  .721   7.64  .314  18   73   27  143  Orioles      
CAR         17  .344  .402  .747  .525   5.17  .278  30  195  100  527 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .764  .500   5.03  .269  66  277   34 
POS AVG    -30  .324  .404  .728  .451   4.55  .266  47  234   46

4) Rangers P Kameron Loe had to leave yesterday’s game after being hit in the head by a line drive. A CT scan showed no problems.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 22    0   5.40    2   1    6.2    3  4.05 17.55   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
2005 23   10   3.39   46   6   79.2   41  4.63 11.41   9   5   1   9   5  Rangers      
CAREER    10   3.54   48   7   86.1   44  4.59 11.88   9   5   1   9   5 
LG AVG     0   4.40            86.1   59  6.17 12.69   5   5

5) Tigers P Jeremy Bonderman will miss the rest of the season, due to a sore elbow.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20  -23   5.56   33  28  162    108  6.00 14.17   6  19   0  10  15  Tigers       
2004 21   -9   4.89   33  32  184    168  8.22 12.28  11  13   0  11  13  Tigers       
2005 22   -5   4.57   29  29  189    145  6.90 12.38  14  13   0  13  14  Tigers       
CAREER   -37   4.98   95  89  535    421  7.08 12.89  31  45   0  34  42 
LG AVG     0   4.51           535    371  6.24 12.89  30  30

6) The Rockies called up P Mike Esposito and placed P Zach Day on the 60 day DL.

Esposito made his major league debut yesterday.

Day has a broken right thumb.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   14   4.18   23  23  131.1   61  4.18 13.77   9   8   0  10   7  Expos        
2004 26    2   3.93   19  19  116.2   61  4.71 12.81   5  10   0   8   7  Expos        
2005 27  -14   6.85   17   8   47.1   23  4.37 17.87   1   3   0   1   3  Nationals/Rockies
CAREER     4   4.41   78  52  332.2  170  4.60 13.66  19  22   1  22  19 
LG AVG     0   4.27           332.2  247  6.68 12.80  19  19

7) Dodgers 2B Jeff Kent was scratched from yesterday’s lineup, due to a stiff back.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35   13  .351  .509  .860  .574   6.30  .297  22   93    6  130  Astros       
2004   36   12  .348  .531  .880  .560   6.03  .289  27  107    7  145  Astros       
2005   37   32  .381  .519  .900  .664   6.97  .295  28  101    6  142  Dodgers      
CAR        269  .354  .506  .861  .604   6.27  .290 330 1308   92 1919 
LG AVG       0  .341  .428  .769  .500   5.15  .270 217  925  141 
POS AVG    -60  .340  .404  .744  .469   4.87  .272 153  771  174

8) Dodgers P Brad Penny had to leave yesterday’s game, in the 1st, due to tightness in his forearm.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -3   4.13   32  32  196.1  138  6.33 11.64  14  10   0  12  12  Marlins      
2004 26   15   3.15   24  24  143    111  6.99 11.20   9  10   0  12   7  Marlins/Dodgers
2005 27    2   3.90   29  29  175.1  122  6.26 11.75   7   9   0   8   8  Dodgers      
CAREER    10   4.00  163 162  968.2  698  6.49 11.98  56  53   0  56  53 
LG AVG     0   4.32           968.2  726  6.74 12.83  54  54

9) Nationals C Brian Schneider had to leave yesterday’s game, after reinjuring his right shoulder.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26  -25  .309  .394  .703  .286   3.73  .230   9   46    0  108  Expos        
2004   27   -7  .325  .399  .724  .448   4.45  .257  12   49    0  135  Expos        
2005   28   -2  .330  .409  .739  .484   4.56  .268  10   44    1  116  Nationals    
CAR        -43  .323  .402  .725  .410   4.32  .256  37  185    2  504 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .773  .500   5.18  .269  49  202   25 
POS AVG    -42  .323  .394  .717  .406   4.21  .255  39  189    6

1) YANKEES 2, ORIOLES 1

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

Yankees: 88-63, .583, 1st place, 1/2 GA, 820 R, 728 RA, 9-1 last 10, streak: W3
Orioles: 70-81, .464, 4th place, 18 GB, 672 R, 733 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L4
Season series: Yankees, 7-6

