NYY @ CHW, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Game Preview

New York Yankees, 11-10, 3rd, 3½ GB, 1 GB in WC	SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 1-3, 5.75) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (1-3) 20.1 25 14 13 3 7 5 5.75 2007 (11-10) 152 188 90 87 35 91 14 5.15 2006 (15-7) 197.1 184 88 77 35 172 22 3.51 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-3 39.1 46 23 22 6 20 5 5.03 46 2008-04-17 BOS L 3 7 5 5 0 1 2 77 26 2008-04-12 @BOS L 5.2 8 4 4 0 1 1 71 38 2008-04-07 TBR W 6 2 1 1 1 3 1 82 66 2008-04-02 TOR L 5.2 8 4 3 2 2 1 88 39 2007-09-28 @BAL ND 5 11 6 6 1 2 0 70 22 2007-09-23 TOR W 7 7 3 3 1 5 0 97 55 2007-09-18 BAL W 7 3 0 0 1 6 0 98 76 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 2-2 29.1 34 17 15 2 22 4 4.60 49 2007-07-31 CHW W 6 6 3 3 0 6 1 98 54 2007-06-07 @CHW ND 6 4 1 1 0 4 0 79 64 2007-05-16 @CHW L 5.1 8 5 5 0 1 2 86 33 2006-08-10 @CHW L 6 8 5 3 1 6 0 98 45 2006-07-15 CHW W 6 8 3 3 1 5 1 95 48
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 5-4 Road: 6-6 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 10-9 vsLHP: 1-1 1-Run: 3-1 vsEast: 9-8 vsCntrl: 2-2 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 21 Tue, Apr 22 @CHW W 9-5 11-10 3rd 3.5 gb 20 Sun, Apr 20 @BAL W 7-1 10-10 4th 3.0 gb 19 Sat, Apr 19 @BAL L 0-6 9-10 4th 3.0 gb 18 Fri, Apr 18 @BAL L 2-8 9-9 3rd 2.0 gb 17 Thu, Apr 17 BOS L 5-7 9-8 3rd 1.0 gb 16 Wed, Apr 16 BOS W 15-9 9-7 1st Tied 15 Tue, Apr 15 @TBR W 5-3 8-7 4th 1.0 gb 14 Mon, Apr 14 @TBR W 8-7 7-7 4th 1.5 gb 13 Sun, Apr 13 @BOS L 5-8 6-7 5th 1.5 gb 12 Sat, Apr 12 @BOS L 3-4 6-6 3rd 1.5 gb Last 10: 5-5 Last 20:10-10 Last 30:11-10
Chicago White Sox, 11-8, 1st, 1½ up	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 3-1, 3.20) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. NYY Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (3-1) 25.1 23 9 9 6 27 0 3.20 2007 (15-8) 216.2 197 95 90 50 213 29 3.74 2006 (11-12) 202.2 206 116 109 56 184 23 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 6-1 48 40 15 15 9 60 2 2.81 63 2008-04-18 @TBR W 6.1 6 2 2 1 4 0 104 56 2008-04-13 DET W 7 5 0 0 0 9 0 92 76 2008-04-07 MIN W 7 7 3 3 1 8 0 98 58 2008-04-02 @CLE L 5 5 4 4 4 6 0 103 43 2007-09-28 DET W 7.2 7 2 2 1 9 0 109 65 2007-09-22 @MIN W 7 5 2 2 2 11 1 119 68 2007-09-17 @KCR W 8 5 2 2 0 13 1 109 77 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.NYY 1-3 24 27 14 14 15 25 4 5.25 47 2007-06-06 NYY L 6 7 4 4 3 7 0 113 46 2006-08-10 NYY W 5 6 2 2 6 8 1 111 49 2000-06-06 NYY L 6 7 2 2 4 7 1 120 53 1999-07-18 @NYY L 7 7 6 6 2 3 2 118 40
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 4-4 Road: 7-4 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 6-5 vsLHP: 5-3 1-Run: 1-2 vsEast: 3-3 vsCntrl: 7-4 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 19 Tue, Apr 22 NYY L 5-9 11-8 1st 1.5 up 18 Sun, Apr 20 @TBR W 6-0 11-7 1st 2.5 up 17 Sat, Apr 19 @TBR L 0-5 10-7 1st 1.5 up 16 Fri, Apr 18 @TBR W 9-2 10-6 1st 1.5 up 15 Thu, Apr 17 @BAL L 5-6 (10) 9-6 1st 0.5 up 14 Wed, Apr 16 @BAL W 3-1 9-5 1st 0.5 up 13 Tue, Apr 15 OAK W 4-1 8-5 1st 0.5 up 12 Mon, Apr 14 OAK L 1-2 7-5 2nd 0.5 gb 11 Sun, Apr 13 DET W 11-0 7-4 1st 0.5 up 10 Sat, Apr 12 DET W 7-0 6-4 1st 0.5 up Last 10: 6-4 Last 20:11-8 Last 30:11-8
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Tue, Apr 22, 2008 NYY 9 @CHW 5 W:Chien-Ming Wang (4-0), L: Jose Contreras (1-2), S: none Thu, Aug 02, 2007 CHW 13 @NYY 9 W:Boone Logan (2-0), L: Jeff Karstens (0-2), S: none Wed, Aug 01, 2007 NYY 8 CHW 1 W:Andy Pettitte (7-7), L: John Danks (6-8), S: none Tue, Jul 31, 2007 NYY 16 CHW 3 W:Mike Mussina (6-7), L: Jose Contreras (5-14), S: none Thu, Jun 07, 2007 NYY 10 @CHW 3 W:Scott Proctor (1-3), L: Jose Contreras (4-6), S: Mariano Rivera (7) Wed, Jun 06, 2007 NYY 5 @CHW 1 W:Chien-Ming Wang (5-4), L: Javier Vazquez (3-4), S: none Tue, Jun 05, 2007 NYY 7 @CHW 3 W:Tyler Clippard (3-1), L: Mark Buehrle (2-3), S: Mariano Rivera (6) Mon, Jun 04, 2007 CHW 6 NYY 4 W:Jon Garland (4-3), L: Matt DeSalvo (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (16) Thu, May 17, 2007 CHW 4 NYY 1 W:Jon Garland (3-2), L: Matt DeSalvo (1-1), S: Bobby Jenks (13) Wed, May 16, 2007 NYY 8 @CHW 1 W:Chien-Ming Wang (2-3), L: Jose Contreras (3-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - NYY leads 1-0; 2007 - NYY won 6-4; 2006 - NYY won 4-2; All-Time - NYY leads 1035-818

