CHW @ TOR, Sunday, May 4, 2008 Game Preview

Chicago White Sox, 14-14, 2nd, ½ GB, 2 GB in WC	SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 2-2, 3.98) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-2) 31.2 32 15 14 11 16 2 3.98 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 44.1 47 25 23 13 21 4 4.67 47 2008-04-27 BAL W 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 1 100 60 2008-04-22 NYY L 6.1 7 4 4 1 3 1 97 45 2008-04-16 @BAL W 7 4 1 1 0 6 0 91 71 2008-04-11 DET L 6.2 6 4 4 3 2 0 102 45 2008-04-04 @DET ND 5 10 5 4 4 2 0 92 27 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 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 32 29 15 10 12 20 1 2.81 54 2007-06-02 @TOR ND 6.1 9 3 2 2 2 0 103 45 2006-08-06 @TOR L 6.2 6 6 6 2 4 0 112 40 2006-05-27 @TOR ND 7 5 1 1 1 3 0 111 65 2005-08-04 TOR ND 5 5 3 0 4 4 0 102 51 2003-09-04 @TOR W 7 4 2 1 3 7 1 116 67
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-6 Road: 7-8 ExtrInn: 0-1 vsRHP: 9-10 vsLHP: 5-4 1-Run: 3-3 vsEast: 6-7 vsCntrl: 7-6 vsWest: 1-1 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 29 Sat, May 3 @TOR L 2-5 14-14 2nd 0.5 gb 28 Fri, May 2 @TOR L 0-2 14-13 1st 0.5 up 27 Wed, Apr 30 @MIN L 3-4 14-12 1st 1.5 up 26 Tue, Apr 29 @MIN L 1-3 14-11 1st 2.5 up 25 Mon, Apr 28 BAL - 3-3 (11) 14-10 1st 3.0 up 24 Sun, Apr 27 BAL W 6-1 14-10 1st 2.5 up 23 Sat, Apr 26 BAL W 6-5 13-10 1st 1.5 up 22 Sat, Apr 26 BAL L 1-5 12-10 1st 1.5 up 21 Thu, Apr 24 NYY W 7-6 12-9 1st 2.5 up 20 Wed, Apr 23 NYY L 4-6 11-9 1st 1.5 up Last 10: 3-6 Last 20: 9-10 Last 30:14-14
Toronto Blue Jays, 14-17, 5th, 4½ GB, 3½ GB in WC	SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 2-4, 3.26) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (2-4) 49.2 46 18 18 7 31 4 3.26 2007 (16-7) 225.1 232 101 93 48 139 15 3.71 2006 (16-5) 220 208 82 78 34 132 19 3.19 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 3-4 56.2 57 23 21 8 35 4 3.34 57 2008-04-29 @BOS L 8.2 5 1 1 1 6 0 112 75 2008-04-23 @TBR L 8 9 5 5 1 4 0 107 47 2008-04-17 TEX L 9 11 4 4 1 6 0 117 54 2008-04-12 @TEX W 9 6 1 1 1 6 0 110 76 2008-04-06 BOS W 8 8 4 4 1 6 3 107 55 2008-04-01 @NYY L 7 7 3 3 2 3 1 93 52 2007-09-26 @BAL W 7 11 5 3 1 4 0 115 42 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 34 37 14 14 11 27 4 3.71 53 2007-07-28 @CHW L 8 10 2 2 2 7 1 126 59 2007-05-31 CHW W 7 6 0 0 0 7 0 96 72 2006-08-04 CHW L 6 10 5 5 3 7 1 112 36 2004-05-01 @CHW ND 7 4 3 3 4 3 1 112 56 2003-07-23 CHW ND 6 7 4 4 2 3 1 112 43
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 7-7 Road: 7-10 ExtrInn: 1-2 vsRHP: 11-12 vsLHP: 3-5 1-Run: 2-8 vsEast: 6-8 vsCntrl: 5-4 vsWest: 3-5 IL: 0-0 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 31 Sat, May 3 CHW W 5-2 14-17 5th 4.5 gb 30 Fri, May 2 CHW W 2-0 13-17 5th 4.5 gb 29 Thu, May 1 @BOS W 3-0 12-17 5th 4.5 gb 28 Wed, Apr 30 @BOS L 1-2 11-17 5th 5.5 gb 27 Tue, Apr 29 @BOS L 0-1 11-16 5th 4.5 gb 26 Sun, Apr 27 @KCR W 5-2 11-15 5th 3.5 gb 25 Sat, Apr 26 @KCR L 1-2 10-15 5th 4.5 gb 24 Fri, Apr 25 @KCR L 4-8 10-14 5th 4.5 gb 23 Thu, Apr 24 @TBR L 3-5 10-13 5th 4.5 gb 22 Wed, Apr 23 @TBR L 3-5 10-12 5th 4.5 gb Last 10: 4-6 Last 20: 8-12 Last 30:14-16
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Sat, May 03, 2008 TOR 5 CHW 2 W:Jesse Litsch (4-1), L: John Danks (2-3), S: B.J. Ryan (4) Fri, May 02, 2008 TOR 2 CHW 0 W:Shaun Marcum (3-2), L: Mark Buehrle (1-3), S: Scott Downs (2) Sun, Jul 29, 2007 TOR 4 @CHW 1 W:Shaun Marcum (7-4), L: Javier Vazquez (8-6), S: Jeremy Accardo (17) Sat, Jul 28, 2007 CHW 2 TOR 0 W:Mark Buehrle (8-6), L: Roy Halladay (11-5), S: Bobby Jenks (30) Fri, Jul 27, 2007 CHW 4 TOR 3 W:Jon Garland (8-7), L: Josh Towers (5-7), S: Bobby Jenks (29) Sun, Jun 03, 2007 TOR 4 CHW 3 W:Brian Tallet (2-1), L: Nick Masset (2-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (7) Sat, Jun 02, 2007 TOR 9 CHW 3 W:Dustin McGowan (2-2), L: Mike MacDougal (1-3), S: Casey Janssen (2) Fri, Jun 01, 2007 CHW 3 @TOR 0 W:Javier Vazquez (3-3), L: A.J. Burnett (5-5), S: Bobby Jenks (15) Thu, May 31, 2007 TOR 2 CHW 0 W:Roy Halladay (5-2), L: Mark Buehrle (2-2), S: Jeremy Accardo (6) Sun, Aug 06, 2006 TOR 7 CHW 3 W:A.J. Burnett (3-5), L: Jose Contreras (10-4), S: none Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 2-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - TOR leads 167-155

