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Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays, at Fenway Park, September 23, 2014 Matchups, Tickets, Preview

Date:

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Start Time:

7:10et (local)

Venue:

Fenway Park

Tickets:

Game Tickets / Tickets for games at Fenway Park

Series:

Game #1 of a 3-game series

Average Temp:

69° (based on last ten years)

Rays

Manager:

Joe Maddon

Game #:

157

On This Date:

10-6

Red Sox

Manager:

John Farrell

Game #:

158

On This Date:

42-50

Season Series
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  4     
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  2 @BOS  1     
Thu, May 01, 2014 TBR  6 @BOS  5     
Fri, May 23, 2014 TBR  1  BOS  0     
Sat, May 24, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  5 (15)
Sun, May 25, 2014 TBR  8  BOS  5     
Fri, May 30, 2014 BOS  3  TBR  2 (10)
Sat, May 31, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  1     
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 BOS  4  TBR  0     
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  4     
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 TBR  3  BOS  0     
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 BOS  3 @TBR  2     
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 BOS  8 @TBR  4     
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 TBR  7  BOS  0     
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 BOS  3 @TBR  0     
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 TBR  4  BOS  3 (10)

Tue, Sep 23, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm
Wed, Sep 24, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm
Thu, Sep 25, 2014 TBR    @BOS  7:10pm

                         All times ET

Tampa Bay Rays

75-81, 4th, 18 GB, 11 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   36-45   Road:   39-36   ExtrInn: 8-10
 vsRHP:  55-58   vsLHP:  20-23   1-Run:  25-22
 vsEast: 35-38   vsCntrl:13-16   vsWest: 17-17 IL:10-10

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Sun, Sep 21   CHW  L   5-10      75-81  4th 18.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 20   CHW  W   3-1       75-80  4th 18.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 19   CHW  L   3-4       74-80  4th 18.5 gb
153 Wed, Sep 17   NYY  L   2-3       74-79  4th 18.5 gb
152 Tue, Sep 16   NYY  W   6-1       74-78  4th 17.5 gb
151 Mon, Sep 15   NYY  W   1-0       73-78  4th 17.5 gb
150 Sun, Sep 14  @TOR  W   6-5 (10)  72-78  4th 17.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 13  @TOR  L   3-6       71-78  4th 17.5 gb
148 Fri, Sep 12  @TOR  W   1-0       71-77  4th 17.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 11  @NYY  L   4-5       70-77  4th 17.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:14-16

Boston Red Sox

68-88, 5th, 25 GB, 18 GB in WC / Schedule

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

 Home:   31-44   Road:   37-44   ExtrInn:10-11
 vsRHP:  46-62   vsLHP:  22-26   1-Run:  28-27
 vsEast: 28-42   vsCntrl:17-16   vsWest: 14-19 IL: 9-11

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
156 Sun, Sep 21  @BAL  W   3-2       68-88  5th 25.5 gb
155 Sat, Sep 20  @BAL  L   2-7       67-88  5th 26.5 gb
154 Fri, Sep 19  @BAL  W   5-3 (10)  67-87  5th 25.5 gb
153 Thu, Sep 18  @PIT  L   2-3       66-87  5th 26.5 gb
152 Wed, Sep 17  @PIT  L   1-9       66-86  5th 26.0 gb
151 Tue, Sep 16  @PIT  L   0-4       66-85  5th 25.0 gb
150 Sun, Sep 14  @KCR  W   8-4       66-84  5th 23.5 gb
149 Sat, Sep 13  @KCR  L   1-7       65-84  5th 23.5 gb
148 Fri, Sep 12  @KCR  W   4-2       65-83  5th 23.5 gb
147 Thu, Sep 11  @KCR  W   6-3       64-83  5th 23.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20: 8-12   Last 30:12-18

