Around the Majors: Bonds hits #700
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Devil Rays 11, BlueJays 4
Royals 6, Indians 4
Orioles 11, Twins 2
Tigers 11, Whitesox 10 (10)
Redsox 3, Yankees 2
Angels 9, Rangers 5
Mariners 6, A’s 3
NL
Cubs 12, Reds 4
Braves 8, Marlins 1
Astros 2, Brewers 1
Expos 12, Phillies 8
Cardinals 4, Diamondbacks 3
Giants 4, Padres 1
Dodgers 8, Rockies 6 (10)
Mets at Pirates–PPD
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Yankees 92 55 .626 - 50-22 42-33 43-21 17-12 22-14 LOST 1 Redsox 89 57 .610 2 1/2 51-23 38-34 39-21 19-13 22-14 WON 3 e--Orioles 68 77 .469 23 31-39 37-38 31-33 17-14 15-17 WON 2 e--Devil Rays 63 82 .434 28 36-34 27-48 23-44 15-13 10-22 WON 1 e--BlueJays 60 87 .408 32 36-40 24-47 22-39 13-19 17-19 LOST 2 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Twins 86 61 .585 - 46-30 40-31 18-13 41-25 16-16 LOST 1 Whitesox 72 74 .493 13 1/2 39-33 33-41 16-16 29-31 19-17 LOST 5 Indians 71 76 .483 15 41-34 30-42 17-15 27-34 17-19 LOST 2 e--Tigers 67 79 .459 18 1/2 34-38 33-41 10-14 33-35 15-21 WON 2 e--Royals 53 93 .363 32 1/2 32-41 21-52 10-23 29-34 08-24 WON 1 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK A's 85 62 .578 - 49-25 36-37 23-20 27-16 25-18 LOST 1 Angels 84 63 .571 1 42-31 42-32 25-18 28-15 24-19 WON 2 Rangers 80 67 .544 5 46-25 34-42 25-18 23-20 22-21 LOST 2 e--Mariners 56 91 .381 29 37-40 19-51 13-30 19-24 15-28 WON 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Braves 87 61 .588 - 43-29 44-32 45-23 15-15 19-13 WON 1 Marlins 77 68 .531 8 1/2 40-33 37-35 38-23 14-20 18-14 LOST 1 Phillies 75 72 .510 11 1/2 36-36 39-36 30-34 16-17 20-12 LOST 1 e--Mets 64 83 .435 22 1/2 35-40 29-43 25-42 12-18 17-15 WON 1 e--Expos 62 86 .419 25 33-38 29-48 23-39 17-19 15-17 WON 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK y--Cardinals 96 50 .658 - 50-25 46-25 19-11 49-30 17-08 WON 1 Cubs 81 64 .559 14 1/2 43-32 38-32 13-09 45-36 15-15 WON 5 d--Astros 81 67 .547 16 40-33 41-34 16-14 48-34 10-14 WON 2 e--Reds 67 80 .456 29 1/2 38-38 29-42 16-11 31-47 15-15 LOST 3 e--Pirates 66 80 .452 30 36-35 30-45 14-10 34-46 16-14 LOST 4 e--Brewers 62 83 .428 33 1/2 34-40 28-43 11-19 31-45 12-15 LOST 4 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 85 62 .578 - 45-29 40-33 14-18 22-14 39-22 WON 1 Giants 83 65 .561 2 1/2 43-31 40-34 19-13 18-15 35-30 WON 6 Padres 79 69 .534 6 1/2 36-36 43-33 18-14 19-17 34-28 LOST 1 e--Rockies 63 84 .429 22 34-39 29-45 11-21 10-20 34-33 LOST 4 e--Diamondbacks 46 102 .311 39 1/2 25-50 21-52 09-23 12-19 19-48 LOST 1
y–clinched a postseason berth
d–eliminated from winning the division title
e–eliminated from winning the division title and the postseason
3) Wild card standings–
AL WON LOST PCT GB Redsox 89 57 .610 - Angels 84 63 .571 5 1/2 Rangers 80 67 .544 9 1/2 NL WON LOST PCT GB Giants 83 65 .561 - Cubs 81 64 .559 1/2 Astros 81 67 .547 2 Padres 79 69 .534 4 Marlins 77 68 .531 4 1/2 Phillies 75 72 .510 7 1/2
4) The Cardinals clinched a postseason berth. They will clinch the division title if they beat the Diamondbacks and the Cubs lose to the Reds.
