Around the Majors: White Sox go for the sweep
1) Yesterday’s scores–
Cardinals 6, Padres 2 (Cardinals lead the series, 2-0)
Braves 7, Astros 1 (Series tied, 1-1)
2) Today’s schedule–
White Sox (Freddy Garcia, 3.87, 15 RSAA) at Red Sox (Tim Wakefield, 4.15, 7 RSAA), 4:05 (White Sox lead series, 2-0)
Angels (Paul Byrd, 3.74, 10 RSAA) at Yankees (Randy Johnson, 3.79, 17 RSAA), 8:05 (Series tied, 1-1)
3) CARDINALS 6, PADRES 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 1
Cardinals 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 X 6 6 0
* Padres 3B Joe Randa had 3 hits.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 -2 .348 .452 .800 .488 5.55 .291 16 72 1 131 Royals 2004 34 1 .343 .408 .751 .508 5.02 .287 8 56 0 128 Royals 2005 35 7 .335 .452 .787 .533 5.44 .276 17 68 0 150 Reds/Padres CAR -44 .340 .427 .768 .470 5.11 .285 119 711 42 1433 LG AVG 0 .341 .433 .773 .500 5.19 .271 166 704 95 POS AVG -42 .333 .427 .760 .470 4.91 .264 171 713 53
* Cardinals P Mark Mulder’s line–6 2/3 IP, 8 H, 1 R/ER, 1 BB, 2 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 23 3.13 26 26 186.2 128 6.17 10.70 15 9 0 15 9 A's 2004 26 6 4.43 33 33 225.2 140 5.58 12.68 17 8 0 13 12 A's 2005 27 15 3.64 32 32 205 111 4.87 12.78 16 8 0 14 10 Cardinals CAREER 81 3.87 182 182 1208 779 5.80 12.02 97 50 0 83 64 LG AVG 0 4.53 1208 854 6.36 13.01 68 68
4) BRAVES 7, ASTROS 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Astros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
Braves 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 7 11 0
* Astros CF Willy Taveras had 3 hits.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 22 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 1 10 Astros 2005 23 -13 .325 .341 .666 .423 4.18 .291 3 29 34 152 Astros CAR -13 .324 .341 .665 .421 4.16 .290 3 29 35 162 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 18 74 9 POS AVG -2 .338 .422 .760 .491 5.01 .270 17 65 16
* Braves CF Andruw Jones had 3 hits.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 13 .338 .513 .851 .567 5.79 .277 36 116 4 156 Braves 2004 27 0 .345 .488 .833 .500 5.25 .261 29 91 6 154 Braves 2005 28 22 .347 .575 .922 .597 6.56 .263 51 128 5 160 Braves CAR 103 .342 .503 .845 .553 5.89 .267 301 894 129 1451 LG AVG 0 .343 .433 .776 .500 5.24 .270 172 711 99 POS AVG -2 .339 .433 .773 .495 5.24 .270 171 663 171
* Astros P Roger Clemens took a pounding–5 IP, 6 H, 5 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 40 10 3.91 33 33 211.2 190 8.08 11.14 17 9 0 14 12 Yankees 2004 41 32 2.98 33 33 214.1 218 9.15 10.67 18 4 0 15 7 Astros 2005 42 53 1.87 32 32 211.1 185 7.88 9.20 13 8 0 17 4 Astros CAREER 698 3.12 672 671 4704.1 4502 8.61 10.84 341 172 0 338 175 LG AVG 0 4.38 4704.1 3134 6.00 12.94 263 264
* Braves P John Smoltz’s line–7 IP, 7 H, 1 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 36 22 1.12 62 0 64.1 73 10.21 7.83 0 2 45 2 0 Braves 2004 37 14 2.76 73 0 81.2 85 9.37 9.70 0 1 44 1 0 Braves 2005 38 35 3.06 33 33 229.2 169 6.62 10.35 14 7 0 14 7 Braves CAREER 274 3.26 635 394 2929.1 2567 7.89 10.63 177 128 154 183 122 LG AVG 0 4.03 2929.1 2067 6.35 12.46 164 163
5) Yesterday’s HR–
Brian McCann
6) The A’s and manager Ken Macha parted after the sides couldn’t agree on a new contract.
7) The Tigers hired Jim Leyland as manager.
8) John Hart resigned as Rangers GM and was replaced by Jon Daniels.
9) The Devil Rays fired GM Chuck LeMar.
10) Phillies GM Ed Wade says re-signing P Billy Wagner is their top offseason priority. Wagner will be a free agent.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 26 1.78 78 0 86 105 10.99 8.16 1 4 44 4 1 Astros 2004 32 10 2.42 45 0 48.1 59 10.99 7.26 4 0 21 3 1 Phillies 2005 33 26 1.51 75 0 77.2 87 10.08 7.88 4 3 38 6 1 Phillies CAREER 135 2.40 584 0 630.1 840 11.99 9.27 34 32 284 46 20 LG AVG 0 4.30 630.1 473 6.75 12.84 35 35
11) The Twins released INF Brent Abernathy, 2B Luis Rivas and OF Michael Ryan.
