Around the Majors: Pirates moves
1) The Pirates designated CF Tike Redman, INF Bobby Hill, OF Michael Restovich and minor league P Jeff Miller for assignment and added minor leaguers INFs Yurendell DeCaster, Javier Guzman, Craig Stansberry and P Josh Sharpless to the 40 man roster.
REDMAN 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 HILL YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 0 .444 .286 .730 .452 4.50 .286 0 0 0 6 Cubs/Pirates 2004 26 -10 .353 .339 .692 .351 3.59 .266 2 27 0 126 Pirates 2005 27 -3 .343 .333 .676 .400 4.13 .269 0 11 0 58 Pirates CAR -15 .343 .350 .693 .405 4.05 .262 6 58 6 249 LG AVG 0 .340 .430 .771 .500 5.14 .268 17 70 9 POS AVG -5 .337 .409 .746 .473 4.84 .272 13 61 10 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
2) Nationals RF Jose Guillen will have arthroscopic surgery tomorrow on his left shoulder and expects to be ready for the start of next season.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 27 .359 .569 .928 .649 6.97 .311 31 86 1 136 Reds/A's 2004 28 15 .352 .497 .849 .580 6.11 .294 27 104 5 148 Angels 2005 29 14 .338 .479 .817 .577 5.59 .283 24 76 1 148 Nationals CAR -30 .324 .448 .772 .471 4.87 .276 134 534 21 1046 LG AVG 0 .341 .430 .771 .500 5.17 .270 115 488 67 POS AVG 58 .351 .460 .811 .543 5.74 .277 141 546 76
3) The Pirates signed free agent P Terry Adams to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 11 2.65 66 0 68 51 6.75 12.31 1 4 0 3 2 Phillies 2004 31 2 4.76 61 0 70 56 7.20 14.66 6 4 3 6 4 Blue Jays/Red Sox 2005 32 -12 12.83 16 0 13.1 4 2.70 26.33 0 2 0 0 2 Phillies CAREER 6 4.17 574 41 869.1 691 7.15 13.32 51 62 42 58 55 LG AVG 0 4.34 869.1 654 6.77 12.85 49 49
4) The Dodgers will interview Jim Fregosi and Terry Collins for their managerial job.
5) According to NY Newsday, the Yankees have asked about Mariners RF Ichiro Suzuki, who they would move to CF.
6) Today’s birthdays–
LARRY BENTON, 1897-1953 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1926 28 -15 3.84 43 27 232 103 4.00 12.88 14 14 1 12 16 Braves 1930 32 -24 5.50 43 26 208 63 2.73 15.01 8 15 2 9 14 Giants/Reds 1935 37 -23 6.88 29 0 72 21 2.63 16.00 2 3 0 1 4 Braves CAREER -35 4.03 455 258 2297 670 2.63 12.83 127 128 22 126 129 LG AVG 0 4.08 2297 745 2.92 13.00 128 128 J.D. DREW, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 16 .374 .512 .886 .649 6.94 .289 15 42 2 100 Cardinals 2004 28 66 .436 .569 1.006 .766 10.03 .305 31 93 12 145 Braves 2005 29 25 .412 .520 .931 .732 8.37 .286 15 36 1 72 Dodgers CAR 189 .393 .514 .907 .672 7.74 .287 142 409 72 814 LG AVG 0 .343 .436 .779 .500 5.29 .270 86 349 47 POS AVG 50 .355 .469 .824 .551 5.96 .275 108 396 58 CLARK GRIFFITH, 1869-1955 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1895 25 34 3.93 42 41 353 79 2.01 13.39 26 14 0 24 16 Cubs 1896 26 43 3.54 36 35 317.2 81 2.29 12.47 23 11 0 21 13 Cubs 1898 28 63 1.88 38 38 325.2 97 2.68 10.75 24 10 0 26 8 Cubs CAREER 255 3.31 453 372 3387 955 2.54 12.08 237 146 9 225 158 LG AVG 0 3.93 3387 1011 2.69 13.24 190 190 JAY JOHNSTONE, AGE: 60 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 29 21 .397 .454 .852 .668 6.86 .329 7 54 7 122 Phillies 1976 30 20 .373 .457 .830 .634 6.20 .318 5 53 5 129 Phillies 1980 34 11 .372 .406 .778 .637 5.82 .307 2 20 3 109 Dodgers CAR 25 .329 .394 .722 .512 4.52 .267 102 531 50 1748 LG AVG 0 .328 .383 .711 .500 4.35 .259 106 530 93 POS AVG 60 .336 .409 .745 .538 4.81 .268 126 565 113 GEORGE MCBRIDE, 1880-1973 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1906 25 -29 .215 .208 .422 .137 1.56 .169 0 13 5 90 Cardinals 1911 30 -31 .312 .269 .581 .311 3.19 .235 0 59 15 154 Senators 1913 32 -28 .286 .285 .571 .302 2.87 .214 1 52 12 150 Senators 1914 33 -28 .274 .243 .516 .261 2.08 .203 0 24 12 156 Senators CAR -267 .281 .264 .544 .309 2.64 .218 7 447 133 1659 LG AVG 0 .328 .338 .666 .500 4.23 .260 23 586 244 POS AVG -130 .310 .303 .613 .419 3.50 .240 14 498 225 RICK MONDAY, AGE: 60 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1968 22 27 .371 .402 .773 .683 5.61 .274 8 49 14 148 A's 1969 23 24 .388 .424 .811 .679 6.20 .271 12 54 12 122 A's 1974 28 28 .375 .467 .842 .650 6.48 .294 20 58 7 142 Cubs CAR 224 .361 .443 .804 .608 5.70 .264 241 775 98 1986 LG AVG 0 .328 .382 .710 .500 4.34 .259 136 685 117 POS AVG 34 .329 .394 .723 .513 4.54 .266 133 658 192 GABE WHITE, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 1 4.05 46 0 46.2 29 5.59 10.41 5 1 0 3 3 Reds/Yankees 2004 32 -19 6.94 64 0 59.2 41 6.18 12.97 1 3 1 1 3 Yankees/Reds 2005 33 2 2.16 6 0 8.1 1 1.08 16.20 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals CAREER 14 4.51 472 15 570.2 454 7.16 11.24 34 26 17 34 26 LG AVG 0 4.36 570.2 427 6.74 12.91 32 32
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