CHW @ DET, Friday, April 4, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 1-2, 5th, 2 GB, ½ GB in WC	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 0-0, undef) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. DET Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2007 (10-17) 189 232 134 117 62 113 21 5.57 2006 (13-9) 196 194 101 93 55 134 20 4.27 2005 (15-7) 204.2 177 91 82 75 154 23 3.61 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 47.2 56 24 20 14 29 5 3.78 49 2007-09-30 DET L 6.1 9 5 5 1 2 1 86 36 2007-09-25 KCR ND 6.1 6 5 4 1 3 1 86 45 2007-09-19 KCR W 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 100 82 2007-09-14 LAA W 7.1 11 3 3 1 3 0 103 46 2007-09-08 MIN ND 5 13 7 4 1 2 2 97 20 2007-09-02 CLE W 6.2 4 0 0 6 5 0 110 65 2007-08-27 TBD W 7 8 4 4 3 8 1 101 50 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.DET 1-3 32 37 26 26 6 13 6 7.31 39 2007-09-30 DET L 6.1 9 5 5 1 2 1 86 36 2007-07-25 DET L 4.2 12 9 9 3 3 2 95 4 2007-04-21 DET ND 7 5 5 5 0 2 2 86 49 2006-08-21 DET L 5 8 7 7 1 1 1 70 23 2006-08-11 DET W 9 3 0 0 1 5 0 101 85
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-0 Road: 1-2 ExtrInn: 0-0 vsRHP: 1-1 vsLHP: 0-1 1-Run: 1-0 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 1-2 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 3 Thu, Apr 3 @CLE W 2-1 1-2 5th 2.0 gb 2 Wed, Apr 2 @CLE L 2-7 0-2 5th 2.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 @CLE L 8-10 0-1 5th 1.0 gb Last 10: 1-2 Last 20: 1-2 Last 30: 1-2
Detroit Tigers, 0-3, 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC	SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 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 (9-13) 177.2 199 98 94 63 119 22 4.76 2006 (13-13) 208.2 206 98 89 67 137 29 3.84 2005 (7-16) 196.2 202 113 98 65 122 28 4.48 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 2-3 42.2 39 23 22 18 28 6 4.64 49 2007-09-30 CHW W 6.2 8 3 3 0 2 1 104 48 2007-09-24 MIN L 7 3 1 1 4 6 0 111 69 2007-09-19 CLE L 7 6 4 4 3 5 1 105 51 2007-09-14 MIN W 7 5 2 2 3 5 1 106 61 2007-09-08 SEA ND 4.2 7 5 4 3 3 2 83 32 2007-09-02 OAK ND 6 4 2 2 1 5 0 90 60 2007-08-28 KCR L 4.1 6 6 6 4 2 1 91 25 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 32.2 37 24 22 8 21 7 6.06 43 2007-09-30 CHW W 6.2 8 3 3 0 2 1 104 48 2007-04-21 CHW ND 6.1 5 4 2 2 3 0 96 52 2006-08-24 CHW L 6.2 9 10 10 2 6 3 88 20 2006-07-18 CHW L 6.2 9 6 6 1 6 2 105 37 2006-06-06 CHW ND 6.1 6 1 1 3 4 1 105 58
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 0-3 Road: 0-0 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 0-3 vsLHP: 0-0 1-Run: 0-1 vsEast: 0-0 vsCntrl: 0-3 vsWest: 0-0 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 3 Thu, Apr 3 KCR L 1-4 0-3 2nd 1.5 gb 2 Wed, Apr 2 KCR L 0-4 0-2 2nd 1.0 gb 1 Mon, Mar 31 KCR L 4-5 (11) 0-1 2nd 0.5 gb Last 10: 0-3 Last 20: 0-3 Last 30: 0-3
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sun, Sep 30, 2007 DET 13 @CHW 3 W:Nate Robertson , L: Jose Contreras , S: none Sat, Sep 29, 2007 CHW 3 DET 2 W:Ehren Wassermann , L: Fernando Rodney , S: none Fri, Sep 28, 2007 CHW 5 DET 2 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Kenny Rogers , S: Bobby Jenks Thu, Sep 06, 2007 DET 3 CHW 2 W:Bobby Seay , L: Bobby Jenks , S: none Wed, Sep 05, 2007 DET 2 CHW 1 (11) W:Bobby Seay , L: Heath Phillips , S: none Tue, Sep 04, 2007 CHW 3 @DET 1 W:Jon Garland , L: Jeremy Bonderman , S: Bobby Jenks Sun, Aug 05, 2007 CHW 3 @DET 1 W:Gavin Floyd , L: Jordan Tata , S: Bobby Jenks Sat, Aug 04, 2007 CHW 7 @DET 5 W:Javier Vazquez , L: Jeremy Bonderman , S: Bobby Jenks Fri, Aug 03, 2007 CHW 7 @DET 4 W:Mark Buehrle , L: Andrew Miller , S: none Thu, Jul 26, 2007 CHW 4 DET 3 W:Bobby Jenks , L: Zach Miner , S: none Season Series: 2008 - 0-0; 2007 - CHW won 11-7; 2006 - CHW won 12-7; All-Time - DET leads 984-967

