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Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals, at U.S. Cellular Field, September 27, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Start Time:

6:10ct (local), 7:10et

Venue:

U.S. Cellular Field

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at U.S. Cellular Field

Series:

Game #3 of a 4-game series

Average Temp:

69° (based on last ten years)

Royals

Manager:

Ned Yost

Game #:

162

On This Date:

16-27

White Sox

Manager:

Robin Ventura

Game #:

164

On This Date:

62-39

Season Series
Fri, Apr 04, 2014 KCR  7  CHW  5     
Sat, Apr 05, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3     
Sun, Apr 06, 2014 CHW  5 @KCR  1     
Mon, May 19, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6     
Tue, May 20, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  6     
Wed, May 21, 2014 KCR  3  CHW  1     
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 KCR  7 @CHW  2     
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 KCR  9 @CHW  1     
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  3     
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 CHW  3  KCR  1     
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 KCR  7 @CHW  1     
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 KCR  2 @CHW  1     
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3     
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  5     
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 KCR  6  CHW  2     
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  3     
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 KCR  3 @CHW  1     

Sat, Sep 27, 2014 KCR    @CHW  7:10pm
Sun, Sep 28, 2014 KCR    @CHW  2:10pm

                         All times ET

Kansas City Royals

88-72, 2nd, 1 GB, 1 up in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   42-39   Road:   46-33   ExtrInn: 5-7 
 vsRHP:  64-52   vsLHP:  24-20   1-Run:  22-24
 vsEast: 17-17   vsCntrl:38-36   vsWest: 18-14 IL:15-5 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 26  @CHW  W   3-1       88-72  2nd  1.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 25  @CHW  W   6-3       87-72  2nd  2.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24  @CLE  L   4-6       86-72  2nd  2.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23  @CLE  W   7-1       86-71  2nd  1.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22  @CLE  W   2-0       85-71  2nd  1.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21   DET  W   5-2       84-71  2nd  2.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20   DET  L   2-3       83-71  2nd  3.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19   DET  L   1-10      83-70  2nd  2.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17   CHW  W   6-2       83-69  2nd  1.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16   CHW  L   5-7       82-69  2nd  2.0 gb
 Last 10: 6-4    Last 20:10-10   Last 30:16-14

Chicago White Sox

72-88, 4th, 17 GB, 16 GB in WC / Schedule

Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch

 Home:   39-40   Road:   33-48   ExtrInn: 6-8 
 vsRHP:  51-65   vsLHP:  21-23   1-Run:  27-24
 vsEast: 16-18   vsCntrl:32-42   vsWest: 13-19 IL:11-9 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
160 Fri, Sep 26   KCR  L   1-3       72-88  4th 17.0 gb
159 Thu, Sep 25   KCR  L   3-6       72-87  4th 17.0 gb
158 Wed, Sep 24  @DET  L   1-6       72-86  4th 16.0 gb
157 Tue, Sep 23  @DET  L   3-4       72-85  4th 15.0 gb
156 Mon, Sep 22  @DET  W   2-0       72-84  4th 14.0 gb
155 Sun, Sep 21  @TBR  W  10-5       71-84  4th 15.0 gb
154 Sat, Sep 20  @TBR  L   1-3       70-84  4th 16.0 gb
153 Fri, Sep 19  @TBR  W   4-3       70-83  4th 15.0 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17  @KCR  L   2-6       69-83  4th 15.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16  @KCR  W   7-5       69-82  4th 15.0 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:13-17

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Sep 26, 2014 KCR  3 @CHW  1        W:Jeremy Guthrie (13-11), L: Hector Noesi (8-12), S: Greg Holland (46)
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  3        W:Kelvin Herrera (4-3), L: Jose Quintana (9-11), S: Greg Holland (45)
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 KCR  6  CHW  2        W:Yordano Ventura (13-10), L: Chris Sale (12-4), S: none
Tue, Sep 16, 2014 CHW  7 @KCR  5        W:Eric Surkamp (2-0), L: Kelvin Herrera (3-3), S: Zach Putnam (5)
Mon, Sep 15, 2014 KCR  4  CHW  3        W:Wade Davis (9-2), L: Jake Petricka (1-5), S: none
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 KCR  2 @CHW  1        W:Wade Davis (6-2), L: Zach Putnam (3-2), S: Greg Holland (26)
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 KCR  7 @CHW  1        W:Bruce Chen (2-2), L: Scott Carroll (4-6), S: none
Mon, Jul 21, 2014 CHW  3  KCR  1        W:Chris Sale (9-1), L: Jeremy Guthrie (5-9), S: Jake Petricka (4)
Sun, Jun 15, 2014 KCR  6 @CHW  3        W:James Shields (8-3), L: Andre Rienzo (4-4), S: Greg Holland (20)
Sat, Jun 14, 2014 KCR  9 @CHW  1        W:Danny Duffy (4-5), L: Hector Noesi (2-5), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 12-5; 2013 - KCR won 10-9; 2012 - KCR won 12-6; All-Time - CHW leads 362-336

