LF--an all time great, an unappreciated major star, a potential future star

nyy26wc · 05-05-2003, 12:51 PM

1) Yesterday's scores--

AL
Indians 3, Rangers 1
Tigers 7, Devil Rays 3
A's 2, Yankees 0
BlueJays 8, Angels 2
Royals 4, Orioles 0
Twins 9. Redsox 4
Mariners 5, Whitesox 1

NL
Astros 5, Marlins 2
Mets 5, Brewers 3
Cardinals 6, Expos 2
Cubs 5, Rockies 4 (10)
Dodgers 3, Pirates 2
Braves 7, Diamondbacks 4 (11)
Giants 6, Reds 1
Phillies 3, Padres 1

2) Standings--

Code:

AL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Yankees          23    8  .742   -     10-5   13-3   09-03 07-00 07-05 LOST 2
Redsox           20   11  .645   3     11-4    9-7   13-06 04-02 03-03 LOST 1
Orioles          16   14  .533   6 1/2  8-8    8-6   07-08 09-06 00-00 LOST 1
BlueJays         14   18  .438   9 1/2  8-10   6-8   05-12 05-04 04-02 WON  4
Devil Rays       12   19  .387  11      8-8    4-11  10-15 02-04 00-00 LOST 1

AL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Royals           19    9  .679   -     10-0    9-9   03-06 16-03 00-00 WON  1
Twins            15   15  .500   5      6-7    9-8   08-11 07-04 00-00 WON  1
Whitesox         15   16  .484   5 1/2 10-9    5-7   01-02 13-09 01-05 LOST 3
Indians           9   21  .300  11      5-10   4-11  03-03 04-09 02-09 WON  1
Tigers            4   25  .138  15 1/2  2-12   2-13  01-05 01-16 02-04 WON  1

AL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Mariners         20   11  .645   -     11-5    9-6   01-02 08-01 11-08 WON  3
A's              19   12  .613   1     12-3    7-9   02-01 07-02 10-09 WON  2
Rangers          14   17  .452   6      8-8    6-9   05-04 01-02 08-11 LOST 1
Angels           13   17  .433   6 1/2  8-7    5-10  02-07 02-00 09-10 LOST 3

NL EAST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Braves           20   11  .645   -     10-6   10-5   10-09 08-01 02-01 WON  1
Phillies         19   13  .594   1 1/2 10-6    9-7   07-06 03-03 09-04 WON  2
Expos            18   13  .581   2     10-6    8-7   08-05 08-07 02-01 LOST 3
Marlins          15   18  .455   6      9-6    6-12  09-11 04-05 02-02 LOST 3
Mets             13   18  .419   7      8-7    5-11  05-08 07-08 01-02 WON  1

NL CENTRAL      WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Cardinals        17   12  .586   -     10-4    7-8   08-04 07-04 02-04 WON  7
Cubs             18   13  .581   -     10-6    8-7   04-02 08-05 06-06 WON  1
Astros           14   16  .467   3 1/2  8-7    6-9   05-07 06-06 03-03 WON  3
Pirates          14   16  .467   3 1/2  4-11  10-5   03-03 06-06 05-07 LOST 2
Reds             13   18  .419   5      7-8    6-10  02-04 04-09 07-05 LOST 2
Brewers          10   21  .323   8      5-11   5-10  02-10 06-07 02-04 LOST 1

NL WEST         WON  LOST  PCT  GB      HOME   ROAD   EAST  CENT  WEST STREAK
Giants           21    9  .700   -     10-5   11-4   01-02 10-05 10-02 WON  2
Rockies          16   15  .516   5 1/2 11-4    5-11  00-03 07-08 09-04 LOST 1
Dodgers          16   16  .500   6      9-7    7-9   02-02 06-03 08-11 WON  2
Diamondbacks     13   19  .406   9      7-10   6-9   06-07 03-03 04-09 LOST 1
Padres           11   20  .355  10 1/2  6-10   5-10  01-02 03-06 07-12 LOST 2

3) Today's schedule--

AL
Tigers (Nate Cornejo) at Orioles (Jason Johnson), 7:05
Redsox (Derek Lowe) at Royals (Darrell May), 8:05

NL
Cardinals (Woody Williams) at Reds (John Riedling), 7:10
Brewers (Ben Sheets) at Cubs (Matt Clement), 8:05
Pirates (Kris Benson) at Astros (Wade Miller), 8:05
Phillies (Vicente Padilla) at Diamondbacks (Miguel Batista), 9:35

