Around the Majors: Angels-Giants trade
1) The Giants traded 3B Edgardo Alfonzo to the Angels for CF Steve Finley.
ALFONZO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -9 .334 .391 .726 .443 4.51 .259 13 81 5 142 Giants 2004 30 -7 .350 .407 .757 .460 4.97 .289 11 77 1 139 Giants 2005 31 -11 .327 .345 .672 .392 3.93 .277 2 43 2 109 Giants CAR 99 .359 .429 .789 .553 5.72 .287 146 739 53 1476 LG AVG 0 .343 .432 .774 .500 5.23 .270 165 692 102 POS AVG -32 .340 .421 .761 .476 5.02 .270 147 663 90 FINLEY YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 38 13 .363 .500 .863 .568 6.66 .287 22 70 15 147 Diamondbacks 2004 39 3 .333 .490 .823 .515 5.45 .271 36 94 9 162 Diamondbacks/Dodgers 2005 40 -16 .271 .374 .645 .350 3.34 .222 12 54 8 112 Angels CAR 102 .334 .447 .781 .530 5.28 .273 297 1125 313 2401 LG AVG 0 .338 .420 .758 .500 4.99 .268 260 1146 186 POS AVG 4 .337 .415 .753 .497 5.01 .269 235 1013 356
2) The Yankees re-signed free agent CF Bernie Williams to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 3 .367 .411 .778 .524 5.08 .263 15 64 5 119 Yankees 2004 35 4 .360 .435 .795 .522 5.20 .262 22 70 1 148 Yankees 2005 36 -17 .321 .367 .688 .378 3.82 .249 12 64 1 141 Yankees CAR 344 .384 .480 .863 .624 6.63 .298 275 1196 145 1945 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.09 .270 226 982 133 POS AVG -10 .338 .418 .756 .491 5.06 .272 188 871 284
Williams ranks 6th on the Yankees career RCAA list–
1 Babe Ruth 1634 2 Lou Gehrig 1247 3 Mickey Mantle 1099 4 Joe DiMaggio 708 5 Charlie Keller 386 6 Bernie Williams 344 7 Bill Dickey 339 8 Yogi Berra 323 9 Earle Combs 307 10 Don Mattingly 293
3) Elrod Hendricks died yesterday at the age of 64.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM CAR -17 .306 .361 .666 .458 3.80 .220 62 230 1 711 LG AVG 0 .325 .377 .702 .500 4.21 .254 46 218 33 POS AVG -29 .314 .354 .668 .435 3.71 .239 45 211 10
4) The Rangers re-signed P Nick Regilio to a minor league contract.
Regilio had just been nontendered.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 25 -2 6.05 6 4 19.1 12 5.59 17.22 0 4 0 2 2 Rangers 2005 26 0 4.58 18 0 17.2 14 7.13 15.28 1 2 0 1 2 Rangers CAREER -2 5.35 24 4 37 26 6.32 16.30 1 6 0 3 4 LG AVG 0 4.51 37 26 6.31 12.90 2 2
5) The Brewers traded minor league P Justin Barnes to the Royals for minor league P Chris Demaria.
6) The Marlins hired Jim Presley (hitting), Rick Kranitz (pitching), Perry Hill (1B), Bobby Meacham (3B), Mike Harkey (bullpen) and Gary Tuck (bench) as coaches.
7) The Rockies signed OF Ryan Spilborghs and P Jose Acevedo to 1 year contracts.
SPILBORGHS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 25 1 .500 .500 1.000 .827 13.50 .500 0 1 0 1 Rockies CAR 1 .500 .500 1.000 .827 13.50 .500 0 1 0 1 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 0 0 0 POS AVG 0 .346 .453 .799 .535 5.53 .268 0 0 0 ACEVEDO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 5 2.67 5 4 27 23 7.67 8.00 2 0 0 1 1 Reds 2004 26 -34 5.94 39 27 157.2 117 6.68 13.59 5 12 0 6 11 Reds 2005 27 -12 6.47 36 5 64 31 4.36 14.48 2 4 1 2 4 Rockies CAREER -60 5.74 104 59 368.1 253 6.18 13.32 18 25 1 16 27 LG AVG 0 4.30 368.1 277 6.77 12.77 21 21
8) The Dodgers signed INF Chris Truby, OFs Tydus Meadows and Jon Weber and P Kelly Wunsch to minor league contracts.
TRUBY YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2001 27 -7 .276 .441 .717 .332 3.82 .206 8 23 1 48 Astros 2002 28 -27 .238 .314 .552 .223 2.38 .215 4 22 2 124 Expos/Tigers 2003 29 -1 .354 .349 .703 .409 4.09 .279 0 3 0 13 Devil Rays CAR -44 .269 .388 .657 .312 3.45 .231 23 107 5 263 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.20 .268 29 117 15 POS AVG -6 .333 .433 .766 .475 4.98 .263 30 123 9
Wunsch had just been nontendered.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 7 2.75 43 0 36 33 8.25 12.25 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox 2004 31 1 0.00 3 0 2 1 4.50 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 White Sox 2005 32 -1 4.56 45 0 23.2 22 8.37 13.69 1 1 0 1 1 Dodgers CAREER 18 3.76 257 0 177 145 7.37 12.97 11 6 1 11 6 LG AVG 0 4.61 177 124 6.30 13.15 10 10
9) The Cardinals signed 1B-OF Larry Bigbie to a 1 year contract and 1B Brian Daubach and P John Riedling to minor league contracts.
