Around the Majors: White Sox win
by Lee SininsOctober 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