Around the Majors: Angels take over first
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Devil Rays 4, Tigers 1
BlueJays 7, Yankees 0
Twins 4, Indians 3
Whitesox 4, Royals 2
Redsox 8, Orioles 3
Mariners 8, Rangers 3
Angels 10, A’s 0
NL
Braves 5, Cubs 4
Reds 5, Pirates 1
Phillies 6, Marlins 2
Expos 4, Mets 2
Cardinals 4, Brewers 1
Padres 3, Diamondbacks 2
Giants 4, Dodgers 2
Astros 4, Rockies 2
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Yankees 100 60 .625 - 57-24 43-36 48-26 20-12 22-14 LOST 1 y--Redsox 96 63 .604 3 1/2 55-26 41-37 46-27 19-13 22-14 WON 1 e--Orioles 77 82 .484 22 1/2 37-41 40-41 36-37 21-15 15-17 LOST 1 e--Devil Rays 69 90 .434 30 1/2 41-39 28-51 26-49 18-16 10-22 WON 1 e--BlueJays 66 93 .415 33 1/2 39-40 27-53 28-45 13-19 17-19 WON 1 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Twins 91 69 .569 - 48-31 43-38 19-17 45-29 16-16 WON 1 e--Whitesox 82 78 .513 9 46-35 36-43 16-16 39-35 19-17 WON 3 e--Indians 79 81 .494 12 44-37 35-44 17-15 35-39 17-19 LOST 1 e--Tigers 71 89 .444 20 37-42 34-47 11-19 36-40 15-21 LOST 1 e--Royals 57 103 .356 34 32-46 25-57 12-24 31-43 08-24 LOST 7 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Angels 91 69 .569 - 45-36 46-33 25-18 28-15 31-25 WON 1 A's 90 70 .563 1 51-28 39-42 23-20 27-16 30-26 LOST 1 e--Rangers 87 73 .544 4 51-30 36-43 25-18 23-20 29-27 LOST 1 e--Mariners 63 97 .394 28 38-42 25-55 13-30 19-24 22-34 WON 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Braves 95 65 .594 - 49-32 46-33 51-25 17-17 19-13 WON 2 e--Phillies 85 75 .531 10 41-38 44-37 38-36 18-18 20-12 WON 4 e--Marlins 82 78 .513 13 42-38 40-40 42-32 15-21 18-14 LOST 2 e--Mets 70 90 .438 25 37-42 33-48 28-46 15-21 17-15 LOST 2 e--Expos 66 94 .413 29 35-45 31-49 27-47 17-19 15-17 WON 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Cardinals 104 56 .650 - 52-27 52-29 19-11 53-35 21-09 WON 1 d--Astros 90 70 .563 14 46-33 44-37 16-14 55-35 12-16 WON 5 d--Cubs 88 72 .550 16 44-36 44-36 15-13 50-40 15-15 LOST 4 e--Reds 76 84 .475 28 40-39 36-45 18-12 38-50 15-15 WON 4 e--Pirates 70 89 .440 33 1/2 39-41 31-48 17-13 35-52 16-14 LOST 3 e--Brewers 66 93 .415 37 1/2 36-45 30-48 11-19 34-53 13-17 LOST 1 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK z--Dodgers 92 68 .575 - 48-31 44-37 14-18 22-14 46-28 LOST 1 Giants 90 70 .563 2 47-35 43-35 19-13 20-16 40-34 WON 2 e--Padres 87 73 .544 5 42-39 45-34 18-14 19-17 42-32 WON 1 e--Rockies 68 92 .425 24 38-43 30-49 11-21 10-24 39-37 LOST 2 e--Diamondbacks 49 111 .306 43 27-52 22-59 09-23 15-21 19-55 LOST 2
x–clinched the division title
y–wild card
z–clinched a tie for the division title
d–eliminated from winning the division title
e–eliminated from winning the division title and the postseason
3) Wild card standings–
NL WON LOST PCT GB Astros 90 70 .563 - Giants 90 70 .563 - Cubs 88 72 .550 2
4) The Angels passed the A’s into 1st place in the AL West. The Angels will clinch the division title if they beat the A’s.
