Around the Majors: A’s sign Ellis
1) The A’s re-signed 2B Mark Ellis to a 2 year, $6 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 25 1 .359 .394 .753 .512 5.26 .272 6 35 4 98 A's 2003 26 -10 .313 .371 .684 .434 4.06 .248 9 52 6 154 A's 2005 28 19 .384 .477 .861 .628 6.71 .316 13 52 1 122 A's CAR 10 .348 .411 .759 .524 5.19 .276 28 139 11 374 LG AVG 0 .332 .427 .759 .500 4.95 .267 42 175 21 POS AVG -21 .322 .396 .717 .447 4.41 .264 28 146 32
2) Reds RF Adam Dunn says he had a hairline fracture in his right hand for most of last season. He initially suffered the injury when diving into 3B in May and was later hit by a pitch in the same area. Last week, the doctor recommended a split but, even though it still hurts, Dunn refused.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 9 .354 .465 .819 .566 5.94 .215 27 57 8 116 Reds 2004 24 52 .388 .569 .956 .721 8.18 .266 46 102 6 161 Reds 2005 25 36 .387 .540 .927 .660 7.73 .247 40 101 4 160 Reds CAR 134 .383 .518 .901 .647 7.27 .248 158 374 41 661 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .771 .500 5.14 .268 73 298 38 POS AVG 60 .359 .469 .828 .575 6.07 .273 97 351 36
Dunn ranks 3rd in Reds history for career RCAA through the age of 25–
RCAA 1 Frank Robinson 246 2 Vada Pinson 152 3 Adam Dunn 134 4 Johnny Bench 108 5 Kal Daniels 107 T6 Sam Crawford 102 T6 Eric Davis 102 8 Edd Roush 81 9 Mike Donlin 63 10 Bobby Tolan 55
3) Today’s birthdays–
BOBBY BOLIN, AGE: 67 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1965 26 20 2.76 45 13 163 135 7.45 10.21 14 6 2 13 7 Giants 1966 27 14 2.89 36 34 224 143 5.75 10.21 11 10 1 12 9 Giants 1968 29 17 1.98 34 19 177 126 6.41 9.05 10 5 0 10 5 Giants CAREER 20 3.40 495 164 1576 1175 6.71 11.54 88 75 50 86 77 LG AVG 0 3.51 1576 1007 5.75 11.75 88 88 JOHN HABYAN, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 27 19 2.30 66 0 90 70 7.00 9.50 4 2 2 4 2 Yankees CAREER 26 3.85 348 18 532.1 372 6.29 12.39 26 24 12 27 23 LG AVG 0 4.24 532.1 351 5.93 12.77 30 30 RAY HAYWORTH, 1904-2002 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1931 27 -18 .307 .315 .622 .278 3.41 .256 0 25 0 88 Tigers 1933 29 -29 .302 .299 .601 .274 3.28 .245 1 45 0 134 Tigers 1936 32 -16 .347 .292 .639 .306 3.85 .240 1 30 0 81 Tigers CAR -101 .331 .332 .663 .343 4.01 .265 5 238 2 699 LG AVG 0 .359 .418 .777 .500 5.61 .288 35 302 29 POS AVG -49 .345 .373 .718 .429 4.84 .271 23 278 13 JULIO MOSQUERA, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1996 24 -2 .261 .318 .579 .237 3.00 .227 0 2 0 8 Blue Jays 1997 25 0 .250 .375 .625 .451 4.50 .250 0 0 0 3 Blue Jays 2005 33 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Brewers CAR -2 .250 .323 .573 .276 3.24 .226 0 2 0 12 LG AVG 0 .348 .440 .788 .500 5.43 .275 1 5 1 POS AVG -1 .319 .388 .706 .372 4.14 .249 1 4 0 LANCE NIEKRO, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -1 .200 .400 .600 .000 0.00 .200 0 2 0 5 Giants 2005 26 -8 .295 .460 .755 .408 4.06 .252 12 46 0 113 Giants CAR -9 .293 .459 .753 .399 3.99 .251 12 48 0 118 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 9 38 5 POS AVG 8 .361 .477 .838 .579 6.04 .281 13 47 2 MIGUEL OJEDA, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -2 .331 .362 .693 .438 4.10 .234 4 22 1 61 Padres 2004 29 1 .322 .429 .751 .514 4.99 .256 8 26 0 62 Padres 2005 30 -10 .256 .225 .482 .141 1.72 .147 1 9 1 59 Padres/Mariners CAR -11 .308 .353 .662 .394 3.74 .221 13 57 2 182 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.15 .269 14 55 7 POS AVG -12 .321 .393 .715 .406 4.19 .255 11 52 2 STEVE SAX, AGE: 46 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 24 -27 .300 .304 .604 .309 2.95 .243 1 35 34 145 Dodgers 1992 32 -22 .290 .317 .607 .336 2.87 .236 4 47 30 143 White Sox CAR -22 .335 .358 .692 .483 4.24 .281 54 550 444 1769 LG AVG 0 .329 .390 .719 .500 4.45 .262 159 817 175 POS AVG -53 .330 .362 .693 .466 4.19 .264 88 660 220 JASON SCHMIDT, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 44 2.34 29 29 207.2 208 9.01 8.80 17 5 0 16 6 Giants 2004 31 31 3.20 32 32 225 251 10.04 9.80 18 7 0 16 9 Giants 2005 32 -5 4.40 29 29 172 165 8.63 13.08 12 7 0 9 10 Giants CAREER 63 3.95 281 272 1739.2 1548 8.01 12.09 116 81 0 107 90 LG AVG 0 4.30 1739.2 1305 6.75 12.84 98 97
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