CHW @ TEX, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, , 5th, 16½ GB, 17 GB in WC	SP: Gavin Floyd (24, RHP, 1-2, 7.36) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. TEX Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (1-2) 33 46 30 27 9 20 12 7.36 2006 (4-3) 54.1 70 48 44 32 34 14 7.29 2005 (1-2) 26 30 31 29 16 17 5 10.04 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 1-3 33.2 56 38 36 14 27 13 9.62 30 2007-08-11 SEA L 4 7 7 7 1 2 2 79 21 2007-08-05 DET W 6 7 0 0 0 6 0 101 64 2007-07-24 DET ND 4.2 11 7 5 0 5 1 96 23 2007-07-06 MIN L 5.2 8 6 6 4 2 4 107 27 2006-06-01 LAD L 4 7 7 7 4 3 3 95 19 2006-05-27 MIL ND 4.1 9 6 6 2 4 1 86 23 2006-05-23 NYM ND 5 7 5 5 3 5 2 101 35 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TEX Has never faced TEX.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Texas Rangers, , 4th, 18½ GB, 15½ GB in WC	SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 6-1, 3.65) 2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-1) 66.2 54 27 27 26 45 4 3.65 2006 (1-3) 25.2 24 11 10 16 15 0 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-1 37.1 33 16 16 12 20 2 3.86 51 2007-08-22 BAL W 6 7 3 3 1 3 0 89 48 2007-08-17 MIN ND 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 0 102 60 2007-08-12 TBD ND 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 18 54 2007-08-07 OAK W 6 5 3 3 3 4 1 107 51 2007-08-02 CLE L 5.2 8 3 3 1 4 0 95 44 2007-07-26 CLE ND 4.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 76 36 2007-07-21 CHW W 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 86 67 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-0 14 6 1 1 3 7 0 0.64 71 2007-07-21 CHW W 7 3 1 1 1 1 0 86 67 2006-09-05 CHW W 7 3 0 0 2 6 0 80 75
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-0 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB Last 10: 0-0 Last 20: 0-0 Last 30: 0-0
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Jul 23, 2006 CHW 5 TEX 0 W:Jon Garland (10-3), L: Vicente Padilla (10-6), S: none Sat, Jul 22, 2006 TEX 3 @CHW 1 W:Francisco Cordero (7-4), L: Bobby Jenks (2-2), S: Akinori Otsuka (21) Fri, Jul 21, 2006 TEX 10 @CHW 3 W:Ron Mahay (1-1), L: Mark Buehrle (9-8), S: Rick Bauer (2) Thu, Jun 15, 2006 CHW 8 @TEX 2 W:Mark Buehrle (7-4), L: John Rheinecker (2-1), S: none Wed, Jun 14, 2006 TEX 8 CHW 0 W:Vicente Padilla (6-4), L: Javier Vazquez (7-4), S: none Tue, Jun 13, 2006 CHW 5 @TEX 2 W:Jon Garland (5-3), L: Kameron Loe (3-6), S: Bobby Jenks (19) Mon, Jun 12, 2006 CHW 8 @TEX 3 W:Jose Contreras (7-0), L: John Koronka (4-4), S: none Sun, Jun 04, 2006 TEX 10 @CHW 2 W:John Rheinecker (2-0), L: Mark Buehrle (6-4), S: none Sat, Jun 03, 2006 CHW 8 TEX 6 W:Javier Vazquez (7-3), L: Vicente Padilla (5-4), S: Bobby Jenks (15) Fri, Jun 02, 2006 TEX 4 @CHW 3 W:Francisco Cordero (5-3), L: Brandon McCarthy (2-3), S: Akinori Otsuka (10) Season Series: 2007 - 0-0; 2006 - Tied 5-5; 2005 - TEX won 6-3; All-Time - CHW leads 336-278

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 5.92

CHC 4.62

WSN 3.95

RA/G

BOS 3.93

KCR 4.84

TBD 5.95

M. Ordonez .355

K. Johnson .292

R. Langerhans .153

OBP

B. Bonds .495

A. Rios .362

S. Thorman .253

SLG

R. Braun .648

G. Sizemore .472

N. Punto .258

OPS

B. Bonds 1.091

A. Ethier .826

R. Langerhans .535

ERA

C. Young 2.12

C. Zambrano 3.95

A. Eaton 6.36

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

C. James 6.40

S. Trachsel 2.81

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.23 RS/G) vs. Texas Rangers Pitchers (5.22 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB 53.Benoit
G/S/vB 39.Feldman
G/S/vB 50.Francisco
G/S/vB 13.Gabbard*
G/S/vB 58.Littleton
G/S/vB 43.Loe
G/S/vB 44.Padilla
G/S/vB 48.Rheinecker*
G/S/vB 36.Wilson*
G/S/vB 29.Wood
G/S/vB 45.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.333 12/.705 3/1.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 8/1.000 8/.000 6/1.000 2/.000 7/1.143 9/.472 470/341 .249/.313/.496/.809 .933/.763 .829 104/.977 2/1 26/

