Around the Majors: Mariners sign Ibanez
1) The Mariners re-signed DH-LF Raul Ibanez to a 2 year, $11 million contract extension. Ibanez would have been eligible for free agency after the season.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 0 .345 .454 .799 .500 5.71 .294 18 90 8 157 Royals 2004 32 16 .353 .472 .825 .607 6.00 .304 16 62 1 123 Mariners 2005 33 14 .355 .436 .792 .570 5.62 .280 20 89 9 162 Mariners CAR 25 .341 .460 .801 .523 5.58 .283 105 456 30 914 LG AVG 0 .336 .430 .766 .500 5.06 .269 92 388 48 POS AVG 58 .350 .464 .814 .557 5.79 .276 120 456 37
2) Today’s birthdays–
BRONSON ARROYO, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 5 2.08 6 0 17.1 14 7.27 7.79 0 0 1 0 0 Red Sox 2004 27 18 4.03 32 29 178.2 142 7.15 11.99 10 9 0 11 8 Red Sox 2005 28 -2 4.51 35 32 205.1 100 4.38 12.32 14 10 0 12 12 Red Sox CAREER 0 4.59 126 90 588.1 367 5.61 12.91 33 33 1 33 33 LG AVG 0 4.47 588.1 423 6.47 12.90 33 33 WILBUR COOPER, 1892-1973 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1916 24 25 1.87 42 23 246 111 4.06 9.77 12 11 2 15 8 Pirates 1918 26 25 2.11 38 29 273 117 3.86 9.69 19 14 3 21 12 Pirates 1920 28 26 2.39 44 37 327 114 3.14 10.18 24 15 2 24 15 Pirates 1922 30 34 3.17 41 37 295 129 3.94 12.14 23 14 0 23 14 Pirates CAREER 167 2.89 517 406 3482 1252 3.24 11.29 216 178 14 224 170 LG AVG 0 3.32 3482 1207 3.12 11.97 192 192 JOE DOLAN, 1873-1938 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1896 23 -19 .253 .291 .544 .184 2.98 .212 3 18 6 44 Colonels 1900 27 -26 .259 .261 .520 .192 2.55 .198 1 27 10 74 Phillies 1901 28 -33 .267 .277 .544 .227 2.81 .203 1 40 3 108 Phillies/A's CAR -104 .270 .282 .552 .226 2.93 .214 6 122 28 323 LG AVG 0 .350 .383 .733 .500 5.92 .289 8 169 59 POS AVG -22 .336 .367 .703 .457 5.30 .277 8 171 50 RANDY KEISLER, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 25 -10 6.22 10 10 50.2 36 6.39 15.28 1 2 0 1 2 Yankees 2003 27 -5 12.00 2 2 6 5 7.50 22.50 0 1 0 0 1 Padres 2005 29 -11 6.27 24 4 56 43 6.91 14.95 2 1 0 1 2 Reds CAREER -34 7.01 40 17 123.1 90 6.57 15.91 4 4 0 2 6 LG AVG 0 4.40 123.1 89 6.50 12.91 7 7 MIKE LOWELL, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 22 .350 .530 .881 .626 6.37 .276 32 105 3 130 Marlins 2004 30 26 .365 .505 .870 .623 6.57 .293 27 85 5 158 Marlins 2005 31 -18 .298 .360 .658 .371 3.59 .236 8 58 4 150 Marlins CAR 53 .339 .461 .800 .542 5.52 .272 143 578 21 989 LG AVG 0 .343 .435 .777 .500 5.25 .270 117 476 63 POS AVG -16 .337 .435 .772 .483 5.10 .269 121 506 37 PAUL MCANULTY, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 24 -1 .321 .208 .530 .278 2.70 .208 0 0 1 22 Padres CAR -1 .321 .208 .530 .278 2.70 .208 0 0 1 22 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 1 3 0 POS AVG 0 .350 .456 .805 .556 5.73 .269 1 4 0 EDDIE MURRAY, AGE: 50 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1982 26 48 .391 .549 .940 .724 7.74 .316 32 110 7 151 Orioles 1983 27 54 .393 .538 .930 .735 7.90 .306 33 111 5 156 Orioles 1984 28 63 .410 .509 .918 .770 8.16 .306 29 110 10 162 Orioles 1985 29 49 .383 .523 .906 .719 7.63 .297 31 124 5 156 Orioles 1990 34 51 .414 .520 .934 .735 7.86 .330 26 95 8 155 Dodgers CAR 490 .359 .476 .836 .628 6.05 .287 504 1917 110 3026 LG AVG 0 .331 .403 .734 .500 4.64 .265 287 1362 227 POS AVG 226 .348 .439 .787 .559 5.36 .276 382 1661 115 BUBBA PHILLIPS, 1928-93 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1960 32 -21 .249 .299 .549 .218 2.33 .207 4 33 1 113 Indians 1962 34 -22 .289 .358 .647 .345 3.34 .258 10 54 4 148 Indians 1963 35 -27 .276 .310 .586 .267 2.68 .246 5 45 6 128 Tigers CAR -102 .297 .358 .655 .375 3.51 .255 62 356 25 1062 LG AVG 0 .334 .402 .736 .500 4.68 .262 93 413 34 POS AVG -22 .330 .396 .726 .471 4.46 .264 83 410 26 HONUS WAGNER, 1874-1955 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1899 25 46 .391 .494 .885 .688 9.23 .336 7 113 37 147 Colonels 1900 26 89 .434 .573 1.007 .819 12.76 .381 4 100 38 135 Pirates 1901 27 74 .416 .494 .910 .797 10.26 .353 6 126 49 140 Pirates 1902 28 62 .394 .463 .857 .787 8.81 .330 3 91 43 136 Pirates 1903 29 69 .414 .518 .931 .783 10.77 .355 5 101 46 129 Pirates 1904 30 92 .423 .520 .944 .868 11.64 .349 4 75 53 132 Pirates 1905 31 88 .427 .505 .932 .830 11.32 .363 6 101 57 147 Pirates 1906 32 73 .416 .459 .875 .822 9.89 .339 2 71 53 142 Pirates 1907 33 83 .408 .513 .921 .839 10.58 .350 6 82 61 142 Pirates 1908 34 95 .415 .542 .957 .878 9.90 .354 10 109 53 151 Pirates 1909 35 60 .420 .489 .909 .799 8.52 .339 5 100 35 137 Pirates 1911 37 50 .423 .507 .930 .759 8.67 .334 9 89 20 130 Pirates 1912 38 45 .395 .496 .891 .720 7.77 .324 7 102 26 145 Pirates CAR 1011 .391 .466 .857 .749 8.22 .327 101 1732 723 2792 LG AVG 0 .331 .350 .680 .500 4.61 .267 52 1027 382 POS AVG -54 .322 .341 .663 .487 4.44 .262 45 1049 408
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