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Mon, Sep 01, 2014 TBR  4  BOS  3 (10)   W:Grant Balfour (2-6), L: Burke Badenhop (0-3), S: none
Sun, Aug 31, 2014 BOS  3 @TBR  0        W:Clay Buchholz (6-8), L: Alex Cobb (9-7), S: none
Sat, Aug 30, 2014 TBR  7  BOS  0        W:Jake Odorizzi (10-11), L: Allen Webster (3-3), S: none
Fri, Aug 29, 2014 BOS  8 @TBR  4        W:Anthony Ranaudo (3-0), L: Chris Archer (8-7), S: none
Sun, Jul 27, 2014 BOS  3 @TBR  2        W:Allen Webster (1-0), L: Chris Archer (6-6), S: Koji Uehara (21)
Sat, Jul 26, 2014 TBR  3  BOS  0        W:Grant Balfour (1-3), L: John Lackey (11-7), S: Jake McGee (11)
Fri, Jul 25, 2014 TBR  6  BOS  4        W:David Price (11-7), L: Junichi Tazawa (1-2), S: Jake McGee (10)
Sun, Jun 01, 2014 BOS  4  TBR  0        W:Jon Lester (6-6), L: Erik Bedard (2-4), S: none
Sat, May 31, 2014 BOS  7  TBR  1        W:Rubby De La Rosa (1-0), L: Jake Odorizzi (2-5), S: none
Fri, May 30, 2014 BOS  3  TBR  2 (10)   W:Andrew Miller (2-4), L: Juan Carlos Oviedo (1-2), S: none
Season Series: 2014 - TBR over 9-7; 2013 - BOS won 12-7; 2012 - Tied 9-9; All-Time - BOS leads 169-125

SP: Alex Cobb (26, RHP, 9-8, 2.82)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (9-8)			153.1	127	51	48	45	141	9	2.82
2013 (11-3)			143.1	120	46	44	45	134	13	2.76
2012 (11-9)			136.1	130	67	61	40	106	11	4.03

Last 7 GS		2-2	45.0	29	8	7	13	39	0	1.40	65
2014-09-17	NYY	L	6.0	4	3	3	3	3	0	100	52
2014-09-11	@NYY	ND	7.1	1	1	1	2	4	0	102	74
2014-09-05	BAL	ND	7.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	105	70
2014-08-31	BOS	L	6.1	7	2	1	1	6	0	105	58
2014-08-26	@BAL	ND	4.0	3	2	2	3	6	0	92	51
2014-08-21	DET	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	101	77
2014-08-15	NYY	W	7.1	6	0	0	1	8	0	112	73

Last 5 v.BOS		0-2	29.0	31	16	14	11	26	0	4.34	49
2014-08-31	BOS	L	6.1	7	2	1	1	6	0	105	58
2013-09-11	BOS	ND	5.2	7	3	3	3	4	0	98	44
2013-06-10	BOS	ND	4.0	7	6	6	3	4	0	98	25
2013-05-16	BOS	ND	6.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	92	67
2013-04-14	@BOS	L	6.2	7	4	3	2	6	0	106	50

SP: Clay Buchholz (29, RHP, 8-9, 5.29)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TBR Current Lineup

Split			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA/Pit	GSc
2014 (8-9)			156.2	169	99	92	52	122	17	5.29
2013 (12-1)			108.1	75	23	21	36	96	4	1.74
2012 (11-8)			189.1	187	104	96	64	129	25	4.56

Last 7 GS		3-2	47.0	37	21	19	12	39	3	3.64	57
2014-09-17	@PIT	L	4.0	6	5	4	1	3	2	73	34
2014-09-11	@KCR	W	6.1	6	3	2	3	7	0	106	55
2014-09-06	TOR	W	6.1	4	2	2	2	5	0	101	60
2014-08-31	@TBR	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	98	87
2014-08-25	@TOR	ND	8.1	4	3	3	2	4	0	103	65
2014-08-20	LAA	L	6.0	7	6	6	2	5	0	97	37
2014-08-15	HOU	ND	7.0	7	2	2	2	9	1	110	62

Last 5 v.TBR		3-1	35.0	20	5	4	9	32	1	1.03	70
2014-08-31	@TBR	W	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	98	87
2013-09-10	@TBR	W	5.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	74	66
2013-04-14	TBR	W	8.0	2	0	0	4	11	0	109	85
2012-09-25	TBR	L	6.0	8	5	4	2	5	1	99	41
2012-09-20	@TBR	ND	7.0	4	0	0	2	4	0	94	71

