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

Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > CHW @ KCR, Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Game Preview: CHW @ KCR, 8:10pm, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @Kauffman Stadium

Chicago White Sox, 51-37, 1st, 1½ up

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 7-6, 4.02)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (7-6)            109.2 107  52  49  32  65 11    4.02      
 2007 (10-17)          189   232 134 117  62 113 21    5.57      
 2006 (13-9)           196   194 101  93  55 134 20    4.27      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-3  42    52  28  26  16  23  8    5.57   43 
 2008-07-02    CLE  ND   6     6   4   3   4   6  1     115   48 
 2008-06-27    CHC   W   6     7   3   3   2   3  3     100   47 
 2008-06-21   @CHC   L   3.1  10   9   9   2   1  3      72    3 
 2008-06-15    COL   L   6.2   7   4   3   2   4  1     100   48 
 2008-06-10   @DET   L   6    13   6   6   1   1  0      98   22 
 2008-06-05    KCR   W   7     4   1   1   2   3  0     100   66 
 2008-05-30   @TBR  ND   7     5   1   1   3   5  0     101   65 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-2  34.2  30  16  15   8  18  1    3.89   54 
 2008-06-05    KCR   W   7     4   1   1   2   3  0     100   66 
 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 
 2007-08-22    KCR   L   6     6   4   4   1   3  0     104   46 
 2007-06-29   @KCR   L   6.1   9   6   6   3   3  0     100   31 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   32-13   Road:   19-24   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  31-25   vsLHP:  20-12   1-Run:  11-10
 vsEast:  7-12   vsCntrl:24-11   vsWest:  8-8  IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 89 Sun, Jul  6   OAK  W   4-3       51-37  1st  1.0 up
 88 Sat, Jul  5   OAK  W   6-1       50-37  1st  1.0 up
 87 Fri, Jul  4   OAK  L   1-7       49-37  1st  1.0 up
 86 Thu, Jul  3   OAK  L   2-3       49-36  1st  2.0 up
 85 Wed, Jul  2   CLE  W   6-5 (10)  49-35  1st  2.5 up
 84 Tue, Jul  1   CLE  W   3-2 (10)  48-35  1st  2.5 up
 83 Mon, Jun 30   CLE  W   9-7       47-35  1st  2.5 up
 82 Sun, Jun 29   CHC  W   5-1       46-35  1st  1.5 up
 81 Sat, Jun 28   CHC  W   6-5       45-35  1st  1.5 up
 80 Fri, Jun 27   CHC  W  10-3       44-35  1st  0.5 up
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:13-7    Last 30:19-11
Kansas City Royals, 40-50, 4th, 12 GB, 12 GB in WC

SP: Kyle Davies (24, RHP, 3-1, 4.71)

   2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2008 (3-1)             36.1  44  21  19  17  19  3    4.71      
 2007 (7-15)           136   155 102  92  70  99 22    6.09      
 2006 (3-7)             63.1  90  60  59  33  51 14    8.38      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         3-1  36.1  44  21  19  17  19  3    4.71   45 
 2008-07-03   @BAL  ND   4     8   7   7   1   4  2      77   21 
 2008-06-28    STL   L   6.1   7   5   3   2   2  1     100   43 
 2008-06-22    SFG  ND   1.1   6   5   5   2   1  0      52   21 
 2008-06-17   @STL   W   7     5   1   1   3   4  0     106   64 
 2008-06-11    TEX  ND   6     6   1   1   5   3  0     109   54 
 2008-06-06   @NYY   W   6.2   7   1   1   1   3  0     104   58 
 2008-05-31    CLE   W   5     5   1   1   3   2  0     100   52 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.CHW      0-1   4.1   7   6   6   3   4  2   12.46   26 
 2007-09-17    CHW   L   4.1   7   6   6   3   4  2      94   26 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   19-21   Road:   21-29   ExtrInn: 3-4 
 vsRHP:  25-38   vsLHP:  15-12   1-Run:  12-11
 vsEast: 10-20   vsCntrl:12-14   vsWest:  5-11 IL:13-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 90 Mon, Jul  7  @TBR  W   7-4 (10)  40-50  4th 12.0 gb
 89 Sun, Jul  6  @TBR  L   2-9       39-50  4th 12.5 gb
 88 Sat, Jul  5  @TBR  L   0-3       39-49  4th 11.5 gb
 87 Fri, Jul  4  @TBR  L   2-11      39-48  4th 10.5 gb
 86 Thu, Jul  3  @BAL  W  10-7       39-47  4th 10.5 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  2  @BAL  L   2-5       38-47  4th 11.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  1  @BAL  L   5-7       38-46  4th 10.5 gb
 83 Mon, Jun 30  @BAL  W   6-5 (11)  38-45  4th  9.5 gb
 82 Sun, Jun 29   STL  L   6-9       37-45  4th  9.5 gb
 81 Sat, Jun 28   STL  L   1-5       37-44  4th  8.5 gb
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20:12-8    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 05, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (6-3), L: Gil Meche (3-8), S: none
Wed, Jun 04, 2008 CHW  6  KCR  4 (15)   W:Octavio Dotel (3-2), L: Jimmy Gobble (0-1), S: none
Tue, Jun 03, 2008 CHW  9  KCR  5        W:Gavin Floyd (6-3), L: Zack Greinke (5-3), S: none

