Around the Majors: Padres clinch the division title

by
September 29, 2005

Today in Hardball Times–

Ten Things About Momentum in the Postseason
by Dave Studeman
Is Momentum more important than being Good?
http://www.hardballtimes.com/daily/article/ten-things-about-momentum-in-the-postseason/

1) Yesterday’s scores–

AL
Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 2
Devil Rays 1, Indians 0
White Sox 8, Tigers 2
Yankees 2, Orioles 1
Twins 6, Royals 3
A’s 6, Angels 1
Rangers 7, Mariners 3

NL
Pirates 3, Cubs 2
Rockies 10, Braves 5
Phillies 16, Mets 6
Nationals 11, Marlins 7
Reds 11, Brewers 4
Astros 7, Cardinals 6
Padres 9, Giants 1
Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 3

2) Standings–

AL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
Yankees       93   65   .589     -
Red Sox       92   66   .582     1
e--Blue Jays  78   80   .494    15
e--Orioles    71   87   .449    22
e--Devil Rays 67   91   .424    26

AL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
White Sox     95   63   .601     -
Indians       92   66   .582     3
e--Twins      80   78   .506    15
e--Tigers     71   87   .449    24
e--Royals     54  104   .342    41

AL WEST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
x--Angels     91   67   .576     -
e--A's        86   72   .544     5
e--Rangers    79   79   .500    12
e--Mariners   67   91   .424    24

NL EAST      WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
x--Braves     90   69   .566     -
d--Phillies   85   74   .535     5
e--Nationals  81   78   .509     9
e--Mets       80   78   .506     9.5
e--Marlins    80   79   .503    10

NL CENTRAL   WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
x--Cardinals  97   62   .610     -
d--Astros     87   71   .551     9.5
e--Brewers    79   79   .500    17.5
e--Cubs       77   81   .487    19.5
e--Reds       73   85   .462    23.5
e--Pirates    65   94   .409    32

NL WEST         WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
x--Padres        79   79   .500     -
e--Diamondbacks  74   84   .468     5
e--Giants        74   84   .468     5
e--Dodgers       70   88   .443     9
e--Rockies       66   92   .418    13

3) Wild card standings–

AL           WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
Red Sox       92   66   .582     -
Indians       92   66   .582     -

NL           WON  LOST   PCT    GB 
Astros        87   71   .551     -
Phillies      85   74   .535     2.5

4) Today’s schedule–

White Sox (Freddy Garcia, 3.91, 13 RSAA) at Tigers (Jason Grilli, 2.00, 2 RSAA), 1:05
Angels (Bartolo Colon, 3.51, 17 RSAA) at A’s (Barry Zito, 3.74, 19 RSAA), 3:35
Rangers (Kenny Rogers, 3.42, 23 RSAA) at Mariners (Ryan Franklin, 5.15, -17 RSAA), 6:35
Yankees (Aaron Small, 3.25, 10 RSAA) at Orioles (Erik Bedard, 3.74, 5 RSAA), 7:05
Blue Jays (Scott Downs, 4.35, 1 RSAA) at Red Sox (Matt Clement, 4.50, -1 RSAA), 7:05
Devil Rays (Casey Fossum, 4.65, -6 RSAA) at Indians (C.C. Sabathia, 4.20, -2 RSAA), 7:05
Royals (Mike Wood, 4.14, 2 RSAA) at Twins (Joe Mays, 5.54, -19 RSAA), 8:10

NL
Reds (Eric Milton, 6.62, -42 RSAA) at Brewers (Gary Glover, 6.47, -14 RSAA), 2:05
Rockies (Sun Woo Kim, 4.40, 1 RSAA) at Mets (Tom Glavine, 3.69, 11 RSAA), 7:10
Cubs (Glendon Rusch, 4.62, -6 RSAA) at Astros (Wandy Rodriguez, 5.62, -20 RSAA), 8:05
Giants (Noah Lowry, 3.90, 6 RSAA) at Padres (Brian Lawrence, 5.06, -25 RSAA), 10:05
Diamondbacks (Dustin Nippert, 7.45, -3 RSAA) at Dodgers (Odalis Perez, 4.73, -8 RSAA), 10:10

5) Magic numbers–

AL East–Yankees, 4
AL Central–White Sox, 2
AL West–Angels, clinched
AL wild card–Red Sox/Indians, 5

NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Padres, clinched
NL wild card–Astros, 2

6) Race for the postseason seeds–

AL–The White Sox lead the Yankees by 2 games for the #1 seed. The Yankees lead the Angels by 2 games for the #2 seed.

NL–The Cardinals clinched the #1 seed. The Braves will be the #2 seed. The Padres will be the #3 seed.

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now.

7) The Padres clinched the NL West title

8) The White Sox will clinch the AL Central title if they beat the Tigers and the Indians lose to the Devil Rays. They will clinch a postseason berth if they beat the Tigers

9) The Yankees passed the Red Sox into sole possession of 1st place in the AL East.

10) The Giants and Diamondbacks were mathematically eliminated from winning the division title and from the postseason.

11) The Diamondbacks tied the Giants for 2nd place in the NL West.

12) Yesterday’s HR–

Alex Rodriguez–#47
Richie Sexson–#39
Adam Dunn–#39
Cliff Floyd–#33
Pat Burrell–#32
Vernon Wells–#28
Eric Chavez–#27
Chase Utley–#26
Chad Tracy–#26
Preston Wilson–#25
Luis Gonzalez (Diamondbacks)–#24
David Wright–#24
Lance Berkman–#22
Reggie Sanders–#19 & #20
Carlos Pena–#17
Juan Uribe–#16
Nick Johnson–#15
Javier Lopez–#14
Eric Hinske–#14
Aaron Rowand–#13
Mark Ellis–#12
Mike Lamb–#11
Bobby Kielty–#10
J.J Hardy–#9
Edgar Renteria–#8
Frank Catalanotto–#7
Marlon Anderson–#5 & #6
Nate McLouth–#4
Jeremy Hermida–#2
Shane Victorino–#2
Jose Macias–#1

13) HR leaders–

AL
1) Alex Rodriguez–47*
2) David Ortiz–46
3) Mark Teixeira–43
4) Manny Ramirez–41
T5) Paul Konerko–39
T5) Richie Sexson–39*
7) Alfonso Soriano–35
8) Gary Sheffield–33
T9) Vladimir Guerrero–32
T9) Travis Hafner–32

NL
1) Andruw Jones–51
2) Derrek Lee–45
T3) Albert Pujols–39
T3) Adam Dunn–39*
5) Troy Glaus–37
6) Morgan Ensberg–36
7) Ken Griffey Jr.–35
T8) Carlos Delgado–33
T8) Cliff Floyd–33*
T10) Carlos Lee–32
T10) Miguel Cabrera–32
T10) Jason Bay–32
T10) Pat Burrell–32*