4) Yesterday's HRs--

Richie Sexson--#10
Aubrey Huff--#8
Andruw Jones--#8
Luis Gonzalez--#8
Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)--#8
Scott Rolen--#6
Richard Hidalgo--#5
Edgar Martinez--#4
Junior Spivey--#4
Cliff Floyd--#4
Toby Hall--#3
Carlos Pena--#3
Scott Hatteberg--#3
Alex Gonzalez (Cubs)--#3
Edgardo Alfonzo--#3
Mike DiFelice--#2
Ichiro Suzuki--#2
Randy Winn--#1
Ramon Martinez--#1

5) HR leaders--

AL
1) Juan Gonzalez--11
T2) Alex Rodriguez--10
T2) Alfonso Soriano--10
T2) Carl Everett--10
5) Carlos Delgado--9
T6) Rafael Palmeiro--8
T6) Raul Mondesi--8
T6) Jorge Posada--8
T6) Aubrey Huff--8*
T10) Bret Boone--7
T10) Tim Salmon--7
T10) Mike Sweeney--7
T10) Eric Chavez--7

NL
T1) Jeff Bagwell--10
T1) Richie Sexson--10*
T3) Barry Bonds--9
T3) Austin Kearns--9
T3) Adam Dunn--9
T6) Gary Sheffield--8
T6) Mike Lowell--8
T6) Ryan Klesko--8
T6) Luis Gonzalez--8*
T6) Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)--8*
T6) Andruw Jones--8*

*--hit 1 yesterday

6) The Royals will return home today and will attempt to improve on their 10-0 home start.

nyy26wc · 05-05-2003, 12:52 PM

1) Barry Bonds was given a routine day off yesterday.

After 169 RCAA/1.379 OPS and 161 RCAA/1.381 OPS seasons, Bonds is off to a .692 SLG, .495 OBA, 1.188 OPS, 18 RCAA start in his first 25 games. He has a 1.025 career OPS, compared to his league average of .747, and 1247 RCAA.

Bonds, who is the all time NL leader in career OPS, came into the season trailing Rogers Hornsby by 2 points for the best OPS vs. the league average. He's cut that margin down to a single point--

Code:

OPS                             DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Rogers Hornsby             .279    1.012     .734   
2    Barry Bonds                .278    1.025     .747   
3    Johnny Mize                .252     .983     .731   
4    Dan Brouthers              .250     .940     .690   
5    Stan Musial                .236     .976     .739   
6    Larry Walker               .217     .972     .755   
7    Hank Aaron                 .215     .944     .729   
8    Willie Mays                .210     .941     .731   
9    Mel Ott                    .207     .947     .740   
10   Ralph Kiner                .206     .954     .748

(MIN: 5000 PA)

2) Pirates LF Brian Giles is hoping to return from the DL during the team's 4 game series against the Astros, which starts today, but it may not happen until the weekend.

After 57 RCAA/.994 OPS and 75 RCAA/1.072 OPS seasons, Giles is off to a .323 SLG, .400 OBA, .723 OPS, 0 RCAA start in his first 9 games. He has a .984 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781, and 300 RCAA in 918 games.

Giles is the Pirates all time leader in OPS vs. the league average (min: 2500 PA)--

Code:

OPS                             DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Brian Giles                .242    1.026     .784   
2    Ralph Kiner                .229     .971     .742   
3    Honus Wagner               .189     .862     .674   
4    Willie Stargell            .175     .889     .713   
5    Barry Bonds                .165     .883     .718   
6    Arky Vaughan               .152     .887     .735   
7    Paul Waner                 .142     .896     .754   
8    Fred Clarke                .128     .797     .669   
9    Dave Parker                .126     .848     .721   
10   Elmer Smith                .125     .881     .756

3) Phillies LF Pat Burrell was given a routine day off yesterday.

After 7 RCAA/.816 OPS and 44 RCAA/.920 OPS seasons, Burrell's off to a .390 SLG, .297 OBA, .687 OPS, -6 RCAA start in his first 31 games. He has a .845 career OPS, compared to his league average of .777, and 49 RCAA in 454 games.