A Cardinals win plus Cubs lose would clinch a tie for the division title. But, if they are both tied with 97 wins, both teams would go to the postseason. In case of a tie for the division title, in which both teams go to the postseason, the winner of the season series gets the division title. The Cardinals won the season series, 11-8.
5) The Twins will clinch a tie for the division title if they beat the Orioles and the Whitesox lose to the Tigers.
6) The Astros were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title.
7) The Indians will be mathematically eliminated from winning the division title and from the postseason if they lose to the Royals or the Twins beat the Orioles.
8) On Thursday, the Devil Rays clinched a losing record
9) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, 14
AL Central–Twins, 3
AL West–A’s, 14
AL wild card–Redsox, 11
NL East–Braves, 9
NL Central–Cardinals, 2
NL West–Dodgers, 13
NL wild card–Giants, 16
10) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The Yankees have a 6 game lead over the Twins for the #1 seed. The Twins lead the A’s by 1 game for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals have a 10 game lead over the Braves for the #1 seed. The Braves lead the Dodgers by 1 1/2 game for the #2 seed.
11) Today’s schedule–
AL
Royals (Denny Bautista, 11.85) at Indians (Kyle Denney, 21.60), 1:05
Devil Rays (Scott Kazmir, 4.09) at BlueJays (Justin Miller, 5.57), 1:05
Redsox (Pedro Martinez, 3.43) at Yankees (Mike Mussina, 4.76), 1:05
Orioles (Bruce Chen, 1.73) at Twins (Johan Santana, 2.76), 2:20
Tigers (Jeremy Bonderman, 5.17) at Whitesox (Freddy Garcia, 3.97), 3:05
A’s (Mark Redman, 4.94) at Mariners (Bobby Madritsch, 3.03), 4:05
Rangers (Chris Young, 5.85) at Angels (Jarrod Washburn, 4.73), 4:05
NL
Braves (Russ Ortiz, 4.04) at Marlins (Ismael Valdez, 5.14), 1:05
Cubs (Matt Clement, 3.48) at Reds (Paul Wilson, 4.75), 1:15
Expos (Scott Downs, 5.52) at Phillies (Kevin Millwood, 4.86), 1:35
Mets (Kris Benson, 4.29) at Pirates (David Williams, 4.56), 1:35
Diamondbacks (Mike Gosling, 4.15) at Cardinals (Jeff Suppan, 3.99), 2:15
Dodgers (Jose Lima, 4.06) at Rockies (Jason Jennings, 5.77), 3:05
Padres (Justin Germano, 8.02) at Giants (Kirk Rueter, 5.02), 4:05
Brewers (Doug Davis, 3.60) at Astros (Roger Clemens, 3.12), 8:05
12) Yesterday’s HR–
Barry Bonds–#42
Paul Konerko–#37 & #38
Mark Teixeira–#37
Vinny Castilla–#33
Vladimir Guerrero–#31 & #32
Hank Blalock–#31
J.D. Drew–#31
Derrek Lee–#31
Carlos Delgado–#30
Chipper Jones–#29
Bobby Abreu–#29
Jose Guillen–#27
Aubrey Huff–#26
Shawn Green–#26
Geoff Jenkins–#24
Sean Casey–#24
Carlos Pena–#22
Rafael Palmeiro–#20
Craig Monroe–#17
Johnny Damon–#17
Milton Bradley–#17
David Bell–#17
Omar Infante–#14 & #15
Troy Glaus–#15
Dmitri Young–#14
Larry Bigbie–#14
Mike Lamb–#14
Michael Cuddyer–#11
John Mabry–#11
Bobby Higginson–#10
Juan Rivera–#9
John Olerud–#8
Ben Grieve–#8
Abraham Nunez–#6
Mike Matheny–#5
B.J. Upton–#4
Sandy Alomar Jr.–#2
Willie Harris–#2
Mark McLemore–#2
Eric Crozier–#1
Carlos Zambrano–#1
13) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–41
2) Paul Konerko–38**