*–hit 1 yesterday

14) Today’s birthdays–

HEATH BELL, 1977, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26    3   3.33   17   0   24.1   27  9.99 10.36   0   2   0   1   1  Mets         
2005 27   -4   4.93   41   0   45.2   42  8.28 13.01   1   3   0   2   2  Mets         
CAREER    -1   4.37   58   0   70     69  8.87 12.09   1   5   0   3   3 
LG AVG     0   4.27            70     51  6.62 12.79   4   4 

JERMAINE CLARK, 1976, AGE: 29
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26   -7  .250  .208  .458  .110   1.76  .167   0    7    2   25  Rangers/Padres
2004   27   -4  .212  .167  .379  .052   1.00  .133   0    2    1   14  Reds         
2005   28    0 1.000                                  0    0    0    4  A's          
CAR        -11  .244  .192  .437  .089   1.48  .154   0    9    3   46 
LG AVG       0  .337  .432  .769  .500   5.11  .268   3   13    2 
POS AVG      2  .348  .460  .809  .553   5.78  .278   4   14    2 

WARREN CROMARTIE, 1953, AGE: 52
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1978   24   10  .337  .418  .755  .552   4.78  .297  10   56    8  159  Expos        
1981   27   13  .370  .419  .789  .619   5.54  .304   6   42    2   99  Expos        
CAR         11  .336  .402  .739  .504   4.59  .281  61  391   50 1107 
LG AVG       0  .331  .392  .723  .500   4.52  .266  83  449  101 
POS AVG     51  .342  .419  .761  .538   4.99  .273 107  513   83 

ROB DEER, 1960, AGE: 45
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1986   25   15  .336  .494  .830  .589   5.85  .232  33   86    5  134  Brewers      
1987   26   13  .360  .456  .816  .575   6.06  .238  28   80   12  134  Brewers      
1992   31   21  .337  .547  .884  .652   6.24  .247  32   64    4  110  Tigers       
CAR         43  .324  .442  .766  .531   4.96  .220 230  600   43 1155 
LG AVG       0  .329  .398  .727  .500   4.53  .262 103  490   81 
POS AVG     36  .330  .427  .758  .524   4.85  .261 139  557   92 

CRAIG LEFFERTS, 1957, AGE: 48
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1984 26   16   2.13   62   0  105.2   56  4.77  9.62   3   4  10   5   2  Padres       
1990 32   12   2.52   56   0   78.2   60  6.86 10.41   7   5  23   8   4  Padres       
CAREER    37   3.43  696  45 1145.2  719  5.65 11.32  58  72 101  70  60 
LG AVG     0   3.74          1145.2  736  5.78 12.11  64  64 

CALVIN PICKERING, 1976, AGE: 29
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   24   -1  .371  .463  .834  .488   5.02  .278   3    8    0   21  Reds/Red Sox
2004   27    1  .338  .500  .838  .518   5.13  .246   7   26    0   35  Royals       
2005   28   -2  .226  .259  .485  .198   2.25  .148   1    3    0    7  Royals       
CAR         -6  .329  .428  .757  .426   4.28  .223  14   45    1   95 
LG AVG       0  .339  .433  .772  .500   5.15  .271   9   39    5 
POS AVG      7  .355  .476  .831  .568   6.04  .275  13   48    2 

GENE RICHARDS, 1953, AGE: 52
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   23   19  .363  .390  .754  .610   5.56  .290   5   32   56  146  Padres       
1978   24   30  .381  .420  .801  .668   5.97  .308   4   45   37  154  Padres       
1980   26   24  .363  .385  .748  .623   5.44  .301   4   41   61  158  Padres       
CAR         90  .357  .383  .739  .583   5.09  .290  26  255  247 1026 
LG AVG       0  .331  .391  .722  .500   4.51  .266  73  401   92 
POS AVG     43  .341  .408  .749  .535   4.93  .273  82  420  141 

HARRY STEINFELDT, 1877-1914
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1899   21  -18  .324  .326  .650  .376   4.51  .244   0   43   19  107  Reds         
1900   22  -23  .292  .341  .633  .359   3.73  .245   2   66   14  134  Reds         
1904   26  -12  .313  .318  .631  .400   4.02  .244   1   52   16   99  Reds         
CAR        -19  .330  .360  .690  .499   4.68  .267  27  762  194 1646 
LG AVG       0  .329  .343  .672  .500   4.66  .266  28  636  246 
POS AVG    -55  .322  .334  .655  .476   4.36  .260  24  629  241 

HAL TROSKY, 1912-79
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1934   21   57  .388  .598  .987  .707   9.20  .330  35  142    2  154  Indians      
1936   23   46  .382  .644 1.026  .654   9.57  .343  42  162    6  151  Indians      
1938   25   43  .407  .542  .948  .680   8.90  .334  19  110    5  150  Indians      
1939   26   48  .405  .589  .994  .734   9.54  .335  25  104    2  122  Indians      
1940   27   46  .392  .529  .920  .716   8.21  .295  25   93    1  140  Indians      
CAR        277  .371  .522  .892  .636   7.43  .302 228 1012   28 1347 
LG AVG       0  .358  .415  .774  .500   5.60  .284  90  686   65 
POS AVG    186  .377  .479  .856  .595   6.95  .294 173  865   50 

JAKE WESTBROOK, 1977, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -2   4.33   34  22  133     58  3.92 14.21   7  10   0   8   9  Indians      
2004 26   28   3.38   33  30  215.2  116  4.84 11.43  14   9   0  15   8  Indians      
2005 27   -8   4.46   33  33  203.2  117  5.17 11.93  15  14   0  13  16  Indians      
CAREER    -3   4.40  137  97  665.1  360  4.87 12.73  41  42   0  41  42 
LG AVG     0   4.51           665.1  464  6.28 12.90  37  37 

GUS WEYHING, 1866-1955
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1889 22   44   2.95   54  53  449    213  4.27 11.91  30  21   0  31  20  Athletics    
1890 23   40   3.60   49  46  390    177  4.08 14.22  30  16   0  28  18  Wonders      
1892 25   36   2.66   59  49  469.2  202  3.87 11.10  32  21   3  32  21  Phillies     
CAREER    42   3.89  538 503 4324.1 1665  3.47 12.98 264 232   4 262 234 
LG AVG     0   3.97          4324.1 1435  2.99 13.28 243 243

1) On Tuesday, Rangers SS Michael Young broke his own team record for hits in a season.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    0  .339  .446  .785  .499   5.53  .306  14   72   13  160  Rangers      
2004   27   13  .353  .483  .836  .555   6.42  .313  22   99   12  160  Rangers      
2005   28   42  .388  .521  .908  .673   7.51  .334  24   91    5  155  Rangers      
CAR         10  .342  .453  .794  .509   5.52  .298  80  373   39  739 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .762  .500   5.00  .268  92  384   48 
POS AVG    -37  .326  .402  .729  .457   4.58  .269  63  321   67