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

Rays Batters (3.83 RS/G) vs. Red Sox Pitchers (4.42 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 11.Buchholz
G/S/vB 35.Badenhop
G/S/vB 68.Barnes
G/S/vB 32.Breslow*
G/S/vB 66.Britton*
G/S/vB 71.Escobar*
G/S/vB 37.Hembree
G/S/vB 59.Layne*
G/S/vB 54.Mujica
G/S/vB 36.Tazawa
G/S/vB 19.Uehara
G/S/vB 30.Wilson
G/S/vB 65.Wright
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Rd Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

59.Casali G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 83/62 .169/.272/.211/.483 .521/.468 .429 16/.625 0/0 0/1

7.DeJesus* G/S/vP 14/.955 3/1.667 ··· 7/.929 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 7/1.143 2/.000 2/2.000 1/3.000 ··· 257/248 .252/.354/.419/.773 .476/.783 .748 47/.623 0/3 6/0

11.Escobar G/S/vP 24/.620 18/.466 ··· 8/.804 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 8/1.000 15/.600 2/.500 ··· 528/404 .257/.323/.339/.661 .689/.653 .741 82/.843 1/1 7/16

10.Forsythe G/S/vP 3/.000 2/2.500 ··· 3/1.000 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.250 2/1.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· 325/172 .230/.294/.340/.634 .723/.555 .622 46/.594 2/0 6/2

2.Franklin# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 1/.000 1/.000 1/.000 67/55 .200/.269/.317/.585 .350/.633 .524 15/1.379 2/0 1/1

5.Guyer G/S/vP 4/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000 2/.500 1/.000 3/1.167 ··· 279/155 .271/.335/.372/.707 .758/.666 .707 58/.718 6/1 3/0

24.Hanigan G/S/vP ··· 9/.777 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/no AB 7/.715 1/.000 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 249/191 .225/.324/.338/.662 .602/.680 .521 55/.741 1/0 5/1

8.Jennings G/S/vP 20/.572 3/.000 ··· 3/2.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 4/.833 11/.382 8/.250 1/.000 ··· 542/406 .244/.319/.378/.697 .833/.653 .781 8/1.000 15/6 10/0

20.Joyce* G/S/vP 30/.727 4/.500 ··· 11/.384 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.334 5/.200 9/.889 2/.000 ··· 477/443 .252/.348/.379/.727 .420/.752 .788 62/.336 2/4 8/3

39.Kiermaier* G/S/vP 4/.500 1/no AB ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 1/.000 2/.000 2/2.500 ··· 349/275 .262/.314/.445/.759 .525/.823 .741 74/.567 5/4 10/6

21.Loney* G/S/vP 11/.384 5/1.200 ··· 13/.802 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 10/1.600 5/.400 7/.143 3/.666 ··· 631/455 .289/.336/.382/.718 .584/.771 .691 89/.784 4/0 9/8

3.Longoria G/S/vP 41/.538 8/.750 ··· 9/.819 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 7/.000 10/.300 19/.263 2/.000 ··· 677/499 .252/.320/.406/.725 .820/.692 .686 99/.792 5/0 22/12

28.Molina G/S/vP 27/.693 1/.000 ··· 4/1.750 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 6/.500 2/1.500 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 241/190 .178/.232/.187/.419 .590/.372 .437 20/.255 3/0 0/2

9.Myers G/S/vP ··· 3/.667 ··· 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 3/2.000 3/.333 2/.000 2/1.500 ··· 341/237 .220/.296/.321/.617 .533/.655 .637 88/.532 4/1 6/3

1.Rodriguez G/S/vP 15/.522 3/.333 ··· 3/3.334 ··· ··· ··· ··· 5/.000 2/1.500 3/.000 1/.000 ··· 250/113 .206/.255/.430/.685 .690/.675 .841 32/.263 2/0 11/3

18.Zobrist# G/S/vP 42/.377 2/no AB ··· 10/.633 2/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 6/.334 10/.956 17/.368 2/.000 ··· 633/460 .269/.353/.393/.746 .860/.702 .741 105/.578 9/4 10/8

IP 156.2 69.2 6.0 54.1 4.2 1.0 8.0 19.0 60.0 62.2 63.1 26.1 16.0 TOTAL .248/.319/.369/.688 .691/.686 .691 .646 60/24 115/82

