CHW @ CLE, Thursday, April 3, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 0-2, 4th, 2 GB, 1½ GB in WC	SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CLE Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-13) 139 160 92 85 54 109 28 5.50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 0-6 31 42 31 27 12 28 9 7.84 38 2007-09-11 CLE ND 2.2 3 3 3 4 3 1 76 39 2007-08-30 TEX L 5.2 7 5 2 1 8 1 108 48 2007-08-24 BOS L 3.1 5 5 5 2 0 1 57 28 2007-08-18 SEA L 5 9 4 4 1 2 0 77 34 2007-08-12 SEA L 4.1 8 6 6 1 5 3 87 27 2007-08-07 CLE L 6 4 2 2 1 8 0 99 63 2007-08-01 NYY L 4 6 6 5 2 2 3 96 28 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CLE 1-2 19.2 22 12 12 7 19 5 5.49 47 2007-09-11 CLE ND 2.2 3 3 3 4 3 1 76 39 2007-08-07 CLE L 6 4 2 2 1 8 0 99 63 2007-07-16 CLE W 5.2 8 5 5 1 4 2 102 36 2007-04-14 CLE L 5.1 7 2 2 1 4 2 96 49
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 0-2 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 0-1 vsLHP: 0-1 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-2 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Wed, Apr 2 @CLE L 2-7 0-2 4th 2.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 @CLE L 8-10 0-1 4th 1.0 gb Last 10: 0-2 Last 20: 0-2 Last 30: 0-2
Cleveland Indians, 2-0, 1st, Tied	SP: Jake Westbrook (30, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (6-9) 152 159 78 73 55 93 13 4.32 2006 (15-10) 211.1 247 106 98 55 109 15 4.17 2005 (15-15) 210.2 218 121 105 56 119 19 4.49 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-2 43.2 56 23 20 16 35 3 4.12 47 2007-09-29 KCR ND 6.1 7 3 3 1 5 0 97 51 2007-09-23 OAK W 7 4 2 2 2 9 1 114 68 2007-09-18 DET ND 5 12 4 3 2 4 0 102 31 2007-09-12 CHW L 6 7 5 4 1 5 2 102 44 2007-09-07 LAA ND 7.2 5 2 2 5 2 0 111 58 2007-09-02 CHW L 5 11 4 3 3 6 0 101 34 2007-08-28 MIN W 6.2 10 3 3 2 4 0 104 44 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-3 30 34 21 19 9 24 5 5.70 45 2007-09-12 CHW L 6 7 5 4 1 5 2 102 44 2007-09-02 CHW L 5 11 4 3 3 6 0 101 34 2007-08-07 CHW W 8 2 1 1 0 5 0 103 79 2007-07-18 CHW L 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 103 43 2007-04-04 CHW ND 5 7 7 7 3 5 2 96 27
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 2-0 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 1-0 vsLHP: 1-0 1-Run: 0-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 2-0 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 2 Wed, Apr 2 CHW W 7-2 2-0 1st Tied 1 Mon, Mar 31 CHW W 10-8 1-0 1st Tied Last 10: 2-0 Last 20: 2-0 Last 30: 2-0
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Wed, Apr 02, 2008 CLE 7 CHW 2 W:Fausto Carmona (1-0), L: Javier Vazquez (0-1), S: none Mon, Mar 31, 2008 CLE 10 CHW 8 W:Rafael Betancourt (1-0), L: Octavio Dotel (0-1), S: Joe Borowski (1) Wed, Sep 12, 2007 CHW 7 CLE 4 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Jake Westbrook , S: none Tue, Sep 11, 2007 CLE 8 @CHW 3 W:Paul Byrd , L: Lance Broadway , S: none Mon, Sep 10, 2007 CLE 6 @CHW 2 W:Fausto Carmona , L: Gavin Floyd , S: none Sun, Sep 02, 2007 CHW 8 @CLE 0 W:Jose Contreras , L: Jake Westbrook , S: none Sat, Sep 01, 2007 CLE 7 CHW 0 W:Paul Byrd , L: Javier Vazquez , S: none Fri, Aug 31, 2007 CLE 8 CHW 5 W:Aaron Fultz , L: Mike MacDougal , S: Rafael Betancourt Thu, Aug 09, 2007 CLE 7 @CHW 5 W:Aaron Laffey , L: Mark Buehrle , S: Joe Borowski Wed, Aug 08, 2007 CHW 6 CLE 4 (13) W:Jose Contreras , L: Aaron Fultz , S: none Season Series: 2008 - CLE leads 2-0; 2007 - CLE won 11-7; 2006 - CLE won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 994-964

