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Old 04-23-2011, 07:04 AM   #1
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CHISOX FRANCHISE HISTORY ON "THE SHOW: MLB 11."

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VOLUNTEERS (GOTTA LOVE FUTURE VI-QUEENS)
PROJECT 20/20 (EARLY-PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION)

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Old 04-23-2011, 07:06 AM   #2
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TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 2010 PAGE C1
SOX SNAG AROD, STRASBURG
TEAM SURPRISED PITCHER THERE IN THIRD ROUND

ARLINGTON, Texas - THE WHITE SOX NOT ONLY PICKED UP THE LEFT SIDE OF THE YANKEES' INFIELD, BUT THEY ALSO SNARED BASEBALL'S BEST YOUNG PITCHING PROSPECT IN STEPHEN STRASBURG.

"AROD (ALEX RODRIGUEZ) LASTED TO THE 15TH PICK OVERALL, WE GOT (DEREK) JETER IN THE FOURTH ROUND," SAID CHICAGO MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN. "THOSE GUYS ARE HALL OF FAMERS. (STEPHEN) STRASBURG COULD BE, TOO."

"RODRIGUEZ MAY HAVE GONE UNDRAFTED (EARLIER) BECAUSE OF HIS PRICEY - BUT LONG - CONTRACT, AND RUMORS OF HIS RETIRING IN TWO YEARS," AN AL SCOUT SAID.

CHICAGO'S TOP 10 PICKS:
1-ALEX RODRIGUEZ, 3B
2-MATT HOLLIDAY, OF
3-STEPHEN STRASBURG, P
4-DEREK JETER, SS
5-AROLDIS CHAPMAN, P
6-ADAM LIND, 1B
7-MICHAEL STANTON, OF
8-MIGUEL MONTERO, C
9-DALLAS BRADEN, P
10-RANDY WOLF, P

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Old 04-23-2011, 07:11 AM   #3
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OPENING DAY ROSTER



PITCHERS
STEPHEN STRASBURG #37 6-4 220 22 2/839K
RANDY WOLF #43 6-0 200 34 2/2.6.M
DALLAS BRADEN #51 6-1 190 27 1/2.1M
KYLE DRABEK-R #22 6-1 190 23 1/420K
MIKE HAMPTON (A STRANGE THING LATER HAPPENED WITH HAMPTON; I PUT HIS SECONDARY POSITION AS AN OF AND WHEN I CHANGED IT BACK, HE BEGAN TO THROW RIGHTHANDED!)

MIKE MINOR-R # 6-3 210 23 1/420K
PETER MOYLAN # 6-2 200 32 1/1.3M
DANIEL SCHLERETH-R # 6-0 210 24 1/420K
ROBERT RAINEY-R # 6-0 198 18 2/830K

RANDY CHOATE #36 6-1 200 35 2/2.3M
DAN WHEELER # 6-3 220 33 1/1.6M
RYAN FRANKLIN # 6-3 190 37 1/4.3M

CATCHERS
MIGUEL MONTERO #28 5-11 190 27 1/1M
WILLY GOMEZ-R # 6-0 210 24 3/840K

INFIELDERS
DEREK JETER #33 6-3 195 36 3/29M
ALEX RODRIGUEZ #45 6-3 228 35 7/108M
ADAM LIND #41 6-1 215 27 3/4.7M
JIM THOME #25 6-3 250 40 1.1/1M
WILLY AYBAR # 5-11 205 27 2/340K
DELWYN YOUNG #76 5-10 191 28 1/270K
DAYAN VICIENDO-R #24 5-11 240 21 2/720K

OUTFIELDERS
MATT HOLLIDAY #7 6-4 235 31 6/57.4M
REED JOHNSON #5 5-10 180 34 1/490K
MICHAEL STANTON
HAYWOOD MORTON-R

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TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011 PAGE 3

AROD, JETER MOVED ON
WHITE SOX GET YOUNGER, FASTER

BY PAT DORWIN

SPORTSWRITER

WHITE SOX BASEBALL WEEKLY

CHICAGO - IT WAS "DEAL OR NO DEAL" IN THE WHITE SOX FRONT OFFFICE THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

GONE ARE FUTURE HALL-OF-FAMERS ALEX RODRIGUEZ AND DEREK JETER. NEW TO THE SOUTHSIDE IS 20-YEAR-OLD CATCHER JAMES HARDWICK, WHO HAD BEEN RUNNING STEADILY IN THIRD PLACE FOR THE NL MVP IN USA TODAY'S BASEBALL WEEKLY VOTING AS A MEMBER OF THE BRAVES.

