Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > TOR @ LAA, Friday, August 24, 2007

Game Preview: TOR @ LAA, 10:05pm, Friday, August 24, 2007 @Angel Stadium

NOTE: These are still in beta-development. Please report any errors or suggested changes.

Toronto Blue Jays, 64-63, 3rd, 12 GB, 9 GB in WC

SP: Roy Halladay (30, RHP, 14-5, 3.89)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (14-5)           169   169  76  73  36 110 13    3.89      
 2006 (16-5)           220   208  82  78  34 132 19    3.19      
 2005 (12-4)           141.2 118  39  38  18 108 11    2.41      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         4-1  55    42  14  14  13  40  4    2.29   65 
 2007-08-19    BAL  ND   9     6   2   2   3   5  0     125   69 
 2007-08-14    LAA   W   9     5   1   1   1   2  0      99   74 
 2007-08-08    NYY   W   7     6   4   4   1   8  3     108   56 
 2007-08-03    TEX   W   6     7   4   4   2   9  0     105   49 
 2007-07-28    CHW   L   8    10   2   2   2   7  1     126   59 
 2007-07-22    SEA   W   9     3   0   0   1   3  0     111   83 
 2007-07-17    NYY  ND   7     5   1   1   3   6  0     112   66 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   39-27   Road:   25-36   ExtrInn: 6-6 
 vsRHP:  44-49   vsLHP:  20-14   1-Run:  23-20
 vsEast: 23-24   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 12-14 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 23  @LAA  W   5-4       64-63  3rd 12.0 gb
126 Wed, Aug 22   OAK  L   1-4       63-63  3rd 12.5 gb
125 Tue, Aug 21   OAK  L   4-6       63-62  3rd 12.5 gb
124 Mon, Aug 20   OAK  L   4-6       63-61  3rd 11.5 gb
123 Sun, Aug 19   BAL  W   3-2 (10)  63-60  3rd 10.5 gb
122 Sat, Aug 18   BAL  L   3-5       62-60  3rd 11.5 gb
121 Fri, Aug 17   BAL  W   5-2       62-59  3rd 10.5 gb
120 Thu, Aug 16   LAA  L   3-4       61-59  3rd 11.0 gb
119 Wed, Aug 15   LAA  W   2-1       61-58  3rd 10.5 gb
118 Tue, Aug 14   LAA  W   4-1       60-58  3rd 11.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 74-53, 1st, 1 up

SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 8-6, 4.16)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (8-6)            119   133  61  55  38  84 13    4.16      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-1  43    51  26  24   8  25  6    5.02   46 
 2007-08-18    BOS   L   4.1   8   6   6   1   5  1      84   27 
 2007-08-12    MIN   W   7.1   5   2   2   0   4  0      93   64 
 2007-08-06    BOS  ND   6     6   2   2   2   4  1     107   54 
 2007-08-01    SEA  ND   6    12   6   6   1   1  0     106   24 
 2007-07-27    DET   W   5.1  11   6   6   1   3  2     100   24 
 2007-07-21    MIN  ND   7     5   2   2   1   2  2     101   60 
 2007-07-15    TEX  ND   7     4   2   0   2   6  0      96   69 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.TOR      1-0   5.2   6   3   3   3   8  1    4.76   50 
 2006-09-10    TOR   W   5.2   6   3   3   3   8  1     113   50 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   42-19   Road:   32-34   ExtrInn: 5-3 
 vsRHP:  59-38   vsLHP:  15-15   1-Run:  18-14
 vsEast: 19-16   vsCntrl:19-17   vsWest: 22-16 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
127 Thu, Aug 23   TOR  L   4-5       74-53  1st  1.0 up
126 Wed, Aug 22   NYY  L   2-8       74-52  1st  2.0 up
125 Tue, Aug 21   NYY  W  18-9       74-51  1st  2.0 up
124 Mon, Aug 20   NYY  W   7-6 (10)  73-51  1st  2.0 up
123 Sun, Aug 19  @BOS  W   3-1       72-51  1st  2.0 up
122 Sat, Aug 18  @BOS  L   5-10      71-51  1st  2.0 up
121 Fri, Aug 17  @BOS  W   7-5       71-50  1st  3.0 up
120 Fri, Aug 17  @BOS  L   4-8       70-50  1st  3.0 up
119 Thu, Aug 16  @TOR  W   4-3       70-49  1st  3.5 up
118 Wed, Aug 15  @TOR  L   1-2       69-49  1st  3.0 up
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Aug 23, 2007 TOR  5 @LAA  4    W:Jesse Litsch (5-6), L: Ervin Santana (5-12), S: Jeremy Accardo (25)
Thu, Aug 16, 2007 LAA  4 @TOR  3    W:Kelvim Escobar (13-6), L: Dustin McGowan (8-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (30)
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 TOR  2  LAA  1    W:Shaun Marcum (10-4), L: Dustin Moseley (4-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (23)
Tue, Aug 14, 2007 TOR  4  LAA  1    W:Roy Halladay (14-5), L: Joe Saunders (6-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 10, 2006 LAA  4  TOR  3    W:Jered Weaver (11-2), L: Josh Towers (1-10), S: Francisco Rodriguez (41)
Sat, Sep 09, 2006 TOR  2 @LAA  1    W:Gustavo Chacin (8-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (10-13), S: B.J. Ryan (32)
Fri, Sep 08, 2006 LAA  4  TOR  1    W:Joe Saunders (5-2), L: A.J. Burnett (7-7), S: Francisco Rodriguez (40)
Thu, May 18, 2006 TOR  8 @LAA  4 (10)   W:Jason Frasor (1-0), L: Francisco Rodriguez (0-1), S: none
Wed, May 17, 2006 TOR  3 @LAA  0    W:Casey Janssen (2-3), L: Kelvim Escobar (5-3), S: B.J. Ryan (9)
Tue, May 16, 2006 LAA  8  TOR  3    W:Ervin Santana (4-1), L: Ted Lilly (4-3), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - TOR leads 3-1; 2006 - TOR won 6-4; 2005 - TOR won 5-1; All-Time - TOR leads 172-159

