Loser League: June
Unrelated to the Loser League, I did finish my Top 100 MLB players of my lifetime list and it will be coming to a blog (this one) soon!
The '79 Blue Jays continue to be in a class of their own in the A.L. East as they now have a 10 1/2 game "lead" over the '88 Orioles and might as well start printing their postseason tickets to Exhibition Stadium. The losers of the month though in the A.L. were the '82 Twins who went a stomach turning 5-22 to move ahead/behind the '03 Tigers in the Central by two games.
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1990 NYA 46 39 A.Huff TBA .365 A.Belle CLA 23 E.Brown KCA 67 2002 TBA 43 40 E.Brown KCA .359 E.Murray BAA 21 A.Huff TBA 66 1992 BOA 41 44 R.Carew LAA .353 K.Hrbek MNA 19 J.Barfiel NYA 65 1988 BAA 39 44 K.Hrbek MNA .347 K.Maas NYA 19 B.Grich LAA 64 1979 TOA 29 55 R.Kelly NYA .332 A.Huff TBA 19 A.Belle CLA 58 2005 KCA 49 35 WINS SAVES ERA 1989 CHA 47 36 F.Tanana LAA 11 T.Niedenf BAA 18 C.Hough TEA 1.77 1991 CLA 38 46 C.Hough TEA 10 M.Macdoug KCA 16 A.Hawkins NYA 2.50 2003 DEA 34 49 F.Martine LAA 8 G.Harris TEA 15 J.Bautist BAA 2.57 1982 MNA 32 51 R.Clemens BOA 8 E.Yan TBA 15 R.Clemens BOA 2.69 F.Viola BOA 8 OTHERS TIED W 13 G.Swindel CLA 2.74 1980 LAA 56 27 1985 TEA 43 41 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1980 SEA 37 45 R.Kelly NYA 13 A.Sanchez DEA 34 R.Clemens BOA 123 1979 OAA 34 48 D.Slaught TEA 9 R.Kelly NYA 33 T.Underwo TOA 106 D.Gallagh CHA 9 J.Cruz SEA 26 F.Bannist SEA 104 B.Bochte SEA 8 O.Guillen CHA 23 M.Perez CHA 98 T.Harrah TEA 8 A.Cole CLA 23 D.Darwin BOA 91 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS KCA 13 at BAA 1 KCA-Howell(1-2, 4.14) at BAA-Ballard(4-5, 3.57) CLA 5 at CHA 6 CLA-Swindel(6-5, 2.74) at CHA-Dotson(7-4, 4.25) OAA 11 at LAA 10 OAA-Keough(1-10, 6.03) at LAA-Tanana(11-1, 2.96) DEA 12 at MNA 7 DEA-Bonderm(1-7, 6.52) at MNA-Havens(4-6, 4.81) TEA 4 at NYA 2 TEA-Mason(6-9, 5.51) at NYA-Lapoint(7-3, 3.35) TOA 6 at SEA 9 TOA-Huffman(3-10, 6.46) at SEA-Bannist(7-7, 3.10) BOA 7 at TBA 4 BOA-Viola(8-7, 2.86) at TBA-Kennedy(6-5, 3.43) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB J.Rudi LAA OAA 5 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 D.Revering OAA LAA 5 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 G.Gaetti MNA DEA 5 1 3 4 0 0 1 0 A.Berroa KCA BAA 5 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 T.Long KCA BAA 5 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS C.Hough TEA NYA 8.0 3 1 1 0 5 1 W B.Thigpen CHA CLA 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 W G.Harris BOA TBA 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 S V.Zambrano TBA BOA 3.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 D.Carrasco KCA BAA 8.0 5 1 1 3 0 1 W WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS K.Maas NYA .385 26 10 12 5 5 D.Stieb TOA 9 2 0 0 2 0 100 E.Brown KCA .382 34 13 10 5 3 D.Bautista KCA 9 4 0 1 9 0 100 B.Higginson DEA .421 38 16 10 2 4 G.Harris BOA 5 2 0 0 4 0 002 T.Paciorek SEA .300 30 9 8 1 4 C.Hough TEA 22 10 2 2 17 1 110 J.Barfield NYA .324 34 11 9 9 2 T.McCarthy CHA 5 1 0 1 2 0 100 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Donohue LAA .121 33 4 1 1 0 M.Mason TEA 5 15 10 1 4 1 030 R.Santiago DEA .100 30 3 2 2 0 J.Montague LAA 6 13 10 4 0 1 021 R.Picciolo OAA .172 29 5 2 0 0 T.Harper TBA 6 13 8 1 4 4 020 M.Lewis CLA .219 32 7 1 0 0 M.Roney DEA 8 10 8 2 3 2 030 L.Cox SEA .115 26 3 0 4 0 M.Young BOA 7 15 9 2 7 1 010 INJURY REPORT W.Gross, Oakland - 3 more games F.Patek, California - 9 more games L.Roberts, Seattle - 6 more games S.Sax, New York (AL) - 3 more games T.Naehring, Boston - 4 more games E.Munson, Detroit - 2 more games
The losers of the month in the N.L. were the '91 Astros who after going 8-18 in June have charged to the bottom of the Central with a four game lead over the '85 Pirates. The '88 Braves and '98 Marlins continue to be the "class" of the league as it is almost a lock that the Loser Card will come out of the East.
