Around the Majors: White Sox take 2-1 lead
1) Yesterday’s score–
White Sox 5, Angels 2 (White Sox lead the series, 2-1)
2) Today’s schedule–
Cardinals (Matt Morris, 4.11, 4 RSAA) at Astros (Roger Clemens, 1.87, 53 RSAA), 4:00 (Series is tied, 1-1)
White Sox (Freddy Garcia, 3.87, 15 RSAA) at Angels (Ervin Santana, 4.65, -7 RSAA), 7:30
3) WHITE SOX 5, ANGELS 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
White Sox 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 11 0
Angels 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 0
* White Sox 1B Paul Konerko had 3 hits, including a HR.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -22 .305 .399 .704 .328 3.34 .234 18 65 0 137 White Sox 2004 28 14 .359 .535 .894 .567 6.39 .277 41 117 1 155 White Sox 2005 29 38 .375 .534 .909 .673 7.45 .283 40 100 0 158 White Sox CAR 63 .349 .488 .837 .543 5.79 .279 210 692 4 1123 LG AVG 0 .338 .432 .770 .500 5.12 .270 128 540 68 POS AVG 101 .360 .471 .831 .570 6.05 .275 178 665 23
* White Sox P Jon Garland’s line–9 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 1 BB, 7 SO.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 23 -1 4.51 32 32 191.2 108 5.07 12.49 12 13 0 12 13 White Sox 2004 24 1 4.89 34 33 217 113 4.69 12.57 12 11 0 12 11 White Sox 2005 25 24 3.50 32 32 221 115 4.68 10.83 18 10 0 17 11 White Sox CAREER 26 4.42 181 159 1009 551 4.91 12.67 64 61 1 66 59 LG AVG 0 4.53 1009 703 6.27 12.93 57 57
* Angels P John Lackey took a pounding–5 IP, 8 H, 5 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 -10 4.63 33 33 204 151 6.66 13.19 10 16 0 12 14 Angels 2004 25 -2 4.67 33 32 198.1 144 6.53 12.84 14 13 0 13 14 Angels 2005 26 17 3.44 33 33 209 199 8.57 12.49 14 5 0 11 8 Angels CAREER 13 4.15 117 116 719.2 563 7.04 12.78 47 38 0 43 42 LG AVG 0 4.50 719.2 499 6.24 12.87 40 40
4) Yesterday’s HR–
Paul Konerko
Orlando Cabrera
5) The A’s rehired manager Ken Macha, a few days after the parties couldn’t agree on a new contract. Macha got a 3 year deal.
6) The Padres fired coaches Davey Lopes (1B) and Rob Picciolo (3B).
7) The Padres released INF Manny Alexander and INF Damian Jackson became a free agent when he refused an assignment to the minors.
ALEXANDER YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 29 -15 .261 .325 .586 .237 2.96 .211 4 19 2 101 Red Sox 2004 33 -1 .273 .333 .606 .278 3.38 .238 0 3 0 21 Rangers 2005 34 -2 .238 .167 .405 .139 1.69 .111 0 0 0 10 Padres CAR -76 .284 .326 .610 .286 3.28 .232 15 111 37 572 LG AVG 0 .345 .432 .777 .500 5.27 .272 41 177 26 POS AVG -31 .329 .386 .715 .414 4.43 .264 24 141 29 JACKSON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -12 .294 .323 .617 .242 2.82 .261 1 13 16 109 Red Sox 2004 30 -3 .206 .267 .473 .145 2.00 .100 1 3 0 21 Cubs/Royals 2005 31 -1 .335 .342 .677 .483 4.40 .255 5 23 15 118 Padres CAR -45 .325 .355 .680 .423 4.23 .245 28 188 132 760 LG AVG 0 .343 .437 .780 .500 5.31 .270 73 297 40 POS AVG -45 .331 .396 .727 .429 4.59 .264 48 240 47
8) Brewers INF Trent Durrington, OF Chris Magruder and Ps Victor Santos and Julio Santana became free agents when they refused assignments to the minors.
