BASEBALL MISCELLANY : NAMES AND NUMBERS

Trading Post: The New York Yankees of the 1950s made a specialty of trading with the Kansas City A’s. Now it’s the San Diego Padres. Since 1986, the Yankees have acquired 11 former Padre pitchers, though not all in direct deals with San Diego. The 11: John Montefusco, Mike Armstrong, Tim Stoddard, Bob Shirley, Dennis Rasmussen, Ed Whitson, Jimmy Jones, Lance McCullers, Andy Hawkins, Dave LaPoint and Walt Terrell, obtained the other day for Mike Pagliarulo. Terrell is the 20th pitcher employed by the Yankees this season, the 14th starter.

Treating the Rug Burns: The addition of fleet outfielders Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith is considered the most significant reason for the Chicago Cubs’ 16-7 record on synthetic surfaces this year. The Cubs were 21-27 last year and 22-26 in 1987.

Dead Battery: Catchers Jody Davis, Bruce Benedict and John Russell of the Atlanta Braves will receive $1,358,667 in salary this year, but through Thursday they had hit only three homers, driven in 21 runs and were batting .196. Benedict and Russell had driven in only six runs, matching pitcher John Smoltz’s RBI total.

Dead Battery II: Former Olympian B.J. Surhoff, once considered baseball’s next dominant catcher, has been replaced as the Milwaukee Brewers’ No. 1 receiver by Charlie O’Brien. The Brewers, through Friday, were 7-1 with O’Brien behind the plate since the All-Star break and 0-7 with Surhoff, who has been charged with all eight of the team’s passed balls, has been behind the plate for 22 of the 28 wild pitches and has thrown out just 14 of 68 opposing base stealers.

Road Blues: Yankee Don Mattingly hit his first home run on the road since Sept. 28 Tuesday night in Cleveland, a span of 218 at bats. Mattingly has been two different hitters this year. He began the weekend with a .335 average, 12 homers and 41 runs batted in at home, and a .264 average, one homer and 23 RBIs on the road.

Diving Birds: Defense was considered a key to the startling first half of the Baltimore Orioles. Brooks Robinson was among many who said the defense was the best he had seen in Baltimore. The club made only 26 errors in the first 66 games, building a 38-28 record. The collapsing Orioles, however, had made 29 errors in the last 33 games through Thursday, going 15-18.