ATM report--Lots of winning seasons; Record for Bonds overshadows Palmeiro

[nyy26wc]

1) Yesterday's games--

AL
Mariners 12, Indians 4
Angels 8, Redsox 3
Rangers 6, Yankees 2
BlueJays 5, Orioles 2
Royals 4, Twins 2
Whitesox 8, Devil Rays 3
A's 10, Tigers 7

NL
Astros 1, Reds 0
Pirates 3, Brewers 2
Phillies 5, Cardinals 3
Mets 7, Rockies 4
Giants 8, Expos 4
Diamondbacks 7, Cubs 0
Marlins 7, Padres 6
Braves 7, Dodgers 5

2) Standings--

AL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Yankees          80   48  .625   -     39-23  41-25  31-22 22-04 16-15 LOST 1
Redsox           73   55  .570   7     34-30  39-25  37-16 14-12 17-14 LOST 2
Orioles          63   66  .488  17 1/2 32-32  31-34  23-32 18-14 13-11 LOST 3
BlueJays         56   73  .434  24 1/2 30-35  26-38  27-28 08-12 12-24 WON  3
e--Devil Rays    43   87  .331  38     25-40  18-47  18-38 13-19 05-19 LOST 2

AL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Twins            78   54  .591   -     43-23  35-31  15-17 38-19 15-10 LOST 1
Whitesox         61   69  .469  16     37-28  24-41  10-10 28-28 15-21 WON  2
Indians          56   73  .434  20 1/2 31-34  25-39  16-10 22-31 12-20 LOST 1
Royals           53   78  .405  24 1/2 33-32  20-46  10-22 26-30 12-13 WON  1
Tigers           49   81  .377  28     30-35  19-46  10-16 24-30 09-23 LOST 5

AL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
A's              80   51  .611   -     41-25  39-26  23-22 22-08 19-19 WON  12
Angels           77   52  .597   2     41-24  36-28  17-11 30-15 19-19 WON  2
Mariners         78   53  .595   2     39-27  39-26  25-20 17-13 25-13 WON  1
Rangers          57   71  .445  21 1/2 32-32  25-39  18-10 18-27 13-25 WON  1

NL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Braves           82   47  .636   -     43-22  39-25  31-19 21-09 15-16 WON  1
Expos            65   65  .500  17 1/2 39-25  26-40  23-27 17-13 13-19 LOST 1
Phillies         64   65  .496  18     33-31  31-34  23-26 17-13 14-18 WON  5
Marlins          63   67  .485  19 1/2 38-28  25-39  24-26 14-16 15-17 WON  2
Mets             60   69  .465  22     30-34  30-35  23-26 17-13 10-22 WON  2

NL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Cardinals        71   57  .555   -     39-26  32-31  11-19 37-25 15-09 LOST 3
Astros           69   61  .531   3     38-27  31-34  16-14 43-34 05-07 WON  1
Reds             64   65  .496   7 1/2 32-32  32-33  12-12 36-27 14-16 LOST 1
Pirates          58   73  .443  14 1/2 28-37  30-36  08-04 37-40 10-20 WON  3
Cubs             54   74  .422  17     28-36  26-38  10-14 25-37 13-17 LOST 1
Brewers          44   85  .341  27 1/2 26-39  18-46  07-23 24-39 11-13 LOST 5

NL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Diamondbacks     83   47  .638   -     44-21  39-26  21-11 21-09 30-20 WON  1
Dodgers          75   55  .577   8     37-28  38-27  20-12 17-13 26-24 LOST 1
Giants           71   58  .550  11 1/2 38-27  33-31  17-14 17-13 29-21 WON  1
Rockies          61   69  .469  22     39-25  22-44  18-14 16-14 20-30 LOST 2
Padres           55   75  .423  28     34-32  21-43  16-16 11-19 20-30 LOST 2

e--mathematically eliminated from the postseason

3) Today's schedule--

AL
Rangers (Kenny Rogers) at Yankees (Orlando Hernandez), 1:05
Angels (Ramon Ortiz) at Redsox (John Burkett), 7:05
Tigers (Steve Sparks) at Indians (Rodrigo Rodriguez), 7:05
BlueJays (Pete Walker) at Whitesox (Jim Parque), 8:05
A's (Cory Lidle) at Royals (Darrell May), 8:05

NL
Cubs (Mark Prior) at Brewers (Ben Sheets), 8:05
Giants (Kirk Rueter) at Rockies (Aaron Cook), 9:05
Diamondbacks (Curt Schilling) at Dodgers (Omar Daal), 10:10

