Around the majors reports--Aug 20

[nyy26wc]

1) Yesterday's results--

AL
Mariners 10, Yankees 2
Orioles 13, Redsox 7
Angels 4, Indians 1
Tigers 4, Royals 3
Rangers 8, BlueJays 4
A's 8, Whitesox 7
Devil Rays 5, Twins 1

NL
Brewers 6, Reds 4
Cardinals 9, Phillies 0
Astros 12, Pirates 2
Rockies 6, Marlins 5
Mets 6, Dodgers 5
Diamondbacks 13, Cubs 6
Expos 2, Padres 1
Giants 4, Braves 1

2) Standings--

AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Yankees 73 51 .589 - 41-25 32-26 36-15 18-12 09-16 LOST 2
Redsox 67 55 .549 5 36-29 31-26 33-22 13-11 11-14 LOST 1
BlueJays 58 66 .468 15 31-35 27-31 26-28 08-08 16-20 LOST 2
Orioles 53 71 .427 20 26-35 27-36 22-28 16-16 09-15 WON 1
Devil Rays 44 81 .352 29 1/2 24-34 20-47 15-39 12-17 07-17 WON 1

AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Indians 69 54 .561 - 34-31 35-23 15-09 36-20 11-14 LOST 1
Twins 65 59 .524 4 1/2 38-24 27-35 12-16 34-20 10-14 LOST 1
Whitesox 60 62 .492 8 1/2 35-29 25-33 13-10 22-23 13-23 LOST 3
Tigers 51 71 .418 17 1/2 31-34 20-37 11-13 17-38 13-12 WON 1
Royals 50 74 .403 19 1/2 25-33 25-41 13-19 21-29 08-16 LOST 1

AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Mariners 89 35 .718 - 40-18 49-17 24-09 26-08 27-12 WON 2
A's 72 52 .581 17 35-24 37-28 20-13 24-10 16-23 WON 4
Angels 66 58 .532 23 32-26 34-32 21-13 20-13 15-24 WON 1
Rangers 54 70 .435 35 29-31 25-39 17-17 09-24 20-19 WON 2

NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Braves 68 55 .553 - 29-30 39-25 29-21 18-12 12-13 LOST 1
Phillies 67 56 .545 1 37-21 30-35 29-21 14-13 17-11 LOST 4
Marlins 59 64 .480 9 35-21 24-43 22-28 16-14 09-16 LOST 7
Mets 56 68 .452 12 1/2 31-28 25-40 26-25 11-19 09-16 WON 2
Expos 53 71 .427 15 1/2 27-31 26-40 20-31 12-18 13-12 WON 1

NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Astros 71 53 .573 - 36-29 35-24 16-11 33-22 13-14 WON 4
Cubs 68 54 .557 2 35-21 33-33 11-07 33-23 15-18 LOST 3
Cardinals 68 55 .553 2 1/2 43-24 25-31 19-11 32-25 09-12 WON 11
Brewers 53 68 .438 16 1/2 28-34 25-34 15-15 26-29 07-14 WON 4
Reds 48 75 .390 22 1/2 18-44 30-31 10-08 20-37 14-19 LOST 8
Pirates 45 78 .366 25 1/2 27-30 18-48 05-19 23-31 09-21 LOST 7

NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Diamondbacks 72 51 .585 - 37-29 35-22 16-12 18-12 31-19 WON 9
Giants 70 54 .565 2 1/2 42-23 28-31 15-10 18-15 27-24 WON 1
Dodgers 67 57 .540 5 1/2 38-27 29-30 12-13 20-13 29-22 LOST 2
Padres 61 62 .496 11 29-36 32-26 13-12 23-10 19-31 LOST 1
Rockies 53 70 .431 19 32-33 21-37 12-13 19-17 20-30 WON 3