* Orioles P Rodrigo Lopez’s line–6 1/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27  -25   5.82   26  26  147    103  6.31 14.76   7  10   0   6  11  Orioles      
2004 28   23   3.59   37  23  170.2  121  6.38 11.60  14   9   0  15   8  Orioles      
2005 29  -17   4.79   33  33  199    114  5.16 12.80  14  11   0  11  14  Orioles      
CAREER   -13   4.52  135 116  738    491  5.99 12.63  50  42   0  47  45 
LG AVG     0   4.50           738    513  6.26 12.88  41  41

* Yankees P Randy Johnson’s line–8 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 39    6   4.26   18  18  114    125  9.87 12.63   6   8   0   8   6  Diamondbacks 
2004 40   50   2.60   35  35  245.2  290 10.62  8.46  16  14   0  22   8  Diamondbacks 
2005 41   15   3.90   32  32  212.1  201  8.52 10.72  15   8   0  13  10  Yankees      
CAREER   526   3.12  521 511 3580.1 4362 10.96 10.87 261 136   2 259 138 
LG AVG     0   4.35          3580.1 2495  6.27 12.93 201 200

2) TWINS 10, A’S 4

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Twins          0 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0  10  12  0
A's            0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0   4   6  0

A’s: 84-68, .553, 2nd place, 2 1/2 GB, 736 R, 617 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Twins: 77-74, .510, 3rd place, 14 GB, 650 R, 620 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: A’s, 6-4

* Twins RF Michael Cuddyer had 4 hits (3 2B, 1 HR), DH Matt LeCroy had 3 hits (1 2B, 1 BB) and 1B Justin Morneau was 0 for 5.

CUDDYER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -4  .325  .431  .756  .374   3.86  .245   4    8    1   35  Twins        
2004   25   -3  .339  .440  .779  .473   4.97  .263  12   45    5  115  Twins        
2005   26   -8  .329  .433  .761  .434   4.27  .262  12   39    3  115  Twins        
CAR        -17  .330  .433  .762  .445   4.49  .259  32  106   12  314 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .269  32  132   16 
POS AVG     -4  .332  .424  .755  .486   4.88  .266  29  123   18 

LECROY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    7  .342  .490  .832  .559   5.82  .287  17   64    0  107  Twins        
2004   28   -6  .321  .424  .745  .432   4.54  .269   9   39    0   88  Twins        
2005   29    6  .364  .448  .812  .570   5.76  .267  15   45    0   93  Twins        
CAR         -8  .329  .448  .777  .485   5.02  .265  56  204    0  422 
LG AVG       0  .336  .431  .768  .500   5.08  .269  41  173   21 
POS AVG     19  .347  .459  .806  .545   5.62  .269  55  200    8 

MORNEAU
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22   -6  .287  .377  .664  .291   3.14  .226   4   16    0   40  Twins        
2004   23   10  .340  .536  .875  .598   6.56  .271  19   58    0   74  Twins        
2005   24   -9  .305  .438  .743  .435   4.28  .239  21   73    0  131  Twins        
CAR         -5  .314  .463  .777  .480   4.85  .248  44  147    0  245 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .269  27  115   14 
POS AVG     14  .349  .454  .803  .548   5.56  .268  37  136    5

* A’s P Joe Kennedy took a pounding–3 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R/ER, 3 BB, 1 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24  -24   6.13   32  22  133.2   77  5.18 15.15   3  12   1   5  10  Devil Rays   
2004 25   27   3.66   27  27  162.1  117  6.49 13.20   9   7   0  10   6  Rockies      
2005 26  -21   6.08   33  22  142     90  5.70 15.91   7  12   0   8  11  Rockies/A's
CAREER   -18   4.90  142 121  752.1  471  5.63 13.73  34  50   1  40  44 
LG AVG     0   4.41           752.1  534  6.39 12.83  42  42

3) DEVIL RAYS 7, RED SOX 4

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Red Sox        0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   4   9  1
Devil Rays     0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 X   7  11  0

Red Sox: 88-64, .579, 2nd place, 1/2 GB, 857 R, 765 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Devil Rays: 64-89, .418, 5th place, 25 GB, 717 R, 891 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Red Sox, 13-6