Burrell's already tied for 5th among Phillies LF in career HR above the league average--

Code:

HOMERUNS                        DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Greg Luzinski               125      220       95   
2    Del Ennis                    68      183      115   
3    Sherry Magee                 45       72       27   
4    Lefty O'Doul                 34       54       20   
T5   Pete Incaviglia              28       53       25   
T5   Pat Burrell                  28       68       40   
7    Wes Covington                25       54       29   
T8   Chuck Klein                  24       31        7   
T8   Dick Allen                   24       33        9   
10   Beals Becker                 22       29        7

4) The Orioles placed OF B.J. Surhoff on the 15 day DL, called up P Eric DuBose to start yesterday's game, sent DuBose to the minors afterwards and will call up P Travis Driskill today.

Surhoff has a strained right hamstring. After -8 RCAA/.726 OPS and -1 RCAA/.729 OPS seasons, he's off to a .386 SLG, .333 OBA, .719 OPS, 0 RCAA start in his first 23 games and has a .747 career OPS, compared to his league average of .755, and -17 RCAA in 2052 games.

Driskill had a 4.95 ERA/-9 RSAA in 29 games (19 starts) as a 30 year old rookie in 2002.

5) The Indians called up Jason Boyd and sent P Jose Santiago to the minors.

6) The Dodgers placed C Todd Hundley on the 15 day DL, sent utilityman Jason Romano to the minors and called up 1B Larry Barnes and C David Ross.

Hundley has a lower back injury. After having 4 negative RCAA's in the past 5 years, he's off to a .360 SLG, .394 OBA, .754 OPS, -1 RCAA start in his first 12 games. Hundley has a .763 career OPS, compared to his league average of .762, and 1 RCAA in 1216 games.

7) Redsox RF Trot Nixon was scratched from yesterday's lineup, due to an eye irritation.

After 28 RCAA/.881 OPS and 13 RCAA/.808 OPS seasons, Nixon's off to a .511 SLG, .423 OBA, .934 OPS, 10 RCAA start in his first 28 games. He has a .840 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 64 RCAA in 590 games.

8) The Whitesox sent P Josh Stewart to the minors and will activate P Dan Wright from the DL,

Stewart had a 5.96 ERA/-3 RSAA in his first 5 major league starts.

After starting his career with 5.70 ERA/-8 RSAA and 5.18 ERA/-13 RSAA seasons, Wright's made his 2003 debut yet.

9) Braves P Darren Holmes has had occasional numbness in his arm over the past 3 weeks. He's received anti inflammatory doses over the past 3 days, will see the team doctor today and the team is still undecided whether he's going to go on the DL.

Holmes is coming off a 1.81 ERA/14 RSAA career year and has a 6.23 ERA/-2 RSAA in his first 12 games. He hasn't had back to back years with a positive RSAA since 1997-98 and Holmes has a 4.27 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.22, and 33 RSAA in 521 games.

10) According to Mets MGR Art Howe, SS Rey Sanchez had to leave yesterday's game due to a "bad boiler." Howe says, "In Pittsburgh, that's a stomach."

The Newark Star Ledger reports there is a language called "Pittsburghease."

nyy26wc · 05-05-2003, 12:53 PM

1) Rangers 1B-DH Rafael Palmeiro was out of yesterday's lineup, due to a bruised right elbow, which he suffered was hit by a pitch on Saturday. He was able to stay in that game, was used as a pinch hitter yesterday and is expected to be in the lineup tomorrow (the Rangers are off today).

After 50 RCAA/.944 OPS and 41 RCAA/.962 OPS seasons, Palmeiro's off to a .544 SLG, .392 OBA, .936 OPS, 10 RCAA start in his first 29 games. He has a .896 career OPS, compared to his league average of .752, and 554 RCAA in 2442 games.

2) The Diamondbacks placed Ps Byung-Hyun Kim and Stephen Randolph on the 15 day DL and called up Ps Scott Service and Chris Capuano.

Randolph has a strained oblique muscle. He has a 5.28 ERA/0 RSAA in his first 13 major league games.

Capuano, 24, has made a quick return from Tommy John surgery, which he had last year, after starting the season with a 2.72 ERA in 6 starts in AAA. He's off to a 3.93 ERA start in 6 starts in AAA in 2003, was given a C grade by John Sickels and wasn't ranked in Baseball America's top 30 prospect list for the Diamondbacks.

3) The Rangers signed P Jamey Wright to a minor league contract.

He'll report to AAA.

4) Diamondbacks CF Steve Finley reached 100 career triples.

