European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A analyst helps Cope with lockout by Marty Noble new Day port St. Lucie Fla it certainly cannot fill the vacuum by itself. It cannot compensate for the absence of those re it urine sounds of radio broadcasts from Florida and while this Long lockout lasts it May serve Only to tease those who lust for the genuine article. But a the 1990 Elias baseball analyst Ison its Way and it promises to provide the baseball Community with an alternative to tracking the movement of labor negotiations. The a a analyst is on its Way in All its wonder and therapeutic value. If the lockout irritates you and causes anxiety and anguish consult your  it will help get you through the the sixth edition of the Elias sports bureaus annual contribution to Spring has reached Florida a at least an Advance copy has a and it appears to be every bit As fascinating and seductive As its predecessors. Again it is an unparalleled expose feeding the masses whose hunger for baseball information cannot be satisfied. # what phenomenon in the world is scrutinized so enthusiastically by so Many people As major league baseball statistics newspapers regularly devote pages to the numbers of the game. There Are heavy baseball books filled with Decimals. And with the immense popularity of rotisserie leagues there now Are statistical services that for a fee provide numbers for would be general managers. But nobody does it As Well As Elias. The a a analyst is the Best. It provides numbers and details. But beyond that it provides perspective interpretation and touches of humor. And there is common sense and moderation too. The Elias people done to just dump their computers into a binding. Still they provide so much intriguing stuff. Some samples a Kirby Puckett last year had 13 hits in 21 at bats a .619 average with runners in scoring position and the Minnesota twins trailing by one run. T not since Jackie Robinson drove in 124 runs and hit 16 Home runs in 1949 has a player produced More Bis with fewer Home runs than Pedro Guerrero did last season a 117 and 17. T Ernest riles hit .432 in 37 at bats against the 10 leading strikeout pitchers in the National league last season the highest average of any player with at phones hold key to talks by the los Angeles times new York a representatives of the baseball players and owners were to talk by phone monday to determine if there is any value in again talking face to face. Having indicated Friday that the collective bargaining negotiations would resume monday Don Fehr executive director of the major league players association seemed less certain sunday. A i Wasny to aware then of their Public statements a Fehr said. He alluded to comments by Charles of Connor general counsel of the owners player relations committee and commissioner Fay Vincent Friday saying there is no sense in meeting unless the Union is ready to Compromise on arbitration eligibility and offer a comprehensive new proposal. Fehr said sunday that the Union has not prepared such a proposal and does no to feel it has to since its position on arbitration is Clear and it recently made a proposal on minimum salary and pension that has yet to draw a response from the player relations committee. A i suppose that if we done to make this new proposal the clubs will announce to the world that we failed collective bargaining 101 and Well never meet again a Fehr said. Fehr added that his last conversation with of Connor was late thursday when they arranged to speak by phone monday morning and Fehr said that he cleared the air regarding his comment that Vincent has become the owners chief negotiator. He said it was not meant As an insult to of Connor and a a it Snow behind  if there Are no talks and no agreement through tuesday the april 2 Start of the season will be imperilled because the negotiations Are scheduled to be recessed again for a player relations committee meeting in Dallas wednesday followed by an owners meeting there thursday. Least 30 at bats against them. The leagues composite average against the 10 was .217. A Fernando Valenzuela pitched five shutouts in his first seven major league starts and none in his past 68. A Eric Davis is the Only player in major league history with four consecutive seasons of More than 25 Home runs and fewer than 475 at bats. A Willie Mcgee .353 in 1985 and Norm Cash .361 in 1961 with help from Cork Are the Only players in history to Bat higher than .350 in a season and never Bat higher than .300 in any other season 450 at bats minimum. A Randy Myers career record at Shea stadium is 11-1. His record in All other Parks is 6-12. A to Jackson a Home run and Rio tals and batting average have increased in each of the last three seasons. Only four players Ever have achieved increases in All three in four successive seasons a by Perkins 1918-1921charlie Gehn Ngor 1926-1929rogers Hornsby 1926-1929 and Rick Cerone 1977-1980. A Dave Stieb pitched at least one shut out in each season of the �?T80s. He has a Streak of 11 years with at least one shutout. The record is 21 by Walter Johnson who pitched at least one in each season of his career. A the number of players who in one season have led the major leagues in Home runs extra base hits slugging percentage total bases and runs batted m increased to eight last season when Kevin Mitchell joined the group. A among Active pitchers with 750 career innings Only Dwight Gooden Orel Hershiser Dan Quisenberry and Rich Gossage have