* Red Sox 3B Bill Mueller had 3 hits and a BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32   38  .398  .540  .938  .683   8.00  .326  19   85    1  146  Red Sox      
2004   33    5  .365  .446  .811  .534   5.90  .283  12   57    2  110  Red Sox      
2005   34   10  .376  .436  .812  .562   5.73  .300   9   59    0  140  Red Sox      
CAR         80  .374  .426  .800  .555   5.77  .293  81  475   19 1174 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .773  .500   5.19  .270 129  540   76 
POS AVG     -3  .339  .436  .776  .494   5.16  .269 138  569   51

4) INDIANS 8, WHITE SOX 0

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

White Sox: 91-60, .603, 1st place, 2 1/2 GA, 698 R, 621 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Indians: 89-63, .586, 2nd place, 2 1/2 GB, 741 R, 606 RA, 8-2 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: White Sox, 11-5

* Indians DH Travis Hafner hit 2 HR (1 BB) and CF Grady Sizemore had 3 hits (1 2B, 1 HR, 1 BB).

Hafner reached 30 HR for the 1st time.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    6  .327  .485  .812  .566   5.38  .254  14   40    2   91  Indians      
2004   27   51  .410  .583  .993  .742   9.00  .311  28  109    3  140  Indians      
2005   28   56  .412  .596 1.008  .778   9.36  .308  30  100    0  127  Indians      
CAR        111  .389  .556  .945  .714   8.03  .294  73  255    5  381 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .764  .500   5.03  .269  39  165   19 
POS AVG     26  .350  .465  .815  .562   5.78  .269  55  200    8 

SIZEMORE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   21    1  .333  .406  .739  .526   5.35  .246   4   24    2   43  Indians      
2005   22   19  .350  .490  .840  .598   5.85  .291  21   78   21  148  Indians      
CAR         20  .347  .474  .821  .584   5.76  .282  25  102   23  191 
LG AVG       0  .333  .428  .761  .500   4.96  .269  23   96   11 
POS AVG     -2  .330  .417  .747  .491   4.85  .273  18   87   20

* Indians P Scott Elarton (7 1/3 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) combined with Bobby Howry for a shutout.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -8   6.27   11  10   51.2   20  3.48 16.90   4   4   0   3   5  Rockies      
2004 28  -21   5.90   29  29  158.2  103  5.84 13.05   3  11   0   5   9  Rockies/Indians
2005 29   -4   4.38   29  29  174.2  101  5.20 11.65  11   7   0   9   9  Indians      
CAREER   -44   5.06  193 139  891.1  619  6.25 12.83  50  45   3  45  50 
LG AVG     0   4.47           891.1  655  6.62 12.99  50  50

* White Sox P Jon Garland took a pounding–7 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 4 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   -1   4.51   32  32  191.2  108  5.07 12.49  12  13   0  12  13  White Sox    
2004 24    1   4.89   34  33  217    113  4.69 12.57  12  11   0  12  11  White Sox    
2005 25   22   3.51   30  30  207.2  103  4.46 10.83  17  10   0  16  11  White Sox    
CAREER    24   4.44  179 157  995.2  539  4.87 12.69  63  61   1  65  59 
LG AVG     0   4.53           995.2  694  6.27 12.94  56  56

5) ANGELS 6, RANGERS 5

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

Angels: 86-65, .570, 1st place, 2 1/2 GA, 699 R, 599 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: W5
Rangers: 75-77, .493, 3rd place, 11 1/2 GB, 822 R, 811 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Angels, 11-4

* Rangers 1B Mark Teixeira had 3 hits and CF Gary Matthews Jr. was 0 for 5.

TEIXEIRA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -4  .331  .480  .811  .476   5.27  .259  26   84    1  146  Rangers      
2004   24   30  .370  .560  .929  .637   7.74  .281  38  112    4  145  Rangers      
2005   25   43  .376  .567  .943  .682   7.67  .298  41  132    4  152  Rangers      
CAR         69  .360  .537  .897  .610   6.91  .280 105  328    9  443 
LG AVG       0  .334  .430  .764  .500   5.03  .269  52  218   26 
POS AVG     22  .349  .451  .799  .541   5.50  .267  67  253    9 

MATTHEWS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -11  .314  .361  .675  .413   3.89  .248   6   42   12  144  Orioles/Padres
2004   29    4  .350  .461  .811  .541   6.23  .275  11   36    5   87  Rangers      
2005   30   -3  .320  .442  .762  .476   4.79  .256  17   49    7  121  Rangers      
CAR        -29  .327  .397  .724  .454   4.58  .249  59  230   52  718 
LG AVG       0  .337  .433  .770  .500   5.12  .269  71  292   36 
POS AVG     -4  .334  .429  .763  .492   5.06  .269  67  278   57