Thu, Sep 27, 2007 CHW 10  KCR  0        W:Lance Broadway (1-1), L: Billy Buckner (1-2), S: none
Wed, Sep 26, 2007 CHW  3  KCR  0        W:Jon Garland (10-13), L: Zack Greinke (7-7), S: none
Tue, Sep 25, 2007 KCR  9 @CHW  5        W:Brandon Duckworth (3-5), L: Ehren Wassermann (0-1), S: none
Thu, Sep 20, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  0        W:Zack Greinke (7-6), L: Jon Garland (9-13), S: Joakim Soria (17)
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 CHW  7 @KCR  0        W:Jose Contreras (10-16), L: Brian Bannister (12-9), S: none
Tue, Sep 18, 2007 KCR  3  CHW  2        W:Gil Meche (9-12), L: Gavin Floyd (1-4), S: Joakim Soria (16)
Mon, Sep 17, 2007 CHW 11 @KCR  3        W:Javier Vazquez (13-8), L: Kyle Davies (6-14), S: none
Season Series: 2008 - CHW leads 3-0; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; 2006 - CHW won 11-8; All-Time - CHW leads 307-268

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

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

TEX  5.49

COL  4.51

WSN  3.62

RA/G

OAK  3.67

MIN  4.57

TEX  5.78

BA

C. Jones  .384

R. Aurilia  .284

T. Pena  .155

OBP

C. Jones  .481

J. Loney  .358

T. Pena  .176

SLG

L. Berkman  .665

C. Beltran  .465

T. Pena  .204

OPS

C. Jones  1.114

J. Loney  .814

T. Pena  .381

ERA

J. Duchscherer  1.96

P. Maholm  4.05

M. Hendrickson  6.24

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  9.49

T. Wakefield  6.09

L. Hernandez  3.33

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

Chicago White Sox Batters (4.80 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 28.Davies
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
32.Mahay*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
52.Ramirez*
G/S/vB
56.Ramirez
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 1/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 1/3.000 ··· 137/84 .233/.267/.419/.685 .712/.668 .548 57/.708 2/1 5/
18.Cabrera G/S/vP ··· 7/.143 3/.666 4/.000 22/.581 1/.000 2/.000 12/.350 397/281 .266/.319/.363/.682 .719/.667 .623 110/.752 12/2 6/
24.Crede G/S/vP ··· 11/.764 3/.000 7/.000 ··· ··· 2/.500 3/.000 311/231 .261/.338/.478/.816 .327/.985 .736 82/.529 0/3 15/
23.Dye G/S/vP 3/2.667 9/1.056 12/.416 13/.539 3/1.167 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 347/243 .308/.363/.556/.919 .805/.964 .793 103/1.090 3/2 19/
44.Hall G/S/vP ··· 11/.728 ··· 3/1.667 3/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 72/39 .284/.333/.373/.706 .988/.474 .855 19/.616 0/0 1/
38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.334 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 69/45 .281/.313/.328/.642 .938/.475 .441 15/.862 0/2 0/
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 2/.000 8/1.714 6/.834 9/.111 3/.000 1/.000 5/.400 3/1.334 313/232 .296/.333/.442/.776 .704/.800 .798 89/.754 1/0 7/
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 364/260 .273/.376/.510/.886 .789/.924 .900 103/.768 5/3 19/
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 218/147 .299/.322/.461/.783 .753/.798 .773 82/.819 3/4 7/
30.Swisher# G/S/vP 6/1.100 11/.920 8/.929 5/.600 6/.533 ··· 1/2.000 7/.429 352/246 .236/.350/.412/.763 .754/.765 .643 98/.853 1/2 12/
25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 8/1.300 7/2.071 10/.422 1/.000 1/2.000 3/5.000 314/223 .229/.354/.469/.823 .964/.761 .875 72/.993 1/0 16/
5.Uribe G/S/vP 2/.000 7/1.286 3/.000 5/.600 ··· ··· 5/1.200 ··· 154/124 .206/.258/.326/.585 .588/.584 .622 26/.560 0/0 3/
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 43/38 .350/.372/.600/.972 .400/1.052 1.271 37/1.138 4/0 2/
IP 36.1 23.2 46.1 27.2 7.2 41.1 39.0 11.2 TOTAL .262/.335/.439/.774 .728/.793 .723 .801 33/19 120/58
ERA-K/9 4.71/4.7 7.61/7.6 1.94/7.0 5.86/6.5 2.35/5.8 2.61/9.6 1.62/10.2 4.63/7.7 4.60/6.6

