Around the Majors: Kip Wells has surgery
1) Pirates P Kip Wells had surgery on Monday to correct a blocked artery in his right armpit and is expected to return by the some star break.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 21 3.28 31 31 197.1 147 6.70 11.58 10 9 0 12 7 Pirates 2004 27 -7 4.55 24 24 138.1 116 7.55 14.12 5 7 0 5 7 Pirates 2005 28 -16 5.09 33 33 182 132 6.53 14.69 8 18 0 11 15 Pirates CAREER 6 4.36 188 168 983.2 728 6.66 13.71 55 69 0 62 62 LG AVG 0 4.36 983.2 720 6.59 12.92 55 55
2) Red Sox C John Flaherty retired.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1995 27 -18 .284 .404 .688 .324 3.68 .243 11 40 0 112 Tigers 1998 30 -32 .261 .273 .534 .144 2.06 .207 3 24 0 91 Devil Rays 2000 32 -21 .296 .376 .671 .313 3.63 .261 10 39 0 109 Devil Rays 2003 35 -4 .297 .457 .754 .375 3.64 .267 4 14 0 40 Yankees 2004 36 -5 .286 .465 .750 .361 3.63 .252 6 16 0 47 Yankees 2005 37 -15 .206 .252 .458 .091 1.42 .165 2 11 0 47 Yankees CAR -168 .290 .377 .667 .322 3.46 .252 80 395 10 1047 LG AVG 0 .341 .431 .772 .500 5.18 .271 111 480 69 POS AVG -86 .321 .403 .723 .414 4.34 .258 99 449 19
Flaherty holds the Devil Rays record for worst career RCAA–
RCAA 1 John Flaherty -94 2 Toby Hall -71 3 Miguel Cairo -57 4 Bobby Smith -48 5 Mike DiFelice -45 6 Damian Rolls -42 7 Vinny Castilla -39 T8 Gerald Williams -37 T8 Felix Martinez -37 10 Jason Tyner -36
3) The Orioles released OF Richard Hidalgo.
Hidalgo had left camp on Saturday and is considering retirement.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 36 .385 .572 .957 .674 7.95 .309 28 88 9 141 Astros 2004 28 -20 .301 .444 .745 .378 3.98 .239 25 82 4 144 Astros/Mets 2005 29 -12 .289 .416 .705 .367 3.76 .221 16 43 1 88 Rangers CAR 39 .345 .490 .835 .529 5.80 .269 171 560 48 987 LG AVG 0 .342 .435 .777 .500 5.26 .270 115 471 63 POS AVG 31 .347 .451 .798 .523 5.57 .271 134 496 88
4) The White Sox sent INFs Tim Hummel and Jorge Velandia, OF Ben Grieve, Cs Carlos Lee and Donny Lucy and Ps Rusty Tucker, Chad Bentz, Corwin Malone and Stephen Randolph to the minors.
GRIEVE YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -1 .371 .345 .716 .472 4.70 .230 4 17 0 55 Devil Rays 2004 28 0 .361 .424 .785 .508 5.48 .260 8 35 0 123 Brewers/Cubs 2005 29 -1 .400 .250 .650 .344 3.60 .250 0 1 0 23 Cubs CAR 54 .367 .442 .809 .546 5.64 .269 118 492 24 976 LG AVG 0 .341 .434 .775 .500 5.21 .271 105 441 59 POS AVG 27 .346 .451 .798 .521 5.52 .273 119 471 65 HUMMEL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -4 .290 .357 .647 .340 3.57 .226 2 10 0 26 Reds 2004 25 -8 .281 .282 .563 .242 2.61 .218 1 7 1 56 Reds CAR -12 .285 .314 .599 .285 3.02 .222 3 17 1 82 LG AVG 0 .341 .434 .775 .500 5.21 .269 7 28 3 POS AVG -1 .332 .436 .768 .482 5.01 .266 7 30 2 VELANDIA YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 25 -4 .176 .129 .306 .042 0.96 .097 0 2 0 33 A's/Mets 2001 26 -2 .182 .000 .182 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 9 Mets 2003 28 -5 .304 .276 .580 .226 2.60 .190 0 8 0 23 Mets CAR -20 .231 .201 .432 .120 1.72 .151 0 12 2 150 LG AVG 0 .344 .435 .779 .500 5.28 .272 7 28 4 POS AVG -4 .334 .393 .727 .433 4.62 .269 4 21 5 BENTZ YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 24 -5 5.86 36 0 27.2 18 5.86 15.61 0 3 0 1 2 Expos 2005 25 -6 31.50 4 0 2 0 0.00 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 Marlins CAREER -11 7.58 40 0 29.2 18 5.46 16.99 0 3 0 1 2 LG AVG 0 4.31 29.2 22 6.72 12.83 2 2 RANDOLPH YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 5 4.05 50 0 60 50 7.50 14.25 8 1 0 5 4 Diamondbacks 2004 30 -10 5.51 45 6 81.2 62 6.83 16.53 2 5 0 3 4 Diamondbacks CAREER -5 4.89 95 6 141.2 112 7.12 15.56 10 6 0 8 8 LG AVG 0 4.30 141.2 105 6.70 12.83 8 8
5) The Mets sent INF Brett Harper, Cs Jesus Flores, Drew Butera, Andy Wilson and Aaron Hathaway and Ps Philip Humber, Matt Lindstrom Rafael Corva, Jeremy Hill and Jason Scobie to the minors.
