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Around the Majors: Regular season endsby Lee SininsOctober 03, 2004 1) Yesterday's scores-- AL Twins 6, Indians 5 (12--completion of suspended game) Indians 5, Twins 2 Devil Rays 7, Tigers 4 Yankees 3, BlueJays 2 Orioles 3, Redsox 2 Whitesox 5, Royals 0 Rangers 3, Mariners 0 A's 3, Angels 2 NL Mets 8, Expos 1 Pirates 2, Reds 0 Phillies 10, Marlins 4 Astros 5, Rockies 3 Cardinals 9, Brewers 4 Cubs 10, Braves 8 Giants 10, Dodgers 0 Diamondbacks 4, Padres 1 2) Standings-- AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Yankees 101 61 .623 - 57-24 44-37 49-27 20-12 22-14 WON 1 Redsox 98 64 .605 3 55-26 43-38 48-28 19-13 22-14 LOST 1 Orioles 78 84 .481 23 38-43 40-41 37-39 21-15 15-17 WON 1 Devil Rays 70 91 .435 30 1/2 41-39 29-52 26-49 19-17 10-22 WON 1 BlueJays 67 94 .416 33 1/2 40-41 27-53 29-46 13-19 17-19 LOST 1 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Twins 92 70 .568 - 49-32 43-38 19-17 46-30 16-16 LOST 1 Whitesox 83 79 .512 9 46-35 37-44 16-16 40-36 19-17 WON 1 Indians 80 82 .494 12 44-37 36-45 17-15 36-40 17-19 WON 1 Tigers 72 90 .444 20 38-43 34-47 12-20 36-40 15-21 LOST 1 Royals 58 104 .358 34 33-47 25-57 12-24 32-44 08-24 LOST 1 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Angels 92 70 .568 - 45-36 47-34 25-18 28-15 32-26 LOST 1 A's 91 71 .562 1 52-29 39-42 23-20 27-16 31-27 WON 1 Rangers 89 73 .549 3 51-30 38-43 25-18 23-20 31-27 WON 2 Mariners 63 99 .389 29 38-44 25-55 13-30 19-24 22-36 LOST 2 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Braves 96 66 .593 - 49-32 47-34 51-25 18-18 19-13 LOST 1 Phillies 86 76 .531 10 42-39 44-37 39-37 18-18 20-12 WON 1 Marlins 83 79 .512 13 42-38 41-41 43-33 15-21 18-14 LOST 1 Mets 71 91 .438 25 38-43 33-48 29-47 15-21 17-15 WON 1 Expos 67 95 .414 29 35-45 32-50 28-48 17-19 15-17 LOST 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Cardinals 105 57 .648 - 53-28 52-29 19-11 54-36 21-09 WON 1 Astros 92 70 .568 13 48-33 44-37 16-14 55-35 14-16 WON 7 Cubs 89 73 .549 16 45-37 44-36 16-14 50-40 15-15 WON 1 Reds 76 86 .469 29 40-41 36-45 18-12 38-52 15-15 LOST 2 Pirates 72 89 .447 32 1/2 39-41 33-48 17-13 37-52 16-14 WON 2 Brewers 67 94 .416 37 1/2 36-45 31-49 11-19 35-54 13-17 LOST 1 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 93 69 .574 - 49-32 44-37 14-18 22-14 47-29 LOST 1 Giants 91 71 .562 2 47-35 44-36 19-13 20-16 41-35 WON 1 Padres 87 75 .537 6 42-39 45-36 18-14 19-17 42-34 LOST 2 Rockies 68 94 .420 25 38-43 30-51 11-21 10-26 39-37 LOST 4 Diamondbacks 51 111 .315 42 29-52 22-59 09-23 15-21 21-55 WON 2 3) The Astros clinched the wild card. 4) The Indians clinched a losing season for the 3rd consecutive year. 5) Yesterday's HR-- Moises Alou--#39 Bobby Abreu--#30 Bernie Williams--#22 Pedro Feliz--#22 Marquis Grissom--#22 Josh Phelps--#18 Ben Broussard--#17 Ray Durham--#17 Laynce Nix--#14 Jimmy Rollins--#14 David Wright--#14 Brandon Inge--#13 Adam LaRoche--#13 Michael Cuddyer--#12 Matt LeCroy--#9 Joe Borchard--#9 Todd Zeile--#9 Jose Castillo--#8 Charles Thomas--#6 & #7 Deivi Cruz--#7 DeWayne Wise--#6 Mark Grudzielanek--#6 Ray Lankford--#6 Grady Sizemore--#5 Robby Hammock--#4 Chris Aguila--#3 Todd