Around the Majors: Mets sign Wagner
1) The Mets signed free agent P Billy Wagner to a 4 year, $43 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 26 1.78 78 0 86 105 10.99 8.16 1 4 44 4 1 Astros 2004 32 10 2.42 45 0 48.1 59 10.99 7.26 4 0 21 3 1 Phillies 2005 33 26 1.51 75 0 77.2 87 10.08 7.88 4 3 38 6 1 Phillies CAREER 135 2.40 584 0 630.1 840 11.99 9.27 34 32 284 46 20 LG AVG 0 4.30 630.1 473 6.75 12.84 35 35
2) The A’s signed free agent P Esteban Loaiza to a 3 year, $21.375 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 39 2.90 34 34 226.1 207 8.23 10.42 21 9 0 21 9 White Sox 2004 32 -18 5.70 31 27 183 117 5.75 14.31 10 7 0 8 9 White Sox/Yankees 2005 33 4 3.77 34 34 217 173 7.18 11.90 12 10 0 11 11 Nationals CAREER -7 4.60 334 297 1880 1255 6.01 13.01 112 99 1 108 103 LG AVG 0 4.48 1880 1349 6.46 13.01 105 105
3) The Pirates sold OF Tike Redman to the Mets.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 12 .374 .483 .857 .646 7.09 .330 3 19 7 56 Pirates 2004 27 -13 .310 .374 .684 .416 4.17 .280 8 51 18 155 Pirates 2005 28 -18 .292 .332 .625 .296 3.20 .251 2 26 4 135 Pirates CAR -29 .312 .378 .690 .415 4.23 .277 15 101 33 392 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.20 .269 40 161 20 POS AVG -4 .335 .428 .763 .489 5.08 .268 39 146 40
4) The Giants claimed minor league P Jeff Miller off waivers from the Pirates.
5) The Pirates released OF Michael Restovich.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 1 .406 .415 .821 .567 5.93 .283 0 4 0 24 Twins 2004 25 0 .314 .447 .761 .511 5.40 .255 2 6 0 29 Twins 2005 26 -6 .302 .374 .676 .315 3.48 .235 3 8 0 66 Rockies/Pirates CAR -5 .333 .408 .741 .431 4.50 .254 6 19 1 127 LG AVG 0 .337 .429 .766 .500 5.07 .268 7 31 4 POS AVG 3 .345 .452 .796 .534 5.50 .271 9 33 4
6) According to the LA Times, the Angels have increased their offer to Paul Konerko up to 5 years, $60 million.
7) According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, A’s P Barry Zito and Rangers 2B Alfonso Soriano are expected to be among the most talked about players at next week’s winter meetings.
8) Today’s birthdays–
MIKE EASLER, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1980 29 40 .396 .583 .978 .744 8.34 .338 21 74 5 132 Pirates 1984 33 38 .376 .516 .892 .670 7.43 .313 27 91 1 156 Red Sox 1986 35 10 .362 .449 .811 .559 5.50 .302 14 78 3 146 Yankees CAR 94 .349 .454 .804 .574 5.62 .293 118 522 20 1151 LG AVG 0 .329 .396 .725 .500 4.51 .264 86 422 82 POS AVG 35 .336 .413 .750 .527 4.86 .263 109 469 91 BILL FREEHAN, AGE: 64 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1964 22 25 .350 .462 .812 .648 6.02 .300 18 80 5 144 Tigers 1967 25 37 .389 .447 .835 .713 6.44 .282 20 74 1 155 Tigers 1968 26 35 .366 .454 .819 .695 6.07 .263 25 84 0 155 Tigers CAR 106 .340 .412 .752 .554 4.88 .262 200 758 24 1774 LG AVG 0 .322 .377 .699 .500 4.16 .252 145 665 91 POS AVG -83 .312 .355 .667 .438 3.69 .240 137 659 27 