Around the Majors: Cubs re-sign Perez
1) According to the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs have agreed to a 2 year contract for all time great run coster Neifi Perez.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 30 -20 .285 .348 .632 .279 3.05 .256 1 31 3 120 Giants 2004 31 -23 .296 .336 .632 .299 3.42 .255 4 39 1 126 Giants/Cubs 2005 32 -27 .298 .383 .681 .332 3.49 .274 9 54 8 154 Cubs CAR -329 .301 .380 .681 .289 3.86 .270 61 454 56 1262 LG AVG 0 .342 .433 .775 .500 5.23 .270 157 654 91 POS AVG -127 .324 .385 .709 .409 4.33 .263 89 500 108
The only question for Perez is whether he gets enough playing time in 2006 to set the record for worst career RCAA or whether he has to wait until early 2007.
1 Ski Melillo -355 2 Tommy Thevenow -351 3 Neifi Perez -329 4 Bill Bergen -312 5 Tim Foli -309 6 Larry Bowa -307 7 Alfredo Griffin -306 T8 Don Kessinger -305 T8 Ozzie Guillen -305 10 Ed Brinkman -300
In 2005, Perez set the major league record for most consecutive years with -20 or worse RCAA–
1 Neifi Perez 1998-05 8 2 Doug Flynn 1977-83 7 T3 Bill Bergen 1901-06 6 T3 George McBride 1911-16 6 T3 Wally Gerber 1919-24 6 T3 Rabbit Warstler 1932-37 6 T3 Hal Lanier 1965-70 6 T8 Tommy Corcoran 1902-06 5 T8 Everett Scott 1920-24 5 T8 Frank O'Rourke 1926-30 5 T8 Rabbit Maranville 1929-33 5 T8 Ski Melillo 1932-36 5 T8 Ed Brinkman 1963-67 5 T8 Alfredo Griffin 1980-84 5 T8 Andres Thomas 1986-90 5
2) The Indians re-signed P Scott Sauerbeck to a 1 year, $1.2 million contract.
Sauerbeck would have become a free agent.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 30 14 2.30 78 0 62.2 70 10.05 11.20 5 4 0 7 2 Pirates 2003 31 -2 4.76 79 0 56.2 50 7.94 15.09 3 5 0 4 4 Pirates/Red Sox 2005 33 0 4.04 58 0 35.2 35 8.83 13.88 1 0 0 1 0 Indians CAREER 26 3.74 425 0 361 372 9.27 14.06 20 16 5 23 13 LG AVG 0 4.41 361 268 6.69 12.96 20 20
3) Jim Bowden and Jim Beattie will interview for the Red Sox GM job.
4) The Orioles hired Jim Elias as bench coach and moved Rick Dempsey from 3B to bullpen coach.
5) According to the Kansas City Star, the Royals, Rockies and Mariners are interested in Matt Morris.
6) Mets RF Mike Cameron’s agent is denying rumors that he wants to be traded somewhere where he can move back to CF.
