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02-16-2006, 10:24 AM
Today in Hardball Times--
Batter's Batted Ball Tables
by Dave Studeman
Doing for batters what we did for pitchers, and introducing a veritable plethora of player batted-ball data.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/daily/article/batters-batted-ball-tables/
1) Sammy Sosa's agent says he's retiring, although he won't formally be added to the retirement list.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
1998 29 58 .377 .647 1.024 .709 8.34 .308 66 158 18 159 Cubs
2000 31 73 .406 .634 1.040 .760 9.62 .320 50 138 7 156 Cubs
2001 32 114 .437 .737 1.174 .838 12.57 .328 64 160 0 160 Cubs
2002 33 58 .399 .594 .993 .739 8.67 .288 49 108 2 150 Cubs
CAR 338 .345 .537 .882 .606 6.44 .274 588 1575 234 2240
LG AVG 0 .339 .422 .761 .500 5.04 .269 250 1093 171
POS AVG 152 .348 .459 .807 .549 5.67 .276 325 1273 215
Sosa ranks 5th on the career HR list.
HOMERUNS HR RCAA
1 Hank Aaron 755 1032
2 Babe Ruth 714 1795
3 Barry Bonds 708 1502
4 Willie Mays 660 1008
5 Sammy Sosa 588 338
6 Frank Robinson 586 852
7 Mark McGwire 583 665
8 Harmon Killebrew 573 516
9 Rafael Palmeiro 569 572
10 Reggie Jackson 563 565
He is 13th vs. the league average--
HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 622 714 92 1795
2 Barry Bonds 464 708 244 1502
3 Hank Aaron 457 755 298 1032
4 Mark McGwire 405 583 178 665
5 Jimmie Foxx 403 534 131 985
6 Willie Mays 390 660 270 1008
7 Lou Gehrig 377 493 116 1247
8 Ted Williams 376 521 145 1475
9 Mel Ott 374 511 137 989
10 Mike Schmidt 367 548 181 623
11 Harmon Killebrew 362 573 211 516
12 Mickey Mantle 346 536 190 1099
13 Sammy Sosa 338 588 250 338
14 Frank Robinson 337 586 249 852
15 Willie McCovey 334 521 187 606
16 Reggie Jackson 327 563 236 565
17 Ken Griffey Jr. 311 536 225 579
18 Willie Stargell 305 475 170 553
T19 Eddie Mathews 285 512 227 655
T19 Dave Kingman 285 442 157 53
Sosa ranks 2nd on the Cubs career RCAA list--
RCAA
1 Billy Williams 436
2 Sammy Sosa 393
3 Frank Chance 349
4 Stan Hack 315
5 Hack Wilson 310
6 Bill Nicholson 287
7 Mark Grace 274
8 Ron Santo 272
9 Gabby Hartnett 251
10 Phil Cavarretta 222
2) The Angels signed free agent P Jeff Weaver to a 1 year, $8.325 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 26 -29 5.99 32 24 159.1 93 5.25 15.19 7 9 0 6 10 Yankees
2004 27 3 4.01 34 34 220 153 6.26 12.27 13 13 0 13 13 Dodgers
2005 28 -5 4.22 34 34 224 157 6.31 11.29 14 11 0 12 13 Dodgers
CAREER -8 4.44 226 209 1396 937 6.04 12.51 78 87 2 83 82
LG AVG 0 4.53 1396 992 6.40 13.07 78 78
3) Pitchers and catchers report today for the Braves, Cardinals, Devil Rays, Indians, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Reds and Yankees.
4) Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild says he doesn't put schedules on rehab, but expects Kerry Wood to miss the first couple of weeks of the season. Wood is still recovering from the shoulder surgery that ruined his 2005 season.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 26 24 3.20 32 32 211 266 11.35 11.64 14 11 0 16 9 Cubs
2004 27 13 3.72 22 22 140.1 144 9.24 12.12 8 9 0 10 7 Cubs
2005 28 0 4.23 21 10 66 77 10.50 10.91 3 4 0 4 3 Cubs
CAREER 67 3.67 185 174 1109 1286 10.44 11.96 70 54 0 71 53
LG AVG 0 4.30 1109 834 6.77 12.82 62 62
5) The Padres claimed P Jason Anderson off waivers from the Yankees and designated P Kenny Baugh for assignment.