17.Erstad* G/S/vP ··· 22/.619 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· ··· 10/.775 6/.334 ··· 4/1.000 10/.583 5/1.200 275/199 .273/.332/.355/.687 .505/.755 .650 74/.774 7/2 2/

27.Fields G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 303/214 .242/.294/.466/.760 1.066/.633 .670 112/.785 1/1 17/

26.Gonzalez G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 148/65 .227/.327/.305/.631 .590/.679 .562 38/.518 1/4 2/

44.Hall G/S/vP 2/.000 14/1.226 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 7/1.000 ··· 90/47 .216/.222/.250/.472 .644/.319 .586 26/.589 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.500 21/.742 2/.500 ··· 6/.500 ··· 9/1.792 14/.665 7/.762 3/.666 15/1.384 12/.533 524/378 .261/.351/.496/.847 .954/.804 .861 94/.772 0/0 26/

7.Owens* G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 267/213 .241/.289/.285/.575 .523/.587 .603 106/.585 21/4 1/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.000 8/1.625 2/1.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 8/.250 18/1.122 ··· 2/.000 6/.750 11/.384 424/323 .269/.319/.421/.740 .692/.754 .798 80/.918 0/1 13/

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 6/1.667 ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/.000 20/.318 ··· 4/.000 8/.500 ··· 170/113 .257/.323/.382/.705 .776/.669 .731 68/.762 9/4 2/

1.Richar* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 88/67 .211/.302/.382/.684 .725/.671 .725 82/.686 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 6/.333 5/1.400 1/no AB ··· 6/.333 ··· 4/1.250 13/.681 3/.000 2/2.000 2/2.000 6/1.000 416/282 .261/.406/.500/.906 .604/1.061 .886 83/.734 0/0 21/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 4/.000 8/.572 2/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/2.000 8/.250 6/.650 5/1.600 3/.000 7/1.262 9/.889 439/316 .220/.272/.370/.642 .863/.556 .572 94/.791 1/6 15/

IP 66.2 68.2 33.0 51.0 66.2 32.0 127.0 96.2 39.0 59.0 35.1 55.1 TOTAL .245/.317/.399/.716 .732/.711 .705 61/32 150/

ERA-K/9

3.65/6.1

2.49/10.0

6.00/4.6

4.76/6.7

3.65/6.1

3.66/5.1

5.53/4.8

6.24/5.4

6.00/6.0

2.44/8.7

4.08/4.8

4.23/4.9

4.77/6.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (19-2-3)
Pierzynski (55-16-11)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 274/.225 278/.225 162/.301 226/.259 274/.225 141/.272 572/.296 451/.316 183/.308 239/.182 158/.294 244/.291 .276 Dye
Podsednik
Gonzalez
Erstad
Owens
Fields 0/0/111/9
42/0/0/2
18/10/10/2
6/43/1/1
11/56/0/1
2/0/0/0

OPS .640 .618 .871 .758 .640 .772 .813 .848 .906 .540 .844 .833 .781

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 63/.530 117/.517 60/.923 98/.735 63/.530 52/.764 280/.883 209/.942 48/.726 99/.340 94/.941 97/1.064 .798

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 211/.674 161/.693 102/.840 128/.775 211/.674 89/.777 292/.745 242/.769 135/.969 140/.686 64/.707 147/.693 .769

Home 130/.525 150/.582 62/.534 123/.746 130/.525 65/.967 325/.825 222/.698 130/.842 140/.612 89/.781 114/.749 .751

Last 28d days 109/.684 51/.365 / 45/.859 109/.684 64/.906 50/.789 66/.728 131/.954 50/.442 54/.618 62/.696

HR/SB/CS 4/4/2 4/1/1 3/3/2 3/4/2 4/4/2 4/2/0 13/11/4 14/2/2 8/0/0 3/1/0 6/1/1 5/2/4 121/73/38

Usage ·····X·· ·oo··X·· ········ ·ooo·X·· ·····X·· ··X··X·· ····X··· ·X····X· ·····X·· ·Xo··X·· ····Xo·· ··X·····