SP: Danny Duffy (25, LHP, 9-11, 2.32)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (9-11)			147.1	108	48	38	52	113	10	2.32
2013 (2-0)			24.1	19	5	5	14	22	0	1.85
2012 (2-2)			27.2	26	13	12	18	28	2	3.90

Last 7 GS		4-1	43.1	32	16	10	12	33	1	2.08	59
2014-09-22	@CLE	W	6.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	96	63
2014-08-31	CLE	ND	6.2	5	2	1	3	6	0	114	61
2014-08-26	MIN	ND	6.2	4	1	1	2	4	0	95	64
2014-08-20	@COL	L	7.0	5	5	1	1	6	1	102	60
2014-08-15	@MIN	W	5.1	6	3	2	0	1	0	79	47
2014-08-10	SFG	W	6.2	3	4	4	3	4	0	102	53
2014-08-05	@ARI	W	5.0	3	1	1	1	7	0	94	63

Last 5 v.CHW		2-0	14.2	10	2	2	4	16	0	1.23	63
2014-06-14	@CHW	W	7.0	5	0	0	1	9	0	98	75
2012-05-13	@CHW	ND	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	13	52
2011-07-19	CHW	W	7.0	5	2	2	2	6	0	94	63

SP: John Danks (29, LHP, 10-11, 4.82)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (10-11)			186.2	200	104	100	72	126	24	4.82
2013 (4-14)			138.1	151	81	73	27	89	28	4.75
2012 (3-4)			53.2	57	35	34	23	30	7	5.70

Last 7 GS		1-3	39.2	40	21	19	15	26	1	4.31	49
2014-09-21	@TBR	W	6.0	2	2	2	3	5	0	86	62
2014-09-15	@KCR	ND	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	103	70
2014-09-09	OAK	L	6.0	7	4	2	1	3	0	109	48
2014-09-03	@MIN	L	4.2	11	7	7	1	3	0	88	16
2014-08-28	CLE	L	6.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	101	57
2014-08-22	@NYY	ND	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	1	92	44
2014-08-16	TOR	ND	6.0	7	3	3	1	0	0	103	45

Last 5 v.KCR		3-0	34.1	30	10	9	10	22	0	2.36	59
2014-09-15	@KCR	ND	6.0	2	0	0	4	6	0	103	70
2014-04-05	@KCR	ND	7.0	5	3	3	4	6	0	115	57
2013-08-20	@KCR	W	8.0	7	0	0	1	2	0	100	69
2011-09-24	KCR	W	7.1	6	3	3	1	8	0	91	61
2011-09-18	@KCR	W	6.0	10	4	3	0	0	0	100	38

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

Royals Batters (4.01 RS/G) vs. White Sox Pitchers (4.68 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 50.Danks*
G/S/vB 54.Belisario
G/S/vB 39.Cleto
G/S/vB 41.Guerra
G/S/vB 27.Lindstrom
G/S/vB 52.Petricka
G/S/vB 57.Putnam
G/S/vB 68.Snodgress*
G/S/vB 53.Surkamp*
G/S/vB 40.Webb
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

45.Adams G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

23.Aoki* G/S/vP 7/1.514 2/2.000 1/no AB 3/.666 3/1.334 3/1.667 4/1.000 ··· ··· 2/1.500 542/405 .283/.348/.360/.708 .883/.649 .617 95/.924 17/7 1/2

16.Butler G/S/vP 37/.473 3/1.667 ··· 2/.000 8/.661 9/.222 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/3.500 597/445 .269/.322/.376/.697 .851/.646 .670 56/.556 0/0 9/2

6.Cain G/S/vP 10/.200 4/.000 1/.000 1/.000 6/.900 4/.500 4/.250 ··· 1/2.000 2/.000 495/355 .304/.341/.416/.757 .845/.723 .749 90/.798 28/5 5/2

1.Dyson* G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/.500 289/232 .270/.325/.328/.653 .604/.666 .750 34/.364 36/7 1/4

2.Escobar G/S/vP 17/.118 4/.000 1/no AB 2/1.500 13/.500 5/.400 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 612/460 .283/.315/.374/.689 .787/.656 .655 102/.729 31/6 3/16

9.Giavotella G/S/vP 9/1.306 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 38/29 .200/.237/.314/.551 .347/.612 .705 1/3.000 0/1 1/1

4.Gordon* G/S/vP 36/.438 4/.833 1/no AB 2/.500 2/2.000 4/1.750 2/1.000 ··· 3/.333 4/.833 637/449 .265/.349/.429/.778 .781/.777 .796 100/.633 12/3 19/2