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 2008 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

For the 2007 season

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

NYY 5.98

BAL 4.67

WSN 4.15

RA/G

BOS 4.06

KCR 4.80

TBD 5.83

M. Ordonez .363

J. Francoeur .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

J. Varitek .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

T. Tulowitzki .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

G. Sheffield .839

J. LaRue .512

ERA

J. Peavy 2.54

A. Pettitte 4.05

S. Olsen 5.81

K/9IP

E. Bedard 10.93

G. Meche 6.50

A. Cook 3.31

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NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

New York Yankees Batters (4.48 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.95 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 46.Masset
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

53.Abreu* G/S/vP 76/1.037 12/1.117 1/.000 7/.821 2/.500 3/.000 ··· 4/1.167 699/532 .283/.369/.445/.814 .678/.857 .725 / 25/8 16/4

28.Cabrera# G/S/vP 5/1.150 ··· 6/.583 ··· 4/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 612/445 .273/.327/.391/.718 .641/.747 .746 / 13/5 8/4

24.Cano* G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· 5/.400 ··· 5/.000 3/1.000 1/.000 8/.375 669/458 .306/.353/.488/.841 .864/.831 .816 / 4/5 19/13

18.Damon* G/S/vP 19/1.192 4/1.250 3/.666 ··· 4/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 605/448 .270/.351/.396/.747 .705/.762 .750 / 27/3 12/3

11.Ensberg G/S/vP 15/1.159 ··· ··· 4/.750 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB 2/1.000 324/205 .230/.320/.404/.724 .830/.661 .860 / 0/1 12/13

25.Giambi* G/S/vP 3/2.667 2/.000 ··· 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 ··· 7/1.429 303/227 .236/.356/.433/.790 .782/.789 .806 / 1/0 14/1

12.Gonzalez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/12 .071/.133/.071/.205 .667/.083 .220 / 0/1 0/1

2.Jeter G/S/vP 13/.693 5/.650 3/.000 1/no AB ··· 7/.429 ··· 5/1.400 714/550 .322/.388/.452/.840 .876/.830 .835 / 15/8 12/18

55.Matsui* G/S/vP 3/.333 6/1.000 4/.250 2/.000 4/.000 3/.333 ··· 7/.143 634/443 .285/.367/.488/.855 .814/.872 .821 / 4/2 25/3

19.Moeller G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 58/37 .161/.175/.232/.408 .667/.253 .308 / 0/0 1/0

26.Molina G/S/vP 6/.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/1.666 202/151 .257/.274/.340/.614 .853/.530 .572 / 2/1 1/4