The new top 10–

HITS                          YEAR      H        VS LG    RCAA    
1    Michael Young            2005      219       60       42   
2    Michael Young            2004      216       44       13   
3    Michael Young            2003      204       36        0   
T4   Julio Franco             1991      201       66       51   
T4   Alex Rodriguez           2001      201       43       72   
6    Buddy Bell               1979      200       27        7   
7    Ivan Rodriguez           1999      199       39        9   
8    Juan Gonzalez            1998      193       37       41   
9    Ivan Rodriguez           1996      192       25       -2   
T10  Ivan Rodriguez           1997      187       35       14   
T10  Alex Rodriguez           2002      187       32       58

Young is 2nd vs. the league average–

HITS                          YEAR     DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE    RCAA    
1    Julio Franco             1991       66      201      135       51   
2    Michael Young            2005       60      219      159       42   
3    Michael Young            2004       44      216      172       13   
4    Alex Rodriguez           2001       43      201      158       72   
T5   Buddy Bell               1980       41      161      120       28   
T5   Ivan Rodriguez           1998       41      186      145       17   
T7   Juan Gonzalez            1999       39      183      144       43   
T7   Ivan Rodriguez           1999       39      199      160        9   
9    Julio Franco             1989       38      173      135       28   
10   Juan Gonzalez            1998       37      193      156       41

2) On Tuesday, the Mariners became the first team since the 1909-17 A’s to have at 2+ consecutive 90+ loss seasons after having 2+ consecutive 90+ win seasons.

The A’s had 6 consecutive 90+ win seasons (1909-14), and followed that with 3 consecutive 90+ loss seasons (1915-17). The Mariners had 4 consecutive 90+ win seasons (2000-03) before their consecutive 90+ loss seasons.

3) Reds CF Wily Mo Pena had to leave yesterday’s game, due to a hyperextended lower back.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21   -9  .283  .358  .641  .299   3.22  .218   5   16    3   80  Reds         
2004   22    6  .316  .527  .843  .559   5.55  .259  26   66    5  110  Reds         
2005   23   -4  .304  .492  .796  .456   4.93  .254  19   51    2   99  Reds         
CAR         -9  .303  .477  .780  .464   4.76  .248  51  134   10  302 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .269  27  110   13 
POS AVG     11  .348  .454  .802  .538   5.65  .269  32  119   17

4) Darryl Strawberry is being charged with filing a false police report. Strawberry reported a rental SUV stolen from a gas station on September 17, but according to the police, a surveillance video showed him getting into a different vehicle.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1985   23   38  .389  .557  .947  .743   7.56  .277  29   79   26  111  Mets         
1987   25   59  .398  .583  .981  .745   8.89  .284  39  104   36  154  Mets         
1988   26   53  .366  .545  .911  .764   7.04  .269  39  101   29  153  Mets         
CAR        317  .357  .505  .862  .660   6.45  .259 335 1000  221 1583 
LG AVG       0  .331  .397  .727  .500   4.59  .263 132  651  144 
POS AVG     64  .337  .429  .766  .533   5.00  .269 175  766  132

5) The Mariners removed minor league DH Bucky Jacobsen from the 40 man roster.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28    5  .335  .500  .835  .596   5.85  .275   9   28    0   42  Mariners     
CAR          5  .335  .500  .835  .596   5.85  .275   9   28    0   42 
LG AVG       0  .338  .434  .773  .500   5.16  .271   5   21    2 
POS AVG      1  .349  .452  .800  .526   5.52  .266   7   25    1

6) Marlins P Josh Beckett will see Dr. James Andrews on Monday and may need arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   15   3.04   24  23  142    152  9.63 12.04   9   8   0  11   6  Marlins      
2004 24    5   3.79   26  26  156.2  152  8.73 11.32   9   9   0  10   8  Marlins      
2005 25   12   3.38   29  29  178.2  166  8.36 10.98  15   8   0  13  10  Marlins      
CAREER    38   3.46  106 103  609    607  8.97 11.36  41  34   0  43  32 
LG AVG     0   4.25           609    452  6.68 12.77  34  34

7) Diamondbacks P Shawn Estes had to leave yesterday’s game, due to a left ankle injury.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30  -26   5.73   29  28  152.1  103  6.09 15.72   8  11   0   7  12  Cubs         
2004 31  -15   5.84   34  34  202    117  5.21 15.10  15   8   0  10  13  Rockies      
2005 32   -6   4.80   21  21  123.2   63  4.58 13.17   7   8   0   7   8  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -83   4.71  273 272 1628.2 1187  6.56 14.06  99  89   0  87 101 
LG AVG     0   4.34          1628.2 1224  6.76 12.89  91  91

8) Blue Jays 1B Shea Hillenbrand will miss the rest of the season, due to ligament damage to a knuckle on his left hand, and might need surgery.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -14  .314  .468  .782  .417   4.63  .280  20   97    1  134  Red Sox/Diamondbacks
2004   28    3  .348  .464  .812  .518   5.64  .310  15   80    2  148  Diamondbacks 
2005   29    4  .343  .449  .792  .521   5.21  .291  18   82    5  152  Blue Jays    
CAR        -22  .327  .448  .775  .474   4.89  .288  83  391   15  729 
LG AVG       0  .335  .429  .764  .500   5.03  .267  87  360   45 
POS AVG     17  .339  .446  .785  .518   5.27  .265 107  403   23

9) Devil Rays LF Carl Crawford was out of yesterday’s lineup, due to a sore left wrist.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21  -11  .309  .362  .671  .436   4.35  .281   5   54   55  151  Devil Rays   
2004   22   14  .331  .450  .781  .571   5.77  .296  11   55   59  152  Devil Rays   
2005   23   17  .331  .469  .800  .582   5.81  .301  15   81   46  155  Devil Rays   
CAR         11  .320  .421  .740  .517   5.11  .289  33  220  169  521 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  67  281   33 
POS AVG     18  .340  .440  .780  .525   5.32  .278  68  289   42

10) Marlins SS Alex Gonzalez will have arthroscopic surgery today to remove bone chips from his right elbow and is expected to be ready for spring training.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26   -4  .313  .443  .756  .477   4.58  .256  18   77    0  150  Marlins      
2004   27  -26  .270  .419  .689  .335   3.43  .232  23   79    3  159  Marlins      
2005   28  -11  .319  .368  .686  .405   3.88  .264   5   45    5  130  Marlins      
CAR       -128  .291  .391  .682  .358   3.68  .245  81  375   23  896 
LG AVG       0  .343  .437  .780  .500   5.30  .270 111  450   60 
POS AVG   -102  .320  .383  .703  .396   4.24  .262  58  337   74

1) YANKEES 2, ORIOLES 1

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Yankees        0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0   2   9  0
Orioles        0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   1   5  0

