Around the Majors: Braves clinch
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Devil Rays 4, BlueJays 2
Twins 8, Indians 2
Yankees 6, Redsox 4
Orioles 7, Tigers 5
Royals 8, Whitesox 6
Mariners 8, Rangers 7
A’s 6, Angels 3
NL
Expos 8, Phillies 1
Cubs 2, Mets 1 (10)
Braves 8, Marlins 7
Cardinals 5, Rockies 4
Reds 14, Pirates 8
Astros 1, Brewers 0 (10)
Dodgers 3, Giants 2
Padres 6, Diamondbacks 5
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK y--Yankees 97 57 .630 - 54-24 43-33 48-23 17-12 22-14 WON 2 Redsox 91 62 .595 5 1/2 53-26 38-36 41-26 19-13 22-14 LOST 2 e--Orioles 72 80 .474 24 32-39 40-41 33-35 19-15 15-17 WON 2 e--Devil Rays 65 87 .428 31 38-36 27-51 24-47 16-15 10-22 WON 1 e--BlueJays 64 89 .418 32 1/2 38-40 26-49 26-41 13-19 17-19 LOST 1 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Twins 89 65 .578 - 47-31 42-34 19-14 43-28 16-16 WON 1 e--Whitesox 77 76 .503 11 1/2 44-35 33-41 16-16 34-33 19-17 LOST 1 e--Indians 75 79 .487 14 43-36 32-43 17-15 31-37 17-19 LOST 1 e--Tigers 68 84 .447 20 35-40 33-44 10-15 34-39 15-21 LOST 3 e--Royals 57 96 .373 31 1/2 32-41 25-55 12-24 31-36 08-24 WON 1 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK A's 88 65 .575 - 49-25 39-40 23-20 27-16 28-21 WON 1 Angels 85 68 .556 3 43-36 42-32 25-18 28-15 25-24 LOST 3 Rangers 85 68 .556 3 49-26 36-42 25-18 23-20 27-22 LOST 1 e--Mariners 59 94 .386 29 37-42 22-52 13-30 19-24 18-31 WON 3 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Braves 90 64 .584 - 45-31 45-33 47-24 16-17 19-13 WON 1 d--Marlins 79 74 .516 10 1/2 42-38 37-36 39-28 15-21 18-14 LOST 5 d--Phillies 79 74 .516 10 1/2 37-37 42-37 34-36 16-17 20-12 LOST 1 e--Mets 67 87 .435 23 35-41 32-46 27-43 13-21 17-15 LOST 1 e--Expos 65 89 .422 25 35-40 30-49 26-42 17-19 15-17 WON 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Cardinals 101 52 .660 - 51-26 50-26 19-11 52-31 19-09 WON 3 d--Cubs 87 66 .569 14 43-32 44-34 15-10 49-37 15-15 WON 5 d--Astros 85 69 .552 16 1/2 42-33 43-36 16-14 51-34 11-16 WON 2 e--Reds 71 82 .464 30 39-39 32-43 18-12 33-48 15-15 WON 3 e--Pirates 68 85 .444 33 38-40 30-45 16-11 34-50 16-14 LOST 4 e--Brewers 63 89 .414 37 1/2 35-44 28-45 11-19 32-51 12-15 LOST 3 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 88 65 .575 - 45-29 43-36 14-18 22-14 42-25 WON 2 Giants 86 68 .558 2 1/2 46-34 40-34 19-13 20-16 36-32 LOST 2 Padres 83 71 .539 5 1/2 39-37 44-34 18-14 19-17 38-30 WON 1 e--Rockies 67 86 .438 21 38-41 29-45 11-21 10-21 38-34 LOST 1 e--Diamondbacks 47 107 .305 41 1/2 25-50 22-57 09-23 13-20 19-52 LOST 4
x–clinched the division title
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 91 62 .595 - Angels 85 68 .556 6 Rangers 85 68 .556 6 NL WON LOST PCT GB Cubs 87 66 .569 - Giants 86 68 .558 1 1/2 Astros 85 69 .552 2 1/2 Padres 83 71 .539 4 1/2 Marlins 79 74 .516 8 Phillies 79 74 .516 8
4) The Braves clinched the division title for the 10th consecutive year.
