Around the Majors: Edmonds hits #300
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Twins 4, Royals 3
Orioles 7, Yankees 0
Rangers 8, Redsox 6
A’s 9, BlueJays 5
Whitesox 8, Mariners 7
Angels 6, Indians 1
Tigers at Devil Rays–PPD
NL
Giants 9, Diamondbacks 7
Phillies 7, Mets 0
Cardinals 5, Dodgers 1
Braves 9, Expos 0
Astros 6, Pirates 5
Brewers 7, Reds 3
Rockies 8, Padres 2
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Yankees 83 52 .615 - 45-21 38-31 36-19 15-11 22-14 LOST 2 Redsox 80 54 .597 2 1/2 48-22 32-32 36-20 19-13 16-12 LOST 1 Orioles 63 71 .470 19 1/2 29-35 34-36 28-29 15-12 15-17 WON 6 Devil Rays 59 75 .440 23 1/2 36-34 23-41 21-38 13-12 10-22 LOST 7 d--BlueJays 56 80 .412 27 1/2 34-37 22-43 21-36 13-19 14-15 LOST 2 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Twins 77 58 .570 - 43-28 34-30 16-11 34-24 16-16 WON 5 Whitesox 67 67 .500 9 1/2 38-32 29-35 16-16 29-27 14-14 WON 2 Indians 67 70 .489 11 40-30 27-40 17-15 26-31 14-16 LOST 4 Tigers 62 72 .463 14 1/2 32-32 30-40 10-14 28-28 15-21 WON 1 e--Royals 47 87 .351 29 1/2 30-37 17-50 08-19 25-32 08-24 LOST 2 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK A's 81 54 .600 - 45-19 36-35 23-16 25-15 23-15 WON 3 Angels 77 58 .570 4 38-28 39-30 24-16 25-14 21-17 WON 2 Rangers 74 60 .552 6 1/2 42-22 32-38 22-17 22-17 20-18 WON 1 e--Mariners 51 84 .378 30 32-34 19-50 11-28 19-21 12-26 LOST 4 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Braves 80 54 .597 - 39-26 41-28 38-16 15-15 19-13 WON 5 Marlins 70 62 .530 9 35-29 35-33 33-19 12-18 18-14 WON 7 Phillies 67 68 .496 13 1/2 35-35 32-33 23-32 15-15 20-12 WON 2 Mets 60 75 .444 20 1/2 32-35 28-40 21-34 12-18 17-15 LOST 8 Expos 56 79 .415 24 1/2 32-38 24-41 19-33 15-18 15-17 LOST 3 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Cardinals 91 44 .674 - 47-23 44-21 19-11 48-28 13-04 WON 8 Cubs 73 60 .549 17 37-28 36-32 10-05 40-36 15-15 WON 1 Astros 72 63 .533 19 35-33 37-30 16-14 39-30 10-14 WON 8 d--Reds 62 72 .463 28 1/2 34-33 28-39 14-10 28-40 15-15 LOST 5 d--Pirates 62 73 .459 29 32-32 30-41 14-10 30-39 16-14 LOST 3 d--Brewers 59 75 .440 31 1/2 34-36 25-39 11-19 28-40 12-12 WON 3 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 78 57 .578 - 39-25 39-32 14-18 20-12 34-19 LOST 2 Giants 75 63 .543 4 1/2 41-31 34-32 19-13 15-15 30-28 WON 2 Padres 72 63 .533 6 34-34 38-29 18-14 17-16 29-23 LOST 1 Rockies 58 77 .430 20 31-35 27-42 11-21 10-20 29-26 WON 1 e--Diamondbacks 42 94 .309 36 1/2 21-47 21-47 09-23 12-18 15-41 LOST 3
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 80 54 .597 - Angels 77 58 .570 3 1/2 Rangers 74 60 .552 6 NL WON LOST PCT GB Cubs 73 60 .549 - Giants 75 63 .543 1/2 Astros 72 63 .533 2 Padres 72 63 .533 2 Marlins 70 62 .530 2 1/2 Phillies 67 68 .496 7
4) The Royals were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title and from the postseason.
5) The Pirates were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title.
6) The Reds were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title.
7) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, 27
AL Central–Twins, 19
AL West–A’s, 25
AL wild card–Redsox, 25
NL East–Braves, 21
NL Central–Cardinals, 12
NL West–Dodgers, 22
NL wild card–Cubs, 25
8) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The Yankees have a 2 game lead over the A’s for the #1 seed. The A’s have a 4 game lead over the Twins for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals have a 10 1/2 game lead over the Braves for the #1 seed. The Braves have a 2 1/2 game lead over the Dodgers for the #2 seed.