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

CHC 6.20

TEX 4.58

SFG 3.26

RA/G

TOR 3.68

HOU 4.45

TEX 5.94

OBP

SLG

OPS

ERA

C. Lee .96

K. Lohse 3.79

C. Sabathia 7.51

K/9IP

E. Volquez 10.71

J. Washburn 5.95

J. Garland 2.03

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Chicago White Sox Batters (4.69 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 32.Halladay
G/S/vB 49.Accardo
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 43.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 1/.000 35/34 .281/.343/.344/.687 .000/.708 .481 35/.687 0/0 0/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 29/.738 1/.000 6/.666 1/.000 7/.429 4/.500 7/1.071 ··· 128/97 .219/.299/.263/.562 .563/.559 .508 105/.582 5/0 1/

24.Crede G/S/vP 18/.556 2/.000 11/1.064 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 4/1.750 5/1.400 109/86 .255/.321/.520/.842 .224/1.001 .799 87/.853 0/0 7/

23.Dye G/S/vP 26/.766 2/.000 7/.572 ··· 8/.700 3/1.167 13/.641 3/3.334 100/75 .272/.320/.467/.787 1.006/.719 .964 78/.599 0/1 3/

44.Hall G/S/vP 28/.472 ··· 5/.200 ··· 7/.286 8/.875 7/.286 2/1.000 19/13 .263/.263/.263/.526 .333/.615 .400 15/.667 0/0 0/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 23/.934 ··· 16/.775 ··· 4/2.750 4/.500 9/.958 5/.600 112/84 .233/.366/.433/.799 .828/.790 .629 90/.815 0/0 5/

38.Ozuna G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 24/19 .227/.227/.227/.455 .400/.471 .600 21/.526 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 19/.684 3/1.000 3/1.667 ··· 4/.000 4/.500 9/.000 4/.500 102/79 .284/.333/.453/.786 .783/.786 .852 84/.606 0/0 3/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 111/88 .289/.423/.622/1.046 .848/1.096 1.024 98/1.075 2/1 8/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 7/.619 4/.000 4/1.750 1/.000 8/.875 6/1.633 4/.500 3/.666 126/96 .208/.357/.317/.674 .661/.675 .639 103/.667 1/2 3/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 23/1.153 1/no AB 1/.000 1/.000 12/.697 ··· 12/.166 4/.500 120/85 .212/.350/.455/.805 .999/.711 .942 98/.785 0/0 6/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 15/.467 2/.500 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 4/1.500 5/1.350 87/68 .163/.212/.300/.512 .544/.502 .508 70/.483 0/0 2/