5) The Marlins will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if they lose to the Braves and the Cubs beat the Mets.
6) The Phillies will be mathematically eliminated from the postseason if they lose to the Expos and the Cubs beat the Mets.
7) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, 4
AL Central–Twins, clinched
AL West–A’s, 7
AL wild card–Redsox, 4
NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Dodgers, 7
NL wild card–Cubs, 8
8) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The Yankees have a 8 game lead over the Twins for the #1 seed. The Twins have a 1/2 game lead over the A’s for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals clinched the top seed. The Braves have a 1 1/2 game lead over the Dodgers for the #2 seed.
9) Today’s schedule–
AL
A’s (Mark Redman, 4.81) at Angels (Jarrod Washburn, 4.46), 4:10
Tigers (Jeremy Bonderman, 5.20) at Orioles (Matt Riley, 6.28), 4:35
BlueJays (David Bush, 3.81) at Devil Rays (Dewon Brazelton, 4.58), 6:15
Royals (Denny Bautista, 12.23) at Whitesox (Mark Buehrle, 4.12), 7:05
Twins (Brad Radke, 3.51) at Indians (Scott Elarton, 6.27), 7:05
Yankees (Javier Vazquez, 4.77) at Redsox (Tim Wakefield, 4.96), 7:05
Mariners (Ryan Franklin, 5.09) at Rangers (Chris Young, 4.50), 8:05
NL
Cubs (Mark Prior, 4.59) at Mets (Aaron Heilman, 4.86), 1:25
Astros (Peter Munro, 5.23) at Brewers (Wes Obermueller, 6.35), 1:25
Cardinals (Randy Flores, 2.25) at Rockies (Joe Kennedy, 3.46), 3:05
Dodgers (Jose Lima, 4.06) at Giants (Brad Hennessey, 4.40), 4:10
Phillies (Kevin Millwood, 4.86) at Expos (Scott Downs, 5.98), 7:05
Marlins (Carl Pavano, 3.11) at Braves (Mike Hampton, 4.58), 7:05
Reds (Paul Wilson, 4.67) at Pirates (David Williams, 3.64), 7:05
Diamondbacks (Stephen Randolph, 5.45) at Padres (Adam Eaton, 4.69), 10:05
10) Yesterday’s HR–
Albert Pujols–#45
Barry Bonds–#44
Manny Ramirez–#42
Aramis Ramirez–#35
Miguel Tejada–#31
Todd Helton–#31
Aubrey Huff–#29
Andruw Jones–#29
Carlos Lee–#28
Shawn Green–#28
Hideki Matsui–#27
Casey Blake–#27
Carlos Pena–#26
Jason Bay–#25
Jacque Jones–#24
Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)–#22 & #23
Juan Uribe-#21
Javier Lopez–#21
Eric Byrnes–#20
Johnny Damon–#18
Matt Stairs–#18
Rob Mackowiak–#17
Terrmel Sledge–#15
Jose Hernandez–#13
John Buck–#11 & #12
Carl Crawford–#11
Austin Kearns–#7
Felipe Lopez–#7
Yorvit Torrealba–#6
Trot Nixon–#5
Brian Jordan–#5
Charles Thomas–#5
Dallas McPherson–#2
Jorge Piedra–#2
11) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–42*
T2) Paul Konerko–40
T2) David Ortiz–40
4) Mark Teixeira–37
5) Gary Sheffield–36
6) Alex Rodriguez–35
7) Vladimir Guerrero–33
8) Hank Blalock–32
9) Miguel Tejada–31*
10) Carlos Delgado–30
NL
1) Adrian Beltre–47
2) Albert Pujols–45*
3) Barry Bonds–44*
T4) Jim Thome–42
T4) Adam Dunn–42
T4) 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
9) Aramis Ramirez–35*
10) Steve Finley–34
*–hit 1 yesterday
12) Barry Bonds watch–hit #702, is 12 behind Ruth, is 53 behind Aaron
OBA–.611, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.834, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.446, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–150, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–216, new major league record
BB above average–185, new major league record
career HR above average–has 460, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622
career RCAA–1494, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795
13) Manny Ramirez tied Johnny Bench for 44th place on the all time HR list, with 389.
