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Around the Majors: Wakefield passes Youngby Lee SininsApril 18, 2005 1) Yesterday's scores-- AL Indians 2, Twins 1 Tigers 6, Royals 1 Orioles 8, Yankees 4 Rangers 6, BlueJays 5 Redsox 3, Devil Rays 1 Mariners 5, Whitesox 4 A's 7, Angels 6 NL Marlins 5, Mets 2 Reds 6, Astros 5 Nationals 7, Diamondbacks 3 Cubs 4, Pirates 2 Cardinals 3, Brewers 2 Giants 8, Rockies 6 Dodgers 6, Padres 0 Phillies 2, Braves 1 (10) 2) Standings-- AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Orioles 8 4 .667 - 4-2 4-2 07-02 00-00 01-02 WON 3 BlueJays 8 5 .615 1/2 2-1 6-4 04-02 00-00 04-03 LOST 1 Redsox 7 5 .583 1 5-1 2-4 07-05 00-00 00-00 WON 4 Yankees 4 8 .333 4 3-3 1-5 04-08 00-00 00-00 LOST 4 Devil Rays 4 8 .333 4 4-5 0-3 02-07 00-00 02-01 LOST 3 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Whitesox 8 4 .667 - 4-2 4-2 00-00 06-03 02-01 LOST 1 Twins 8 4 .667 - 4-2 4-2 00-00 06-03 02-01 LOST 1 Indians 5 7 .417 3 2-4 3-3 00-00 05-07 00-00 WON 1 Tigers 5 7 .417 3 3-3 2-4 00-00 05-07 00-00 WON 2 Royals 4 8 .333 4 1-5 3-3 00-00 02-04 02-04 LOST 2 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Angels 6 6 .500 - 3-3 3-3 00-00 01-02 05-04 LOST 2 A's 6 6 .500 - 3-3 3-3 04-05 00-00 02-01 WON 2 Mariners 6 6 .500 - 2-4 4-2 00-00 05-04 01-02 WON 1 Rangers 6 7 .462 1/2 3-4 3-3 02-02 00-00 04-05 WON 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Nationals 8 4 .667 - 3-0 5-4 05-04 00-00 03-00 WON 5 Braves 6 6 .500 2 3-3 3-3 06-06 00-00 00-00 LOST 2 Marlins 6 6 .500 2 5-4 1-2 06-06 00-00 00-00 WON 1 Mets 6 6 .500 2 5-1 1-5 03-03 03-03 00-00 LOST 1 Phillies 6 6 .500 2 3-3 3-3 04-05 02-01 00-00 WON 2 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Cardinals 6 4 .600 - 2-3 4-1 01-02 05-02 00-00 WON 3 Reds 6 5 .545 1/2 5-1 1-4 03-00 03-05 00-00 WON 2 Cubs 6 6 .500 1 3-3 3-3 00-00 04-02 02-04 WON 2 Astros 5 6 .455 1 1/2 4-1 1-5 00-03 05-03 00-00 LOST 2 Brewers 5 6 .455 1 1/2 2-4 3-2 00-00 05-06 00-00 LOST 3 Pirates 4 8 .333 3 1-4 3-4 00-00 02-06 02-02 LOST 2 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 9 2 .818 - 5-0 4-2 00-00 00-00 09-02 WON 5 Giants 6 5 .545 3 4-2 2-3 00-00 00-00 06-05 WON 1 Diamondbacks 6 6 .500 3 1/2 6-3 0-3 00-03 02-01 04-02 LOST 3 Padres 5 7 .417 4 1/2 2-2 3-5 00-00 04-03 01-04 LOST 3 Rockies 2 9 .182 7 2-3 0-6 00-00 00-00 02-09 LOST 1 3) Today's schedule-- AL BlueJays (David Bush) at Redsox (Curt Schilling), 11 AM Tigers (Jason Johnson) at Orioles (Erik Bedard), 7:05 Devil Rays (Rob Bell) at Yankees (Jaret Wright), 7:05 Twins (Kyle Lohse) at Whitesox (Jose Contreras), 8:05 A's (Dan Haren) at Rangers (Chan Ho Park), 8:05 Indians (Cliff Lee) at Royals (Zack Greinke), 8:10 Mariners (Aaron Sele) at Angels (Paul Byrd), 10:05 NL Marlins (Dontrelle Willis), at Nationals (Tomo Ohka), 7:05 Mets (Kazuhisa Ishii) at Phillies (Randy Wolf), 7:05 Cardinals (Mark Mulder) at Pirates (David Williams), 7:05 Cubs (Kerry Wood) at Reds (Matt Belisle), 7:10 Dodgers (Odalis Perez) at Brewers (Chris Capuano), 7:35 Braves (Tim Hudson) at Astros (Roger Clemens), 8:05 Diamondbacks (Brandon Webb) at Rockies (Shawn Chacon), 8:35 Giants (Brett Tomko) at Padres (Jake Peavy), 10:05 4) Yesterday's HR-- Jeff Kent--#4 Jason Lane--#4 Joe Randa--#4 Vladimir Guerrero--#3 Miguel Tejada--#3 Hank Blalock--#3 Michael Tucker--#3 Wily Mo Pena--#3 Alex Rodriguez--#2 Ruben Sierra--#2 Melvin Mora--#2 Ron Belliard--#2 Edgar Renteria--#2 Michael Young--#2 Raul Ibanez--#2 Carl Everett--#2 Scott Rolen--#2 Brady Clark--#2 Milton Bradley--#2 Todd Helton--#1 Ichiro Suzuki--#1 Ivan Rodriguez--#1 Eli Marrero--#1 Garret Anderson--#1 Marco Scutaro--#1 J.D. Drew--#1 Victor