Gore G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/ 1/.000 5/0 0/0

35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 18/.938 2/.000 ··· 2/1.500 2/.000 3/.666 3/.333 1/.000 3/.000 3/1.667 540/386 .274/.322/.403/.725 .694/.738 .836 95/.897 4/2 9/10

18.Ibanez* G/S/vP 11/1.182 2/1.000 2/.000 2/.500 4/.250 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 277/231 .167/.260/.286/.546 .157/.623 .498 8/.250 3/2 5/1

14.Infante G/S/vP 21/.618 6/.666 2/1.500 3/.833 9/1.238 6/.334 1/no AB 1/no AB 2/.500 5/.450 569/422 .254/.296/.340/.636 .587/.653 .662 100/.581 9/3 6/11

19.Kratz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 112/56 .224/.250/.402/.652 .647/.657 .709 5/.600 0/0 5/0

8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 15/.354 1/.000 2/.000 2/.000 3/1.334 3/1.667 4/1.417 1/.000 2/2.500 2/.000 494/389 .208/.268/.357/.625 .551/.645 .680 85/.536 1/0 15/19

12.Nix G/S/vP 4/.500 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 89/40 .123/.172/.160/.333 .240/.443 .362 5/.000 1/2 1/4

34.Peguero* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/7 .125/.125/.250/.375 .000/.429 .000 8/.375 0/0 0/0

26.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 0/ /// / / 0/0 0/0

13.Perez G/S/vP 12/.432 3/.000 3/1.667 2/1.500 5/2.000 5/1.100 3/.333 ··· 2/.000 3/.000 600/456 .260/.290/.400/.690 .608/.714 .687 98/.575 1/0 16/9

7.Willingham G/S/vP 20/.426 6/.750 2/.000 1/.000 12/.650 4/.500 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/.000 361/253 .218/.349/.401/.750 .840/.712 .817 30/.573 2/0 14/0

IP 186.2 66.1 29.1 45.1 34.0 72.2 54.2 2.1 23.2 66.2 TOTAL .262/.313/.376/.689 .712/.680 .704 .673 153/35 94/104

ERA-K/9

4.82/6.1

5.43/6.4

4.60/9.8

2.98/7.5

5.03/4.8

2.85/6.8

1.98/7.6

15.43/3.9

4.94/7.6

3.78/7.6

4.29/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Kratz (17-6-1)
Pena (0-1-0)
Perez (56-24-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 828/.272 289/.290 138/.214 194/.245 158/.338 305/.254 213/.205 19/.500 106/.247 290/.231 .265 Cain
Gordon
Aoki
Dyson
Willingham
Adams
Nix
Gore
Peguero
Ibanez 0/91/77/8
154/0/0/8
5/0/117/5
3/105/0/4
53/0/1/3
1/1/0/0
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
0/0/3/0
22/0/5/0

OPS .792 .717 .711 .701 .893 .672 .551 1.266 .720 .726 .737

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.727 127/.807 69/.702 110/.616 85/.857 132/.825 113/.623 9/.984 55/.702 136/.617 .755

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 629/.813 162/.648 69/.718 84/.808 73/.937 173/.552 100/.468 10/1.489 51/.741 154/.822 .725

Home 379/.757 152/.715 85/.722 106/.706 77/.989 162/.641 102/.567 9/1.111 59/.841 170/.734

Last 28d days 99/.669 29/.691 32/.655 29/.630 44/.991 36/.767 28/.732 19/1.266 40/.545 30/.932

HR/SB/CS 24/12/2 4/5/0 3/3/1 3/2/0 3/4/0 3/2/4 2/7/2 1/0/0 3/3/0 6/7/1 139/93/31

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

White Sox Batters (4.07 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.84 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB 67.Bueno*
G/S/vB 25.Coleman
G/S/vB 31.Coleman
G/S/vB 55.Collins*
G/S/vB 43.Crow
G/S/vB 17.Davis
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 27.Finnegan*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 40.Herrera
G/S/vB 56.Holland
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

79.Abreu G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.500 6/.333 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 618/463 .314/.379/.574/.953 1.060/.918 .969 98/.774 3/0 35/6

20.Danks* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.666 4/.250 128/104 .221/.305/.292/.597 .592/.598 .787 39/.708 5/3 2/1

1.Eaton* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 3/.333 2/.500 7/1.096 1/.000 ··· ··· 5/1.550 3/.666 531/385 .296/.357/.396/.753 .721/.765 .803 90/.573 14/9 1/4

21.Flowers G/S/vP 6/.000 1/2.000 2/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 2/1.000 7/.929 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.334 3/.333 442/331 .241/.297/.396/.693 .732/.679 .736 47/1.008 0/1 15/8

