Around the Majors: Giants will sign Morris
1) The Giants are reportedly about to sign free agent P Matt Morris to a 3 year, $27 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 7 3.76 27 27 172.1 120 6.27 10.81 11 8 0 10 9 Cardinals 2004 29 -12 4.72 32 32 202 131 5.84 11.90 15 10 0 11 14 Cardinals 2005 30 4 4.11 31 31 192.2 117 5.47 11.87 14 10 0 12 12 Cardinals CAREER 86 3.61 237 206 1377.1 986 6.44 11.73 101 62 4 92 71 LG AVG 0 4.27 1377.1 1037 6.78 12.78 77 77
2) Orioles SS Miguel Tejada denies says that he wants to be traded.
Apparently, although saying you want “a change of scenery” means you want to be traded in English, in Tejadaese, it means you want the team to be better.
3) The Cardinals signed free agent P Ricardo Rincon to a 2 year, $2.9 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 6 3.25 64 0 55.1 40 6.51 13.01 8 4 0 7 5 A's 2004 34 5 3.68 67 0 44 40 8.18 13.91 1 1 0 1 1 A's 2005 35 1 4.34 67 0 37.1 27 6.51 13.26 1 1 0 1 1 A's CAREER 50 3.53 552 0 436.1 391 8.06 11.96 21 24 21 26 19 LG AVG 0 4.48 436.1 312 6.44 12.97 24 24
4) Today’s birthdays–
GARRETT ATKINS, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -10 .205 .188 .394 .067 1.37 .159 0 4 0 25 Rockies 2004 24 3 .424 .536 .960 .697 9.95 .357 1 8 0 15 Rockies 2005 25 -12 .347 .426 .773 .432 5.00 .287 13 89 0 138 Rockies CAR -19 .336 .404 .740 .407 4.75 .276 14 101 0 178 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .768 .500 5.09 .269 19 79 10 POS AVG -2 .337 .424 .761 .489 4.98 .267 18 82 6 JOSE CONTRERAS, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 8 3.30 18 9 71 72 9.13 11.03 7 2 0 6 3 Yankees 2004 32 -16 5.50 31 31 170.1 150 7.93 13.63 13 9 0 9 13 Yankees/White Sox 2005 33 20 3.61 32 32 204.2 154 6.77 11.48 15 7 0 13 9 White Sox CAREER 12 4.28 81 72 446 376 7.59 12.23 35 18 0 28 25 LG AVG 0 4.49 446 310 6.26 12.86 25 25 SHANE COSTA, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 23 -5 .287 .333 .621 .278 2.86 .235 2 7 0 27 Royals CAR -5 .287 .333 .621 .278 2.86 .235 2 7 0 27 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 3 11 1 POS AVG 0 .329 .423 .753 .500 4.89 .275 2 11 2 STEVE FARR, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1988 31 14 2.50 62 1 82.2 72 7.84 11.54 5 4 20 6 3 Royals 1990 33 27 1.98 57 6 127 94 6.66 10.77 13 7 1 16 4 Royals 1991 34 15 2.19 60 0 70 60 7.71 10.54 5 5 23 8 2 Yankees 1992 35 15 1.56 50 0 52 37 6.40 9.52 2 2 30 3 1 Yankees CAREER 84 3.25 509 28 824.1 668 7.29 12.20 48 45 132 60 33 LG AVG 0 4.11 824.1 513 5.60 12.62 46 46 RALPH GARR, AGE: 60 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1971 25 23 .372 .441 .813 .605 6.12 .343 9 44 30 154 Braves 1972 26 18 .359 .430 .788 .598 5.79 .325 12 53 25 134 Braves 1974 28 42 .383 .503 .886 .695 7.21 .353 11 54 26 143 Braves CAR 70 .339 .416 .755 .541 5.10 .306 75 408 172 1317 LG AVG 0 .330 .385 .715 .500 4.39 .262 107 558 89 POS AVG 88 .343 .418 .760 .554 5.04 .275 130 610 121 ORLANDO HUDSON, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -13 .328 .395 .723 .412 4.34 .268 9 57 5 142 Blue Jays 2004 26 -5 .341 .438 .779 .468 5.13 .270 12 58 7 135 Blue Jays 2005 27 -5 .315 .412 .728 .461 4.58 .271 10 63 7 131 Blue Jays CAR -25 .328 .418 .746 .450 4.67 .270 35 201 19 462 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 52 216 26 POS AVG -24 .324 .401 .725 .450 4.50 .265 36 181 37 MIKE MITCHELL, 1879-1961 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1907 27 20 .339 .382 .721 .632 5.26 .292 3 47 17 148 Reds 1909 29 41 .378 .430 .808 .741 6.71 .310 4 86 37 145 Reds 1911 31 18 .348 .427 .775 .616 5.48 .291 2 84 35 142 Reds CAR 88 .340 .380 .720 .582 4.90 .278 27 514 202 1124 LG AVG 0 .331 .348 .679 .500 4.35 .262 24 418 164 POS AVG 29 .334 .367 .701 .532 4.60 .266 33 453 165 TULLY SPARKS, 1874-1937 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1903 28 10 2.72 28 28 248 88 3.19 11.32 11 15 0 15 11 Phillies 1905 30 26 2.18 34 26 260 98 3.39 10.35 14 11 1 16 9 Phillies 1907 32 15 2.00 33 31 265 90 3.06 9.48 22 8 1 18 12 Phillies CAREER 23 2.79 313 269 2336.1 778 3.00 11.36 121 136 8 134 123 LG AVG 0 2.95 2336.1 857 3.30 11.77 130 130 GORMAN THOMAS, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1978 27 23 .351 .515 .866 .636 6.23 .246 32 86 3 137 Brewers 1979 28 31 .356 .539 .895 .646 6.55 .244 45 123 1 156 Brewers 1982 31 27 .343 .506 .850 .638 5.80 .245 39 112 3 158 Brewers CAR 68 .324 .448 .772 .541 4.85 .225 268 782 50 1435 LG AVG 0 .328 .395 .723 .500 4.44 .263 120 594 93 POS AVG 15 .331 .400 .731 .504 4.56 .264 126 589 129
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