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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES PREVIEWS



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St. Louis Tides (91-71) vs Arizona Sandmen (102-60)

ST. LOUIS LEADERS

Team Leaders AVG R. Staub .333 T. Speaker .308 D. Snider .300 P. Suder .279	Team Leaders HR R. Staub 23 D. Snider 22 P. Suder 11 D. Higham 7 F. Lynn 7	Team Leaders RBI R. Staub 111 D. Snider 109 P. Suder 66 D. Higham 61 F. Lynn 55
Team Leaders W V. Trucks 19 B. Arroyo 18 T. Bond 16 V. Zambrano 10 H. Pennock 8	Team Leaders ERA V. Trucks 3.44 T. Bond 3.51 B. Arroyo 3.81	Team Leaders K 2 tied with 167 T. Bond 167 V. Trucks 167 B. Arroyo 118 H. Pennock 69

Who's Hot? P Joe Sambito 10 SV, 1.13 Last 14 games Who's Not?

Pitching Staff Role T Pitcher G GS W L SV ERA WHIP Status Starter R Virgil Trucks 35 35 19 9 0 3.44 1.31 Totally Exhausted Starter R Tommy Bond 34 33 16 9 1 3.51 1.13 Rested Starter R Bronson Arroyo 31 31 18 8 0 3.81 1.32 Rested Starter R Frank Smith 9 9 3 6 0 6.99 1.99 Slightly Tired Middle Reliever R Victor Zambrano 44 5 10 9 1 6.35 1.57 Rested Middle Reliever R Mike Morgan 47 0 2 6 0 5.35 1.66 Rested Setup Reliever L Joe Hoerner 37 0 4 0 4 2.04 1.23 Rested Setup Reliever L Herb Pennock 28 20 8 8 1 3.83 1.21 Rested Closer L Joe Sambito 49 0 4 1 31 1.54 1.27 Rested

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 32 L Dick Higham C 120 449 120 7 61 60 29 59 .267 .311 .399 4 R Doggie Miller C 93 243 61 6 38 38 24 17 .251 .320 .407

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 40 L Johnny Evers 2B 105 384 102 2 28 55 54 11 .266 .367 .359 10 R Pete Suder SS 152 584 163 11 66 86 30 35 .279 .325 .396 51 R Dan Uggla SS 13 29 5 1 5 5 4 6 .172 .273 .379 9 R Hal Chase 3B 101 261 68 3 36 30 6 31 .261 .281 .360 23 L Ed Kranepool 1B 25 85 24 0 9 11 4 4 .282 .315 .353 20 R Willie Randolph 2B 93 294 72 1 30 38 28 23 .245 .312 .316

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 6 L Duke Snider CF 155 630 189 22 109 93 44 89 .300 .347 .478 18 R Tommy Harper RF 65 209 45 3 16 23 12 29 .215 .259 .330 54 L Carl Crawford LF 18 42 15 0 5 6 0 10 .357 .357 .405 20 L Fred Lynn RF 124 306 97 7 55 45 24 27 .317 .366 .448 50 R Jack Manning RF 27 59 13 0 7 8 3 10 .220 .270 .339 13 L Art Shamsky RF 12 30 4 0 2 1 0 4 .133 .129 .167 2 R Barry Bonnell RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

ARIZONA LEADERS

Team Leaders AVG M. Hargrove .304 S. Thompson .298 R. Jones .280 J. McGraw .272 H. Walker .270	Team Leaders HR S. Thompson 20 R. Jones 16 G. Soto 10 J. McGraw 9 3 tied with 8	Team Leaders RBI R. Jones 87 S. Thompson 86 M. Hargrove 84 H. Walker 79 G. Soto 77
Team Leaders W D. Leonard 23 M. LaCoss 19 J. Verlander 16 D. Casey 13 H. Coveleski 8	Team Leaders ERA M. LaCoss 2.77 J. Verlander 3.20 D. Leonard 3.29 D. Casey 3.40	Team Leaders K J. Verlander 172 D. Leonard 151 D. Casey 124 M. LaCoss 80 S. Paige 63

Who's Hot? P Jose Valverde 15 SV, 0.82 Last 21 games P Randy Choate 2 SV, 1.08 Last 13 games P Harry Coveleski 4-1, 1.31 Last 8 games 2B John McGraw .440, 2 HR Last 7 games 3B Larry Gardner .400, 1 HR Last 8 games Who's Not?

Pitching Staff Role T Pitcher G GS W L SV ERA WHIP Status Starter R Mike LaCoss 33 33 19 12 0 2.77 1.24 Rested Starter L Dutch Leonard 33 33 23 9 0 3.29 1.18 Slightly Tired Starter R Justin Verlander 31 31 16 8 0 3.20 1.15 Exhausted Starter L Harry Coveleski 18 16 8 7 0 3.46 1.23 Totally Exhausted Spot Starter L Dan Casey 30 26 13 12 0 3.40 1.31 Rested Middle Reliever R Satchel Paige 26 7 3 5 4 3.95 1.37 Rested Middle Reliever R Clark Griffith 37 0 4 1 2 5.59 1.56 Rested Setup Reliever L Dan Casey 30 26 13 12 0 3.40 1.31 Rested Setup Reliever L Randy Choate 26 0 2 1 5 1.59 1.09 Rested Closer R Jose Valverde 48 0 6 3 29 2.42 1.04 Rested

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 34 R Geovany Soto C 143 559 131 10 77 65 60 147 .234 .312 .343 60 R Mike Grady C 34 94 15 2 7 16 8 12 .160 .223 .223

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 40 L John McGraw 2B 130 493 134 9 50 91 89 50 .272 .386 .371 3 R Phil Garner 2B 84 223 61 2 23 30 17 23 .274 .321 .390 14 L Larry Gardner 3B 115 380 108 1 65 52 35 12 .284 .345 .376 21 R Willie Wells SS 105 347 88 8 48 38 18 76 .254 .299 .386 28 S Wes Parker 1B 111 356 107 6 42 56 29 46 .301 .357 .452 6 R Whitey Kurowski 3B 5 11 3 0 1 1 2 2 .273 .385 .273

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 42 L Harry Walker LF 138 540 146 8 79 81 71 25 .270 .351 .376 31 L Ruppert Jones CF 156 596 167 16 87 86 56 112 .280 .343 .435 23 R Irish Meusel RF 63 202 53 2 26 27 3 45 .262 .273 .371 22 L Mike Hargrove LF 159 598 182 8 84 84 75 35 .304 .383 .416 43 R Jason Bay LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 17 R Rube Bressler LF 19 44 11 0 6 8 4 7 .250 .313 .386 50 R Mickey Stanley CF 22 62 15 2 8 8 3 4 .242 .277 .371

SEASON SERIES: Arizona won 9 of 10