Around the Majors: White Sox win the World Series

1) Yesterday’s score–

White Sox 1, Astros 0 (White Sox win the series, 4-0)

2) WHITE SOX 1, ASTROS 0

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R   H  E
               - - - - - - - - -   -  --  -
White Sox      0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0   1   8  0
Astros         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0   5  0

* White Sox RF Jermaine Dye had 3 hits, including a 2B.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29  -20  .261  .253  .514  .162   1.91  .172   4   20    1   65  A's          
2004   30   -2  .329  .464  .793  .490   5.09  .265  23   80    4  137  A's          
2005   31   11  .333  .512  .846  .561   5.73  .274  31   86   11  145  White Sox    
CAR         16  .334  .469  .803  .506   5.39  .272 192  697   34 1184 
LG AVG       0  .339  .432  .771  .500   5.14  .270 140  593   78 
POS AVG     54  .347  .457  .805  .534   5.60  .275 170  663   81 

* White Sox P Freddy Garcia (7 IP, 4 H, 0 R/ER, 3 BB, 7 SO) combined with Cliff Politte, Neal Cotts and Bobby Jenks for a shutout.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -2   4.51   33  33  201.1  144  6.44 12.43  12  14   0  13  13  Mariners     
2004 27   19   3.81   31  31  210    184  7.89 11.27  13  11   0  14  10  Mariners/White Sox
2005 28   15   3.87   33  33  228    146  5.76 11.37  14   8   0  12  10  White Sox    
CAREER    85   3.93  219 218 1427.1 1067  6.73 11.86  99  62   0  89  72 
LG AVG     0   4.58          1427.1  996  6.28 13.07  80  80 

* Astros P Brandon Backe’s line–7 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 0 BB, 7 SO.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -5   5.44   28   0   44.2   36  7.25 13.50   1   1   0   1   1  Devil Rays   
2004 26    0   4.30   33   9   67     54  7.25 13.84   5   3   0   4   4  Astros       
2005 27  -11   4.76   26  25  149.1   97  5.85 13.38  10   8   0   8  10  Astros       
CAREER   -20   4.86   96  34  274    193  6.34 13.66  16  12   0  13  15 
LG AVG     0   4.31           274    199  6.52 12.80  15  15 

3) Yesterday’s HR–

None

4) Yankees GM Brian Cashman has reportedly agreed to a 3 year contract. MLB rules prohibit major announcements during the World Series, so nobody will confirm it.

5) Today’s birthdays–

SHAD BARRY, 1878-1936
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1900   21  -21  .301  .366  .667  .299   4.38  .260   1   37    9   81  Braves       
1901   22  -18  .285  .288  .573  .301   3.21  .236   1   28   14   78  Braves/Phillies
1908   29  -12  .281  .251  .531  .348   2.54  .212   0   16   10  111  Cardinals/Giants
CAR        -79  .321  .330  .651  .442   4.22  .267  10  391  140 1100 
LG AVG       0  .327  .342  .669  .500   4.71  .266  18  425  167 
POS AVG     66  .341  .363  .703  .558   5.29  .277  21  450  183 

PATSY DOUGHERTY, 1876-1940
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1903   26   31  .372  .424  .796  .655   6.92  .331   4   59   35  139  Red Sox      
1908   31   27  .367  .326  .693  .707   5.17  .278   0   45   47  138  White Sox    
1909   32   28  .359  .391  .751  .690   5.66  .285   1   55   36  139  White Sox    
CAR        141  .346  .360  .705  .610   5.26  .284  17  413  261 1233 
LG AVG       0  .314  .334  .648  .500   4.21  .257  17  428  164 
POS AVG     91  .339  .350  .688  .578   4.93  .268  18  386  196 

JASON JOHNSON, 1973, AGE: 32
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    3   4.18   32  32  189.2  118  5.60 14.52  10  10   0  10  10  Orioles      
2004 30  -15   5.13   33  33  196.2  125  5.72 13.13   8  15   0  10  13  Tigers       
2005 31   -6   4.54   33  33  210     93  3.99 12.34   8  13   0  10  11  Tigers       
CAREER   -63   4.88  215 199 1212.2  736  5.46 13.58  52  86   0  64  74 
LG AVG     0   4.58          1212.2  847  6.29 13.05  68  68 