HARDWICK HAS A STATLINE OF .339, 5, 26.

OTHERS NEW TO CHICAGO INCLUDE SP JUSTIN VERLANDER, 28, (FIRST YEAR OF A 4-YEAR DEAL WORTH JUST OVER $40 MILLION, VETERAN CLOSER JOE NATHAN, PITCHING IN A CONTRACT YEAR WITH AN $8.5 MOLLION SALARY, AND SP RYAN DEMPSTER, 33, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A TWO-SEASON CONTRACT CALLING FOR $16.3 MILLION TOTAL.

OTHER NEWCOMERS WHO HAVE IMMEDIATELY CONTRIBUTED INCLUDE LONG RELIEVER JOBA CHAMBERLAIN. 25, ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL WORTH AN EVEN MILLION BUCKS, 3B-LF ALEX GORDON, 27, BEING PAID A SHADE UNDER $2 MILLION THIS SEASON AND WILSON BETAMIT, 29, MAKING $200,000 WHILE HITTING .350 FOR ATLANTA.

"THE BOTTOM LINE IS RODRIGUEZ AND JETER WERE A COUPLE OF HIGH-SALARIED GUYS WITH LONG TERM CONTRACTS WHO WERE BOTH IN THEIR MID-30s," SAID SOX GM LARRY FEENEY. "SURE, WE WERE CONCERNED SOME ABOUT THEIR SLOW STARTS, BUT MORE SO IN HOW LONG THEY PLANNED TO STAY IN CHICAGO (IN REGARD TO RETIRING)."

FEENEY SAID THE TRADES ALSO OPENED UP ROOM FOR YOUNG INFIELDERS EVERTH CABRERA AND ADRIAN FERNANDEZ TO SEE MORE PLAYING TIME.

"THEY'LL HELP MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF (ADAM) LIND (TORN HAMSTRING)," FEENEY SAID. "WE'D BEEN LOOKING TO BRING UP FERNANDEZ SINCE SHORTLY AFTER WE TRADED FOR HIM."

STATISTICS THROUGH MONDAY, APRIL 9 (COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS TEAMS)

PLAYER G AB AVG H R 2B 3B HR RBI SB
W AYBAR 18 49 .367 18 9 6 0 3 3 0
W BETAMIT 32 114 .351 40 12 11 0 2 23 1
M HOLLIDAY 31 129 .349 45 19 15 0 8 25 2
W GOMEZ 10 29 .345 10 3 3 0 1 4 1
J HARDWICK 33 109 .339 37 19 7 0 5 26 3
A LIND 31 121 .339 41 15 8 0 10 24 0
E CABRERA 18 66 .333 22 9 1 0 0 3 4
A CONNER 19 64 .328 21 10 2 0 5 10 1
A GORDON 31 116 .310 36 16 9 0 3 12 1
C WELLS 14 46 .283 13 5 2 0 1 5 1
S SCHUMAKER 31 126 .254 32 15 4 1 3 11 7
M STANTON 30 103 .252 26 14 1 1 6 11 3
A FERNANDEZ 3 12 .250 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
J BOWKER 2 5 .200 1 0 1 0 0 1 0

PLAYER GP W L ERA IP H BB
D WHEELER 22 3 1 4.95 20 22 7
R CHOATE 21 2 1 2.70 20 17 9
CHAMBERLAIN 16 2 0 0.94 28.2 19 8
A CHAPMAN 12 0 2 3.18 17 13 11
D BRADEN 8 1 3 4.99 30.2 40 18
J NATHAN 8 0 0 1.13 8 3 5
K DRABEK 7 3 3 4.24 34 35 16
VERLANDER 7 4 1 2.28 51.1 47 11
STRASBURG 6 2 1 1.51 29.2 24 8
DEMPSTER 6 1 1 4.15 34.2 36 11
WOLF 6 1 1 4.84 22.1 22 17
HAMPTON 6 1 2 3.86 25.2 28 28
LINCOLN 2 0 0 9.00 2 3 1
MATA 2 0 0 INF 0.1 2 1