Yankees: 93-65, .589, 1st place, 1 GA, 866 R, 766 RA, 8-2 last 10, streak: W1
Orioles: 71-87, .449, 4th place, 22 GB, 708 R, 781 RA, 1-9 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Yankees, 10-7

* Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez set the team record for HR in a season by a right handed hitter.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   53  .396  .600  .995  .697   8.74  .298  47  118   17  161  Rangers      
2004   28   35  .375  .512  .888  .654   7.02  .286  36  106   28  155  Yankees      
2005   29   79  .421  .610 1.031  .783  10.14  .319  47  129   18  158  Yankees      
CAR        514  .385  .577  .962  .696   8.28  .307 428 1225  223 1588 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.17  .271 191  810  106 
POS AVG    -78  .328  .412  .741  .454   4.72  .270 152  721  127

The new top 10–

HOMERUNS                      YEAR       HR     VS LG    RCAA    
1    Alex Rodriguez           2005       47       30       79   
2    Joe DiMaggio             1937       46       35       85   
T3   Alfonso Soriano          2002       39       18       34   
T3   Joe DiMaggio             1948       39       29       60   
5    Alfonso Soriano          2003       38       17       32   
6    Dave Winfield            1982       37       23       24   
T7   Alex Rodriguez           2004       36       16       35   
T7   Gary Sheffield           2004       36       17       40   
T9   Gary Sheffield           2005       33       16       37   
T9   Bob Meusel               1925       33       25       16

Rodriguez is 2nd vs. the league average–

HOMERUNS                      YEAR     DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE    RCAA    
1    Joe DiMaggio             1937       35       46       11       85   
2    Alex Rodriguez           2005       30       47       17       79   
3    Joe DiMaggio             1948       29       39       10       60   
4    Bob Meusel               1925       25       33        8       16   
5    Dave Winfield            1982       23       37       14       24   
6    Joe DiMaggio             1939       22       30        8       89   
T7   Joe DiMaggio             1941       21       30        9       95   
T7   Joe DiMaggio             1940       21       31       10       67   
T9   Bobby Bonds              1975       20       32       12       38   
T9   Joe DiMaggio             1938       20       32       12       43   
T9   Joe DiMaggio             1950       20       32       12       48

Rodriguez is having a career high in RCAA and DiMaggio is the only right handed hitter in Yankees history with a higher single season figure–

RCAA                          YEAR    RCAA    
1    Joe DiMaggio             1941       95   
2    Joe DiMaggio             1939       89   
3    Joe DiMaggio             1937       85   
4    Alex Rodriguez           2005       79   
T5   Derek Jeter              1999       77   
T5   Rickey Henderson         1985       77   
7    Joe DiMaggio             1940       67   
8    Joe DiMaggio             1948       60   
9    Tony Lazzeri             1929       54   
T10  Dave Winfield            1984       51   
T10  Joe DiMaggio             1947       51

* Yankees P Shawn Chacon’s line–6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 3 BB, 1 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    3   4.60   23  23  137     93  6.11 12.74  11   8   0  10   9  Rockies      
2004 26  -14   7.11   66   0   63.1   52  7.39 18.19   1   9  35   4   6  Rockies      
2005 27   21   3.40   26  24  151     79  4.71 12.64   8  10   0  12   6  Rockies/Yankees
CAREER     6   4.89  163  95  630.2  425  6.07 13.94  31  48  35  41  38 
LG AVG     0   4.28           630.2  469  6.70 12.73  35  35

* Orioles P Daniel Cabrera’s line–6 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23   -3   5.00   28  27  147.2   76  4.63 14.38  12   8   1  10  10  Orioles      
2005 24   -8   4.52   29  29  161.1  157  8.76 13.50  10  13   0  10  13  Orioles      
CAREER   -11   4.75   57  56  309    233  6.79 13.92  22  21   1  20  23 
LG AVG     0   4.49           309    216  6.29 12.88  17  17

2) BLUE JAYS 7, RED SOX 2

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Blue Jays      2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0   7   8  0
Red Sox        1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   2   8  0

Red Sox: 92-66, .582, 2nd place, 1 GB, 886 R, 789 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L2
Blue Jays: 78-80, .494, 3rd place, 15 GB, 748 R, 690 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Blue Jays, 11-6

* Blue Jays DH Frank Catalanotto had 3 hits–1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   10  .351  .472  .823  .560   6.02  .299  13   59    2  133  Blue Jays    
2004   30   -5  .344  .390  .734  .435   4.76  .293   1   26    1   75  Blue Jays    
2005   31    8  .363  .433  .796  .564   5.72  .294   7   48    0  126  Blue Jays    
CAR         47  .359  .453  .812  .550   5.94  .296  62  315   39  840 
LG AVG       0  .338  .432  .769  .500   5.12  .270  82  344   45 
POS AVG      1  .341  .424  .764  .498   5.14  .276  68  319   65

* Red Sox SS Edgar Renteria reached base safely 4 times–2 H (1 HR), 2 BB.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26   33  .394  .480  .874  .654   7.02  .330  13  100   34  157  Cardinals    
2004   27  -12  .327  .401  .728  .430   4.35  .287  10   72   17  149  Cardinals    
2005   28   -6  .338  .392  .730  .467   4.63  .280   8   69    9  149  Red Sox      
CAR        -56  .345  .399  .744  .465   4.75  .288  91  634  246 1445 
LG AVG       0  .342  .432  .774  .500   5.21  .270 180  751  108 
POS AVG   -154  .323  .381  .704  .404   4.25  .263  97  563  122

* Blue Jays P Ted Lilly’s line–6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 5 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -2   4.34   32  31  178.1  147  7.42 12.21  12  10   0  11  11  A's          
2004 28   19   4.06   32  32  197.1  168  7.66 12.13  12  10   0  13   9  Blue Jays    
2005 29  -16   5.56   25  25  126.1   96  6.84 13.96  10  11   0   8  13  Blue Jays    
CAREER   -10   4.67  153 128  754.1  639  7.62 12.65  44  45   0  45  44 
LG AVG     0   4.52           754.1  528  6.30 12.93  42  42

* Red Sox P Bronson Arroyo took a pounding–3 IP, 7 H, 7 R/ER, 3 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26    5   2.08    6   0   17.1   14  7.27  7.79   0   0   1   0   0  Red Sox      
2004 27   18   4.03   32  29  178.2  142  7.15 11.99  10   9   0  11   8  Red Sox      
2005 28   -2   4.54   34  32  204.1  100  4.40 12.29  14  10   0  12  12  Red Sox      
CAREER     0   4.60  125  90  587.1  367  5.62 12.90  33  33   1  33  33 
LG AVG     0   4.47           587.1  422  6.47 12.90  33  33

3) WHITE SOX 8, TIGERS 2

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
White Sox      0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3   8  15  0
Tigers         0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   2  10  2

White Sox: 95-63, .601, 1st place, 3 GA, 727 R, 637 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Tigers: 71-87, .449, 4th place, 24 GB, 714 R, 767 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: White Sox, 13-5

* White Sox LF Scott Podsednik had 4 hits (2 SB) and 2B Tadahito Iguchi was 0 for 5.

