Mormon Baseball

While its not unusual for an individual player to have an off week, its much more unusual for all of the Mormon players to have poor or mediocre performances at the same time. But this past week was like that.

Perhaps the strongest performance was from the Royals’ pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, who improved his era in two starts last week. But Guthrie’s performance can’t really be called stellar: a 4.05 era for the two starts, a loss, 16 hits and a walk with 6 earned runs over 13.1 innings pitched. Meh…

But Guthrie was the only Mormon who actually improved his numbers during the week. Bryce Harper was strong, but his batting average decreased last week. He was 5 for 18 (.278), which is ok, but not as good as he has done so far this season. Jacoby Ellsbury faced the same kind of problem. He was 6 for 25 (.240), dropping his season average to .312. But otherwise he was fairly strong, scoring 4 runs with 5 rbis, but striking out 7 times.

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Hitting Stats Leaders:

• Jacoby Ellsbury — 8 stolen bases (tied 8th)

Pitching Stats Leaders:

• Kyle Farnsworth — 12 games (tied 21st)
• Jeremy Guthrie — 5 games started (tied 20th)

Fielding Stats Leaders:

• [none]

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• Darwin Barney — second base — Chicago Cubs
  0 for 6 (.000), 1 runs, 2 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .108, 3 runs, 4 rbi, 1 hr, 7 bb, 0 sb, 7 so in 37 at bats.
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• John Buck — backup catcher — Seattle Mariners
  0 for 3 (.000), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .188, 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 3 bb, 0 sb, 3 so in 16 at bats.
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• Jacoby Ellsbury — centerfield — New York Yankees
  6 for 25 (.240), 4 runs, 5 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 7 so
  YTD: .312, 14 runs, 11 rbi, 0 hr, 9 bb, 8 sb, 16 so in 93 at bats.
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• Kyle Farnsworth — relief pitcher — New York Mets
  0-1, 6.00 era, 5 hits, 2 er, 0 bb, and 2 k in 3.0 innings; 1.67 WHIP
  YTD: 0-1, era 2.38, 12 hits, 3 er, 2 bb and 8 k in 11.1 innings; 1.24 WHIP
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• Doug Fister — starting pitcher — Washington Nationals
  Injured — 15-day DL
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Jeremy Guthrie — starting pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  0-1, 4.05 era, 16 hits, 6 er, 1 bb, and 6 k in 13.1 innings; 1.28 WHIP
  YTD: 2-1, era 4.22, 33 hits, 15 er, 8 bb and 17 k in 32.0 innings; 1.28 WHIP
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• Bryce Harper — starting centerfield — Washington Nationals
  5 for 18 (.278), 1 runs, 4 rbi, 0 hr, 2 bb, 0 sb, 3 so
  YTD: .289, 8 runs, 9 rbi, 1 hr, 8 bb, 1 sb, 21 so in 83 at bats.
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• Elliot Johnson — second base — Cleveland Indians
  0 for 1 (.000), 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so
  YTD: .083, 1 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 4 so in 12 at bats.
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• Josh Johnson — starting pitcher — San Diego Padres
  Injured, did not pitch (60-day DL — Tommy John Surgery)
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Matt Lindstrom — Chicago White Sox, closer
  1-0, 6.00 era, 3 hits, 2 er, 4 bb, and 3 k in 3.0 innings; 2.33 WHIP
  YTD: 2-1, era 4.09, 12 hits, 5 er, 6 bb and 6 k in 11.0 innings; 1.64 WHIP
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• Brandon Lyon — relief pitcher — Los Angeles Angels
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: 0-0, era n/a, 0 hits, 0 er, 0 bb and 0 k in 0.0 innings
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• Clayton Mortensen — relief pitcher — Kansas City Royals
  Not on roster — reassigned to minor leagues
  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 to minor leagues
  YTD: .000, 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so in 0 at bats.
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• Adam Rosales — Texas Rangers, backup infielder
  Did not play — reassigned to minor leagues
  YTD: .000, 0 runs, 0 rbi, 0 hr, 0 bb, 0 sb, 0 so in 0 at bats.
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• Eric Sogard — Oakland As, backup short stop
  2 for 11 (.182), 3 runs, 1 rbi, 0 hr, 1 bb, 1 sb, 1 so
  YTD: .204, 7 runs, 3 rbi, 0 hr, 6 bb, 3 sb, 5 so in 54 at bats.
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