BIGBIE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 14 .365 .456 .821 .642 6.55 .303 9 31 7 83 Orioles 2004 26 -2 .341 .427 .768 .489 5.24 .280 15 68 8 139 Orioles 2005 27 -9 .301 .346 .647 .377 3.70 .239 5 23 5 90 Orioles/Rockies CAR -5 .331 .398 .729 .483 4.84 .268 31 136 25 375 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.05 .269 38 160 20 POS AVG 9 .341 .441 .782 .523 5.36 .277 39 164 27 DAUBACH YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 0 .352 .388 .740 .508 5.03 .230 6 21 1 95 White Sox 2004 32 -2 .326 .413 .739 .419 4.58 .227 2 8 0 30 Red Sox 2005 33 -2 .324 .320 .644 .314 3.24 .120 1 3 0 15 Mets CAR 27 .341 .476 .817 .538 5.72 .259 93 333 5 661 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.19 .270 66 278 36 POS AVG 65 .367 .482 .849 .585 6.37 .280 94 352 11 RIEDLING YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -7 4.90 55 8 101 65 5.79 13.99 2 3 1 2 3 Reds 2004 28 -10 5.10 70 0 77.2 46 5.33 15.53 5 3 0 3 5 Reds 2005 29 -10 7.16 29 0 27.2 16 5.20 15.61 4 1 0 1 4 Marlins CAREER -7 4.41 229 8 302 198 5.90 13.86 17 13 3 14 16 LG AVG 0 4.29 302 226 6.72 12.80 17 17
10) The Devil Rays re-signed C Toby Hall and P Lance Carter to 1 year contracts.
HALL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -19 .295 .380 .675 .356 3.61 .253 12 47 0 130 Devil Rays 2004 28 -21 .300 .366 .666 .309 3.18 .255 8 60 0 119 Devil Rays 2005 29 -13 .315 .368 .683 .392 3.81 .287 5 48 0 135 Devil Rays CAR -71 .303 .381 .683 .359 3.61 .266 36 228 2 522 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 60 250 31 POS AVG -47 .314 .397 .711 .411 4.13 .256 50 232 8 CARTER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 2 4.33 62 0 79 47 5.35 10.82 7 5 26 6 6 Devil Rays 2004 29 9 3.47 56 0 80.1 36 4.03 11.32 3 3 0 4 2 Devil Rays 2005 30 -4 4.89 39 0 57 22 3.47 12.16 1 2 1 1 2 Devil Rays CAREER 14 3.94 171 0 242 122 4.54 11.12 13 11 29 13 11 LG AVG 0 4.53 242 168 6.25 12.92 14 14
11) The Padres re-signed C David Ross to a 1 year contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 5 .336 .556 .892 .608 6.12 .258 10 18 0 40 Dodgers 2004 27 -14 .253 .291 .544 .207 2.42 .170 5 15 0 70 Dodgers 2005 28 -6 .279 .392 .671 .327 3.41 .240 3 15 0 51 Pirates/Padres CAR -13 .288 .406 .694 .391 3.90 .217 19 50 0 169 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .773 .500 5.17 .269 15 60 7 POS AVG -14 .320 .391 .712 .398 4.13 .254 11 56 2
12) Today’s birthdays–
SHAWN CHACON, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 3 4.60 23 23 137 93 6.11 12.74 11 8 0 10 9 Rockies 2004 26 -14 7.11 66 0 63.1 52 7.39 18.19 1 9 35 4 6 Rockies 2005 27 20 3.44 27 24 151.2 79 4.69 12.76 8 10 0 12 6 Rockies/Yankees CAREER 5 4.90 164 95 631.1 425 6.06 13.97 31 48 35 41 38 LG AVG 0 4.28 631.1 470 6.70 12.73 35 35 DOC GESSLER, 1880-1924 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1905 24 18 .366 .369 .735 .631 6.23 .290 3 46 26 126 Dodgers 1908 27 41 .394 .423 .817 .783 6.86 .308 3 63 19 128 Red Sox 1911 30 20 .406 .373 .780 .629 6.58 .282 4 78 29 128 Senators CAR 122 .371 .371 .742 .635 5.77 .281 14 363 142 880 LG AVG 0 .322 .336 .658 .500 4.36 .260 11 281 119 POS AVG 64 .342 .364 .706 .579 5.12 .276 16 306 128 MIKE GRADY, 1869-1943 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1898 28 26 .399 .429 .827 .729 8.20 .296 3 49 20 93 Giants 1899 29 26 .403 .463 .866 .697 9.04 .334 2 54 20 86 Giants 1904 34 29 .376 .474 .850 .742 7.61 .313 5 43 6 101 Cardinals CAR 133 .374 .425 .799 .622 7.14 .294 35 459 114 919 