5) The Dodgers will clinch the division title if they beat the Giants. They will clinch a spot in the playoffs if the Astros lose to the Rockies.
6) The Padres were mathematically eliminated from the postseason.
7) The Cubs will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if they lose to the Braves or the Astros beat the Rockies or the Giants beat the Dodgers.
8) The Orioles clinched a losing record for the 7th consecutive year.
9) The Whitesox clinched a winning record for the 2nd consecutive year.
10) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, clinched
AL Central–Twins, clinched
AL West–Angels, 2
AL wild card–Redsox, clinched
NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Dodgers, 1
NL wild card–Astros/Giants, 3
11) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The Yankees clinched the top seed. The Twins are tied with the Angels for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals clinched the top seed. The Braves will be the #2 seed.
12) Today’s schedule–
AL
Indians (Jake Westbrook, 3.28) at Twins (Carlos Silva, 4.16), 12:10
Redsox (Bronson Arroyo, 4.10, and Pedro Astacio, 11.57) at Orioles (Daniel Cabrera, 4.67, and Sidney Ponson, 5.28), DH, 1:25 and 7:05
Yankees (Kevin Brown, 4.25) at BlueJays (Roy Halladay, 4.39), 4:05
Angels (Kelvim Escobar, 3.86) at A’s (Barry Zito, 4.54), 4:10
Devil Rays (Scott Kazmir, 5.60) at Tigers (Gary Knotts, 5.50), 7:05
Whitesox (Jason Grilli, 6.75) at Royals (Brian Anderson, 5.85), 7:10
Rangers (Kenny Rogers, 4.75) at Mariners (Jamie Moyer, 5.07), 8:35
NL
Pirates (Josh Fogg, 4.75) at Reds (Todd Van Poppel, 6.12), 1:15
Braves (John Thomson, 3.73) at Cubs (Carlos Zambrano, 2.60), 1:25
Giants (Brett Tomko, 4.19) at Dodgers (Elmer Dessens, 4.46), 4:10
Brewers (Ben Sheets, 2.80) at Cardinals (Jason Marquis, 3.66), 4:15
Marlins (Josh Beckett, 3.87) at Phillies (Eric Milton, 4.73), 7:05
Rockies (Shawn Estes, 5.73) at Astros (Roy Oswalt, 3.56), 7:05
Expos (Livan Hernandez, 3.63) at Mets (Al Leiter, 3.19), 7:10
Padres (Brian Lawrence, 4.12) at Diamondbacks (Randy Johnson, 2.65), 10:05
13) Yesterday’s HR–
Adam Dunn–#46
David Ortiz–#41
Mark Teixeira–#38
Steve Finley–#35
Craig Wilson–#29
Jeff Bagwell–#27
Corey Koskie–#25
Vernon Wells–#23
Johnny Damon–#20
Keith Ginter–#19
Placido Polanco–#17
Rocco Baldelli–#16
Shea Hillenbrand–#15
Jimmy Rollins–#13
Ronnie Belliard–#12
J.T. Snow–#12
Olmedo Saenz–#8
Barry Larkin–#8
Miguel Ojeda–#7
DeWayne Wise–#5
Juan Castro–#5
Xavier Nady–#3
Alfredo Amezaga–#2
Mike Hampton–#2
Andres Galarraga–#1
14) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–43
T2) Paul Konerko–41
T2) David Ortiz–41*
T4) Vladimir Guerrero–38
T4) Mark Teixeira–38*
T6) Gary Sheffield–36
T6) Alex Rodriguez–36
8) Miguel Tejada–33
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
-) Carlos Beltran–38 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL)
T7) Moises Alou–37
T7) Jeromy Burnitz–37
T9) Aramis Ramirez–35
T9) Steve Finley–35*
*–hit 1 yesterday
15) Barry Bonds watch–
OBA–.609, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.817, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.426, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–152, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–228, new major league record
BB above average–196, new major league record
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–372, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the major league record with 379, 1923
times reached base vs. average–251, new major league record
16) Andres Galarraga passed Dale Murphy and tied Al Kaline for 39th place on the all time HR list, with 399.
