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Game Preview: KCR @ CHW, 7:05pm, Saturday, September 19, 2009 @U.S. Cellular Field

Royals, 60-87, 5th, 18 GB, 27½ GB in WC

SP: Dusty Hughes (27, LHP, 0-0, 3.38)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (0-0) 8.0 6 3 3 3 9 0 3.38
Last 7 GS
Has never faced CHW.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   30-44   Road:   30-43   ExtrInn: 6-3 
 vsRHP:  41-51   vsLHP:  19-36   1-Run:  14-23
 vsEast: 11-21   vsCntrl:30-34   vsWest: 11-22 IL: 8-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
147 Fri, Sep 18  @CHW  W  11-0       60-87  5th 18.0 gb
146 Thu, Sep 17  @DET  W   9-2       59-87  5th 19.0 gb
145 Wed, Sep 16  @DET  L   3-4       58-87  5th 20.0 gb
144 Tue, Sep 15  @DET  W  11-1       58-86  5th 19.0 gb
143 Sun, Sep 13  @CLE  W   7-0       57-86  5th 19.5 gb
142 Sat, Sep 12  @CLE  L   6-13      56-86  5th 19.5 gb
141 Fri, Sep 11  @CLE  W   2-1 (12)  56-85  5th 19.5 gb
140 Thu, Sep 10   DET  W   7-4       55-85  5th 20.5 gb
139 Wed, Sep  9   DET  W   5-1       54-85  5th 21.5 gb
138 Tue, Sep  8   DET  W   7-5       53-85  5th 22.5 gb
 Last 10: 8-2    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-16
WhiteSox, 72-76, 3rd, 6½ GB, 16 GB in WC

SP: Jake Peavy (28, RHP, 6-6, 3.97)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2009 (6-6) 81.2 69 38 36 28 92 7 3.97
2008 (10-11) 173.2 146 57 55 59 166 17 2.85
2007 (19-6) 223.1 169 67 63 68 240 13 2.54
Last 7 GS 4-3 42.1 34 17 16 14 52 3 3.40 59
2009-06-08 ARI W 7.0 7 3 2 2 8 0 105 59
2009-06-02 PHI L 1.0 3 4 4 2 0 0 33 29
2009-05-27 @ARI W 6.1 8 4 4 1 5 0 95 45
2009-05-22 CHC W 6.0 2 0 0 4 10 0 103 74
2009-05-17 CIN W 9.0 4 1 1 0 8 1 122 83
2009-05-12 @CHC L 6.0 6 3 3 2 9 1 111 55
2009-05-06 ARI L 7.0 4 2 2 3 12 1 112 70
Last 5 v.KCR 1-1 8.1 10 5 5 4 9 2 5.40 46
2004-07-02 KCR W 5.1 3 1 1 1 6 1 89 63
2002-06-30 @KCR L 3.0 7 4 4 3 3 1 86 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   40-33   Road:   32-43   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  49-54   vsLHP:  23-22   1-Run:  18-26
 vsEast: 18-21   vsCntrl:27-31   vsWest: 15-18 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
148 Fri, Sep 18   KCR  L   0-11      72-76  3rd  6.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 17  @SEA  L   3-4 (14)  72-75  3rd  6.5 gb
146 Wed, Sep 16  @SEA  L   1-4       72-74  3rd  6.5 gb
145 Tue, Sep 15  @SEA  W   6-3       72-73  3rd  5.5 gb
144 Sun, Sep 13  @LAA  L   2-3       71-73  3rd  6.0 gb
143 Sat, Sep 12  @LAA  W   4-3 (10)  71-72  2nd  5.0 gb
142 Fri, Sep 11  @LAA  L   1-7       70-72  3rd  6.0 gb
141 Wed, Sep  9   OAK  W   4-3 (13)  70-71  3rd  6.5 gb
140 Tue, Sep  8   OAK  L   3-11      69-71  3rd  7.5 gb
139 Mon, Sep  7   BOS  W   5-1       69-70  3rd  7.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 CHW  4  KCR  2        W:Jose Contreras (5-11), L: Zack Greinke (11-8), S: Bobby Jenks (26)
Tue, Aug 18, 2009 KCR  5 @CHW  4        W:Gil Meche (6-9), L: Freddy Garcia (0-1), S: Joakim Soria (20)
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 CHW  8  KCR  7        W:Scott Linebrink (3-5), L: Roman Colon (1-3), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Sun, Jul 05, 2009 KCR  6  CHW  3        W:Brian Bannister (6-6), L: Clayton Richard (3-2), S: Joakim Soria (12)
Sat, Jul 04, 2009 KCR  6  CHW  4        W:Luke Hochevar (4-3), L: Gavin Floyd (6-6), S: Joakim Soria (11)
Fri, Jul 03, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  0        W:John Danks (7-6), L: Zack Greinke (10-4), S: Scott Linebrink (2)
Thu, Jul 02, 2009 CHW  4 @KCR  1        W:Mark Buehrle (8-2), L: Bruce Chen (0-2), S: Bobby Jenks (19)
Sun, May 31, 2009 CHW  7 @KCR  4        W:Matt Thornton (2-1), L: John Bale (0-1), S: Bobby Jenks (12)
Sat, May 30, 2009 CHW  5 @KCR  3        W:Scott Linebrink (2-2), L: Juan Cruz (3-1), S: Bobby Jenks (11)
Fri, May 29, 2009 CHW 11 @KCR  2        W:Clayton Richard (2-0), L: Brian Bannister (4-2), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - Tied 8-8; 2008 - CHW won 12-6; 2007 - CHW won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 324-282