ABERNATHY YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 24 -26 .288 .311 .599 .294 3.04 .242 2 40 10 117 Devil Rays 2003 25 -7 .086 .059 .145 .000 0.00 .059 0 0 1 12 Devil Rays/Royals 2005 27 -3 .316 .299 .614 .326 3.32 .239 1 6 2 24 Twins CAR -40 .297 .325 .622 .331 3.40 .244 8 79 21 232 LG AVG 0 .333 .427 .759 .500 4.96 .266 29 120 16 POS AVG -14 .324 .393 .717 .446 4.45 .265 18 97 23 RIVAS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -23 .308 .381 .689 .337 3.53 .259 8 43 17 135 Twins 2004 24 -11 .283 .432 .715 .391 4.15 .256 10 34 15 109 Twins 2005 25 -5 .311 .316 .627 .363 3.63 .257 1 12 4 59 Twins CAR -73 .307 .383 .690 .366 3.80 .262 30 177 78 565 LG AVG 0 .335 .429 .764 .500 5.04 .268 63 263 34 POS AVG -30 .326 .399 .724 .447 4.53 .265 43 215 51 RYAN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 10 .441 .754 1.195 .810 11.30 .393 5 13 2 27 Twins 2004 26 -6 .280 .296 .576 .187 2.37 .239 0 7 1 36 Twins 2005 27 -10 .283 .325 .608 .208 2.38 .231 2 13 1 57 Twins CAR -8 .313 .408 .721 .402 4.08 .265 7 33 4 127 LG AVG 0 .334 .428 .762 .500 4.99 .269 9 37 4 POS AVG 2 .338 .442 .780 .524 5.27 .273 9 39 4
12) Rangers P Carlos Almanzar was suspended for 10 days for violating the steroids policy.
The suspension will either start at the beginning of the 2006 season or, just like 137% of suspended players, it will be another pretend suspension. Players suspended for the steroids policy have been able to be replaced on the roster. Almanzar is recovering from Tommy John surgery. So, if he’s not ready for opening day, he can just be placed on the roster, immediately be replaced, pretend to be suspended for 10 days and then go on the DL afterwards.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 28 3 2.31 8 1 11.2 7 5.40 8.49 0 1 0 1 0 Reds 2004 30 11 3.72 67 0 72.2 44 5.45 11.02 7 3 0 6 4 Rangers 2005 31 -5 14.40 6 0 5 3 5.40 32.40 0 0 0 0 0 Rangers CAREER -5 4.82 210 1 239 170 6.40 13.07 13 13 0 15 11 LG AVG 0 4.59 239 175 6.58 13.21 13 13
13) A’s P Rich Harden had surgery on his nonthrowing shoulder and is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 21 -2 4.46 15 13 74.2 67 8.08 13.62 5 4 0 4 5 A's 2004 22 14 3.99 31 31 189.2 167 7.92 12.10 11 7 0 10 8 A's 2005 23 28 2.53 22 19 128 121 8.51 9.70 10 5 0 11 4 A's CAREER 40 3.60 68 63 392.1 355 8.14 11.61 26 16 0 25 17 LG AVG 0 4.53 392.1 274 6.29 12.92 22 22
14) The Rockies claimed P Jaime Cerda off waivers from the Royals, exercised their option on OF Matt Holliday and declined their option on C Todd Greene and removed INF Eddy Garabito from the 40 man roster.
CERDA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 -6 5.85 27 0 32.1 19 5.29 14.47 1 1 0 1 1 Mets 2004 25 6 3.15 53 0 45.2 33 6.50 14.58 1 4 2 3 2 Royals 2005 26 -5 6.63 20 0 19 18 8.53 15.16 1 4 0 2 3 Royals CAREER -1 4.26 132 0 122.2 91 6.68 14.31 3 9 2 6 6 LG AVG 0 4.39 122.2 89 6.52 12.88 7 7 HOLLIDAY 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 12 .361 .505 .866 .565 6.71 .307 19 87 14 125 Rockies CAR 8 .356 .497 .853 .525 6.38 .299 33 144 17 246 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .269 27 109 13 POS AVG 17 .352 .460 .813 .558 5.83 .270 34 123 13 GREENE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 -12 .243 .434 .677 .303 3.52 .229 10 20 0 62 Rangers 2004 33 -7 .325 .508 .833 .398 5.04 .282 10 35 0 75 Rockies 2005 34 -6 .299 .452 .751 .345 4.09 .254 7 23 0 38 Rockies CAR -66 .281 .446 .726 .347 3.97 .248 69 200 5 475 LG AVG 0 .341 .434 .775 .500 5.21 .271 47 197 25 POS AVG -17 .333 .421 .754 .457 4.80 .263 47 199 10 GARABITO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 28 -1 .384 .398 .782 .479 5.56 .307 1 8 3 42 Rockies CAR -1 .384 .398 .782 .479 5.56 .307 1 8 3 42 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 3 11 1 POS AVG -1 .339 .408 .747 .480 4.90 .272 2 9 2
15) The Royals sent P Nate Field to the minors after he cleared waivers. HE is expected to reject the assignment and become a free agent.