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MY TEAMS:

ALL-BLACKS (NAMED MY DOG JONAH, WIFE DIDN'T LIKE TANA)
CRUSADERS (MEHRTENS, MARSHALL AND McCAW)
PACKERS (LOVE TO WHIP CHEAP-SHOT VIKES!)
BREW CREW (HEY, 41st SEASON!)
VOLUNTEERS (GOTTA LOVE FUTURE VI-QUEENS)
PROJECT 20/20 (EARLY-PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION)

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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011 PAGE 3

SLUGGER SHOWS HUGE PROMISE
AUSTIN CONNER PRODUCT OF LAID-BACK SOUTH

BY PAT DORWIN

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WHITE SOX BASEBALL WEEKLY

CHICAGO - AUSTIN CONNER NEVER SEEMS OUT OF PLACE: NOT AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD SLUGGING AT A RECORD PACE AND NOT IN SPRING TRAINING WHEN HE SAW HIMSELF ATOP THE DEPTH CHART IN CENTERFIELD AFTER JUST SEVEN DAYS.

CERTAINLY NOT A SEASON AGO, WHEN AFTER LEADING HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TO ITS THIRD STRAIGHT STATE TITLE, HE RIPPED 31 HOMERS IN 42 ROOKIE-LEAGUE GAMES.

WHY, CONNER COULD EARLIER MANAGE "ONLY" 28 DINGERS IN 45 HIGH SCHOOL GAMES, FOR GOSH SAKE. HE WAS A THREE-YEAR STARTER FOR FARRAGUT, STARTING AT THREE DIFFERENT POSITIONS FOR THE ADMIRALS, LOCATED IN A TOWN NEXT TO KNOXVILLE, TENN.

CONNER, WHO TOTALED A CAREER 52 HOME RUNS, SHIFTED FROM FIRST BASE (10 HOMERS AS A SOPHOMORE) TO RIGHTFIELD AND FINALLY CENTERFIELD FOR HIS BIG SENIOR SEASON.

SO 59 HOME RUNS IN HIS LAST 57 GAMES DIDN'T MAKE CONNER STICK OUT? NOT TO SOX MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN.

"THE ONLY THING I NOTICED ABOUT HIM WAS THAT HIS JERSEY NUMBER (14) WAS ONE (NUMBER) HIGHER THAN MINE," SAYS GUILLEN, WHO HAS LONG WORN NO. 13. "I JUST THOUGHT HE WAS MAYBE SOME DOUBLE-A GUY WHO'S DAD MUST HAVE LIKED PETE ROSE (WHO WORE NO. 14)."

INDEED, CONNER LOOKS ABOUT "25 YEARS OLD," ACCORDING TO ONE SOURCE.

CONNER.

"I'VE HAD THE SAME GOATEE AND CHOPS (LONG SIDEBURNS) SINCE I WAS 15," CONNER SAYS. "I'M JUST USED TO THEM AND DON'T REALLY THINK MUCH ABOUT (MY LOOKS)."

KEEPING UP HIS CURRENT PACE OF 20 HOME RUNS IN HIS FIRST 44 WHITE SOX GAMES UNTIL HE REALLY IS 25 YEARS OLD WOULD PROPEL CONNER (WHO IS SLUGGING AT A WHOPPING .799 PERCENTAGE) INTO ELITE COMPANY.

CONNER, PARTY OF ONE.

"GIVEN THE FACT HE HASN'T EVEN PLAYED IN 20 OF CHICAGO'S GAMES, MAKES HIS STATS ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE," SAYS AN AL SCOUT. "I'D SAY HE'S WORN DOWN SOME FROM THE LAST YEAR, BUT THE BALL STILL ROCKETS OFF HIS BAT. IT'S ELECTRIC.

"WHAT, 300 HOMERS BY THE TIME HE'S 25? THAT'S RUTHIAN."

ARE THE 20 MISSED GAMES A RED FLAG SOMETHING'S AMISS?

"DON'T THINK SO," SAYS GUILLEN, WHOSE CLUB IS 32-32. "HE JUST NEEDS MORE REST AT THIS TIME OF HIS LIFE."

CHICAGO TRAINERS AND DOCTORS HAVE PUT CONNER THROUGH A BATTERY OF TESTS, BUT HAVE FOUND NO CAUSE FOR HIS PHYSICAL UPS AND DOWNS.

