Around the Majors: White Sox, Cardinals win
1) Yesterday’s scores–
White Sox 2, Angels 1 (Series tied, 1-1)
Cardinals 5, Astros 3 (Cardinals lead the series, 1-0)
2) Today’s schedule–
Astros (Roy Oswalt, 2.94, 32 RSAA) at Cardinals (Mark Mulder, 3.64, 15 RSAA), 8:05
3) WHITE SOX 2, ANGELS 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Angels 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
White Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
* White Sox P Mark Buehrle’s line–9 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 4 SO.
4) CARDINALS 5, ASTROS 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 0
Cardinals 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 5 8 1
* Astros P Andy Pettitte took a pounding–6 IP, 8 H, 5 R/ER, 2 BB, 2 SO.
* Cardinals P Chris Carpenter’s line–8 IP, 5 H, 2 R/ER, 3 BB, 3 SO.
5) Yesterday’s HR–
Robb Quinlan
Chris Burke
Reggie Sanders
6) Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre finally resigned.
Stottlemyre was working on a long streak of announcing every year that one was his final season and then returned.
7) The Marlins are denying rumors that they have offered their managerial job to Joe Girardi and the sides are working on a contract.
8) The Royals hired Bob McClure (pitching), Fred Kendall (bullpen) and Bill Doran (bench) as coaches.
9) The Rangers gave the A’s permission to interview pitching coach Orel Hershiser for their managerial job.
Goodbye for now.
10) The Phillies removed Ps Keith Bucktrot, Francisco Butto and Edwin Moreno from the 40 man roster and added P Yoel Hernandez to the 40 man roster.
11) Phillies C A.J. Hinch became a free agent when he refused an assignment to the minors.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 28 -8 .321 .401 .722 .372 4.35 .249 7 27 3 72 Royals 2003 29 -5 .247 .392 .639 .235 2.49 .203 3 11 0 27 Tigers 2004 30 -1 .182 .273 .455 .263 3.00 .182 0 0 0 4 Phillies CAR -58 .280 .356 .636 .294 3.22 .219 32 112 13 350 LG AVG 0 .339 .432 .771 .500 5.15 .270 34 143 20 POS AVG -33 .313 .392 .705 .388 4.05 .255 26 128 5
12) The Astros removed Ps Scott Strickland, Brandon Duckworth and Travis Driskill from the 40 man roster.
STRICKLAND YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 26 2 3.54 69 0 68.2 69 9.04 12.58 6 9 2 8 7 Expos/Mets 2003 27 4 2.25 19 0 20 16 7.20 12.15 0 2 0 2 0 Mets 2005 29 -1 6.75 5 0 4 2 4.50 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 Astros CAREER 28 3.34 236 0 240 243 9.11 12.00 12 21 20 21 12 LG AVG 0 4.35 240 182 6.82 12.88 13 13 DUCKWORTH YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -9 4.94 24 18 93 68 6.58 14.71 4 7 0 5 6 Phillies 2004 28 -11 6.86 19 6 39.1 23 5.26 15.56 1 2 0 1 2 Astros 2005 29 -13 11.02 7 2 16.1 10 5.51 19.84 0 1 0 0 1 Astros CAREER -57 5.34 91 66 380.2 308 7.28 13.97 16 21 0 15 22 LG AVG 0 4.23 380.2 286 6.77 12.73 21 21 DRISKILL YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 -9 6.00 20 0 48 33 6.19 13.50 3 5 1 3 5 Orioles 2004 32 -1 6.48 5 0 8.1 6 6.48 17.28 0 0 0 0 0 Rockies 2005 33 0 0.00 1 0 1 2 18.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 Astros CAREER -18 5.26 55 19 190 119 5.64 13.97 11 13 1 10 14 LG AVG 0 4.47 190 132 6.24 12.84 11 11
13) The Twins added P Willie Eyre to the 40 man roster.
14) The White Sox removed Ps David Sanders and Ryan Wing from the 40 man roster.