Pratt--#3 Doug DeVore--#3 Juan Brito--#3 Yadier Molina--#2 Jason DuBois--#1 Mike Mordecai--#1 Jason Ellison--#1 6) HR leaders-- AL 1) Manny Ramirez--43 T2) Paul Konerko--41 T2) David Ortiz--41 4) Vladimir Guerrero--39 5) Mark Teixeira--38 T6) Gary Sheffield--36 T6) Alex Rodriguez--36 8) Miguel Tejada--34 T9) Carlos Delgado--32 T9) Hank Blalock--32 NL 1) Adrian Beltre--48 T2) Albert Pujols--46 T2) Adam Dunn--46 4) Barry Bonds--45 T5) Jim Thome--42 T5) Jim Edmonds--42 7) Moises Alou--39* -) Carlos Beltran--38 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL) 8) Jeromy Burnitz--37 T9) Aramis Ramirez--36 T9) Steve Finley--36 *--hit 1 yesterday 7) Barry Bonds watch-- OBA--.609, new major league record, breaking his own record of .582, in 2002 SLG--.812, 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001 OPS--1.422, new major league record, breaking his own record of 1.381, in 2002 RCAA--152, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001 BB--232, new major league record, breaking his own record of 198, in 2002 BB above average--199, new major league record, breaking his own record of 163, in 2002 career HR--has 703, is 11 behind Ruth, is 52 behind Aaron career HR above average--has 460, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622 career RCAA--1496, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795 times reached base--376, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the major league record with 379, 1923 times reached base vs. average--254, new major league record, breaking his own record of 228, in 2002 1) Postseason schedule-- Yankees vs. Twins Game 1--Tuesday, at New York, 8 PM Game 2--Wednesday, at New York, 7 PM Game 3--Friday, at Minnesota, 8 PM Game 4--Saturday, at Minnesota, TBA Game 5--Sunday, at New York, TBA Angels vs. Redsox Game 1--Tuesday, at Anaheim, 4 PM Game 2--Wednesday, at Anaheim, 10 PM Game 3--Friday, at Boston, 4 PM Game 4--Saturday, at Boston, TBA Game 5--Sunday, at Anaheim, TBA Cardinals vs. Dodgers Game 1--Tuesday, at St. Louis, 1 PM Game 2--Thursday, at St. Louis, 8 PM Game 3--Saturday, at Los Angeles, TBA Game 4--Sunday, at Los Angeles, TBA Game 5--Monday, at St. Louis, TBA Braves vs. Astros Game 1--Wednesday, at Atlanta, 4 PM Game 2--Thursday, at Atlanta, 4 PM Game 3--Saturday, at Houston, TBA Game 4--Sunday, at Houston, TBA Game 5--Monday, at Atlanta, TBA Games 4 and 5 in each series are if necessary. 2) Astros P Roger Clemens was scratched from yesterday's start, due to a stomach virus. He should be able to start the first game of the Division Series. After 4.35 ERA/0 RSAA and 3.91 ERA/10 RSAA seasons, Clemens had a 2.98 ERA/32 RSAA in 33 starts. He has a 3.18 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.38, and 645 RSAA in 640 games. Clemens ranks 2nd on the career RSAA list (since 1900, he's 4th including the 19th century)-- RSAA 1 Lefty Grove 668 2 Roger Clemens 645 3 Walter Johnson 643 4 Greg Maddux 556 5 Grover C Alexander 524 6 Randy Johnson 511 7 Pedro Martinez 478 8 Christy Mathewson 405 9 Tom Seaver 404 10 Carl Hubbell 355 3) The Royals announced they won't pick up the 2005 options for 3B Joe Randa and RF Juan Gonzalez and removed OFs Dee Brown and Aaron