lower career eras than Alejandro Pena 2.93. A Don Mattingly a career average in april is .275 with four Home runs in 480 at bats. In at bats after april he has hit one Home run every 22 at bats and batted .330. Baseball has had the Dimaggio the Boyers the alous and the Mcdaniels. And now it has the hardts a Stephen Peter and Thomas. These siblings arc executives of the Elias sports Bureau and along with Seymour Siwoff the owner of Elias they Are primarily responsible for producing the a  has a favorite passage m this edition of the a analyst. These Are their respective picks a  Boston red sox Relief Pitcher Rob Murphy has begun his career with 273 errorless games. The record for errorless games by a Pitcher at the outset of a career established by rawly Eastwick the Cincinnati reds and new York Yankees reliever is 286. St. Louis cardinals reliever Ken Dayley reached 285 errorless games last season but his errant Pickoff throw in his 286th game saved Eastwick a record. As Peter pointed out a blame it on the witches of  Stephen the Middle name of cubs Center fielder Jerome Walton is of Ter Rell. The a hates to face loves to face portion of the a a analyst so report on Walton notes that the National league Rookie of the year was witless in eight at bats against Walt Terrell or As the a analyst says a a he a never had a hit o  Thomas of 570 fair balls hit by Wade Boggs last season 300 or 53 percent were hit to the opposite Field. And Boggs batted .150 six for 40 when he pulled the Ball against left handed pitchers. A the lowest career batting average for a Yankee Yankee at bats Only and a minimum of 2,000 is .229. And it belongs to Mike Pagliarulo. Gene a a stick Michael had held that distinction at .233. A one year after winning the National league most valuable player award. Kirk Gibson batted .213. Not since Sandy Koufax batted .093 in 1964 did a National league map follow his award winning season with a lower average. Bob Gibson the 1968 map batted .246 in 1969. A in the first 113 seasons of braves history no player had at least 200 at bats and batted lower than .180. Last season Jody Davis .169 and Ron Gant .177 did. Chicago White sox Pitcher Bill Long was bom feb. 29, 1960. Therefore he is the youngest player to win at least 20 games before his eighth birthday. What docs Dwight Gooden think of that record what does the Short term future hold for Tom Gordon the Kansas City royals Pitcher with a big cur Mcball and a Little body Gordon stands 5-9. Since 1960. Only four pitchers Shorter than 5-10 have produced More than 50 career victories a Bobby Shantz 119elroy face 104. Fred Norman 104 and Tom Phoebus 56. A a a i ice Devi age i any i Asci Wim a a Kyle Petty bores Mem All the Way to the Bank Quot a Widdic the Bonus Monck. Which goes to a Driver who win Rockingham Winner Kyle Petty Aims for domination. Up by Mike Harris a motor sports writer Rockingham . A Kyle Petty who a already proven he knows How to win is proving he knows How to dominate. Petty led 433 of 492 laps on the Way to a convincing Victory in the Good wrench 500 at North Carolina motor Speedway on sunday. He started from the pole for the first time in his 11-Vear Winston cup career and nearly put a crowd estimated at 52,700 to sleep by the end of the afternoon. A i did no to mean for it to be entertainment. Petty said with a smile. A i meant for it to be domination. He and Veteran Crew chief Gary Nelson obviously found the right combination As Petty never trailed in the 500-mile race except for periods following Green Flag pit stops. Pet tvs a Pontiac grand prix led the final 109 laps and the Only thing that troubled the 29-year-old, third generation racer was a nagging worry that something was going to go wrong. A anytime you re in that position leading As Many laps going for so much Money you always think about those things and just Pray everything stays together. A but we were real confident going into this race that they were going to have to beat us. We weren to cocky just real  Petty a confident drive gave him the nocal 76 Challenge Bonus of $228,000, As Well As race winnings of $66,450 for a total of $294,450. The Bonus Money which goes to a Driver who wins from the pole had been accumulating since Rusty Wallace won $ 15,200 in the same race a year ago. A a that a a lot of Money but that a Only the top of it. Petty said. A by winning the pole we got into the Busch clash next february at Daytona we won the nocal Money the race purse and by winning the race we got on the Winner s Circle for at last the rest of the year that could wind up being Between $750,000 and $1  the Winner of the Busch clash a race for the Vious years pole winners. Earns up to $85,000. And a scary a winners Circle a Bonus for recent winners pays a team running the entire 29-race schedule up to $260,000 a year. It was Petty a third Winston cup Victory but his first since the coca cola 600 at Charlotte motor Speedway in May of 1986 a 70 races ago. For Nelson it was his 20th career Victory and his first since 1986, when he was working with Geoff Bod inc on the Hendrick motor sports team. Boding How driving for Junior Johnson finished second sunday a Distant 25.48 seconds a nearly a full Lap on the 1.017-mile Oval a behind Petty. Ken Schrader wound up third a Lap off the Pace followed another Lap Down by Sterling Marlin and Wallace. Petty averaged 122.864 Mph in the race slowed by eight caution flags for a total of 35 laps. There were no serious accidents and no injuries reported