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Game Preview: CHW @ OAK, 10:05pm, Friday, August 14, 2009 @McAfee Coliseum

WhiteSox, 58-57, 2nd, 2½ GB, 7½ GB in WC

SP: Jose Contreras (37, RHP, 4-11, 5.09)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. OAK Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (4-11)			97.1	97	60	55	39	73	8	5.09
2008 (7-6)			121.0	130	64	61	35	70	12	4.54
2007 (10-17)			189.0	232	134	117	62	113	21	5.57

Last 7 GS		2-4	38.1	38	22	21	19	35	1	4.93	48
2009-08-09	CLE	L	4.2	6	4	4	2	2	0	87	36
2009-08-04	LAA	ND	2.2	1	3	3	5	3	0	66	42
2009-07-29	@MIN	L	5.2	6	3	3	5	4	0	112	44
2009-07-24	@DET	L	6.2	9	4	4	1	8	0	117	47
2009-07-19	BAL	L	4.1	5	5	4	4	1	0	99	32
2009-07-08	CLE	W	6.1	6	1	1	1	9	1	104	65
2009-07-01	@CLE	W	8.0	5	2	2	1	8	0	110	71

Last 5 v.OAK		2-3	28.0	29	17	17	20	21	2	5.46	45
2007-05-21	OAK	W	6.1	9	3	3	1	8	0	104	50
2007-04-09	@OAK	W	6.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	105	60
2006-09-17	@OAK	L	6.0	8	5	5	4	3	1	109	35
2005-07-01	@OAK	L	4.1	4	4	4	7	2	0	97	34
2004-09-02	OAK	L	5.1	4	4	4	4	4	1	102	44

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

 Home:   33-27   Road:   25-30   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  38-41   vsLHP:  20-16   1-Run:  14-19
 vsEast: 13-12   vsCntrl:24-27   vsWest: 10-12 IL:11-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
115 Wed, Aug 12  @SEA  L   0-1 (14)  58-57  2nd  2.0 gb
114 Tue, Aug 11  @SEA  W   3-1       58-56  2nd  2.0 gb
113 Mon, Aug 10  @SEA  L   4-6       57-56  2nd  3.0 gb
112 Sun, Aug  9   CLE  L   4-8       57-55  2nd  3.0 gb
111 Sat, Aug  8   CLE  W   8-5       57-54  2nd  2.0 gb
110 Fri, Aug  7   CLE  L   2-6       56-54  2nd  3.0 gb
109 Thu, Aug  6   LAA  L   5-9       56-53  2nd  2.0 gb
108 Wed, Aug  5   LAA  W   6-2       56-52  2nd  1.0 gb
107 Tue, Aug  4   LAA  W   5-4       55-52  2nd  1.0 gb
106 Sun, Aug  2   NYY  L   5-8       54-52  2nd  1.5 gb
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:14-16

Athletics, 51-63, 4th, 18 GB, 14 GB in WC

SP: Brett Anderson (21, LHP, 7-8, 4.22)

2009 Gamelogs / 2009 Splits / vs. CHW Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2009 (7-8)			121.2	122	67	57	35	98	14	4.22

Last 7 GS		3-1	47.1	32	12	12	13	46	1	2.28	64
2009-08-09	@KCR	W	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	99	52
2009-08-03	TEX	ND	7.2	6	2	2	3	8	0	108	64
2009-07-29	@BOS	W	6.0	4	3	3	4	8	1	102	56
2009-07-24	@NYY	L	6.2	9	4	4	2	7	0	114	45
2009-07-19	LAA	ND	8.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	104	84
2009-07-12	@TBR	ND	4.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	50	58
2009-07-06	@BOS	W	9.0	2	0	0	2	9	0	111	90

Last 5 v.CHW		1-0	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	69
2009-06-04	@CHW	W	7.0	6	0	0	0	4	0	109	69

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

 Home:   26-28   Road:   25-35   ExtrInn: 3-7 
 vsRHP:  36-40   vsLHP:  15-23   1-Run:  11-17
 vsEast: 20-21   vsCntrl:14-11   vsWest: 12-18 IL: 5-13