PODSEDNIK
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   18  .379  .443  .822  .591   6.46  .314   9   58   43  154  Brewers      
2004   28  -20  .313  .364  .677  .402   4.33  .244  12   39   70  154  Brewers      
2005   29   -5  .355  .354  .709  .470   4.66  .293   0   24   58  126  White Sox    
CAR         -9  .346  .387  .733  .485   5.05  .280  22  129  171  453 
LG AVG       0  .338  .432  .770  .500   5.11  .269  56  229   27 
POS AVG     -1  .334  .429  .763  .498   5.09  .270  53  212   55 

IGUCHI
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        -1  .343  .431  .773  .493   4.90  .278  14   68   15  133  White Sox    
CAR         -1  .343  .431  .773  .493   4.90  .278  14   68   15  133 
LG AVG       0  .331  .426  .757  .500   4.89  .268  16   68    8 
POS AVG     -4  .323  .411  .734  .472   4.59  .268  12   62   10

* White Sox P Jose Contreras’s line–8 IP, 7 H, 2 R/ER, 0 BB, 9 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31    8   3.30   18   9   71     72  9.13 11.03   7   2   0   6   3  Yankees      
2004 32  -16   5.50   31  31  170.1  150  7.93 13.63  13   9   0   9  13  Yankees/White Sox
2005 33   19   3.61   32  32  204.2  154  6.77 11.48  15   7   0  13   9  White Sox    
CAREER    11   4.28   81  72  446    376  7.59 12.23  35  18   0  28  25 
LG AVG     0   4.50           446    310  6.26 12.87  25  25

4) DEVIL RAYS 1, INDIANS 0

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Devil Rays     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   1   6  0
Indians        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0   5  0

Indians: 92-66, .582, 2nd place, 3 GB, 778 R, 633 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: L3
Devil Rays: 67-91, .424, 5th place, 26 GB, 739 R, 913 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: W3
Season series: Devil Rays, 6-3

* Devil Rays P Seth McClung (8 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO) combined with Danys Baez for a shutout.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22   -4   5.35   12   5   38.2   25  5.82 14.20   4   1   0   2   3  Devil Rays   
2005 24  -27   6.59   34  17  109.1   92  7.57 14.41   7  11   0   6  12  Devil Rays   
CAREER   -31   6.26   46  22  148    117  7.11 14.35  11  12   0   8  15 
LG AVG     0   4.41           148    101  6.14 12.70   8   8

* Indians P Cliff Lee’s line–8 IP, 6 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24    3   3.61    9   9   52.1   44  7.57 10.83   3   3   0   3   3  Indians      
2004 25  -18   5.43   33  33  179    161  8.09 14.08  14   8   0   9  13  Indians      
2005 26    8   3.79   32  32  202    143  6.37 10.96  18   5   0  12  11  Indians      
CAREER    -4   4.38   76  76  443.2  354  7.18 12.23  35  17   0  25  27 
LG AVG     0   4.50           443.2  309  6.27 12.87  25  25

5) TWINS 6, ROYALS 3

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Royals         1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0   3   8  1
Twins          0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 X   6   8  1

Twins: 80-78, .506, 3rd place, 15 GB, 666 R, 645 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: W2
Royals: 54-104, .342, 5th place, 41 GB, 682 R, 906 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Twins, 13-5

6) A’S 6, ANGELS 1

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Angels         0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   1   6  1
A's            2 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 X   6   7  0

Angels: 91-67, .576, 1st place, 5 GA, 733 R, 631 RA, 8-2 last 10, streak: L1
A’s: 86-72, .544, 2nd place, 5 GB, 758 R, 641 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Tied, 9-9

* A’s P Dan Haren’s line–7 IP, 4 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 22   -8   5.08   14  14   72.2   43  5.33 13.75   3   7   0   4   6  Cardinals    
2004 23   -2   4.50   14   5   46     32  6.26 12.52   3   3   0   3   3  Cardinals    
2005 24   18   3.73   34  34  217    163  6.76 11.24  14  12   0  15  11  A's          
CAREER     8   4.13   62  53  335.2  238  6.38 11.96  20  22   0  22  20 
LG AVG     0   4.34           335.2  236  6.34 12.70  19  19

7) RANGERS 7, MARINERS 3

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Rangers        0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0   7  11  2
Mariners       3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3   7  1

Rangers: 79-79, .500, 3rd place, 12 GB, 851 R, 833 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: W3
Mariners: 67-91, .424, 4th place, 24 GB, 685 R, 735 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L4
Season series: Rangers, 13-5

* Mariners SS Yuniesky Betancourt was 0 for 5.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        -8  .293  .362  .656  .356   3.51  .255   0   12    1   56  Mariners     
CAR         -8  .293  .362  .656  .356   3.51  .255   0   12    1   56 
LG AVG       0  .331  .426  .757  .500   4.89  .268   6   26    3 
POS AVG      0  .335  .414  .749  .502   4.90  .278   4   22    3

* Mariners P Joel Pineiro took a pounding–3 IP, 7 H, 6 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   15   3.78   32  32  211.2  151  6.42 11.65  16  11   0  15  12  Mariners     
2004 25   -7   4.67   21  21  140.2  111  7.10 12.22   6  11   0   8   9  Mariners     
2005 26  -27   5.62   30  30  189    107  5.10 13.62   7  11   0   7  11  Mariners     
CAREER    16   4.11  145 123  830.1  571  6.19 12.06  50  42   0  49  43 
LG AVG     0   4.50           830.1  576  6.25 12.88  47  47

1) PADRES 9, GIANTS 1

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Giants         0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   1   9  0
Padres         2 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 X   9  15  0

Padres: 79-79, .500, 1st place, 5 GA, 676 R, 722 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W2
Giants: 74-84, .468, T2nd place, 5 GB, 642 R, 734 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Padres, 11-6

* Padres 2B Mark Loretta (1 2B) and RF Ben Johnson (1 3B) had 3 hits and C Ramon Hernandez reached base safely 4 times (2 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP).

