Around the Majors: White Sox win ALCS
1) Yesterday’s scores–
Astros 2, Cardinals 1 (Astros lead the series, 3-1)
White Sox 6, Angels 3 (White Sox win the series, 4-1)
2) Today’s schedule–
Cardinals (Chris Carpenter, 2.83, 39 RSAA) at Astros (Andy Pettitte, 2.39, 43 RSAA), 8:05
3) ASTROS 2, CARDINALS 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
Cardinals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Astros 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2 6 0
4) WHITE SOX 6, ANGELS 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - -- -
White Sox 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 6 8 1
Angels 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 2
* White Sox P Jose Contreras’s line–9 IP, 5 H, 3 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 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 20 3.61 32 32 204.2 154 6.77 11.48 15 7 0 13 9 White Sox CAREER 12 4.28 81 72 446 376 7.59 12.23 35 18 0 28 25 LG AVG 0 4.49 446 310 6.26 12.86 25 25
5) Yesterday’s HR–
Jason Lane
Joe Crede
6) Today’s birthdays–
ABE ALVAREZ, 1982, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 21 -2 9.00 1 1 5 2 3.60 23.40 0 1 0 0 1 Red Sox 2005 22 -3 15.43 2 0 2.1 1 3.86 23.14 0 0 0 0 0 Red Sox CAREER -5 11.05 3 1 7.1 3 3.68 23.32 0 1 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 4.55 7.1 5 6.36 12.98 0 0 PAUL DERRINGER, 1906-87 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1938 31 24 2.93 41 37 307 132 3.87 10.67 21 14 3 21 14 Reds 1939 32 33 2.93 38 35 301 128 3.83 10.73 25 7 0 20 12 Reds 1940 33 22 3.06 37 37 297 115 3.48 9.94 20 12 0 19 13 Reds CAREER 104 3.46 579 445 3646 1507 3.72 11.61 223 212 29 232 203 LG AVG 0 3.78 3646 1355 3.34 12.54 202 202 BUCK EWING, 1859-1906 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1888 28 47 .348 .465 .813 .786 8.58 .306 6 58 53 103 Giants 1890 30 37 .406 .545 .951 .691 11.94 .338 8 72 36 83 Giants 1892 32 40 .371 .473 .845 .733 9.31 .310 8 76 42 105 Giants 1893 33 37 .394 .496 .890 .651 10.54 .344 6 122 47 116 Spiders CAR 305 .351 .456 .807 .636 8.42 .303 71 883 354 1315 LG AVG 0 .327 .370 .697 .500 6.26 .271 41 664 199 POS AVG -53 .319 .360 .679 .478 5.88 .263 38 663 172 JIM GILLIAM, 1928-78 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1955 26 -17 .341 .355 .696 .394 4.05 .249 7 40 15 147 Dodgers 1957 28 -33 .323 .314 .637 .325 3.82 .250 2 37 26 149 Dodgers 1960 31 -17 .359 .318 .677 .396 4.29 .248 5 40 12 151 Dodgers CAR -19 .360 .355 .715 .487 4.78 .265 65 558 203 1956 LG AVG 0 .333 .412 .745 .500 4.79 .267 202 885 81 POS AVG -57 .333 .388 .720 .468 4.52 .264 151 758 86 JOHNNY KLIPPSTEIN, 1927-2003 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1952 24 -14 4.43 41 25 203 110 4.88 13.43 9 14 3 10 13 Cubs 1954 26 -18 5.29 36 21 148 69 4.20 15.51 4 11 1 6 9 Cubs 1961 33 -23 6.75 42 1 72 41 5.13 16.25 2 2 0 1 3 Senators CAREER -47 4.24 711 162 1970 1158 5.29 13.54 101 118 66 108 111 LG AVG 0 3.88 1970 1049 4.79 12.36 110 110 JOHN MABRY, 1970, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 -3 .328 .356 .684 .388 3.81 .212 3 16 0 64 Mariners 2004 33 7 .363 .504 .867 .588 6.16 .296 13 40 0 87 Cardinals 2005 34 -10 .295 .407 .701 .360 3.76 .240 8 32 0 112 Cardinals CAR -60 .325 .412 .738 .435 4.47 .269 90 416 7 1186 LG AVG 0 .341 .429 .770 .500 5.15 .270 99 424 64 POS AVG 36 .348 .455 .802 .530 5.56 .275 121 480 50 RED ROLFE, 1908-69 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1935 26 10 .361 .404 .764 .548 5.58 .300 5 67 7 149 Yankees 1936 27 29 .392 .493 .884 .628 7.60 .319 10 70 3 135 Yankees 1938 29 10 .386 .441 .826 .540 6.76 .311 10 80 13 151 Yankees 1939 30 58 .404 .495 .899 .728 8.38 .329 14 80 7 152 Yankees CAR 58 .360 .413 .773 .535 5.81 .289 69 497 44 1175 LG AVG 0 .361 .421 .782 .500 5.73 .286 90 669 63 POS AVG -52 .355 .408 .763 .467 5.34 .279 85 638 69