Around the Majors: Dodgers sign Mueller
1) The Dodgers signed free agent 3B Bill Mueller to a 2 year, $9.5 million contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 32 38 .398 .540 .938 .683 8.00 .326 19 85 1 146 Red Sox 2004 33 5 .365 .446 .811 .534 5.90 .283 12 57 2 110 Red Sox 2005 34 7 .369 .430 .799 .540 5.41 .295 10 62 0 150 Red Sox CAR 77 .373 .425 .798 .553 5.73 .292 82 478 19 1184 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.19 .270 130 545 77 POS AVG -2 .339 .436 .776 .494 5.16 .269 139 574 52
2) The Mariners signed free agent DH Carl Everett to a 1 year, $4 million contract, with an option for 2007.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 24 .366 .510 .876 .619 6.85 .287 28 92 8 147 Rangers/White Sox 2004 34 -9 .319 .402 .721 .390 4.14 .260 7 35 1 82 Expos/White Sox 2005 35 -9 .311 .435 .745 .440 4.40 .251 23 87 4 135 White Sox CAR 73 .344 .469 .812 .543 5.75 .274 191 759 106 1313 LG AVG 0 .339 .430 .769 .500 5.14 .270 141 602 87 POS AVG 23 .341 .439 .780 .512 5.34 .272 147 602 127
3) Free agent Nomar Garciaparra could choose between the Yankees, Indians, Astros and Dodgers today.
4) The Indians signed INFs Jose Flores and Andy Tracy and OF Todd Donovan to minor league contracts.
FLORES YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 29 -1 .400 .000 .400 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 1 7 A's 2004 31 -1 .400 .250 .650 .000 0.00 .250 0 0 0 9 Dodgers CAR -2 .400 .143 .543 .000 0.00 .143 0 0 1 16 LG AVG 0 .336 .430 .766 .500 5.06 .267 0 1 0 POS AVG 0 .329 .397 .726 .451 4.57 .269 0 1 0 TRACY YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 26 2 .339 .484 .824 .519 5.88 .260 11 32 1 83 Expos 2001 27 -8 .190 .236 .427 .085 1.56 .109 2 8 0 38 Expos 2004 30 -2 .235 .250 .485 .116 2.08 .188 0 1 0 15 Rockies CAR -8 .302 .418 .720 .402 4.58 .224 13 41 1 136 LG AVG 0 .347 .444 .792 .500 5.49 .272 10 39 5 POS AVG -1 .343 .446 .789 .484 5.36 .272 10 41 3
5) The Brewers signed P Wilfredo Rodriguez to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 22 -3 15.00 2 0 3 3 9.00 21.00 0 0 0 0 0 Astros CAREER -3 15.00 2 0 3 3 9.00 21.00 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.36 3 2 6.99 12.69 0 0
6) The Mets signed INF Juan Tejada, OF Julio Ramirez, C Sandy Martinez and P Matt Perisho to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.
RAMIREZ YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 24 0 .343 .438 .780 .457 4.32 .281 1 7 0 29 Angels 2003 25 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 6 Angels 2005 27 -1 .250 .250 .500 .000 0.00 .250 0 1 0 12 Giants CAR -11 .216 .229 .445 .146 1.93 .167 1 11 2 84 LG AVG 0 .337 .431 .769 .500 5.12 .268 4 15 2 POS AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .496 5.15 .268 3 14 4 MARTINEZ YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 29 -2 .222 .333 .556 .130 1.93 .222 0 0 0 10 Marlins 2001 30 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Expos 2004 33 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 4 Indians/Red Sox CAR -34 .284 .333 .617 .281 3.26 .230 6 51 1 218 LG AVG 0 .346 .436 .782 .500 5.35 .273 19 82 11 POS AVG -18 .321 .399 .720 .395 4.32 .256 16 76 3 PERISHO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 27 -5 8.71 5 0 10.1 3 2.61 19.16 0 0 0 0 0 Tigers 2004 29 -2 4.40 66 0 47 42 8.04 13.98 5 3 0 4 4 Marlins 2005 30 2 2.57 25 0 14 10 6.43 16.07 2 0 0 2 0 Marlins/Red Sox CAREER -52 6.39 177 28 276 202 6.59 17.15 11 17 0 12 16 LG AVG 0 4.64 276 197 6.42 13.29 16 15
7) The Nationals signed utilityman Robert Fick and re-signed P Joey Eischen to 1 year contracts and signed Cs Wiki Gonzalez, Mike DiFelice, Alberto Castillo and Brandon Harper to minor league contracts.