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
16) The Pirates will interview Jim Tracy and Ken Macha for their managerial position.
17) The Diamondbacks won’t renew 1B coach Brett Butler’s contract.
18) The Yankees gave the Marlins permission to interview Joe Girardi for their managerial position.
19) Nationals P Livan Hernandez had arthroscopic knee surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 50 3.20 33 33 233.1 178 6.87 11.26 15 10 0 18 7 Nationals 2004 29 14 3.60 35 35 255 186 6.56 11.54 11 15 0 14 12 Nationals 2005 30 -1 3.98 35 35 246.1 147 5.37 13.34 15 10 0 12 13 Nationals CAREER 14 4.11 284 283 1950.2 1328 6.13 12.84 110 104 0 108 106 LG AVG 0 4.33 1950.2 1463 6.75 12.88 109 109
20) The Blue Jays named Sal Butera as special assistant to the GM.
21) Today’s birthdays–
FRANKIE BAUMHOLTZ, 1918-97 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1949 30 -12 .279 .331 .609 .323 3.27 .229 2 23 2 85 Reds/Cubs CAR -15 .342 .389 .730 .484 4.89 .290 25 272 30 1019 LG AVG 0 .343 .409 .752 .500 5.08 .270 86 432 33 POS AVG 52 .353 .433 .786 .545 5.63 .282 94 450 42 JOSE CARDENAL, 1943, AGE: 62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1973 29 13 .375 .437 .812 .572 5.81 .303 11 68 19 145 Cubs 1974 30 13 .359 .441 .800 .570 5.40 .293 13 72 23 143 Cubs 1975 31 27 .397 .423 .821 .627 6.53 .317 9 68 34 154 Cubs CAR 26 .333 .395 .728 .504 4.60 .275 138 775 329 2017 LG AVG 0 .327 .382 .709 .500 4.32 .257 161 782 119 POS AVG 80 .335 .404 .739 .533 4.73 .267 179 826 168 RICH DELUCIA, 1964, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 26 -20 5.09 32 31 182 98 4.85 12.76 12 13 0 10 15 Mariners 1996 31 -11 5.84 56 0 61.2 55 8.03 14.01 3 6 0 3 6 Giants CAREER -27 4.62 320 49 624 502 7.24 13.07 38 51 7 41 48 LG AVG 0 4.22 624 419 6.05 12.76 35 35 GRADY HATTON, 1922, AGE: 83 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1948 25 -11 .343 .345 .688 .424 4.54 .240 9 44 7 133 Reds 1952 29 -13 .319 .312 .631 .389 3.65 .212 9 57 5 128 Reds CAR -7 .354 .374 .728 .494 5.04 .254 91 533 42 1312 LG AVG 0 .343 .399 .742 .500 4.97 .268 98 528 42 POS AVG -13 .344 .391 .735 .489 4.86 .263 95 515 40 BRICKYARD KENNEDY, 1867-1915 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1893 25 17 3.72 46 44 382.2 107 2.52 12.79 25 20 1 25 20 Dodgers 1897 29 22 3.91 44 40 343.1 81 2.12 13.81 18 20 1 21 17 Dodgers 1899 31 36 2.79 40 33 277.1 55 1.78 12.56 22 9 2 20 11 Dodgers CAREER 33 3.96 405 353 3021.2 797 2.37 13.43 187 159 9 177 169 LG AVG 0 4.18 3021.2 829 2.47 13.72 170 170 CHUCK KLEIN, 1904-58 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1929 24 54 .407 .657 1.065 .678 10.44 .356 43 145 5 149 Phillies 1930 25 78 .436 .687 1.123 .723 12.08 .386 40 170 4 156 Phillies 1931 26 52 .398 .584 .982 .707 8.99 .337 31 121 7 148 Phillies 1932 27 72 .404 .646 1.050 .737 10.30 .348 38 137 20 154 Phillies 1933 28 82 .422 .602 1.025 .782 11.28 .368 28 120 15 152 Phillies CAR 409 .379 .543 .922 .653 8.10 .320 300 1201 79 1753 LG AVG 0 .346 .409 .755 .500 5.22 .286 97 785 69 POS AVG 224 .370 .464 .834 .600 6.56 .305 154 950 88 PHIL ORTEGA, 1939, AGE: 66 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1962 22 -19 6.83 24 3 54 30 5.00 17.00 0 2 1 0 2 Dodgers 1965 25 -31 5.10 35 29 180 88 4.40 13.90 12 15 0 9 18 Senators 1968 28 -28 4.97 31 16 116 57 4.42 14.12 5 12 0 4 13 Senators CAREER -119 4.42 204 141 952 549 5.19 12.21 46 62 2 41 67 LG AVG 0 3.39 952 626 5.92 11.45 53 53
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