6) ROYALS 4, TIGERS 3

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Tigers         0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0   3   8  0
Royals         0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2   4   8  0

Tigers: 67-85, .441, 4th place, 24 1/2 GB, 689 R, 750 RA, 2-8 last 10, streak: L7
Royals: 52-99, .344, 5th place, 39 GB, 652 R, 864 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: W4
Season series: Tigers, 10-9

* Tigers 2B Placido Polanco had 3 hits, including a 3B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    8  .352  .447  .799  .552   5.47  .289  14   63   14  122  Phillies     
2004   28    0  .345  .441  .786  .501   5.29  .298  17   55    7  126  Phillies     
2005   29   17  .386  .443  .828  .612   6.49  .332   8   53    4  121  Phillies/Tigers
CAR        -14  .346  .414  .760  .484   4.98  .300  58  327   49  911 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .269 104  425   55 
POS AVG    -25  .338  .417  .756  .472   4.94  .272  83  383   57

* Tigers P Jason Johnson’s line–6 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 1 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    3   4.18   32  32  189.2  118  5.60 14.52  10  10   0  10  10  Orioles      
2004 30  -15   5.13   33  33  196.2  125  5.72 13.13   8  15   0  10  13  Tigers       
2005 31   -5   4.57   31  31  197     87  3.97 12.43   8  12   0   9  11  Tigers       
CAREER   -62   4.89  213 197 1199.2  730  5.48 13.61  52  85   0  63  74 
LG AVG     0   4.58          1199.2  838  6.29 13.06  67  67

7) MARINERS 3, BLUE JAYS 2

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Mariners       0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0   3   5  0
Blue Jays      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2   2   4  0

Blue Jays: 74-77, .490, 3rd place, 14 GB, 715 R, 658 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L1
Mariners: 66-86, .434, 4th place, 20 1/2 GB, 671 R, 702 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Blue Jays, 5-4

* Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki was 0 for 5.

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   17  .347  .438  .785  .585   5.86  .301  15   68   32  152  Mariners     
CAR        171  .377  .442  .820  .652   6.69  .332  52  310  189  786 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  97  408   52 
POS AVG     21  .339  .444  .783  .520   5.26  .270 110  431   57

* Mariners P Felix Hernandez’s line–7 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 6 SO.

Hernandez took a no hitter into the 7th.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005      13   2.63   10  10   68.1   65  8.56  8.96   4   4   0   6   2  Mariners     
CAREER    13   2.63   10  10   68.1   65  8.56  8.96   4   4   0   6   2 
LG AVG     0   4.37            68.1   47  6.15 12.65   4   4

1) CARDINALS 5, REDS 1

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Cardinals      2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   5  12  0
Reds           0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   1   9  1

Cardinals: 96-57, .627, 1st place, 12 1/2 GA, 753 R, 584 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Reds: 70-81, .464, 5th place, 25 GB, 759 R, 816 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Cardinals, 8-4

* Cardinals SS David Eckstein (1 2B, 1 HR) and 1B Albert Pujols (2 2B) had 3 hits and CF Jim Edmonds was 0 for 5.

ECKSTEIN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -12  .325  .325  .651  .405   3.76  .252   3   31   16  120  Angels       
2004   29  -17  .339  .332  .671  .399   4.09  .276   2   35   16  142  Angels       
2005   30    0  .361  .397  .758  .501   5.13  .291   8   58   10  149  Cardinals    
CAR        -32  .350  .362  .712  .462   4.63  .281  25  228   92  716 
LG AVG       0  .335  .429  .764  .500   5.04  .268  90  376   48 
POS AVG    -37  .325  .408  .733  .456   4.62  .269  68  327   65 

PUJOLS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  101  .439  .667 1.106  .830  11.80  .359  43  124    5  157  Cardinals    
2004   24   75  .415  .657 1.072  .768   9.77  .331  46  123    5  154  Cardinals    
2005   25   76  .433  .619 1.051  .784  10.32  .337  39  109   16  152  Cardinals    
CAR        357  .417  .623 1.040  .767   9.65  .334 199  613   29  781 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .268  87  354   45 
POS AVG     68  .360  .471  .831  .571   6.06  .277 114  421   29