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
114 Wed, Aug 12  @BAL  W   6-3       51-63  4th 18.0 gb
113 Tue, Aug 11  @BAL  L   2-3       50-63  4th 18.0 gb
112 Mon, Aug 10  @BAL  W   9-1       50-62  4th 17.0 gb
111 Sun, Aug  9  @KCR  W   6-3       49-62  4th 17.0 gb
110 Sat, Aug  8  @KCR  L   6-12      48-62  4th 18.0 gb
109 Fri, Aug  7  @KCR  W   9-4       48-61  4th 17.0 gb
108 Thu, Aug  6   TEX  L   4-6       47-61  4th 18.0 gb
107 Wed, Aug  5   TEX  W   7-5       47-60  4th 17.0 gb
106 Tue, Aug  4   TEX  W   6-0       46-60  4th 18.0 gb
105 Mon, Aug  3   TEX  W   3-2       45-60  4th 19.0 gb
 Last 10: 7-3    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:16-14

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Thu, Jun 04, 2009 OAK  7 @CHW  0        W:Brett Anderson (3-5), L: Mark Buehrle (6-2), S: none
Wed, Jun 03, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  3        W:Josh Outman (3-0), L: Clayton Richard (2-1), S: Andrew Bailey (3)
Tue, Jun 02, 2009 OAK  5 @CHW  0        W:Vin Mazzaro (1-0), L: Bartolo Colon (3-5), S: none
Mon, Jun 01, 2009 CHW  6  OAK  2        W:Matt Thornton (3-1), L: Craig Breslow (1-4), S: none

Sun, Aug 17, 2008 CHW 13 @OAK  1        W:Javier Vazquez (10-10), L: Gio Gonzalez (1-2), S: none
Sat, Aug 16, 2008 CHW  2 @OAK  1        W:John Danks (10-5), L: Greg Smith (5-12), S: Bobby Jenks (25)
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 OAK  6  CHW  4        W:Huston Street (3-5), L: Horacio Ramirez (1-3), S: none
Sun, Jul 06, 2008 CHW  4  OAK  3        W:John Danks (6-4), L: Rich Harden (5-1), S: Scott Linebrink (1)
Sat, Jul 05, 2008 CHW  6  OAK  1        W:Gavin Floyd (10-4), L: Greg Smith (5-7), S: none
Fri, Jul 04, 2008 OAK  7 @CHW  1        W:Joe Blanton (5-11), L: Mark Buehrle (6-7), S: none
Season Series: 2009 - OAK leads 3-1; 2008 - CHW won 5-4; 2007 - OAK won 5-4; All-Time - CHW leads 1009-953

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

LAA 5.70

OAK 4.59

SDP 3.83

RA/G

SFG 3.73

PHI 4.62

WSN 5.45

J. Mauer .368

C. Counsell .293

A. Casilla .172

OBP

A. Pujols .446

A. Ethier .364

J. Gerut .236

SLG

A. Pujols .688

M. Prado .475

A. Casilla .219

OPS

A. Pujols 1.134

G. Beckham .835

A. Casilla .485

ERA

T. Lincecum 2.19

J. Niemann 3.86

J. Moyer 5.47

K/9IP

T. Lincecum 10.71

J. Cueto 6.78

N. Blackburn 3.68

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WhiteSox Batters (4.60 RS/G) vs. Athletics Pitchers (4.83 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 49.Anderson*
G/S/vB 40.Bailey
G/S/vB 56.Breslow*
G/S/vB 53.Cahill
G/S/vB 44.Casilla
G/S/vB 59.Gonzalez
G/S/vB 47.Gonzalez*
G/S/vB 60.Gray
G/S/vB 52.Marshall*
G/S/vB 54.Mazzaro
G/S/vB 48.Wuertz
G/S/vB 31.Ziegler
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

15.Beckham G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 250/180 .295/.369/.465/.835 1.027/.758 1.025 118/.932 5/4 6/11

27.Castro G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· 141/95 .222/.305/.389/.694 .658/.711 .762 21/.549 0/0 5/5

23.Dye G/S/vP 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 3/.333 5/.650 ··· 2/2.500 ··· ··· 3/.666 2/1.500 2/1.000 428/317 .268/.343/.504/.847 .796/.865 .862 100/.540 0/2 24/5

17.Getz* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 343/283 .267/.325/.367/.691 .752/.678 .687 78/.767 18/2 2/7