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 2009 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

NYY  5.73

DET  4.59

SDP  3.88

RA/G

SFG  3.73

OAK  4.66

WSN  5.46

BA

J. Mauer  .374

R. Zimmerman  .289

A. Miles  .181

OBP

A. Pujols  .450

S. Schumaker  .363

A. Miles  .221

SLG

A. Pujols  .689

J. Rivera  .479

A. Miles  .239

OPS

A. Pujols  1.139

T. Hafner  .833

A. Miles  .460

ERA

Z. Greinke  2.14

Z. Duke  3.96

R. Nolasco  5.46

K/9IP

T. Lincecum  10.59

J. Danks  6.94

J. Lannan  3.69

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Royals Batters (4.22 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.57 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB
53.Carrasco
G/S/vB
50.Danks*
G/S/vB
26.Dotel
G/S/vB
34.Floyd
G/S/vB
43.Garcia
G/S/vB
54.Hudson
G/S/vB
45.Jenks
G/S/vB
71.Linebrink
G/S/vB
65.Nunez
G/S/vB
57.Pena
G/S/vB
37.Thornton*
G/S/vB
60.Torres
G/S/vB
67.Williams*
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
1.Anderson* G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 7/.715 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 263/221 .241/.279/.305/.584 .467/.606 .554 53/.642 19/5 1/3
3.Betancourt G/S/vP 6/.334 12/1.073 4/2.000 9/1.806 2/1.000 10/1.400 10/.311 ··· 5/.200 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 456/331 .241/.274/.346/.620 .758/.568 .584 93/.662 3/3 5/13
8.Bloomquist G/S/vP 1/.000 28/1.143 10/1.125 5/.650 6/.167 3/.666 13/.962 ··· 6/.000 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 426/250 .273/.315/.370/.685 .682/.686 .791 65/.824 20/5 4/10
14.Buck G/S/vP ··· 49/.477 4/.250 7/.629 6/.167 8/.625 19/.948 ··· 10/.800 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/.167 ··· ··· 171/125 .224/.282/.462/.744 .679/.768 .643 28/.988 0/0 8/6
16.Butler G/S/vP ··· 33/.834 4/.500 14/.500 7/.429 16/.450 5/2.750 ··· 10/.200 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 602/404 .298/.352/.478/.830 .947/.775 .665 106/.776 1/0 17/9
13.Callaspo# G/S/vP 4/.000 11/.273 3/.000 4/1.000 2/.500 7/1.715 4/.500 ··· 3/1.667 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/2.667 ··· 1/2.000 566/383 .299/.353/.450/.804 .934/.740 .737 99/.942 2/1 10/16
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 3/.000 65/.423 3/1.334 22/.955 7/.453 24/.701 33/.813 ··· 11/.909 2/.000 ··· 3/.666 16/.517 ··· ··· 609/394 .280/.346/.437/.783 .690/.836 .745 111/.897 4/8 13/0
4.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· 21/.786 1/.000 14/.468 5/.400 13/1.052 4/1.833 ··· 5/.000 3/1.000 ··· ··· 6/.333 ··· ··· 139/90 .205/.319/.333/.652 .518/.724 .581 29/.821 5/0 4/7
11.Guillen G/S/vP 6/1.133 27/.682 3/1.167 24/.772 16/.771 24/.435 13/.462 ··· 7/.000 6/.533 ··· ··· 6/.000 ··· 2/1.500 312/210 .242/.314/.367/.681 .554/.743 .635 3/.000 1/0 9/4
46.Hernandez# G/S/vP ··· 6/1.000 ··· 8/1.142 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· 63/37 .186/.213/.186/.400 .530/.310 .125 10/.200 0/0 0/1
17.Jacobs* G/S/vP 12/.650 6/.167 1/.000 6/.500 4/.500 7/1.262 5/2.100 ··· 2/.000 5/1.400 ··· 7/.715 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 434/328 .234/.304/.409/.713 .512/.778 .608 76/.645 0/0 17/2