Pujols is just the 4th player in NL history with 3+ years with 75+ RCAA–

1    Barry Bonds              2000-04    5   
2    Stan Musial              1948-51    4   
T3   Rogers Hornsby           1920-22    3   
T3   Rogers Hornsby           1927-29    3   
T3   Barry Bonds              1996-98    3   
T3   Albert Pujols            2003-05    3  

EDMONDS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33   42  .385  .617 1.002  .721   8.31  .275  39   89    1  137  Cardinals    
2004   34   73  .418  .643 1.061  .790  10.49  .301  42  111    8  153  Cardinals    
2005   35   27  .384  .523  .908  .654   7.24  .257  28   84    4  135  Cardinals    
CAR        380  .384  .542  .926  .669   7.67  .291 330  993   58 1580 
LG AVG       0  .343  .434  .777  .500   5.24  .271 174  727   97 
POS AVG    -10  .341  .424  .764  .490   5.19  .270 157  640  205

* Reds CF Wily Mo Pena had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21   -9  .283  .358  .641  .299   3.22  .218   5   16    3   80  Reds         
2004   22    6  .316  .527  .843  .559   5.55  .259  26   66    5  110  Reds         
2005   23   -3  .310  .503  .814  .470   5.14  .262  18   49    2   93  Reds         
CAR         -8  .305  .481  .786  .470   4.83  .251  50  132   10  296 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .269  26  107   13 
POS AVG     11  .349  .455  .803  .539   5.66  .270  32  116   17

* Cardinals P Jason Marquis’s line–7 IP, 8 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -6   5.53   21   2   40.2   19  4.20 13.94   0   0   1   0   0  Braves       
2004 25   10   3.71   32  32  201.1  138  6.17 13.19  15   7   0  12  10  Cardinals    
2005 26    5   4.03   31  31  199     94  4.25 12.21  13  14   0  14  13  Cardinals    
CAREER    10   4.12  159 103  708    450  5.72 12.95  42  36   1  40  38 
LG AVG     0   4.28           708    529  6.73 12.78  40  40

* Reds P Ramon Ortiz took a pounding–5 IP, 10 H, 5 R/ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30  -20   5.20   32  32  180     94  4.70 14.20  16  13   0  12  17  Angels       
2004 31    2   4.43   34  14  128     82  5.77 12.73   5   7   0   6   6  Angels       
2005 32   -9   5.11   28  28  160.1   93  5.22 13.98   9  11   0   9  11  Reds         
CAREER   -14   4.68  185 165 1054    683  5.83 12.94  68  60   0  62  66 
LG AVG     0   4.53          1054    742  6.34 13.02  59  59

2) PHILLIES 10, BRAVES 6

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - - --   -  --  -
Phillies       0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0  4  10  14  1
Braves         0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0  0   6   7  1

Braves: 86-66, .566, 1st place, 5 GA, 720 R, 626 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Phillies: 81-71, .533, 2nd place, 5 GB, 740 R, 685 RA, 7-3 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Tied, 9-9

* Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins (2 2B, 1 SB) and LF Pat Burrell (1 2B, 1 BB) had 3 hits.

ROLLINS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24  -12  .320  .387  .707  .435   4.23  .263   8   62   20  156  Phillies     
2004   25   14  .348  .455  .803  .561   6.03  .289  14   73   30  154  Phillies     
2005   26   -7  .327  .412  .739  .464   5.07  .281  10   49   37  148  Phillies     
CAR        -20  .325  .411  .736  .478   4.86  .271  57  303  167  784 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .268 105  427   54 
POS AVG    -91  .317  .384  .701  .403   4.19  .263  57  324   74 

BURRELL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26  -15  .309  .404  .713  .403   3.94  .209  21   64    0  146  Phillies     
2004   27    9  .365  .455  .821  .556   5.96  .257  24   84    2  127  Phillies     
2005   28   26  .391  .505  .895  .626   7.27  .282  30  111    0  144  Phillies     
CAR         75  .358  .476  .834  .568   6.01  .258 157  543    5  840 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .269  99  402   51 
POS AVG     88  .362  .475  .837  .579   6.24  .275 134  474   45

* Braves RF Jeff Francoeur was 0 for 5.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        10  .344  .566  .910  .619   6.91  .311  12   39    2   62  Braves       
CAR         10  .344  .566  .910  .619   6.91  .311  12   39    2   62 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .269   7   27    3 
POS AVG      2  .347  .455  .802  .536   5.55  .270   8   30    3