ERA-K/9

5.29/7.0

2.33/5.0

3.00/7.5

5.13/6.1

0.00/5.7

0.00/0.0

5.63/5.6

0.95/6.6

3.90/6.5

2.87/9.2

2.56/11.2

2.05/5.5

3.38/10.1

4.01/7.5

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Casali (13-4-3)
Hanigan (27-8-1)
Molina (36-14-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 683/.274 286/.271 26/.320 255/.304 17/.067 3/.000 37/.313 74/.188 253/.294 260/.241 246/.219 102/.202 64/.274 .259 Kiermaier
Myers
Joyce
Jennings
Zobrist
Forsythe
Rodriguez
DeJesus
Franklin
Escobar
Guyer 1/37/68/5
0/1/73/5
78/0/14/5
0/118/0/2
37/5/19/2
3/0/0/0
17/0/2/0
13/3/0/0
0/0/2/0
1/0/0/0
59/10/1/0

OPS .758 .679 .826 .859 .243 .000 .937 .534 .790 .663 .637 .649 .684 .732

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 388/.803 114/.721 12/.833 118/.838 6/.333 / 11/.864 46/.315 114/.904 123/.615 138/.622 49/.838 34/.706 .749

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 295/.701 172/.653 14/.819 137/.877 11/.182 3/.000 26/.969 28/.929 139/.694 137/.707 108/.656 53/.474 30/.655 .716

Home 303/.848 164/.621 12/.667 142/.903 14/.298 / 4/1.250 33/.613 136/.926 134/.684 134/.618 62/.576 31/.526

Last 28d days 102/.611 35/.697 26/.826 26/1.263 17/.243 3/.000 10/1.200 33/.589 46/.721 27/.385 15/1.333 45/.689 49/.668

HR/SB/CS 17/6/4 1/5/1 0/1/0 8/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 1/1/2 0/0/0 6/4/2 5/0/0 10/1/1 3/0/1 2/0/0 153/86/31

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

Red Sox Batters (3.80 RS/G) vs. Rays Pitchers (3.80 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850

PA/OPS 53.Cobb
G/S/vB 50.Balfour
G/S/vB 38.Beliveau*
G/S/vB 26.Boxberger
G/S/vB 54.Geltz
G/S/vB 47.Gomes
G/S/vB 57.McGee*
G/S/vB 62.Peralta
G/S/vB 27.Ramos*
G/S/vB 34.Riefenhauser*
G/S/vB 49.Yates
G/S/vB PA/vRH BA/OBP/SLG/OPS vLH/RH Hm Last 28d SB/CS HR/E

50.Betts G/S/vP 3/.666 2/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/3.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 186/129 .285/.362/.436/.799 .850/.774 .754 104/.843 6/3 5/2

2.Bogaerts G/S/vP 3/1.667 4/.000 ··· 3/.000 ··· 2/.000 4/1.250 3/2.500 5/.400 ··· 1/.000 575/408 .237/.297/.362/.658 .779/.609 .727 90/.820 2/3 12/20

25.Bradley* G/S/vP 5/.600 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.750 2/.000 4/1.250 ··· ··· 419/271 .200/.268/.268/.536 .640/.480 .605 32/.063 8/0 1/1

73.Brentz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 6/3 .333/.333/.500/.833 1.667/.000 6/.833 0/0 0/0

61.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/11 .200/.250/.333/.583 .900/.455 1.000 4/2.000 0/0 0/1

38.Castillo G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 16/12 .250/.250/.250/.500 .500/.500 16/.500 1/0 0/0

70.Cecchini* G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 11/10 .333/.455/.444/.899 .000/1.000 1.500 9/.730 0/0 0/0

52.Cespedes G/S/vP 16/.250 2/1.500 ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 3/.666 2/.000 5/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 619/468 .258/.300/.455/.755 .676/.780 .759 90/.674 6/2 22/6

5.Craig G/S/vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 3/.333 ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 484/358 .218/.283/.322/.605 .700/.571 .726 60/.351 1/1 8/0

26.Holt* G/S/vP 3/.666 3/1.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 3/.333 8/.500 ··· ··· 492/312 .281/.331/.381/.711 .763/.682 .742 41/.470 12/2 4/7

20.Lavarnway G/S/vP 4/.500 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.000 1/3.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 5/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 .000/.000 .000 1/.000 0/0 0/0

16.Middlebrooks G/S/vP 13/.398 ··· 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/2.000 5/.000 3/.000 7/.000 ··· 1/.000 234/177 .191/.256/.265/.522 .454/.543 .646 78/.447 1/1 2/4