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY  5.97

BAL  4.65

WSN  3.93

RA/G

SDP  3.90

BAL  4.79

TBD  5.98

BA

M. Ordonez  .352

J. Pierre  .291

R. Langerhans  .153

OBP

B. Bonds  .493

C. Jackson  .363

J. Hairston  .253

SLG

R. Braun  .643

J. Hermida  .473

N. Punto  .258

OPS

B. Bonds  1.081

K. Youkilis  .830

R. Langerhans  .535

ERA

C. Young  2.12

S. Mitre  4.02

A. Eaton  6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.15

D. Willis  6.33

S. Trachsel  2.97

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.54 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.51 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
8.Adams* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 5/.000 ··· 9/9 .111/.111/.111/.222 /.222 9/.222 0/0 0/0
25.Glaus G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 21/.691 4/.250 ··· 4/1.417 390/302 .254/.349/.451/.799 1.085/.720 .776 84/.477 0/1 16/7
2.Hill G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 3/.666 4/.750 3/1.334 ··· 507/384 .264/.311/.431/.742 .838/.710 .638 101/.547 3/2 13/12
3.Johnson G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 10/.600 ··· 187/134 .262/.322/.369/.691 1.128/.527 .741 88/.736 4/1 2/0
6.McDonald G/S/vP 2/.500 1/.000 5/.400 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 259/193 .256/.279/.335/.614 .763/.562 .547 69/.547 6/2 1/6
1.Olmedo# G/S/vP ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/10 .333/.333/.556/.889 /.889 .500 10/.889 0/0 0/1
17.Overbay* G/S/vP 3/1.667 1/.000 9/.333 2/1.500 4/.500 2/.000 383/290 .257/.342/.415/.757 .816/.736 .861 97/.700 1/0 8/5
15.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 3/.333 8/.500 ··· 556/424 .310/.365/.523/.888 1.046/.839 .906 106/.824 12/4 20/7
24.Stairs* G/S/vP 6/.000 3/.000 ··· 8/.375 6/.666 4/.500 292/256 .291/.363/.548/.911 .850/.918 .871 52/1.104 2/1 15/6
59.Thigpen G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 67/30 .246/.313/.279/.592 .624/.552 .730 25/.593 1/0 0/0
35.Thomas G/S/vP 6/.333 1/2.000 24/.697 9/1.067 12/1.000 9/.904 489/377 .260/.370/.470/.840 1.083/.768 .759 97/.909 0/0 21/
10.Wells G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 12/.500 13/1.000 ··· 531/411 .261/.313/.438/.751 .873/.716 .762 103/.744 8/3 15/3
9.Zaun# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 12/.606 6/1.000 9/.583 4/.750 270/209 .237/.323/.392/.716 .639/.741 .656 78/.683 0/0 6/3
IP 119.0 62.1 47.1 53.2 61.2 35.0 TOTAL .259/.325/.421/.746 .835/.719 .731 41/18 128/84
ERA-K/9 4.16/6.4 4.19/5.8 3.80/7.0 2.85/11.6 3.65/8.2 3.34/8.5 4.19/6.9

