Around the Majors: Boring day
1) Today’s birthdays–
WAYNE CAUSEY, AGE: 69 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1955 18 -12 .269 .234 .504 .216 2.22 .194 1 9 0 68 Orioles 1968 31 -10 .223 .196 .419 .185 1.64 .149 1 11 0 79 White Sox/Angels/Braves CAR -33 .333 .341 .674 .454 4.10 .252 35 285 12 1105 LG AVG 0 .325 .391 .716 .500 4.40 .255 89 380 38 POS AVG -37 .319 .365 .684 .451 4.01 .250 62 313 50 CHRIS CHAMBLISS, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1976 27 22 .323 .441 .765 .622 5.13 .293 17 96 1 156 Yankees 1980 31 14 .338 .440 .779 .569 5.32 .282 18 72 7 158 Braves 1983 34 18 .366 .481 .847 .610 6.11 .280 20 78 2 131 Braves CAR 101 .334 .415 .749 .539 4.82 .279 185 972 40 2175 LG AVG 0 .327 .383 .710 .500 4.31 .261 158 838 162 POS AVG 128 .343 .414 .757 .553 4.92 .268 219 1025 75 STORM DAVIS, AGE: 44 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1987 25 -12 5.23 26 15 93 65 6.29 14.23 3 8 0 4 7 Padres/A's 1990 28 -10 4.74 21 20 112 62 4.98 13.18 7 10 0 7 10 Royals 1991 29 -11 4.96 51 9 114.1 53 4.17 14.72 3 9 2 5 7 Royals 1993 31 -10 5.05 43 8 98 73 6.70 13.22 2 8 4 4 6 A's/Tigers CAREER -7 4.02 442 239 1780.2 1048 5.30 12.63 113 96 11 104 105 LG AVG 0 4.08 1780.2 1073 5.42 12.56 100 100 CARLTON FISK, AGE: 58 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1972 24 38 .370 .538 .909 .731 7.13 .293 22 61 5 131 Red Sox 1977 29 36 .402 .521 .922 .658 7.88 .315 26 102 7 152 Red Sox 1978 30 29 .366 .475 .841 .642 6.40 .284 20 88 7 157 Red Sox CAR 212 .341 .457 .797 .571 5.43 .269 376 1330 128 2499 LG AVG 0 .327 .392 .719 .500 4.40 .261 210 1030 164 POS AVG -139 .313 .370 .683 .433 3.86 .248 201 1005 52 ESTEBAN GERMAN, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -1 .250 .250 .500 .000 0.00 .250 0 1 0 5 A's 2004 25 -4 .297 .300 .597 .245 2.81 .250 0 7 0 31 A's 2005 26 4 .750 1.000 1.750 .996 108.00 .750 0 1 2 5 Rangers CAR -3 .313 .291 .604 .386 4.00 .252 0 9 3 50 LG AVG 0 .336 .431 .767 .500 5.07 .268 3 14 2 POS AVG -1 .331 .415 .746 .478 4.83 .264 3 13 2 OMAR INFANTE, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 21 -15 .278 .258 .536 .241 2.54 .222 0 8 6 69 Tigers 2004 22 0 .317 .449 .766 .498 4.95 .264 16 55 13 142 Tigers 2005 23 -21 .254 .367 .621 .311 3.10 .222 9 43 8 121 Tigers CAR -33 .291 .384 .676 .403 3.91 .246 26 112 27 350 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .764 .500 5.03 .269 40 166 20 POS AVG -13 .326 .410 .736 .465 4.67 .266 30 144 25 JEFF KING, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1990 25 -12 .283 .410 .692 .378 3.46 .245 14 53 3 127 Pirates 1992 27 -17 .272 .371 .643 .355 3.14 .231 14 65 4 130 Pirates 1994 29 -10 .316 .375 .691 .392 4.13 .263 5 42 3 94 Pirates CAR -30 .324 .425 .749 .471 4.73 .256 154 709 75 1201 LG AVG 0 .336 .413 .749 .500 4.88 .268 120 555 102 POS AVG 53 .343 .442 .784 .532 5.31 .273 158 656 52 MARIO MENDOZA, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1979 28 -39 .216 .249 .466 .112 1.56 .198 1 29 3 148 Mariners 1980 29 -16 .286 .310 .596 .275 2.82 .245 2 14 3 114 Mariners 1981 30 -13 .254 .266 .521 .224 1.86 .231 0 22 2 88 Rangers CAR -108 .245 .262 .507 .172 1.91 .215 4 101 12 686 LG AVG 0 .331 .393 .724 .500 4.48 .265 34 177 29 POS AVG -50 .302 .331 .633 .361 3.33 .250 13 123 29 STU MILLER, AGE: 78 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1958 30 30 2.47 41 20 182 119 5.88 10.43 6 9 0 11 4 Giants 1961 33 17 2.66 63 0 122 89 6.57 9.81 14 5 17 13 6 Giants 1965 37 20 1.89 67 0 119 104 7.87 9.08 14 7 24 16 5 Orioles CAREER 89 3.24 704 93 1694 1164 6.18 11.48 105 103 154 123 85 LG AVG 0 3.81 1694 993 5.28 12.18 94 94 RAY SADECKI, AGE: 65 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1962 21 -15 5.56 22 17 102 50 4.41 14.74 6 8 1 5 9 Cardinals 1965 24 -27 5.20 36 28 173 122 6.35 13.32 6 15 1 8 13 Cardinals 1966 25 -19 4.80 31 22 129.1 83 5.78 13.43 5 8 0 5 8 Cardinals/Giants CAREER -26 3.78 563 328 2500.2 1614 5.81 12.31 135 131 7 134 132 LG AVG 0 3.57 2500.2 1571 5.65 11.87 139 139 OZZIE SMITH, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1979 24 -42 .260 .262 .522 .216 2.25 .211 0 27 28 156 Padres 1980 25 -16 .313 .276 .589 .394 3.27 .230 0 35 57 158 Padres 1981 26 -21 .294 .256 .549 .298 2.55 .222 0 21 22 110 Padres 1995 40 -16 .282 .244 .526 .160 2.11 .199 0 11 4 44 Cardinals CAR -80 .337 .328 .666 .464 4.16 .262 28 793 580 2573 LG AVG 0 .330 .393 .723 .500 4.53 .264 220 1133 257 POS AVG -268 .309 .339 .648 .386 3.58 .252 94 821 254 CHARLES THOMAS, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 25 5 .368 .445 .813 .567 6.09 .288 7 31 3 83 Braves 2005 26 -6 .255 .109 .363 .076 1.29 .109 0 1 0 30 A's CAR -1 .349 .390 .739 .494 5.15 .259 7 32 3 113 LG AVG 0 .339 .435 .774 .500 5.19 .269 9 37 4 POS AVG 5 .350 .458 .808 .549 5.74 .271 11 39 4
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