That darn Sizemore

One of the players I always dread Kansas City facing is Grady Sizemore and it's because he just seems to have his way with the Royals. This was on display last week when he hit .400/.471/.533 in the four game series. I always suspected his career numbers against KC were better than his overall numbers (.273/.363/.479/.842) but I'd never looked. Well now I've looked, and yeah, they are. Dread justified.

Year	PA	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	41	2	7	.361	.439	.611	1.050
2005	89	4	18	.367	.427	.582	1.009
2006	82	6	13	.288	.366	.644	1.010
2007	83	2	5	.227	.386	.424	.810
2008	83	7	20	.355	.410	.724	1.133
2009	52	2	8	.190	.320	.381	.701
2010	14	0	1	.231	.286	.231	.516
2011	17	0	2	.400	.471	.533	1.004
Totals	461	23	73	.305	.392	.563	.955

You can pretty much toss out the last two seasons as injuries limited his playing time and effectiveness. When healthy, he feasts on Royals pitching. Except Kyle Davies that is, which just seems illogical.

Here's how he's fared against current Royals.

	PA	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kyle Davies	20	1	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724
Luke Hochevar	15	1	1	4	0	.182	.400	.545	.945
Joakim Soria	8	0	0	2	0	.500	.625	.667	1.292
Sean O'Sullivan	3	0	1	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333
Jeremy Jeffress	1	0	0	1	0		1.000
Blake Wood	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Total	48	2	3	8	5	.275	.396	.525	.921

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I'm reasonably certain that if I was an Indians fan he'd be my favorite player, but I'm not, so he's not. I'm even more certain that I'll be one happy camper when he leaves the AL Central.