LONG TOM HUGHES, 1878-1956 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1904 25 -26 3.59 35 32 260.2 123 4.25 12.71 9 24 1 12 21 Yankees/Senators 1906 27 -24 3.62 30 24 204 90 3.97 13.90 7 17 0 8 16 Senators 1907 28 -18 3.11 34 23 211 102 4.35 11.30 8 13 3 8 13 Senators CAREER -49 3.08 399 314 2643 1368 4.66 12.15 132 174 20 146 160 LG AVG 0 2.89 2643 1141 3.88 11.42 146 146 HOWARD JOHNSON, AGE: 45 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1987 26 29 .364 .504 .868 .634 6.69 .265 36 99 32 157 Mets 1989 28 63 .369 .559 .928 .776 8.07 .287 36 101 41 153 Mets 1991 30 29 .342 .535 .877 .640 6.32 .259 38 117 30 156 Mets CAR 149 .340 .446 .786 .589 5.47 .249 228 760 231 1531 LG AVG 0 .329 .396 .724 .500 4.55 .262 121 596 129 POS AVG 3 .327 .405 .732 .496 4.58 .263 134 636 94 DICK MCAULIFFE, AGE: 66 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1966 26 30 .373 .509 .882 .691 6.65 .274 23 56 5 124 Tigers 1967 27 28 .364 .411 .775 .659 5.62 .239 22 65 6 153 Tigers 1968 28 23 .344 .411 .755 .634 5.23 .249 16 56 8 151 Tigers CAR 101 .343 .403 .746 .548 4.93 .247 197 697 63 1763 LG AVG 0 .323 .383 .706 .500 4.25 .253 158 695 84 POS AVG -85 .315 .349 .664 .440 3.79 .250 90 537 107 MINNIE MINOSO, AGE: 83 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1951 28 55 .422 .500 .922 .749 8.53 .326 10 76 31 146 Indians/White Sox 1954 31 48 .411 .535 .946 .714 7.64 .320 19 116 18 153 White Sox 1956 33 53 .425 .525 .950 .717 8.71 .316 21 88 12 151 White Sox CAR 325 .389 .459 .848 .636 6.39 .298 186 1023 205 1835 LG AVG 0 .339 .397 .736 .500 4.74 .264 162 805 63 POS AVG 166 .357 .438 .795 .573 5.63 .273 226 963 67 IRV NOREN, AGE: 81 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1950 25 14 .375 .459 .834 .573 6.58 .295 14 98 5 138 Senators 1954 29 26 .377 .481 .859 .679 6.71 .319 12 66 4 125 Yankees CAR 36 .348 .410 .758 .536 5.22 .275 65 453 34 1093 LG AVG 0 .347 .400 .746 .500 4.94 .268 71 390 28 POS AVG 38 .354 .424 .778 .537 5.41 .272 84 437 33 JOE PRICE, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1983 26 15 2.88 21 21 144 83 5.19 10.25 10 6 0 10 6 Reds CAREER 12 3.65 372 84 906 657 6.53 11.77 45 49 13 50 44 LG AVG 0 3.66 906 553 5.50 12.07 50 50 GUILLERMO QUIROZ, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 22 -5 .263 .250 .513 .193 2.51 .212 0 6 1 17 Blue Jays 2005 23 -3 .256 .250 .506 .142 1.86 .194 0 4 0 12 Blue Jays CAR -8 .260 .250 .510 .173 2.25 .205 0 10 1 29 LG AVG 0 .335 .431 .766 .500 5.05 .270 3 13 1 POS AVG -2 .322 .407 .729 .435 4.39 .261 3 12 0 MARIANO RIVERA, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 21 1.66 64 0 70.2 63 8.02 9.55 5 2 40 6 1 Yankees 2004 34 22 1.94 74 0 78.2 66 7.55 10.30 4 2 53 5 1 Yankees 2005 35 27 1.38 71 0 78.1 80 9.19 8.27 7 4 43 10 1 Yankees CAREER 202 2.33 657 10 806.2 728 8.12 9.70 54 35 379 70 19 LG AVG 0 4.67 806.2 563 6.28 13.28 45 45
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