Around the Majors: Babe Ruth’s birthday
1) Today’s birthdays–
CHAD ALLEN, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -2 .240 .333 .573 .259 2.70 .208 0 0 0 12 Marlins 2004 29 -5 .262 .345 .607 .209 2.76 .241 0 6 0 20 Rangers 2005 30 -3 .309 .340 .649 .303 3.21 .283 0 5 0 21 Rangers CAR -34 .321 .389 .710 .368 4.17 .269 14 84 15 267 LG AVG 0 .343 .436 .779 .500 5.27 .272 29 120 16 POS AVG 1 .344 .437 .781 .499 5.32 .273 29 121 21 SMOKY BURGESS, 1927-91 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1952 25 19 .380 .429 .809 .655 6.52 .296 6 56 3 110 Phillies 1954 27 29 .432 .510 .942 .719 8.28 .368 4 46 1 108 Phillies 1962 35 21 .375 .500 .875 .657 7.04 .328 13 61 0 103 Pirates CAR 117 .362 .446 .807 .578 5.79 .295 126 673 13 1691 LG AVG 0 .334 .409 .744 .500 4.79 .266 119 532 48 POS AVG -75 .323 .385 .708 .434 4.20 .250 117 519 16 FRANK LAPORTE, 1880-1939 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1911 31 14 .361 .446 .807 .589 6.04 .314 2 82 4 136 Browns CAR 17 .330 .372 .701 .527 4.72 .282 9 397 72 913 LG AVG 0 .323 .336 .658 .500 4.29 .260 11 301 128 POS AVG -7 .324 .330 .654 .499 4.23 .260 8 301 132 DALE LONG, 1926-91 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1955 29 16 .362 .513 .875 .607 6.20 .291 16 79 0 131 Pirates 1956 30 11 .326 .485 .812 .564 5.51 .263 27 91 1 148 Pirates 1957 31 27 .378 .496 .875 .669 6.95 .298 21 67 1 130 Pirates/Cubs CAR 64 .341 .464 .805 .559 5.52 .267 132 467 10 1013 LG AVG 0 .336 .415 .751 .500 4.85 .266 89 378 31 POS AVG 79 .351 .466 .817 .572 5.78 .278 127 476 22 BABE RUTH, 1895-1948 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1918 23 45 .411 .555 .966 .831 9.01 .300 11 66 6 95 Red Sox 1919 24 92 .456 .657 1.114 .872 12.39 .322 29 114 7 130 Red Sox 1920 25 156 .532 .847 1.379 .913 18.41 .376 54 137 14 142 Yankees 1921 26 166 .512 .846 1.359 .891 17.90 .378 59 171 17 152 Yankees 1922 27 64 .434 .672 1.106 .796 11.01 .315 35 96 2 110 Yankees 1923 28 157 .545 .764 1.309 .896 17.31 .393 41 131 17 152 Yankees 1924 29 138 .513 .739 1.252 .879 15.61 .378 46 121 9 153 Yankees 1926 31 132 .516 .737 1.253 .883 15.60 .372 47 146 11 152 Yankees 1927 32 138 .486 .772 1.258 .874 14.91 .356 60 164 7 151 Yankees 1928 33 117 .463 .709 1.172 .861 12.79 .323 54 142 4 154 Yankees 1929 34 82 .430 .697 1.128 .802 11.60 .345 46 154 5 135 Yankees 1930 35 122 .493 .732 1.225 .860 13.90 .359 49 153 10 145 Yankees 1931 36 128 .494 .700 1.194 .872 15.11 .373 46 163 5 145 Yankees 1932 37 101 .489 .661 1.150 .860 13.73 .341 41 137 2 133 Yankees 1933 38 66 .442 .582 1.023 .795 10.05 .301 34 103 4 137 Yankees 1934 39 43 .448 .537 .985 .748 9.49 .288 22 84 1 125 Yankees CAR 1795 .474 .690 1.164 .852 13.14 .342 714 2210 123 2503 LG AVG 0 .356 .404 .760 .500 5.27 .288 92 1005 143 POS AVG 204 .371 .444 .815 .572 6.19 .299 152 1141 147 ADAM SHABALA, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 27 -2 .235 .200 .435 .134 1.80 .200 0 4 0 6 Giants CAR -2 .235 .200 .435 .134 1.80 .200 0 4 0 6 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 1 2 0 POS AVG 0 .350 .456 .805 .556 5.73 .269 1 3 0 BOB WICKMAN, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 33 0 4.46 36 0 34.1 36 9.44 13.89 1 3 20 2 2 Indians 2004 35 1 4.25 30 0 29.2 26 7.89 13.65 0 2 13 1 1 Indians 2005 36 11 2.47 64 0 62 41 5.95 11.47 0 4 45 3 1 Indians CAREER 89 3.62 721 28 954.2 706 6.66 12.97 59 51 214 67 43 LG AVG 0 4.54 954.2 662 6.24 13.18 53 53 GLENN WRIGHT, 1901-84 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM CAR -35 .328 .447 .775 .473 5.08 .294 94 723 38 1119 LG AVG 0 .350 .415 .765 .500 5.27 .292 60 543 62 POS AVG -131 .326 .365 .691 .393 4.17 .272 32 445 44 RICHIE ZISK, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1973 24 26 .364 .526 .890 .725 7.07 .324 10 54 0 103 Pirates 1974 25 37 .386 .476 .862 .698 6.89 .313 17 100 1 149 Pirates 1975 26 28 .374 .474 .848 .659 6.41 .290 20 75 0 147 Pirates CAR 188 .353 .466 .818 .611 5.73 .287 207 792 8 1453 LG AVG 0 .330 .391 .721 .500 4.45 .264 112 586 94 POS AVG 65 .340 .419 .759 .538 4.91 .267 154 684 83
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