3) Today's schedule--

AL
Yankees (Roger Clemens 16-1) at Rangers (Rick Helling 9-9), 8:05 PM
Whitesox (Sean Lowe 6-3) at Royals (Blake Stein 4-6), 8:05 PM
BlueJays (Kelvim Escobar 4-5) at Twins (Joe Mays 12-11), 8:05 PM
Redsox (Frank Castillo 7-7) at Angels (Ismael Valdes 8-6), 10:05 PM
Indians (Chuck Finley 5-5) at A's (Barry Zito 8-8), 10:05 PM
Tigers (Steve Sparks 8-7) at Mariners (Freddy Garcia 14-4), 10:05 PM

NL
Brewers (Jamey Wright 8-8 and Allen Levrault 5-8) at Cubs (Jon Lieber 16-5 and Carlos Zambrano 0-0), 5:05 PM
Cardinals (Woody Williams 10-8) at Reds (Chris Reitsma 5-13), 7:05 PM

4) Yesterday's HRs--

Sammy Sosa--#44
Manny Ramirez--#38
Alex Rodriguez--#37
Shawn Green--#37
Troy Glaus--#33
Rafael Palmeiro--#32
Jeff Bagwell--#32
Larry Walker--#31
Mike Piazza--#28 & #29
Gary Sheffield--#28
Jose Cruz Jr.--#23
Carlos Lee--#22
Mike Cameron--#19 & #20
Vinny Castilla--#20 (#18 in NL)
Marquis Grissom--#19
Jermaine Dye--#18
Richard Hidalgo--#16
John Vander Wal--#13
Kevin Millar--#12
David Segui--#10
Scott Spiezio--#10
Jeremy Giambi--#10
Darrin Fletcher--#9
Ramon Hernandez--#8
Mike Lamb--#3
Mark Little--#3
Greg Colbrunn--#3
Luis Alicea--#2
Felix Martinez--#1

5) HR leaders--

AL
1) Jim Thome--42
2) Manny Ramirez--38*
3) Alex Rodriguez--37*
4) Carlos Delgado--35
5) Troy Glaus--33*
6) Rafael Palmeiro--32*
T7) Jason Giambi--29
T7) Juan Gonzalez--29
T9) Tino Martinez--27
T9) Bret Boone--27

NL
1) Barry Bonds--54
2) Luis Gonzalez--46
3) Sammy Sosa--44*
T4) Todd Helton--37
T4) Shawn Green--37*
6) Jeff Bagwell--32*
T7) Phil Nevin--31
T7) Chipper Jones--31
T7) Lance Berkman--31
T7) Larry Walker--31*

*--hit 1 yesterday

6) Sammy Sosa passed Cal Ripken into 29th place on the all time HR list, with 430.

7) Jeff Bagwell tied Ron Santo for 64th place on the all time HR list, with 342.

8) Mike Piazza and Gary Sheffield both tied Al Simmons, Greg Luzinski and Ellis Burks for 83rd place on the all time HR list, with 307. Meanwhile, Piazza also passed Fred Lynn.

9) Larry Walker passed Rogers Hornsby and Ron Gant into 89th place on the all time HR list, with 302.

10) Mariners CF Mike Cameron tied the team record with 8 RBI in a game, tying the mark set by Alvin Davis, in 1986, and Mike Blowers, in 1995.

[nyy26wc]

1) Last week, Felipe Alou says the Redsox offered the MGR job to him. But, due to the fact that the team's ownership status is uncertain, as the team is up for sale, he turned the job down.

Meanwhile, when Jimy Williams was fired with the Redsox having a 65-53 record, he became the first MGR to lose his job with the team at least 5 games above .500 since the Yankees fired Billy Martin with a 40-28 record in 1988.

2) The BlueJays designated P Chris Michalak for assignment and called up P Scott Eyre.

Michalak had a 4.57 ERA and 4 RSAA in 23 games (18 starts) as a rookie.

Eyre has 78 games of major league experience (29 starts) with the 1997-2000 Whitesox, with a 5.66 ERA, -24 RSAA and 9-14 record.

3) The Giants placed P Wayne Gomes on the 15 day DL and activated OF Shawon Dunston from the DL.

Gomes has recurrent right patella tendinitis.

