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

Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > LAA @ MIN, Saturday, July 21, 2007

Game Preview: LAA @ MIN, 7:10pm, Saturday, July 21, 2007 @Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome

NOTE: These are still in beta-development. Please report any errors or suggested changes.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 56-39, 1st, 1 up

SP: Jered Weaver (24, RHP, 6-5, 3.36)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. MIN Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (6-5)             83    86  37  31  32  65  7    3.36      
 2006 (11-2)           123    94  36  35  33 105 15    2.56      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         2-2  39    38  15  13  15  24  2    3.00   52 
 2007-07-15    TEX  ND   7     4   2   0   2   6  0      96   69 
 2007-07-04    TEX   L   5     7   3   3   2   2  0     105   41 
 2007-06-27    KCR   L   7     4   1   1   1   6  0     109   70 
 2007-06-16    LAD   W   5.1   4   0   0   4   3  0      95   59 
 2007-06-10    STL  ND   3     5   3   3   2   0  1      52   35 
 2007-06-04    MIN   W   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      91   66 
 2007-05-30    SEA  ND   4.2   9   5   5   3   3  0      90   26 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.MIN      1-0   7     5   1   1   1   4  1    1.29   66 
 2007-06-04    MIN   W   7     5   1   1   1   4  1      91   66 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-14   Road:   25-25   ExtrInn: 4-2 
 vsRHP:  43-28   vsLHP:  13-11   1-Run:  13-9 
 vsEast: 12-9    vsCntrl:12-16   vsWest: 18-10 IL:14-4 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 95 Fri, Jul 20  @MIN  L   5-7       56-39  1st  1.0 up
 94 Thu, Jul 19  @TBD  W   3-0       56-38  1st  2.0 up
 93 Wed, Jul 18  @TBD  L   2-7       55-38  1st  1.5 up
 92 Tue, Jul 17  @TBD  L   3-8       55-37  1st  2.5 up
 91 Sun, Jul 15   TEX  L   4-5 (11)  55-36  1st  3.0 up
 90 Sat, Jul 14   TEX  W   9-5       55-35  1st  3.0 up
 89 Fri, Jul 13   TEX  W   2-1       54-35  1st  3.0 up
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @NYY  L   0-12      53-35  1st  2.5 up
 87 Sat, Jul  7  @NYY  W   2-1 (13)  53-34  1st  3.5 up
 86 Fri, Jul  6  @NYY  L   9-14      52-34  1st  3.5 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:16-14
Minnesota Twins, 50-46, 3rd, 8 GB, 7 GB in WC

SP: Boof Bonser (25, RHP, 5-6, 4.68)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. LAA Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (5-6)            109.2 118  64  57  44 101 16    4.68      
 2006 (7-6)            100.1 104  50  47  24  84 18    4.22      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         1-4  42    45  26  26  14  32  5    5.57   47 
 2007-07-15    OAK  ND   6.1   5   3   3   3   6  1     101   54 
 2007-07-07    CHW   L   7     4   3   3   2   4  1     105   59 
 2007-07-02    NYY   L   5.1   9   4   4   3   6  1     101   37 
 2007-06-27    TOR   L   6     7   5   5   2   2  1      94   38 
 2007-06-22    FLA  ND   6     6   4   4   0   2  1      66   46 
 2007-06-16    MIL   L   6.1   5   4   4   2   7  0     109   52 
 2007-06-10    WSN   W   5     9   3   3   2   5  0      95   40 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.LAA    Has never faced LAA.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   27-23   Road:   23-23   ExtrInn: 4-4 
 vsRHP:  37-31   vsLHP:  13-15   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 13-14   vsCntrl:14-20   vsWest: 12-5  IL:11-7 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 96 Fri, Jul 20   LAA  W   7-5       50-46  3rd  8.0 gb
 95 Thu, Jul 19   DET  L   3-4 (10)  49-46  3rd  9.0 gb
 94 Wed, Jul 18   DET  L   2-3       49-45  3rd  8.0 gb
 93 Tue, Jul 17   DET  L   0-1       49-44  3rd  7.0 gb
 92 Sun, Jul 15   OAK  W   4-3       49-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 91 Sat, Jul 14   OAK  W   4-3       48-43  3rd  6.0 gb
 90 Fri, Jul 13   OAK  W   5-3       47-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 89 Thu, Jul 12   OAK  W   6-2       46-43  3rd  7.0 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8  @CHW  L   3-6       45-43  3rd  8.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7  @CHW  L   1-3       45-42  3rd  7.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Fri, Jul 20, 2007 MIN  7  LAA  5    W:Carlos Silva (8-10), L: John Lackey (12-6), S: Joe Nathan (19)
Wed, Jun 06, 2007 MIN  8 @LAA  5    W:Kevin Slowey (1-0), L: John Lackey (9-4), S: Joe Nathan (13)
Tue, Jun 05, 2007 LAA  5  MIN  1    W:Kelvim Escobar (7-3), L: Scott Baker (1-1), S: none
Mon, Jun 04, 2007 LAA 16  MIN  3    W:Jered Weaver (5-3), L: Boof Bonser (4-2), S: none