35.Maier* G/S/vP ··· 14/1.346 4/.000 8/.375 2/.500 2/.000 2/.500 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 324/231 .250/.333/.357/.690 .859/.626 .663 108/.730 7/2 3/0
21.Olivo G/S/vP 5/.800 21/.667 8/.821 13/.846 11/.182 11/.673 11/.764 ··· 3/.000 9/.666 ··· 1/3.000 5/1.000 ··· 1/.000 381/227 .248/.282/.488/.769 .727/.798 .804 64/.960 4/2 23/7
27.Pena# G/S/vP ··· 3/.666 1/no AB ··· 1/5.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 157/90 .270/.314/.447/.761 .680/.817 .830 49/.492 0/0 5/0
24.Teahen* G/S/vP ··· 57/1.151 3/1.000 18/.690 3/.000 21/.783 26/.927 ··· 11/.182 4/.500 ··· 1/.000 16/1.105 ··· 1/.000 531/334 .274/.328/.411/.739 .752/.731 .709 73/.630 7/1 11/12
IP 81.2 204.0 91.0 180.1 59.2 193.0 34.2 5.2 53.1 52.1 4.1 61.2 66.0 17.0 13.1 TOTAL .258/.316/.405/.722 .725/.720 .683 .762 71/25 129/114
ERA-K/9 3.97/10.1 3.84/4.5 3.66/6.1 3.59/6.9 3.32/11.0 4.06/7.6 4.41/6.2 4.76/6.3 3.71/8.3 4.30/8.8 10.38/6.3 4.23/7.4 2.73/10.6 6.35/7.9 6.08/10.8 4.15/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 335/.228 807/.273 395/.280 757/.245 259/.240 797/.244 145/.261 19/.278 228/.250 241/.297 14/.214 272/.284 264/.222 78/.277 63/.255 .262
OPS .655 .753 .718 .709 .763 .680 .743 .649 .725 .869 .571 .753 .612 .869 .799 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 186/.798 220/.855 183/.867 204/.738 88/.957 419/.680 76/.646 10/.522 105/.862 109/.869 5/1.600 122/.810 107/.595 39/.863 34/.627 .773
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 149/.482 587/.716 212/.596 553/.698 171/.668 378/.679 69/.847 9/.778 123/.611 132/.869 9/.000 150/.709 157/.624 39/.874 29/1.024 .721
Home 204/.621 461/.741 224/.728 340/.742 127/.670 366/.580 70/.774 19/.649 115/.677 116/.832 12/.667 140/.701 130/.537 52/1.101 33/.713
Last 28d days / 133/.830 73/.706 158/.697 51/.989 111/.736 124/.684 19/.649 44/.841 47/1.053 11/.727 43/.718 51/.540 33/.867 31/.945
HR/SB/CS 7/9/2 26/3/3 5/1/3 22/18/7 6/14/4 21/14/4 3/7/0 0/1/0 9/9/0 9/10/1 0/0/0 7/5/2 5/4/5 4/2/1 2/3/2 154/121/39
Usage X····X·· ··X····X ·X····X· ·X·o·oo· ··X····X ···X···· X······· ·o·X··X· ·oo····X X·o····· XX····o· ·o·o··X· ········ ·oo···o·
WhiteSox Batters (4.45 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (5.00 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 31.Hughes*
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
19.Bannister
G/S/vB
52.Chen*
G/S/vB
56.Colon
G/S/vB
28.Davies
G/S/vB
41.DiNardo*
G/S/vB
40.Farnsworth
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
44.Hochevar
G/S/vB
47.Marte
G/S/vB
55.Meche
G/S/vB
53.Rosa
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
51.Tejeda
G/S/vB
34.Wright
G/S/vB
57.Yabuta
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
15.Beckham G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 7/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/1.700 3/2.334 ··· 3/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 371/265 .272/.346/.465/.811 .929/.762 .657 89/.711 7/4 12/13
27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 6/1.166 ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 5/1.250 ··· 160/99 .229/.306/.424/.730 .811/.681 .617 16/.625 0/0 7/5