Guiel, utilityman Wilton Guerrero, C Alberto Castillo and Ps Matt Kinney and Justin Huisman from the 40 man roster. After -10 RCAA/.768 OPS and -2 RCAA/.800 OPS seasons, Randa hit .408 SLG, .343 OBA, .751 OPS, 1 RCAA in 128 games. It was his 1st season with a positive RCAA since 1999 and he has a .765 career OPS, compared to his league average of .775, and -51 RCAA in 1283 games. After -6 RCAA/.776 OPS and 7 RCAA/.901 OPS seasons, Gonzalez hit .441 SLG, .326 OBA, .767 OPS, -1 RCAA in 33 games. He has a .904 career OPS, compared to his league average of .763, and 277 RCAA in 1688 games. After -10 RCAA/.605 OPS in 50 games in 2003, Brown had a .349 SLG, .293 OBA, .642 OPS, -8 RCAA in 59 games. 2001 was the only other year in which he played more than 50 games (106) and he has a .615 career OPS, compared to his league average of .767, and -57 RCAA in 263 games. After -20 RCAA/.633 OPS and 3 RCAA/.835 OPS seasons, Guiel had a .296 SLG, .263 OBA, .559 OPS, -11 RCAA in 42 games. He has a .717 career OPS, compared to his league average of .763, and -28 RCAA in 211 games. After being out of the majors in 2003, Guerrero had a .281 SLG, .219 OBA, .500 OPS, -3 RCAA in 24 games (32 PA). He has a .677 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and -55 RCAA in 678 games. After playing in just 26 games in 2002-03, Castillo hit .371 SLG, .365 OBA, .736 OPS, -1 RCAA in 29 games. He has a .591 career OPS, compared to his league average of .779, and -69 RCAA in 372 games. After 4.64 ERA/-2 RSAA and 5.19 ERA/-17 RSAA seasons, Kinney had a 6.06 ERA/-14 RSAA in 43 games (6 starts--first 32 G/6 GS with the Brewers). He has a 5.27 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.41, and -32 RSAA in 98 games. Huisman had a 6.84 ERA/-7 RSAA in his first 14 career games. 4) The Royals announced that coaches John Mizerock (3B) and Mike Mason (pitching) won't return, but will be offered other jobs in the organization. Guy Hansen will be the pitching coach, Joe Jones will be 1B coach and Luis Silverio will move from 1B to 3B coach. 5) BlueJays broadcaster John Cerutti died at the age of 44. It is believed to have been of natural causes. Cerutti had a 3.94 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.08, and 12 RSAA in 229 games with the 1985-90 BlueJays and 1991 Tigers. 6) The Tigers announced coaches Kirk Gibson (bench), Bob Cluck (pitching), Bruce Fields (hitting), Lance Parrish (bullpen), Juan Samuel (3B) and Mick Kelleher (1B) will return in 2005. 7) The Marlins didn't offer 2005 contracts to coaches Wayne Rosenthal (pitching), Doug Davis (bench) and Tony Taylor (bullpen). They will be offered other jobs in the organization. Meanwhile, coaches Perry Hill (1B), Jeff Cox (3B), Bill Robinson (3B) and bullpen coordinator Pierre Arsenault were offered contracts. 8) MLB set a single season attendance record, with 73,022,969. If you enjoy the ATM reports and want to support them, check out my other creation--the sabermetric baseball encyclopedia. Orders are now being taken for the next edition, which will include the 2004 stats and come out in October. It's powerful, yet extremely easy to use. 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