6) The Cardinals sent INFs Kit Pellow and Dave Berg, Cs Bryan Anderson and Jason Motte and Ps Chris Narveson, Andy Cavazos, Dennis Tankersley, Randy Leek and Rich Rundles to the minors.
PELLOW YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 28 -5 .342 .302 .644 .250 3.18 .238 1 5 1 29 Royals 2003 29 6 .476 .889 1.365 .904 19.64 .444 1 4 0 11 Rockies 2004 30 -9 .308 .347 .655 .273 3.69 .240 2 10 1 59 Rockies CAR -8 .335 .381 .716 .378 4.64 .257 4 19 2 99 LG AVG 0 .338 .433 .771 .500 5.14 .268 7 27 3 POS AVG 1 .342 .448 .790 .520 5.40 .262 8 30 3 BERG YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 31 -6 .322 .382 .704 .440 4.28 .270 4 39 0 109 Blue Jays 2003 32 -9 .301 .379 .679 .301 3.32 .255 4 18 0 61 Blue Jays 2004 33 -12 .278 .338 .615 .234 2.88 .253 3 23 0 58 Blue Jays CAR -41 .328 .373 .700 .410 4.24 .269 21 163 8 582 LG AVG 0 .341 .435 .775 .500 5.23 .270 53 220 29 POS AVG -33 .330 .393 .723 .430 4.54 .265 33 175 37 TANKERSLEY YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 23 -25 8.06 17 9 51.1 39 6.84 18.41 1 4 0 1 4 Padres 2003 24 -7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Padres 2004 25 -5 5.14 9 6 35 29 7.46 13.63 0 5 0 2 3 Padres CAREER -37 7.61 27 16 86.1 68 7.09 17.20 1 10 0 3 8 LG AVG 0 4.20 86.1 65 6.75 12.74 5 5
7) Today’s birthdays–
DICK ALLEN, AGE: 64 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1964 22 62 .382 .557 .939 .756 7.94 .318 29 91 3 162 Phillies 1965 23 48 .375 .494 .870 .719 6.88 .302 20 85 15 161 Phillies 1966 24 67 .396 .632 1.027 .788 9.24 .317 40 110 10 141 Phillies 1967 25 54 .404 .566 .970 .778 8.68 .307 23 77 20 122 Phillies 1972 30 73 .420 .603 1.023 .817 9.31 .308 37 113 19 148 White Sox 1974 32 41 .375 .563 .938 .734 7.43 .301 32 88 7 128 White Sox CAR 511 .378 .534 .912 .714 7.20 .292 351 1119 133 1749 LG AVG 0 .325 .382 .707 .500 4.27 .260 136 682 93 POS AVG 111 .338 .421 .759 .557 4.91 .267 197 843 59 JIM BOUTON, AGE: 67 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1965 26 -23 4.83 30 25 151 97 5.78 13.29 4 15 0 7 12 Yankees 1970 31 -13 5.42 29 6 73 49 6.04 14.55 4 6 0 3 7 Astros CAREER -5 3.58 304 144 1237 720 5.24 11.56 62 63 6 63 62 LG AVG 0 3.61 1237 801 5.83 11.84 69 69 JUAN ENCARNACION, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -5 .313 .446 .759 .474 4.55 .270 19 94 19 156 Marlins 2004 28 -17 .299 .405 .704 .386 3.90 .236 16 62 5 135 Dodgers/Marlins 2005 29 10 .349 .447 .795 .564 5.51 .287 16 76 6 141 Marlins CAR -55 .316 .440 .757 .454 4.62 .268 128 541 119 1028 LG AVG 0 .342 .433 .775 .500 5.21 .270 126 527 68 POS AVG 35 .347 .450 .797 .524 5.53 .272 144 559 90 PETE FOX, 1909-66 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1938 29 -18 .328 .413 .742 .414 4.94 .293 7 96 16 155 Tigers 1939 30 -23 .342 .405 .746 .376 4.91 .295 7 66 23 141 Tigers 1940 31 -14 .329 .403 .732 .382 4.72 .289 5 48 7 93 Tigers CAR -40 .347 .415 .762 .477 5.25 .298 65 694 158 1461 LG AVG 0 .354 .406 .760 .500 5.38 .280 95 753 75 POS AVG 30 .357 .417 .774 .515 5.59 .286 92 749 87 RYAN FREEL, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 1 .344 .431 .775 .514 5.30 .285 4 12 9 43 Reds 2004 28 8 .375 .368 .743 .547 5.40 .277 3 28 37 143 Reds 2005 29 -2 .371 .371 .743 .483 5.20 .271 4 21 36 103 Reds CAR 7 .369 .377 .746 .517 5.30 .276 11 64 84 298 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .773 .500 5.17 .269 34 137 17 POS AVG 0 .339 .433 .771 .498 5.16 .273 32 134 20 JIM HUGHEY, 1869-1945 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1896 27 -18 4.99 25 14 155 48 2.79 13.82 6 8 0 6 8 Pirates 1899 30 -56 5.41 36 34 283 54 1.72 16.31 4 30 0 11 23 Spiders 1900 31 -22 5.19 20 12 112.2 23 1.84 15.42 5 7 0 4 8 Cardinals CAREER -114 4.87 145 113 1007.2 250 2.23 14.59 29 80 1 45 64 LG AVG 0 3.91 1007.2 263 2.35 13.41 57 57 CARL FURILLO, 1922-89 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1949 27 24 .368 .506 .875 .625 6.77 .322 18 106 4 142 Dodgers 1953 31 37 .393 .580 .973 .689 8.65 .344 21 92 1 132 Dodgers 1955 33 24 .371 .520 .891 .624 6.75 .314 26 95 4 140 Dodgers CAR 82 .355 .458 .813 .538 5.65 .299 192 1058 48 1806 LG AVG 0 .341 .410 .751 .500 5.00 .269 164 785 62 POS AVG 35 .343 .424 .767 .516 5.21 .279 166 843 49 LANCE MCCULLERS, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1986 22 12 2.78 70 7 136 92 6.09 10.92 10 10 5 12 8 Padres CAREER 28 3.25 306 9 526.1 442 7.56 11.78 28 31 39 34 25 LG AVG 0 3.80 526.1 339 5.80 12.18 29 29 JIM RICE, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1977 24 41 .376 .593 .969 .653 7.79 .320 39 114 5 160 Red Sox 1978 25 62 .370 .600 .970 .729 7.99 .315 46 139 7 163 Red Sox 1979 26 54 .381 .596 .977 .709 8.29 .325 39 130 9 158 Red Sox CAR 270 .352 .502 .854 .593 5.93 .298 382 1451 58 2089 LG AVG 0 .328 .395 .723 .500 4.45 .263 196 958 154 POS AVG 103 .338 .419 .757 .538 4.91 .271 232 1056 204 JUSTIN THOMPSON, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1998 25 15 4.05 34 34 222 149 6.04 12.49 11 15 0 15 11 Tigers 1999 26 -3 5.11 24 24 142.2 83 5.24 13.56 9 11 0 10 10 Tigers 2005 32 -3 21.60 2 0 1.2 1 5.40 21.60 0 0 0 0 0 Rangers CAREER 51 4.02 103 101 648.2 428 5.94 12.18 36 43 0 47 32 LG AVG 0 4.70 648.2 458 6.36 13.42 36 37
Corrections from yesterday–(1) There was an error in Kirby Puckett’s age. Puckett’s birthdate had once been listed as 1961 in a Twins media guide early in his career, but he was actually born in 1960. (2) The player in yesterday’s birthdays who was identified as Jairo Garcia, age 23, was another player using a fake name and age. His real name is Santiago Casilla, age 25. Other than age, I don’t have a specific birthday for him.
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