Around the Majors: Opening Day
NOTE–My stats provider is being a little late this morning. But, they do tend to be late very early in the season. I want to be able to be able to include the 2006 stats, when applicable, in this particular report. But, I’ve delaying sending this out for 1 1/2-2 hours and I’m ready to say it’s time to just mail it out.
1) Yesterday’s score–
AL
White Sox 10, Indians 4
2) Standings–
AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB White Sox 1 0 1.000 - Twins 0 0 .5 Tigers 0 0 .5 Royals 0 0 .5 Indians 0 1 .000 1
3) Today’s schedule–
AL
Red Sox (Curt Schilling) at Rangers (Kevin Millwood), 2:05
Devil Rays (Scott Kazmir) at Orioles (Rodrigo Lopez), 3:05
Tigers (Kenny Rogers) at Royals (Scott Elarton), 4:10
Angels (Bartolo Colon) at Mariners (Jamie Moyer), 5:05
Yankees (Randy Johnson) at A’s (Barry Zito), 10:05
NL
Nationals (Livan Hernandez) at Mets (Tom Glavine), 1:10
Pirates (Odalis Perez) at Brewers (Doug Davis), 2:05
Cubs (Carlos Zambrano) at Reds (Aaron Harang), 2:10
Cardinals (Chris Carpenter) at Phillies (Jon Lieber), 3:05
Diamondbacks (Brandon Webb) at Rockies (Jason Jennings), 4:05
Braves (Tim Hudson) at Dodgers (Derek Lowe), 4:10
Giants (Jason Schmidt) at Padres (Jake Peavy), 7:05
Marlins (Dontrelle Willis) at Astros (Roy Oswalt), 7:05
4) Yesterday’s HR–
Jim Thome–#1
Eduardo Perez–#1
5) HR leaders
AL
T1) Jim Thome–1
T1) Eduardo Perez–1
6) WHITE SOX 10, INDIANS 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Indians 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 2
White Sox 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 X 10 9 0
* White Sox RF Jermaine Dye had 3 hits and a BB.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -20 .261 .253 .514 .162 1.91 .172 4 20 1 65 A's 2004 30 -2 .329 .464 .793 .490 5.09 .265 23 80 4 137 A's 2005 31 11 .333 .512 .846 .561 5.73 .274 31 86 11 145 White Sox CAR 16 .334 .469 .803 .506 5.39 .272 192 697 34 1184 LG AVG 0 .339 .432 .771 .500 5.14 .270 140 593 78 POS AVG 54 .347 .457 .805 .534 5.60 .275 170 663 81
* White Sox DH Jim Thome tied Cal Ripken for 35th place on the all time HR list, with 431.
THOME YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 53 .385 .573 .958 .719 8.16 .266 47 131 0 159 Phillies 2004 33 43 .396 .581 .977 .695 8.28 .274 42 105 0 143 Phillies 2005 34 -6 .360 .352 .712 .401 4.39 .207 7 30 0 59 Phillies CAR 565 .408 .562 .970 .714 8.62 .281 430 1193 18 1738 LG AVG 0 .342 .432 .773 .500 5.19 .271 184 784 104 POS AVG 132 .359 .470 .829 .561 6.01 .277 251 941 39
7) Indians P C.C. Sabathia had to leave yesterday’s game, due to a strained abdominal muscle, and will be evaulated today.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 13 3.60 30 30 197.2 141 6.42 11.93 13 9 0 13 9 Indians 2004 23 9 4.12 30 30 188 139 6.65 12.21 11 10 0 11 10 Indians 2005 24 1 4.03 31 31 196.2 161 7.37 11.62 15 10 0 13 12 Indians CAREER 30 4.10 157 157 972.2 761 7.04 12.11 69 45 0 60 54 LG AVG 0 4.49 972.2 679 6.28 12.88 55 55
8) The Brewers re-signed P Derrick Turnbow to a 3 year, $6.5 million contract, covering 2006-08, which replaces a 1 year, $488,000 contract he signed in February.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 6 0.59 11 0 15.1 15 8.80 5.87 2 0 0 2 0 Angels 2004 26 3 0.00 4 0 6.1 3 4.26 12.79 0 0 0 0 0 Angels 2005 27 19 1.74 69 0 67.1 64 8.55 9.89 7 1 39 7 1 Brewers CAREER 29 2.41 108 1 127 107 7.58 11.83 9 1 39 9 1 LG AVG 0 4.49 127 91 6.42 13.08 7 7
9) The Tigers placed P Todd Jones on the 15 day DL and called up P Jordan Tata.
