TOR @ CHW, Monday, September 8, 2008 Game Preview

Toronto Blue Jays, 76-66, 3rd, 9½ GB, 8 GB in WC	SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-10, 4.47) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (16-10) 193.1 192 102 96 78 201 19 4.47 2007 (10-8) 165.2 131 74 69 66 176 23 3.75 2006 (10-8) 135.2 138 67 60 39 118 14 3.98 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-1 47.1 46 23 23 14 52 7 4.37 55 2008-09-03 MIN ND 6.2 6 3 3 4 8 0 113 54 2008-08-29 @NYY L 8 7 2 2 1 8 0 108 67 2008-08-24 BOS ND 7 7 5 5 3 7 2 109 47 2008-08-19 NYY W 8 5 1 1 1 13 0 120 80 2008-08-12 @DET W 6 8 4 4 1 6 3 106 45 2008-08-07 OAK W 6 7 4 4 2 6 2 110 46 2008-08-02 @TEX W 5.2 6 4 4 2 4 0 103 43 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.CHW 1-2 25.1 22 10 10 10 24 2 3.55 56 2007-06-01 CHW L 7.1 6 3 3 1 12 0 117 65 2006-08-06 CHW W 6 8 3 3 2 5 0 98 47 2006-04-15 @CHW L 6 7 4 4 1 5 2 95 46 2004-06-15 CHW ND 6 1 0 0 6 2 0 93 66
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 43-29 Road: 33-37 ExtrInn: 6-8 vsRHP: 60-46 vsLHP: 16-20 1-Run: 22-28 vsEast: 30-26 vsCntrl:21-11 vsWest: 17-19 IL: 8-10 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sun, Sep 7 TBR W 1-0 76-66 3rd 9.5 gb 141 Sat, Sep 6 TBR W 7-4 (13) 75-66 4th 10.5 gb 140 Fri, Sep 5 TBR W 6-4 74-66 4th 11.5 gb 139 Thu, Sep 4 MIN W 9-0 73-66 4th 12.5 gb 138 Wed, Sep 3 MIN W 5-4 (11) 72-66 4th 12.5 gb 137 Tue, Sep 2 MIN W 7-5 71-66 4th 13.5 gb 136 Sun, Aug 31 @NYY W 6-2 70-66 4th 14.5 gb 135 Sat, Aug 30 @NYY W 7-6 69-66 4th 14.5 gb 134 Fri, Aug 29 @NYY L 1-2 68-66 4th 14.5 gb 133 Thu, Aug 28 @TBR L 2-3 68-65 4th 13.5 gb Last 10: 8-2 Last 20:14-6 Last 30:20-10
Chicago White Sox, 80-62, 1st, 2½ up	SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 11-12, 4.34) 2008 Gamelogs / 2008 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup Split Opp Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ 2008 (11-12) 182.2 188 92 88 49 175 21 4.34 2007 (15-8) 216.2 197 95 90 50 213 29 3.74 2006 (11-12) 202.2 206 116 109 56 184 23 4.84 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 7 GS 4-3 47.2 42 19 17 11 45 2 3.21 58 2008-09-03 @CLE W 6 5 2 2 1 5 0 104 58 2008-08-29 @BOS L 5.2 10 5 3 2 7 0 109 38 2008-08-23 TBR L 7 5 4 4 1 4 0 90 54 2008-08-17 @OAK W 8 4 1 1 0 8 0 91 78 2008-08-12 KCR W 8 5 0 0 1 10 0 109 81 2008-08-07 DET L 7 8 5 5 4 8 2 122 45 2008-08-01 @KCR W 6 5 2 2 2 3 0 98 55 +------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+ Last 5 v.TOR 2-3 37.1 30 13 11 9 36 3 2.65 63 2008-05-05 @TOR L 7.2 8 1 1 1 9 1 121 67 2007-07-29 TOR L 7.2 5 4 2 3 5 0 111 59 2007-06-01 @TOR W 8 6 0 0 2 5 0 107 73 2006-08-05 @TOR W 8 2 1 1 2 13 1 109 85 2006-04-14 TOR L 6 9 7 7 1 4 1 102 29
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
Home: 48-23 Road: 32-39 ExtrInn: 8-3 vsRHP: 51-44 vsLHP: 29-18 1-Run: 20-15 vsEast: 13-20 vsCntrl:37-23 vsWest: 18-13 IL:12-6 Last 10 Games Gm# Date & Box Opp W/L Score Record Place/GB 142 Sun, Sep 7 LAA L 2-3 80-62 1st 2.5 up 141 Sat, Sep 6 LAA W 7-6 (15) 80-61 1st 2.5 up 140 Fri, Sep 5 LAA W 10-2 79-61 1st 1.5 up 139 Wed, Sep 3 @CLE W 4-2 78-61 1st 1.0 up 138 Tue, Sep 2 @CLE L 3-9 77-61 1st Tied 137 Mon, Sep 1 @CLE L 0-5 77-60 1st Tied 136 Sun, Aug 31 @BOS W 4-2 77-59 1st 0.5 up 135 Sat, Aug 30 @BOS L 2-8 76-59 1st 0.5 up 134 Fri, Aug 29 @BOS L 0-8 76-58 1st 0.5 up 133 Wed, Aug 27 @BAL L 3-11 76-57 1st 1.0 up Last 10: 4-6 Last 20:12-8 Last 30:18-12
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head Mon, May 05, 2008 TOR 1 CHW 0 W:Dustin McGowan (2-2), L: Javier Vazquez (3-3), S: B.J. Ryan (5) Sun, May 04, 2008 TOR 4 CHW 3 W:Roy Halladay (3-4), L: Jose Contreras (2-3), S: Scott Downs (3) 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) Season Series: 2008 - TOR leads 4-0; 2007 - TOR won 4-3; 2006 - CHW won 5-4; All-Time - TOR leads 169-155