After -7 RCAA/.767 OPS and 19 RCAA/.869 OPS seasons, Finley's off to a .407 SLG, .317 OBA, .724 OPS, -6 RCAA start in his first 32 games. He has a .778 career OPS, compared to his league average of .755, and 96 RCAA in 2012 games.

Finley's the only active player with at least 100 triples, while he's also the active leader in 3B above the league average--

Code:

TRIPLES                     
1    Steve Finley                100   
2    Kenny Lofton                 79   
3    Roberto Alomar               77   
T4   Barry Larkin                 73   
T4   Barry Bonds                  73   
6    Jay Bell                     67   
7    Ellis Burks                  63   
8    Johnny Damon                 62   
9    Ray Durham                   58   
10   Ruben Sierra                 57   

TRIPLES                         DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Steve Finley                 53      100       47   
2    Kenny Lofton                 46       79       33   
3    Johnny Damon                 39       62       23   
4    Neifi Perez                  35       56       21   
5    Cristian Guzman              34       47       13   
6    Ray Durham                   32       58       26   
T7   Tony Womack                  30       53       23   
T7   Roberto Alomar               30       77       47   
9    Barry Larkin                 27       73       46   
10   Fernando Vina                24       46       22

5) The Cubs are expected to activate P Antonio Alfonseca from the DL today.

After 3.06 ERA/8 RSAA and 4.00 ERA/0 RSAA seasons, Alfonseca hasn't made his 2002 debut yet. He has a 3.82 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.37, and 17 RSAA in 340 games.

6) Astros 2B Jeff Kent and CF Craig Biggio were given routine days off yesterday, with Kent being used a pinch hitter.

After 34 RCAA/.877 OPS and 46 RCAA/.933 OPS seasons, Kent's off to a .527 SLG, .371 OBA, .898 OPS, 5 RCAA start in his first 30 games. He has a .856 career OPS, compared to his league average of .768, and 217 RCAA in 1532 games.

After -4 RCAA/.838 OPS and -11 RCAA/.734 OPS seasons, Biggio's off to a .419 SLG, .311 OBA, .730 OPS, -3 RCAA start in his first 28 games. He has a .810 career OPS, compared to his league average of .753, and 334 RCAA in 2128 games.

7) Marlins RF Juan Encarnacion wasn't in yesterday's lineup, due to a bruised right forearm, and is day to day.

After -15 RCAA/.700 OPS and -8 RCAA/.773 OPS seasons, Encarnacion's off to a .450 SLG, .307 OBA, .756 OPS, -3 RCAA in his first 31 games. He has a .758 career OPS, compared to his league average of .776, and -46 RCAA in 627 games.

After passing 2500 career PA earlier in the season, Encarnacion's close to the leader list for worst OBA vs. the league average, for the past half century, among OF with at least 2500 PA. Teammate Gerald Williams also occupies a prominent place on the list--

Code:

OBA                             DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    John Shelby               -.047     .281     .328   
2    Gerald Williams           -.042     .302     .344   
3    Tony Armas                -.041     .287     .328   
4    Darrin Jackson            -.039     .293     .332   
5    Bill Robinson             -.037     .290     .327   
6    Cory Snyder               -.037     .293     .330   
7    Tony Scott                -.034     .297     .331   
8    Cito Gaston               -.033     .298     .331   
9    Jim Busby                 -.032     .309     .341   
10   Marvell Wynne             -.031     .297     .328   
11   Juan Encarnacion          -.030     .313     .343

8) Padres P Adam Eaton had to leave yesterday's game, due to a mildly strained right groin, a day after Brian Lawrence had to be removed from his start when he felt "something uncomfortable" in his elbow. Lawrence says this has happened before, it's no big deal, and he'll be able to make his next start, while Eaton is day to day.

Eaton's 2001-02 seasons were ruined by Tommy John surgery and he's off to a 3.73 ERA/-1 RSAA start in his first 7 starts in 2003.

After starting his career with 3.45 ERA/7 RSAA and 3.69 ERA/2 RSAA seasons, Lawrence's off to a 3.53 ERA/0 RSAA start in his first 7 starts.

9) The Marlins activated OF Abraham Nunez from the DL and sent him to the minors.

gyb13 · 05-06-2003, 04:17 PM

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The Newark Star Ledger reports there is a language called "Pittsburghease."

