VAfan Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Here are the team's June offensive numbers. Chicago White Sox Team Batting Statistics NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Paul Konerko 23 89 13 33 4 0 4 49 20 7 11 0 0 .371 .429 .551 .979 Jermaine Dye 25 98 18 32 7 0 6 57 19 9 18 0 1 .327 .385 .582 .967 Pablo Ozuna 13 37 10 17 0 0 0 17 4 0 2 0 2 .459 .474 .459 .933 Alex Cintron 15 49 10 17 3 0 2 26 10 4 5 5 0 .347 .396 .531 .927 Jim Thome 22 72 18 19 3 0 5 37 16 12 25 0 0 .264 .371 .514 .885 Joe Crede 23 84 20 24 4 0 6 46 21 3 10 0 1 .286 .315 .548 .862 Juan Uribe 21 74 13 21 6 1 4 41 15 1 9 0 0 .284 .293 .554 .847 Tadahito Iguchi 22 94 17 29 6 0 2 41 14 8 16 1 0 .309 .363 .436 .799 A.J. Pierzynski 22 83 8 24 5 0 2 35 10 4 11 0 0 .289 .337 .422 .759 Rob Mackowiak 21 46 8 14 2 0 0 16 3 5 11 0 0 .304 .377 .348 .725 Ross Gload 16 30 3 10 1 0 0 11 4 0 3 0 0 .333 .333 .367 .700 Scott Podsednik 23 90 18 22 4 2 1 33 17 11 20 6 3 .244 .320 .367 .687 Brian Anderson 15 48 6 10 4 0 1 17 7 3 10 0 0 .208 .269 .354 .623 White Sox 26 930 167 276 49 3 34 433 162 72 162 12 7 .297 .352 .466 .817 Players are ranked by OPS. The runs scored is 173 in 27 games, or 6.4 runs/game. Compare this to May's offense. NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Jermaine Dye 21 68 14 18 1 1 8 45 16 13 16 1 1 .265 .373 .662 1.035 Jim Thome 27 100 19 29 3 0 10 62 26 21 32 0 0 .290 .410 .620 1.030 Chris Widger 9 25 4 9 3 0 1 15 3 2 8 0 0 .360 .407 .600 1.007 Pablo Ozuna 18 34 4 12 3 1 1 20 6 3 4 3 2 .353 .405 .588 .994 Scott Podsednik 25 85 25 27 6 3 1 42 9 20 16 14 3 .318 .443 .494 .938 Rob Mackowiak 25 64 7 22 4 0 2 32 5 8 10 0 1 .344 .425 .500 .925 Paul Konerko 28 107 15 25 4 0 9 56 21 12 29 0 0 .234 .315 .523 .838 A.J. Pierzynski 24 90 12 29 8 0 2 43 8 4 13 0 0 .322 .358 .478 .836 Joe Crede 28 102 9 30 4 0 4 46 17 6 11 0 0 .294 .324 .451 .775 Tadahito Iguchi 23 96 19 25 2 0 4 39 10 5 25 3 1 .260 .311 .406 .717 Brian Anderson 25 48 7 8 0 0 2 14 5 7 14 0 1 .167 .281 .292 .572 Juan Uribe 26 93 9 22 4 0 1 29 6 1 20 0 0 .237 .260 .312 .572 Alex Cintron 12 41 1 10 1 0 0 11 3 0 3 2 0 .244 .238 .268 .506 Ross Gload 11 18 0 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 .167 .158 .222 .380 NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS White Sox 28 971 145 269 44 5 45 458 137 102 204 24 9 .277 .347 .472 .819 In May, we scored 145 runs in 28 games, or 5.1 runs a game. I think it is interesting that our team OPS was slightly higher in May (.819 v. .817), yet we scored a whole lot fewer runs. One of things I would attribute the difference to is that in June, we no longer have two automatic outs at the bottom of the lineup. We only have one -- Brian Anderson. Not only did Juan Uribe go from slugging .312 to slugging .554, but Alex Cintron also hit extremely well in the games he played. Plus, Anderson played in only 15 June games after stinking up 25 May games. The key to all of this in my mind is Juan Uribe, who had a fantastic month. He went from 6 RBI in May, to 20 in June. That damn near led the team. Only Joe Crede -- with 21 RBI -- had more. That Crede/Uribe combo went a long way to winning us the World Series last year. They are doing it again. Another key is to use Anderson in only half the games as a hitter. And it's unfortunate that Ozuna pulled up lame again, because he needs to start against all lefties -- either in left field or at second base. Iguchi has sucked against lefties this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 (edited) Pretty much Iguchi and Pods both suck against LH, which cripples the offense from the top. Uribe is the key to this team's offense IMO. The top of the order, including AJ and Crede, are all hitting either on pace or much better than their career averages, which is great, but with the pitching slacking, the offense needs to step up even more--which means Uribe and Anderson need to start pulling their weight. If the top of the order slumps a little, and lately they have, then Uribe can help offset that lack of production by being a run producing threat at the bottom of the order. A power hitting SS (at times) like Juan is a rare commodity, and with his all-world glove, I'm glad he's a White Sox. Lets hope Uribe's hot streak continues for awile. Edited June 30, 2006 by chitownsportsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Funny, but I get a feeling that BA will come up huge on offense for the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 cool, way to get a run in with the bottom of the order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygoat Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 i also just saw that 43% of all our runs come from the long ball. That reminds me of the 2004 sox and i dont like that. Anyways our team knows how to manufacture runs so thats fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 QUOTE(zygoat @ Jul 1, 2006 -> 07:25 PM) i also just saw that 43% of all our runs come from the long ball. That reminds me of the 2004 sox and i dont like that. Anyways our team knows how to manufacture runs so thats fine I agree. Winning by the long ball is suspect. It isn't going to come as easy or a frequent as playing small ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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