Around the Majors: Redsox clinch the playoffs
1) Yesterday’s scores–
AL
Tigers 4, Whitesox 2
BlueJays 4, Orioles 1
Angels 5, Rangers 3
Indians 6, Royals 1
Redsox 7, Devil Rays 3
A’s 6, Mariners 5
NL
Pirates 6, Phillies 1
Marlins 4, Expos 1
Astros 10, Cardinals 3
Cubs 12, Reds 5
Diamondbacks 3, Brewers 1
Dodgers 8, Rockies 7
Mets at Braves–PPD
2) Standings–
AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK y--Yankees 97 59 .622 - 54-24 43-35 48-25 17-12 22-14 LOST 2 y--Redsox 94 62 .603 3 55-26 39-36 44-26 19-13 22-14 WON 3 e--Orioles 74 81 .477 22 1/2 34-40 40-41 33-36 21-15 15-17 LOST 1 e--Devil Rays 66 88 .429 30 39-37 27-51 25-48 16-15 10-22 LOST 1 e--BlueJays 65 90 .419 31 1/2 38-40 27-50 27-42 13-19 17-19 WON 1 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Twins 90 66 .577 - 47-31 43-35 19-14 44-29 16-16 WON 1 e--Whitesox 79 77 .506 11 46-35 33-42 16-16 36-34 19-17 LOST 1 e--Indians 77 80 .490 13 1/2 44-37 33-43 17-15 33-38 17-19 WON 1 e--Tigers 69 86 .445 20 1/2 36-40 33-46 10-17 35-39 15-21 WON 1 e--Royals 57 99 .365 33 32-42 25-57 12-24 31-39 08-24 LOST 3 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK A's 89 67 .571 - 50-25 39-42 23-20 27-16 29-23 WON 1 Angels 88 68 .564 1 45-36 43-32 25-18 28-15 28-24 WON 3 Rangers 86 70 .551 3 50-28 36-42 25-18 23-20 28-24 LOST 2 e--Mariners 60 96 .385 29 37-42 23-54 13-30 19-24 19-33 LOST 1 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Braves 92 64 .590 - 47-31 45-33 49-24 16-17 19-13 WON 3 e--Phillies 81 75 .519 11 37-38 44-37 36-36 16-18 20-12 LOST 1 e--Marlins 80 76 .513 12 42-38 38-38 40-30 15-21 18-14 WON 1 e--Mets 69 87 .442 23 37-41 32-46 27-43 15-21 17-15 WON 2 e--Expos 65 92 .414 27 1/2 35-43 30-49 26-45 17-19 15-17 LOST 3 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK x--Cardinals 103 53 .660 - 51-26 52-27 19-11 52-32 21-09 LOST 1 d--Cubs 88 68 .564 15 44-32 44-36 15-12 50-37 15-15 WON 1 d--Astros 87 70 .554 16 1/2 43-33 44-37 16-14 53-35 11-16 WON 2 e--Reds 72 84 .462 31 39-39 33-45 18-12 34-50 15-15 LOST 2 e--Pirates 70 86 .449 33 39-41 31-45 17-11 35-51 16-14 WON 2 e--Brewers 64 91 .413 38 1/2 36-45 28-46 11-19 33-52 12-16 LOST 2 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Dodgers 90 66 .577 - 46-29 44-37 14-18 22-14 44-26 WON 2 Giants 87 69 .558 3 47-35 40-34 19-13 20-16 37-33 LOST 1 Padres 85 71 .545 5 41-37 44-34 18-14 19-17 40-30 WON 3 e--Rockies 67 89 .429 23 38-43 29-46 11-21 10-23 38-35 LOST 4 e--Diamondbacks 48 109 .306 42 1/2 26-50 22-59 09-23 14-20 19-54 WON 1
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–
NL WON LOST PCT GB Cubs 88 68 .564 - Giants 87 69 .558 1 Astros 87 70 .554 1 1/2 Padres 85 71 .545 3
4) The Redsox clinched a postseason berth.
5) The Phillies were mathematically eliminated from the postseason.
6) The Padres will be mathematically eliminated from winning the division title if they lose to the Giants.
7) Magic numbers–
AL East–Yankees, 4
AL Central–Twins, clinched
AL West–A’s, 6
AL postseason–Yankees, Redsox, clinched
NL East–Braves, clinched
NL Central–Cardinals, clinched
NL West–Dodgers, 4
NL wild card–Cubs, 6
8) Race for the postseason seeds–
AL–The AL champions will have the #1 seed. The Twins have a 1 game lead over the A’s for the #2 seed.
NL–The Cardinals clinched the top seed. The Braves have a 2 game lead over the Dodgers for the #2 seed.