4) Yesterday's HRs--

Lance Berkman--#35
Pat Burrell--#33
Ryan Klesko--#23
Raul Ibanez--#22
Chipper Jones--#21
Juan Encarnacion--#20
Jermaine Dye--#17
Randall Simon--#17
Herbert Perry--#17
Rob Mackowiak--#16
Kevin Millar--#14
Matt Lawton--#13
Michael Tucker--#12
Edgardo Alfonzo--#11
Dustan Mohr--#10
Marlon Anderson--#8
Josh Phelps--#7
Javier Lopez--#7
Greg Myers--#6
Wil Cordero--#6
Ben Davis--#4 & #5
Aaron Rowand--#4
Chuck Knoblauch--#4
Raul Gonzalez--#1 & #2
Gabe Kapler--#1

5) HR leaders--

AL
1) Alex Rodriguez--45
2) Jim Thome--38
3) Rafael Palmeiro--36
4) Jason Giambi--32
T5) Alfonso Soriano--30
T5) Eric Chavez--30
7) Magglio Ordonez--29
T8) Miguel Tejada--27
T8) Ellis Burks--27
T10) Paul Konerko--25
T10) Robin Ventura--25
T10) Tony Batista--25

Honorable mention--Cliff Floyd, 25 total, 4 in the AL

NL
1) Sammy Sosa--43
2) Shawn Green--38
T3) Barry Bonds--35
T3) Vladimir Guerrero--35
T3) Lance Berkman--35*
6) Pat Burrell--33*
7) Brian Giles--32
8) Albert Pujols--29
T9) Jeff Kent--28
T9) Fred McGriff--28

*--hit 1 yesterday

6) The Braves clinched a winning season for the 11th consecutive year.

Teams with 10+ consecutive winning seasons--

Yankees     39  1926-64
Orioles     18  1968-85
Whitesox    17  1951-67
Redsox      16  1967-82
Pirates     15  1899-13
Cardinals   15  1939-53
Cubs        14  1879-92
Cubs        14  1926-39
Braves      14  1953-66
Giants      14  1958-71
Braves      13  1887-99
Dodgers     13  1945-57
Pirates     13  1918-30
Cubs        12  1903-14
Giants      12  1903-14
Tigers      11  1978-88
BlueJays    11  1983-93
Braves      11  1991-02
Redsox      10  1909-18
Giants      10  1916-25
Indians     10  1947-56
Dodgers     10  1969-78
Reds        10  1972-81

The Yankees are either 2 wins away or have already had their 10th in a row.

7) Gabe Kapler hit his 50th career HR.

[nyy26wc]

1) Rafael Palmeiro reached 2600 career hits.

After 37 RCAA/.954 OPS and 51 RCAA/.944 OPS the past 2 years, Palmeiro's off to a .591 SLG, .387 OBA, .978 OPS, 31 RCAA start in his first 121 games. He has a .896 career OPS, compared to his league average of .752, and 538 RCAA in 2379 games.

Palmeiro's having a top 10 season for OPS above the league average, among 37 year olds. But, the great Bonds is of course overshadowing him--

OPS                           YEAR   DIFF  PLAYER LEAGUE
1    Barry Bonds              2002   .590   1.352   .762 
2    Babe Ruth                1932   .375   1.150   .775 
3    Hank Aaron               1971   .373   1.079   .706 
4    Ted Williams             1956   .327   1.084   .757 
5    Tris Speaker             1925   .267   1.057   .790 
6    Bob Johnson              1944   .258    .959   .701 
7    Andres Galarraga         1998   .227    .991   .764 
8    Rafael Palmeiro          2002   .219    .978   .758 
9    Honus Wagner             1911   .215    .930   .715 
10   Edgar Martinez           2000   .208   1.002   .794 

Knocked out of the top 10 by Bonds and Palmeiro--Willie Mays (+.194, 1968), Stan Musial (+.191, 1958)

2) The Cubs traded P Jeff Fassero to the Cardinals for 2 players to be named later and cash.

Fassero's having his 2nd double digit negative RSAA in the past 4 years, with a 6.18 ERA/-12 RSAA in 57 games. He has a 3.94 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.37, and 88 RSAA in 543 games.

3) The Whitesox placed INF Tony Graffanino on the 15 day DL and called up INF D'Angelo Jimenez.

Graffanino had to leave yesterday's game, due to a knee injury. After -5 RCAA/.720 OPS and 1 RCAA/.777 OPS the past 2 years, he's off to a .428 SLG, .329 OBA, .757 OPS, 0 RCAA start in his first 70 games. Graffanino has a .721 career OPS, compared to his league average of .770, and -26 RCAA in 484 games.

After a -3 RCAA/.722 OPS as a 23 year old rookie in 2001, Jimenez was off to a .327 SLG, .311 OBA, .638 OPS, -12 RCAA start in his 87 games with the Padres, before being traded last month.

