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Around the Majors: White Sox win

by Lee Sinins
October 23, 2005

1) Yesterday's score--

White Sox 5, Astros 3 (White Sox lead the series, 1-0)

2) Today's game--

Astros (Andy Pettitte, 2.39, 43 RSAA) at White Sox (Mark Buehrle, 3.12, 36 RSAA), 7:35

3) WHITE SOX 5, ASTROS 3
                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
                - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Astros          0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0   3   7  1
White Sox       1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 X   5  10  0

White Sox P Jose Contreras's line--7 IP, 6 H, 3 R/ER, 0 BB, 2 SO.

4) Yesterday's HR--

Mike Lamb
Jermaine Dye
Joe Crede

5) Astros P Roger Clemens had to leave yesterday's game, due to a strained left hamstring.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 40   10   3.91   33  33  211.2  190  8.08 11.14  17   9   0  14  12  Yankees      
2004 41   32   2.98   33  33  214.1  218  9.15 10.67  18   4   0  15   7  Astros       
2005 42   53   1.87   32  32  211.1  185  7.88  9.20  13   8   0  17   4  Astros       
CAREER   698   3.12  672 671 4704.1 4502  8.61 10.84 341 172   0 338 175 
LG AVG     0   4.38          4704.1 3134  6.00 12.94 263 264 

6) Today's birthdays--
RUBE BRESSLER, 1894-1966
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1924   29   20  .389  .483  .872  .651   6.84  .347   4   49    9  115  Reds         
1925   30   22  .424  .476  .900  .677   7.92  .348   4   61    9   97  Reds         
1926   31   27  .433  .478  .911  .738   8.03  .357   1   51    3   86  Reds         
CAR         72  .378  .413  .791  .555   5.76  .301  32  586   47 1305 
LG AVG       0  .351  .411  .762  .500   5.22  .292  53  500   71 
POS AVG     53  .359  .434  .792  .538   5.72  .300  66  552   64 

JIM BUNNING, 1931, AGE: 74
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1957 25   40   2.70   45  30  267    182  6.13 10.01  20   8   1  19   9  Tigers       
1966 34   43   2.41   43  41  314    252  7.22  9.57  19  14   1  22  11  Phillies     
1967 35   41   2.29   40  40  302    253  7.54  9.75  17  15   0  22  10  Phillies     
CAREER   205   3.27  591 519 3759.1 2855  6.83 11.00 224 184  16 228 180 
LG AVG     0   3.70          3759.1 2276  5.45 12.06 209 209 

JOHN LACKEY, 1978, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24  -10   4.63   33  33  204    151  6.66 13.19  10  16   0  12  14  Angels       
2004 25   -2   4.67   33  32  198.1  144  6.53 12.84  14  13   0  13  14  Angels       
2005 26   17   3.44   33  33  209    199  8.57 12.49  14   5   0  11   8  Angels       
CAREER    13   4.15  117 116  719.2  563  7.04 12.78  47  38   0  43  42 
LG AVG     0   4.50           719.2  499  6.24 12.87  40  40 

AL LEITER, 1965, AGE: 40
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 37    5   3.99   30  30  180.2  139  6.92 13.90  15   9   0  13  11  Mets         
2004 38   20   3.21   30  30  173.2  117  6.06 12.75  10   8   0  11   7  Mets         
2005 39  -30   6.13   33  26  142.1   97  6.13 16.69   7  12   0   7  12  Marlins/Yankees
CAREER   113   3.80  419 382 2391   1974  7.43 12.92 162 132   2 164 130 
LG AVG     0   4.37          2391   1744  6.56 12.94 134 134 

PEDRO LIRIANO, 1980, AGE: 25
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23    1   4.02   11   0   15.2   10  5.74 10.91   0   0   0   0   0  Brewers      
2005 24   -5  10.57    5   0    7.2    6  7.04 19.96   0   0   0   0   0  Phillies     
CAREER    -4   6.17   16   0   23.1   16  6.17 13.89   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.29            23.1   17  6.68 12.81   1   1 

KAZ MATSUI 1975, AGE: 30
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28   -4  .331  .396  .727  .472   4.89  .272   7   44   14  114  Mets         
2005   29   -9  .300  .352  .652  .384   3.84  .255   3   24    6   87  Mets         
CAR        -13  .320  .380  .700  .441   4.49  .265  10   68   20  201 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .774  .500   5.19  .269  24   95   12 
POS AVG    -14  .326  .397  .723  .438   4.53  .268  14   75   15 

DAVID RISKE, 1976, AGE: 29
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   16   2.29   68   0   74.2   82  9.88  9.04   2   2   8   3   1  Indians      
2004 27    7   3.72   72   0   77.1   78  9.08 13.03   7   3   5   6   4  Indians      
2005 28    8   3.10   58   0   72.2   48  5.94  9.17   3   4   1   4   3  Indians      
CAREER    30   3.55  287   0  317.1  318  9.02 11.77  17  12  16  18  11 
LG AVG     0   4.52           317.1  221  6.26 12.92  18  18 

VERN STEPHENS, 1920-68
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1943   22   30  .357  .482  .839  .682   6.29  .289  22   91    3  137  Browns       
1944   23   33  .365  .462  .826  .674   6.65  .293  20  109    2  145  Browns       
1949   28   39  .391  .539  .930  .654   7.79  .290  39  159    2  155  Red Sox      
CAR        157  .355  .460  .815  .572   5.93  .286 247 1174   25 1720 
LG AVG       0  .346  .382  .728  .500   4.78  .267 108  769   67 
POS AVG    -34  .347  .364  .711  .481   4.61  .265  85  704   70 





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