DURRINGTON YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -1 .294 .143 .437 .186 2.08 .143 0 1 1 12 Angels 2004 28 -4 .267 .402 .670 .339 3.74 .232 2 4 4 53 Brewers 2005 29 -2 .267 .286 .552 .118 1.69 .214 0 2 5 28 Brewers CAR -24 .250 .268 .518 .165 2.22 .196 2 9 14 140 LG AVG 0 .344 .438 .782 .500 5.31 .272 9 37 5 POS AVG 0 .347 .426 .774 .494 5.28 .276 7 34 7 MAGRUDER YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 4 .433 .615 1.049 .817 10.50 .346 1 3 0 9 Indians 2004 27 -5 .310 .393 .703 .330 3.65 .236 2 10 0 56 Brewers 2005 28 -10 .265 .312 .576 .246 2.75 .203 2 13 3 101 Brewers CAR -32 .277 .352 .629 .294 3.13 .220 11 56 5 270 LG AVG 0 .335 .428 .764 .500 5.02 .267 18 76 9 POS AVG 5 .342 .442 .784 .528 5.38 .267 20 79 10 SANTOS YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -6 7.01 8 4 25.2 15 5.26 16.13 0 2 0 1 1 Rangers 2004 27 -9 4.97 31 28 154 115 6.72 13.62 11 12 0 10 13 Brewers 2005 28 -5 4.57 29 24 141.2 89 5.65 13.85 4 13 0 8 9 Brewers CAREER -25 4.99 125 65 423.2 296 6.29 14.32 17 33 0 23 27 LG AVG 0 4.32 423.2 310 6.59 12.82 24 24 SANTANA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2000 27 -8 5.67 36 4 66.2 58 7.83 14.04 1 5 0 2 4 Nationals 2002 29 8 2.84 38 0 57 38 6.00 12.47 3 5 0 5 3 Tigers 2005 32 -1 4.50 41 0 42 49 10.50 11.36 3 5 1 4 4 Brewers CAREER -33 5.26 202 42 470.2 304 5.81 14.40 17 31 1 22 26 LG AVG 0 4.60 470.2 336 6.43 13.23 26 27
9) The Cardinals added OF Rick Ankiel to the 40 man roster and released P Evan Rust.
ANKIEL (as a pitcher) YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2000 20 22 3.50 31 30 175 194 9.98 11.98 11 7 0 11 7 Cardinals 2001 21 -7 7.13 6 6 24 27 10.13 19.88 1 2 0 1 2 Cardinals 2004 24 -1 5.40 5 0 10 9 8.10 11.70 1 0 0 0 1 Cardinals CAREER 19 3.90 51 41 242 269 10.00 12.64 13 10 1 13 10 LG AVG 0 4.59 242 182 6.76 13.28 13 14
10) The Devil Rays interviewed Alan Trammell, John McLaren, Billy Hatcher, Tom Foley and Bill Evers for their managerial job.
Goodbye for now.
