Around the majors reports--Aug 29

[nyy26wc]

1) Yesterday's results--

AL
Yankees 4, BlueJays 0
Devil Rays 6, Mariners 0
A's 6, Orioles 2
Indians 8, Redsox 3
Whitesox 8, Tigers 6
Rangers 10, Twins 1
Royals 10, Angels 4

NL
Expos 7, Braves 0
Astros 6, Reds 4
Phillies 9, Mets 6 (11)
Marlins 4, Cubs 3 (14)
Pirates 6, Brewers 5
Padres 5, Cardinals 2
Diamondbacks 4, Giants 1
Rockies 4, Dodgers 3

2) Standings--

AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Yankees 77 55 .583 - 42-25 35-30 37-15 18-12 12-20 WON 1
Redsox 71 59 .546 5 36-29 35-30 33-22 13-12 15-17 LOST 3
BlueJays 64 68 .485 13 31-35 33-33 29-29 11-09 16-20 LOST 1
Orioles 54 77 .412 22 1/2 26-39 28-38 23-33 16-16 09-16 LOST 4
Devil Rays 48 84 .364 29 28-37 20-47 17-40 13-19 08-17 WON 1

AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Indians 74 57 .565 - 35-31 39-26 16-09 36-20 15-17 WON 2
Twins 69 63 .523 5 1/2 39-28 30-35 13-19 37-20 10-15 LOST 1
Whitesox 66 64 .508 7 1/2 35-29 31-35 15-11 26-24 13-23 WON 2
Tigers 53 77 .408 20 1/2 31-35 22-42 11-13 17-39 15-17 LOST 3
Royals 52 80 .394 22 1/2 27-39 25-41 13-19 22-35 09-16 WON 1

AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Mariners 94 38 .712 - 45-20 49-18 24-10 31-10 27-12 LOST 2
A's 76 56 .576 18 38-28 38-28 21-13 27-14 16-23 WON 3
Angels 69 63 .523 25 35-30 34-33 24-17 20-14 15-24 LOST 1
d-Rangers 59 73 .447 35 33-34 26-39 21-20 10-24 20-19 WON 3

NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Braves 71 60 .542 - 32-35 39-25 29-22 18-12 15-17 LOST 2
Phillies 71 60 .542 - 40-25 31-35 30-21 15-15 19-13 WON 2
Marlins 62 69 .473 9 37-26 25-43 22-28 17-14 11-21 WON 1
Mets 61 71 .462 10 1/2 36-31 25-40 26-26 11-19 14-18 LOST 2
Expos 56 75 .427 15 29-35 27-40 21-31 13-20 14-14 WON 1

NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Astros 76 55 .580 - 37-29 39-26 18-12 36-23 13-14 WON 2
Cubs 72 59 .550 4 39-26 33-33 11-08 37-27 15-18 LOST 1
Cardinals 70 61 .534 6 43-25 27-36 19-11 34-30 09-13 LOST 3
Brewers 58 73 .443 18 30-37 28-36 15-15 30-32 08-16 LOST 1
Reds 53 78 .405 23 21-45 32-33 12-09 23-39 14-19 LOST 1
Pirates 49 82 .374 27 30-33 19-49 05-19 25-34 11-22 WON 1

NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK
Diamondbacks 76 55 .580 - 38-29 38-26 18-14 19-14 32-19 WON 1
Giants 73 59 .553 3 1/2 42-23 31-36 18-14 18-15 27-25 LOST 1
Dodgers 72 60 .545 4 1/2 38-28 34-32 17-15 20-13 29-23 LOST 1
Padres 66 65 .504 10 29-36 37-29 17-15 24-10 19-31 WON 4
Rockies 57 73 .438 18 1/2 32-33 25-40 13-15 21-18 21-30 WON 2

d--mathematically eliminated from winning the division title

3) Today's schedule--

AL
BlueJays (Roy Halladay 2-1) at Yankees (Sterling Hitchcock 3-2), 7:05 PM
Redsox (Casey Fossum 1-0) at Indians (C.C. Sabathia 13-4), 7:05 PM
Whitesox (Gary Glover 3-1) at Tigers (Mark Redman 2-5), 7:05 PM
A's (Tim Hudson 14-7) at Orioles (Josh Towers 8-7), 7:05 PM
Mariners (Jamie Moyer 15-5) at Devil Rays (Tanyon Sturtze 8-10), 7:15 PM
Angels (Pat Rapp 5-10) at Royals (Jeff Suppan 7-11), 8:05 PM
Rangers (Rob Bell 4-3) at Twins (Eric Milton 12-5), 8:05 PM

