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Indians Birthdays

My previous entry piqued my interest, so I decided to see how all the current Indians have done on their birthdays.  As it turns out, only seven have ever played on their birthdays.  The sample size is far too small to say anything, but it’s still interesting.  The information is as follows:

Hafner:   4 gms, 5-13, 4 R, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 2 HBP (Team 1-3)
Peralta:  5 gms, 6-19, 6 RBI, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 BB, SB (Team 3-2)
Shoppach: 1 gm, 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, HBP (Team 0-1)
Sizemore: 6 gms, 8-24, 2B, 3B, HR, SB, 3 R, 5 RBI, SF, BB, SB (Team 4-2)

Total: 16 gms, 20-60, 10 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 5 BB, 3 HBP, SF, 2 SB
        (Team 8-8)
        BA: .333
        OBP: .406
        SLG: .650
        OPS: 1.056

Laffey:  1 G, 1 GS, 5.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, ND (Team 1-0)
Lewis:   1 G, 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, L (Team 0-1)
Wood:    2 G, 2 GS, 8 IP, 6 H, 13 R, 13 ER, 11 BB, 8 K, 2 HR surr, 0-1
(Team 0-2) Total: 4 G, 3 GS, 14 IP, 10 H, 16 R, 16 ER, 17 BB, 13 K, 2 HR, 0-2 (Team 1-3) ERA: 10.29 WHIP: 1.93 K/9IP: 8.36
BB/9IP: 10.93

If the current Indians on their birthdays were a single player, that batting average would be enough for 25th all-time, and 1st among active players.  Their on-base percentage would be 44th all-time, and 6th among active players.  The slugging percentage would be 2nd all-time, and 1st among active players, and their OPS would be 9th all-time, and 3rd among active players.

Their pitching is less promising.  That ERA, WHIP, and BB/9 obviously aren’t making any leaderboards.  The K/9, though, is enough for 21st all-time, and 10th among active players.

More complete data after the jump.
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May 15, 2008 – It’s technically Thursday.

Cleveland Indians on May 15

May 15, 1998 – TEX @ CLE – For the second time in four games, the score was tied after 9 innings. And 10. And 11. And 12 and 13. The Devil Rays had handed Cleveland a loss three days earlier, but this time the Indians would win. Brian Giles led off the bottom of the fourteenth with a home run, giving Cleveland the 3-2 win.

May 15, 1984 – BOS @ CLE – The Indians emerged victorious over the Red Sox in the pitching debut of Roger Clemens, who finished with a no decision.

May 15, 1981 – TOR @ CLE – A sparse crowd of 7,290 sat in Cleveland Municipal Stadium to watch this one. Top of the ninth, two out. Cleveland leads, 3-0. Ernie Whitt is the last hope for the Blue Jays. A few moments later, the ball lands in the glove of center fielder Rick Manning, securing for Len Barker a perfect game. (It’s the 27th anniversary, too. One year for each out!)

Today:
Oakland A’s (23-18) – Greg Smith (2-2, 3.00 ERA)
at
Cleveland Indians (21-19) – Aaron Laffey (1-2, 1.83 ERA)

Greg Smith career vs. CLE – N/A

Aaron Laffey career vs. OAK – N/A

Standings:
Cleveland – 1st place AL Central, 0.5 up
Oakland – 2nd place AL West, 1 back

CLE vs OAK, 2008:
Season series tied, 4-4

CLE vs OAK, 2007:
Cleveland wins season series, 6-4

CLE vs OAK/KCA/PHA, all-time:
Cleveland leads series, 1002-872

Upcoming series:
May 16-18 – Cleveland at Cincinnati
May 20-22 – Cleveland at Chicago (A)
May 23-25 – Texas at Cleveland

Statistics, etc. from retrosheet.org and baseball-reference.com

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