14.Konerko G/S/vP 3/.666 1/.000 3/.666 3/.000 4/1.750 ··· 2/no AB ··· 1/no AB 3/.000 3/1.334 1/no AB 454/327 .280/.344/.488/.831 1.085/.735 .780 108/.703 0/0 21/4

30.Kotsay* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 107/88 .250/.290/.330/.620 .474/.652 .546 35/.560 2/1 1/0

5.Nix G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 2/3.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.000 1/2.000 175/83 .230/.326/.447/.773 .837/.699 .920 55/.805 7/0 8/9

12.Pierzynski* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 4/.000 2/2.500 2/.500 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 374/276 .312/.342/.461/.803 .719/.833 .867 90/.848 1/0 12/4

22.Podsednik* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· 2/.500 3/.333 1/no AB 3/.666 ··· ··· 3/.666 3/.666 4/.500 1/.000 402/285 .296/.349/.386/.736 .738/.735 .712 114/.728 18/9 4/2

20.Quentin G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/3.000 ··· 3/3.500 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 241/176 .232/.324/.441/.764 .750/.768 .739 90/.735 1/0 11/1

10.Ramirez G/S/vP 3/1.334 ··· 4/.000 3/.666 3/.666 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 3/.000 3/.333 1/.000 428/320 .273/.329/.408/.737 .990/.653 .687 83/.680 12/3 13/14

51.Rios G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 3/1.167 6/.334 3/1.167 ··· 3/1.000 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.000 5/.800 2/1.000 485/350 .262/.315/.423/.739 .747/.735 .610 89/.770 19/3 14/3

25.Thome* G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 2/3.500 3/.666 2/4.000 ··· 2/.500 ··· 2/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 2/.000 368/275 .252/.383/.500/.883 .849/.895 .872 93/.858 0/0 21/

31.Wise* G/S/vP 3/1.167 1/.000 1/no AB 2/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.500 2/2.000 ··· 125/110 .200/.240/.348/.587 .871/.557 .458 30/.724 2/3 2/0

IP 121.2 64.0 48.0 133.1 41.1 45.1 51.2 4.2 1.0 76.1 55.0 51.0 TOTAL .261/.332/.421/.753 .821/.727 .764 .746 74/33 136/99

ERA-K/9

4.22/7.2

2.11/10.1

4.13/6.9

5.06/4.6

5.66/6.5

5.16/5.4

5.57/9.6

1.93/3.8

0.00/0.0

5.54/5.8

3.27/11.3

2.82/6.2

4.47/6.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 512/.259 255/.176 195/.189 585/.281 189/.275 202/.274 239/.297 16/.188 3/.000 350/.321 216/.218 216/.285 .268

OPS .709 .514 .631 .855 .834 .739 .852 .625 .000 .860 .655 .712 .754

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 142/.781 120/.568 102/.639 310/.971 90/.957 108/.904 61/1.225 8/1.000 1/.000 206/.889 90/.671 100/.853 .834

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 370/.681 135/.468 93/.623 275/.723 99/.725 94/.554 178/.727 8/.250 2/.000 144/.820 126/.645 116/.592 .702

Home 208/.665 105/.462 81/.552 347/.840 88/.620 98/.592 91/1.103 4/.000 / 125/.875 83/.363 109/.726

Last 28d days 135/.550 48/.574 54/.585 157/.907 51/.817 56/.797 122/.762 11/.909 3/.000 150/1.079 49/.838 43/.832

HR/SB/CS 14/11/2 4/0/0 6/7/4 25/16/8 6/3/2 0/0/1 7/1/1 1/0/0 0/0/0 9/7/3 5/7/3 1/2/0 113/68/27

Usage ····X··· ·o··o··· ·X·X··o· ··X····X ······Xo ·····X·· ···X···· ···o··Xo ··o····· ·X····X· ·o··o·X· ····Xo··

Athletics Batters (4.59 RS/G) vs. WhiteSox Pitchers (4.54 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 52.Contreras
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 45.Jenks
G/S/vB 71.Linebrink
G/S/vB 57.Pena
G/S/vB 37.Thornton*
G/S/vB 67.Williams*
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