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. Pierre .293

J. LaRue .148

OBP

B. Bonds .480

G. Atkins .367

J. LaRue .240

SLG

C. Ross .653

R. Ludwick .479

A. Gonzalez .249

OPS

A. Rodriguez 1.067

T. Glaus .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.

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.00 RS/G) vs. Cleveland Indians Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 37.Westbrook
G/S/vB 63.Betancourt
G/S/vB 47.Borowski
G/S/vB 58.Breslow*
G/S/vB 36.Byrd
G/S/vB 44.Julio
G/S/vB 30.Kobayashi
G/S/vB 31.Lee*
G/S/vB 50.Lewis
G/S/vB 53.Perez*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/.154 ··· ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 20/.671 6/.000 6/.167 ··· 28/.254 2/.500 1/2.000 19/.649 2/1.000 ··· 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP 28/.584 15/.500 3/.000 ··· 15/.666 4/.000 ··· 23/.800 1/.000 ··· 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 40/.757 14/.895 6/.834 1/.000 24/.667 8/.250 ··· 25/.829 1/.000 4/.250 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP 5/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 4/1.000 9/.222 ··· 17/.941 1/.000 ··· 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 61/.877 19/.983 7/1.571 ··· 33/.864 5/.000 ··· 42/1.125 2/.000 6/.733 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 12/.334 ··· ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 49/.531 9/.555 4/1.833 ··· 31/.447 9/2.792 ··· 26/.968 1/.000 3/.000 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/3.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 19/.264 6/.733 1/.000 1/.000 21/.714 3/2.667 1/.000 12/1.139 1/2.000 1/5.000 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 25/1.350 9/.000 4/.500 1/2.000 32/.906 3/.000 ··· 23/.737 2/no AB 7/.000 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 31/.461 13/.802 5/1.000 ··· 17/1.544 4/.000 1/2.000 37/.838 3/.000 2/.000 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17

IP 152.0 79.1 65.2 192.1 62.0 97.1 29.1 60.2 TOTAL /// / / /0

ERA-K/9

4.32/5.5

1.47/9.1

5.07/7.9

/0.0

4.59/4.1

5.23/8.1

/0.0

6.29/6.1

2.15/10.4

1.78/9.2

0.00/0.0

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

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 648/.276 289/.183 292/.289 / 835/.301 280/.283 / 443/.284 125/.234 236/.187 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 .729 .485 .768 .801 .813 .841 .616 .531

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 345/.783 113/.617 152/.742 / 428/.805 115/.624 / 117/.917 47/.548 92/.450

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 303/.669 176/.400 140/.798 / 407/.798 165/.942 / 326/.813 78/.656 144/.580

Home 361/.752 136/.480 133/.698 / 428/.869 136/.692 / 225/.831 65/.738 120/.561

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

HR/SB/CS 13/14/7 4/4/4 9/9/2 // 27/11/2 8/12/2 // 17/4/1 1/0/1 5/2/1 //

Usage ··X····· ··X····· X······· X······· ··X····· X·o·····

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

Cleveland Indians Batters (8.50 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (8.50 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 52.Contreras
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 34.Floyd
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 Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

1.Blake G/S/vP 10/.600 25/.798 7/1.371 ··· 12/.417 1/.000 5/1.850 15/.718 8/1.071 5/1.800 662/473 .270/.339/.437/.776 .827/.757 .706 / 4/5 18/14

13.Cabrera# G/S/vP 2/.000 4/1.167 1/.000 3/.333 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 3/2.000 2/.000 4/1.500 186/136 .283/.354/.421/.775 .950/.702 .704 / 0/0 3/1

