Around the Majors: Angels re-sign Donnelly
1) The Angels re-signed P Brendan Donnelly to a 1 year, $950,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 22 1.58 63 0 74 79 9.61 10.09 2 2 3 3 1 Angels 2004 32 7 3.00 40 0 42 56 12.00 10.71 5 2 0 5 2 Angels 2005 33 3 3.72 65 0 65.1 53 7.30 11.16 9 3 0 7 5 Angels CAREER 44 2.57 214 0 231 242 9.43 10.40 17 8 4 17 8 LG AVG 0 4.49 231 160 6.22 12.84 13 13
2) Reds P David Weathers tore a tendon in his right index finger, but is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 11 3.08 77 0 87.2 75 7.70 13.65 1 6 7 4 3 Mets 2004 34 1 4.15 66 2 82.1 61 6.67 13.66 7 7 0 7 7 Mets/Astros/Marlins 2005 35 5 3.94 73 0 77.2 61 7.07 11.82 7 4 15 6 5 Reds CAREER -14 4.43 687 69 1093.2 795 6.54 14.03 59 66 29 62 63 LG AVG 0 4.31 1093.2 805 6.62 12.84 61 61
Weathers ranks 6th in career games among pitchers with a negative career RSAA–
GAMES G RSAA 1 Jose Mesa 887 -1 2 Buddy Groom 786 -6 3 Johnny Klippstein 711 -47 4 Joe Niekro 702 -42 5 Eddie Fisher 690 -4 6 David Weathers 687 -14 7 Terry Mulholland 680 -88 8 Dave Giusti 668 -36 9 Diego Segui 639 -29 10 Alan Embree 635 -16
3) The Devil Rays signed free agents P Shawn Camp (1 year) and 2B Luis Rivas (minor league contract).
CAMP YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 28 4 3.92 42 0 66.2 51 6.89 12.83 2 2 2 2 2 Royals 2005 29 -12 6.43 29 0 49 28 5.14 15.80 1 4 0 2 3 Royals CAREER -8 4.98 71 0 115.2 79 6.15 14.08 3 6 2 4 5 LG AVG 0 4.52 115.2 81 6.33 12.93 7 6 RIVAS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -23 .308 .381 .689 .337 3.53 .259 8 43 17 135 Twins 2004 24 -11 .283 .432 .715 .391 4.15 .256 10 34 15 109 Twins 2005 25 -5 .311 .316 .627 .363 3.63 .257 1 12 4 59 Twins CAR -73 .307 .383 .690 .366 3.80 .262 30 177 78 565 LG AVG 0 .335 .429 .764 .500 5.04 .268 63 263 34 POS AVG -30 .326 .399 .724 .447 4.53 .265 43 215 51
4) The Red Sox designated P Tim Bausher for assignment.
5) The Rockies signed 1B Carlos Rivera and Ps Keiichi Yabu and Tom Martin to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
RIVERA YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -5 .283 .368 .651 .324 3.42 .221 3 10 0 78 Pirates 2004 26 -1 .250 .200 .450 .188 2.25 .200 0 1 0 7 Pirates CAR -6 .279 .345 .624 .307 3.26 .218 3 11 0 85 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.17 .269 4 16 2 POS AVG 2 .356 .465 .821 .550 5.80 .274 5 19 1 YABU YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 36 0 4.50 40 0 58 44 6.83 15.21 4 0 1 2 2 A's CAREER 0 4.50 40 0 58 44 6.83 15.21 4 0 1 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.36 58 40 6.16 12.63 3 3 MARTIN YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 3 3.53 80 0 51 51 9.00 10.94 1 2 0 2 1 Dodgers 2004 34 1 3.97 76 0 45.1 30 5.96 14.10 0 2 1 2 0 Dodgers/Braves 2005 35 -4 19.29 4 0 2.1 0 0.00 30.86 0 0 0 0 0 Braves CAREER -16 4.88 282 0 230.2 168 6.55 14.12 9 9 3 11 7 LG AVG 0 4.42 230.2 171 6.66 12.99 13 13
6) Today’s birthdays–
CHICK GANDIL, 1887-1970 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1912 25 14 .350 .431 .781 .604 5.82 .305 2 81 21 117 Senators 1913 26 15 .363 .398 .762 .596 5.63 .318 1 72 22 148 Senators 1915 28 13 .340 .406 .746 .603 4.62 .291 2 64 20 136 Senators CAR 16 .327 .362 .689 .515 4.26 .277 11 557 153 1147 LG AVG 0 .332 .341 .673 .500 4.17 .261 17 421 161 POS AVG 31 .334 .364 .697 .530 4.42 .274 22 500 151 JON MATLACK, AGE: 56 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1972 22 25 2.32 34 32 244 169 6.23 10.62 15 10 0 16 9 Mets 1974 24 35 2.41 34 34 265.1 195 6.61 10.24 13 15 0 19 9 Mets 1978 28 40 2.27 35 33 270 157 5.23 10.23 15 13 1 20 8 Rangers CAREER 104 3.18 361 318 2363 1516 5.77 11.20 125 126 3 141 110 LG AVG 0 3.74 2363 1317 5.01 12.30 131 131 PHIL NEVIN, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 5 .339 .487 .825 .569 5.46 .279 13 46 2 59 Padres 2004 33 23 .368 .492 .859 .624 6.39 .289 26 105 0 147 Padres 2005 34 -10 .287 .379 .666 .398 3.74 .237 12 55 3 102 Padres/Rangers CAR 90 .345 .475 .820 .568 5.78 .273 186 675 18 1088 LG AVG 0 .343 .435 .778 .500 5.27 .270 124 508 69 POS AVG 18 .346 .449 .795 .511 5.44 .272 140 557 38 ORLANDO PALMEIRO, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 -6 .336 .347 .683 .441 4.35 .271 3 33 3 141 Cardinals 2004 35 -4 .344 .346 .690 .414 4.37 .241 3 12 2 102 Astros 2005 36 1 .341 .431 .772 .513 5.09 .284 3 20 3 114 Astros CAR -37 .355 .356 .710 .441 4.60 .277 12 203 37 1002 LG AVG 0 .341 .433 .775 .500 5.20 .271 70 293 38 POS AVG 17 .347 .447 .794 .521 5.50 .271 78 309 47 RIP RADCLIFF, 1906-62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1935 29 -18 .346 .404 .750 .419 5.19 .286 10 68 4 146 White Sox 1939 33 -24 .313 .353 .666 .319 3.99 .264 2 53 6 113 White Sox CAR -18 .362 .417 .779 .487 5.78 .311 42 532 40 1081 LG AVG 0 .361 .421 .781 .500 5.72 .285 74 552 52 POS AVG 69 .369 .451 .819 .547 6.37 .296 93 633 58 AMAURY TELEMACO, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 0 3.97 8 8 45.1 29 5.76 11.71 1 4 0 3 2 Phillies 2004 30 0 4.31 42 0 54.1 32 5.30 11.60 0 2 0 1 1 Phillies 2005 31 0 4.22 7 0 10.2 8 6.75 7.59 0 1 0 1 0 Phillies CAREER -38 4.94 219 64 561 364 5.84 12.69 23 35 0 26 32 LG AVG 0 4.31 561 424 6.79 12.81 31 31
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