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 (4.00 RS/G) vs. Detroit Tigers Pitchers (4.33 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 29.Robertson*
G/S/vB 52.Bautista
G/S/vB 40.Bazardo
G/S/vB 49.Grilli
G/S/vB 59.Jones
G/S/vB 45.Lopez
G/S/vB 31.Miner
G/S/vB 44.Seay*
G/S/vB 21.Willis*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 12/.667 2/.000 ··· 3/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 1/no AB ··· 19/10 .118/.211/.176/.387 .111/.633 .258 / 0/0 0/1

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 11/1.478 3/.000 ··· 10/.775 10/.400 ··· 1/5.000 5/.000 19/.485 701/550 .301/.345/.397/.742 .843/.715 .768 / 20/4 8/11

24.Crede G/S/vP 36/.669 8/.679 ··· 4/.750 4/1.667 4/1.250 3/1.666 2/2.500 ··· 178/139 .216/.258/.317/.576 .514/.590 .597 / 0/1 4/4

23.Dye G/S/vP 35/1.520 ··· ··· 11/.455 17/.647 3/.666 7/1.000 3/.333 4/.833 561/413 .254/.317/.486/.804 .925/.761 .806 / 2/1 28/3

44.Hall G/S/vP 5/1.000 3/.000 ··· 2/1.000 4/1.000 5/.000 6/.334 ··· 6/.000 120/64 .207/.225/.241/.466 .668/.297 .496 / 0/0 0/3

14.Konerko G/S/vP 50/.916 12/.606 ··· 13/1.538 12/.705 3/.000 7/1.371 4/.000 1/2.000 636/461 .259/.351/.490/.841 .988/.784 .820 / 0/1 31/5

38.Ozuna G/S/vP 17/.647 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 85/46 .244/.280/.282/.563 .590/.533 .479 / 3/0 0/4

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 18/.556 2/.000 ··· 10/.422 15/.582 2/.000 5/.800 3/.000 ··· 509/393 .263/.309/.403/.712 .716/.710 .746 / 1/1 14/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 263/187 .214/.298/.349/.647 .589/.670 .415 / 2/2 5/1

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

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 21/.295 3/3.000 ··· 3/.333 3/.333 ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 659/457 .262/.381/.455/.836 .921/.799 .850 / 3/2 22/5

25.Thome* G/S/vP 15/1.217 3/.333 ··· 4/1.250 17/2.047 ··· 5/.400 6/.750 25/.376 536/367 .275/.410/.563/.973 .663/1.123 .954 / 0/1 35/0

5.Uribe G/S/vP 40/.954 8/.708 ··· 10/.125 2/.500 2/.000 9/.583 4/1.000 1/no AB 563/412 .234/.284/.394/.678 .757/.648 .575 / 1/9 20/17

IP 177.2 8.2 23.2 79.2 61.1 17.1 53.2 46.1 205.1 TOTAL /// / / /1

ERA-K/9

4.76/6.0

12.46/8.3

2.28/5.7

4.74/7.0

4.26/4.8

5.19/3.6

3.02/5.7

2.33/7.4

5.17/6.4

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 781/.283 48/.429 96/.218 352/.263 265/.267 76/.273 232/.273 189/.228 942/.294 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 .787 .989 .638 .714 .702 .751 .727 .619 .846

