BASEBALL MISCELLANY : NUMBERS

DARRELL EVANS: The Detroit first baseman and designated hitter is the fourth batter in history to hit 20 or more homers at the age of 40 or older. Ted Williams hit 29 in 1960 at 42, Hank Aaron hit 20 in 1974 at 40 and Graig Nettles hit 20 in 1984 at 40. JUAN BENIQUEZ: Traded from Kansas City to Toronto, Beniquez has now played for eight American League teams, a record. Woodie Held, Ken Brett, Eddie Robinson and Ken Sanders had shared the record of seven with Beniquez, whose previous six were: Boston, Texas, New York, Seattle, the Angels and Baltimore. WILLIE WILSON: The Kansas City center fielder has 29 steals and figures to get at least 30 for a 10th straight season, becoming the fifth player to attain that plateau. Lou Brock stole 30 or more bases in 14 straight seasons, Ty Cobb in 11, Honus Wagner in 11 and Bert Campaneris in 10. GARY CARTER: The New York Mets catcher received his sixth cortisone shot of the season Wednesday, the latest for a sore right knee that buckled on him at Shea Stadium Tuesday night. The knee has been operated on three times. Carter is day-to-day. FRED LYNN: The Baltimore center fielder is back in a familiar position: On the disabled list. Lynn has appeared in only 311 of 420 games since joining the Orioles with a $6.8-million contract. BOBBY VALENTINE: The Texas manager was ejected from Sunday night’s game against the Yankees by umpire Derryl Cousins, meaning that in 1 1/2 years at the Ranger helm he has been ejected 13 times by 13 umpires. MIKE MOORE: If the Seattle pitcher beats Boston today, he will be 1-3 for July and the most consistent pitcher of 1987. He was 1-3 in April, 1-3 in May and 1-3 in June. BILL WEGMAN: The Milwaukee pitcher is 8-9, but in the eight losses he has suffered as a starter, the Brewers have scored a total of only seven runs. Wegman has pitched five complete games and won only one. AL EAST: The stronger of the American League’s two divisions had only a 204-197 advantage over the West through Friday. The Baltimore Orioles, 9-30 against their Eastern rivals, had the best mark against the West: 35-23. EDDIE MURRAY: The Chicago White Sox, having yielded 30 homers, 8 of them this year, to the Baltimore first baseman, pitched so cautiously during a three-game midweek series that they walked him three times with the bases loaded. RICK REUSCHEL: He had won 9 games, but seven other Pittsburgh starters had won a total of only 19 in the club’s 72 starts through Thursday. JIM ACKER: The Atlanta pitcher is 0-11 for his last 49 appearances. Teammate Zane Smith is 4-7 in his last 14 starts despite having led in 13 of them.