Around the Majors: Astros win the NLCS
1) Yesterday’s score–
Astros 5, Cardinals 1 (Astros win the series, 4-2)
2) ASTROS 5, CARDINALS 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Astros 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 5 11 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
* Astros C Brad Ausmus had 3 hits.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 -32 .303 .291 .594 .260 3.02 .229 4 47 5 143 Astros 2004 35 -26 .306 .325 .631 .277 3.13 .248 5 31 2 129 Astros 2005 36 -14 .351 .331 .682 .378 3.77 .258 3 47 5 134 Astros CAR -207 .328 .353 .680 .361 3.82 .255 71 508 92 1577 LG AVG 0 .342 .431 .774 .500 5.20 .271 169 714 101 POS AVG -127 .324 .402 .726 .417 4.38 .257 151 677 30
* Astros P Roy Oswalt’s line–7 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 21 2.97 21 21 127.1 108 7.63 10.60 10 5 0 10 5 Astros 2004 26 22 3.49 36 35 237 206 7.82 11.62 20 10 0 18 12 Astros 2005 27 32 2.94 35 35 241.2 184 6.85 11.14 20 12 0 21 11 Astros CAREER 137 3.07 155 145 980.2 850 7.80 10.95 83 39 0 79 43 LG AVG 0 4.25 980.2 733 6.73 12.75 55 55
3) Yesterday’s HR–
Jason Lane
4) Cardinals RF Larry Walker retired.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1997 30 101 .452 .720 1.172 .803 13.05 .366 49 130 33 153 Rockies 1998 31 54 .445 .630 1.075 .725 11.38 .363 23 67 14 130 Rockies 1999 32 63 .458 .710 1.168 .739 13.13 .379 37 115 11 127 Rockies 2001 34 70 .449 .662 1.111 .751 11.97 .350 38 123 14 142 Rockies 2002 35 46 .421 .602 1.023 .706 9.89 .338 26 104 6 136 Rockies CAR 536 .400 .565 .965 .670 8.59 .313 383 1311 230 1988 LG AVG 0 .338 .419 .758 .500 5.00 .268 189 838 142 POS AVG 110 .347 .454 .800 .545 5.58 .275 244 977 162
5) The Marlins hired Joe Girardi as manager and gave him a 3 year contract.
6) According to AP, Leo Mazzone has accepted a 3 year contract to become pitching coach for the Orioles.
7) The Brewers hired Dale Sveum as 3B coach.
8) Today’s birthdays–
BRUCE CAMPBELL, 1909-95 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1935 25 18 .390 .497 .887 .655 7.64 .325 7 54 2 80 Indians 1936 26 17 .440 .587 1.028 .705 10.87 .372 6 30 2 76 Indians 1937 27 15 .392 .471 .863 .589 6.94 .301 4 61 4 134 Indians CAR 64 .367 .455 .822 .538 6.25 .290 106 766 53 1360 LG AVG 0 .358 .416 .774 .500 5.58 .284 85 656 62 POS AVG 49 .365 .433 .798 .530 5.96 .291 90 683 72 DAVE COLLINS, 1952, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1980 27 16 .366 .370 .736 .586 5.58 .303 3 35 79 144 Reds 1984 31 27 .366 .444 .811 .673 6.75 .308 2 44 60 128 Blue Jays CAR 6 .338 .351 .689 .498 4.44 .272 32 373 395 1701 LG AVG 0 .328 .393 .721 .500 4.45 .263 115 585 110 POS AVG 52 .336 .411 .748 .530 4.82 .271 129 618 155 CHOO FREEMAN, 1979, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 24 -12 .298 .300 .598 .142 2.36 .189 1 11 1 45 Rockies 