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05-05-2003, 12:51 PM	#1
nyy26wc NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 14,584	LF--an all time great, an unappreciated major star, a potential future star 1) Yesterday's scores-- AL Indians 3, Rangers 1 Tigers 7, Devil Rays 3 A's 2, Yankees 0 BlueJays 8, Angels 2 Royals 4, Orioles 0 Twins 9. Redsox 4 Mariners 5, Whitesox 1 NL Astros 5, Marlins 2 Mets 5, Brewers 3 Cardinals 6, Expos 2 Cubs 5, Rockies 4 (10) Dodgers 3, Pirates 2 Braves 7, Diamondbacks 4 (11) Giants 6, Reds 1 Phillies 3, Padres 1 2) Standings-- Code: AL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Yankees 23 8 .742 - 10-5 13-3 09-03 07-00 07-05 LOST 2 Redsox 20 11 .645 3 11-4 9-7 13-06 04-02 03-03 LOST 1 Orioles 16 14 .533 6 1/2 8-8 8-6 07-08 09-06 00-00 LOST 1 BlueJays 14 18 .438 9 1/2 8-10 6-8 05-12 05-04 04-02 WON 4 Devil Rays 12 19 .387 11 8-8 4-11 10-15 02-04 00-00 LOST 1 AL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Royals 19 9 .679 - 10-0 9-9 03-06 16-03 00-00 WON 1 Twins 15 15 .500 5 6-7 9-8 08-11 07-04 00-00 WON 1 Whitesox 15 16 .484 5 1/2 10-9 5-7 01-02 13-09 01-05 LOST 3 Indians 9 21 .300 11 5-10 4-11 03-03 04-09 02-09 WON 1 Tigers 4 25 .138 15 1/2 2-12 2-13 01-05 01-16 02-04 WON 1 AL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Mariners 20 11 .645 - 11-5 9-6 01-02 08-01 11-08 WON 3 A's 19 12 .613 1 12-3 7-9 02-01 07-02 10-09 WON 2 Rangers 14 17 .452 6 8-8 6-9 05-04 01-02 08-11 LOST 1 Angels 13 17 .433 6 1/2 8-7 5-10 02-07 02-00 09-10 LOST 3 NL EAST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Braves 20 11 .645 - 10-6 10-5 10-09 08-01 02-01 WON 1 Phillies 19 13 .594 1 1/2 10-6 9-7 07-06 03-03 09-04 WON 2 Expos 18 13 .581 2 10-6 8-7 08-05 08-07 02-01 LOST 3 Marlins 15 18 .455 6 9-6 6-12 09-11 04-05 02-02 LOST 3 Mets 13 18 .419 7 8-7 5-11 05-08 07-08 01-02 WON 1 NL CENTRAL WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Cardinals 17 12 .586 - 10-4 7-8 08-04 07-04 02-04 WON 7 Cubs 18 13 .581 - 10-6 8-7 04-02 08-05 06-06 WON 1 Astros 14 16 .467 3 1/2 8-7 6-9 05-07 06-06 03-03 WON 3 Pirates 14 16 .467 3 1/2 4-11 10-5 03-03 06-06 05-07 LOST 2 Reds 