By the numbers: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers

Great article by St. Pete Times Writer Marc Topkin about the stats for the Rays vs. Rangers series.

By the numbers: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers
By Marc Topkin, Times Staff Writer In Print: Wednesday, October 6, 2010

By the numbers: Rangers vs. Rays

0-3, 4.56 P Cliff Lee, today's starter, vs. Rays this season; he was 12-6, 2.67 against all other teams
0.54 Career ERA of Rays closer Rafael Soriano in 14 appearances vs. Rangers
.147 Josh Hamilton's career batting average at Tropicana Field (nine games)
.342, 17, 55 Vlad Guerrero's career average, HRs and RBI in 66 games vs. Rays
.359 Season average for Rangers OF Josh Hamilton, best in the majors and in team history
.597 Rays winning percentage in day games, sixth best in MLB; Rangers are 24th at .432
1-9 Rangers record in previous postseason play, all against the Yankees
2 Rangers wins in their past 12 games at Tropicana Field
4-2 Rays record vs. Rangers in 2010
5 Rangers with postseason experience
5-for-7 Guerrero's stats against Soriano
6.35 Rangers staff ERA against the Rays, highest of any of their opponents
18 Walks issued by Rangers starter Cliff Lee in 2121/3 innings (two vs. Rays)
36-20 Rays' record vs. left-handed starters, second best in majors
Joe Smith and Marc Topkin, Times staff writers

Team stats

RAYS
Most frequent starters
Pos., player G HR RBI R Avg. OPS
C John Jaso 109 5 44 57 .263 .750
1B Carlos Peña 144 28 84 64 .196 .732
2B Sean Rodriguez 118 9 40 53 .251 .705
SS Jason Bartlett 135 4 47 71 .254 .675
3B Evan Longoria 151 22 104 96 .294 .879
LF Carl Crawford 154 19 90 110 .307 .851
CF B.J. Upton 154 18 62 89 .237 .745
RF Ben Zobrist 151 10 75 77 .238 .699
DH Willy Aybar 100 6 43 22 .230 .654

Others
IF Reid Brignac 113 8 45 39 .256 .692
RF Matt Joyce 77 10 40 30 .241 .837
C Kelly Shoppach 63 5 17 17 .196 .650
C Dioner Navarro 48 1 7 11 .194 .528
OF Rocco Baldelli 10 1 5 3 .208 .615
IF/OF Dan Johnson 30 7 23 15 .198 .757

Starting pitchers
Pitcher W-L ERA BB SO CG WHIP
LH David Price 19-6 2.72 79 188 2 1.19
RH Matt Garza 15-10 3.91 63 150 3 1.25
RH James Shields 13-15 5.18 51 187 0 1.46
RH Wade Davis 12-10 4.07 62 113 0 1.35
RH Jeff Niemann* 12-8 4.39 61 131 1 1.26

Relief pitchers
Pitcher W-L ERA Sv BB SO WHIP
RH Rafael Soriano 3-2 1.73 45 14 57 0.80
RH Lance Cormier 4-3 3.92 0 34 30 1.64
RH Joaquin Benoit 1-2 1.34 1 11 75 0.68
RH Dan Wheeler 2-4 3.35 3 16 46 1.08
LH Randy Choate 4-3 4.23 0 17 40 1.30
RH Grant Balfour 2-1 2.28 0 17 56 1.08
RH Andy Sonnanstine 3-1 4.44 1 11 50 1.36
RH Chad Qualls 2-0 5.57 0 6 15 1.43

RANGERS
Most frequent starters
Pos., player G HR RBI R Avg. OPS
C Matt Treanor 82 5 27 22 .211 .595
1B Jorge Cantu 127 11 56 50 .256 .695
2B Ian Kinsler 103 9 45 73 .286 .794
SS Elvis Andrus 148 0 35 88 .265 .643
3B Mike Young 157 21 91 99 .284 .774
LF Nelson Cruz 108 22 78 60 .318 .950
CF Josh Hamilton 133 32 100 95 .359 1.044
RF Jeff Francoeur 139 13 65 52 .249 .683
DH Vladimir Guerrero 152 29 115 83 .300 .841

Others
OF David Murphy 138 12 65 54 .291 .806
OF Julio Borbon 137 3 42 60 .276 .649
C Bengie Molina 57 2 19 10 .240 .599
2B Andres Blanco 68 0 13 17 .277 .679
1B Mitch Moreland 47 9 25 20 .255 .833

Starting pitchers
Pitcher W-L ERA BB SO CG WHIP
LH Cliff Lee 12-9 3.18 18 185 7 1.00
LH C.J. Wilson 15-8 3.35 93 170 3 1.24
RH Colby Lewis 12-13 3.72 65 196 1 1.19
RH Tommy Hunter 13-4 3.73 33 68 1 1.24
RH Scott Feldman* 7-11 5.48 45 75 1 1.60

Relief pitchers
Pitcher W-L ERA Sv BB SO WHIP
RH Neftali Feliz 4-3 2.73 40 18 71 0.88
LH Derek Holland 3-4 4.08 0 24 54 1.38
RH Darren O'Day 6-2 2.03 0 12 45 0.89
LH Darren Oliver 1-2 2.48 1 15 65 1.10
RH Alexi Ogando 4-1 1.30 0 16 39 1.13
RH Dustin Nippert 4-5 4.29 0 34 47 1.68

* — Regular-season starter not projected to be in ALDS rotation
OPS = on-base plus slugging; WHIP = walks plus hits per inning