Wed, May 31, 2006 MIN  7 @LAA  1    W:Francisco Liriano (4-0), L: Ervin Santana (4-3), S: none
Tue, May 30, 2006 LAA  6  MIN  3    W:Jeff Weaver (3-7), L: Scott Baker (2-5), S: Francisco Rodriguez (13)
Mon, May 29, 2006 LAA  4  MIN  3 (11)   W:Scot Shields (3-3), L: Jesse Crain (0-3), S: none
Thu, Apr 20, 2006 LAA  6 @MIN  4    W:Kevin Gregg (1-0), L: Jesse Crain (0-1), S: Francisco Rodriguez (5)
Wed, Apr 19, 2006 MIN 12  LAA 10 (10)   W:Joe Nathan (1-0), L: J.C. Romero (1-1), S: none
Tue, Apr 18, 2006 LAA  8 @MIN  2    W:Kelvim Escobar (2-1), L: Carlos Silva (1-2), S: Scot Shields (1)
Season Series: 2007 - Tied 2-2; 2006 - LAA won 4-2; 2005 - LAA won 6-4; All-Time - LAA leads 324-307

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 2007 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

DET  5.80

ATL  4.66

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.47

DET  4.69

TBD  6.03

BA

M. Ordonez  .359

T. Glaus  .288

R. Langerhans  .163

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

S. Casey  .363

D. Ross  .241

SLG

R. Braun  .656

L. Scott  .459

D. Navarro  .271

OPS

B. Bonds  1.074

J. Peralta  .819

D. Navarro  .515

ERA

C. Young  1.85

J. Washburn  4.02

E. Santana  6.22

K/9IP

E. Bedard  11.08

D. Willis  6.25

A. Cook  3.20

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Batters (4.89 RS/G) vs. Minnesota Twins Pitchers (4.41 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 26.Bonser
G/S/vB
54.Guerrier
G/S/vB
36.Nathan
G/S/vB
17.Neshek
G/S/vB
44.Ortiz
G/S/vB
37.Reyes*
G/S/vB
39.Rincon
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
16.Anderson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 8/.625 10/.000 180/136 .291/.300/.429/.729 .852/.688 .726 48/.874 0/0 3/1
18.Cabrera G/S/vP 3/1.334 5/.650 12/.166 ··· 7/.762 10/1.125 4/.000 410/317 .312/.351/.421/.772 .870/.744 .818 87/.537 10/2 5/6
9.Figgins# G/S/vP 2/.000 3/1.334 6/.167 ··· 2/1.000 4/.250 5/.200 289/222 .317/.368/.400/.768 .791/.761 .666 94/.876 25/6 1/12
27.Guerrero G/S/vP 3/2.333 3/.000 17/.882 ··· 4/.833 12/1.306 9/.555 398/310 .326/.412/.535/.947 .909/.958 .822 89/.824 1/2 14/5
13.Haynes* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 25/23 .250/.280/.333/.613 .000/.668 .393 13/.616 1/0 0/0
6.Izturis# G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 142/105 .238/.289/.331/.620 .913/.520 .596 38/.624 2/0 1/2
35.Kotchman* G/S/vP 3/2.334 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 302/256 .287/.362/.474/.836 .601/.878 .769 66/.382 2/0 9/2
5.Mathis G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 13/12 .154/.154/.231/.385 .000/.417 .333 13/.385 0/0 0/0
24.Matthews# G/S/vP 6/1.000 4/.000 4/1.750 2/.000 8/1.250 7/.143 8/1.167 379/288 .281/.346/.435/.781 .648/.831 .669 69/.760 12/4 10/4
28.Molina G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.000 3/1.167 129/97 .228/.246/.293/.539 .656/.498 .468 38/.522 2/1 0/4
22.Morales# G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 47/39 .250/.298/.477/.775 1.000/.726 .333 30/.764 0/0 2/0
44.Napoli G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 214/160 .254/.347/.453/.800 .865/.780 .766 20/.788 4/2 8/6
39.Quinlan G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 2/1.000 117/37 .271/.325/.411/.736 .771/.657 .651 29/.659 1/1 3/2
77.Willits# G/S/vP 3/1.000 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 314/229 .304/.401/.362/.763 .872/.719 .743 81/.506 19/5 0/2
3.Wood G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 15/11 .133/.133/.200/.333 .750/.182 .625 4/.750 0/0 0/1
IP 109.2 56.2 43.0 48.1 77.1 23.2 32.2 TOTAL .283/.339/.408/.747 .775/.739 .694 84/31 64/64
ERA-K/9 4.68/8.3 1.59/6.3 2.09/9.8 1.49/11.2 5.35/3.7 3.42/6.8 4.68/7.7 4.09/6.8