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2000 PHN 49 34 A.Galarra CON .413 R.Lankfor SLN 26 S.Rolen PHN 82 2008 WAN 47 37 J.Mabry SLN .381 B.Bonilla NYN 21 R.Lankfor SLN 71 1993 NYN 44 39 B.Gilkey SLN .354 S.Rolen PHN 20 D.Bichett CON 61 1998 FLN 31 52 C.Biggio HON .342 E.Murray NYN 18 A.Galarra CON 58 1988 ATN 29 54 B.Butler LAN .341 OTHERS TIED W 17 J.Bell ARN 57 2002 MLN 47 35 WINS SAVES ERA 1995 SLN 45 39 M.Krukow SFN 12 M.Dejean MLN 22 M.Krukow SFN 1.51 1982 CIN 45 40 R.Reusche PIN 11 G.Olson ARN 21 D.Bird CHN 1.91 1981 CHN 41 42 O.Daal PHN 11 S.Garrelt SFN 18 R.Reusche PIN 2.21 1985 PIN 41 43 T.Candiot LAN 10 T.Henke SLN 18 K.Gross LAN 2.40 1991 HON 36 47 B.Sheets MLN 10 G.Lucas SDN 17 O.Daal ARN 2.63 1985 SFN 51 32 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 1992 LAN 49 33 E.Young MLN 14 B.Butler LAN 36 M.Soto CIN 135 1998 ARN 46 37 C.Biggio HON 13 E.Young MLN 34 P.Harnisc HON 127 1993 CON 42 41 L.Mazzill PIN 10 V.Coleman NYN 32 B.Sheets MLN 113 1981 SDN 39 45 R.Reynold PIN 10 S.Finley HON 31 D.Gooden NYN 106 OTHERS TIED W 9 E.Young CON 27 A.Benes ARN 100 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS MLN 5 at ARN 3 MLN-Sheets(10-4, 3.99) at ARN-Telemac(8-3, 4.15) PIN 5 at CIN 4 PHN-Wolf(8-5, 3.54) at ATN-Mahler(4-11, 4.63) SDN 9 at CON 7 PIN-Tunnell(3-3, 3.89) at CIN-Soto(8-8, 3.16) WAN 3 at FLN 2 SDN-Eichelb(5-8, 4.89) at CON-Harris(6-7, 4.97) LAN 7 at HON 3 WAN-Baleste(6-3, 3.26) at FLN-Hernand(5-8, 3.54) NYN 3 at SLN 7 LAN-Hershis(7-4, 4.36) at HON-Kile(3-4, 3.47) CHN 2 at SFN 1 NYN-Hillman(7-2, 3.93) at SLN-Morgan(4-4, 3.74) CHN-Martz(2-7, 5.08) at SFN-Gott(4-3, 3.63) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB S.Bream PIN CIN 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 M.Kotsay FLN WAN 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 R.Sexson MLN ARN 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 R.Bass SDN CON 4 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 S.Hemond SLN NYN 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS J.Gott LAN HON 4.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 S M.Krukow SFN CHN 8.0 5 1 1 1 8 0 R.Reuschel CHN SFN 7.0 4 1 0 1 3 0 J.Candelaria PIN CIN 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 W V.De Los SantoMLN ARN 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 W WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS E.Murray NYN .500 26 13 7 2 4 B.Chen PHN 8 2 0 0 8 0 002 J.Hernandez MLN .407 27 11 9 6 3 F.Williams SFN 6 1 0 1 6 0 000 W.Harris WAN .304 23 7 5 4 3 M.Krukow SFN 17 8 1 2 17 0 100 D.Bichette CON .379 29 11 10 2 3 L.Smith CHN 8 3 0 2 8 0 100 R.Lankford SLN .361 36 13 9 3 4 J.Gott LAN 7 3 0 1 6 0 001 WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS R.Adams SFN .040 25 1 0 0 0 T.Urbani SLN 6 9 9 3 5 1 110 R.Gant ATN .063 32 2 1 2 0 J.Deleon PIN 13 23 15 7 17 4 010 C.Davis SFN .156 32 5 0 1 0 R.Rhoden PIN 14 27 14 5 10 1 020 J.Uribe SFN .161 31 5 1 0 0 G.Harris CON 13 19 13 6 13 2 020 A.Hall ATN .138 29 4 2 1 0 D.Nied CON 8 12 8 6 4 2 010 INJURY REPORT B.Bonds, Chicago (NL) - 1 more games A.Trevino, Cincinnati - 4 more games E.Davis, Los Angeles - 6 more games N.Liriano, Colorado - 6 more games E.Young, Colorado - 15 more games J.Burnitz, New York (NL) - 3 more games H.Johnson, New York (NL) - 2 more games A.Arias, Philadelphia - 4 more games M.Lieberthal, Philadelphia - 5 more games J.Fabregas, Milwaukee - 8 more games J.Hernandez, Milwaukee - 7 more games A.Kearns, Washington - 2 more games
The featured boxscore for June was a 20 inning interleague tilt between the '85 Rangers and '93 Mets where some how 42,000+ fans showed up. Must have been a bobblehead day. The infamous Anthony Young surrendered five runs in the final frame.