20.Posada# G/S/vP 9/.472 2/no AB 4/.000 2/.000 4/.750 3/.000 ··· 8/.661 589/421 .338/.426/.543/.970 .942/.981 1.007 / 2/0 20/5

13.Rodriguez G/S/vP 6/.533 8/1.125 3/.667 1/no AB 2/.000 5/1.850 ··· 4/.500 708/532 .314/.422/.645/1.067 .961/1.099 1.101 / 24/4 54/13

IP 216.2 30.2 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL .267/.336/.434/.770 .727/.779 .783 .770 8/4 23/13

ERA-K/9

3.74/8.8

4.11/12.0

2.77/7.8

3.71/6.4

4.97/6.2

6.80/8.3

7.09/4.8

4.79/8.8

3.74/6.6

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Moeller (11-1-0)
Molina (31-13-4)
Posada (102-32-13)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 882/.242 138/.242 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 .251 Cabrera
Abreu
Matsui
Damon 18/131/5/16
0/0/157/6
112/0/0/6
32/48/1/3

OPS .700 .748 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783 .665

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 409/.707 58/.756 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800 .780

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 473/.695 80/.740 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771 .592

Home 447/.680 84/.804 134/.472 145/.603 120/.874 102/.814 95/.906 131/.867 .686

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 29/6/4 4/2/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 8/10/4

Usage ····X··· o····X·· ·····Xoo ·····Xoo o·X··X·· X··o···· ····o··· X···Xo··

NOTE: Team stats shown are for the 2008 season. Player Stats for the 2007 season. We will switch to 2008 stats on May 1st.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.42 RS/G) vs. New York Yankees Pitchers (4.67 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 35.Mussina
G/S/vB 33.Bruney
G/S/vB 62.Chamberlain
G/S/vB 48.Farnsworth
G/S/vB 22.Hawkins
G/S/vB 39.Ohlendorf
G/S/vB 42.Rivera
G/S/vB 61.Traber*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 6/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .619 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.411 3/.666 2/1.000 11/.910 1/3.000 ··· 8/.875 ··· 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .716 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP 30/.600 1/.000 1/no AB 8/1.125 9/.222 ··· 7/.143 5/1.067 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .541 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 54/.955 2/.000 ··· 11/.637 19/.979 ··· 13/.321 ··· 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .801 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP 33/.656 ··· ··· 1/.000 4/1.000 ··· 16/.250 2/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .433 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 40/.775 2/.500 1/.000 12/2.334 20/.500 ··· 13/1.129 6/2.233 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .863 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .686 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 35/.914 3/1.334 ··· 8/2.321 1/2.000 ··· 11/.382 ··· 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .678 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.500 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .862 / 2/2 5/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/.778 2/.500 1/.000 5/2.467 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .820 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 53/1.007 2/.500 1/.000 4/1.167 22/1.636 ··· 19/1.012 1/no AB 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .991 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 20/.568 1/.000 1/.000 6/.533 5/.000 ··· 5/.950 3/.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .783 / 1/9 20/17

IP 152.0 50.0 24.0 60.0 55.1 6.1 71.1 39.2 TOTAL .247/.341/.429/.770 .802/.757 .733 .770 3/2 26/8

ERA-K/9

5.15/5.4

4.68/7.0

0.38/12.8

4.80/7.2

3.42/4.7

2.84/12.9

3.15/9.3

4.76/6.1

4.62/6.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (26-3-5)
Pierzynski (62-20-14)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 656/.311 228/.243 91/.145 266/.256 225/.252 26/.208 295/.248 182/.314 .274 Dye
Swisher
Quentin
Anderson
Ozuna 0/0/135/9
0/60/57/3
3/0/75/2
5/3/0/0
7/0/0/0

OPS .814 .757 .440 .750 .698 .603 .644 .835 .738

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 329/.803 92/1.028 42/.406 132/.824 110/.735 15/.733 146/.618 56/.567 .720

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.824 136/.591 49/.469 134/.680 115/.665 11/.384 149/.670 126/.959 .752

Road 313/.885 124/.794 55/.541 138/.772 115/.807 22/.718 158/.657 84/1.022 .758

Last 28d days / / / / / / / /

HR/SB/CS 14/24/3 5/4/5 1/1/0 9/9/2 6/2/1 1/0/0 4/2/1 4/5/1 16/25/10

Usage ·····X·· o·o···X· X·oX···· X····o·o ····o·X· ···X··X· ··X····o o··X·Xo·

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: NYY @ CHW, 8:11pm, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: Mike Mussina (39, RHP, 1-3, 5.75)

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 3-1, 3.20)

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