Jones pulled a hamstring.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 35 -18 7.08 59 1 68.2 59 7.73 16.38 3 5 0 2 6 Rockies/Red Sox 2004 36 -1 4.15 78 0 82.1 59 6.45 13.45 11 5 2 8 8 Reds/Phillies 2005 37 15 2.10 68 0 73 62 7.64 9.62 1 5 40 5 1 Marlins CAREER 46 3.91 812 1 904.2 793 7.89 13.03 51 52 226 57 46 LG AVG 0 4.40 904.2 652 6.49 12.96 51 51
10) The Rockies placed P Byung-Hyun Kim on the 15 day DL, designated Ps Jaime Cerda and Mike Esposito for assignment and added INF Jason Smith and P Tom Martin to the 40 man roster.
Kim has a strained right hamstring.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 20 3.31 56 12 122.1 102 7.50 10.96 9 10 16 13 6 Diamondbacks/Red Sox 2004 25 -3 6.23 7 3 17.1 6 3.12 13.50 2 1 0 1 2 Red Sox 2005 26 0 4.86 40 22 148 115 6.99 14.66 5 12 0 8 9 Rockies CAREER 60 3.76 339 38 567.2 570 9.04 12.27 36 40 86 46 30 LG AVG 0 4.36 567.2 419 6.64 12.87 32 32
11) The Twins sent OF Ruben Sierra to the minors.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 37 -4 .327 .420 .748 .459 4.69 .270 9 43 2 106 Rangers/Yankees 2004 38 -4 .296 .456 .752 .461 4.56 .244 17 65 1 107 Yankees 2005 39 -9 .265 .371 .636 .306 3.20 .229 4 29 0 61 Yankees CAR 23 .316 .450 .766 .504 4.82 .268 306 1318 142 2172 LG AVG 0 .334 .412 .746 .500 4.80 .265 228 1034 155 POS AVG 86 .338 .442 .780 .528 5.19 .266 301 1192 135
12) The Brewers added P Jared Fernandez to the 40 man roster and sent Cs Mark Johnson and Vinny Rottino to the minors.
FERNANDEZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 30 0 4.44 14 8 50.2 36 6.39 15.28 1 3 0 2 2 Reds 2003 31 2 3.99 12 6 38.1 19 4.46 11.97 3 3 0 3 3 Astros 2004 32 -6 54.00 2 1 1 0 0.00 99.00 0 0 0 0 0 Astros CAREER -4 4.75 33 17 102.1 60 5.28 14.86 4 7 0 5 6 LG AVG 0 4.21 102.1 77 6.75 12.72 6 6 JOHNSON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 26 -17 .297 .293 .590 .275 2.97 .209 4 18 0 86 White Sox 2003 27 -4 .219 .148 .367 .059 1.04 .111 0 3 0 13 A's 2004 28 -1 .267 .091 .358 .191 2.45 .091 0 2 0 7 Brewers CAR -52 .313 .318 .632 .315 3.50 .217 16 81 8 322 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.20 .270 33 138 18 POS AVG -29 .317 .397 .714 .396 4.19 .257 26 123 6
13) The Phillies released INF Tomas Perez and sent INF Chris Coste, OF Peter Bergeron, C Dusty Wathan and Ps Clay Condrey, Jeremy Cummings, Travis Minix and Brian Sanches to the minors.
PEREZ YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -8 .316 .383 .698 .403 3.94 .265 5 33 0 125 Phillies 2004 30 -10 .257 .415 .671 .306 3.38 .216 6 21 0 86 Phillies 2005 31 -15 .289 .277 .566 .188 2.45 .233 0 22 1 94 Phillies CAR -89 .300 .351 .651 .311 3.38 .244 22 164 5 682 LG AVG 0 .343 .434 .778 .500 5.26 .271 56 233 30 POS AVG -22 .334 .413 .747 .456 4.81 .269 44 209 31 BERGERON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2001 23 -37 .275 .285 .560 .179 2.48 .211 3 16 10 102 Expos 2002 24 -8 .310 .244 .554 .284 3.06 .187 0 7 10 31 Expos 2004 26 -4 .250 .214 .464 .105 1.54 .214 0 1 0 11 Expos CAR -79 .303 .308 .612 .264 3.18 .226 8 56 31 308 LG AVG 0 .345 .441 .786 .500 5.40 .271 41 164 22 POS AVG -6 .338 .432 .770 .479 5.22 .266 41 152 39 WATHAN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 28 3 .667 .800 1.467 .972 40.50 .600 0 1 0 3 Royals CAR 3 .667 .800 1.467 .972 40.50 .600 0 1 0 3 LG AVG 0 .332 .425 .757 .500 4.91 .264 0 0 0 POS AVG 0 .305 .374 .679 .367 3.68 .250 0 0 0 CONDREY YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 26 6 1.69 9 3 26.2 16 5.40 10.13 1 2 0 2 1 Padres 2003 27 -17 8.47 9 6 34 25 6.62 17.74 1 2 0 1 2 Padres CAREER -11 5.49 18 9 60.2 41 6.08 14.39 2 4 0 3 3 LG AVG 0 4.21 60.2 45 6.70 12.75 3 3
14) The Pirates placed Ps Kip Wells and John Van Benschoten on the 15 day DL.