2005 25 -1 .273 .409 .682 .270 3.38 .273 0 0 0 18 Rockies CAR -13 .294 .321 .615 .161 2.53 .205 1 11 1 63 LG AVG 0 .341 .435 .776 .500 5.23 .269 4 16 2 POS AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .489 5.10 .266 4 15 4 JUAN GONZALEZ, 1969, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 7 .329 .572 .901 .560 6.33 .294 24 70 1 82 Rangers 2004 34 -1 .326 .441 .767 .481 4.73 .276 5 17 0 33 Royals 2005 35 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Indians CAR 277 .343 .561 .904 .611 6.65 .295 434 1404 26 1689 LG AVG 0 .339 .423 .762 .500 5.03 .269 191 850 121 POS AVG 74 .347 .445 .792 .530 5.45 .274 225 932 144 KEITH HERNANDEZ, 1953, AGE: 52 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1979 25 57 .417 .513 .930 .729 8.57 .344 11 105 11 161 Cardinals 1980 26 47 .408 .494 .902 .707 7.58 .321 16 99 14 159 Cardinals 1984 30 41 .409 .449 .859 .705 7.16 .311 15 94 2 154 Mets 1986 32 42 .413 .446 .859 .715 7.06 .310 13 83 2 149 Mets CAR 363 .384 .436 .821 .644 6.22 .296 162 1071 98 2088 LG AVG 0 .331 .391 .721 .500 4.50 .264 155 819 187 POS AVG 104 .344 .419 .762 .542 5.02 .271 209 1012 89 MICKEY MANTLE, 1931-95 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1952 20 59 .394 .530 .924 .771 8.53 .311 23 87 4 142 Yankees 1953 21 46 .398 .497 .895 .756 8.16 .295 21 92 8 127 Yankees 1954 22 59 .408 .525 .933 .765 8.49 .300 27 102 5 146 Yankees 1955 23 83 .431 .611 1.042 .820 10.68 .306 37 99 8 147 Yankees 1956 24 122 .464 .705 1.169 .874 14.15 .353 52 130 10 150 Yankees 1957 25 129 .512 .665 1.177 .915 15.32 .365 34 94 16 144 Yankees 1958 26 80 .443 .592 1.035 .810 10.33 .304 42 97 18 150 Yankees 1959 27 54 .390 .514 .904 .756 7.83 .285 31 75 21 144 Yankees 1960 28 59 .399 .558 .957 .764 8.28 .275 40 94 14 153 Yankees 1961 29 111 .448 .687 1.135 .868 12.90 .317 54 128 12 153 Yankees 1962 30 81 .486 .605 1.091 .873 12.78 .321 30 89 9 123 Yankees 1964 32 63 .423 .591 1.015 .796 9.48 .303 35 111 6 143 Yankees CAR 1099 .421 .557 .977 .801 9.35 .298 536 1509 153 2401 LG AVG 0 .333 .392 .725 .500 4.56 .259 190 905 80 POS AVG 87 .342 .410 .751 .533 4.97 .263 220 936 122 JUAN MARICHAL, 1937, AGE: 68 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1965 27 57 2.14 39 37 295 240 7.32 8.36 22 13 1 26 9 Giants 1966 28 42 2.23 37 36 307 222 6.51 7.89 25 6 0 21 10 Giants 1969 31 51 2.10 37 36 300 205 6.15 9.12 21 11 0 23 9 Giants CAREER 252 2.89 471 457 3506 2303 5.91 10.02 243 142 2 228 157 LG AVG 0 3.56 3506 2230 5.73 11.85 195 195 RUDY SEANEZ, 1968, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 34 -1 6.23 9 0 8.2 9 9.35 17.65 0 1 0 0 1 Red Sox 2004 35 4 3.33 39 0 46 46 9.00 11.35 3 2 0 4 1 Royals/Marlins 2005 36 7 2.69 57 0 60.1 84 12.53 10.89 7 1 0 5 3 Padres CAREER 2 4.12 380 0 393.2 417 9.53 12.60 27 20 11 25 22 LG AVG 0 4.33 393.2 285 6.52 12.86 22 22