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

TEX 5.47

LAA 4.63

SDP 3.87

RA/G

TOR 3.82

NYY 4.57

TEX 5.97

R. Furcal .366

A. Casilla .293

J. Towles .143

OBP

A. Pujols .466

O. Hudson .367

T. Pena .184

SLG

A. Pujols .649

S. Drew .485

T. Pena .209

OPS

A. Pujols 1.116

M. Mora .837

T. Pena .393

ERA

C. Lee 2.28

M. Parra 4.03

C. Silva 6.53

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.22

M. Mussina 6.56

L. Hernandez 3.35

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

Toronto Blue Jays Batters (4.44 RS/G) vs. Chicago White Sox Pitchers (4.39 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 33.Vazquez
G/S/vB 41.Broadway
G/S/vB 53.Carrasco
G/S/vB 26.Dotel
G/S/vB 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Logan*
G/S/vB 47.MacDougal
G/S/vB 49.Ramirez*
G/S/vB 61.Russell
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 43.Wassermann
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

20.Barajas G/S/vP 16/.321 ··· 4/.000 2/.500 2/.000 2/.000 1/2.000 2/3.500 3/2.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· 357/249 .255/.300/.421/.721 .619/.766 .794 81/.673 0/0 11/

23.Bautista G/S/vP 5/2.400 ··· ··· 1/no AB 1/2.000 4/.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 389/285 .246/.324/.411/.735 .934/.668 .787 26/.808 1/1 13/

1.Inglett* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 331/302 .301/.358/.419/.777 .745/.780 .640 89/.772 9/2 3/

26.Lind* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 280/202 .297/.333/.483/.816 .797/.823 .840 104/.790 1/0 9/

6.McDonald G/S/vP 8/1.071 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 179/111 .217/.260/.286/.546 .636/.491 .609 71/.558 3/1 1/

36.Mench G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 5/.200 5/.400 1/2.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.333 ··· 112/34 .235/.313/.357/.670 .721/.555 .494 12/.667 2/0 0/

17.Overbay* G/S/vP 20/.594 ··· ··· 5/.400 1/.000 5/.000 1/2.000 1/.000 13/1.288 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 562/418 .277/.367/.432/.800 .569/.882 .797 98/.889 1/2 14/

15.Rios G/S/vP 31/.668 ··· ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 2/.000 4/.000 ··· 3/.667 ··· 608/469 .294/.339/.468/.807 .736/.828 .766 111/1.064 30/8 13/

33.Rolen G/S/vP 58/.750 ··· ··· 16/1.429 1/.000 8/.125 ··· ··· 5/.650 ··· 2/2.000 ··· 396/299 .249/.346/.402/.748 .734/.752 .787 32/.720 5/0 8/

19.Scutaro G/S/vP 7/.143 ··· ··· 1/no AB 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/1.000 10/.522 ··· 5/.200 ··· 514/381 .258/.340/.337/.677 .706/.666 .666 105/.706 7/2 6/

45.Snider* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 27/24 .308/.333/.462/.795 .667/.812 .429 27/.795 0/0 1/

