Around the Majors: Mussina wants to stay with the Yankees
1) According to the NY Daily News, Yankees P Mike Mussina says he would like to re-sign with the Yankees. Mussina will be a free agent at the end of the season and would be interested in talking about an extension now, but GM Brian Cashman might prefer waiting until after the season.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 34 23 3.40 31 31 214.2 195 8.18 9.85 17 8 0 15 10 Yankees 2004 35 -3 4.59 27 27 164.2 132 7.21 12.02 12 9 0 10 11 Yankees 2005 36 1 4.41 30 30 179.2 142 7.11 12.67 13 8 0 11 10 Yankees CAREER 292 3.64 443 443 3013 2400 7.17 10.76 224 127 0 210 141 LG AVG 0 4.58 3013 2059 6.15 13.19 169 169
Mussina ranks 10th in AL history for career RSAA–
RSAA 1 Lefty Grove 668 2 Walter Johnson 643 3 Roger Clemens 613 4 Pedro Martinez 348 5 Whitey Ford 321 6 Bert Blyleven 318 7 Jim Palmer 314 8 Hal Newhouser 309 9 Tommy Bridges 301 10 Mike Mussina 292
2) According to the New York Times, Kevin Brown has decided to retire.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1996 31 53 1.89 32 32 233 159 6.14 9.12 17 11 0 22 6 Marlins 1999 34 40 3.00 35 35 252.1 221 7.88 9.84 18 9 0 18 9 Dodgers 2000 35 43 2.58 33 33 230 216 8.45 9.27 13 6 0 14 5 Dodgers 2003 38 38 2.39 32 32 211 185 7.89 10.45 14 9 0 17 6 Dodgers 2004 39 5 4.09 22 22 132 83 5.66 11.59 10 6 0 9 7 Yankees 2005 40 -17 6.50 13 13 73.1 50 6.14 16.32 4 7 0 4 7 Yankees CAREER 304 3.28 486 476 3256.1 2397 6.62 11.38 211 144 0 218 137 LG AVG 0 4.30 3256.1 2270 6.27 12.88 183 182
Brown ranks 10th on the all time list for best career ERA vs. the league average (min: 2000 IP)–
ERA DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RSAA 1 Pedro Martinez 1.74 2.72 4.45 509 2 Lefty Grove 1.36 3.06 4.42 668 3 Roger Clemens 1.26 3.12 4.38 698 4 Hoyt Wilhelm 1.24 2.52 3.76 282 5 Randy Johnson 1.24 3.11 4.35 528 6 Lefty Gomez 1.16 3.34 4.50 241 7 Whitey Ford 1.10 2.74 3.84 321 8 Walter Johnson 1.07 2.17 3.24 643 9 Greg Maddux 1.06 3.01 4.07 553 10 Kevin Brown 1.03 3.28 4.30 304
Brown ranks 13th in career RSAA over the past half century–
RSAA 1 Roger Clemens 698 2 Greg Maddux 553 3 Randy Johnson 528 4 Pedro Martinez 509 5 Tom Seaver 404 6 Bob Gibson 350 7 Bert Blyleven 344 8 Phil Niekro 322 9 Gaylord Perry 317 T10 Jim Palmer 314 T10 Curt Schilling 314 12 Tom Glavine 308 13 Kevin Brown 304 14 Mike Mussina 292 15 Steve Carlton 282
3) Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He will have surgery later in spring training. Jaramillo will be with the team until the surgery and plans to be back by Opening Day.
4) Pitchers and catchers report today for the Twins. They are the final team to have pitchers & catchers report.
5) Position players report today for the Mets and Orioles.
6) According to the Delaware County Times, Phillies C Mike Lieberthal is considering retiring at the end of the season.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 18 .373 .453 .825 .607 6.20 .313 13 81 0 131 Phillies 2004 32 -6 .335 .447 .783 .463 4.86 .271 17 61 1 131 Phillies 2005 33 -5 .336 .418 .755 .463 5.04 .263 12 47 0 118 Phillies CAR 1 .339 .449 .788 .498 5.25 .275 141 573 8 1107 LG AVG 0 .343 .432 .775 .500 5.23 .270 125 521 75 POS AVG -89 .327 .403 .730 .422 4.43 .258 110 500 21
7) The Reds released P Josh Hancock.