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hall (23-5-0)
 Pierzynski (61-13-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 163/.303 114/.278 190/.220 116/.287 30/.233 169/.220 149/.156 50/.167 .268  Swisher
 Quentin
 Dye
 Ramirez
 Anderson
 Wise
5/42/10/3
85/0/0/3
0/0/81/2
0/11/0/1
1/47/2/0
2/13/1/0
OPS .846 .882 .581 .933 .600 .551 .496 .566 .755
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 88/.833 50/.477 76/.656 54/1.048 12/.167 81/.706 78/.586 29/.803 .782
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 75/.860 64/1.236 114/.533 62/.837 18/.889 88/.406 71/.399 21/.246 .728
Home 88/.830 44/1.011 82/.503 57/1.012 10/.500 82/.491 57/.344 31/.845 .744
Last 28d days 113/.908 38/1.119 59/.264 24/1.114 30/.600 44/.539 37/.378 28/.220
HR/SB/CS 3/0/0 4/2/0 2/2/2 9/2/1 1/1/0 0/0/0 4/0/1 1/3/0 94/37/14
Usage ····X··· ·X·X··X· X···X··X ·X··X··· ··X··X·o oo·····X X···o··o ·o·X··X·
Kansas City Royals Batters (4.10 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.81 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 52.Contreras
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
57.Logan*
G/S/vB
46.Masset
G/S/vB
61.Russell
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
30.Aviles G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 121/93 .287/.314/.487/.801 1.224/.680 .768 103/.780 2/1 4/
14.Buck G/S/vP 19/.276 2/.500 8/1.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 4/.250 236/178 .248/.322/.376/.698 .977/.610 .642 75/.738 0/3 4/
16.Butler G/S/vP 10/.550 ··· 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 234/171 .263/.325/.347/.672 .984/.563 .653 28/.693 0/1 2/
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 43/.816 2/1.000 7/.715 ··· 5/.600 2/1.000 ··· 9/.472 313/213 .316/.373/.482/.855 .763/.899 .856 101/.992 6/5 9/
2.Gathright* G/S/vP 28/.678 1/no AB 4/.833 ··· 5/.500 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000 258/191 .251/.303/.268/.571 .564/.573 .608 72/.642 19/4 0/
3.German G/S/vP 11/.473 ··· 7/.800 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 82/39 .176/.215/.203/.418 .404/.433 .554 18/.500 2/1 0/
7.Gload* G/S/vP 10/.311 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 231/191 .268/.317/.333/.651 .354/.715 .783 93/.775 1/3 1/
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 15/.762 2/1.000 4/.000 1/.000 5/.000 1/no AB ··· 3/.333 378/269 .253/.336/.416/.752 .511/.850 .848 112/.828 2/2 11/
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 27/.910 20/.633 5/.400 4/.750 4/.250 1/.000 ··· 6/2.000 294/220 .313/.368/.418/.786 .987/.721 .956 88/.950 2/1 3/
11.Guillen G/S/vP 15/.900 9/.222 1/.000 5/.400 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.000 360/271 .272/.297/.465/.763 1.021/.680 .761 106/.708 1/0 13/
21.Olivo G/S/vP 8/.393 7/.286 3/.000 5/1.200 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 200/137 .262/.290/.482/.772 .987/.676 .610 44/.466 2/0 9/
1.Pena G/S/vP 6/2.167 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 189/133 .155/.176/.204/.381 .530/.321 .424 22/.490 3/1 1/
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 36/.633 1/.000 6/.000 1/.000 7/.453 2/5.000 ··· 8/1.339 353/260 .252/.326/.404/.730 .628/.767 .710 101/.741 2/2 9/
IP 109.2 39.2 32.1 37.0 30.0 36.2 6.1 34.0 TOTAL .262/.316/.387/.703 .754/.685 .722 .755 43/25 66/51
ERA-K/9 4.02/5.3 2.95/12.7 1.95/5.3 1.95/7.8 2.10/9.0 3.68/6.9 2.84/8.6 2.38/11.6 3.41/7.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (28-5-3)
 Olivo (9-9-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 460/.255 177/.213 125/.246 140/.194 121/.230 163/.289 25/.292 135/.171 .245  Guillen
 Gathright
 DeJesus
 Teahen
 Gload
 German
31/0/30/6
0/73/0/5
41/29/12/3
20/0/52/3
1/0/2/0
8/0/0/0
OPS .693 .645 .635 .572 .611 .784 .737 .497 .689
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 230/.803 53/.664 62/.622 65/.543 63/.521 59/.897 11/.909 64/.427 .735
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 230/.585 124/.636 63/.647 75/.596 58/.712 104/.725 14/.593 71/.560 .659
Road 219/.719 87/.746 57/.595 58/.541 61/.518 71/.476 7/.714 60/.474 .704
Last 28d days 135/1.004 51/.767 23/.713 37/.661 28/.731 48/.805 25/.737 35/.486
HR/SB/CS 11/16/1 4/11/1 1/4/0 5/1/0 2/2/1 2/2/0 0/0/0 3/2/0 76/84/18
Usage ·····X·· ·X·o·o·o ········ ·XX··oo· ···X···· ···X·o·X ···X·Xo· ·oo···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.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > CHW @ KCR, Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page