IP 49.2 10.0 4.0 14.0 13.0 8.1 7.0 12.0 TOTAL .235/.326/.404/.730 .708/.736 .737 .704 8/5 38/17

ERA-K/9

3.26/5.6

7.20/3.6

0.00/11.2

1.29/10.3

3.46/9.7

3.24/6.5

0.00/12.9

2.25/9.0

3.45/7.0

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (6-2-0)
Pierzynski (17-4-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 191/.253 46/.286 14/.143 51/.163 62/.288 34/.241 30/.222 52/.222 .245 Swisher
Dye
Quentin
Anderson 2/17/6/2
0/0/24/1
27/0/0/1
0/11/2/0

OPS .667 .848 .286 .523 .806 .634 .596 .561 .699

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 109/.717 19/.957 5/.800 25/.360 26/.751 12/.697 12/.350 23/.451 .695

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 82/.601 27/.773 9/.000 26/.686 36/.848 22/.596 18/.745 29/.655 .703

Home 66/.849 33/1.027 6/.000 21/.348 27/.542 26/.641 14/.607 34/.561 .717

Last 28d days 164/.650 37/.897 14/.286 51/.523 51/.773 30/.653 30/.596 40/.748

HR/SB/CS 4/3/1 1/1/0 0/2/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/2/0 0/0/0 0/2/0 23/17/7

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.06 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (3.97 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 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 8/.875 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 1/3.000 3/.333 ··· 48/32 .186/.271/.302/.573 .741/.491 .566 44/.506 0/0 1/

11.Eckstein G/S/vP 3/1.167 4/.000 ··· 5/.800 ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· 126/102 .255/.328/.327/.655 .746/.632 .699 103/.670 2/1 1/

2.Hill G/S/vP 8/.393 1/.000 2/.000 1/no AB ··· 1/2.000 2/3.000 1/.000 132/104 .263/.323/.381/.704 .756/.689 .787 112/.702 2/0 2/

26.Lind* G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· 17/10 .063/.118/.063/.180 .000/.311 .000 17/.180 0/0 0/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 7/.453 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 25/13 .143/.250/.190/.440 .258/.633 .369 25/.440 2/1 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 6/1.267 5/.400 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 117/87 .265/.379/.337/.716 .456/.811 .660 97/.702 0/2 1/

15.Rios G/S/vP 12/.872 4/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.667 ··· 128/98 .313/.383/.473/.856 .567/.946 .795 107/.838 8/2 3/

33.Rolen G/S/vP ··· 16/1.429 1/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 2/2.000 ··· 29/21 .308/.379/.577/.956 .250/1.254 .667 29/.956 1/0 1/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 10/.311 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 82/63 .200/.358/.292/.650 .931/.559 .696 63/.641 3/2 1/

24.Stairs* G/S/vP 20/.600 13/.672 4/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 ··· 4/.250 ··· 88/80 .296/.341/.420/.761 .393/.796 .657 77/.778 0/0 3/

23.Stewart G/S/vP 22/.511 2/2.500 1/2.000 2/.000 3/2.334 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 76/52 .227/.316/.273/.589 .867/.465 .716 65/.596 1/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 16/.650 3/1.167 5/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 132/103 .271/.341/.407/.748 .875/.712 .845 111/.733 1/1 4/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 6/1.000 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 88/66 .257/.360/.365/.725 .516/.819 .706 74/.761 2/1 1/

IP 31.2 9.2 11.2 12.0 12.0 16.0 12.0 1.1 TOTAL .251/.337/.362/.699 .639/.716 .711 .694 25/11 21/19

ERA-K/9

3.98/4.5

4.66/13.0

2.31/4.6

2.25/5.2

3.75/6.8

4.50/9.0

3.75/13.5

6.75/0.0

3.62/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (3-3-0)
Zaun (14-4-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 134/.264 50/.293 47/.268 50/.261 53/.306 71/.267 48/.119 7/.400 .248 Wells
Rios
Stewart
Scutaro
Lind
Stairs 0/30/0/2
0/1/27/2
15/0/0/1
2/0/0/1
5/0/0/0
7/0/2/0

OPS .694 .823 .682 .711 .754 .788 .420 .900 .677

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 69/.803 14/1.227 23/.841 24/.619 29/.619 32/.819 23/.620 1/2.000 .766

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 65/.581 36/.671 24/.530 26/.788 24/.917 39/.762 25/.247 6/.650 .613

Road 52/.679 27/.808 22/.581 24/.469 33/.588 38/.633 20/.311 6/.800 .657

Last 28d days 107/.610 37/.789 34/.772 41/.825 43/.870 57/.929 42/.353 7/.900

HR/SB/CS 2/4/0 1/2/0 0/3/0 1/1/0 0/0/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 0/1/0 16/23/6

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

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 @ TOR, 1:07pm, Sunday, May 4, 2008 @Rogers Centre

SP: Jose Contreras (36, RHP, 2-2, 3.98)

SP: Roy Halladay (31, RHP, 2-4, 3.26)

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