7) Today’s birthdays–
JEFF BLAUSER, AGE: 40 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1992 26 13 .354 .458 .811 .615 5.70 .262 14 46 5 123 Braves 1993 27 30 .401 .436 .837 .638 6.66 .305 15 73 16 161 Braves 1997 31 32 .405 .482 .886 .657 7.33 .308 17 70 5 151 Braves CAR 22 .354 .406 .760 .510 5.14 .262 122 513 65 1407 LG AVG 0 .335 .410 .745 .500 4.84 .267 122 571 111 POS AVG -99 .322 .368 .690 .417 4.09 .258 70 440 103 TONY CUCCINELLO, 1907-95 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1931 23 18 .374 .431 .805 .595 5.99 .315 2 93 1 154 Reds 1936 28 14 .374 .402 .776 .578 5.74 .308 7 86 1 150 Braves 1945 37 19 .379 .400 .780 .658 5.94 .308 2 49 6 118 White Sox CAR 36 .343 .394 .737 .518 4.88 .280 94 884 42 1704 LG AVG 0 .341 .398 .739 .500 5.00 .281 94 773 67 POS AVG -114 .331 .367 .698 .436 4.37 .273 57 661 72 JOHN DENNY, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1976 23 27 2.52 30 30 207 74 3.22 11.78 11 9 0 13 7 Cardinals 1983 30 35 2.37 36 36 242.2 139 5.16 10.61 19 6 0 17 8 Phillies 1984 31 21 2.45 22 22 154.1 94 5.48 9.04 7 7 0 9 5 Phillies CAREER 36 3.59 325 322 2148.2 1146 4.80 12.25 123 108 0 122 109 LG AVG 0 3.70 2148.2 1251 5.24 12.18 120 120 BUCKY HARRIS, 1896-1977 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1924 27 -19 .344 .358 .703 .395 4.12 .268 1 58 19 143 Senators 1925 28 -15 .370 .358 .728 .422 4.55 .287 1 66 14 144 Senators 1928 31 -34 .264 .263 .526 .177 2.28 .204 0 28 5 99 Senators CAR -118 .352 .354 .706 .423 4.34 .274 9 506 166 1264 LG AVG 0 .362 .410 .772 .500 5.37 .294 57 663 92 POS AVG -84 .356 .381 .737 .448 4.79 .284 36 575 109 ED KRANEPOOL, AGE: 61 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1963 18 -18 .256 .289 .545 .215 2.10 .209 2 14 4 86 Mets 1965 20 -13 .303 .371 .675 .400 3.62 .253 10 53 1 153 Mets 1968 23 -14 .271 .295 .566 .321 2.55 .231 3 20 0 127 Mets CAR -41 .316 .377 .693 .467 3.98 .261 118 614 15 1853 LG AVG 0 .326 .385 .710 .500 4.33 .261 123 614 88 POS AVG 94 .336 .426 .761 .553 4.94 .267 185 772 58 GARY LUCAS, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1981 26 13 2.00 57 0 90 53 5.30 11.70 7 7 13 10 4 Padres CAREER 38 3.01 409 18 669 410 5.52 11.46 29 44 63 44 29 LG AVG 0 3.73 669 400 5.38 12.15 37 37 JOSE OFFERMAN, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 33 -14 .320 .335 .655 .331 3.26 .232 5 31 9 101 Red Sox/Mariners 2004 35 0 .363 .395 .759 .507 5.36 .256 2 22 1 77 Twins 2005 36 -7 .308 .333 .641 .290 3.14 .229 2 13 0 86 Phillies/Mets CAR -29 .360 .373 .732 .478 4.86 .273 57 537 172 1651 LG AVG 0 .339 .425 .764 .500 5.08 .270 173 765 119 POS AVG -35 .342 .402 .743 .474 4.88 .270 129 658 133 NICK PUNTO, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -6 .273 .272 .544 .238 2.59 .217 1 4 2 64 Phillies 2004 26 -3 .340 .319 .658 .401 4.24 .253 2 12 6 38 Twins 2005 27 -21 .301 .335 .636 .315 3.23 .239 4 26 13 112 Twins CAR -31 .302 .321 .624 .317 3.28 .238 7 42 21 227 LG AVG 0 .334 .427 .761 .500 4.97 .269 20 82 10 POS AVG -6 .326 .409 .735 .468 4.64 .268 14 71 13 JERRY REMY, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 22 -18 .311 .311 .622 .365 3.03 .258 1 46 34 147 Angels 1982 29 -23 .337 .324 .661 .370 3.80 .280 0 47 16 155 Red Sox 1983 30 -17 .320 .319 .639 .383 3.59 .275 0 43 11 146 Red Sox CAR -96 .327 .328 .656 .415 3.74 .275 7 329 208 1154 LG AVG 0 .327 .390 .717 .500 4.38 .262 105 539 89 POS AVG -63 .321 .351 .672 .442 3.91 .261 51 412 138