9) Today’s schedule–
AL
Whitesox (Jose Contreras, 5.86) at Tigers (Nate Robertson, 4.80), 7:05
BlueJays (Ted Lilly, 3.92) at Orioles (Daniel Cabrera, 4.67), 7:05
Twins (Kyle Lohse, 5.31) at Yankees (Orlando Hernandez, 2.87), 7:05
Redsox (Derek Lowe, 5.25) at Devil Rays (John Halama, 4.45), 7:15
Angels (Kelvim Escobar, 3.88) at Rangers (Chan Ho Park, 5.79), 8:05
Indians (Cliff Lee, 5.70) at Royals (Darrell May, 5.55), 8:10
Mariners (Gil Meche, 5.17) at A’s (Tim Hudson, 3.33), 10:05
NL
Mets (Steve Trachsel, 4.07, and Tom Glavine, 3.55) at Braves (Paul Byrd, 3.40, and Jaret Wright, 3.33), DH, 4:35
Pirates (Ian Snell, 2.57) at Phillies (Vicente Padilla, 4.40), 7:05
Marlins (Ismael Valdez, 5.11) at Expos (Tomo Ohka, 3.27), 7:05
Cardinals (Dan Haren, 4.76) at Astros (Brandon Backe, 4.58), 8:05
Reds (Josh Hancock, 5.50) at Cubs (Greg Maddux, 3.70), 8:05
Brewers (Jorge De La Rosa, 8.49) at Diamondbacks (Brandon Webb, 3.67), 9:35
Giants (Jason Schmidt, 3.21) at Padres (Brian Lawrence, 3.92), 10:05
Rockies (Jamey Wright, 4.33) at Dodgers (Kazuhisa Ishii, 4.84), 10:10
10) Yesterday’s HR–
Adrian Beltre–#48
Manny Ramirez–#43
Adam Dunn–#43
Vladimir Guerrero–#34
Vinny Castilla–#34
Derrek Lee–#32
Miguel Cabrera–#31
Melvin Mora–#27
Kevin Mench–#25
Corey Patterson–#24
Jermaine Dye–#22
Joe Crede–#20
Johnny Damon–#19
Jason Varitek–#18
Dmitri Young–#18
Ty Wigginton–#16
Todd Walker–#15
Chad Tracy–#8
David DeJesus–#7
Marco Scutaro–#7
Gregg Zaun–#6
David McCarty–#4
Jason Lane–#4
Jose Macias–#3
Brad Hawpe–#3
Willie Bloomquist–#2
Midre Cummings–#2
11) HR leaders–
AL
1) Manny Ramirez–43*
T2) Paul Konerko–40
T2) David Ortiz–40
4) Mark Teixeira–37
5) Gary Sheffield–36
6) Alex Rodriguez–35
7) Vladimir Guerrero–34*
T8) Hank Blalock–32
T8) Miguel Tejada–32
10) Carlos Delgado–30
NL
1) Adrian Beltre–48*
2) Albert Pujols–46
3) Barry Bonds–45
4) Adam Dunn–43*
T5) Jim Thome–42
T5) 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
T10) Steve Finley–34
T10) Vinny Castilla–34*
*–hit 1 yesterday
12) Barry Bonds watch–
OBA–.614, Bonds holds the major league record with .582, in 2002
SLG–.839, on pace for 4th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with .863, 2001
OPS–1.453, Bonds holds the major league record with 1.381, in 2002
RCAA–155, is 6th all time, Bonds holds the major league record with 169, 2001
BB–222, new major league record
BB above average–191, new major league record
career HR–has 703, is 11 behind Ruth, is 52 behind Aaron
career HR above average–has 461, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 622
career RCAA–1499, 2nd all time, Ruth holds the record with 1795
13) Manny Ramirez passed Johnny Bench and tied Graig Nettles for 43rd place on the all time HR list, with 390.
14) Vinny Castilla tied Jim Edmonds and Ruben Sierra for 100th place on the all time HR list, with 302.
1) Dodgers 3B Adrian Beltre set the LA record for total bases in a season.
After -8 RCAA/.729 OPS and -14 RCAA/.714 OPS seasons, Beltre is hitting .647 SLG, .395 OBA, 1.042 OPS, 68 RCAA in 150 games. He has a .797 career OPS, compared to his league average of .780, and 48 RCAA in 960 games.
The new top 10–
TOTAL BASES YEAR TB 1 Adrian Beltre 2004 374 2 Shawn Green 2001 370 3 Tommy Davis 1962 356 4 Mike Piazza 1997 355 5 Raul Mondesi 1997 333 6 Shawn Green 2002 325 T7 Steve Garvey 1979 322 T7 Gary Sheffield 2000 322 T7 Steve Garvey 1977 322 10 Steve Garvey 1978 319
Counting when the team was in Brooklyn, Beltre is 3rd, with Babe Herman (1930, 416) holding the record.
Beltre tied the record vs. the league average–
TOTAL BASES YEAR DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE T1 Mike Piazza 1997 148 355 207 T1 Adrian Beltre 2004 148 374 226 3 Shawn Green 2001 113 370 257 4 Gary Sheffield 2000 112 322 210 T5 Tommy Davis 1962 108 356 248 T5 Pedro Guerrero 1985 108 281 173 7 Mike Piazza 1995 103 263 160 8 Pedro Guerrero 1982 102 308 206 9 Mike Piazza 1993 98 307 209 10 Mike Piazza 1996 96 308 212
Counting when the team was in Brooklyn, Beltre is tied for 3rd, with Babe Herman (1930, 165) holding the record.
2) Cubs 2B Mark Grudzielanek has been out of the lineup, due to a strained right hamstring, and is expected to return today.
After -16 RCAA/.665 OPS and 6 RCAA/.782 OPS seasons, Grudzielanek has a .422 SLG, .345 OBA, .767 OPS, -4 RCAA in 77 games. He has a .718 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and -79 RCAA in 1295 games.
3) The Cardinals called up P Jason Simontacchi.
Simontacchi has a 4.76 ERA/-24 RSAA in 81 career games, including a 5.14 ERA/-2 RSAA in 11 games in 2004.
4) The Brewers have reportedly accepted an offer from LA investor Mark Attanasio to buy the team and are working on drafting a sale agreement.
5) The Expos rumored move to Washington is rumored to be on Thursday.
6) Cardinals 2B Tony Womack left yesterday’s game, after being hit in the hand by a pitch. X-rays were negative.
After -23 RCAA/.678 OPS and -34 RCAA/.558 OPS seasons, Womack has a .382 SLG, .348 OBA, .729 OPS, 1 RCAA in 140 games. He has a .680 career OPS, compared to his league average of .777, and -127 RCAA in 1162 games.
7) According to the Denver Post, the Rockies are going to try to trade C Charles Johnson during the offseason.
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