ANDERSON
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 24 -2 4.88 28 0 31.1 16 4.60 15.80 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees/Mets
2004 25 -4 45.00 1 0 1 1 9.00 45.00 0 0 0 0 0 Indians
2005 26 -2 7.94 3 0 5.2 2 3.18 17.47 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees
CAREER -8 6.39 32 0 38 19 4.50 16.82 2 0 0 0 2
LG AVG 0 4.44 38 27 6.28 12.82 2 2
6) Rangers GM Jon Daniels says he's spoken with free agent DH Erubiel Durazo.
7) Orioles P Rodrigo Lopez lost his salary arbitration case. He will get $3.75 million, instead of the $4.5 million he was seeking.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 27 -25 5.82 26 26 147 103 6.31 14.76 7 10 0 6 11 Orioles
2004 28 23 3.59 37 23 170.2 121 6.38 11.60 14 9 0 15 8 Orioles
2005 29 -19 4.90 35 35 209.1 118 5.07 12.98 15 12 0 11 16 Orioles
CAREER -15 4.56 137 118 748.1 495 5.95 12.69 51 43 0 47 47
LG AVG 0 4.49 748.1 521 6.26 12.87 42 42
8) The Brewers re-signed P Tomo Ohka to a $4.53 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 27 21 4.16 34 34 199 118 5.34 12.98 10 12 0 13 9 Expos
2004 28 6 3.40 15 15 84.2 38 4.04 12.65 3 7 0 6 4 Expos
2005 29 2 4.04 32 29 180.1 98 4.89 12.33 11 9 0 10 10 Nationals/Brewers
CAREER 51 3.95 156 144 846 488 5.19 12.66 44 53 0 54 43
LG AVG 0 4.32 846 624 6.64 12.86 48 47
9) Brooks Kieschnick announced his retirement.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2001 29 -2 .289 .548 .837 .371 4.91 .238 3 9 0 35 Rockies
2003 31 4 .355 .614 .970 .651 7.41 .300 7 12 0 69 Brewers
2004 32 -3 .324 .365 .689 .352 3.86 .270 1 7 0 75 Brewers
CAR -7 .315 .444 .760 .439 4.88 .248 16 46 1 257
LG AVG 0 .342 .432 .773 .500 5.20 .270 10 41 6
POS AVG -12 .293 .360 .653 .364 3.87 .227 8 32 4
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 31 -5 5.26 42 0 53 39 6.62 14.43 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers
2004 32 3 3.77 32 0 43 28 5.86 11.93 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers
CAREER -2 4.59 74 0 96 67 6.28 13.31 2 2 0 2 2
LG AVG 0 4.30 96 71 6.69 12.82 5 5
10) The Nationals signed OF Ruben Mateo and Ps Joe Horgan and Saul Rivera to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training, and signed INFs Henry Mateo and Alex Nunez, OF Jesus Feliciano, C Miguel Bernard and Ps Juan Ovalles and Jacobo Meque to minor league contracts.
RUBEN MATEO
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2002 24 -2 .319 .395 .714 .421 4.57 .256 2 7 0 46 Reds
2003 25 -12 .290 .329 .619 .290 3.15 .242 3 18 0 74 Reds
2004 26 -7 .270 .357 .627 .300 3.12 .206 3 14 1 51 Pirates/Royals
CAR -33 .303 .386 .689 .368 3.99 .250 21 89 11 295
LG AVG 0 .342 .435 .777 .500 5.24 .271 29 121 15
POS AVG 5 .346 .445 .791 .514 5.46 .273 31 124 23
HORGAN
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2004 27 4 3.15 47 0 40 30 6.75 13.50 4 1 2 3 2 Expos
2005 28 -11 21.00 8 0 6 5 7.50 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 Nationals
CAREER -7 5.48 55 0 46 35 6.85 16.43 4 1 2 3 2
LG AVG 0 4.30 46 34 6.71 12.83 3 3
HENRY MATEO
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2003 26 -12 .304 .273 .576 .253 3.40 .240 0 7 11 100 Expos
2004 27 -4 .289 .318 .607 .182 2.19 .273 0 0 2 40 Expos
2005 28 0 .500 .000 .500 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Nationals
CAR -18 .297 .286 .583 .243 3.12 .242 0 7 15 168
LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .268 8 31 4
POS AVG -3 .337 .403 .739 .462 4.76 .272 5 25 4
Batter's Batted Ball Tables
by Dave Studeman
Doing for batters what we did for pitchers, and introducing a veritable plethora of player batted-ball data.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/daily/article/batters-batted-ball-tables/
1) Sammy Sosa's agent says he's retiring, although he won't formally be added to the retirement list.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
1998 29 58 .377 .647 1.024 .709 8.34 .308 66 158 18 159 Cubs
2000 31 73 .406 .634 1.040 .760 9.62 .320 50 138 7 156 Cubs
2001 32 114 .437 .737 1.174 .838 12.57 .328 64 160 0 160 Cubs
2002 33 58 .399 .594 .993 .739 8.67 .288 49 108 2 150 Cubs
CAR 338 .345 .537 .882 .606 6.44 .274 588 1575 234 2240
LG AVG 0 .339 .422 .761 .500 5.04 .269 250 1093 171
POS AVG 152 .348 .459 .807 .549 5.67 .276 325 1273 215
Sosa ranks 5th on the career HR list.