13 18 .419 5 7-8 6-10 02-04 04-09 07-05 LOST 2 Brewers 10 21 .323 8 5-11 5-10 02-10 06-07 02-04 LOST 1 NL WEST WON LOST PCT GB HOME ROAD EAST CENT WEST STREAK Giants 21 9 .700 - 10-5 11-4 01-02 10-05 10-02 WON 2 Rockies 16 15 .516 5 1/2 11-4 5-11 00-03 07-08 09-04 LOST 1 Dodgers 16 16 .500 6 9-7 7-9 02-02 06-03 08-11 WON 2 Diamondbacks 13 19 .406 9 7-10 6-9 06-07 03-03 04-09 LOST 1 Padres 11 20 .355 10 1/2 6-10 5-10 01-02 03-06 07-12 LOST 2 3) Today's schedule-- AL Tigers (Nate Cornejo) at Orioles (Jason Johnson), 7:05 Redsox (Derek Lowe) at Royals (Darrell May), 8:05 NL Cardinals (Woody Williams) at Reds (John Riedling), 7:10 Brewers (Ben Sheets) at Cubs (Matt Clement), 8:05 Pirates (Kris Benson) at Astros (Wade Miller), 8:05 Phillies (Vicente Padilla) at Diamondbacks (Miguel Batista), 9:35 4) Yesterday's HRs-- Richie Sexson--#10 Aubrey Huff--#8 Andruw Jones--#8 Luis Gonzalez--#8 Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)--#8 Scott Rolen--#6 Richard Hidalgo--#5 Edgar Martinez--#4 Junior Spivey--#4 Cliff Floyd--#4 Toby Hall--#3 Carlos Pena--#3 Scott Hatteberg--#3 Alex Gonzalez (Cubs)--#3 Edgardo Alfonzo--#3 Mike DiFelice--#2 Ichiro Suzuki--#2 Randy Winn--#1 Ramon Martinez--#1 5) HR leaders-- AL 1) Juan Gonzalez--11 T2) Alex Rodriguez--10 T2) Alfonso Soriano--10 T2) Carl Everett--10 5) Carlos Delgado--9 T6) Rafael Palmeiro--8 T6) Raul Mondesi--8 T6) Jorge Posada--8 T6) Aubrey Huff--8* T10) Bret Boone--7 T10) Tim Salmon--7 T10) Mike Sweeney--7 T10) Eric Chavez--7 NL T1) Jeff Bagwell--10 T1) Richie Sexson--10* T3) Barry Bonds--9 T3) Austin Kearns--9 T3) Adam Dunn--9 T6) Gary Sheffield--8 T6) Mike Lowell--8 T6) Ryan Klesko--8 T6) Luis Gonzalez--8* T6) Alex Gonzalez (Marlins)--8* T6) Andruw Jones--8* *--hit 1 yesterday 6) The Royals will return home today and will attempt to improve on their 10-0 home start. __________________ Lee Creator, Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. It's powerful, yet extremely easy to use. Features extensive sorting and stat display options. The CBE has many features that are not available in online and printed sources. Has 2006 stats and daily update service for 2007.