NL
Expos (Tony Armas Jr. 9-11) at Braves (Tom Glavine 11-7), 7:05 PM
Phillies (Omar Daal 12-4) at Mets (Bruce Chen 6-6), 7:10 PM
Marlins (Matt Clement 8-8) at Cubs (Jason Bere 8-8), 8:05 PM
Reds (Elmer Dessens 9-10) at Astros (Carlos Hernandez 1-0), 8:05 PM
Pirates (Jimmy Anderson 6-15) at Brewers (Allen Levrault 5-8), 8:05 PM
Padres (Bobby Jones 8-15) at Cardinals (Bud Smith 3-2), 8:10 PM
Giants (Kirk Rueter 12-9) at Diamondbacks (Bobby Witt 1-1), 10:05 PM
Rockies (Jason Jennings 1-0) at Dodgers (James Baldwin 2-1), 10:10 PM

4) Yesterday's HRs--

Sammy Sosa--#52
Luis Gonzalez--#49
Alex Rodriguez--#40
Todd Helton--#40
Rafael Palmeiro--#36
Troy Glaus--#34
Jeff Bagwell--#33
Richie Sexson--#33
Jason Giambi--#32
Gary Sheffield--#32
Reggie Sanders--#30
Tino Martinez--#29
Ryan Klesko--#24
Jose Valentin--#22
Jim Edmonds--#21
Lee Stevens--#19
Scott Rolen--#18
Dmitri Young--#16 & #17
Mark Quinn--#15
Jose Vidro--#15
Preston Wilson--#14
Kenny Lofton--#11
Jimmy Rollins--#11
Frank Catalanotto--#10
Ramon Hernandez--#9
Randy Velarde--#9
Geoff Blum--#8
Doug Mirabelli--#7
Chris Gomez--#7
Chris Singleton--#6
Carlos Febles--#2 & #3

5) HR leaders--

AL
1) Jim Thome--43
2) Alex Rodriguez--40*
3) Manny Ramirez--38
T4) Carlos Delgado--36
T4) Rafael Palmeiro--36*
6) Troy Glaus--34*
7) Jason Giambi--32*
8) Juan Gonzalez--30
T9) Bret Boone--29
T9) Tino Martinez--29*

NL
1) Barry Bonds--56
2) Sammy Sosa--52*
3) Luis Gonzalez--49*
4) Shawn Green--42
5) Todd Helton--40*
T6) Larry Walker--33
T6) Jeff Bagwell--33*
T6) Richie Sexson--33*
T9) Chipper Jones--32
T9) Vladimir Guerrero--32
T9) Gary Sheffield--32*

*--hit 1 yesterday

6) The Phillies tied the Braves for 1st place in the NL East.

7) If the Yankees beat the BlueJays and the Mariners beat the Devil Rays today, the Devil Rays will be mathematically eliminated from winning the AL East.

8) Sammy Sosa tied Andre Dawson for 27th place on the all time HR list, with 438. Sosa hit #52 and is on pace for 64.

Sosa tied the NL record with 17 HR in August, tying the mark set by Willie Mays, in 1965, while the major league record for the month is 18, by Rudy York, in 1937. Sosa, whose 20 HR in June 1998 was a major league record for any month, joined York as the only players with 2 months of 17+ HR.

Sosa also set the Cubs record with his 30th intentional walk of the season.

9) Jeff Bagwell passed Ron Santo into 64th place on the all time HR list, with 343.

10) Luis Gonzalez hit #49 and is on pace for 61.

11) Alex Rodriguez reached 40 HR for the 4th time and 4th consecutive year.

Rodriguez became the 5th player to hit 40+ HR in back to back years, while doing it with different teams, the 13th player to hit 40+ HR with different teams, the 9th player to have at least 4 consecutive years with 40+ HR and the 19th player to have at least 4 years with 40+ HR.

12) Todd Helton reached 40 HR for the 2nd time and 2nd consecutive year.

13) Reggie Sanders reached 30 HR for the 1st time. His previous career high was 28, in 1995.

[nyy26wc]

1) In May, Mariners LF Al Martin crashed into teammate Carlos Guillen during a game and said it reminded him when he played for USC in 1986. According to Martin, "For some reason, probably because I was young and dumb, I decided I could make a head-on stop of [Michigan's] Leroy Hoard," Martin said in May. "I hit him, or rather he hit me. You remember those big tree-trunk legs Hoard had? That's what hit me."