12.Napoli G/S/vP 15/.817 11/.182 1/2.000 4/.500 1/.000 3/.333 4/1.250 10/.967 6/1.000 ··· ··· 500/360 .248/.370/.419/.789 .923/.739 .802 56/.530 3/2 17/8

29.Nava# G/S/vP 18/.686 6/.933 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 4/.250 5/.200 9/.666 ··· 1/.000 386/322 .269/.342/.358/.700 .400/.763 .687 82/.798 4/2 4/4

34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 14/.625 14/.536 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 6/.833 18/.631 16/.327 ··· 1/no AB 598/403 .264/.356/.520/.877 .893/.869 .856 76/.816 0/0 35/0

15.Pedroia G/S/vP 20/.628 13/.840 ··· 2/.000 ··· 4/.500 5/.450 19/.688 10/.300 ··· ··· 609/440 .278/.337/.376/.712 .727/.707 .676 28/.490 6/6 7/2

72.Rivero G/S/vP ··· 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 7/3 .500/.571/1.167/1.738 2.000/1.167 1.667 7/1.738 0/0 1/1

3.Ross G/S/vP 3/.333 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· 169/102 .187/.263/.373/.637 .809/.529 .523 22/.612 0/1 7/7

55.Vazquez G/S/vP 2/1.000 3/1.334 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 2/.500 ··· 1/.000 186/142 .213/.273/.262/.535 .501/.545 .548 68/.492 0/0 0/5

7.Weeks# G/S/vP 6/.533 ··· ··· 1/no AB ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 37/31 .313/.371/.469/.840 .000/.989 .526 24/.893 2/0 0/0

IP 153.1 60.0 22.1 64.0 7.0 32.1 70.1 60.2 79.2 4.0 34.0 TOTAL .242/.314/.366/.680 .696/.673 .706 .645 58/25 119/89

ERA-K/9

2.82/8.3

5.10/8.1

1.61/9.7

2.25/14.5

2.57/14.1

3.34/6.4

1.92/11.1

4.30/10.4

3.84/7.3

6.75/2.2

3.18/10.6

3.50/8.8

Catcher Def.
(SB-CS-PB)
Butler (2-0-0)
Ross (32-9-3)
Vazquez (14-13-7)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 628/.224 263/.224 91/.198 243/.152 29/.167 128/.220 271/.191 253/.239 351/.240 15/.154 146/.246 .233 Cespedes
Bradley
Nava
Betts
Craig
Castillo
Holt
Brentz 124/9/0/15
1/113/9/13
38/0/64/9
0/28/12/3
11/0/80/3
0/4/0/1
8/10/35/1
0/0/2/0

OPS .597 .708 .526 .527 .727 .655 .491 .701 .694 .421 .699 .659

vs LHB (BF-OPS) 301/.542 137/.721 42/.463 114/.401 11/.582 50/.599 75/.580 152/.684 130/.656 9/.476 43/.852 .635

vs RHB (BF-OPS) 327/.647 126/.695 49/.579 129/.640 18/.817 78/.692 196/.457 101/.727 221/.716 6/.333 103/.639 .678

Road 290/.630 119/.795 41/.614 121/.523 9/.778 61/.585 138/.518 116/.708 199/.794 / 58/.645

Last 28d days 104/.482 33/.408 28/.254 31/.447 29/.727 29/.361 38/.701 32/.822 39/.788 6/.333 31/.747

HR/SB/CS 9/11/2 3/5/0 1/2/0 9/4/2 2/0/1 5/1/0 2/2/1 9/5/0 8/3/0 0/0/0 4/2/1 139/77/26

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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 4.85

TEX 3.98

SDP 3.29

RA/G

WSN 3.42

NYY 4.03

COL 5.03

J. Altuve .345

J. Ellsbury .271

C. Davis .196

OBP

J. Bautista .407

B. Holt .331

M. Dominguez .256

SLG

J. Abreu .587

C. Utley .410

Z. Cozart .305

OPS

V. Martinez .973

B. Zobrist .746

Z. Cozart .577

ERA

C. Kershaw 1.80

A. Harang 3.60

C. Lewis 5.34

K/9IP

C. Kershaw 10.78

J. Shields 7.17

M. Buehrle 5.06

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.