LORETTA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   19  .372  .441  .814  .601   5.88  .314  13   72    5  154  Padres       
2004   32   44  .391  .495  .886  .691   7.52  .335  16   76    5  154  Padres       
2005   33    0  .361  .348  .708  .498   4.62  .282   3   37    8  102  Padres       
CAR         33  .365  .408  .774  .521   5.37  .301  63  465   41 1227 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .778  .500   5.26  .271 137  565   76 
POS AVG    -54  .338  .406  .744  .456   4.83  .271  96  480   82 

JOHNSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        -1  .325  .500  .825  .446   4.12  .227   3   13    0   27  Padres       
CAR         -1  .325  .500  .825  .446   4.12  .227   3   13    0   27 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.09  .269   2   10    1 
POS AVG      2  .350  .457  .806  .557   5.75  .270   3   11    1 

HERNANDEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    6  .331  .458  .789  .542   5.14  .273  21   78    0  140  A's          
2004   28    5  .341  .477  .818  .539   5.27  .276  18   63    1  111  Padres       
2005   29    1  .323  .456  .778  .511   4.75  .292  12   58    1   96  Padres       
CAR        -34  .325  .418  .743  .456   4.48  .262  90  384    5  802 
LG AVG       0  .339  .433  .771  .500   5.15  .269  88  366   46 
POS AVG    -81  .315  .395  .710  .395   4.12  .255  71  332   12

* Padres P Pedro Astacio’s line–6 IP, 7 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33  -13   7.36    7   7   36.2   20  4.91 16.69   3   2   0   1   4  Mets         
2004 34   -5  10.38    5   1    8.2    6  6.23 18.69   0   0   0   0   0  Red Sox      
2005 35   -6   4.69   24  22  126.2   78  5.54 12.22   6  10   0   8   8  Rangers/Padres
CAREER     0   4.61  375 326 2106.1 1622  6.93 12.77 124 119   0 121 122 
LG AVG     0   4.26          2106.1 1548  6.61 12.78 118 118

2) ASTROS 7, CARDINALS 6

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Astros         0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1   7  12  1
Cardinals      0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0   6  10  1

Cardinals: 97-62, .610, 1st place, 9 1/2 GA, 777 R, 617 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L2
Astros: 87-71, .550, 2nd place, 9 1/2 GB, 679 R, 597 RA, 7-3 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Cardinals, 11-5

* Astros 3B Morgan Ensberg had 4 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   20  .377  .530  .907  .635   7.24  .291  25   60    7  127  Astros       
2004   28  -12  .330  .411  .742  .404   4.28  .275  10   66    6  131  Astros       
2005   29   41  .390  .567  .957  .696   7.84  .287  36  100    6  146  Astros       
CAR         45  .366  .496  .862  .586   6.28  .280  74  245   21  457 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .269  46  189   23 
POS AVG     -8  .334  .430  .763  .482   4.96  .266  47  200   14

* Cardinals LF Reggie Sanders hit 2 HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35   22  .345  .567  .913  .629   6.81  .285  31   87   15  130  Pirates      
2004   36    4  .315  .482  .797  .529   5.42  .260  22   67   21  135  Cardinals    
2005   37   11  .338  .535  .873  .605   6.44  .268  20   49   14   90  Cardinals    
CAR        144  .344  .490  .834  .565   5.92  .267 291  918  297 1662 
LG AVG       0  .340  .426  .766  .500   5.11  .270 179  770  121 
POS AVG    104  .350  .459  .808  .547   5.74  .277 226  872  159

* Astros P Brandon Backe took a pounding–4 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -5   5.44   28   0   44.2   36  7.25 13.50   1   1   0   1   1  Devil Rays   
2004 26    0   4.30   33   9   67     54  7.25 13.84   5   3   0   4   4  Astros       
2005 25  -10   4.76   26  25  149.1   97  5.85 13.38  10   8   0   8  10  Astros       
CAREER   -19   4.86   96  34  274    193  6.34 13.66  16  12   0  13  15 
LG AVG     0   4.32           274    198  6.52 12.80  15  15

* Cardinals P Chris Carpenter took a pounding–6 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 27   -7   5.28   13  13   73.1   45  5.52 14.73   4   5   0   4   5  Blue Jays    
2004 29   14   3.46   28  28  182    152  7.52 10.63  15   5   0  12   8  Cardinals    
2005 30   38   2.83   33  33  241.2  213  7.93  9.61  21   5   0  18   8  Cardinals    
CAREER    45   4.26  213 196 1294.1  977  6.79 12.68  85  60   0  79  66 
LG AVG     0   4.55          1294.1  926  6.44 13.14  73  73

3) PHILLIES 16, METS 6

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Mets           0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0   6  10  3
Phillies       1 0 4 0 2 2 0 7 X  16  20  0

Phillies: 85-74, .535, 2nd place, 5 GB, 786 R, 716 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Mets: 80-78, .506, 4th place, 9 1/2 GB, 702 R, 634 RA, 8-2 last 10, streak: L1
Season series: Mets, 11-7

* Mets RF Marlon Anderson hit 2 HR, 2B Miguel Cairo had 3 hits (1 2B) and SS Jose Reyes was 0 for 5.

ANDERSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   -6  .328  .376  .703  .462   4.60  .270   6   67   19  145  Devil Rays   
2004   30  -14  .269  .379  .649  .312   3.29  .237   8   28    6  113  Cardinals    
2005   31   -4  .311  .379  .691  .432   4.32  .259   6   17    6  119  Mets         
CAR        -78  .311  .381  .693  .399   4.13  .263  46  294   61  856 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .776  .500   5.23  .269  89  363   49 
POS AVG    -25  .338  .411  .749  .468   4.91  .272  64  306   62 

CAIRO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29  -10  .289  .375  .665  .365   3.66  .245   5   32    4   92  Cardinals    
2004   30    1  .346  .417  .763  .512   5.09  .292   6   42   11  122  Yankees      
2005   31  -17  .292  .325  .617  .313   3.26  .250   2   18   13   98  Mets         
CAR        -94  .318  .364  .682  .381   4.01  .270  27  249  100  927 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .777  .500   5.24  .272  91  381   50 
POS AVG    -19  .344  .410  .754  .476   5.02  .273  64  316   72 

REYES
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   20    4  .334  .434  .769  .552   5.70  .307   5   32   13   69  Mets         
2004   21   -9  .271  .373  .644  .359   3.79  .255   2   14   19   53  Mets         
2005   22  -14  .301  .387  .688  .429   4.28  .272   7   56   59  157  Mets         
CAR        -19  .303  .396  .699  .447   4.51  .277  14  102   91  279 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .770  .500   5.13  .269  36  151   18 
POS AVG    -25  .322  .394  .716  .427   4.41  .268  22  119   29

* Phillies CF Kenny Lofton and 3B David Bell had 4 hits, C Mike Lieberthal had 3 hits and SS Jimmy Rollins (1 H, 3 BB) reached base safely 4 times.

