Around the Majors: Phillies surgeries
Today in Hardball Times–
The Distinctive Chone Figgins
by Dan Fox
Dan takes a look at the third baseman with speed and its relationship to the defensive spectrum.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/daily/article/the-distinctive-chone-figgins/
1) Today’s schedule–
White Sox (Jon Garland, 3.50, 24 RSAA) at Astros (Roy Oswalt, 2.94, 32 RSAA), 8:38 (White Sox lead the series, 2-0)
2) Phillies LF Pat Burrell and CF Kenny Lofton had surgery last week and are expected to be ready for spring training.
Burrell had a bone spur in his right foot removed.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 -15 .309 .404 .713 .403 3.94 .209 21 64 0 146 Phillies 2004 27 9 .365 .455 .821 .556 5.96 .257 24 84 2 127 Phillies 2005 28 28 .389 .504 .892 .626 7.25 .281 32 117 0 154 Phillies CAR 77 .358 .476 .834 .569 6.02 .258 159 549 5 850 LG AVG 0 .341 .433 .775 .500 5.21 .269 100 408 52 POS AVG 90 .363 .475 .838 .580 6.25 .275 135 479 47
Lofton had tissue from his left knee removed.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 36 12 .352 .450 .801 .566 5.88 .296 12 46 30 140 Pirates/Cubs 2004 37 1 .346 .395 .741 .512 5.09 .275 3 18 7 83 Yankees 2005 38 14 .392 .420 .811 .611 6.99 .335 2 36 22 110 Phillies CAR 220 .373 .425 .797 .584 6.24 .299 120 702 567 1838 LG AVG 0 .341 .427 .768 .500 5.12 .270 215 938 133 POS AVG -4 .339 .420 .759 .494 5.11 .272 185 830 281
3) The Pirates re-signed P David Williams to a 1 year, $1.4 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 23 -3 4.98 9 9 43.1 33 6.85 13.71 2 5 0 3 4 Pirates 2004 25 -1 4.42 10 6 38.2 33 7.68 10.94 2 3 0 2 3 Pirates 2005 26 -2 4.41 25 25 138.2 88 5.71 13.18 10 11 0 10 11 Pirates CAREER 2 4.25 66 58 334.2 211 5.67 12.59 17 26 0 21 22 LG AVG 0 4.27 334.2 251 6.76 12.73 19 19
4) Today’s birthdays–
AL COWENS, 1951-2002 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1974 22 -12 .303 .286 .589 .311 2.86 .242 1 25 5 110 Royals 1980 28 -11 .331 .352 .684 .419 4.03 .268 6 59 6 142 Angels/Tigers 1983 31 -22 .255 .329 .584 .251 2.51 .205 7 35 10 110 Mariners CAR -35 .319 .403 .722 .471 4.30 .270 108 717 120 1584 LG AVG 0 .327 .393 .720 .500 4.41 .263 131 661 107 POS AVG 53 .332 .417 .749 .527 4.75 .265 169 727 106 DANNY DARWIN, 1955, AGE: 50 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1986 30 20 3.17 39 22 184.2 120 5.85 10.58 11 10 0 13 8 Brewers/Astros 1990 34 24 2.21 48 17 162.2 109 6.03 9.46 11 4 2 11 4 Astros 1993 37 39 3.26 34 34 229.1 130 5.10 9.73 15 11 0 17 9 Red Sox CAREER 72 3.84 716 371 3016.2 1942 5.79 11.65 171 182 32 191 162 LG AVG 0 4.07 3016.2 1888 5.63 12.54 168 168 J.J. DAVIS, 1978, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -3 .263 .286 .549 .136 1.86 .200 1 4 0 19 Pirates 2004 25 -4 .225 .171 .396 .126 1.74 .143 0 3 2 25 Pirates 2005 26 -3 .286 .231 .516 .073 1.17 .231 0 2 1 14 Nationals CAR -12 .248 .217 .465 .094 1.45 .179 1 9 3 67 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .772 .500 5.15 .269 4 16 2 POS AVG 2 .353 .462 .816 .556 5.83 .271 5 18 2 JACK DOYLE, 1869-1958 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1894 24 30 .420 .498 .917 .646 10.65 .367 3 100 42 105 Giants 1896 26 28 .400 .421 .821 .635 8.95 .339 1 101 73 118 