T3) David Ortiz–37
T3) Mark Teixeira–37*
5) Gary Sheffield–34
6) Alex Rodriguez–33
7) Vladimir Guerrero–32**
8) Hank Blalock–31*
9) Carlos Delgado–30*
T10) Eric Chavez–28
T10) Alfonso Soriano–28
T10) Travis Hafner–28
NL
1) Adrian Beltre–45
2) Albert Pujols–44
T3) Barry Bonds–42*
T3) Adam Dunn–42
T3) Jim Edmonds–42
6) Jim Thome–41
-) Carlos Beltran–38 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL)
T7) Moises Alou–35
T7) Jeromy Burnitz–35
9) Steve Finley–34
T10) Scott Rolen–33
T10) Aramis Ramirez–33
T10) Vinny Castilla–33*
**–hit 2 yesterday
*–hit 1 yesterday
14) Barry Bonds watch–hit #700, is 14 behind Ruth, is 55 behind Aaron
OBA–.611, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.825, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.436, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–142, is 7th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–207, new major league record
BB above average–177, new major league record
career HR above average–has 458, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622
career RCAA–1486, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795
The new top 10–
HOMERUNS 1 Hank Aaron 755 2 Babe Ruth 714 3 Barry Bonds 700 4 Willie Mays 660 5 Frank Robinson 586 6 Mark McGwire 583 7 Harmon Killebrew 573 8 Sammy Sosa 571 9 Reggie Jackson 563 T10 Rafael Palmeiro 548 T10 Mike Schmidt 548
Bonds’s 700th HR moved him into 2nd in HR vs. the league average–
HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Babe Ruth 622 714 92 2 Barry Bonds 458 700 242 3 Hank Aaron 457 755 298 4 Mark McGwire 405 583 178 5 Jimmie Foxx 403 534 131 6 Willie Mays 389 660 271 7 Lou Gehrig 377 493 116 8 Ted Williams 376 521 145 9 Mel Ott 373 511 138 10 Mike Schmidt 367 548 181
Bonds recently broke his own single season record for times reached base vs. the league average–
REACHED BASE YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Barry Bonds 2004 232 343 111 2 Barry Bonds 2002 228 356 128 3 Babe Ruth 1923 200 379 179 4 Ted Williams 1941 188 335 147 5 Barry Bonds 2001 180 342 162 6 Mickey Mantle 1957 170 319 149 T7 Ted Williams 1947 169 345 176 T7 Babe Ruth 1920 169 325 156 9 Ted Williams 1946 166 334 168 10 Ted Williams 1942 165 335 170
15) Rafael Palmeiro tied Mike Schmidt for 10th place on the all time HR list, with 548.
1) Rangers P Frank Francisco was suspended for the remainder of the season.
Since our horse and buggy world’s gravel roads and paths through wooded forests make travel and communication so difficult, it’s hard to imagine his appeal being heard before the end of the season. So, it’s a 16 game suspension, the bulk, if not all, of it will be applied to 2005.
Meanwhile, Rangers Ps Doug Brocail (7 games) and Carlos Almanzar (5 games) and hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo (5 games) were also suspended.
All of the players are appealing.
2) Expos P Tony Armas was scratched from yesterday’s start, due to tendinitis in his shoulder.
After being limited to 5 starts in 2003, Armas has a 4.88 ERA/-6 RSAA in 16 starts. He has a 4.21 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.33, and 17 RSAA in 102 games.