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mathis (5-1-1)
 Molina (18-7-2)
 Napoli (39-11-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 485/.273 217/.186 172/.239 182/.131 342/.302 108/.307 152/.280 .264  Matthews
 Guerrero
 Willits
 Anderson
 Haynes
 Quinlan
 Morales
0/88/0/5
0/0/75/4
52/10/15/3
35/0/0/2
5/4/4/1
11/0/5/0
0/0/3/0
OPS .783 .500 .595 .443 .813 .804 .834 .742
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 239/.851 87/.536 80/.642 75/.449 161/.815 63/.636 76/.981 .767
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 246/.716 130/.475 92/.556 107/.440 181/.810 45/1.039 76/.690 .722
Home 283/.778 123/.536 106/.583 101/.310 161/.678 59/.716 82/.829 .702
Last 28d days 106/.794 56/.677 45/.368 52/.564 35/.814 32/.563 31/.631
HR/SB/CS 16/7/3 2/3/2 1/2/0 5/1/0 11/7/2 1/0/3 6/1/1 110/35/23
Usage ·····X·· ·o·X·oo· oX····oo ·XoX·ooo ········ oo···Xo· o······X
Minnesota Twins Batters (4.86 RS/G) vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Pitchers (4.44 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 36.Weaver
G/S/vB
49.Bootcheck
G/S/vB
58.Moseley
G/S/vB
38.Oliver*
G/S/vB
57.Rodriguez
G/S/vB
62.Shields
G/S/vB
33.Speier
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
18.Bartlett G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/5.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 339/252 .261/.336/.327/.663 .736/.637 .696 117/.721 19/1 2/18
1.Castillo# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 14/.071 1/.000 3/.666 6/.533 360/266 .307/.357/.353/.710 .665/.733 .709 95/.774 9/4 0/2
27.Cirillo G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/no AB 28/.797 6/.167 6/.000 1/no AB 158/100 .273/.342/.396/.738 .828/.687 .675 46/.870 2/0 2/2
20.Ford G/S/vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· 3/1.667 8/.250 4/.000 1/.000 107/68 .237/.308/.351/.659 .745/.611 .642 30/.646 2/0 2/0
48.Hunter G/S/vP 3/1.666 ··· 1/.000 10/.522 10/.200 5/.000 3/.666 374/272 .298/.342/.540/.882 1.016/.831 .929 97/.820 11/5 19/1
50.Jones* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 25/23 .136/.240/.182/.422 1.500/.317 .464 16/.464 0/1 0/0
16.Kubel* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 282/232 .257/.310/.424/.734 .760/.728 .722 79/.889 3/0 8/1
7.Mauer* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 2/1.000 5/.600 ··· 289/192 .306/.397/.440/.837 .686/.914 .673 111/.844 6/1 4/0
31.McDonald G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 3/3 .000/.333/.000/.333 /.333 .333 3/.333 0/0 0/1
33.Morneau* G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 1/.000 2/.000 8/.250 5/.000 1/2.000 396/264 .291/.364/.574/.938 .726/1.047 .935 85/1.023 1/0 26/2
8.Punto# G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 1/.000 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 2/.000 352/239 .212/.306/.280/.586 .527/.621 .521 94/.546 13/3 1/6
55.Redmond G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 212/155 .284/.330/.350/.680 .848/.620 .701 32/.483 0/0 1/0
38.Rodriguez# G/S/vP 3/.666 1/2.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 2/.000 1/5.000 105/83 .181/.260/.266/.526 .282/.591 .523 22/.527 1/0 2/2
12.Tyner* G/S/vP 2/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.334 2/1.000 ··· 1/.000 170/145 .276/.325/.327/.652 .414/.693 .716 41/.683 6/2 0/1
IP 83.0 43.1 46.2 31.0 42.2 50.0 19.1 TOTAL .270/.337/.400/.737 .721/.743 .732 80/17 77/47
ERA-K/9 3.36/7.0 4.78/5.6 3.47/3.5 5.23/6.7 2.11/12.4 1.98/7.9 1.86/10.3 4.09/7.1

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mauer (11-13-2)
 Redmond (16-10-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 362/.266 185/.253 186/.257 145/.298 172/.197 191/.173 73/.138 .260  Hunter
 Kubel
 Ford
 Tyner
 McDonald
 Jones
0/91/0/3
59/0/0/2
30/10/2/1
16/8/10/0
0/0/1/0
0/0/1/0
OPS .715 .716 .700 .799 .555 .528 .530 .734
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 191/.737 82/.778 88/.729 62/1.169 84/.562 95/.564 37/.694 .757
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 171/.689 103/.667 98/.672 83/.521 88/.549 96/.493 36/.359 .716
Road 190/.751 105/.814 106/.718 93/.750 86/.501 99/.435 30/.574 .783
Last 28d days 76/.520 61/.948 41/.904 48/.751 42/.480 35/.658 12/.705
HR/SB/CS 7/7/1 4/5/2 3/3/1 3/2/0 2/6/1 4/1/0 3/0/1 94/62/19
Usage ·····X·· ··XX···· ··X···X· X·X····· ·X···X·X ·o···XX· X····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.

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > LAA @ MIN, Saturday, July 21, 2007
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page