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Thigpen (2-3-1)
 Zaun (54-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 523/.281 263/.255 199/.253 225/.209 256/.222 142/.184 .265  Rios
 Johnson
 Wells
 Stairs
0/10/122/10
47/0/0/2
0/123/0/2
33/0/13/2
OPS .756 .713 .688 .599 .646 .615 .741
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 271/.782 121/.735 76/.986 107/.583 124/.686 66/.700 .756
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 252/.729 142/.693 123/.504 118/.612 132/.606 76/.542 .727
Home 254/.704 136/.712 83/.605 108/.633 124/.669 84/.610 .712
Last 28d days 135/.857 66/.627 45/.488 45/.644 53/.924 55/.743
HR/SB/CS 13/13/1 6/5/2 4/2/0 2/7/1 5/1/1 5/2/1 120/81/23
Usage ·····X·· ·X·X··X· ···o·X·· ···Xo·XX ·X··o·XX ···XoXo·
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (5.12 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (4.26 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB
49.Accardo
G/S/vB
37.Downs*
G/S/vB
54.Frasor
G/S/vB
44.Janssen
G/S/vB
56.Tallet*
G/S/vB
40.Wolfe
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 29/1.059 1/2.000 2/.000 5/1.850 3/.000 ··· ··· 315/238 .282/.308/.446/.754 .823/.732 .816 112/.726 0/0 8/1
48.Budde G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/9 .167/.167/.250/.417 1.000/.222 1.500 12/.417 0/0 0/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 25/.695 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 7/.143 ··· 1/.000 549/431 .310/.352/.422/.774 .900/.741 .752 116/.822 16/3 8/9
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 16/.500 1/.000 6/1.467 3/.000 7/.453 ··· 1/.000 425/334 .335/.394/.435/.829 .894/.812 .978 113/.934 34/10 3/13
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 28/.545 2/.000 5/.400 7/.286 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 535/423 .322/.404/.540/.944 .948/.942 1.010 119/.948 2/3 21/8
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 33/31 .219/.242/.281/.524 .000/.558 .706 4/.000 1/1 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 252/190 .270/.325/.404/.730 .811/.693 .879 90/.856 4/1 5/2
47.Kendrick G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 218/172 .319/.346/.454/.800 .847/.787 .736 14/1.526 3/2 4/7
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 9/.000 1/.000 4/.250 2/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 413/347 .300/.366/.474/.840 .695/.867 .922 92/.830 2/1 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 100/83 .211/.270/.344/.614 .508/.633 .793 82/.694 0/0 1/2
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 20/.616 1/.000 6/1.666 3/.666 5/.800 2/1.000 ··· 500/375 .266/.332/.443/.775 .615/.831 .893 103/.884 13/4 16/4
39.Quinlan G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· ··· 158/59 .234/.291/.352/.643 .652/.626 .673 28/.291 3/2 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 4/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 416/307 .296/.397/.343/.740 .839/.702 .793 88/.640 25/8 0/2
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 21/12 .143/.143/.190/.333 .556/.167 .154 4/.500 0/0 0/1
IP 169.0 53.1 48.1 45.2 62.0 50.1 27.0 TOTAL .283/.342/.417/.759 .773/.755 .833 115/43 91/81
ERA-K/9 3.89/5.9 2.19/8.4 2.23/9.1 4.14/9.1 2.32/4.8 3.75/7.7 2.00/4.3 3.99/6.7

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Budde (0-1-0)
 Mathis (20-4-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 691/.262 214/.207 198/.208 193/.215 243/.240 213/.217 101/.204 .249  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Anderson
 Willits
 Haynes
 Quinlan
0/114/0/7
0/0/99/5
57/0/0/4
61/14/23/4
5/6/8/1
14/0/6/0
OPS .674 .545 .583 .621 .636 .591 .592 .704
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 359/.672 105/.379 101/.495 88/.714 87/.578 80/.676 40/1.024 .736
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 332/.676 109/.703 97/.675 105/.546 156/.667 133/.541 61/.307 .675
Road 289/.682 113/.594 88/.635 90/.661 115/.636 113/.662 33/.691 .729
Last 28d days 156/.631 40/.409 33/.369 30/.600 34/.816 33/.714 39/.590
HR/SB/CS 13/18/6 2/8/1 3/0/1 3/4/2 3/1/0 0/6/1 3/0/0 128/110/19
Usage ····X··· ··o···o· ·o·oo·oo ·o·X···· ··Xo··o· ··o··X·· ·oX··o·X

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > TOR @ LAA, Friday, August 24, 2007
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page