4) The BlueJays activated 1B Carlos Delgado from the DL, called up P Brian Bowles, placed P Luke Prokopec on the 15 day DL and sent OF Pedro Swann to the minors.

After 104 RCAA/1.134 OPS and 47 RCAA/.948 OPS the past 2 years, Delgado's off to a .494 SLG, .387 OBA, .880 OPS, 23 RCAA start in his first 110 games. He has a .936 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and 282 RCAA in 1101 games.

Bowles, a 25 year old rookie who also pitched in 2 games last year, is off to a 3.38 ERA/1 RSAA start in 6 games.

Prokopec has an elbow injury. After a 4.88 ERA/-15 RSAA as a 23 year old rookie with the 2001 Dodgers (he also pitched in 5 games in 2000), he's off to a 6.78 ERA/-18 RSAA start in his first 22 games (12 starts).

Swann's 1 for 12 in 13 games.

5) The Orioles placed OF Gary Matthews Jr. on the 15 day DL and called up P Sean Douglass.

Matthews has tendonitis in his right wrist.

Douglass, a 23 year rookie who also made 4 starts last year, is off to a 5.55 ERA/-3 RSAA start in his first 8 games (4 starts).

6) The Cubs activated P Juan Cruz from the DL and sent P Steve Smyth to the minors.

Cruz, a 23 year old touted rookie who also made 8 starts last year, is off to a 4.35 ERA/-3 RSAA in 33 games (9 starts).

Smyth had a 9.98 ERA/-10 RSAA in his first 4 major league starts.

7) Diamondbacks SS Tony Womack was given a routine day off.

After -23 RCAA/.692 OPS and -23 RCAA/.652 OPS the past 2 years, Womack's off to a .347 SLG, .318 OBA, .665 OPS, -21 RCAA start in his first 123 games. He has a .683 career OPS, compared to his league average of .778, and -92 RCAA in 889 games.

8) The Tigers sent P Fernando Rodney to the minors, will call up P Jose Paniagua today and moved P Julio Santana from the 15 to the 60 day DL.

Rodney, a 25 year old rookie, is off to a 8.76 ERA/-6 RSAA start in his first 13 major league games.

After 3.47 ERA/9 RSAA and 4.36 ERA/-1 RSAA the past 2 years, Paniagua's off to a 6.19 ERA/-8 RSAA start in his first 35 games. He has a 4.41 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.63, and 4 RSAA in 263 games.

9) Twins CF Torii Hunter was given a routine day off yesterday.

After -19 RCAA/.726 OPS and -5 RCAA/.784 OPS the past 2 years, Hunter's off to a .530 SLG, .342 OBA, .873 OPS, 18 RCAA start in his first 123 games. He has a .775 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and -30 RCAA in 512 games.

10) The Angels called up P Mickey Callaway and sent P Mark Lukasiewicz to the minors.

Callaway started yesterday. It was the 27 year old's 8th major league game.

After a 6.03 ERA/-3 RSAA in 24 games as a 28 year old rookie in 2001, Lukasiewicz is off to a 3.48 ERA/1 RSAA start in his first 14 games.

11) The Reds activated P Scott Sullivan from the DL and sent P Luke Hudson to the minors.

After 3.47 ERA/18 RSAA and 3.31 ERA/12 RSAA the past 2 years, Sullivan's off to a 5.17 ERA/-6 RSAA start in his first 61 games. He has a 3.81 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.37, and 47 RSAA in 434 games.

Hudson's off to a 4.50 ERA/0 RSAA start in his first 3 major league games.

12) The Padres called up P Clay Condrey and sent P Tom Davey to the minors.

After 0.71 ERA/5 RSAA (11 games) and 4.50 ERA/-2 RSAA the past 2 years, Davey's off to a 5.57 ERA/-4 RSAA start in his first 19 games. He has a 4.41 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.60, and 1 RSAA in 114 games.

Condrey, 26, came into the year with a 4.23 ERA in 4 minor league seasons, including a 4.75 ERA in AAA in 2001, and is off to a 3.50 ERA start in AAA this year.

13) The Brewers called up P Andrew Lorraine and sent P Matt Childers to the minors.

Lorraine had a 6.20 ERA/-27 RSAA in 54 games with 6 teams from 1994-2000.

Childers was off to a 12.00 ERA/-8 RSAA in his first 8 major league games.

14) Randy Johnson lowered his ERA to 2.44 by pitching a complete game shutout with 16 SO.

Johnson can join Cy Young (7 times) and Eddie Plank (4 times) as the only pitchers with at least 3 years with an ERA 2.50 or under at the age of 35 or older.