Hancock was a nonroster invitee and the team wasn’t happy about him showing up 17 pounds overweight.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 0 3.00 2 0 3 4 12.00 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 Phillies 2004 26 -8 5.09 16 11 63.2 36 5.09 14.42 5 2 0 3 4 Phillies/Reds 2005 27 4 1.93 11 0 14 5 3.21 7.71 1 0 0 1 0 Reds CAREER -3 4.40 32 12 88 51 5.22 12.58 6 3 0 5 4 LG AVG 0 4.31 88 65 6.67 12.82 5 5
8) Today’s birthdays–
KEITH ATHERTON, AGE: 47 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM CAREER 6 3.99 342 0 566.1 349 5.55 12.25 33 41 26 39 35 LG AVG 0 4.12 566.1 342 5.43 12.56 32 32 MIGUEL BATISTA, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 27 3.54 36 29 193.1 142 6.61 12.34 10 9 0 12 7 Diamondbacks 2004 33 3 4.80 38 31 198.2 104 4.71 13.82 10 13 5 12 11 Blue Jays 2005 34 3 4.10 71 0 74.2 54 6.51 13.14 5 8 31 7 6 Blue Jays CAREER 21 4.44 363 152 1175.1 760 5.82 13.33 57 71 37 68 60 LG AVG 0 4.39 1175.1 869 6.65 12.91 66 66 TIM BURKE, AGE: 47 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1985 26 13 2.39 78 0 120.1 87 6.51 10.25 9 4 8 8 5 Expos 1987 28 32 1.19 55 0 91 58 5.74 8.01 7 0 18 6 1 Expos 1989 30 10 2.55 68 0 84.2 54 5.74 9.57 9 3 28 8 4 Expos CAREER 76 2.72 498 2 699.1 444 5.71 11.12 49 33 102 50 32 LG AVG 0 3.70 699.1 451 5.80 12.01 39 39 ALVARO ESPINOZA, AGE: 44 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1989 27 -21 .301 .332 .633 .330 3.14 .282 0 41 3 146 Yankees 1990 28 -29 .258 .274 .532 .217 2.13 .224 2 20 1 150 Yankees 1994 32 -23 .258 .307 .566 .159 2.25 .238 1 19 1 90 Indians CAR -135 .279 .331 .610 .284 2.86 .254 22 201 13 942 LG AVG 0 .333 .404 .737 .500 4.68 .264 68 327 51 POS AVG -47 .319 .373 .693 .428 4.06 .257 49 286 38 JOHN MORRILL, 1855-1932 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1881 26 12 .316 .379 .695 .618 6.59 .289 1 39 0 81 Braves 1882 27 18 .324 .424 .748 .640 7.44 .289 2 54 0 83 Braves 1883 28 36 .344 .525 .868 .698 9.64 .319 6 68 0 97 Braves 1885 30 12 .334 .343 .677 .591 6.14 .226 4 44 0 111 Braves CAR 65 .310 .367 .677 .545 6.00 .260 43 643 61 1265 LG AVG 0 .296 .348 .645 .500 5.63 .260 30 543 102 POS AVG 148 .319 .382 .702 .585 6.70 .278 39 642 81 DICK SIEBERT, 1912-78 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1940 28 -18 .325 .383 .709 .399 4.38 .286 5 77 8 154 A's 1942 30 -21 .291 .333 .624 .364 3.40 .260 2 74 4 153 A's 1943 31 -22 .295 .328 .623 .336 3.03 .251 1 72 6 146 A's CAR -41 .331 .379 .710 .464 4.56 .282 32 482 30 1035 LG AVG 0 .344 .387 .731 .500 4.90 .271 60 475 52 POS AVG 63 .353 .418 .771 .548 5.47 .274 93 558 46 DAVE STEWART, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 34 -34 5.18 35 35 226 144 5.73 14.30 11 11 0 8 14 A's 1994 37 -18 5.87 22 22 133.1 111 7.49 14.65 7 8 0 6 9 Blue Jays 1995 38 -23 6.89 16 16 81 58 6.44 15.78 3 7 0 3 7 A's CAREER -8 3.95 523 348 2629.2 1741 5.96 12.30 168 129 19 154 143 LG AVG 0 4.09 2629.2 1633 5.59 12.60 147 147
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