RALPH KINER, 1922, AGE: 83
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1947   24   74  .417  .639 1.055  .763  10.50  .313  51  127    1  152  Pirates      
1949   26   90  .432  .658 1.089  .808  11.52  .310  54  127    6  152  Pirates      
1950   27   48  .408  .590  .998  .689   8.68  .272  47  118    2  150  Pirates      
1951   28   85  .452  .627 1.079  .792  11.71  .309  42  109    2  151  Pirates      
CAR        434  .398  .548  .946  .693   8.33  .279 369 1015   22 1472 
LG AVG       0  .343  .404  .748  .500   5.05  .269 122  641   50 
POS AVG    106  .356  .443  .799  .561   5.80  .276 172  775   39 

MIKE LUM, 1945, AGE: 60
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1975   29  -14  .302  .327  .629  .340   3.07  .228   8   36    2  124  Braves       
1977   31  -11  .221  .288  .509  .162   2.00  .160   5   16    2   81  Reds         
1979   33  -13  .304  .359  .663  .300   3.32  .249   6   27    0  111  Braves       
CAR        -71  .319  .370  .689  .423   4.00  .247  90  431   13 1517 
LG AVG       0  .330  .385  .715  .500   4.42  .262  79  413   66 
POS AVG     50  .341  .412  .753  .540   4.90  .269 104  483   62 

JOE MULVEY, 1858-1928
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1884   25  -23  .237  .282  .519  .317   3.53  .229   2   32    0  100  Phillies     
1888   29  -32  .235  .261  .497  .237   2.83  .216   0   39   18  100  Phillies     
1891   32  -25  .287  .364  .651  .347   4.69  .254   5   66   11  113  Athletics    
CAR       -137  .287  .355  .642  .410   5.05  .261  29  532  147  987 
LG AVG       0  .327  .363  .690  .500   6.22  .265  36  525  191 
POS AVG    -44  .318  .356  .674  .477   5.83  .261  36  541  165 

BRAD RADKE, 1972, AGE: 33
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30    3   4.49   33  33  212.1  120  5.09 11.66  14  10   0  12  12  Twins        
2004 31   31   3.48   34  34  219.2  143  5.86 10.69  11   8   0  12   7  Twins        
2005 32    8   4.04   31  31  200.2  117  5.25 10.94   9  12   0  11  10  Twins        
CAREER   149   4.22  350 349 2288.2 1384  5.44 11.48 136 130   0 148 118 
LG AVG     0   4.67          2288.2 1598  6.29 13.27 128 128 

DEL RICE, 1922-83
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1948   25  -20  .298  .279  .578  .263   2.87  .197   4   34    1  100  Cardinals    
1950   27  -17  .323  .372  .694  .371   4.05  .244   9   54    0  130  Cardinals    
1953   30  -20  .323  .337  .660  .341   3.73  .236   6   37    0  135  Cardinals    
CAR       -147  .312  .356  .668  .366   3.73  .237  79  441    2 1309 
LG AVG       0  .341  .406  .748  .500   5.01  .269 101  508   41 
POS AVG    -64  .329  .388  .718  .445   4.46  .253 109  518   17 

BIP ROBERTS, 1963, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1989   25   18  .391  .422  .814  .661   6.21  .301   3   25   21  117  Padres       
1990   26   25  .375  .433  .809  .624   6.36  .309   9   44   46  149  Padres       
1992   28   34  .393  .432  .826  .683   6.75  .323   4   45   44  147  Reds         
CAR         47  .358  .380  .737  .532   5.17  .294  30  352  264 1202 
LG AVG       0  .334  .408  .742  .500   4.79  .266 107  504   97 
POS AVG      8  .338  .405  .743  .500   4.87  .270  93  472  125 

LEE STANGE, 1936, AGE: 69
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1963 26   18   2.62   32  20  165    100  5.45 10.25  12   5   0  11   6  Twins        
1967 30   20   2.77   35  24  182    101  4.99 10.14   8  10   1  11   7  Red Sox      
CAREER    21   3.56  359 125 1217    718  5.31 11.33  62  61  21  65  58 
LG AVG     0   3.50          1217    791  5.85 11.66  68  68 

BILL SWIFT, 1961, AGE: 44
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1990 28   21   2.39   55   8  128     42  2.95 11.46   6   4   6   7   3  Mariners     
1991 29   21   1.99   71   0   90.1   48  4.78 10.06   1   2  17   2   1  Mariners     
1992 30   25   2.08   30  22  164.2   77  4.21 10.38  10   4   1  10   4  Giants       
1993 31   23   2.82   34  34  232.2  157  6.07  9.90  21   8   0  18  11  Giants       
CAREER    41   3.95  403 220 1599.2  767  4.32 12.65  94  78  27  92  80 
LG AVG     0   4.07          1599.2 1050  5.91 12.52  90  89 


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