7.Carroll G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/4.000 4/1.750 ··· 5/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 268/150 .225/.317/.300/.616 .705/.543 .527 / 6/2 2/4

20.Dellucci* G/S/vP ··· 9/.619 7/.715 ··· 3/1.167 4/1.500 ··· 4/.833 2/.500 5/1.850 199/173 .230/.296/.382/.679 .481/.709 .608 / 2/1 4/0

25.Garko G/S/vP 11/1.364 7/.453 1/.000 3/1.167 4/1.750 ··· 2/2.000 4/.500 5/.000 5/1.100 541/378 .289/.359/.483/.842 .914/.812 .856 / 0/1 21/8

38.Gutierrez G/S/vP 7/1.738 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 3/.666 4/.000 3/2.000 1/.000 301/198 .266/.318/.472/.790 .920/.722 .974 / 8/3 13/1

48.Hafner* G/S/vP 11/.764 29/.522 5/2.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.834 5/.900 4/.500 13/.840 661/420 .266/.385/.451/.837 .837/.836 .789 / 1/1 24/0

15.Marte G/S/vP 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 5/.000 ··· 60/41 .193/.233/.316/.549 .594/.528 .713 / 0/0 1/4

41.Martinez# G/S/vP 6/.834 26/.367 4/.250 3/.666 3/1.000 2/.000 9/.619 7/1.238 7/.829 13/.885 645/414 .301/.374/.505/.879 .825/.908 .871 / 0/0 25/5

8.Michaels G/S/vP 9/.873 7/.572 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 ··· 6/.333 3/1.167 4/2.250 5/1.600 295/139 .270/.324/.397/.721 .800/.636 .782 / 3/4 7/1

2.Peralta G/S/vP 10/1.000 21/.586 3/1.334 3/.000 6/.333 ··· 4/.000 11/.384 8/1.000 6/.000 647/482 .270/.341/.430/.771 .820/.754 .881 / 4/4 21/19

10.Shoppach G/S/vP 3/.333 2/.500 2/1.000 ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· 4/.750 3/.333 ··· 177/136 .261/.310/.472/.782 1.126/.687 .823 / 0/0 7/4

24.Sizemore* G/S/vP 11/.282 27/1.059 3/3.000 3/.666 5/1.000 1/2.000 9/.222 10/1.225 8/.000 13/1.458 748/503 .277/.390/.462/.852 .812/.872 .906 / 33/10 24/2

IP 139.0 189.0 30.2 70.0 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL /// / / /0

ERA-K/9

5.50/7.1

5.57/5.4

4.11/12.0

5.27/6.3

2.77/7.8

3.71/6.4

4.97/6.2

6.80/8.3

7.09/4.8

4.79/8.8

0.00/0.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Martinez (70-33-6)
Shoppach (23-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 622/.289 858/.304 138/.242 314/.299 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 Sizemore
Michaels
Gutierrez
Dellucci
Blake
Carroll 0/160/0/4
74/1/27/4
9/8/88/3
51/0/0/3
0/0/7/2
0/1/2/0

OPS .868 .814 .748 .871 .488 .742 .802 .839 .851 .783

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 141/.890 466/.887 58/.756 151/.918 108/.541 136/.706 99/.587 57/.910 79/.844 104/.800

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 481/.862 392/.729 80/.740 163/.828 141/.449 159/.773 127/.968 151/.812 114/.857 145/.771

Road 337/.868 414/.791 54/.654 157/.829 115/.507 150/.880 106/.725 106/.863 98/.797 118/.691

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

HR/SB/CS 28/10/1 21/25/6 4/2/0 17/12/0 2/5/0 12/6/3 7/7/1 3/9/0 2/8/1 4/1/1 //

Usage ··X····· ··o····· X······· ··X····· 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.

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Game Preview: CHW @ CLE, 12:05pm, Thursday, April 3, 2008 @Jacobs Field

SP: John Danks (23, LHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Jake Westbrook (30, RHP, 0-0, undef)

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