9) Today’s schedule–
AL
A’s (Rich Harden, 3.69) at BlueJays (Ryan Glynn), 1:05
Orioles (Bruce Chen, 2.19) at Yankees (Javier Vazquez, 4.62), 1:05
Rangers (Ryan Drese, 3.77) at Redsox (Curt Schilling, 3.39), 2:05
Royals (Jimmy Gobble, 5.58) at Twins (Kyle Lohse, 5.48), 2:10
Mariners (Jamie Moyer, 4.86) at Whitesox (Felix Diaz, 9.09), 3:05
Angels (John Lackey, 5.12) at Indians (Jake Westbrook, 3.42), 8:05
Tigers at Devil Rays–already PPD
NL
Braves (John Thomson, 4.21) at Expos (Livan Hernandez, 3.65), 1:05
Mets (Steve Trachsel, 4.09) at Phillies (Brett Myers, 5.41), 1:35
Pirates (Kip Wells, 4.50) at Astros (Peter Munro, 4.92), 2:05
Reds (Luke Hudson, 3.80) at Brewers (Jorge De La Rosa, 7.20), 2:05
Dodgers (Jeff Weaver, 3.60) at Cardinals (Woody Williams, 4.06), 2:15
Rockies (Jeff Francis, 13.50) at Padres (Brian Lawrence, 3.82), 4:05
Diamondbacks (Randy Johnson, 2.71) at Giants (Brett Tomko, 4.76), 4:05
Cubs at Marlins–already PPD
10) Yesterday’s HR–
Jim Edmonds–#40
Paul Konerko–#33 & #34
David Ortiz–#34
Todd Helton–#29
Carlos Lee–#26
Andruw Jones–#24
Jason Bay–#21
Marquis Grissom–#19
Justin Morneau–#17
Michael Young–#16
Rafael Palmeiro–#15
Rod Barajas–#15
Mark Bellhorn–#15
Keith Ginter–#13
Jack Wilson–#11
Jay Gibbons–#9
Jimmy Rollins–#9
Adam LaRoche–#9
Russell Branyan–#7
Timo Perez–#5
Austin Kearns–#5
Kevin Cash–#4
Brian Roberts–#3
Luis Terrero–#3
Willie Harris–#1
Terry Tiffee–#1
J.D. Closser–#1
11) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–37
T2) Paul Konerko–34**
T2) David Ortiz–34*
T4) Gary Sheffield–33
T4) Alex Rodriguez–33
6) Mark Teixeira–30
7) Hank Blalock–29
8) Vladimir Guerrero–28
9) Eric Chavez–27
T10) Jose Valentin–26
T10) Jose Guillen–26
T10) Miguel Tejada–26
T10) Carlos Lee–26*
NL
T1) Albert Pujols–43
T1) Adrian Beltre–43
T3) Jim Edmonds–40*
T3) Adam Dunn–40
T5) Barry Bonds–39
T5) Jim Thome–39
–) Carlos Beltran–37 (not officially in the top 10, since 15 in the AL)
7) Moises Alou–33
T8) Scott Rolen–32
T8) Jeromy Burnitz–32
T10) Sammy Sosa–29
T10) J.D. Drew–29
T10) Steve Finley–29
T10) Vinny Castilla–29
T10) Todd Helton–29*
**–hit 2 yesterday
*–hit 1 yesterday
12) Barry Bonds watch–
OBA–.609, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.826, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.434, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–131, is 11th all time, on pace for 154, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–192, is 2nd all time, on pace for 225, Bonds holds the major league record with 198, 2002
BB above average–165, new major league record
career HR–has 697, is 3 away from 700, is 17 behind Ruth, is 58 behind Aaron
career HR above average–has 456, is 3rd all time, is 1 behind Aaron’s NL record
career RCAA–1475, tied Ted Williams for 2nd place on the all time list
13) Rafael Palmeiro watch–hit #543, is 5 behind Mike Schmidt for 10th place on the all time HR list.
14) Cardinals CF Jim Edmonds hit his 300th career HR.
After 54 RCAA/.981 OPS and 42 RCAA/1.002 OPS seasons, Edmonds is hitting .678 SLG, .424 OBA, 1.102 OPS, 69 RCAA in his first 129 games. He has a .929 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and 349 RCAA in 1421 games.
Edmonds has moved into the top 10 for career RCAA for CF (since 1900)–
RCAA 1 Ty Cobb 1107 2 Tris Speaker 1054 3 Mickey Mantle 1009 4 Willie Mays 1008 5 Joe DiMaggio 672 6 Ken Griffey Jr. 546 7 Duke Snider 406 8 Earl Averill 394 9 Larry Doby 369 10 Jim Edmonds 359 11 Bernie Williams 353
15) Rangers 2B Michael Young hit his 50th career HR.