7.Thigpen G/S/vP 3/.333 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 8/6 .143/.250/.143/.393 .500/.333 .333 1/.000 0/0 0/

10.Wells G/S/vP 32/.531 ··· 4/1.250 3/1.167 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 5/1.100 4/.250 ··· 2/1.000 ··· 389/303 .297/.342/.486/.828 .895/.808 .774 108/.993 4/2 16/

35.Wilkerson* G/S/vP 10/.000 ··· ··· 5/.400 2/.000 4/.250 1/2.000 1/2.000 23/.782 ··· 1/no AB ··· 300/249 .220/.311/.318/.628 .566/.640 .630 14/.429 3/5 3/

9.Zaun# G/S/vP 24/1.017 ··· 3/.333 2/1.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 3/.666 ··· 247/194 .231/.340/.361/.701 .615/.733 .553 20/.653 2/1 6/

IP 182.2 10.2 33.2 61.0 53.0 41.0 41.0 12.1 33.2 24.1 58.1 17.2 TOTAL .264/.334/.399/.733 .709/.740 .709 .805 77/27 110/68

ERA-K/9

4.34/8.6

8.44/4.2

3.48/7.2

3.69/12.2

1.87/4.9

2.20/7.5

5.49/9.0

1.46/6.6

3.74/3.5

4.81/8.1

2.62/10.7

7.64/4.1

3.97/7.1

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Barajas (38-22-2)
Thigpen (1-0-0)
Zaun (37-12-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 778/.263 52/.354 134/.195 267/.213 205/.219 158/.207 190/.306 54/.222 145/.278 107/.266 234/.198 92/.333 .258 Rios
Wells
Wilkerson
Lind
Scutaro
Mench
Inglett
Snider 0/57/80/14
0/86/0/5
25/3/64/4
63/0/0/2
3/0/0/1
18/0/12/1
22/1/12/0
3/0/2/0

OPS .749 1.050 .538 .690 .586 .594 .830 .641 .685 .701 .559 .907 .724

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 398/.768 23/1.035 55/.452 84/.794 107/.550 75/.555 104/.757 17/.769 54/.787 55/.789 112/.494 27/.990 .756

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 380/.729 29/1.058 79/.600 183/.643 98/.623 83/.628 86/.919 37/.582 91/.625 52/.612 122/.616 65/.872 .702

Home 362/.691 24/.564 78/.429 128/.599 115/.595 94/.588 84/.875 22/.586 103/.665 73/.599 122/.592 24/1.153 .682

Last 28d days 137/.559 52/1.050 50/.553 41/1.066 42/.602 8/.542 5/1.100 13/.481 37/.957 41/.491 41/.505 11/.443

HR/SB/CS 21/7/3 3/0/1 1/2/2 10/15/1 2/5/0 5/2/0 4/3/1 0/0/0 1/5/0 1/0/0 5/4/0 0/5/1 130/127/28

Usage ····X··· ········ o·X··X·· ·o··oo·X ·X··o··X X·o····· ·····oo· ·o···Xo· ooo····· ······X· ·X··X··o Xo····X·

Chicago White Sox Batters (5.06 RS/G) vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pitchers (3.82 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 34.Burnett
G/S/vB 57.Camp
G/S/vB 39.Carlson*
G/S/vB 37.Downs*
G/S/vB 54.Frasor
G/S/vB 22.League
G/S/vB 31.Parrish*
G/S/vB 52.Ryan*
G/S/vB 56.Tallet*
G/S/vB 40.Wolfe
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

32.Anderson G/S/vP 3/1.000 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 ··· 171/100 .230/.266/.429/.695 .816/.605 .800 19/.488 4/1 7/

18.Cabrera G/S/vP 27/.656 7/.572 2/1.500 7/.429 4/.500 2/.000 1/.000 7/1.071 ··· 2/.000 637/461 .276/.329/.362/.691 .779/.659 .711 108/.758 18/4 7/

24.Crede G/S/vP 5/.650 11/1.064 ··· 2/3.000 4/.500 ··· ··· 4/1.750 5/1.400 1/.000 373/281 .248/.314/.460/.773 .353/.910 .878 24/.513 0/3 17/

23.Dye G/S/vP 9/.666 7/.572 ··· 8/.700 3/1.167 1/2.000 7/.714 14/.690 3/3.334 1/.000 558/396 .293/.348/.558/.906 .854/.926 .988 97/.832 3/2 32/