Wells is recovering from shoulder surgery and isn’t expected back until July, at the earliest.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 21 3.28 31 31 197.1 147 6.70 11.58 10 9 0 12 7 Pirates 2004 27 -7 4.55 24 24 138.1 116 7.55 14.12 5 7 0 5 7 Pirates 2005 28 -16 5.09 33 33 182 132 6.53 14.69 8 18 0 11 15 Pirates CAREER 6 4.36 188 168 983.2 728 6.66 13.71 55 69 0 62 62 LG AVG 0 4.36 983.2 720 6.59 12.92 55 55 VAN BENSCHOTEN YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 24 -9 6.91 6 5 28.2 18 5.65 16.95 1 3 0 1 3 Pirates CAREER -9 6.91 6 5 28.2 18 5.65 16.95 1 3 0 1 3 LG AVG 0 4.31 28.2 21 6.74 12.84 2 2
15) The A’s sent 2B Keith Ginter, 3B Scott McClain, C John Baker and P Randy Keisler to the minors.
GINTER YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 1 .352 .427 .779 .505 5.34 .257 14 44 1 127 Brewers 2004 28 2 .333 .479 .812 .512 5.52 .262 19 60 8 113 Brewers 2005 29 -15 .234 .263 .497 .124 1.73 .161 3 25 0 51 A's CAR -10 .329 .422 .751 .465 4.87 .243 38 140 9 325 LG AVG 0 .339 .432 .771 .500 5.14 .269 33 133 16 POS AVG -10 .335 .410 .746 .469 4.81 .273 24 113 18 MCCLAIN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1998 26 -3 .217 .100 .317 .086 1.50 .100 0 0 0 9 Devil Rays 2005 33 -1 .250 .214 .464 .161 2.08 .143 0 1 0 13 Cubs CAR -4 .231 .147 .378 .115 1.74 .118 0 1 0 22 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .770 .500 5.14 .270 1 5 1 POS AVG 1 .360 .483 .843 .584 6.20 .283 2 7 0 KEISLER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 25 -10 6.22 10 10 50.2 36 6.39 15.28 1 2 0 1 2 Yankees 2003 27 -5 12.00 2 2 6 5 7.50 22.50 0 1 0 0 1 Padres 2005 29 -11 6.27 24 4 56 43 6.91 14.95 2 1 0 1 2 Reds CAREER -34 7.01 40 17 123.1 90 6.57 15.91 4 4 0 2 6 LG AVG 0 4.40 123.1 89 6.50 12.91 7 7
16) The Mets added P Darren Oliver to the 40 man roster and sent P Pedro Feliciano to the minors.