LG AVG 0 .345 .372 .717 .500 5.63 .282 18 372 134 POS AVG -71 .323 .353 .676 .432 4.79 .268 17 374 86 JERRY KOOSMAN, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1968 25 28 2.08 35 34 263.2 178 6.08 10.17 19 12 0 21 10 Mets 1969 26 33 2.28 32 32 241 180 6.72 9.67 17 9 0 18 8 Mets 1979 36 36 3.38 37 36 263.2 157 5.36 12.08 20 13 0 21 12 Twins CAREER 145 3.36 612 527 3839.1 2556 5.99 11.50 222 209 17 240 191 LG AVG 0 3.71 3839.1 2242 5.26 12.20 214 214 SAM LEEVER, 1871-1953 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1899 27 22 3.18 51 39 379 121 2.87 11.54 21 23 3 25 19 Pirates 1900 28 25 2.71 30 29 232.2 84 3.25 11.37 15 13 0 18 10 Pirates 1903 31 41 2.06 36 34 284.1 90 2.85 10.13 25 7 1 23 9 Pirates 1907 35 22 1.66 31 24 217 65 2.70 9.79 14 9 0 16 7 Pirates CAREER 170 2.47 388 299 2660.2 847 2.87 10.57 195 100 13 174 121 LG AVG 0 3.06 2660.2 966 3.27 11.99 149 149 BRAD LIDGE, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 8 3.60 78 0 85 97 10.27 11.33 6 3 1 5 4 Astros 2004 27 26 1.90 80 0 94.2 157 14.93 8.84 6 5 29 9 2 Astros 2005 28 14 2.29 70 0 70.2 103 13.12 10.70 4 4 42 6 2 Astros CAREER 46 2.71 234 1 259 369 12.82 10.67 17 12 72 20 9 LG AVG 0 4.28 259 192 6.66 12.80 15 15 VICTOR MARTINEZ, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -4 .345 .333 .678 .401 3.73 .289 1 16 1 49 Indians 2004 25 15 .359 .492 .851 .583 6.07 .283 23 108 0 141 Indians 2005 26 27 .378 .475 .853 .649 6.42 .305 20 80 0 147 Indians CAR 37 .365 .463 .827 .591 5.87 .293 45 209 1 349 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .764 .500 5.02 .269 39 164 19 POS AVG -25 .319 .403 .723 .429 4.30 .259 35 157 5 DAVE MAY, AGE: 62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1970 26 -12 .325 .332 .658 .371 3.42 .236 8 37 8 126 Orioles/Brewers 1974 30 -20 .273 .325 .598 .314 2.78 .226 10 42 4 135 Brewers 1976 32 -10 .300 .308 .609 .317 3.24 .215 3 23 5 105 Braves 1977 33 -10 .311 .350 .661 .390 3.77 .241 7 42 4 120 Rangers CAR -31 .318 .375 .694 .460 3.95 .251 96 422 60 1253 LG AVG 0 .325 .378 .703 .500 4.22 .256 85 418 61 POS AVG 53 .334 .406 .741 .543 4.72 .266 105 458 84 HANLEY RAMIREZ, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 21 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 2 Red Sox CAR 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 2 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 0 0 0 POS AVG 0 .335 .413 .747 .501 4.88 .277 0 0 0 CODY ROSS, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 22 -1 .286 .421 .707 .351 3.38 .211 1 5 0 6 Tigers 2005 24 -3 .192 .200 .392 .075 1.23 .160 0 1 0 14 Dodgers CAR -4 .234 .295 .529 .185 2.13 .182 1 6 0 20 LG AVG 0 .337 .428 .765 .500 5.05 .268 2 6 1 POS AVG 1 .344 .455 .799 .537 5.50 .271 2 7 1 TOMMY THOMAS, 1899-1988 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1927 27 41 2.98 40 36 308 107 3.13 10.69 19 16 1 23 12 White Sox 1928 28 29 3.08 36 32 283 129 4.10 11.35 17 16 2 20 13 White Sox 1929 29 24 3.18 36 31 260 62 2.15 11.42 14 18 1 19 13 White Sox CAREER 34 4.12 397 267 2174.1 735 3.04 12.73 117 128 12 128 117 LG AVG 0 4.33 2174.1 753 3.12 13.50 121 121 RICK WHITE, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 34 -9 5.78 49 0 67 54 7.25 13.30 1 2 1 1 2 White Sox/Astros 2004 35 -6 5.29 59 0 78.1 44 5.06 13.67 5 5 1 4 6 Indians 2005 36 5 3.72 71 0 75 40 4.80 14.76 4 7 2 6 5 Pirates CAREER 26 4.24 520 18 759.1 484 5.74 12.95 37 52 15 49 40 LG AVG 0 4.50 759.1 547 6.48 13.08 43 43
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