BOXSCORE: 1985 Texas Rangers At 1993 New York (NL) Mets 6/15/2008 Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Mets AB R H RBI AVG D.Walker RF 5 0 1 0 .200 V.Coleman LF 8 0 1 0 .274 G-A.Bannister PH,LF 4 0 0 0 .262 J.Orsulak CF,1B 6 1 2 0 .283 T.Harrah 2B 7 2 3 0 .265 E.Murray 1B 4 0 1 0 .305 P.O'Brien 1B 7 2 2 0 .233 B-R.Thompson PR,CF 2 1 0 0 .211 G.Ward CF 9 1 3 3 .305 J.Franco P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Slaught C 5 0 0 0 .295 I-C.O'Brien PH 1 0 0 0 .353 D-G.Brummer C 3 1 1 0 .429 E.Hillman P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Buechele 3B 8 1 1 3 .199 K-T.Fernandez PH 1 0 1 0 .231 C.Wilkerson SS 8 1 2 0 .230 A.Young P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Jones LF,RF 8 0 2 1 .255 M-J.McKnight PH 1 0 0 0 .213 J.Russell P 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Bonilla RF 8 0 1 1 .282 R.Surhoff P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Johnson 3B 5 1 1 2 .201 D.Rozema P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Kent SS 8 0 3 0 .283 C-O.McDowell PH 1 0 0 0 .230 T.Hundley C 8 0 0 0 .225 D.Schmidt P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Walker 2B 8 0 0 0 .192 B.Hooton P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Gooden P 2 0 0 0 .152 E-L.Parrish PH 1 0 0 0 .287 A-D.Gallagher PH 1 0 0 0 .282 D.Stewart P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Maddux P 1 0 0 0 .000 H-W.Tolleson PH 1 0 0 0 .348 J.Innis P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Welsh P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-J.Burnitz PH,CF 3 0 1 0 .181 J-N.Capra PH 1 0 1 01.000 M.Mason P 0 0 0 0 .000 L-T.Dunbar PH 1 0 0 0 .167 C.Hough P 0 0 0 0 .500 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 72 8 16 7 Totals 67 3 11 3 A-Pinch Hit For Gooden In 7th Inning B-Pinch Ran For Murray In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Rozema In 10th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Slaught In 11th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Hooton In 12th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Innis In 12th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Walker In 13th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Stewart In 14th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Franco In 15th Inning J-Pinch Hit For Welsh In 17th Inning K-Pinch Hit For Hillman In 18th Inning L-Pinch Hit For Mason In 19th Inning M-Pinch Hit For Young In 20th Inning INJURY: Don Slaught INJURED (for 2 more games) in 11th inning Rangers......... 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 8 16 0 Mets............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 11 0 Rangers (39-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Russell 7 1/3 3 1 1 5 5 0 123 5.95 R.Surhoff 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 11 7.71 D.Rozema BS(2nd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 2.95 D.Schmidt 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 1 22 1.62 B.Hooton 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.22 D.Stewart 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 34 3.35 C.Welsh 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 49 5.36 M.Mason 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 38 4.88 C.Hough WIN(9-3) 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 34 1.84 [1]Totals 20 11 3 3 9 15 1 Mets (37-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Gooden 7 4 2 2 2 5 0 95 2.76 M.Maddux 3 2/3 4 1 1 1 4 0 71 3.89 J.Innis 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 6.03 J.Franco 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 48 7.36 E.Hillman 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 52 3.70 A.Young LOSS(5-4) 2 4 5 5 2 3 0 49 3.17 [1]Totals 20 16 8 8 8 15 0 ATTENDANCE- 42,141 DATE- Sunday, June 15th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 6:17 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:12 Mets:14 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 2 Mets: 2 DOUBLES- D.Walker(1st), G.Ward(10th), G.Brummer(2nd), N.Capra(1st), J.Kent(19th) TRIPLES- S.Buechele(4th) HOME RUNS- H.Johnson(9th) STOLEN BASES- T.Harrah(4th), G.Ward(11th), C.Wilkerson-4(13th), V.Coleman(28th), J.Burnitz(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- P.O'Brien, S.Buechele, J.Orsulak SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Johnson WALKS- T.Harrah-2, P.O'Brien-2, G.Brummer, S.Buechele, C.Wilkerson, B.Jones, V.Coleman, J.Orsulak-3, B.Bonilla, H.Johnson-3, J.Burnitz STRIKE OUTS- D.Walker-2, T.Harrah, G.Ward, G.Brummer, S.Buechele, C.Wilkerson-4, B.Jones-2, J.Russell-3, V.Coleman-2, R.Thompson, C.O'Brien, B.Bonilla-2, H.Johnson, J.Kent-3, T.Hundley, C.Walker, D.Gooden, M.Maddux, J.Burnitz GIDP- P.O'Brien, T.Dunbar, H.Johnson, J.Kent BALKS- A.Young