05-05-2003, 12:52 PM	#2
nyy26wc NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 14,584	1) Barry Bonds was given a routine day off yesterday. After 169 RCAA/1.379 OPS and 161 RCAA/1.381 OPS seasons, Bonds is off to a .692 SLG, .495 OBA, 1.188 OPS, 18 RCAA start in his first 25 games. He has a 1.025 career OPS, compared to his league average of .747, and 1247 RCAA. Bonds, who is the all time NL leader in career OPS, came into the season trailing Rogers Hornsby by 2 points for the best OPS vs. the league average. He's cut that margin down to a single point-- Code: OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Rogers Hornsby .279 1.012 .734 2 Barry Bonds .278 1.025 .747 3 Johnny Mize .252 .983 .731 4 Dan Brouthers .250 .940 .690 5 Stan Musial .236 .976 .739 6 Larry Walker .217 .972 .755 7 Hank Aaron .215 .944 .729 8 Willie Mays .210 .941 .731 9 Mel Ott .207 .947 .740 10 Ralph Kiner .206 .954 .748 (MIN: 5000 PA) 2) Pirates LF Brian Giles is hoping to return from the DL during the team's 4 game series against the Astros, which starts today, but it may not happen until the weekend. After 57 RCAA/.994 OPS and 75 RCAA/1.072 OPS seasons, Giles is off to a .323 SLG, .400 OBA, .723 OPS, 0 RCAA start in his first 9 games. He has a .984 career OPS, compared to his league average of .781, and 300 RCAA in 918 games. Giles is the Pirates all time leader in OPS vs. the league average (min: 2500 PA)-- Code: OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Brian Giles .242 1.026 .784 2 Ralph Kiner .229 .971 .742 3 Honus Wagner .189 .862 .674 4 Willie Stargell .175 .889 .713 5 Barry Bonds .165 .883 .718 6 Arky Vaughan .152 .887 .735 7 Paul Waner .142 .896 .754 8 Fred Clarke .128 .797 .669 9 Dave Parker .126 .848 .721 10 Elmer Smith .125 .881 .756 3) Phillies LF Pat Burrell was given a routine day off yesterday. After 7 RCAA/.816 OPS and 44 RCAA/.920 OPS seasons, Burrell's off to a .390 SLG, .297 OBA, .687 OPS, -6 RCAA start in his first 31 games. He has a .845 career OPS, compared to his league average of .777, and 49 RCAA in 454 games. Burrell's already tied for 5th among Phillies LF in career HR above the league average-- Code: HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Greg Luzinski 125 220 95 2 Del Ennis 68 183 115 3 Sherry Magee 45 72 27 4 Lefty O'Doul 34 54 20 T5 Pete Incaviglia 28 53 25 T5 Pat Burrell 28 68 40 7 Wes Covington 25 54 29 T8 Chuck Klein 24 31 7 T8 Dick Allen 24 33 9 10 Beals Becker 22 29 7 4) The Orioles placed OF B.J. Surhoff on the 15 day DL, called up P Eric DuBose to start yesterday's game, sent DuBose to the minors afterwards and will call up P Travis Driskill today. Surhoff has a strained right hamstring. After -8 RCAA/.726 OPS and -1 RCAA/.729 OPS seasons, he's off to a .386 SLG, .333 OBA, .719 OPS, 0 RCAA start in his first 23 games and has a .747 career OPS, compared to his league average of .755, and -17 RCAA in 2052 games. Driskill had a 4.95 ERA/-9 RSAA in 29 games (19 starts) as a 30 year old rookie in 2002. 5) The Indians called up Jason Boyd and sent P Jose Santiago to the minors. 6) The Dodgers placed C Todd Hundley on the 15 day DL, sent utilityman Jason Romano to the minors and called up 1B Larry Barnes and C David Ross. Hundley has a lower back injury. After having 4 negative RCAA's in the past 5 years, he's off to a .360 SLG, .394 OBA, .754 OPS, -1 RCAA start in his first 12 games. Hundley has a .763 career OPS, compared to his league average of .762, and 1 RCAA in 1216 games. 7) Redsox RF Trot Nixon was scratched from yesterday's lineup, due to an eye irritation. After 28 RCAA/.881 OPS and 13 RCAA/.808 OPS seasons, Nixon's off to a .511 SLG, .423 OBA, .934 OPS, 10 RCAA start in his first 28 games. He has a .840 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 64 RCAA in 590 games. 8) The Whitesox sent P Josh Stewart to the minors and will activate P Dan Wright from the DL, Stewart had a 5.96 ERA/-3 RSAA in his first 5 major league starts. After starting his career with 5.70 ERA/-8 RSAA and 5.18 ERA/-13 RSAA seasons, Wright's made his 2003 debut yet. 9) Braves P Darren Holmes has had occasional numbness in his arm over the past 3 weeks. He's received anti inflammatory doses over the past 3 days, will see the team doctor today and the team is still undecided whether he's going to go on the DL. Holmes is coming off a 1.81 ERA/14 RSAA career year and has a 6.23 ERA/-2 RSAA in his first 12 games. He hasn't had back to back years with a positive RSAA since 1997-98 and Holmes has a 4.27 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.22, and 33 RSAA in 521 games. 10) According to Mets MGR Art Howe, SS Rey Sanchez had to leave yesterday's game due to a "bad boiler." Howe says, "In Pittsburgh, that's a stomach." The Newark Star Ledger reports there is a language called "Pittsburghease." __________________ Lee Creator, Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. It's powerful, yet extremely easy to use. Features extensive sorting and stat display options. The CBE has many features that are not available in online and printed sources. Has 2006 stats and daily update service for 2007.