3) The Royals called up 2B Donnie Murphy.
4) Indians P C.C. Sabathia will miss at least 1 start, and possibly the rest of the season, due to a strained left hamstring.
After 4.37 ERA/4 RSAA and 3.60 ERA/13 RSAA seasons, Sabathia has a 4.12 ERA/8 RSAA in 30 starts. He has a 4.12 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.53, and 28 RSAA in 126 games.
5) Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki set the modern major league record for singles in a season.
The new top 10–
SINGLES YEAR 1B 1 Ichiro Suzuki 2004 199 2 Lloyd Waner 1927 198 3 Ichiro Suzuki 2001 192 4 Wade Boggs 1985 187 5 Willie Wilson 1980 184 6 Matty Alou 1969 183 7 Sam Rice 1925 182 T8 Lefty O'Doul 1929 181 T8 Pete Rose 1973 181 T8 Jesse Burkett 1901 181 T8 Richie Ashburn 1951 181 T8 Lloyd Waner 1929 181
Including the 19th century, Willie Keeler holds the record, with 206 in 1898.
Suzuki still hasn’t even made it into the top 800 on the single season RCAA list and isn’t even in the top 3000 in OPS vs. the league average.
6) Astros P Roy Oswalt had to leave yesterday’s game, after aggravating a rib injury, and is day to day. The injury has been bothering for a few weeks, but he hasn’t had to miss any starts.
After 3.01 ERA/33 RSAA and 2.97 ERA/21 RSAA seasons, Oswalt has a 3.48 ERA/23 RSAA in his first 32 starts (33 games). He has a 3.09 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.27, and 106 RSAA in 117 games.
7) Phillies P Billy Wagner was suspended for 2 games for an ejection last weekend.
Wagner is not appealing and started serving the suspension yesterday. After 2.52 ERA/15 RSAA and 1.78 ERA/26 RSAA seasons, he has a 2.75 ERA/7 RSAA in his first 36 games. Wagner has a 2.55 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.31, and 106 RSAA in 500 games.
8) Padres 3B Sean Burroughs had season ending surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee.
9) Indians RF Jody Gerut had to leave yesterday’s game, due to a right knee injury.
After starting his career with 12 RCAA/.830 OPS in 127 games in 2003, Gerut is hitting .405 SLG, .334 OBA, .739 OPS, -5 RCAA in his first 134 games.
10) The Expos called up INF Josh Labandeira.
11) On Thursday, the Cubs set their team record for HR in a season.
The new top 10–
HOMERUNS YEAR HR 1 Cubs 2004 216 2 Cubs 1998 212 3 Cubs 1987 209 4 Cubs 2002 200 5 Cubs 2001 194 6 Cubs 1999 189 7 Cubs 2000 183 8 Cubs 1958 182 9 Cubs 1970 179 10 Cubs 1961 176
12) Twins LF Shannon Stewart had to leave yesterday’s game, after a nasty fall while chasing a foul ball into the team’s bullpen.
After 19 RCAA/.813 OPS and 14 RCAA/.823 OPS seasons, Stewart is hitting .455 SLG, .378 OBA, .833 OPS, 11 RCAA in his first 86 games. He has a .818 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 105 RCAA in 1006 games.
13) Angels CF Garret Anderson was out of yesterday’s lineup, due to a sore knee, and if he plays this weekend, it will probably be as the DH.
After 28 RCAA/.871 OPS and 33 RCAA/.885 OPS seasons, Anderson is hitting .463 SLG, .355 OBA, .819 OPS, 13 RCAA in his first 99 games. He has a .808 career OPS, compared to his league average of .775, and 35 RCAA in 1464 games.
14) The Giants activated P Jerome Williams from the DL.
After starting his career with a 3.30 ERA/14 RSAA in 21 starts in 2003, Williams has a 4.41 ERA/1 RSAA in his first 21 starts.
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