"I CAN'T REALLY EXPLAIN IT," SAYS CONNER. "I'VE NEVER HAD THE DAILY UPS AND DOWNS I HAVE BEEN HAVING. ON MY BAD DAYS, WHEN I WAKE UP, IT FEELS LIKE MY SHADES ARE SHUT AND IT'S A CLOUDY DAY, EVEN IF THEY'RE WIDE OPEN AND IT'S A SUNNY DAY."

HIS ENERGY SAPPED, CONNER CAN ONLY SIT AND WATCH HIS TEAMMATES AT TIMES, BUT GUILLEN ALSO SAYS CONNER WAS BENCHED TOO MUCH AT THE START OF THE SEASON.

"HE WAS AN UNKNOWN COMMODITY TO ME," GUILLEN SAYS OF CONNER LOSING OUT ON EARLY PLAYING TIME.

"I'M NOT BUYING THAT ONE," THE SCOUT SAYS. "AARON HIT 15 HOMERS IN 26 SPRING GAMES. SURE, FOUR (OF THE HOME RUNS) WERE IN 'B' GAMES, BUT OZZIE HAD EVERY NOTION WHO CONNER WAS."

A WORKOUT REGIME CONNER BEGAN IN EARLY APRIL IS STARTING TO SHOW POSITIVE RESULTS, PUTTING HIS WEIGHT UP FOUR POUNDS TO 191 ON HIS 6-1 FRAME.

"REALLY, THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN KIND OF DRAINING, SO I HOPE I'M JUST FEELING A SORT OF EXTENDED 'JET LAG.'" CONNER SAYS. "IT'S NOT PRESSURE, I KNOW THAT, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CALM AND LAID-BACK. IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, BUT I PLAYED IN FRONT OF MORE PEOPLE AT FARRAGUT THAN I DID IN ROOKIE-LEAGUE BALL."

DESPITE DROPPING TO THE NINTH-ROUND OF THE DRAFT, CONNER SAYS HE WAS READY TO GO PRO DESPITE A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, JUST 25 MINUTES FROM HIS HOME.

"WELL, EVERYBODY TOLD ME MY DRAFT STOCK FELL BECAUSE ALL THE TEAMS THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO UT," SAYS CONNER. "I NEVER TOLD A SINGLE SCOUT THAT."

THE AL SCOUT, WHOSE OWN TEAM CONSIDERED CONNER TO LAST AT LEAST A DOZEN ROUNDS, SAYS MOST TEAMS WERE SCARED OFF BY CONNER'S LACK OF BULK.

"TRUTHFULLY, HE WAS ABOUT 165 POUNDS AFTER THEY WON THE STATE," HE SAYS. "LOOKING AT HIM AND HIS FAMILY, WE DIDN'T SEE HIM GETTING BUT ABOUT 10 POUNDS HEAVIER.

"A BIG MISREAD ON OUR PART."

THE SCOUT SAYS CONNER PROJECTED "AS A 15- TO 18-HOMER GUY, AND THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD."

CONNER BULKED UP OVER THE WINTER.

"I CAN THANK DAILY DOSES OF MY MOM'S CHEESE GRITS FOR THAT," CONNER SAYS WITH A SMILE.

NOW, IF HE CAN ONLY FIND A SOUTHERN-FRIED DINER IN CHICAGO.

"IF THAT HAPPENS, AARON MAY JUST START BEING COMPARED TO ANOTHER AARON," THE SCOUT SAYS. "HENRY AARON, THAT IS."
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HIGH PRICE?



TUESDAY, AUG, 16, 2011 PAGE 4

CLUB DEALT LIKELY NL ROY
BUT WIETERS, ZOBRIST HAVE STEPPED UP

BY PAT DORWIN

SPORTSWRITER

WHITE SOX BASEBALL WEEKLY

CHICAGO - SOX GM LARRY FEENEY SAYS IT WAS ONE OF HIS TOUGHEST DECISIONS EVER - AND HE ADMITS IT COULD STILL BACKFIRE

IN LATE MAY, FEENEY STRUCK AN INTERLEAGUE DEAL, SENDING C JAMES HARDWICK NORTH ALONG WITH PROMISING PITCHER CJ BRADEN. HARDWICK, ACQUIRED EARLIER IN THE SEASON FROM ATLANTA, WAS - AND IS - THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR - DURING HIS TIME IN BOTH LEAGUES.