Diaz--#1 5) HR leaders-- AL 1) Paul Konerko--6 2) Brian Roberts--5 T3) Vladimir Guerrero--3* T3) Dmitri Young--3 T3) Hideki Matsui--3 T3) Jorge Cantu--3 T3) Alfonso Soriano--3 T3) Eric Hinske--3 T3) Nick Swisher--3 T3) Jason Varitek--3 T3) Richie Sexson--3 T3) David Ortiz--3 T3) Torii Hunter--3 T3) Miguel Tejada--3* T3) Hank Blalock--3* NL 1) Jose Guillen--5 T2) Jeff Kent--4* T2) Troy Glaus--4 T2) Pat Burrell--4 T2) Reggie Sanders--4 T2) Clint Barmes--4 T2) Jason Lane--4* T2) Joe Randa--4* T9) Albert Pujols--3 T9) Jim Edmonds--3 T9) Xavier Nady--3 T9) Miguel Cabrera--3 T9) Chipper Jones--3 T9) Brian Giles--3 T9) David Ross--3 T9) Rafael Furcal--3 T9) Pedro Feliz--3 T9) Luis Gonzalez (Diamondbacks)--3 T9) Vinny Castilla--3 T9) Michael Tucker--3* T9) Wily Mo Pena--3* *--hit 1 yesterday 6) Alex Rodriguez passed Jim Rice and Frank Howard into 48th place on the all time HR list, with 383. 7) Jeff Kent passed Jim Edmonds and David Justice and tied Fred Lynn and Vinny Castilla for 98th place on the all time HR list, with 306. 8) On Saturday, Giants LF Pedro Feliz hit his 50th career HR. After -11 RCAA/.790 OPS in his first year with more than 100 games, Feliz is off to a .556 SLG, .380 OBA, .936 OPS, 3 RCAA start in his first 11 games. He has a .744 career OPS, compared to his league average of .775, and -31 RCAA in 419 games. 9) Redsox P Tim Wakefield passed Cy Young into 3rd place on the team's career SO list. After 4.09 ERA/15 RSAA and 4.87 ERA/1 RSAA seasons, Wakefield is off to a 1.37 ERA/7 RSAA start in his first 3 starts. He has a 4.27 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.59, and 101 RSAA in 427 games. The new top 10-- STRIKEOUTS 1 Roger Clemens 2590 2 Pedro Martinez 1683 3 Tim Wakefield 1343 4 Cy Young 1341 5 Luis Tiant 1075 6 Bruce Hurst 1043 7 Joe Wood 986 8 Bill Monbouquette 969 9 Frank Sullivan 821 10 Ray Culp 794 Wakefield is only 44th vs. the league average-- STRIKEOUTS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Roger Clemens 825 2590 1765 2 Pedro Martinez 714 1683 969 3 Joe Wood 335 986 651 4 Dick Radatz 268 627 359 5 Cy Young 266 1341 1075 6 Dutch Leonard 210 771 561 7 Mark Clear 185 403 218 8 Bruce Hurst 176 1043 867 9 Mickey McDermott 166 499 333 10 Lefty Grove 141 743 602 ... T42 Curt Schilling 42 208 166 44 Tim Wakefield 39 1343 1304 10) The Rangers placed P Ryan Bukvich on the 15 day DL and called up P Nick Regilio. Bukvich has a sore elbow. He has a 6.94 ERA/-9 RSAA in 48 career games, including a 11.25 ERA/-3 RSAA in his first 4 games. 11) The Reds placed P Ramon Ortiz on the 15 day DL, retroactive to April 9. Ortiz has a strained right groin. After 5.20 ERA/-20 RSAA and 4.43 ERA/2 RSAA seasons, he allowed 1 run in 5 IP in his only 2005 start. Ortiz has a 4.59 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.58, and -4 RSAA in 158 games. 12) Angels C Bengie Molina had to leave yesterday's game, due to a strained right quadriceps, and could be headed for the DL. After -6 RCAA/.746 OPS and -14 RCAA/.717 OPS seasons, Molina is off to a .581 SLG, .389 OBA, .970 OPS, 3 RCAA start in his first 11 games. He has a .694 career OPS, compared to his league average of .771, and -84 RCAA in 611 games. Molina ranks 5th on the Angels list for worst career RCAA-- RCAA 1 Gary DiSarcina -223 2 Bob Boone -129 3 Bob Rodgers -117 4 Dick Schofield -99 5 Bengie Molina -84 6 Sandy Alomar Sr. -78 7 Jorge Fabregas -68 8 Damion Easley -56 9 Dave Chalk -49 T10 Rob Wilfong -48 T10 Matt Walbeck -48 If you enjoy the ATM reports and want to support them, check out my other creation--the sabermetric baseball encyclopedia. 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