Around the Majors: Kirby Puckett dies
1) Kirby Puckett died at the age of 44.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1986 25 35 .366 .537 .903 .638 7.07 .328 31 96 20 161 Twins 1987 26 38 .367 .534 .900 .669 7.02 .332 28 99 12 157 Twins 1988 27 47 .375 .545 .920 .696 7.40 .356 24 121 6 158 Twins 1992 31 35 .374 .490 .864 .661 6.63 .329 19 110 17 160 Twins CAR 254 .360 .477 .837 .602 6.09 .318 207 1085 134 1783 LG AVG 0 .331 .403 .734 .500 4.63 .263 181 848 133 POS AVG 43 .333 .414 .747 .515 4.86 .269 179 825 260
Puckett’s career spanned 1984-95. Over that time, he was 15th in the majors in RCAA–
RCAA 1 Rickey Henderson 536 2 Barry Bonds 527 3 Wade Boggs 478 4 Frank Thomas 420 5 Tim Raines 405 6 Tony Gwynn 372 T7 Will Clark 365 T7 Paul Molitor 365 9 Fred McGriff 352 10 Don Mattingly 294 11 Eddie Murray 275 12 Mark McGwire 273 13 Darryl Strawberry 272 14 Ken Griffey Jr. 259 15 Kirby Puckett 254 16 Danny Tartabull 252 T17 Rafael Palmeiro 248 T17 Kevin Mitchell 248 19 Jose Canseco 243 20 Jack Clark 242
2) MLB is going to start to sell approved supplements to teams, who can sell resell them to the players.
Maybe this is the reason for the new supplements policy. MLB just wants in on the action.
3) Kirk Rueter announced his retirement.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1999 28 -27 5.41 33 33 184.2 94 4.58 13.45 15 10 0 9 16 Giants 2001 30 -10 4.42 34 34 195.1 83 3.82 13.04 14 12 0 12 14 Giants 2003 32 -4 4.53 27 27 147 41 2.51 13.35 10 5 0 7 8 Giants 2004 33 -6 4.73 33 33 190.1 56 2.65 13.81 9 12 0 10 11 Giants 2005 34 -21 5.95 20 18 107.1 25 2.10 15.01 2 7 0 3 6 Giants CAREER -30 4.27 340 336 1918 818 3.84 12.66 130 92 0 109 113 LG AVG 0 4.30 1918 1430 6.71 12.84 107 107
Rueter ranks 2nd in worst SO vs. the league average–
STRIKEOUTS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE 1 Lew Burdette -656 1074 1730 2 Kirk Rueter -612 818 1430 3 Claude Osteen -572 1612 2184 4 Tommy John -556 2245 2801 5 Bob Forsch -534 1133 1667 6 Terry Mulholland -474 1324 1798 7 Tom Glavine -471 2350 2821 8 Bob Purkey -463 793 1256 9 Mike Morgan -445 1403 1848 10 Jim Barr -444 741 1185
4) According to the Boston Globe, Roger Clemens says there isn’t anything that teams can do to convince him to play for them in 2006. He still hasn’t made up his mind yet, with the decision being between playing and retiring.
If Clemens plays, the Yankees, Red Sox, Astros and Rangers are reportedly the teams he would choose between.
5) The Brewers sent Ps Jerome Gamble and Mike Jones to the minors.
6) The Rangers sent P Nick Regilio to the minors.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 25 -2 6.05 6 4 19.1 12 5.59 17.22 0 4 0 2 2 Rangers 2005 26 0 4.58 18 0 17.2 14 7.13 15.28 1 2 0 1 2 Rangers CAREER -2 5.35 24 4 37 26 6.32 16.30 1 6 0 3 4 LG AVG 0 4.51 37 26 6.31 12.90 2 2
7) Today’s birthdays–
JEFF BURROUGHS, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1973 22 31 .355 .487 .842 .670 6.38 .279 30 85 0 151 Rangers 1974 23 51 .397 .504 .901 .748 7.15 .301 25 118 2 152 Rangers 1978 27 45 .432 .529 .961 .711 8.43 .301 23 77 1 153 Braves CAR 155 .355 .439 .795 .582 5.46 .261 240 882 16 1689 LG AVG 0 .328 .386 .713 .500 4.35 .261 123 641 117 POS AVG 66 .335 .412 .747 .535 4.78 .265 161 719 110 JOE CARTER, AGE: 46 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1986 26 32 .335 .514 .849 .641 6.38 .302 29 121 29 162 Indians 1988 28 18 .314 .478 .792 .588 5.50 .271 27 98 27 157 Indians 1991 31 19 .330 .503 .833 .583 5.92 .273 33 108 20 162 Blue Jays CAR 28 .306 .464 .771 .505 4.95 .259 396 1445 231 2189 LG AVG 0 .334 .410 .744 .500 4.78 .265 235 1078 172 POS AVG 96 .339 .434 .773 .530 5.19 .270 286 1189 225 JAIRO GARCIA, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 21 -5 12.71 4 0 5.2 5 7.94 23.82 0 0 0 0 0 A's 2005 22 0 3.00 3 0 3 1 3.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 A's CAREER -5 9.35 7 0 8.2 6 6.23 18.69 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.54 8.2 6 6.35 12.97 0 0 JEFF KENT, AGE: 38 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 32 66 .424 .596 1.021 .745 9.32 .334 33 125 12 159 Giants 2002 34 46 .368 .565 .933 .702 7.41 .313 37 108 5 152 Giants 2003 35 13 .351 .509 .860 .574 6.30 .297 22 93 6 130 Astros 2004 36 12 .348 .531 .880 .560 6.03 .289 27 107 7 145 Astros 2005 37 29 .377 .512 .889 .646 6.72 .289 29 105 6 149 Dodgers CAR 266 .354 .506 .860 .603 6.26 .289 331 1312 92 1926 LG AVG 0 .341 .428 .769 .500 5.15 .270 218 929 141 POS AVG -60 .340 .404 .744 .469 4.87 .272 153 776 175 SCOTT MUNTER, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 25 7 2.56 45 0 38.2 11 2.56 12.34 2 0 0 1 1 Giants CAREER 7 2.56 45 0 38.2 11 2.56 12.34 2 0 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.23 38.2 28 6.57 12.76 2 2
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