"JAMES IS CERTAINLY TALENTED (.302, 22, 74), PLUS HE'S ONLY 20 AND IS SIGNED FOR TWO MORE SESASONS AFTER THIS ONE," FEENEY SAID

WIETERS, A CATCHER, WAS HITTING JUST .215 AT THE TIME OF THE TRADE WITH THREE HOME RUNS. ZOBRIST, A SWITCH-HITTING UTILITY PLAYER, WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE .250 - BUT BOTH HAVE JOINED THE ONGOING CHICAGO SLUGGING PARADE.

WIETERS, 24, HAS PUMPED HIS AVERAGE UP TO ,249 WHILE UPPING HIS LONGBALL TOTAL TO 19 WITH 47 RBI'S.

"IF HITTING IS CONTAGIOUS, WE'RE ALL SICK," SAYS WIETERS WITH A GRIN.

ZOBRIST'S AVERAGE HAS SKYROCKETED ALL THE WAY TO .319 AND HIS 25 TOTAL DINGERS IS THIRD-BEST ON THE TEAM, WHILE HE'S FIFTH IN RUNS DRIVEN IN WITH 56.

"I THINK THE FACT I FELT COMFORTABLE HERE FROM DAY ONE HAS REALLY HELPED ME," SAYS ZOBRIST, WHO'S SEEMIMGLY TAkEN UP RESIDENCE IN THE NO. 2 SPOT IN THE ORDER.

TRADE GRADES

FOR THE MOST PART, FEENEY EXCELLED AT GETTING GOOD VALUE IN HIS TRADES. A LOOK AT HOW THE WHITE SOX ROSTER CHANGED AND KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED:

--TRADED HIGHLY-REGARDED CF L CAIN AND ML CATCHER FOR RP J CHAMBERLAIN, CF J GERUT AND C-1B M McKENRY. CHAMBERLAIN WAS A LEADING CY YOUNG CANDIDATE FOR MOST OF THE SEASON, UNUSUAL FOR A LONG RELIEVER. HE POSTED 11 WINS AND HAD AN ERA BELOW 1.00 FOR ABOUT 2/3 OF THE SEASON. GERUT, AND HIS BIG SALARY, WERE WISELY TRADED LATER WHILE C-1B McKENRY WILL BATTLE TO MAKE BIG LEAGUES OUT OF SPRING
GRADE-SOLID A

--SS A FERNANDEZ WAS KEY PLAYER INVOLVED IN TRADE WITH TORONTO THAT SENT PROMISING P T HUNTER TO BLUE JAYS. FERNANDEZ FINISHED 2ND IN ROY VOTING TO TEAMMATE A CONNER AS THE STOCKY INFIELDER POKED MORE THAN 30 HOMERS.
GRADE-A

-- TRADED JETER AND RP P MOYLAN TO NATIONALS FOR SP R DEMPSTER AND SS Y ESCOBAR.
GRADE-B

--AROD, CP R FRANKLIN AND GERUT WENT TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR SP J VERLANDER, CP J NATHAN AND 3B-LF A GORDON.
GRADE; ANOTHER SOLID A

--BRAVES TRADED C J HARDWICK AND 3B W BETAMIT FOR ESCOBAR, N FIGUEROA AND 1B J THOME
GRADE-


--DEALT SP R WOLF AND ML CLOSER TO PADRES FOR J DUCHSHERER.
GRADE: B+

--SENT HARDWICK PACKING TO MILWAUKEE ALONG WITH SP CJ BRADEN FOR C M WIETERS AND UTIL B ZOBRIST. HARDWICK PLAYED WELL ENOUGH TO PARLAY A FAST START TO NL ROY, BUT SCOUTS AREN'T SOLD ON HIM. WIETERS AND ZOBRIST CRANKD IT UP FOR CHICAGO.
CURRENT GRADE: A-
FUTURE GRADE: UNKNOWN
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TUESDAY, OCT. 4, 2011 PAGE 4

SEPTEMBER SWOON RUINS SEASON
POOR FINISH KEEPS SOX OUT OF PLAYOFFS

BY PAT DORWIN

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WHITE SOX BASEBALL WEEKLY

CHICAGO - THE REFLECTIONS ON THE 2011 SEASON DON'T GET ANY BETTER A FEW DAYS AFTER IT ENDED BITTERLY.