However, it turned out that USC not only didn't play Michigan in 1986, but didn't play them in the decade prior to the 1989 Rose Bowl. Furthermore, according to AP, "Coaches and players at USC and at Martin's high school in West Covina, Calif., say they have no knowledge of Martin ever attending or playing at the university, and USC has no record of him ever having enrolled, receiving scholarship money or playing in a game. He also is not in any of the USC team pictures, the [Seattle] Times reported. The story of Martin attending USC on a football scholarship has been in baseball media guides for the three major league teams he has played for -- the Pittsburgh Pirates, the San Diego Padres and the Mariners. The story has also appeared in several newspaper articles over the years. The information for those accounts was provided by Martin."

Meanwhile, Martin told the Seattle during spring training that he has been exonerated from last year's domestic violence incident filed by one of his wives. But, according to the prosecutor, Martin pled guilty, spent a night in jail and will remain on probation until November 2002.

2) Redsox SS Nomar Garciaparra flew back to Boston to have a MRI on his right wrist and the team is still waiting for the results.

3) The Cardinals say they will recall P Rick Ankiel when the rosters expand.

4) Indians MGR Charlie Manuel had surgery to have scar tissue removed from his colon.

5) The Dodgers activated P Kevin Brown from the DL.

6) The Mariners signed P Randy Myers to a minor league contract.

According to MGR Lou Piniella, "It's more for next year than anything else."

7) The Brewers activated LF Geoff Jenkins from the DL and placed P Jimmy Haynes on the 15 day DL, retroactive to August 24.

Haynes has a strained left oblique muscle.

8) On Sunday, Twins P Eddie Guardado tied the Twins record with his 490th appearance, tying the mark set by Rick Aguilera. Walter Johnson holds the all time franchise mark, with 802, when the team was the Washington Senators.

9) The Pirates activated P Mike Lincoln from the DL and sent P Bronson Arroyo to the minors.

10) The swelling on Dodgers 2B Mark Grudzielanek's broken middle finger has gone down and he expects to be able to return on Thursday or Friday.

[nyy26wc]

1) Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki reached 200 hits and became the 15th rookie to reach that level.

2) In addition to setting the Cubs's record with 30 IBB, Sammy Sosa became just the 7th different player to have a 30+ IBB season.

3) Jason Giambi reached 100 RBI for the 4th time and 4th consecutive year.

4) Ryan Klesko reached 100 RBI for the 1st time in his career. His previous career high was 93, in 1996.

5) BlueJays CF Jose Cruz Jr. was scratched from yesterday's lineup, due to a strained lower right abdomen, and was able to appear as a pinch hitter.

6) After missing 7 games with a strained right hamstring, Manny Ramirez returned to the Redsox's lineup, as the DH. The team hopes he can return to the outfield during their current series with the Indians.

7) The Dodgers sent P Jeff Williams to the minors, to make room for Kevin Brown.

8) Royals 1B Mike Sweeney returned to the lineup, after serving his 10 game suspension.

9) Tigers 1B Tony Clark says he has a slight shoulder separation. But, "It's nothing that I'm real concerned about. But I also know that there's going to be some discomfort there until I stop using it."

10) The Angels activated INF Jose Nieves from the DL.

[nyy26wc]

1) The Astros placed P Pedro Astacio on the 15 day DL, retroactive to August 22.

The team expects him to be able to return as soon as his 15 days are up.

2) Braves MGR Bobby Cox has decided to pull the plug on Ken Caminiti playing 1B and the job will go to rookie Wes Helms.

3) Padres 3B Phil Nevin had to leave yesterday's game in the 7th, due to lower back spasms, and is day to day.

[nyy26wc]

40+ HR IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS, WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS

Andres Galarraga 1997-98 Rockies--41, Braves--44
Rafael Palmeiro 1998-99 Orioles--43, Rangers--47
Greg Vaughn 1998-99 Padres--50, Reds--45
Ken Griffey Jr. 1999-00 Mariners--48, Reds--40
Alex Rodriguez 2000-01 Mariners--41, Rangers--40

[nyy26wc]