FICK YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 0 .335 .418 .753 .498 4.97 .269 11 80 1 126 Braves 2004 30 -13 .277 .319 .595 .295 3.06 .199 6 26 0 89 Devil Rays/Padres 2005 31 -1 .340 .365 .705 .483 4.40 .265 3 30 0 93 Padres CAR -7 .330 .418 .748 .487 4.74 .260 65 299 5 668 LG AVG 0 .337 .430 .768 .500 5.09 .268 66 277 35 POS AVG 13 .344 .447 .791 .518 5.36 .268 79 311 18 EISCHEN YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 12 3.06 70 0 53 40 6.79 12.40 2 2 1 3 1 Expos 2004 34 0 3.93 21 0 18.1 17 8.35 12.27 0 1 0 1 0 Expos 2005 35 3 3.22 57 0 36.1 30 7.43 14.61 2 1 0 2 1 Nationals CAREER 29 3.42 302 0 281.2 226 7.22 13.39 11 8 3 13 6 LG AVG 0 4.30 281.2 209 6.68 12.83 16 16 GONZALEZ YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 28 -9 .330 .299 .629 .301 2.89 .220 1 20 0 56 Padres 2003 29 -6 .264 .277 .541 .159 1.89 .200 0 10 0 24 Padres 2005 31 -1 .298 .378 .676 .411 3.97 .267 0 2 0 14 Mariners CAR -31 .312 .362 .674 .359 3.60 .240 17 101 3 283 LG AVG 0 .344 .437 .782 .500 5.33 .270 28 114 16 POS AVG -19 .330 .405 .735 .421 4.52 .258 24 108 5 DIFELICE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 -11 .299 .397 .696 .320 3.78 .254 3 25 1 62 Royals 2004 35 -4 .214 .200 .414 .056 1.08 .120 0 2 0 17 Tigers/Cubs 2005 36 -3 .211 .118 .328 .000 0.00 .118 0 0 0 11 Mets CAR -90 .288 .359 .647 .294 3.27 .238 28 157 3 512 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .773 .500 5.18 .271 50 212 31 POS AVG -38 .321 .404 .725 .416 4.34 .258 45 199 9 CASTILLO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 -1 .200 .467 .667 .181 2.25 .200 1 4 0 11 Giants 2004 34 -1 .365 .371 .736 .471 4.63 .270 1 11 0 29 Royals 2005 35 -6 .289 .307 .596 .282 2.89 .208 1 14 1 35 Royals/A's CAR -75 .295 .296 .591 .247 2.91 .222 11 98 3 407 LG AVG 0 .342 .434 .777 .500 5.26 .272 35 149 21 POS AVG -24 .325 .408 .733 .422 4.49 .260 32 139 6
8) Today’s birthdays–
STAN BAHNSEN, AGE: 61 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1974 29 -23 4.70 38 35 216.1 102 4.24 14.31 12 15 0 11 16 White Sox 1975 30 -14 4.36 33 28 167.1 80 4.30 13.39 10 13 0 10 13 White Sox/A's 1977 32 -18 5.00 34 24 149.1 79 4.76 13.14 9 11 1 8 12 A's/Expos CAREER -32 3.60 574 327 2529 1359 4.84 12.09 146 149 20 145 150 LG AVG 0 3.54 2529 1496 5.32 11.98 141 141 RICK HELLING, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 31 -1 4.51 30 30 175.2 120 6.15 11.99 10 12 0 11 11 Diamondbacks 2003 32 -16 5.17 35 24 155 98 5.69 13.01 8 8 0 7 9 Orioles/Marlins 2005 34 10 2.39 15 7 49 42 7.71 10.84 3 1 0 3 1 Brewers CAREER 0 4.69 281 232 1491.1 1026 6.19 12.73 93 79 0 87 85 LG AVG 0 4.58 1491.1 1061 6.40 13.20 84 84 RAY HERBERT, AGE: 76 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1954 24 -20 5.89 42 4 84 44 4.71 17.79 3 6 0 3 6 Tigers 1955 25 -22 6.24 23 11 88 30 3.07 14.32 1 8 0 3 6 A's 1959 29 -17 4.84 37 26 184 99 4.84 12.67 11 11 1 9 13 A's CAREER -39 4.01 407 236 1883.1 864 4.13 12.40 104 107 15 105 106 LG AVG 0 3.83 1883.1 1074 5.13 12.32 105 105 AARON MILES, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 1 .333 .583 .917 .641 6.75 .333 0 2 0 8 White Sox 2004 27 -32 .329 .368 .697 .319 4.17 .293 6 47 12 134 Rockies 2005 28 -20 .306 .355 .661 .298 3.64 .281 2 28 4 99 Rockies CAR -51 .320 .366 .686 .316 4.00 .289 8 77 16 241 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .774 .500 5.18 .269 28 112 14 POS AVG -6 .339 .414 .753 .477 4.95 .275 21 97 18 EDDIE ROBINSON, AGE: 85 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1950 29 25 .395 .450 .846 .618 7.12 .295 21 86 0 155 Senators/White Sox 1951 30 32 .371 .495 .866 .658 6.72 .282 29 117 2 151 White Sox 1952 31 40 .382 .466 .848 .691 7.08 .296 22 104 2 155 White Sox CAR 96 .353 .440 .793 .567 5.66 .268 172 723 10 1315 LG AVG 0 .351 .395 .746 .500 5.00 .269 89 546 38 POS AVG 27 .353 .413 .766 .518 5.24 .269 116 621 29 MO VAUGHN, AGE: 38 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1995 27 40 .388 .575 .963 .673 7.84 .300 39 126 11 140 Red Sox 1996 28 57 .420 .583 1.003 .691 9.30 .326 44 143 2 161 Red Sox 1997 29 54 .420 .560 .980 .733 8.98 .315 35 96 2 141 Red Sox 1998 30 60 .402 .591 .993 .727 9.13 .337 40 115 0 154 Red Sox CAR 304 .383 .523 .906 .637 7.27 .293 328 1064 30 1512 LG AVG 0 .342 .427 .769 .500 5.14 .271 164 723 101 POS AVG 167 .366 .477 .842 .582 6.26 .280 243 913 37 MICHAEL WUERTZ, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 25 1 4.34 31 0 29 30 9.31 12.10 1 0 1 1 0 Cubs 2005 26 4 3.81 75 0 75.2 89 10.59 11.89 6 2 0 4 4 Cubs CAREER 5 3.96 106 0 104.2 119 10.23 11.95 7 2 1 5 4 LG AVG 0 4.25 104.2 77 6.62 12.78 6 6
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