11) Today’s birthdays–
DAVID CORTES, 1973, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1999 25 0 4.91 4 0 3.2 2 4.91 17.18 0 0 0 0 0 Braves 2003 29 -3 12.00 2 0 3 1 3.00 24.00 0 0 0 0 0 Indians 2005 31 4 4.10 50 0 52.2 36 6.15 10.42 2 0 2 1 1 Rockies CAREER 1 4.55 56 0 59.1 39 5.92 11.53 2 0 2 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.27 59.1 43 6.56 12.79 3 3 JUAN CRUZ, 1980, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 -12 6.05 25 6 61 65 9.59 14.90 2 7 0 3 6 Cubs 2004 23 12 2.75 50 0 72 70 8.75 11.38 6 2 0 6 2 Braves 2005 24 -11 7.44 28 0 32.2 34 9.37 17.63 0 3 0 1 2 A's CAREER -6 4.36 156 23 307.2 289 8.45 13.63 14 24 1 19 19 LG AVG 0 4.26 307.2 229 6.70 12.73 17 17 SAM GRAY, 1897-1953 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1931 33 -15 5.09 43 37 258 88 3.07 13.29 11 24 2 16 19 Browns 1932 34 1 4.52 52 18 207 79 3.43 13.22 7 12 4 10 9 Browns 1933 35 12 4.10 38 6 112 36 2.89 14.22 7 4 4 7 4 Browns CAREER 58 4.18 379 231 1953 730 3.36 13.20 111 115 22 123 103 LG AVG 0 4.28 1953 657 3.03 13.46 109 109 MULE HAAS, 1903-74 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1933 29 -14 .360 .362 .723 .429 4.66 .287 1 51 0 146 White Sox 1934 30 -15 .354 .348 .702 .378 4.44 .268 2 22 1 106 White Sox 1936 32 -14 .383 .358 .741 .411 5.10 .284 0 46 1 119 White Sox CAR -83 .359 .402 .761 .446 5.17 .292 43 496 12 1168 LG AVG 0 .359 .420 .779 .500 5.61 .289 72 632 64 POS AVG 5 .361 .428 .789 .503 5.69 .296 67 602 69 MEL HARDER, 1909-2002 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1932 22 32 3.74 39 32 255 90 3.18 12.28 15 13 0 17 11 Indians 1933 23 41 2.95 43 31 253 81 2.88 11.53 15 17 4 22 10 Indians 1934 24 53 2.61 44 29 255 91 3.21 11.79 20 12 4 23 9 Indians CAREER 176 3.80 582 433 3425.2 1160 3.05 12.83 223 186 23 226 183 LG AVG 0 4.30 3425.2 1320 3.47 13.45 191 191 BOB HARMON, 1887-1961 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1909 21 -18 3.68 21 17 159 48 2.72 12.68 6 11 0 6 11 Cardinals 1910 22 -43 4.46 43 33 236 87 3.32 14.00 13 15 2 8 20 Cardinals 1913 25 -28 3.92 42 27 273 66 2.18 13.05 8 21 2 11 18 Cardinals CAREER -81 3.33 321 240 2054 634 2.78 12.12 107 133 12 109 131 LG AVG 0 3.01 2054 853 3.74 11.75 113 113 BILL HENRY, 1927, AGE: 68 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1955 27 12 3.30 17 7 60 23 3.45 11.55 2 4 0 4 2 Red Sox 1959 31 18 2.69 65 0 134 115 7.72 9.27 9 8 12 11 6 Cubs 1964 36 16 0.87 37 0 52 28 4.85 7.96 2 2 6 4 0 Reds CAREER 68 3.26 527 44 913.2 621 6.12 11.46 46 50 90 56 40 LG AVG 0 3.77 913.2 513 5.05 12.30 51 51 CHARLEY O'LEARY, 1882-1941 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1904 21 -23 .254 .254 .508 .282 2.28 .213 1 16 9 135 Tigers 1905 22 -30 .259 .242 .501 .254 2.17 .213 0 33 13 148 Tigers 1906 23 -34 .253 .271 .524 .220 2.31 .219 2 34 8 128 Tigers 1913 30 -23 .260 .278 .539 .280 2.50 .217 0 31 3 121 Cardinals CAR -165 .270 .272 .543 .299 2.63 .226 3 213 74 955 LG AVG 0 .315 .333 .648 .500 4.15 .256 14 332 132 POS AVG -29 .310 .320 .630 .476 3.87 .252 9 319 137 JIM PALMER, 1945, AGE: 60 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1973 27 54 2.40 38 37 296.1 158 4.80 10.36 22 9 1 22 9 Orioles 1975 29 45 2.09 39 38 323 193 5.38 9.33 23 11 1 24 10 Orioles 1976 30 31 2.51 40 40 315 159 4.54 9.91 22 13 0 22 13 Orioles CAREER 314 2.86 558 521 3948 2212 5.04 10.71 268 152 4 251 169 LG AVG 0 3.72 3948 2237 5.10 12.19 220 220