Mormon Baseball

The Washington National’s Doug Fister has been very strong in his few innings of work this Spring Training, despite working through elbow inflammation that delayed his work. Fister has thrown for 5.2 innings and given up just 1 earned run and 1 walk while striking out 6. This past week he worked for 3.2 scoreless innings. So far he has the best record among Mormon pitchers albeit with some of the fewest innings of work.

Among batters, the outstanding performance of the week was from the A’s Eric Sogard, who was 4 for 9 (.444) with 2 runs and 2 rbis. That brought his spring training average up to .244. But that isn’t the best performance by a Mormon baseball player at the plate. Surprisingly, the Cleveland Indians’ Elliot Johnson  still maintains a .333 average over 45 at bats, with 8 rbis and 2 home runs, a strong performance for a utility infielder with a career .218 average. On the other hand, Johnson seems to do well in Spring Training, with a career .298 average during the pre-season.

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Chicago Cubs
  2 for 12 (.167), 3 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 3 bb, 0 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .263, 4 runs, 3 rbi, 1 hr, 6 bb, 0 sb, 4 so in 38 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Seattle Mariners
  1 for 7 (.143), 0 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .294, 1 runs, 4 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 5 so in 24 at bats.
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• Jacoby Ellsbury — centerfield — New York Yankees
  Injured — did not play
  YTD: .174, 5 runs, 1 rbi, 1 hr, 5 bb, 0 sb, 6 so in 23 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth — relief pitcher — New York Mets
  0-0, 13.50 era, 2 hits, 2 er, 1 bb, and 1 k in 1.1 innings
  YTD: 1-0, era 5.63, 10 hits, 5 er, 4 bb and 4 k in 8.0 innings
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• Doug Fister — starting pitcher — Washington Nationals
  0-0, 0.00 era, 2 hits, 0 er, 0 bb, and 4 k in 3.2 innings
  YTD: 0-0, era 1.59, 4 hits, 1 er, 1 bb and 6 k in 5.2 innings
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  1-0, 5.06 era, 5 hits, 3 er, 2 bb, and 3 k in 5.1 innings
  YTD: 1-0, era 6.97, 14 hits, 8 er, 5 bb and 9 k in 10.1 innings
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  3 for 12 (.250), 2 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 1 sb, 4 so
  YTD: .222, 5 runs, 5 rbi, 1 hr, 6 bb, 2 sb, 9 so in 36 at bats.
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• Elliot Johnson — second base — Cleveland Indians
  4 for 15 (.267), 1 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 2 sb, 2 so
  YTD: .333, 6 runs, 8 rbi, 2 hr, 3 bb, 2 sb, 10 so in 45 at bats.
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• Josh Johnson — starting pitcher — San Diego Padres
  0-0, 2.08 era, 3 hits, 1 er, 2 bb, and 5 k in 4.1 innings
  YTD: 0-1, era 3.38, 10 hits, 5 er, 4 bb and 13 k in 13.1 innings
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• Matt Lindstrom — Chicago White Sox, reliever and maybe closer
  0-0, 4.50 era, 3 hits, 1 er, 0 bb, and 1 k in 2.0 innings
  YTD: 0-0, era 4.50, 3 hits, 1 er, 0 bb and 1 k in 2.0 innings
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• Brandon Lyon — relief pitcher — Los Angeles Angels
  0-0, 4.50 era, 2 hits, 1 er, 0 bb, and 2 k in 2.0 innings
  YTD: 0-0, era 2.70, 5 hits, 2 er, 0 bb and 6 k in 6.2 innings
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• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  Did not pitch
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Shane Peterson — Oakland As minor league affiliate, infield
  Did not play — reassigned
  YTD: .167, 0 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 4 bb, 0 sb, 6 so in 12 at bats.
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• Adam Rosales — Texas Rangers, backup infielder
  1 for 16 (.063), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 5 so
  YTD: .125, 3 runs, 6 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 13 so in 36 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  4 for 9 (.444), 2 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .244, 6 runs, 4 rbi, 0 hr, 5 bb, 1 sb, 7 so in 41 at bats.
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