7.Crosby G/S/vP 14/1.096 22/.333 2/.000 9/.444 3/.666 3/.000 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 5/1.800 ··· 234/131 .225/.299/.368/.666 .797/.559 .751 39/.910 2/1 6/7

57.Cunningham G/S/vP ··· 3/.333 2/.000 ··· 2/2.500 3/.666 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 54/38 .140/.204/.240/.444 .464/.434 .580 4/.000 0/0 1/1

32.Cust* G/S/vP 4/1.250 7/.953 ··· 9/.476 1/5.000 9/1.194 1/no AB 2/.000 ··· 6/.167 ··· 453/311 .228/.344/.386/.730 .605/.788 .781 111/.719 4/0 16/2

11.Davis G/S/vP ··· 7/.286 1/.000 6/.733 3/1.667 3/.000 ··· 1/2.000 3/.666 1/.000 ··· 211/117 .294/.367/.422/.789 .761/.813 .831 85/.944 22/6 2/3

14.Ellis G/S/vP 8/.268 39/.398 2/1.000 12/.250 2/2.500 6/.000 5/.400 3/.666 2/.000 2/2.000 ··· 219/158 .267/.309/.406/.715 .752/.701 .573 101/.849 6/2 5/2

21.Everidge G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 69/51 .267/.348/.417/.764 1.044/.669 .841 69/.764 0/0 1/1

5.Garciaparra G/S/vP 6/1.167 7/.858 3/.000 ··· 3/1.000 3/.666 ··· 9/1.444 4/1.000 ··· ··· 121/77 .263/.298/.368/.666 .645/.678 .735 36/.716 1/0 2/0

12.Hairston G/S/vP 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 336/224 .284/.334/.500/.834 1.051/.729 .839 92/.756 10/2 14/2

29.Kennedy* G/S/vP 13/.693 19/.352 5/.800 ··· 3/.000 3/.000 1/no AB 1/.000 3/1.333 5/.600 ··· 386/267 .284/.341/.431/.772 .587/.853 .741 120/.728 14/5 10/8

26.Pennington# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 3/.500 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 49/34 .326/.367/.457/.824 .333/1.051 .711 49/.824 3/0 1/0

35.Powell# G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 102/73 .253/.324/.429/.752 .596/.812 .779 23/1.035 0/0 3/4

8.Suzuki G/S/vP ··· 12/1.409 3/2.334 6/1.000 2/.000 6/.000 ··· 3/.666 1/2.000 1/5.000 ··· 434/304 .283/.319/.418/.736 .736/.737 .669 99/.710 5/2 9/2

15.Sweeney* G/S/vP ··· 4/1.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 6/1.000 ··· 3/2.334 1/3.000 ··· ··· 371/276 .271/.322/.374/.695 .709/.690 .574 89/.740 5/5 5/2

IP 97.1 160.2 70.2 133.2 44.2 150.2 40.0 41.1 48.0 49.1 5.2 TOTAL .255/.324/.389/.712 .685/.724 .721 .795 89/30 96/83

ERA-K/9

5.09/6.8

3.70/4.7

3.82/6.4

4.04/7.6

2.82/11.1

4.06/7.5

3.83/8.6

3.05/8.9

4.69/7.3

2.55/11.3

3.18/9.5

4.15/7.2

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 429/.257 648/.261 309/.283 570/.247 196/.225 627/.238 171/.248 184/.273 219/.291 198/.217 23/.158 .257

OPS .730 .724 .727 .714 .727 .660 .699 .813 .768 .614 .673 .731

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 223/.704 179/.757 141/.862 158/.744 62/.854 327/.633 83/.843 78/.725 103/.826 79/.478 12/.250 .741

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 206/.756 469/.711 168/.620 412/.702 134/.670 300/.689 88/.566 106/.874 116/.719 119/.706 11/1.260 .724

Road 215/.758 268/.765 110/.738 284/.678 93/.793 318/.741 78/.642 84/.791 102/.837 91/.750 3/.000

Last 28d days 115/.768 170/.675 69/.698 143/.808 43/.651 137/.606 42/.776 45/1.196 54/.766 52/.603 23/.673

HR/SB/CS 8/16/1 20/1/1 4/1/2 16/14/5 4/14/1 14/14/2 5/8/0 6/10/0 5/4/2 4/3/3 1/2/2 113/100/24

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