HOMERUNS HR RCAA
1 Hank Aaron 755 1032
2 Babe Ruth 714 1795
3 Barry Bonds 708 1502
4 Willie Mays 660 1008
5 Sammy Sosa 588 338
6 Frank Robinson 586 852
7 Mark McGwire 583 665
8 Harmon Killebrew 573 516
9 Rafael Palmeiro 569 572
10 Reggie Jackson 563 565
He is 13th vs. the league average--
HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RCAA
1 Babe Ruth 622 714 92 1795
2 Barry Bonds 464 708 244 1502
3 Hank Aaron 457 755 298 1032
4 Mark McGwire 405 583 178 665
5 Jimmie Foxx 403 534 131 985
6 Willie Mays 390 660 270 1008
7 Lou Gehrig 377 493 116 1247
8 Ted Williams 376 521 145 1475
9 Mel Ott 374 511 137 989
10 Mike Schmidt 367 548 181 623
11 Harmon Killebrew 362 573 211 516
12 Mickey Mantle 346 536 190 1099
13 Sammy Sosa 338 588 250 338
14 Frank Robinson 337 586 249 852
15 Willie McCovey 334 521 187 606
16 Reggie Jackson 327 563 236 565
17 Ken Griffey Jr. 311 536 225 579
18 Willie Stargell 305 475 170 553
T19 Eddie Mathews 285 512 227 655
T19 Dave Kingman 285 442 157 53
Sosa ranks 2nd on the Cubs career RCAA list--
RCAA
1 Billy Williams 436
2 Sammy Sosa 393
3 Frank Chance 349
4 Stan Hack 315
5 Hack Wilson 310
6 Bill Nicholson 287
7 Mark Grace 274
8 Ron Santo 272
9 Gabby Hartnett 251
10 Phil Cavarretta 222
2) The Angels signed free agent P Jeff Weaver to a 1 year, $8.325 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 26 -29 5.99 32 24 159.1 93 5.25 15.19 7 9 0 6 10 Yankees
2004 27 3 4.01 34 34 220 153 6.26 12.27 13 13 0 13 13 Dodgers
2005 28 -5 4.22 34 34 224 157 6.31 11.29 14 11 0 12 13 Dodgers
CAREER -8 4.44 226 209 1396 937 6.04 12.51 78 87 2 83 82
LG AVG 0 4.53 1396 992 6.40 13.07 78 78
3) Pitchers and catchers report today for the Braves, Cardinals, Devil Rays, Indians, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Reds and Yankees.
4) Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild says he doesn't put schedules on rehab, but expects Kerry Wood to miss the first couple of weeks of the season. Wood is still recovering from the shoulder surgery that ruined his 2005 season.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 26 24 3.20 32 32 211 266 11.35 11.64 14 11 0 16 9 Cubs
2004 27 13 3.72 22 22 140.1 144 9.24 12.12 8 9 0 10 7 Cubs
2005 28 0 4.23 21 10 66 77 10.50 10.91 3 4 0 4 3 Cubs
CAREER 67 3.67 185 174 1109 1286 10.44 11.96 70 54 0 71 53
LG AVG 0 4.30 1109 834 6.77 12.82 62 62
5) The Padres claimed P Jason Anderson off waivers from the Yankees and designated P Kenny Baugh for assignment.