05-05-2003, 12:53 PM	#3
nyy26wc NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 14,584	1) Rangers 1B-DH Rafael Palmeiro was out of yesterday's lineup, due to a bruised right elbow, which he suffered was hit by a pitch on Saturday. He was able to stay in that game, was used as a pinch hitter yesterday and is expected to be in the lineup tomorrow (the Rangers are off today). After 50 RCAA/.944 OPS and 41 RCAA/.962 OPS seasons, Palmeiro's off to a .544 SLG, .392 OBA, .936 OPS, 10 RCAA start in his first 29 games. He has a .896 career OPS, compared to his league average of .752, and 554 RCAA in 2442 games. 2) The Diamondbacks placed Ps Byung-Hyun Kim and Stephen Randolph on the 15 day DL and called up Ps Scott Service and Chris Capuano. Randolph has a strained oblique muscle. He has a 5.28 ERA/0 RSAA in his first 13 major league games. Capuano, 24, has made a quick return from Tommy John surgery, which he had last year, after starting the season with a 2.72 ERA in 6 starts in AAA. He's off to a 3.93 ERA start in 6 starts in AAA in 2003, was given a C grade by John Sickels and wasn't ranked in Baseball America's top 30 prospect list for the Diamondbacks. 3) The Rangers signed P Jamey Wright to a minor league contract. He'll report to AAA. 4) Diamondbacks CF Steve Finley reached 100 career triples. After -7 RCAA/.767 OPS and 19 RCAA/.869 OPS seasons, Finley's off to a .407 SLG, .317 OBA, .724 OPS, -6 RCAA start in his first 32 games. He has a .778 career OPS, compared to his league average of .755, and 96 RCAA in 2012 games. Finley's the only active player with at least 100 triples, while he's also the active leader in 3B above the league average-- Code: TRIPLES 1 Steve Finley 100 2 Kenny Lofton 79 3 Roberto Alomar 77 T4 Barry Larkin 73 T4 Barry Bonds 73 6 Jay Bell 67 7 Ellis Burks 63 8 Johnny Damon 62 9 Ray Durham 58 10 Ruben Sierra 57 TRIPLES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Steve Finley 53 100 47 2 Kenny Lofton 46 79 33 3 Johnny Damon 39 62 23 4 Neifi Perez 35 56 21 5 Cristian Guzman 34 47 13 6 Ray Durham 32 58 26 T7 Tony Womack 30 53 23 T7 Roberto Alomar 30 77 47 9 Barry Larkin 27 73 46 10 Fernando Vina 24 46 22 5) The Cubs are expected to activate P Antonio Alfonseca from the DL today. After 3.06 ERA/8 RSAA and 4.00 ERA/0 RSAA seasons, Alfonseca hasn't made his 2002 debut yet. He has a 3.82 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.37, and 17 RSAA in 340 games. 6) Astros 2B Jeff Kent and CF Craig Biggio were given routine days off yesterday, with Kent being used a pinch hitter. After 34 RCAA/.877 OPS and 46 RCAA/.933 OPS seasons, Kent's off to a .527 SLG, .371 OBA, .898 OPS, 5 RCAA start in his first 30 games. He has a .856 career OPS, compared to his league average of .768, and 217 RCAA in 1532 games. After -4 RCAA/.838 OPS and -11 RCAA/.734 OPS seasons, Biggio's off to a .419 SLG, .311 OBA, .730 OPS, -3 RCAA start in his first 28 games. He has a .810 career OPS, compared to his league average of .753, and 334 RCAA in 2128 games. 7) Marlins RF Juan Encarnacion wasn't in yesterday's lineup, due to a bruised right forearm, and is day to day. After -15 RCAA/.700 OPS and -8 RCAA/.773 OPS seasons, Encarnacion's off to a .450 SLG, .307 OBA, .756 OPS, -3 RCAA in his first 31 games. He has a .758 career OPS, compared to his league average of .776, and -46 RCAA in 627 games. After passing 2500 career PA earlier in the season, Encarnacion's close to the leader list for worst OBA vs. the league average, for the past half century, among OF with at least 2500 PA. Teammate Gerald Williams also occupies a prominent place on the list-- Code: OBA DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 John Shelby -.047 .281 .328 2 Gerald Williams -.042 .302 .344 3 Tony Armas -.041 .287 .328 4 Darrin Jackson -.039 .293 .332 5 Bill Robinson -.037 .290 .327 6 Cory Snyder -.037 .293 .330 7 Tony Scott -.034 .297 .331 8 Cito Gaston -.033 .298 .331 9 Jim Busby -.032 .309 .341 10 Marvell Wynne -.031 .297 .328 11 Juan Encarnacion -.030 .313 .343 8) Padres P Adam Eaton had to leave yesterday's game, due to a mildly strained right groin, a day after Brian Lawrence had to be removed from his start when he felt "something uncomfortable" in his elbow. Lawrence says this has happened before, it's no big deal, and he'll be able to make his next start, while Eaton is day to day. Eaton's 2001-02 seasons were ruined by Tommy John surgery and he's off to a 3.73 ERA/-1 RSAA start in his first 7 starts in 2003. After starting his career with 3.45 ERA/7 RSAA and 3.69 ERA/2 RSAA seasons, Lawrence's off to a 3.53 ERA/0 RSAA start in his first 7 starts. 9) The Marlins activated OF Abraham Nunez from the DL and sent him to the minors. __________________ Lee Creator, Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. It's powerful, yet extremely easy to use. Features extensive sorting and stat display options. The CBE has many features that are not available in online and printed sources. Has 2006 stats and daily update service for 2007.

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