26.Garcia G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000 2/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· 2/.000 5/.800 181/131 .252/.315/.429/.744 1.014/.644 .705 92/.787 3/1 7/2

28.Garcia# G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 151/87 .170/.197/.213/.410 .374/.436 .390 13/.167 11/1 1/6

12.Gillaspie* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/1.666 3/1.167 11/1.011 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 2/2.500 10/.100 506/397 .282/.336/.416/.752 .565/.805 .681 70/.520 0/4 7/12

14.Konerko G/S/vP 6/.900 ··· 1/.000 7/.953 5/.000 11/.182 26/.737 6/2.067 ··· 10/.633 10/.100 15/.690 218/93 .213/.261/.327/.588 .686/.452 .635 21/.396 0/0 5/0

17.Nieto# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 118/92 .236/.296/.340/.635 .724/.611 .454 10/.700 0/1 2/1

36.Phegley G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/.000 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/2.000 2/.000 31/24 .133/.129/.267/.396 .000/.514 .636 31/.396 0/0 1/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 7/.762 1/3.000 4/1.000 9/.111 2/.000 12/.533 27/.629 4/.250 ··· 7/.619 16/.600 16/.500 653/495 .273/.305/.409/.715 .750/.703 .776 92/.572 21/4 15/15

77.Sanchez# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 97/67 .245/.258/.287/.545 .833/.412 .452 56/.533 1/1 0/1

5.Semien G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/2.000 6/.334 ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.333 247/158 .237/.302/.366/.668 .743/.623 .697 66/.818 3/0 5/14

25.Sierra G/S/vP 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 5/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 168/97 .233/.268/.346/.614 .665/.576 .497 13/.671 3/1 2/3

51.Taylor G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 31/16 .269/.387/.308/.695 .564/.822 .697 31/.695 0/0 0/0

24.Viciedo G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 6/.334 4/1.250 8/1.214 12/.606 ··· ··· 1/no AB 12/.781 13/.308 557/407 .232/.280/.407/.687 .683/.689 .672 77/.742 0/1 21/8

38.Wilkins* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 42/39 .100/.143/.125/.268 .667/.236 .211 42/.268 0/0 0/0

IP 147.1 32.1 11.0 31.0 19.0 58.0 72.0 38.0 6.1 46.0 69.0 62.1 TOTAL .252/.309/.397/.706 .710/.705 .707 .648 83/35 151/107

ERA-K/9

2.32/6.9

4.18/5.6

5.73/4.1

6.10/5.5

3.79/5.2

4.19/5.1

1.00/13.6

4.97/5.9

1.42/12.9

2.74/8.8

1.43/7.6

1.44/13.0

3.49/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Flowers (62-26-9)
Nieto (25-4-6)
Phegley (6-1-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 594/.204 142/.277 50/.333 145/.304 82/.258 241/.243 279/.151 165/.248 24/.208 192/.240 282/.216 240/.170 .250 Eaton
Viciedo
Garcia
Sierra
Taylor
Danks
Garcia 0/119/0/9
54/0/84/5
0/0/44/4
9/3/70/4
8/0/0/2
10/28/8/1
2/14/3/1

OPS .585 .741 .800 .897 .700 .753 .408 .726 .500 .666 .563 .472 .685

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 137/.383 68/.505 23/.803 48/.574 27/.741 106/.813 144/.513 87/.650 8/.625 74/.668 137/.622 136/.494 .675

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 457/.646 74/.960 27/.793 97/1.059 55/.681 135/.704 135/.298 78/.813 16/.438 118/.664 145/.507 104/.444 .692

Road 322/.605 68/.650 19/1.060 49/.850 45/.770 128/.654 134/.332 97/.675 15/.533 92/.863 137/.539 94/.443

Last 28d days 53/.557 10/1.025 36/.854 36/.628 5/.000 27/.725 51/.567 9/.556 24/.500 22/.551 49/.596 32/.225

HR/SB/CS 10/4/3 3/0/0 0/0/1 6/0/1 1/2/0 10/4/1 0/4/1 2/2/2 0/0/0 3/7/2 0/6/2 3/3/2 124/67/28

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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 2014 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

LAA 4.82

KCR 4.01

SDP 3.32

RA/G

SEA 3.45

CLE 4.06

COL 5.01

J. Altuve .342

C. Utley .270

C. Davis .196

OBP

V. Martinez .409

K. Calhoun .329

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .574

A. Ramirez .409

Z. Cozart .302

OPS

V. Martinez .978

C. Utley .744

Z. Cozart .571

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.77

J. Collmenter 3.57

C. Buchholz 5.31

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.85

V. Nuno 7.18

K. Gibson 5.28

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.