LOFTON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   36   12  .352  .450  .801  .566   5.88  .296  12   46   30  140  Pirates/Cubs
2004   37    1  .346  .395  .741  .512   5.09  .275   3   18    7   83  Yankees      
2005   38   12  .392  .416  .808  .598   6.83  .333   2   31   21  107  Phillies     
CAR        218  .373  .424  .797  .583   6.23  .299 120  697  566 1835 
LG AVG       0  .341  .427  .768  .500   5.12  .270 214  936  133 
POS AVG     -3  .339  .420  .759  .494   5.11  .272 185  829  281 

BELL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30  -19  .296  .283  .579  .277   2.89  .195   4   37    0   85  Phillies     
2004   31   10  .363  .458  .821  .554   5.94  .291  18   77    1  143  Phillies     
2005   32  -33  .310  .366  .676  .301   3.47  .250  10   61    0  147  Phillies     
CAR       -104  .318  .396  .714  .416   4.26  .256 113  526   16 1255 
LG AVG       0  .342  .432  .774  .500   5.19  .270 141  594   82 
POS AVG    -30  .337  .422  .759  .475   4.96  .269 130  576   72 

LIEBERTHAL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   18  .373  .453  .825  .607   6.20  .313  13   81    0  131  Phillies     
2004   32   -6  .335  .447  .783  .463   4.86  .271  17   61    1  131  Phillies     
2005   33   -6  .333  .418  .752  .449   4.93  .260  12   47    0  116  Phillies     
CAR          0  .339  .449  .788  .497   5.24  .274 141  573    8 1105 
LG AVG       0  .343  .432  .775  .500   5.23  .270 125  521   75 
POS AVG    -88  .327  .403  .730  .422   4.44  .258 110  500   21 

ROLLINS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24  -12  .320  .387  .707  .435   4.23  .263   8   62   20  156  Phillies     
2004   25   14  .348  .455  .803  .561   6.03  .289  14   73   30  154  Phillies     
2005   26    0  .335  .429  .764  .499   5.49  .288  12   52   39  155  Phillies     
CAR        -13  .327  .414  .741  .485   4.95  .273  59  306  169  791 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .268 106  430   54 
POS AVG    -92  .317  .384  .701  .404   4.19  .263  57  326   75

* Mets P Steve Trachsel took a pounding–4 2/3 IP, 10 H, 7 R/ER, 3 BB, 5 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32   10   3.78   33  33  204.2  111  4.88 11.96  16  10   0  14  12  Mets         
2004 33    6   4.00   33  33  202.2  117  5.20 12.92  12  13   0  13  12  Mets         
2005 34    0   4.14    6   6   37     24  5.84 12.16   1   4   0   3   2  Mets         
CAREER    21   4.23  351 350 2138.2 1440  6.06 12.54 119 135   0 129 125 
LG AVG     0   4.33          2138.2 1588  6.68 12.88 120 119

* Phillies P Vicente Padilla took a pounding–6 1/3 IP, 8 H, 5 R/ER, 3 BB, 7 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   10   3.62   32  32  208.2  133  5.74 11.82  14  12   0  14  12  Phillies     
2004 26   -3   4.53   20  20  115.1   82  6.40 12.88   7   7   0   7   7  Phillies     
2005 27   -2   4.71   27  27  147    103  6.31 13.96   9  12   0  10  11  Phillies     
CAREER    19   3.95  194 111  779    526  6.08 12.62  51  51   2  53  49 
LG AVG     0   4.27           779    580  6.70 12.81  44  44

4) PIRATES 3, CUBS 2

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Pirates        0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   3   7  1
Cubs           0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0   2   7  1

Cubs: 77-81, .487, 4th place, 19 1/2 GB, 691 R, 700 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: L2
Pirates: 65-94, .409, 6th place, 32 GB, 667 R, 761 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: W2
Season series: Cubs, 11-5

* Pirates P Paul Maholm’s line–6 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 4 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005      10   2.18    6   6   41.1   26  5.66 11.10   3   1   0   3   1  Pirates      
CAREER    10   2.18    6   6   41.1   26  5.66 11.10   3   1   0   3   1 
LG AVG     0   4.25            41.1   30  6.56 12.77   2   2

5) NATIONALS 11, MARLINS 7

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Nationals      0 0 2 7 0 2 0 0 0  11  15  1
Marlins        1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 0   7  12  0

Nationals: 81-78, .509, 3rd place, 9 GB, 629 R, 652 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: W3
Marlins: 80-79, .503, 5th place, 10 GB, 699 R, 720 RA, 2-8 last 10, streak: L6
Season series: Tied, 9-9

* Nationals 2B Jamey Carroll, 1B Nick Johnson (1 2B, 1 HR) and CF Preston Wilson (1 2B, 1 HR) had 3 hits and LF Brad Wilkerson was 0 for 5.

CARROLL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -21  .323  .326  .649  .238   3.25  .260   1   10    5  105  Expos        
2004   29    4  .378  .372  .750  .553   5.60  .289   0   16    5  102  Expos        
2005   30   -9  .340  .292  .632  .383   3.63  .258   0   21    3  110  Nationals    
CAR        -24  .346  .342  .688  .404   4.21  .271   2   53   14  333 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .269  27  110   13 
POS AVG     -9  .334  .413  .747  .466   4.81  .268  23  101   14 

JOHNSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   24  .422  .472  .894  .689   7.43  .284  14   47    5   96  Yankees      
2004   25    1  .359  .398  .758  .508   5.07  .251   7   33    6   73  Expos        
2005   26   28  .410  .488  .898  .671   6.95  .293  15   73    3  128  Nationals    
CAR         45  .384  .439  .823  .591   5.89  .267  53  219   15  449 
LG AVG       0  .336  .429  .765  .500   5.05  .267  47  195   24 
POS AVG     41  .361  .472  .833  .580   6.06  .276  64  236    9 

WILSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28    3  .343  .537  .880  .513   5.94  .282  36  141   14  155  Rockies      
2004   29  -16  .315  .391  .706  .270   3.67  .248   6   29    2   58  Rockies      
2005   30   -7  .326  .470  .795  .454   4.76  .259  25   89    5  137  Rockies/Nationals
CAR        -17  .333  .478  .811  .483   5.18  .264 171  590  109  946 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .779  .500   5.28  .270 116  474   63 
POS AVG     -6  .339  .431  .771  .492   5.22  .269 113  430  117 

WILKERSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    4  .380  .464  .844  .522   6.46  .268  19   77   13  146  Expos        
2004   27   30  .374  .498  .872  .640   6.81  .255  32   67   13  160  Expos        
2005   28    3  .350  .404  .754  .519   4.91  .248  11   57    7  145  Nationals    
CAR         45  .365  .452  .817  .556   5.92  .256  83  265   42  651 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .268  73  299   37 
POS AVG     39  .353  .456  .808  .549   5.75  .273  87  314   44

* Marlins RF Jeremy Hermida had 3 hits–1 2B, 1 HR.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005         0  .294  .484  .778  .453   4.32  .226   2    6    1   20  Marlins      
CAR          0  .294  .484  .778  .453   4.32  .226   2    6    1   20 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.09  .269   1    4    1 
POS AVG      0  .346  .453  .800  .533   5.52  .268   1    5    0