22.Fields G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/2.000 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 34/22 .161/.235/.194/.429 .697/.282 .000 9/.222 0/0 0/

39.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/5 .286/.286/.286/.571 1.000/.400 .667 7/.571 1/1 0/

17.Griffey* G/S/vP 16/.376 ··· ··· 3/1.666 ··· ··· 2/2.500 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 519/350 .247/.353/.417/.770 .643/.832 .788 71/.755 0/1 16/

44.Hall G/S/vP 9/.958 5/.200 ··· 7/.286 8/.875 1/no AB 2/.000 7/.286 2/1.000 ··· 125/72 .267/.315/.345/.659 .974/.422 .579 27/.605 0/0 2/

14.Konerko G/S/vP 9/1.842 16/.775 ··· 4/2.750 4/.500 ··· 9/.730 10/1.025 5/.600 1/.000 455/316 .247/.354/.421/.775 .761/.781 .953 85/1.154 2/0 16/

7.Owens* G/S/vP 4/1.250 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· 7/7 .143/.143/.143/.286 /.286 .667 7/.286 1/0 0/

27.Phillips G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 12/.258 3/1.667 1/no AB 5/.000 4/.500 1/.000 5/.400 9/.000 4/.500 1/.000 501/375 .291/.321/.429/.751 .787/.739 .760 83/.829 1/0 12/

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 569/409 .288/.394/.571/.965 .937/.975 .979 76/1.047 7/3 36/

10.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 430/297 .301/.319/.479/.798 .881/.762 .798 99/.809 10/8 16/

30.Swisher# G/S/vP 9/1.158 4/1.750 2/.000 8/.875 6/1.633 1/2.000 2/.500 5/.650 3/.666 1/.000 543/389 .228/.343/.432/.775 .791/.768 .938 84/.865 3/2 24/

25.Thome* G/S/vP 29/.859 1/.000 2/.000 12/.697 ··· ··· 5/.000 13/.154 4/.500 ··· 519/369 .248/.366/.515/.881 .830/.902 .827 88/.774 1/0 30/

5.Uribe G/S/vP 13/.490 12/.500 ··· 1/.000 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.500 5/1.350 1/no AB 279/211 .243/.295/.404/.698 .877/.643 .745 71/.869 1/2 7/

31.Wise* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 73/63 .288/.319/.470/.789 .400/.857 .564 6/.583 6/0 2/

IP 193.1 38.2 52.0 68.0 44.1 28.0 31.0 52.0 46.1 18.0 TOTAL .266/.336/.453/.790 .791/.790 .840 .822 58/28 209/98

ERA-K/9

4.47/9.4

4.19/7.2

1.90/8.8

1.19/7.5

3.86/8.5

1.93/6.1

4.65/5.2

3.12/8.8

3.11/8.2

3.00/5.5

3.53/7.4

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Hall (41-9-1)
Phillips (0-0-0)
Pierzynski (86-19-5)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 841/.258 161/.257 205/.197 275/.198 192/.205 117/.204 129/.286 223/.228 201/.249 72/.250 .245 Griffey
Quentin
Swisher
Dye
Ramirez
Anderson
Wise
Owens 0/17/91/7
130/0/0/5
13/70/18/3
0/0/130/3
0/11/0/1
1/81/2/0
7/19/4/0
3/2/0/0

OPS .743 .675 .612 .544 .658 .624 .812 .673 .698 .706 .696

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 475/.787 62/.949 109/.543 113/.493 75/.856 57/.761 53/.888 69/.710 92/.706 32/.761 .739

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 366/.686 99/.504 96/.692 162/.582 117/.535 60/.496 76/.759 154/.657 109/.691 40/.661 .654

Road 416/.739 78/.722 110/.807 139/.588 89/.713 57/.584 39/1.026 108/.807 80/.621 29/.670 .730

Last 28d days 146/.742 20/.926 32/.319 49/.476 35/.629 40/.443 20/1.000 51/.705 35/.848 /

HR/SB/CS 19/19/8 2/3/0 5/1/2 2/2/0 3/5/2 2/0/0 4/2/1 4/4/0 4/5/1 2/0/0 126/76/34

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

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

Game Preview: TOR @ CHW, 8:11pm, Monday, September 8, 2008 @U.S. Cellular Field

SP: A.J. Burnett (31, RHP, 16-10, 4.47)

SP: Javier Vazquez (31, RHP, 11-12, 4.34)

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



You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Previews > TOR @ CHW, Monday, September 8, 2008