Around the Majors: World Series starts tonight
by Lee SininsOctober 22, 2005
1) Today's game--
White Sox (Jose Contreras, 3.61, 20 RSAA) at Astros (Roger Clemens, 1.87, 53 RSAA), 7:30
2) Red Sox P David Wells says he wants to be traded to a west coast team and the Red Sox say they will try to accommodate him.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 40 5 4.14 31 30 213 101 4.27 11.41 15 7 0 11 11 Yankees 2004 41 5 3.73 31 31 195.2 101 4.65 10.35 12 8 0 11 9 Padres 2005 42 -1 4.45 30 30 184 107 5.23 12.23 15 7 0 11 11 Red Sox CAREER 132 4.06 618 447 3206.1 2081 5.84 11.46 227 143 13 199 171 LG AVG 0 4.48 3206.1 2181 6.12 13.08 180 180
3) Larry Bowa denies the reports that he has already been hired as a Yankees coach.
4) The Dodgers will interview Orel Hershiser for their managerial job.
5) The Royals claimed P Bobby Madritsch off waivers from the Mariners.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 28 10 3.27 15 11 88 60 6.14 11.35 6 3 0 6 3 Mariners 2005 29 -1 6.23 1 1 4.1 1 2.08 10.38 0 1 0 0 1 Mariners CAREER 9 3.41 16 12 92.1 61 5.95 11.31 6 4 0 6 4 LG AVG 0 4.62 92.1 66 6.43 13.12 5 5
6) Today's birthdays--
MICHAEL BARRETT, 1976, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 -19 .280 .398 .678 .257 3.45 .208 10 30 0 70 Expos 2004 27 -2 .337 .489 .826 .488 5.42 .287 16 65 1 134 Cubs 2005 28 8 .345 .479 .824 .556 5.77 .276 16 61 0 133 Cubs CAR -85 .320 .420 .740 .398 4.42 .263 70 319 9 809 LG AVG 0 .343 .436 .778 .500 5.27 .270 90 368 49 POS AVG -63 .327 .407 .733 .422 4.47 .258 79 354 17 ROBINSON CANO, 1982, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 22 -5 .320 .458 .778 .471 4.70 .297 14 62 1 132 Yankees CAR -5 .320 .458 .778 .471 4.70 .297 14 62 1 132 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 16 67 8 POS AVG -4 .324 .412 .735 .477 4.63 .268 12 62 11 HECTOR CARRASCO, 1969, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 31 -1 4.64 56 0 73.2 70 8.55 13.07 4 3 1 3 4 Twins 2003 33 -3 4.93 40 0 38.1 27 6.34 14.56 2 6 1 4 4 Orioles 2005 35 19 2.04 64 5 88.1 75 7.64 10.49 5 4 2 7 2 Nationals CAREER 43 3.93 562 6 693.2 557 7.23 13.22 35 46 18 45 36 LG AVG 0 4.44 693.2 500 6.49 13.01 39 39 KID CARSEY, 1870-1960 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1891 20 -53 4.99 54 53 415 174 3.77 14.62 14 37 0 19 32 Senators 1896 25 -23 5.62 27 21 187.1 36 1.73 16.57 11 11 1 9 13 Phillies 1898 27 -33 6.33 20 13 123.2 10 0.73 16.30 2 12 0 4 10 Cardinals CAREER -176 4.95 294 256 2222 484 1.96 14.56 116 138 3 111 143 LG AVG 0 4.24 2222 666 2.70 13.74 125 125 FRANK DIPINO, 1956, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1988 31 -13 4.98 63 0 90.1 69 6.87 13.35 2 3 6 2 3 Cubs 1989 32 11 2.45 67 0 88.1 44 4.48 9.48 9 0 0 6 3 Cardinals CAREER -11 3.83 514 6 700 515 6.62 12.24 35 38 56 35 38 LG AVG 0 3.68 700 446 5.73 12.02 39 39 JIMMIE FOXX, 1907-67 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1929 21 75 .463 .625 1.088 .768 11.29 .354 33 117 9 149 A's 1930 22 72 .429 .637 1.066 .754 10.23 .335 37 156 7 153 A's 1932 24 118 .469 .749 1.218 .816 14.47 .364 58 169 3 154 A's 1933 25 117 .449 .703 1.153 .856 13.18 .356 48 163 2 149 A's 1934 26 91 .449 .653 1.102 .803 12.14 .334 44 130 11 150 A's 1935 27 87 .461 .636 1.096 .796 12.12 .346 36 115 6 147 A's 1936 28 69 .440 .631 1.071 .723 11.25 .338 41 143 13 155 Red Sox 1938 30 105 .462 .704 1.166 .810 13.45 .349 50 175 5 149 Red Sox 1939 31 78 .464 .694 1.158 .784 12.83 .360 35 105 4 124 Red Sox 1940 32 43 .412 .581 .993 .684 8.61 .297 36 119 4 144 Red Sox CAR 985 .428 .609 1.038 .743 10.25 .325 534 1921 87 2317 LG AVG 0 .358 .417 .775 .500 5.57 .286 131 1072 107 POS AVG 268 .378 .473 .851 .590 6.83 .298 235 1333 99 KEITH OSIK, 1968, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 -10 .342 .324 .665 .360 3.86 .249 2 21 0 80 Brewers 2004 35 -5 .080 .080 .160 .000 0.00 .080 0 0 0 11 Orioles 2005 36 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 6 Nationals CAR -64 .308 .321 .630 .310 3.47 .231 13 108 6 456 LG AVG 0 .343 .433 .776 .500 5.24 .270 38 159 23 POS AVG -24 .329 .408 .736 .430 4.54 .259 35 153 7 ICHIRO SUZUKI, 1973, AGE: 32 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 20 .350 .436 .786 .591 5.90 .303 15 68 33 162 Mariners CAR 174 .377 .442 .819 .652 6.69 .332 52 310 190 796 LG AVG 0 .334 .428 .762 .500 5.00 .268 98 412 52 POS AVG 21 .339 .444 .783 .521 5.26 .270 112 437 57 CECIL UPSHAW, 1942, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM CAREER 23 3.14 348 0 562.2 323 5.17 11.87 34 36 86 37 33 LG AVG 0 3.45 562.2 348 5.57 11.80 31 31 ELI WHITESIDE, 1979, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 25 -2 .250 .250 .500 .000 0.00 .250 0 1 0 9 Orioles CAR -2 .250 .250 .500 .000 0.00 .250 0 1 0 9 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 0 2 0 POS AVG 0 .316 .394 .710 .429 4.16 .258 0 2 0 WILBUR WOOD, 1941, AGE: 64 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1968 26 20 1.87 88 2 159 74 4.19 9.23 13 12 16 18 7 White Sox 1971 29 54 1.91 44 42 334 210 5.66 9.19 22 13 1 26 9 White Sox 1972 30 32 2.51 49 49 376 193 4.62 9.72 24 17 0 25 16 White Sox CAREER 123 3.24 651 297 2682 1411 4.73 11.31 164 156 57 185 135 LG AVG 0 3.55 2682 1573 5.28 11.99 149 149