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 204/.732 28/1.096 48/.844 120/.702 151/.705 37/.803 92/.567 101/.545 122/.356

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 577/.807 20/.833 48/.420 232/.718 114/.696 39/.705 140/.834 88/.707 820/.919

Home 429/.765 21/1.303 62/.540 184/.910 125/.626 35/.757 106/.712 99/.487 491/.826

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

HR/SB/CS 22/7/4 0/1/0 2/1/0 5/1/2 3/1/0 2/0/0 3/4/6 1/1/1 29/6/1 //

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

Detroit Tigers Batters (1.67 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (6.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 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

24.Cabrera G/S/vP 4/1.417 2/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 5/1.100 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 680/530 .320/.401/.565/.965 1.173/.910 1.026 / 2/1 34/23

9.Guillen# G/S/vP 41/1.302 1/no AB 12/1.084 6/.167 2/5.000 5/.400 7/.453 1/.000 9/.472 630/500 .296/.357/.502/.859 .921/.843 .863 / 13/8 21/25

15.Inge G/S/vP 49/.572 ··· 5/.000 12/.432 1/no AB 2/1.000 11/.000 3/1.500 4/1.250 577/447 .236/.312/.376/.688 .923/.621 .748 / 9/2 14/18

19.Jones* G/S/vP 13/.490 2/.000 ··· 1/3.000 7/.619 ··· 5/1.800 2/.000 5/1.000 495/408 .285/.335/.400/.735 .763/.729 .710 / 6/3 5/4

30.Ordonez G/S/vP 41/.837 6/.833 6/.334 7/1.000 2/.000 3/.333 13/.648 1/.000 3/.000 679/531 .363/.434/.595/1.029 1.213/.980 1.129 / 4/1 28/1

14.Polanco G/S/vP 27/.740 11/.311 12/1.183 8/.875 7/1.286 5/.800 4/.833 2/.500 3/1.000 641/489 .341/.388/.458/.846 .813/.857 .871 / 7/3 9/0

25.Raburn G/S/vP 3/5.000 ··· 12/.917 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 148/84 .304/.340/.507/.847 .759/.912 .821 / 3/0 4/1

8.Renteria G/S/vP ··· 21/.255 3/.666 1/no AB 8/.536 ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 543/347 .332/.390/.470/.860 .918/.827 .854 / 11/2 12/11

7.Rodriguez G/S/vP 38/.448 4/.750 6/.833 7/.286 4/1.250 3/1.667 8/.250 2/.500 2/2.500 515/389 .281/.294/.420/.714 .746/.703 .744 / 2/2 11/6

39.Santiago# G/S/vP 8/.500 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 74/62 .284/.324/.388/.712 1.117/.638 .449 / 3/0 0/2

3.Sheffield G/S/vP 10/.650 16/1.308 3/1.167 4/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/2.750 593/460 .265/.378/.462/.839 .832/.841 .901 / 22/5 25/0

33.Thames G/S/vP 10/.100 ··· 3/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/5.000 6/.733 1/.000 2/.000 284/193 .242/.278/.498/.776 .927/.705 .844 / 2/1 18/4

36.Thomas* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· / /// / / / /

IP 189.0 30.2 70.0 65.0 70.1 50.2 42.1 39.1 56.1 TOTAL /// / / /1

ERA-K/9

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)
Rodriguez (47-21-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 858/.304 138/.242 314/.299 249/.198 295/.253 226/.298 208/.291 193/.323 249/.269 Jones
Ordonez
Sheffield
Thames
Raburn 2/84/67/8
0/0/143/4
7/0/7/1
37/0/9/1
10/13/16/1

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

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

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

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

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

HR/SB/CS 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 o··X···· o······· 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 @ DET, 1:05pm, Friday, April 4, 2008 @Comerica Park

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 0-0, undef)

SP: Nate Robertson (30, LHP, 0-0, undef)

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