OLIVER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 31 -2 4.66 14 9 58 32 4.97 15.98 4 5 0 4 5 Red Sox 2003 32 -5 5.04 33 32 180.1 88 4.39 13.48 13 11 0 11 13 Rockies 2004 33 -14 5.94 27 10 72.2 46 5.70 13.50 3 3 0 3 3 Marlins/Astros CAREER -48 5.07 306 228 1407 834 5.33 14.37 87 79 2 80 86 LG AVG 0 4.59 1407 1009 6.46 13.24 79 79 FELICIANO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 25 -2 7.50 6 0 6 4 6.00 15.00 0 0 0 0 0 Mets 2003 26 5 3.35 23 0 48.1 43 8.01 14.15 0 0 0 0 0 Mets 2004 27 -2 5.40 22 0 18.1 14 6.87 13.25 1 1 0 1 1 Mets CAREER 1 4.21 51 0 72.2 61 7.56 14.00 1 1 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.28 72.2 54 6.68 12.80 4 4
17) The Mariners added P Jeff Harris to the 40 man roster.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 30 1 4.19 11 8 53.2 25 4.19 11.91 2 5 0 4 3 Mariners CAREER 1 4.19 11 8 53.2 25 4.19 11.91 2 5 0 4 3 LG AVG 0 4.36 53.2 37 6.16 12.63 3 3
18) Today’s birthdays–
CHRIS BOSIO, AGE: 43 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1989 26 20 2.95 33 33 234.2 173 6.63 10.70 15 10 0 15 10 Brewers 1991 28 23 3.25 32 32 204.2 117 5.14 11.13 14 10 0 15 9 Brewers 1993 30 16 3.45 29 24 164.1 119 6.52 11.12 9 9 1 11 7 Mariners CAREER 47 3.96 309 246 1710 1059 5.57 11.92 94 93 9 100 87 LG AVG 0 4.23 1710 1088 5.73 12.80 96 96 RYAN DOUMIT, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 24 -5 .324 .398 .722 .424 4.35 .255 6 35 2 75 Pirates CAR -5 .324 .398 .722 .424 4.35 .255 6 35 2 75 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 7 30 4 POS AVG -8 .314 .385 .699 .385 3.94 .248 6 29 1 ALEX GRAMMAS, AGE: 80 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1954 28 -16 .335 .342 .676 .366 3.92 .264 2 29 6 142 Cardinals 1955 29 -18 .308 .328 .636 .325 3.40 .240 3 25 4 128 Cardinals 1958 32 -16 .329 .255 .584 .252 2.93 .218 0 12 2 105 Reds 1961 35 -17 .293 .282 .576 .190 2.59 .212 0 21 0 89 Cardinals CAR -116 .318 .317 .635 .305 3.35 .247 12 163 17 913 LG AVG 0 .337 .418 .755 .500 4.90 .269 63 274 23 POS AVG -40 .328 .383 .711 .433 4.29 .262 44 228 22 GUY HECKER, 1856-1938 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1884 28 73 1.80 75 73 670.2 385 5.17 8.02 52 20 0 50 22 Colonels 1885 29 61 2.18 53 53 480 209 3.92 9.86 30 23 0 36 17 Colonels 1886 30 45 2.87 49 48 420.2 133 2.85 11.08 26 23 0 31 18 Colonels CAREER 126 2.92 334 320 2906 1099 3.40 10.68 173 146 1 186 133 LG AVG 0 3.39 2906 1227 3.80 11.45 162 162 BOBBY HILL, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 0 .444 .286 .730 .452 4.50 .286 0 0 0 6 Cubs/Pirates 2004 26 -10 .353 .339 .692 .351 3.59 .266 2 27 0 126 Pirates 2005 27 -3 .343 .333 .676 .400 4.13 .269 0 11 0 58 Pirates CAR -15 .343 .350 .693 .405 4.05 .262 6 58 6 249 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .771 .500 5.14 .268 17 70 9 POS AVG -5 .337 .409 .746 .473 4.84 .272 13 61 10 MIKE LANSING, AGE: 38 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1994 26 -16 .328 .368 .696 .363 3.99 .266 5 35 12 106 Expos 1998 30 -37 .325 .411 .736 .316 4.40 .276 12 66 10 153 Rockies 2000 32 -53 .292 .365 .657 .211 3.42 .240 11 60 8 139 Rockies/Red Sox CAR -148 .324 .401 .725 .383 4.39 .271 84 440 119 1110 LG AVG 0 .341 .427 .768 .500 5.14 .271 127 559 93 POS AVG -49 .337 .397 .734 .457 4.76 .270 85 466 121 WALLY MOON, AGE: 76 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1956 26 28 .390 .469 .858 .644 6.58 .298 16 68 12 149 Cardinals 1959 29 35 .394 .495 .890 .664 7.35 .302 19 74 15 145 Dodgers 1961 31 43 .434 .505 .940 .720 8.51 .328 17 88 7 134 Dodgers CAR 136 .371 .445 .817 .578 5.85 .289 142 661 89 1457 LG AVG 0 .334 .413 .747 .500 4.79 .267 136 589 52 POS AVG 74 .343 .444 .788 .543 5.35 .278 162 661 58 GARY PETTIS, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 26 -10 .332 .300 .632 .406 3.72 .227 2 29 48 140 Angels 1987 29 -25 .302 .259 .561 .260 2.82 .208 1 17 24 133 Angels 1988 30 -14 .285 .277 .562 .364 3.05 .210 3 36 44 129 Tigers CAR -63 .332 .310 .642 .431 3.86 .236 21 259 354 1183 LG AVG 0 .328 .399 .726 .500 4.51 .261 101 471 75 POS AVG 21 .330 .404 .734 .513 4.70 .267 93 439 166
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