17) Indians 2B Ronnie Belliard hit his 50th career HR.
After -25 RCAA/.544 OPS and -6 RCAA/.760 OPS seasons, Belliard has a .427 SLG, .349 OBA, .776 OPS, 1 RCAA in 151 games. He has a .749 career OPS, compared to his league average of .782, and -37 RCAA in 756 games.
18) Phillies 2B Placido Polanco hit his 50th career HR.
After -3 RCAA/.733 OPS and 8 RCAA/.799 OPS seasons, Polanco is hitting .438 SLG, .343 OBA,. 780 OPS, -1 RCAA in 125 games. He has a .747 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and -32 RCAA in 789 games.
Correction from yesterday–The 1942-44 Cardinals should have been on the list of teams with 3 consecutive 100 win seasons.
1) Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season.
After 30 RCAA/.813 OPS and 22 RCAA/.788 OPS seasons, Suzuki is hitting .456 SLG, .415 OBA, .872 OPS, 55 RCAA in 159 games. He has a .828 career OPS, compared to his league average of .764, and 153 RCAA in 632 games.
The new top 10–
HITS YEAR H 1 Ichiro Suzuki 2004 259 2 George Sisler 1920 257 T3 Bill Terry 1930 254 T3 Lefty O'Doul 1929 254 5 Al Simmons 1925 253 T6 Chuck Klein 1930 250 T6 Rogers Hornsby 1922 250 8 Ty Cobb 1911 248 9 George Sisler 1922 246 10 Ichiro Suzuki 2001 242
He ranks 9th vs. the league average (since 1900, he’s 12th including the 19th century)–
HITS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Ty Cobb 1911 116 248 132 2 Nap Lajoie 1901 111 232 121 3 Joe Jackson 1911 105 233 128 4 Nap Lajoie 1910 104 227 123 T5 Rod Carew 1977 103 239 136 T5 George Sisler 1920 103 257 154 7 Ty Cobb 1917 102 225 123 8 George Sisler 1922 101 246 145 9 Ichiro Suzuki 2004 99 259 160 10 Rogers Hornsby 1924 98 227 129
Suzuki’s OPS vs. the league average still hasn’t cracked the top 3000. His RCAA is out of the top 600. He’s only tied for 71st in times reaching base, but compared to the league average, he can’t even make it into the top 300. His OBA vs. the league average is just barely in the top 700.
2) The Tigers claimed OF Alexis Gomez off waivers from the Royals.
Gomez, who was on the Royals active roster, but won’t report to the Tigers before the season ends, has -3 RCAA/.575 OPS in 18 career games, including a .310 SLG, .323 OBA, .633 OPS, -1 RCAA in 13 games in 2004.
3) Orioles C Javier Lopez was out of yesterday’s lineup, due to a sore left ankle.
After -18 RCAA/.670 OPS and 55 RCAA/1.065 OPS seasons, Lopez is hitting .490 SLG, .367 OBA, .857 OPS, 17 RCAA in 147 games. He has a .841 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 66 RCAA in 1303 games.
4) Twins RF Jacque Jones was out of yesterday’s lineup, after his father died.
After 20 RCAA/.797 OPS and 8 RCAA/.797 OPS seasons, Jones is hitting .427 SLG, .314 OBA, .741 OPS, -16 RCAA in 150 games. He has a .786 career OPS, compared to his league average of .772, and -17 RCAA in 833 games.
5) According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Phillies will fire manager Larry Bowa after the season.
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