Dunston is having his typical season, with a good AVG but terrible OBA. With a .286 AVG, he's hitting .299 OBA, .500 SLG, .799 OPS, 1 RCAA, .527 OWP, 5.77 RC/G, 22 RC in 61 games and only has 1 BB in 146 PA. His fluke .500 SLG.

He could have a career unworst season in RCAA, with his whopping total of 1 matching his 1993 season (in which he was hot during a 10 PA season). In his 17 year career, the only other time he avoided a negative RCAA was the 0 he posted in 18 games in 1992.

The .027 difference between Dunston's .297 career OBA and his .270 AVG is the 4th lowest figure in baseball history.

4) Giants SS Rich Aurilia missed Saturday's game, when his wife gave birth to their first child, and was back in the lineup yesterday.

5) Astros LF Lance Berkman has been out of the lineup for the past 4 games, due to patella tendinitis in his right knee. The Astros say he was out of the lineup yesterday because he would also get today off, before they start a series with the Phillies tomorrow.

6) The Rockies plan on calling P Jason Jennings, to take Brian Bohanon's spot in the rotation, on Thursday.

7) The Cubs will call up P Carlos Zambrano before the second game of today's doubleheader.

Zambrano, 20, was ranked as the Cubs's #5 prospect by Baseball America and was given a C+ grade by the Minor League Scouting Notebook. He came into the season with a 3.45 career ERA in 3 minor league seasons and had a 3.98 ERA in AAA this year.

8) The Dodgers placed P Jesse Orosco on the 15 day DL and recalled P Jeff Williams.

Orosco has a sore tailbone.

9) The Diamondbacks set the major league record with their 13th pinch hit HR of the season, breaking the mark of 12, set by the 1957 Reds, 1983 Mets and 2000 Dodgers.

10) Roy Oswalt became the first Astros rookie to have at least 10 wins since Jim DeShaies (12--team rookie record) and Charlie Kerfeld (11) did it in 1986.

[nyy26wc]

1) Redsox LF-DH Manny Ramirez tweaked his hamstring yesterday and is expected to miss 2-3 days. Meanwhile, CF Carl Everett missed the past couple of games, due to a sprained knee, with MGR Joe Kerrigan saying he'll be out for 2-3 more days, while Kerrigan has hinted that SS Nomar Garciaparra will be rested tonight.

2) A's MGR Art Howe says Mark Mulder, who left Saturday's game due to back spasms, won't have to miss his next start.

3) Cardinals INF Placido Polanco miss today's game, due to the death of his father in law, and is expected to return tomorrow.

4) The Yankees will activate P Orlando Hernandez from the DL tomorrow.

[nyy26wc]

SMALLEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OBA AND AVG, CAREER

OBA AVG DIFF
1 Ozzie Guillen .287 .264 .024
2 Hobe Ferris .265 .239 .027
3 Jerry Denny .287 .260 .027
4 Shawon Dunston .297 .270 .027
5 Hal Chase .317 .288 .029
6 Charles Comiskey .293 .264 .029
7 Ken Reitz .290 .260 .030
8 Manny Sanguillen .326 .296 .030
9 Hy Myers .312 .281 .031
10 Vic Power .315 .284 .031
11 Enos Cabell .308 .277 .031
12 Tommy Helms .300 .269 .032
13 Willie Davis .311 .279 .032
14 Everett Scott .281 .249 .032
15 Bill Buckner .321 .289 .032
16 Mickey Rivers .327 .295 .032
17 Garry Templeton .304 .271 .033
18 Tim Foli .283 .251 .033
19 Ralph Garr .339 .306 .033
20 Bobby Richardson .299 .266 .033

MIN--5000 PA

[NetShrine]

Buckner, Garr, Rivers, - didn't they all have the same swing? :D

"The BlueJays designated P Chris Michalak for assignment and called up P Scott Eyre.

Michalak had a 4.57 ERA and 4 RSAA in 23 games (18 starts) as a rookie. "

Gotta be more to the story here? How do you designate a LHP who has a 4.57 ERA as a rookie? I know he's older than your average rook, but, still..............