23.Dye G/S/vP ··· 3/2.000 30/1.033 13/.322 1/.000 21/1.118 5/1.400 15/.600 47/1.040 13/.731 ··· 50/.613 ··· 7/.000 9/.222 14/.901 1/3.000 541/398 .248/.331/.447/.778 .840/.755 .784 82/.411 0/2 25/5
7.Fields G/S/vP ··· 3/.000 14/.557 ··· ··· 8/1.250 3/2.334 1/2.000 10/.311 1/.000 ··· 13/1.098 ··· 4/1.833 2/.000 4/1.000 ··· 254/175 .221/.302/.354/.656 .732/.622 .648 3/.667 2/3 7/8
39.Flowers G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.800 2/.000 1/2.000 6/.167 ··· 1/2.000 13/.000 6/.533 ··· 6/.833 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 4/.500 ··· 394/324 .268/.333/.359/.692 .659/.699 .690 51/.694 25/2 2/7
14.Konerko G/S/vP ··· 2/.500 31/.458 13/1.371 1/.000 16/1.363 4/.833 13/2.292 58/.476 11/.831 ··· 40/.943 ··· 7/.286 10/.200 17/.494 2/.000 571/410 .285/.354/.500/.854 1.021/.789 .896 90/1.049 0/0 26/4
30.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· 4/.833 3/.666 19/1.339 5/1.400 3/.000 1/2.000 14/.895 5/.600 3/.000 ··· 32/.382 ··· ··· 9/.730 20/.762 ··· 168/138 .281/.323/.405/.729 .448/.791 .805 55/.894 2/2 4/0
18.Lillibridge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/62 .145/.253/.171/.424 .397/.435 .330 8/.250 5/1 0/3
5.Nix G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.666 3/2.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 10/.300 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 266/142 .236/.321/.438/.759 .883/.647 .620 64/.702 10/1 12/13
12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP ··· 6/.666 27/1.290 11/1.363 3/2.000 13/.308 6/1.267 11/1.936 41/1.015 10/.444 ··· 32/.548 ··· 9/.472 9/1.222 13/.672 2/.000 493/370 .310/.342/.446/.788 .703/.817 .778 91/.719 1/1 13/5
22.Podsednik* G/S/vP ··· 7/.572 17/.647 13/.968 2/.000 2/1.000 3/.000 9/.000 37/1.276 4/.250 ··· 15/.729 ··· 1/.000 3/.333 3/.000 ··· 541/385 .302/.353/.410/.763 .734/.775 .773 110/.861 27/10 6/2
20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 9/1.806 ··· ··· 15/.740 ··· 3/.333 21/1.146 6/.334 ··· 12/.777 ··· 4/1.250 6/.533 7/.858 1/no AB 349/250 .231/.318/.427/.745 .702/.760 .842 87/.658 2/0 16/2
10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 19/1.188 ··· 1/no AB 15/.600 ··· 2/2.500 21/.493 9/1.381 ··· 14/.715 ··· 2/.000 6/.666 5/.400 2/.000 556/420 .279/.335/.398/.732 .965/.658 .748 101/.712 14/5 15/18
51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 9/1.667 16/.321 3/.333 7/1.285 10/1.278 8/1.250 22/1.046 9/.222 ··· 23/1.466 ··· 3/.333 5/.200 7/.572 1/no AB 585/421 .242/.289/.387/.676 .678/.675 .835 71/.230 20/4 15/5
31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· 5/.600 ··· 1/.000 5/.400 ··· 3/2.667 9/.666 3/.666 ··· 3/.000 ··· 3/.333 4/1.250 1/.000 ··· 133/117 .203/.240/.341/.582 .962/.540 .720 8/.500 4/3 2/1
IP 8.0 27.1 154.0 62.1 44.1 123.0 10.1 35.0 210.1 129.0 3.2 129.0 2.0 47.0 58.1 71.1 6.2 TOTAL .260/.329/.415/.745 .798/.725 .746 .684 101/40 170/120
ERA-K/9 3.38/10.1 5.93/7.6 4.73/5.7 5.78/6.5 4.87/4.9 5.27/6.3 5.23/5.2 4.63/9.5 2.14/9.6 5.79/6.8 4.91/7.3 5.09/6.6 0.00/0.0 2.49/12.4 3.09/11.4 4.67/6.7 12.15/4.0 4.69/7.4