3) GIANTS 5, NATIONALS 1

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

Nationals: 77-75, .507, 4th place, 9 GB, 592 R, 628 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L4
Giants: 71-80, .470, 2nd place, 5 GB, 619 R, 698 RA, 7-3 last 10, streak: W5
Season series: Giants, 3-2

* Giants SS Omar Vizquel had 3 hits.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   36  -10  .321  .336  .657  .356   3.36  .244   2   19    8   64  Indians      
2004   37   -3  .353  .388  .741  .486   4.90  .291   7   59   19  148  Indians      
2005   38  -12  .336  .358  .694  .424   4.22  .274   3   45   23  142  Giants       
CAR       -160  .340  .358  .699  .432   4.37  .275  69  760  341 2280 
LG AVG       0  .338  .423  .761  .500   5.02  .269 259 1144  160 
POS AVG   -176  .322  .389  .711  .426   4.33  .266 170  957  182

* Giants P Brad Hennessey’s line–7 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 2 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 24   -2   4.98    7   7   34.1   25  6.55 14.94   2   2   0   2   2  Giants       
2005 25   -9   4.96   19  19  105.1   58  4.96 14.70   5   8   0   5   8  Giants       
CAREER   -11   4.96   26  26  139.2   83  5.35 14.76   7  10   0   7  10 
LG AVG     0   4.26           139.2  102  6.59 12.78   8   8

* Nationals P John Patterson took a pounding–7 IP, 10 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 9 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -8   6.05   16   8   55     43  7.04 15.22   1   4   1   2   3  Diamondbacks 
2004 26  -10   5.03   19  19   98.1   99  9.06 14.09   4   7   0   4   7  Expos        
2005 27   24   2.80   29  29  186.2  174  8.39 10.70   9   6   0  10   5  Nationals    
CAREER    10   3.91   71  61  370.2  347  8.43 12.24  16  17   1  17  16 
LG AVG     0   4.26           370.2  273  6.63 12.78  21  21

4) ASTROS 12, PIRATES 8

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Astros         4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 2  12  15  1
Pirates        0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 1   8  15  3

Astros: 83-69, .546, 2nd place, 12 1/2 GB, 653 R, 578 RA, 7-3 last 10, streak: W2
Pirates: 62-90, .408, 6th place, 33 1/2 GB, 641 R, 729 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Astros, 8-7

* Astros CF Willy Taveras (1 SB), 1B Mike Lamb (1 2B, 1 HR) and LF Jason Lane (1 HR) had 3 hits and 3B Morgan Ensberg reached base safely 4 times (2 H (1 2B), 2 BB).

TAVERAS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   22    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    1   10  Astros       
2005   23  -11  .327  .342  .669  .428   4.23  .292   3   27   34  142  Astros       
CAR        -11  .326  .342  .668  .426   4.21  .291   3   27   35  152 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .269  17   69    9 
POS AVG     -2  .338  .421  .759  .489   4.99  .270  16   60   15 

LAMB
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -6  .190  .132  .322  .026   0.77  .132   0    2    1   28  Rangers      
2004   28   11  .356  .511  .867  .606   6.68  .288  14   58    1  112  Astros       
2005   29  -12  .280  .415  .695  .360   3.62  .235  10   50    1  116  Astros       
CAR        -30  .330  .411  .741  .442   4.76  .275  43  225    5  585 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.19  .270  55  229   28 
POS AVG     10  .344  .450  .794  .515   5.42  .272  64  252   14 

LANE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    3  .296  .815 1.111  .758   9.95  .296   4   10    0   18  Astros       
2004   27    3  .348  .463  .812  .555   5.97  .272   4   19    1  107  Astros       
2005   28    2  .306  .494  .800  .511   5.08  .263  24   73    6  135  Astros       
CAR         12  .321  .504  .826  .549   5.64  .269  36  112    8  304 
LG AVG       0  .339  .429  .769  .500   5.11  .269  22   91   11 
POS AVG     10  .349  .457  .806  .543   5.65  .270  27  101   12 

ENSBERG
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   20  .377  .530  .907  .635   7.24  .291  25   60    7  127  Astros       
2004   28  -12  .330  .411  .742  .404   4.28  .275  10   66    6  131  Astros       
2005   29   40  .389  .569  .958  .698   7.84  .281  36   97    6  140  Astros       
CAR         44  .365  .495  .860  .585   6.26  .278  74  242   21  451 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .269  45  186   23 
POS AVG     -7  .335  .430  .765  .485   4.99  .267  46  197   14

* Pirates 2B Freddy Sanchez (1 2B, 1 HR), SS Jack Wilson (1 2B) and C Ryan Doumit (1 HR) had 3 hits.

SANCHEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -3  .235  .294  .529  .154   2.08  .235   0    2    0   20  Red Sox      
2004   26   -2  .158  .158  .316  .107   1.59  .158   0    2    0    9  Pirates      
2005   28   -6  .334  .385  .719  .452   4.68  .288   4   31    2  122  Pirates      
CAR        -12  .319  .363  .682  .410   4.25  .276   4   37    2  163 
LG AVG       0  .338  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .269  14   60    7 
POS AVG     -1  .339  .424  .764  .495   5.03  .270  14   62    5 

WILSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -27  .303  .353  .656  .334   3.50  .256   9   62    5  150  Pirates      
2004   26    6  .335  .459  .794  .531   5.38  .308  11   59    8  157  Pirates      
2005   27  -22  .304  .370  .674  .360   3.79  .263   8   52    6  148  Pirates      
CAR       -106  .305  .370  .674  .364   3.82  .265  35  245   25  710 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.15  .268  88  359   45 
POS AVG    -76  .317  .385  .701  .405   4.20  .264  48  273   62 

DOUMIT
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        -5  .321  .404  .724  .419   4.34  .249   6   33    2   70  Pirates      
CAR         -5  .321  .404  .724  .419   4.34  .249   6   33    2   70 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .269   7   28    3 
POS AVG     -7  .315  .387  .703  .394   4.02  .250   5   27    1

* Pirates P Kip Wells took a pounding–2 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   21   3.28   31  31  197.1  147  6.70 11.58  10   9   0  12   7  Pirates      
2004 27   -7   4.55   24  24  138.1  116  7.55 14.12   5   7   0   5   7  Pirates      
2005 28  -17   5.23   31  31  170.1  126  6.66 14.53   7  17   0  10  14  Pirates      
CAREER     5   4.38  186 166  972    722  6.69 13.67  54  68   0  61  61 
LG AVG     0   4.36           972    711  6.59 12.92  55  54

5) METS 5, MARLINS 4

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Marlins        1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0   4  14  1
Mets           1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1   5  11  0

Marlins: 79-73, .520, 3rd place, 7 GB, 682 R, 678 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L2
Mets: 75-76, .497, 5th place, 10 1/2 GB, 670 R, 600 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W3
Season series: Mets, 10-7

* Mets C Mike Piazza reached base safely all 4 times up–2 H, 2 BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   34    7  .377  .483  .860  .583   6.12  .286  11   34    0   68  Mets         
2004   35    4  .362  .444  .806  .529   5.54  .266  20   54    0  129  Mets         
2005   36    1  .330  .449  .779  .508   5.15  .258  16   58    0  104  Mets         
CAR        438  .382  .555  .937  .684   7.50  .312 394 1219   17 1694 
LG AVG       0  .342  .429  .770  .500   5.17  .270 182  776  120 
POS AVG    -97  .329  .410  .739  .441   4.59  .259 178  769   33

6) BREWERS 7, CUBS 6

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Cubs           0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2   6  12  1
Brewers        1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1   7  11  2

Brewers: 75-76, .497, 3rd place, 20 GB, 677 R, 644 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W2
Cubs: 74-78, .487, 4th place, 21 1/2 GB, 672 R, 678 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Brewers, 9-6

* Brewers CF Brady Clark had 4 hits–1 HR, 1 BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30   -7  .330  .403  .733  .427   4.50  .273   6   40   13  128  Brewers      
2004   31    1  .385  .397  .782  .510   5.50  .280   7   46   15  138  Brewers      
2005   33    8  .375  .428  .803  .545   5.53  .310  12   46   10  134  Brewers      
CAR         -6  .361  .404  .766  .487   5.07  .284  31  162   43  561 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.15  .269  47  192   24 
POS AVG     20  .351  .452  .803  .540   5.66  .272  55  201   31