14) Braves CF Andruw Jones hit his 250th career HR.
After 25 RCAA/.878 OPS and 13 RCAA/.851 OPS seasons, Jones is hitting .500 SLG, .353 OBA, .853 OPS, 2 RCAA in 149 games. He has a .838 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and 83 RCAA in 1286 games.
15) Rockies 1B Todd Helton hit his 250th career HR.
After 53 RCAA/1.006 OPS and 80 RCAA/1.088 OPS seasons, Helton is hitting .615 SLG, .466 OBA, 1.081 OPS, 71 RCAA in 145 games. He has a 1.047 career OPS, compared to his league average of .779, and 388 RCAA in 1126 games.
1) The Whitesox set the team record for HR in a season.
The new top 10–
HOMERUNS YEAR HR 1 Whitesox 2004 222 2 Whitesox 2003 220 3 Whitesox 2002 217 4 Whitesox 2000 216 5 Whitesox 2001 214 6 Whitesox 1998 198 7 Whitesox 1996 195 8 Whitesox 1977 192 9 Whitesox 1987 173 10 Whitesox 1984 172
They are 2nd vs. the league average–
HOMERUNS YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Whitesox 1977 49 192 143 2 Whitesox 2004 46 222 176 3 Whitesox 2003 43 220 177 4 Whitesox 2002 42 217 175 5 Whitesox 2001 37 214 177 6 Whitesox 1984 30 172 142 T7 Whitesox 2000 23 216 193 T7 Whitesox 1983 23 157 134 9 Whitesox 1974 20 135 115 10 Whitesox 1998 19 198 179
2) The Pirates extended manager Lloyd McClendon’s contract through 2005, with a team option for 2006.
3) Cubs SS Nomar Garciaparra played in his 1000th game.
After 30 RCAA/.880 OPS and 26 RCAA/.870 OPS seasons, Garciaparra is hitting .484 SLG, .359 OBA, .843 OPS, 5 RCAA in 72 games (first 38 with the Redsox). He has a .919 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and 248 RCAA in 1000 games.
4) Astros 2B Jeff Kent (2 games) and P Dan Wheeler (3 games) started serving suspensions.
Kent had been suspended for an argument with an umpire.
Wheeler had been suspended for hitting Cubs 1B Derek Lee.
5) The Brewers claimed minor league P Sam Narron off waivers from the Rangers.
6) Cardinals P Julian Tavarez’s suspension, for putting a foreign substance on the ball, was reduced from 10 to 8 games and he started serving it yesterday.
After 5.39 ERA/-24 RSAA and 3.66 ERA/5 RSAA seasons, Tavarez has a 2.45 ERA/12 RSAA in 75 games. He has a 4.39 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.42, and 6 RSAA in 566 games.
7) The Rockies released P Jeff Fassero.
After 5.35 ERA/-10 RSAA and 5.68 ERA/-13 RSAA seasons, Fassero has a 5.51 ERA/-4 RSAA in 40 games (12 starts). He has a 4.09 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.36, and 74 RSAA in 661 games.
8) Orioles P Jorge Julio started serving a 4 game suspension, for throwing at Twins INF Augie Ojeda on September 10.
After 1.99 ERA/18 RSAA and 4.38 ERA/-1 RSAA seasons, Julio has a 4.06 ERA/6 RSAA in 61 games. He has a 3.47 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.55, and 24 RSAA in 210 games.
9) The Mets activated 2B Jose Reyes and SS Kaz Matsui from the DL.
Reyes has -3 RCAA/.721 OPS in 114 career games, including a .378 SLG, .274 OBA, .652 OPS, -7 RCAA in 45 games in 2004.
Matsui has a .404 SLG, .336 OBA, .740 OPS, -1 RCAA in his first 107 career games.
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