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I've been looking into batter-pitcher matchups, as I recklessly promised quite some time back. The problem with these, as we all know, is small sample size. However, just for the hell of it, I might have identified the seven most common head-to-head matchups among active players.

Hitter	        Pitcher	         AB   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO  BAV  OBP  SLG  OPS
													
Barry Bonds 	Greg Maddux 	120  34   3   1   8   18  23   15 .283 .396 .525 .921
Craig Biggio	Greg Maddux 	116  33   5   0   1    6   7   10 .284 .336 .353 .689
B.J. Surhoff 	Roger Clemens	104  30   3   2   5   18   7   14 .288 .333 .500 .833
Craig Biggio	Tom Glavine 	 95  23   4   1   2    8  14   11 .242 .336 .368 .705
Rafael Palmeiro Roger Clemens	 93  30   4   0   3   11  17   19 .323 .427 .462 .890
Julio Franco 	Roger Clemens	 91  19   6   1   0    6   5   12 .209 .250 .297 .547
Steve Finley 	Greg Maddux 	 91  23   1   1   4   10   5   16 .253 .289 .418 .706
Corey Koskie has 57 at bats against Mark Buehrle, which as far as I can tell is the most of any Blue Jay hitter against any active pitcher.

The 8 homers Bonds has hit against Maddux is not the most by any batter against any pitcher. Manny Ramirez has hit 9 in just 44 at bats against Jamie Moyer. I don't actually know if that's the most by anyone against anyone. And by the time the season ends, who knows? Carlos Delgado has 6 homers in 22 at bats against Jorge Sosa, and 5 homers in 33 at bats against Tim Hudson. The Marlins have two series against Atlanta in September.

Geez, Manny Ramirez is hitting against Jose Lima tonight...

We can also look forward to Curt Schilling's return to the rotation, Doug Davis trying yet again for his 10th win, and the much-anticipated Chacin-Chacon matchup.

The schedule:

AL
Oakland (Harden 10-5, 2.63) at Detroit (Maroth 11-11, 4.64)
Toronto (Chacin 11-6, 3.40) at New York (Chacon 3-8, 3.32)
Chicago (Garland 16-7, 3.43) at Minnesota (Silva 8-6, 3.35)
Seattle (Harris 0-1, 2.51) at Texas (Benoit 3-3, 3.67)
Los Angeles (Lackey 10-4, 3.66) at Baltimore (Lopez 12-7, 4.81)
Cleveland (Lee 13-4, 3.91) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 7-8, 3.94)
Boston (Schilling 5-5, 6.43) at Kansas City (Lima 4-12, 6.47)

NL
Cincinnati (Claussen 8-8, 4.50) at Washington (Hernandez 14-5, 3.80)
Florida (Valdez 1-1, 4.50) at Milwaukee (Davis 9-9, 4.15)
St.Louis (Morris 13-5, 3.80) at Pittsburgh (Williams 10-9, 4.06)
New York (Martinez 12-5, 2.86) at Arizona (Vazquez 10-12, 4.67)
Colorado (Cook 2-1, 4.25) at Los Angeles (Penny 6-7, 3.60)

This Day In Baseball: 25 August 2005 | 8 comments | Create New Account
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Mick Doherty - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 12:35 PM EDT (#126583) #
Oh, if only the Chacin-Chacon matchup were being televised in Chacan Chac Mol, Belize!
Jordan - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 01:03 PM EDT (#126589) #
Charles Calthrop would be impressed.
Craig B - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 01:10 PM EDT (#126590) #
Geez, BJ Surhoff has really hit Roger Clemens well.
Pistol - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 02:09 PM EDT (#126591) #
There's a terrific article over at BP that looks at the value of first round picks:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4368 (subscriber)

The average top 15 pick gives a team about $10-12 million of value over 6 years.
Andrew K - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 02:49 PM EDT (#126593) #
Can any disinterested parties advise on whether BPro is worth the subscription price?
Jim - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 03:52 PM EDT (#126595) #
I like BP a lot, and am a subscriber. I really enjoy it.
JaysFanInCT - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 03:58 PM EDT (#126598) #
Sorry for the off-topic posting but I cannot connect to Live Chat. I keep getting this message. Does anyone know why I can't connect?

Unable to connect : java.net.ConnectException : Connection refused

Thanks!
smcs - Thursday, August 25 2005 @ 04:05 PM EDT (#126599) #
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