Orioles 1897 27 35 .394 .448 .842 .689 8.96 .354 2 87 62 114 Orioles CAR 116 .351 .385 .737 .557 6.60 .299 26 924 516 1564 LG AVG 0 .348 .374 .722 .500 5.98 .282 39 736 290 POS AVG -40 .342 .372 .713 .488 5.74 .280 36 786 264 PEDRO MARTINEZ, 1971, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 53 2.22 29 29 186.2 206 9.93 9.79 14 4 0 14 4 Red Sox 2004 32 24 3.90 33 33 217 227 9.41 11.20 16 9 0 15 10 Red Sox 2005 33 32 2.82 31 31 217 208 8.63 8.71 15 8 0 15 8 Mets CAREER 509 2.72 419 352 2513 2861 10.25 9.62 197 84 3 202 79 LG AVG 0 4.45 2513 1797 6.43 13.00 141 141 ANDY MCGAFFIGAN, 1956, AGE: 49 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1986 29 16 2.65 48 14 142.2 104 6.56 10.79 10 5 2 10 5 Expos 1987 30 26 2.39 69 0 120.1 100 7.48 11.22 5 2 12 5 2 Expos CAREER 37 3.38 363 62 833.1 610 6.59 11.70 38 33 24 40 31 LG AVG 0 3.71 833.1 531 5.74 12.09 46 46 RUSS MEYER, 1923-97 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1950 26 -25 5.29 32 25 160 74 4.16 14.74 9 11 1 7 13 Phillies 1955 31 -10 5.42 18 11 73 26 3.21 14.42 6 2 0 3 5 Dodgers 1956 32 -16 6.21 21 9 58 29 4.50 15.52 1 6 0 2 5 Cubs/Reds CAREER -7 3.99 319 219 1531 672 3.95 12.71 94 73 5 83 84 LG AVG 0 4.00 1531 696 4.09 12.69 85 85 PETE MIKKELSEN, 1939, AGE: 66 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM CAREER 7 3.38 364 3 653 436 6.01 11.80 45 40 49 45 40 LG AVG 0 3.56 653 424 5.84 11.84 36 36 CLINT NAGEOTTE, 1980, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 23 -13 7.36 12 5 36.2 24 5.89 19.39 1 6 0 2 5 Mariners 2005 24 -1 6.75 3 0 4 1 2.25 18.00 0 0 0 0 0 Mariners CAREER -14 7.30 15 5 40.2 25 5.53 19.25 1 6 0 2 5 LG AVG 0 4.61 40.2 29 6.42 13.10 2 2 ROY SMALLEY, 1952, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1978 25 19 .362 .433 .796 .601 5.12 .273 19 77 2 158 Twins 1982 29 11 .345 .413 .758 .569 5.15 .255 20 67 0 146 Twins/Yankees 1983 30 17 .357 .452 .810 .612 5.74 .275 18 62 3 130 Yankees CAR 21 .345 .395 .740 .507 4.71 .257 163 694 27 1653 LG AVG 0 .328 .397 .725 .500 4.48 .264 143 699 112 POS AVG -118 .312 .358 .670 .416 3.78 .252 99 589 95 BOBBY THOMSON, 1923, AGE: 82 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1949 25 27 .355 .518 .873 .617 6.84 .309 27 109 10 156 Giants 1951 27 40 .385 .562 .947 .691 7.78 .293 32 101 5 148 Giants 1952 28 14 .331 .482 .813 .570 5.59 .270 24 108 5 153 Giants CAR 69 .332 .462 .794 .531 5.36 .270 264 1026 38 1779 LG AVG 0 .340 .411 .751 .500 5.02 .269 167 795 62 POS AVG 33 .342 .424 .767 .514 5.21 .273 183 807 80 TONY TORCATO, 1979, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -2 .235 .250 .485 .144 1.93 .188 0 1 0 14 Giants 2004 24 2 .583 .556 1.139 .881 16.20 .556 0 2 0 13 Giants 2005 25 -1 .333 .273 .606 .245 2.70 .273 0 0 0 11 Giants CAR -1 .346 .340 .687 .434 4.38 .298 0 3 0 43 LG AVG 0 .340 .429 .769 .500 5.12 .268 2 6 1 POS AVG 1 .372 .449 .821 .572 6.03 .283 2 7 1 JOE WOOD, 1889-1985 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1911 21 39 2.02 44 33 276.2 231 7.51 10.18 23 17 3 28 12 Red Sox 1912 22 59 1.91 43 38 344 258 6.75 9.44 34 5 1 29 10 Red Sox 1915 25 22 1.49 25 16 157.1 63 3.60 9.44 15 5 2 15 5 Red Sox CAREER 154 2.03 225 158 1437.1 989 6.19 10.07 116 57 11 117 56 LG AVG 0 2.97 1437.1 658 4.12 11.82 79 79