SANDERS YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 23 -4 6.14 20 0 22 14 5.73 15.14 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox 2005 25 -2 13.50 2 0 2 1 4.50 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox CAREER -6 6.75 22 0 24 15 5.63 15.38 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.52 24 16 6.12 12.85 1 1
15) The Orioles removed 1B Alejandro Freire, 2B Bernie Castro, SS Eddie Rogers and OFs Ramon Nivar and Keith Reed from the 40 man roster.
FREIRE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 30 -3 .319 .338 .658 .323 3.06 .246 1 4 0 25 Orioles CAR -3 .319 .338 .658 .323 3.06 .246 1 4 0 25 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 2 9 1 POS AVG 1 .346 .452 .798 .554 5.48 .267 3 11 0 CASTRO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 25 1 .360 .350 .710 .543 5.03 .288 0 7 6 24 Orioles CAR 1 .360 .350 .710 .543 5.03 .288 0 7 6 24 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 2 10 1 POS AVG -1 .324 .412 .735 .477 4.63 .268 2 9 2 ROGERS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 23 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 5 Orioles 2005 26 0 1.000 4.000 5.000 .000 0.00 1.000 1 2 0 8 Orioles CAR -1 .250 1.000 1.250 .000 0.00 .250 1 2 0 13 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .757 .500 4.91 .266 0 1 0 POS AVG 0 .333 .435 .769 .513 5.07 .270 0 1 0 NIVAR YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -10 .253 .267 .519 .148 2.13 .211 0 7 4 28 Rangers 2004 24 -3 .211 .222 .433 .080 1.50 .222 0 4 1 7 Rangers 2005 25 -1 .357 .308 .665 .241 2.45 .308 0 1 0 7 Orioles CAR -14 .258 .264 .522 .143 2.06 .223 0 12 5 42 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .764 .500 5.03 .268 4 18 2 POS AVG 0 .333 .416 .748 .493 4.92 .272 3 17 4 REED YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 26 -1 .333 .200 .533 .000 0.00 .200 0 1 0 6 Orioles CAR -1 .333 .200 .533 .000 0.00 .200 0 1 0 6 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 0 1 0 POS AVG 0 .331 .449 .780 .524 5.11 .268 0 1 0
16) The Indians removed OF Jeff Liefer and P Kyle Denney from the 40 man roster.
LIEFER YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -14 .217 .319 .535 .117 1.95 .177 4 21 0 44 Expos/Devil Rays 2004 29 -3 .258 .393 .651 .158 2.16 .214 1 5 0 16 Brewers 2005 30 -5 .211 .286 .496 .148 1.76 .196 1 8 0 19 Indians CAR -37 .281 .398 .679 .335 3.62 .230 31 113 2 288 LG AVG 0 .336 .430 .767 .500 5.07 .268 26 109 14 POS AVG 11 .349 .452 .802 .539 5.62 .272 32 123 12 DENNEY YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 26 -9 9.56 4 4 16 13 7.31 22.50 1 2 0 1 2 Indians CAREER -9 9.56 4 4 16 13 7.31 22.50 1 2 0 1 2 LG AVG 0 4.64 16 11 6.45 13.15 1 1
17) The Royals claimed P Joel Peralta off waivers from the Angels.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 29 1 3.89 28 0 34.2 30 7.79 10.90 1 0 0 1 0 Angels CAREER 1 3.89 28 0 34.2 30 7.79 10.90 1 0 0 1 0 LG AVG 0 4.36 34.2 24 6.16 12.63 2 2
18) Royals LF Terrence Long and P Nate Field became free agents when they refused assignments to the minors.