Texas Rangers Batters (4.93 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (5.37 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 63.Bukvich
G/S/vB 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 36.Myers*
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 62.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

19.Botts# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 90/65 .228/.311/.342/.653 .855/.575 .653 90/.653 1/0 1/

22.Byrd G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.583 ··· 330/236 .306/.355/.458/.813 .816/.812 .914 100/.690 2/3 6/

27.Catalanotto* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 7/.829 1/.000 ··· 23/.956 ··· 299/284 .267/.341/.458/.799 .717/.802 .937 75/1.085 2/0 9/

17.Cruz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 257/174 .222/.286/.350/.637 .647/.632 .666 94/.686 1/2 6/

5.Kinsler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.333 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/2.000 ··· 8/.542 ··· 422/313 .255/.340/.434/.774 .986/.699 .891 114/.742 16/0 16/

15.Laird G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 381/276 .225/.280/.337/.618 .623/.615 .602 62/.411 5/2 7/

30.Metcalf G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 131/73 .248/.291/.410/.702 .735/.674 .706 19/.957 0/0 2/

28.Murphy* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 29/22 .464/.483/.786/1.268 1.857/1.076 1.091 27/1.212 0/0 1/

25.Saltalamacchia# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 243/142 .260/.305/.419/.723 .677/.756 .736 90/.686 0/0 9/

21.Sosa G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/5.000 3/.333 ··· 32/1.273 ··· 407/287 .247/.307/.453/.760 1.005/.662 .675 46/.776 0/0 17/

12.Vazquez* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 14/.000 1/.000 6/.533 ··· 272/203 .235/.308/.382/.691 .417/.785 .586 78/.608 1/0 7/

6.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 6/.750 ··· ··· 6/.750 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB 10/.000 ··· 318/227 .235/.305/.484/.789 .914/.738 .884 56/.864 2/1 18/

10.Young G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/1.250 ··· 4/.500 2/1.500 5/.200 14/.786 ··· 560/417 .302/.355/.411/.766 .812/.751 .817 103/.876 10/2 7/

IP 33.0 32.0 130.2 33.0 55.1 41.0 33.1 43.2 44.0 175.2 15.0 TOTAL .259/.323/.421/.744 .759/.737 .772 70/17 142/

ERA-K/9

7.36/5.5

4.50/4.8

5.51/6.7

7.36/5.5

2.77/8.0

4.39/5.7

5.67/9.2

3.71/4.5

5.32/8.2

3.89/8.0

3.00/4.8

5.00/6.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Laird (51-31-9)
Saltalamacchia (25-7-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 154/.331 147/.264 579/.290 154/.331 208/.190 177/.280 158/.262 196/.273 198/.289 714/.237 61/.222 .278 Byrd
Cruz
Wilkerson
Catalanotto
Botts
Murphy
Sosa
Laird 16/37/36/8
16/0/55/5
36/1/15/2
57/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
10/2/4/1
0/0/16/1
1/0/0/0

OPS .998 .787 .867 .998 .484 .749 .771 .774 .831 .700 .591 .785

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 68/1.094 50/.685 134/.877 68/1.094 86/.542 81/.543 41/.856 96/.830 83/.910 321/.711 13/1.315 .807

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 86/.919 97/.835 445/.864 86/.919 122/.443 96/.920 117/.741 100/.720 115/.775 393/.692 48/.413 .769

Road 50/.831 58/.593 309/.882 50/.831 97/.487 78/.680 87/.842 66/.886 94/.714 352/.730 29/.720 .785

Last 28d days 96/.911 63/.772 106/1.020 96/.911 31/.067 49/.692 46/.600 34/1.259 48/.854 139/.802 42/.661

HR/SB/CS 12/6/0 4/1/0 26/9/1 12/6/0 2/4/0 5/5/1 2/5/0 5/4/2 4/0/1 26/6/1 0/1/0 150/76/18

Usage ···X·X·· ·XXo··oo ···X···· ···X·X·· o·····oo ··oo··oo o·Xo···o ·X·X·Xo· ··XX··oX ·X····X· ··oo··oo

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.

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Game Preview: CHW @ TEX, 8:35pm, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 @Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

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SP: Gavin Floyd (24, RHP, 1-2, 7.36)

SP: Kason Gabbard (25, LHP, 6-1, 3.65)

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