40+ HR SEASONS WITH DIFFERENT TEAMS

Albert Belle Indians--2, Whitesox--1
Jose Canseco A's--2, BlueJays--1
Rocky Colavito Indians--2, Tigers--1
Darrell Evans Braves--1, Tigers--1
Jimmie Foxx A's--3, Redsox--2
Andres Galarraga Rockies--2, Braves--1
Ken Griffey Jr. Mariners--6, Reds--1
Reggie Jackson A's--1, Yankees--1
Mark McGwire* A's--3, Cardinals--2
Johnny Mize Giants--2, Cardinals--1
Rafael Palmeiro Orioles--1, Rangers--1
Alex Rodriguez Mariners--3, Rangers--1
Greg Vaughn** Padres--1, Reds--1

*--McGwire also had a 6th 40+ HR season split between the A's & Cardinals
**--Vaughn also had a 40+ HR season split between the Brewers & Padres

[nyy26wc]

4+ CONSECUTIVE 40+ HR SEASONS

1 Babe Ruth 1926-32 7
T2 Ralph Kiner 1947-51 5
T2 Duke Snider 1953-57 5
T2 Ken Griffey Jr. 1996-00 5
T5 Ernie Banks 1957-60 4
T5 Harmon Killebrew 1961-64 4
T5 Mark McGwire 1996-99 4
T5 Alex Rodriguez 1998-01 4
T5 Sammy Sosa 1998-01 4

[nyy26wc]

4+ YEARS WITH 40+ HR

1 Babe Ruth 11
T2 Hank Aaron 8
T2 Harmon Killebrew 8
4 Ken Griffey Jr. 7
T5 Willie Mays 6
T5 Mark McGwire 6
T7 Ernie Banks 5
T7 Barry Bonds 5
T7 Jimmie Foxx 5
T7 Lou Gehrig 5
T7 Juan Gonzalez 5
T7 Ralph Kiner 5
T7 Duke Snider 5
T7 Sammy Sosa 5
T15 Hank Greenberg 4
T15 Mickey Mantle 4
T15 Eddie Mathews 4
T15 Alex Rodriguez 4
T15 Frank Thomas 4

[nyy26wc]

MOST INTENTIONAL WALKS, SEASON, CUBS

1 Sammy Sosa 2001 30
2 Adolfo Phillips 1967 29
3 Ernie Banks 1960 28
4 Leon Durham 1985 24
T5 Ernie Banks 1961 21
T5 Andre Dawson 1990 21
T7 Ernie Banks 1959 20
T7 Adolfo Phillips 1968 20
T7 Billy Williams 1972 20
T10 Ernie Banks 1965 19
T10 Sammy Sosa 2000 19

[nyy26wc]

ROOKIES WITH 200+ HITS

1 Lloyd Waner 1927 223
2 Jimmy Williams 1899 219
3 Tony Oliva 1964 217
4 Dale Alexander 1929 215
T5 Nomar Garciaparra 1997 209
T5 Harvey Kuenn 1953 209
7 Kevin Seitzer 1987 207
T8 Johnny Frederick 1929 206
T8 Joe DiMaggio 1936 206
T8 Hal Trosky 1934 206
11 Johnny Pesky 1942 205
T12 Roy Johnson 1929 201
T12 Dick Allen 1964 201
T14 Dick Wakefield 1943 200
T14 Ichiro Suzuki 2001 200

[nyy26wc]

PLAYERS WITH 30+ INTENTIONAL WALKS IN A SEASON

1 Willie McCovey 1969 45
2 Barry Bonds 1993 43
3 Willie McCovey 1970 40
4 Barry Bonds 1997 34
T5 Ted Williams 1957 33
T5 John Olerud 1993 33
T7 Kevin Mitchell 1989 32
T7 Barry Bonds 1992 32
9 George Brett 1985 31
T10 Barry Bonds 1996 30
T10 Sammy Sosa 2001 30

Note--IBB has only been a stat since 1955.

[Duque]

Originally posted by nyy26wc

7) The Brewers activated LF Geoff Jenkins from the DL and placed P Jimmy Haynes on the 15 day DL, retroactive to August 24.

Haynes has a strained left oblique muscle.


Shame - if he stayed healthy, Haynes was on pace to break Brian Kingman's 20 Loss record.

[BuzzBuzzard]

Originally posted by Duque
Shame - if he stayed healthy, Haynes was on pace to break Brian Kingman's 20 Loss record. Point of clarification. 20 losses is not a single season record, but Kingman was the last to lose 20 or more games.

[Duque]

Originally posted by BuzzBuzzard
Point of clarification. 20 losses is not a single season record, but Kingman was the last to lose 20 or more games.

Bad wording on my part. Though you'd think it was a record, the way Kingman followed around Omar Daal last year.

[NetShrine]

I just can't believe Reggie Sanders has 30 HRs. How'd that happen?