THE SOX BUMBLED TO A 4-13 FINISH - PART OF A 10-16 SEPTEMBER, WHICH ON THE HEELS OF A .500 AUGUST - LEFT THEM ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLAYOFFS LOOKING IN.

AN 82-80 RECORD LEFT THEM TWO GAMES OUT OF TAKING A WILD CARD SPOT AHEAD OF BALTIMORE.

"IT WAS SHAMEFUL, REALLY," SOX MANAGER OZZIE GUILLEN SAYS, "NOBODY'S TO BLAME BUT MYSELF."

THAT'S GUILLEN JUST PLAYING THE EXPECTED ROLE OF A MARTYR, HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO ONE SCOUT.

"OZZIE COULDN'T PITCH FOR THEM, HE COULDN'T FIELD FOR THEM," SAID THE AL SCOUT. "HE DUG THEM OUT OF AN EARLY-SEASON HOLE TO BEGIN WITH."

AFTER ALL, THE SOX LED THE MAJORS WITH A .290 BATTING AVERAGE, 844 RUNS, 1711 HITS, A WHOPPING 324 HOME RUNS, 833 RBIs, SLUGGING PERCENTAGE AND TOTAL BASES, 3071.

"THIS IS A TEAM THAT RIPPED 11 DOUBLES IN A GAME AND SMASHED A RECORD DOZEN HOMERS IN A SINGLE GAME," THE SCOUT SAYS. "OZZIE AND (HITTING COACH HAROLD) BAINES HAD A WORLD-CLASS OFFENSE."

BUT CHICAGO RANKED 27TH IN ERRORS AND FIELDING PERCENTAGE. PITCHING-WISE, A 4.79 ERA WAS THE MAJORS' SECOND-WORST.

"OUR PITCHERS HAD THE MOST WALKS IN THE MAJORS, AS WELL," SAYS GM LARRY FEENEY.

AARON CONNER, 18, WAS NAMED AL ROY, POSTING .326, 37, 79 NUMBERS.

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PLAYER GP AB AVG H R 2B 3B HR RBI SB

M HOLLIDAY 146 600 .313 188 86 47 7 32 105 16
M WIETERS 136 501 .263 132 67 19 3 25 65 4
A LIND 134 534 .305 183 90 35 2 42 103 6
S SCHUMAKER 134 483 .257 124 57 28 3 16 52 17
B ZOBRIST 131 500 .322 161 86 28 1 30 76 16
W BETAMIT 129 468 .323 151 63 30 1 22 77 2
A CONNOR 120 448 .326 146 75 28 4 37 79 11
A FERNANDEZ 102 335 .296 99 67 14 3 31 64 11
E CABRERA 91 343 .303 104 55 14 0 8 26 27
A GORDON 89 324 .315 102 45 13 2 14 44 10
W GOMEZ 54 171 .263 45 19 13 0 6 18 4
J SONG 29 88 .284 25 12 2 0 4 7 1
J COUCH 21 69 .261 18 8 7 0 2 13 0
J NOBLES 14 45 .311 14 7 2 0 1 7 1

PLAYER GP W L ERA GS QS SV BSV HLD IP H
R CHOATE 77 9 2 2.76 0 0 0 5 18 85 78
D O'DAY 74 2 4 3.14 0 0 6 3 16 86 66
J CHAMBERLAIN 74 11 3 2.57 0 0 0 1 15 105 80
T SIPP 66 3 0 3.09 0 0 5 4 12 79 55
J NATHAN 53 1 0 3.50 0 0 36 2 8 46 38
W CORDOVA 46 1 2 4.06 0 0 0 3 10 44 52
J VERLANDER 34 16 7 3.46 34 23 0 0 0 224 212
J DUCHSHERER 33 14 8 4.30 33 16 0 0 0 184 193
D SCHLERETH 33 1 3 4.59 0 0 0 2 5 33 32
S STRASBURG 28 6 13 5.80 28 8 0 0 0 132 153
K MEDLEN 27 7 6 4.77 20 6 0 0 0 122 137
D HUFF 4 0 0 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 10 11

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