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 33/.214 133/.295 668/.268 279/.301 193/.256 538/.265 49/.364 152/.275 837/.231 531/.288 17/.286 581/.281 7/.286 197/.213 247/.166 319/.257 36/.438 .267
OPS .583 .846 .713 .884 .764 .782 .885 .708 .615 .840 .769 .815 .571 .618 .515 .746 1.097 .757
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 7/.571 64/.723 342/.680 78/.679 79/.758 237/.724 3/1.333 67/.728 391/.668 255/.866 9/1.056 277/.785 3/.000 101/.585 128/.678 142/.629 16/1.554 .741
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 26/.584 69/.972 326/.748 201/.968 114/.766 301/.825 46/.855 85/.693 446/.567 276/.816 8/.500 304/.843 4/1.000 96/.653 119/.352 177/.836 20/.739 .771
Road 12/.871 53/.572 354/.739 169/.898 82/.828 277/.598 27/.793 66/.657 405/.614 222/.934 13/.748 331/.816 4/.500 115/.534 92/.434 132/.672 16/1.491
Last 28d days 33/.583 12/1.183 64/.685 69/.988 55/.535 121/.639 49/.885 45/.791 134/.436 100/.961 17/.769 49/1.069 7/.571 38/.706 80/.341 57/.669 36/1.097
HR/SB/CS 0/0/1 3/4/0 15/15/1 12/4/4 7/4/0 18/17/4 0/1/0 3/1/2 11/5/8 18/15/3 0/0/1 17/15/1 0/0/0 5/0/0 1/9/3 8/6/2 1/0/0 145/99/33
Usage ···X··o· ········ ········ ·X····X· ··X··X·· ·····X·· ··X····· ·X·····X ·X·····X X·····X· ···X··X· ········ ·····o·· ·X·····X ···X···· ··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.