LONG YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -12 .293 .385 .678 .410 3.85 .245 14 61 4 140 A's 2004 28 -3 .335 .420 .756 .465 4.48 .295 3 28 3 136 Padres 2005 29 -11 .321 .378 .699 .416 4.01 .279 6 53 3 137 Royals CAR -55 .319 .406 .725 .436 4.32 .270 69 374 27 878 LG AVG 0 .337 .431 .768 .500 5.10 .269 98 410 52 POS AVG 9 .336 .437 .773 .507 5.22 .273 95 405 86 FIELD YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 2 4.15 19 0 21.2 19 7.89 14.12 1 1 0 1 1 Royals 2004 28 1 4.26 43 0 44.1 30 6.09 12.38 2 3 3 3 2 Royals 2005 29 -4 9.45 7 0 6.2 4 5.40 24.30 0 0 0 0 0 Royals CAREER -3 4.98 74 0 77.2 56 6.49 14.37 3 4 3 4 3 LG AVG 0 4.57 77.2 55 6.32 13.00 4 4
19) The Rangers removed Ps Kevin Gryboski and Michael Tejera from the 40 man roster.
GRYBOSKI YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 1 3.86 64 0 44.1 32 6.50 14.01 6 4 0 5 5 Braves 2004 30 8 2.84 69 0 50.2 24 4.26 13.68 3 2 2 3 2 Braves 2005 31 -4 5.52 42 0 31 10 2.90 18.58 1 1 0 0 2 Braves/Rangers CAREER 9 3.75 232 0 177.2 99 5.02 15.30 12 8 2 10 10 LG AVG 0 4.24 177.2 132 6.67 12.76 10 10 TEJERA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -6 4.67 50 6 81 58 6.44 13.22 3 4 2 3 4 Marlins 2004 27 -9 13.50 8 2 9.1 10 9.64 25.07 0 1 0 0 1 Marlins/Rangers 2005 28 -2 13.50 3 0 2 2 9.00 31.50 0 0 0 0 0 Rangers CAREER -29 5.14 111 27 238.1 172 6.50 14.24 11 13 3 10 14 LG AVG 0 4.20 238.1 178 6.71 12.74 13 13
20) Today’s birthdays–
BOB BAILEY, 1942, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1970 27 35 .407 .597 1.004 .724 8.50 .287 28 84 5 131 Expos 1973 30 18 .379 .489 .868 .594 5.88 .273 26 86 5 151 Expos 1974 31 18 .396 .446 .842 .601 5.87 .280 20 73 4 152 Expos CAR 52 .347 .403 .750 .522 4.63 .257 189 773 85 1931 LG AVG 0 .326 .385 .711 .500 4.34 .260 143 705 96 POS AVG 59 .333 .407 .740 .527 4.67 .263 182 805 74 TIM CRABTREE, 1969, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1996 26 19 2.54 53 0 67.1 57 7.62 11.23 5 3 1 6 2 Blue Jays 1998 28 13 3.59 64 0 85.1 60 6.33 13.08 6 1 0 5 2 Rangers 1999 29 11 3.46 68 0 65 54 7.48 12.46 5 1 0 4 2 Rangers CAREER 32 4.20 342 0 394 288 6.58 13.66 21 22 9 24 19 LG AVG 0 4.79 394 276 6.30 13.53 22 22 WILD BILL DONOVAN, 1876-1923 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1901 24 28 2.77 45 38 351 226 5.79 12.41 25 15 1 24 16 Dodgers 1903 26 18 2.29 35 34 307 187 5.48 10.17 17 16 0 20 13 Tigers 1907 30 12 2.19 32 28 271 123 4.08 10.36 25 4 1 17 12 Tigers CAREER 60 2.69 378 327 2964.2 1552 4.71 11.48 186 139 7 175 150 LG AVG 0 2.82 2964.2 1265 3.84 11.32 164 164 GEORGE FRAZIER, 1954, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1985 30 -18 6.39 51 0 76 46 5.45 16.93 7 8 2 5 10 Cubs CAREER -11 4.20 415 0 675.2 449 5.98 13.08 35 43 29 36 42 LG AVG 0 3.93 675.2 398 5.30 12.36 38 38 FRANKIE HAYES, 1914-55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1934 19 -17 .286 .339 .625 .277 3.33 .226 6 30 2 92 