| Breaking News |  | Friday, June 17th, 2011: Chicago (A) Swaps Hall to Philadelphia for Baker
The Chicago (A) White Sox have finalized a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies for the services of 29-year old third baseman Jeff Baker, 23-year old minor league left fielder Pat Livingston and 23-year old minor league left fielder Doug Maxwell. In exchange, the Phillies will receive 31-year old center fielder Bill Hall.
So far this season, Hall has recorded a .296 batting average with 67 hits, 11 home runs, 37 RBIs, 40 runs scored and a .398 OBP.
Baker is hitting .111 this year with 0 home runs and 1 RBIs. He also has an OBP of .111, no walks and scored 1 times.
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 | Tuesday, June 7th, 2011: Howard Socks 300-th HR
The Philadelphia 10-2 victory over Texas was highlighted by Ryan Howard's 300th career home run. His teammates congratulated him at home plate after he circled the bases.
"I didn't see all of them out there," Howard laughed, "until I rounded third base." He added sheepishly: "It was only a home run. It's not like I won us a World Series!"
In 4 at-bats the Phillies first baseman collected 2 hits in his historic game, scored 2 runs and had 4 RBI.
Lifetime Howard is batting .311 with 1055 hits, 301 home runs, 715 runs scored and 773 RBIs.
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 | Saturday, May 14th, 2011: SP Hamels Re-Signs with Phillies
Philadelphia fans celebrated as word of a signing became reality. Cole Hamels won't be pulling up stakes anytime soon, as he has signed a 5-year extension at a pay rate of $9,600,000 per annum.
Since he is widely seen as an integral part of the club, Philadelphia officials had to keep Hamels from jumping ship.
This year Hamels has worked 49 innings with 54 strikeouts en route to a 2-2 record and 5.69 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 39-35, .527 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 2.5 GB | | Record at home | 20-17, .541 PCT | | Record on the road | 19-18, .514 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 11-10, .524 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 9-13, .409 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 30-22, .577 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 11-13, .458 PCT | | Record in May | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in June | 11-11, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .269 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .326 - 7th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .436 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .762 - 3rd in NL | | Runs Scored | 380 - 3rd in NL | | Hits | 698 - 3rd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 234 - 5th in NL | | Home Runs | 95 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 192 - 12th in NL | | Strikeouts | 534 - 11th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 70 - 3rd in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.49 - 12th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 5.07 - 15th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.25 - 3rd in NL | | Runs allowed | 365 - 13th in NL | | Hits allowed | 657 - 9th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .258 - 6th in NL | | BABIP | .310 - 14th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 75 - 11th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 257 - 16th in NL | | Strikeouts | 600 - 1st in NL |
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