* Brewers P Tomo Ohka’s line–6 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 1 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   21   4.16   34  34  199    118  5.34 12.98  10  12   0  13   9  Expos        
2004 28    6   3.40   15  15   84.2   38  4.04 12.65   3   7   0   6   4  Expos        
2005 29    4   3.93   30  27  167     86  4.63 12.07  11   8   0  10   9  Nationals/Brewers
CAREER    53   3.92  154 142  832.2  476  5.14 12.61  44  52   0  54  42 
LG AVG     0   4.32           832.2  614  6.64 12.86  47  47

7) PADRES 5, ROCKIES 2

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Padres         1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0   5  11  1
Rockies        0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   2   8  0

Padres: 76-75, .503, 1st place, 5 GA, 641 R, 693 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Rockies: 62-89, .411, 5th place, 14 GB, 689 R, 805 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Padres, 11-6

* Padres CF Dave Roberts had 4 hits (1 2B, 2 3B, 1 BB) and C Ramon Hernandez was 0 for 5.

ROBERTS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   -9  .331  .307  .638  .417   4.01  .250   2   16   40  107  Dodgers      
2004   32    1  .337  .379  .716  .514   5.31  .254   4   35   38  113  Dodgers/Red Sox
2005   33    6  .354  .428  .782  .544   5.05  .273   8   38   22  112  Padres       
CAR         -4  .340  .364  .703  .494   4.77  .262  19  137  157  534 
LG AVG       0  .341  .430  .771  .500   5.14  .269  55  230   29 
POS AVG      7  .342  .434  .776  .512   5.29  .271  55  213   51 

HERNANDEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    6  .331  .458  .789  .542   5.14  .273  21   78    0  140  A's          
2004   28    5  .341  .477  .818  .539   5.27  .276  18   63    1  111  Padres       
2005   29   -1  .317  .437  .754  .485   4.45  .287  10   46    1   89  Padres       
CAR        -36  .324  .416  .740  .452   4.45  .261  88  372    5  795 
LG AVG       0  .339  .433  .771  .500   5.15  .269  87  363   46 
POS AVG    -80  .315  .395  .710  .396   4.12  .255  70  329   12

* Rockies SS Clint Barmes was 0 for 5.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24    0  .357  .400  .757  .517   6.00  .320   0    2    0   12  Rockies      
2004   25   -4  .320  .437  .757  .335   4.34  .282   2   10    0   20  Rockies      
2005   26   -3  .341  .450  .791  .472   5.54  .298   9   40    5   70  Rockies      
CAR         -7  .338  .445  .783  .451   5.35  .296  11   52    5  102 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .769  .500   5.11  .269  12   50    6 
POS AVG     -8  .321  .393  .715  .426   4.38  .268   7   39   10

* Padres P Jake Peavy’s line–7 2/3 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22   -5   4.11   32  32  194.2  156  7.21 12.07  12  11   0  11  12  Padres       
2004 23   31   2.27   27  27  166.1  173  9.36 11.36  15   6   0  15   6  Padres       
2005 24   19   2.95   29  29  195    211  9.74  9.69  13   7   0  12   8  Padres       
CAREER    37   3.36  105 105  653.2  630  8.67 11.33  46  31   0  43  34 
LG AVG     0   4.25           653.2  484  6.66 12.78  37  37

8) DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 2

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

Diamondbacks: 69-83, .454, 3rd place, 7 1/2 GB, 655 R, 827 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W2
Dodgers: 67-84, .444, 4th place, 9 GB, 647 R, 715 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L5
Season series: Diamondbacks, 9-5

* Dodgers 3B Willy Aybar had 4 hits.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005         8  .473  .521  .994  .845  12.10  .396   1    5    1   15  Dodgers      
CAR          8  .473  .521  .994  .845  12.10  .396   1    5    1   15 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .269   1    5    1 
POS AVG      0  .342  .427  .769  .502   5.11  .271   1    5    0

* Diamondbacks P Brandon Webb’s line–7 2/3 IP, 9 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 11 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   39   2.84   29  28  180.2  172  8.57 11.01  10   9   0  14   5  Diamondbacks 
2004 25   20   3.59   35  35  208    164  7.10 14.02   7  16   0  14   9  Diamondbacks 
2005 26   16   3.68   31  31  215    160  6.70 11.60  13  11   0  14  10  Diamondbacks 
CAREER    75   3.40   95  94  603.2  496  7.39 12.26  30  36   0  42  24 
LG AVG     0   4.28           603.2  445  6.64 12.80  34  34


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