A's 1936 21 -28 .335 .388 .723 .347 4.65 .271 10 67 3 144 A's 1943 28 -11 .295 .276 .571 .326 2.79 .188 5 30 1 88 Browns CAR -38 .343 .400 .744 .473 4.91 .259 119 628 30 1364 LG AVG 0 .351 .399 .749 .500 5.20 .277 77 598 61 POS AVG -122 .335 .350 .685 .408 4.28 .259 49 548 29 TREVOR HOFFMAN, 1967, AGE: 38 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 35 2 2.00 9 0 9 11 11.00 10.00 0 0 0 0 0 Padres 2004 36 10 2.30 55 0 54.2 53 8.73 8.23 3 3 41 4 2 Padres 2005 37 5 2.97 60 0 57.2 54 8.43 10.14 1 6 43 4 3 Padres CAREER 113 2.76 756 0 822.1 915 10.01 9.53 49 53 436 65 37 LG AVG 0 4.27 822.1 607 6.64 12.80 46 46 EDDIE MATHEWS, 1931-2001 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1953 21 80 .406 .627 1.033 .789 10.17 .302 47 135 1 157 Braves 1954 22 68 .423 .603 1.026 .797 9.68 .290 40 103 10 138 Braves 1955 23 67 .413 .601 1.014 .790 9.39 .289 41 101 3 141 Braves 1956 24 43 .373 .518 .892 .702 7.39 .272 37 95 6 151 Braves 1957 25 58 .387 .540 .927 .758 8.05 .292 32 94 3 148 Braves 1959 27 69 .390 .593 .983 .770 8.98 .306 46 114 2 148 Braves 1960 28 63 .397 .551 .948 .776 8.22 .277 39 124 7 153 Braves 1961 29 58 .402 .535 .937 .750 8.12 .306 32 91 12 152 Braves CAR 655 .376 .509 .885 .704 7.15 .271 512 1453 68 2391 LG AVG 0 .331 .406 .738 .500 4.70 .265 227 1011 96 POS AVG 19 .335 .411 .747 .503 4.80 .263 249 1044 78 DAMIAN MILLER, 1969, AGE: 36 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 -7 .340 .413 .753 .443 4.47 .273 9 43 0 114 Brewers CAR -63 .332 .418 .750 .422 4.51 .265 77 344 4 830 LG AVG 0 .342 .434 .776 .500 5.24 .270 89 365 48 POS AVG -65 .325 .403 .728 .417 4.40 .257 77 348 14 RANDY MOFFITT, 1948, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1973 24 16 2.42 60 0 100.1 65 5.83 10.58 4 4 14 6 2 Giants 1976 27 16 2.27 58 0 103 50 4.37 11.18 6 6 14 8 4 Giants CAREER 8 3.65 534 1 781.1 455 5.24 12.39 43 52 96 49 46 LG AVG 0 3.66 781.1 451 5.20 12.20 43 43 HAYDEN PENN, 1984, AGE: 21 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 20 -10 6.34 8 8 38.1 18 4.23 15.73 3 2 0 2 3 Orioles CAREER -10 6.34 8 8 38.1 18 4.23 15.73 3 2 0 2 3 LG AVG 0 4.36 38.1 26 6.16 12.63 2 2 RUBE WADDELL, 1876-1914 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1902 25 55 2.05 33 27 276.1 210 6.84 9.71 24 7 1 24 7 A's 1904 27 40 1.62 46 46 383 349 8.20 9.70 25 19 0 31 13 A's 1905 28 49 1.48 46 34 328.2 287 7.86 9.06 27 10 4 28 9 A's CAREER 254 2.16 407 340 2961.1 2316 7.04 10.27 193 143 12 212 124 LG AVG 0 2.88 2961.1 1200 3.65 11.36 164 164 EDDIE YOST, 1926, AGE: 79 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1951 24 40 .423 .424 .847 .685 7.30 .283 12 65 6 154 Twins 1953 26 28 .403 .395 .799 .639 6.25 .272 9 45 7 152 Twins 1959 32 37 .435 .436 .871 .669 7.80 .278 21 61 9 148 Tigers CAR 162 .394 .371 .765 .561 5.63 .254 139 683 72 2109 LG AVG 0 .345 .396 .742 .500 4.87 .266 172 945 70 POS AVG 15 .354 .392 .746 .503 4.94 .271 150 928 66