* Nationals P Esteban Loaiza took a pounding–6 IP, 10 H, 6 R/ER, 1 BB, 5 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   39   2.90   34  34  226.1  207  8.23 10.42  21   9   0  21   9  White Sox    
2004 32  -18   5.70   31  27  183    117  5.75 14.31  10   7   0   8   9  White Sox/Yankees
2005 33    4   3.77   34  34  217    173  7.18 11.90  12  10   0  11  11  Nationals    
CAREER    -7   4.60  334 297 1880   1255  6.01 13.01 112  99   1 108 103 
LG AVG     0   4.48          1880   1349  6.46 13.01 105 105

* Marlins P Brian Moehler took a pounding–3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 7 R/ER, 2 BB, 3 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 30   -4   4.86   13  12   63     31  4.43 13.14   3   5   0   3   5  Tigers/Reds
2003 31   -5   7.90    3   3   13.2    5  3.29 18.44   0   0   0   0   0  Astros       
2005 33  -10   4.55   37  25  158.1   95  5.40 13.93   6  12   0   8  10  Marlins      
CAREER     2   4.57  181 168 1024.1  564  4.96 13.11  56  68   0  63  61 
LG AVG     0   4.64          1024.1  727  6.39 13.31  57  58

6) ROCKIES 10, BRAVES 5

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Rockies        0 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 4  10  15  1
Braves         0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1   5  11  1

Braves: 90-69, .566, 1st place, 5 GA, 757 R, 656 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: L1
Rockies: 66-92, .418, 5th place, 13 GB, 726 R, 842 RA, 5-5 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Rockies, 4-2

* Rockies LF Matt Holliday had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   24   -4  .349  .488  .837  .475   5.98  .290  14   57    3  121  Rockies      
2005   25   13  .364  .508  .872  .576   6.83  .308  18   84   12  121  Rockies      
CAR          9  .357  .498  .856  .529   6.43  .300  32  141   15  242 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .269  26  107   13 
POS AVG     16  .352  .461  .813  .558   5.84  .270  33  121   13

* Braves P Pete Orr had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005        -3  .329  .379  .708  .444   4.71  .297   1    8    6  109  Braves       
CAR         -3  .329  .379  .708  .444   4.71  .297   1    8    6  109 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.09  .269   4   18    2 
POS AVG     -1  .339  .409  .748  .481   4.92  .272   3   15    3

7) REDS 11, BREWERS 4

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Reds           2 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 0  11  14  0
Brewers        0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0   4  15  0

Brewers: 79-79, .500, 3rd place, 17 1/2 GB, 716 R, 684 RA, 6-4 last 10, streak: L1
Reds: 73-85, .462, 5th place, 23 1/2 GB, 803 R, 859 RA, 4-6 last 10, streak: W1
Season series: Brewers, 9-6

* Reds LF Ryan Freel (1 SB) and SS Felipe Lopez (1 2B) had 3 hits and 1B Adam Dunn reached base safely 4 times (2 H (1 HR), 2 BB).

FREEL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    1  .344  .431  .775  .514   5.30  .285   4   12    9   43  Reds         
2004   28    8  .375  .368  .743  .547   5.40  .277   3   28   37  143  Reds         
2005   29   -1  .374  .380  .754  .492   5.34  .275   4   21   36   99  Reds         
CAR          8  .370  .380  .749  .521   5.35  .277  11   64   84  294 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.18  .269  33  135   16 
POS AVG      0  .339  .433  .772  .499   5.18  .273  32  132   20 

LOPEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  -11  .313  .299  .612  .305   3.27  .213   2   13    8   59  Reds         
2004   24   -2  .314  .405  .719  .475   4.61  .242   7   31    1   79  Reds         
2005   25   11  .350  .479  .829  .554   6.11  .291  21   80   15  144  Reds         
CAR        -19  .321  .417  .738  .456   4.72  .256  43  181   33  416 
LG AVG       0  .338  .430  .767  .500   5.09  .268  48  197   25 
POS AVG    -30  .320  .399  .719  .433   4.42  .266  32  164   34 

DUNN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23    9  .354  .465  .819  .566   5.94  .215  27   57    8  116  Reds         
2004   24   52  .388  .569  .956  .721   8.18  .266  46  102    6  161  Reds         
2005   26   39  .394  .549  .944  .672   8.04  .253  39   99    4  156  Reds         
CAR        137  .385  .520  .905  .650   7.34  .250 157  372   41  657 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .268  72  296   37 
POS AVG     60  .359  .470  .828  .575   6.08  .273  96  348   36

* Brewers C Damian Miller had 3 hits.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33  -18  .310  .369  .680  .326   3.41  .233   9   36    1  114  Cubs         
2004   34  -11  .339  .403  .742  .407   4.23  .272   9   58    0  110  A's          
2005   35   -6  .341  .404  .746  .446   4.52  .271   8   40    0  111  Brewers      
CAR        -62  .332  .417  .749  .422   4.52  .265  76  341    4  827 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .776  .500   5.24  .270  88  363   48 
POS AVG    -64  .325  .403  .729  .418   4.41  .257  76  347   13

* Brewers P Chris Capuano took a pounding–5 IP, 8 H, 6 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 24    1   4.64    9   5   33     23  6.27 12.00   2   4   0   3   3  Diamondbacks 
2004 25   -6   4.99   17  17   88.1   80  8.15 13.55   6   8   0   6   8  Brewers      
2005 26    7   3.96   34  34  213.2  173  7.29 12.85  18  11   0  15  14  Brewers      
CAREER     2   4.30   60  56  335    276  7.41 12.95  26  23   0  24  25 
LG AVG     0   4.27           335    246  6.62 12.79  19  19

8) DIAMONDBACKS 4, DODGERS 3

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
Diamondbacks   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0   4   7  1
Dodgers        0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0   3   4  0

Diamondbacks: 74-84, .468, T2nd place, 5 GB, 683 R, 847 RA, 8-2 last 10, streak: W4
Dodgers: 70-88, .443, 4th place, 9 GB, 679 R, 745 RA, 3-7 last 10, streak: L2
Season series: Diamondbacks, 12-5

* Diamondbacks LF Luis Gonzalez passed Vinny Castilla and tied Ron Cey for 94th place on the all time HR list, with 316.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35   31  .402  .532  .934  .631   7.70  .304  26  104    5  156  Diamondbacks 
2004   36   11  .373  .493  .866  .578   6.43  .259  17   48    2  105  Diamondbacks 
2005   37   12  .365  .460  .826  .561   6.00  .272  24   78    4  152  Diamondbacks 
CAR        292  .369  .487  .857  .598   6.46  .285 316 1250  121 2160 
LG AVG       0  .340  .425  .765  .500   5.09  .269 231 1000  161 
POS AVG    138  .351  .454  .806  .549   5.73  .272 293 1121  191

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