ANDERSON
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 24 -2 4.88 28 0 31.1 16 4.60 15.80 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees/Mets
2004 25 -4 45.00 1 0 1 1 9.00 45.00 0 0 0 0 0 Indians
2005 26 -2 7.94 3 0 5.2 2 3.18 17.47 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees
CAREER -8 6.39 32 0 38 19 4.50 16.82 2 0 0 0 2
LG AVG 0 4.44 38 27 6.28 12.82 2 2
6) Rangers GM Jon Daniels says he's spoken with free agent DH Erubiel Durazo.
7) Orioles P Rodrigo Lopez lost his salary arbitration case. He will get $3.75 million, instead of the $4.5 million he was seeking.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 27 -25 5.82 26 26 147 103 6.31 14.76 7 10 0 6 11 Orioles
2004 28 23 3.59 37 23 170.2 121 6.38 11.60 14 9 0 15 8 Orioles
2005 29 -19 4.90 35 35 209.1 118 5.07 12.98 15 12 0 11 16 Orioles
CAREER -15 4.56 137 118 748.1 495 5.95 12.69 51 43 0 47 47
LG AVG 0 4.49 748.1 521 6.26 12.87 42 42
8) The Brewers re-signed P Tomo Ohka to a $4.53 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 27 21 4.16 34 34 199 118 5.34 12.98 10 12 0 13 9 Expos
2004 28 6 3.40 15 15 84.2 38 4.04 12.65 3 7 0 6 4 Expos
2005 29 2 4.04 32 29 180.1 98 4.89 12.33 11 9 0 10 10 Nationals/Brewers
CAREER 51 3.95 156 144 846 488 5.19 12.66 44 53 0 54 43
LG AVG 0 4.32 846 624 6.64 12.86 48 47
9) Brooks Kieschnick announced his retirement.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2001 29 -2 .289 .548 .837 .371 4.91 .238 3 9 0 35 Rockies
2003 31 4 .355 .614 .970 .651 7.41 .300 7 12 0 69 Brewers
2004 32 -3 .324 .365 .689 .352 3.86 .270 1 7 0 75 Brewers
CAR -7 .315 .444 .760 .439 4.88 .248 16 46 1 257
LG AVG 0 .342 .432 .773 .500 5.20 .270 10 41 6
POS AVG -12 .293 .360 .653 .364 3.87 .227 8 32 4
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2003 31 -5 5.26 42 0 53 39 6.62 14.43 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers
2004 32 3 3.77 32 0 43 28 5.86 11.93 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers
CAREER -2 4.59 74 0 96 67 6.28 13.31 2 2 0 2 2
LG AVG 0 4.30 96 71 6.69 12.82 5 5
10) The Nationals signed OF Ruben Mateo and Ps Joe Horgan and Saul Rivera to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training, and signed INFs Henry Mateo and Alex Nunez, OF Jesus Feliciano, C Miguel Bernard and Ps Juan Ovalles and Jacobo Meque to minor league contracts.
RUBEN MATEO
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2002 24 -2 .319 .395 .714 .421 4.57 .256 2 7 0 46 Reds
2003 25 -12 .290 .329 .619 .290 3.15 .242 3 18 0 74 Reds
2004 26 -7 .270 .357 .627 .300 3.12 .206 3 14 1 51 Pirates/Royals
CAR -33 .303 .386 .689 .368 3.99 .250 21 89 11 295
LG AVG 0 .342 .435 .777 .500 5.24 .271 29 121 15
POS AVG 5 .346 .445 .791 .514 5.46 .273 31 124 23
HORGAN
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM
2004 27 4 3.15 47 0 40 30 6.75 13.50 4 1 2 3 2 Expos
2005 28 -11 21.00 8 0 6 5 7.50 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 Nationals
CAREER -7 5.48 55 0 46 35 6.85 16.43 4 1 2 3 2
LG AVG 0 4.30 46 34 6.71 12.83 3 3
HENRY MATEO
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM
2003 26 -12 .304 .273 .576 .253 3.40 .240 0 7 11 100 Expos
2004 27 -4 .289 .318 .607 .182 2.19 .273 0 0 2 40 Expos
2005 28 0 .500 .000 .500 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Nationals
CAR -18 .297 .286 .583 .243 3.12 .242 0 7 15 168
LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .268 8 31 4
POS AVG -3 .337 .403 .739 .462 4.76 .272 5 25 4