Around the Majors: Nationals sign Stanton
1) The Nationals signed free agent P Mike Stanton to a 1 year, $1 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 36 -2 4.57 50 0 45.1 34 6.75 11.51 2 7 5 4 5 Mets 2004 37 10 3.16 83 0 77 58 6.78 12.27 2 6 0 5 3 Mets 2005 38 -3 4.64 59 0 42.2 27 5.70 13.50 3 3 0 3 3 Yankees/Nationals/Red Sox CAREER 62 3.80 1027 1 988.2 807 7.35 12.22 60 53 76 65 48 LG AVG 0 4.38 988.2 690 6.28 12.91 55 55
2) Today’s birthdays–
LLOYD BROWN, 1904-74 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1931 26 33 3.20 42 32 259 79 2.75 11.64 15 14 0 18 11 Senators 1936 31 18 4.18 24 16 140 34 2.19 13.76 8 10 1 11 7 Indians CAREER 42 4.20 404 181 1693 510 2.71 13.35 91 105 21 104 92 LG AVG 0 4.44 1693 613 3.26 13.58 94 94 BEN CHAPMAN, 1908-93 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1931 22 31 .396 .483 .879 .633 7.15 .315 17 122 61 149 Yankees 1932 23 25 .381 .473 .854 .615 6.59 .299 10 107 38 151 Yankees 1938 29 27 .418 .494 .912 .635 8.25 .340 6 80 13 127 Red Sox CAR 171 .383 .440 .823 .573 6.28 .302 90 977 287 1717 LG AVG 0 .360 .420 .780 .500 5.68 .287 116 923 88 POS AVG 69 .368 .435 .803 .530 6.06 .298 112 918 122 NELLIE FOX, 1927-75 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1950 22 -28 .304 .304 .608 .291 3.35 .247 0 30 4 130 White Sox 1961 33 -30 .323 .295 .618 .317 3.21 .251 2 51 2 159 White Sox 1963 35 -21 .299 .306 .605 .338 3.13 .260 2 42 0 137 White Sox CAR -35 .348 .363 .710 .483 4.54 .288 35 790 76 2367 LG AVG 0 .340 .399 .739 .500 4.77 .265 227 1137 89 POS AVG -182 .328 .358 .687 .425 4.09 .262 116 847 89 PUD GALVIN, 1856-1902 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1879 22 47 2.28 66 66 593 136 2.06 9.35 37 27 0 40 24 Bisons 1883 26 29 2.72 76 75 656.1 279 3.83 9.96 46 29 0 42 33 Bisons 1884 27 92 1.99 72 72 636.1 369 5.22 8.90 46 22 0 49 19 Bisons CAREER 147 2.87 697 682 5941.1 1799 2.73 10.84 360 308 1 359 309 LG AVG 0 3.11 5941.1 2308 3.50 11.43 330 330 NED GARVER, AGE: 80 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1948 22 27 3.41 38 24 198 75 3.41 13.45 7 11 5 11 7 Browns 1950 24 49 3.39 37 31 260 85 2.94 13.02 13 18 0 21 10 Browns 1954 28 24 2.82 35 32 246 93 3.40 10.32 14 11 1 16 9 Tigers CAREER 128 3.73 402 330 2477 881 3.20 12.33 129 157 12 157 129 LG AVG 0 4.01 2477 1154 4.19 12.98 138 138 RUBEN GOTAY, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 21 -5 .315 .375 .690 .390 3.86 .270 1 16 0 44 Royals 2005 22 -12 .288 .344 .632 .342 3.38 .227 5 29 2 86 Royals CAR -17 .297 .355 .652 .359 3.54 .242 6 45 2 130 LG AVG 0 .333 .428 .762 .500 4.98 .269 14 60 7 POS AVG -5 .325 .410 .735 .466 4.63 .267 11 53 9 RICKEY HENDERSON, AGE: 47 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1980 21 51 .420 .399 .820 .725 7.27 .303 9 53 100 158 A's 1983 24 48 .414 .421 .835 .732 7.59 .292 9 48 108 145 A's 1984 25 45 .399 .458 .857 .737 7.31 .293 16 58 66 142 A's 1985 26 77 .419 .516 .934 .807 9.50 .314 24 72 80 143 Yankees 1988 29 45 .394 .399 .793 .720 7.14 .305 6 50 93 140 Yankees 1989 30 42 .411 .399 .810 .699 7.15 .274 12 57 77 150 Yankees/A's 1990 31 87 .439 .577 1.016 .859 10.44 .325 28 61 65 136 A's 1992 33 44 .426 .457 .883 .765 8.20 .283 15 46 48 117 A's 1993 34 56 .432 .474 .906 .760 8.83 .289 21 59 53 134 A's/Blue Jays CAR 763 .401 .419 .820 .682 6.93 .279 297 1115 1406 3081 LG AVG 0 .334 .410 .743 .500 4.75 .266 302 1392 214 POS AVG 131 .342 .427 .768 .532 5.18 .271 336 1442 368 WALTER HOLKE, 1892-1954 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1921 28 -28 .284 .337 .621 .318 3.04 .261 3 63 8 150 Braves 1923 30 -26 .330 .418 .749 .367 4.70 .311 7 70 7 147 Phillies 1924 31 -20 .330 .394 .724 .391 4.47 .300 6 64 3 148 Phillies CAR -101 .318 .363 .682 .420 3.98 .287 24 487 81 1212 LG AVG 0 .338 .384 .721 .500 4.65 .282 43 511 109 POS AVG 56 .346 .408 .754 .539 5.09 .294 54 601 85 AL JACKSON, AGE: 70 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1964 28 -19 4.27 40 31 213 112 4.73 12.38 11 16 1 11 16 Mets 1965 29 -16 4.35 37 31 205 120 5.27 12.56 8 20 1 12 16 Mets 1966 30 26 2.51 36 30 233 90 3.48 10.43 13 15 0 18 10 Cardinals CAREER -58 3.98 302 184 1389.1 738 4.78 12.28 67 99 10 79 87 LG AVG 0 3.54 1389.1 893 5.79 11.73 77 77 BARRY MCCORMICK, 1874-1956 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1900 25 -22 .292 .303 .595 .315 3.31 .219 3 48 8 110 Cubs 1901 26 -22 .288 .304 .592 .334 3.53 .234 1 32 12 115 Cubs 1902 27 -32 .304 .308 .612 .307 3.55 .246 3 51 10 139 Browns 1903 28 -23 .269 .275 .544 .301 2.86 .216 1 39 8 124 Browns/Senators CAR -187 .297 .303 .600 .338 3.61 .238 15 417 130 989 LG AVG 0 .338 .369 .707 .500 5.37 .279 23 474 158 POS AVG -32 .329 .361 .690 .482 5.08 .271 22 501 151 JO-JO MOORE, 1908-2001 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1934 25 37 .370 .486 .856 .683 7.49 .331 15 61 5 139 Giants 1935 26 21 .353 .429 .782 .595 6.11 .295 15 71 5 155 Giants 1937 28 20 .364 .440 .804 .608 6.28 .310 6 57 7 142 Giants CAR 91 .344 .408 .752 .555 5.50 .298 79 513 46 1335 LG AVG 0 .340 .396 .736 .500 4.97 .279 80 635 53 POS AVG 70 .346 .423 .769 .542 5.47 .291 96 688 51 JOE QUINN, 1864-1940 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1891 26 -36 .288 .313 .601 .315 4.31 .240 3 63 24 124 Braves 1892 27 -46 .275 .254 .529 .248 3.31 .218 1 59 17 143 Braves 1893 28 -56 .279 .285 .564 .242 3.83 .230 0 71 24 135 Cardinals CAR -333 .302 .327 .629 .369 4.63 .261 29 794 268 1768 LG AVG 0 .343 .374 .716 .500 6.27 .278 53 914 325 POS AVG -81 .337 .358 .694 .476 5.86 .272 44 884 322 WILLY TAVERAS, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 22 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 1 10 Astros 2005 23 -13 .325 .341 .666 .423 4.18 .291 3 29 34 152 Astros CAR -13 .324 .341 .665 .421 4.16 .290 3 29 35 162 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 18 74 9 POS AVG -2 .338 .422 .760 .491 5.01 .270 17 65 16 MANNY TRILLO, AGE: 55 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 24 -28 .306 .316 .622 .306 3.14 .248 7 70 1 154 Cubs 1976 25 -30 .304 .311 .615 .307 3.11 .239 4 59 17 158 Cubs 1978 27 -22 .320 .332 .652 .350 3.59 .261 4 55 0 152 Cubs CAR -189 .316 .345 .660 .375 3.61 .263 61 571 56 1780 LG AVG 0 .331 .389 .720 .500 4.48 .264 129 702 152 POS AVG -68 .325 .358 .683 .452 4.09 .261 78 576 180
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