After -31 RCAA/.690 OPS and 0 RCAA/.785 OPS seasons, Young is hitting .462 SLG, .350 OBA, .812 OPS, 3 RCAA in his first 132 games. He has a .751 career OPS, compared to his league average of .765, and -42 RCAA in 556 games.
16) On Friday, Angels C Bengie Molina hit his 50th career HR.
After -27 RCAA/.596 OPS and -6 RCAA/.746 OPS seasons, Molina has a .442 SLG, .315 OBA, .757 OPS, -8 RCAA in his first 76 games. He has a .695 career OPS, compared to his league average of .772, and -81 RCAA in 576 games.
1) The Phillies activated P Billy Wagner from the DL.
After 2.52 ERA/15 RSAA and 1.78 ERA/26 RSAA seasons, Wagner is off to a 3.12 ERA/5 RSAA start in his first 31 games. He has a 2.57 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.31, and 104 RSAA in 495 games.
2) The Angels activated P Jarrod Washburn from the DL.
After 3.15 ERA/27 RSAA and 4.43 ERA/-5 RSAA seasons, Washburn is off to a 4.70 ERA/-3 RSAA start in his first 20 starts. He has a 4.06 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.59, and 50 RSAA in 159 games.
3) The Indians called up P Jason Davis.
Davis has a 4.95 ERA/-21 RSAA in 49 career games, including a 5.80 ERA/-16 RSAA in 19 starts in 2004.
4) The Giants called up P Kevin Correia.
Correia has a 5.18 ERA/-5 RSAA in 21 career games, including a 8.50 ERA/-8 RSAA in 11 career games (1 start).
5) The Diamondbacks called up OF Doug DeVore.
DeVore is off to a .259 SLG, .213 OBA, .472 OPS, -7 RCAA start in his first 30 career games.
6) The Reds called up C Corky Miller.
Miller has a .688 OPS/-11 RCAA in 77 career games, including 0 for 16, with 6 BB and -3 RCAA, in 7 games in 2004.
7) The Brewers called up P Gary Glover.
Glover has a 5.00 ERA/-14 RSAA in 130 career games and hasn’t made his 2004 debut yet.
8) The Mets called up P Vic Darensbourg.
Darensbourg has a 5.09 ERA/-26 RSAA in 283 career games, including a 3.86 ERA/0 RSAA in 3 games in 2004 (first 2 with the Whitesox).
9) Dodgers P Odalis Perez was examined by a specialist yesterday, after having to leave Thursday’s game, due to biceps tightness. The exam showed no serious problems and manager Jim Tracy says he could return next Saturday.
After 3.00 ERA/18 RSAA and 4.52 ERA/-11 RSAA seasons, Perez is off to a 3.16 ERA/18 RSAA start in his first 26 starts. He has a 4.01 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.29, and 2 RSAA in 140 games.
10) The Pirates will activate P Kip Wells from the DL.
After 3.58 ERA/17 RSAA and 3.28 ERA/21 RSAA seasons, Wells is off to a 4.50 ERA/-5 RSAA in his first 23 starts. He has a 4.19 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.39, and 24 RSAA in 154 games.
11) Reds C Jason LaRue (hyperextended right knee) at P Danny Graves (bruised left foot) are both day to day.
After -14 RCAA/.743 OPS and -8 RCAA/.743 OPS seasons, LaRue is hitting .432 SLG, .332 OBA, .763 OPS, -2 RCAA in his first 98 games. He has a .732 career OPS, compared to his league average of .777, and -50 RCAA in 517 games.
Graves just came off the DL, for a completely independent injury.
12) Angels 3B Troy Glaus had to leave yesterday’s game, after aggravating his right shoulder.
He landed on his surgically repaired shoulder, but while he might miss a little time, it’s not considered serious. After 15 RCAA/.805 OPS and 8 RCAA/.807 OPS seasons, Glaus is hitting .662 SLG, .383 OBA, 1.044 OPS, 14 RCAA in his first 35 games. He has a .857 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and 94 RCAA in 804 games.
13) The Yankees called up P Bret Prinz.
Prinz has a 4.94 ERA/-3 RSAA in 91 career games, including a 5.47 ERA/-3 RSAA in 22 games in 2004.
14) The Braves activated P Tim Drew from the DL.
Drew has a 7.17 ERA/-23 RSAA in 31 career games, including a 4.63 ERA/0 RSAA in 7 games in 2004.
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