Around the Majors: A’s sign Thomas
1) The A’s signed free agent DH Frank Thomas to a 1 year, $500,000 contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 35 48 .390 .562 .952 .710 8.07 .267 42 105 0 153 White Sox 2004 36 26 .434 .563 .997 .728 9.45 .271 18 49 0 74 White Sox 2005 37 4 .315 .590 .905 .596 6.21 .219 12 26 0 34 White Sox CAR 800 .427 .568 .995 .751 9.18 .307 448 1465 32 1959 LG AVG 0 .339 .424 .763 .500 5.04 .269 202 892 124 POS AVG 192 .361 .469 .830 .578 6.05 .276 296 1100 53
Thomas ranks 8th in AL history for career RCAA–
RCAA RCAA 1 Babe Ruth 1795 2 Ted Williams 1475 3 Ty Cobb 1369 4 Lou Gehrig 1247 5 Mickey Mantle 1099 6 Tris Speaker 1053 7 Jimmie Foxx 996 8 Frank Thomas 800 9 Eddie Collins 747 10 Joe DiMaggio 708
He ranks 10th on the all time list for OPS vs. the league average (since 1900)–
OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Babe Ruth .403 1.164 .760 2 Ted Williams .370 1.116 .746 3 Barry Bonds .304 1.053 .749 4 Lou Gehrig .299 1.080 .780 5 Rogers Hornsby .276 1.010 .735 6 Jimmie Foxx .263 1.038 .775 7 Mickey Mantle .252 .977 .725 8 Ty Cobb .242 .945 .704 9 Stan Musial .236 .976 .739 10 Frank Thomas .232 .995 .763
2) The Indians re-signed 1B Ben Broussard to a 1 year, $2.5 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 1 .312 .443 .755 .506 4.71 .249 16 55 5 116 Indians 2004 27 18 .370 .488 .858 .619 6.60 .275 17 82 4 139 Indians 2005 28 6 .307 .464 .770 .540 5.01 .255 19 68 2 142 Indians CAR 21 .327 .459 .786 .546 5.28 .258 56 214 11 436 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 44 184 22 POS AVG 18 .347 .448 .796 .539 5.46 .266 55 211 9
3) Denny Neagle pled guilty for patronizing a prostitute and was sentenced to 40 hours of community service.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1995 26 24 3.43 31 31 209.2 150 6.44 11.55 13 8 0 13 8 Pirates 1996 27 21 3.50 33 33 221.1 149 6.06 11.26 16 9 0 15 10 Pirates/Braves 1997 28 31 2.97 34 34 233.1 172 6.63 9.99 20 5 0 16 9 Braves CAREER 56 4.24 392 286 1890.1 1415 6.74 12.06 124 92 3 115 101 LG AVG 0 4.26 1890.1 1395 6.64 12.78 106 106
4) The Mets sold minor league OF Angel Pagan to the Cubs.
5) The Rockies signed P Miguel Asencio to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training, and invited INFs Ian Stewart and Troy Tulowitzki, Cs Dan Conway and Chris Iannetta and Ps Justin Hampson, Zack Parker, Jim Miller, Sandy Nin and Jud Songster to spring training.
ASENCIO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 21 2 5.11 31 21 123.1 58 4.23 14.81 4 7 0 6 5 Royals 2003 22 0 5.21 8 8 48.1 27 5.03 14.52 2 1 0 1 2 Royals CAREER 2 5.14 39 29 171.2 85 4.46 14.73 6 8 0 7 7 LG AVG 0 4.48 171.2 119 6.22 12.84 10 10
6) On Tuesday, Carlos Martinez died at the age of 40.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1990 25 -18 .252 .327 .579 .228 2.29 .224 4 24 0 92 White Sox CAR -44 .293 .359 .652 .377 3.37 .258 25 161 10 465 LG AVG 0 .330 .393 .723 .500 4.48 .262 36 183 30 POS AVG 15 .341 .408 .748 .528 4.83 .264 44 195 15
7) Today’s birthdays–
GEORGE BLAEHOLDER, 1904-47 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1930 26 11 4.62 37 23 191 70 3.30 13.34 11 13 4 13 11 Browns 1933 29 11 4.71 38 36 256 63 2.21 12.38 15 19 0 18 16 Browns 1934 30 13 4.23 39 33 234 66 2.54 13.23 14 18 3 18 14 Browns CAREER 30 4.54 338 251 1913 572 2.69 13.02 104 125 12 118 111 LG AVG 0 4.42 1913 690 3.25 13.57 107 107 KENNY KELLY, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 21 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 2 Devil Rays 2005 26 0 .357 .385 .742 .479 4.91 .308 0 2 1 24 Reds/Nationals CAR 0 .333 .357 .690 .437 4.50 .286 0 2 1 26 LG AVG 0 .340 .429 .769 .500 5.11 .269 0 2 0 POS AVG 0 .343 .439 .782 .514 5.32 .271 1 2 0 BRANDON MEDDERS, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 25 9 1.78 27 0 30.1 31 9.20 9.79 4 1 0 4 1 Diamondbacks CAREER 9 1.78 27 0 30.1 31 9.20 9.79 4 1 0 4 1 LG AVG 0 4.23 30.1 22 6.57 12.76 2 2 BOB NIEMAN, 1927-85 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1956 29 38 .436 .495 .931 .717 7.97 .320 14 68 1 128 White Sox/Orioles 1958 31 28 .395 .522 .917 .715 6.97 .325 16 60 2 105 Orioles 1959 32 21 .367 .528 .895 .667 6.50 .292 21 60 1 118 Orioles CAR 149 .373 .474 .847 .625 6.15 .295 125 544 10 1113 LG AVG 0 .340 .396 .736 .500 4.73 .264 82 416 32 POS AVG 96 .360 .444 .804 .582 5.73 .275 121 506 35 ANTONIO PEREZ, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -1 .345 .360 .705 .466 4.64 .248 2 12 4 48 Devil Rays 2004 24 -1 .286 .308 .593 .245 2.70 .231 0 0 1 13 Dodgers 2005 25 4 .360 .398 .758 .546 5.34 .297 3 23 11 98 Dodgers CAR 2 .353 .383 .736 .512 5.02 .280 5 35 16 159 LG AVG 0 .337 .428 .766 .500 5.06 .268 12 51 6 POS AVG -3 .333 .414 .747 .476 4.80 .267 10 48 6 ANDRES TORRES, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -14 .263 .298 .560 .195 2.19 .220 1 9 5 59 Tigers 2004 26 0 0 0 1 3 Tigers 2005 27 -2 .190 .211 .401 .108 1.59 .158 0 1 1 8 Rangers CAR -22 .258 .276 .534 .175 2.02 .210 1 13 9 89 LG AVG 0 .333 .427 .760 .500 4.98 .267 9 39 5 POS AVG -1 .330 .416 .746 .492 4.87 .270 7 36 10 KAISER WILHELM, 1874-1936 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1904 30 -32 3.69 39 36 288 73 2.28 12.41 14 20 0 12 22 Braves 1905 31 -42 4.54 34 28 242 76 2.83 13.65 3 23 0 8 18 Braves 1910 36 -14 4.76 15 5 68 17 2.25 14.16 3 7 0 3 7 Dodgers CAREER -85 3.32 168 131 1187.1 331 2.51 12.07 44 88 0 55 77 LG AVG 0 2.72 1187.1 463 3.51 11.29 66 66
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