Around the Majors: Postseason starts today
1) Today’s schedule–
Padres (Jake Peavy, 2.88, 21 RSAA) at Cardinals (Chris Carpenter, 2.83, 39 RSAA), 1:00
Red Sox (Matt Clement, 4.57, -3 RSAA) at White Sox (Jose Contreras, 3.61, 20 RSAA), 4:00
Yankees (Mike Mussina, 4.41, 1 RSAA) at Angels (Bartolo Colon, 3.48, 17 RSAA), 8:00
2) The Dodgers fired manager Jim Tracy.
3) The Tigers fired manager Alan Trammell.
4) The A’s offered a new contract to manager Ken Macha, whose contract expired.
5) On Sunday, Pat Kelly died at the age of 61.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1972 27 12 .355 .368 .723 .595 5.07 .261 5 24 32 119 White Sox 1978 33 10 .357 .445 .802 .613 5.01 .274 11 40 10 100 Orioles 1979 34 10 .367 .536 .903 .681 6.81 .288 9 25 4 68 Orioles CAR 53 .354 .377 .731 .535 4.69 .264 76 418 250 1385 LG AVG 0 .327 .381 .708 .500 4.27 .258 102 505 78 POS AVG 50 .334 .404 .738 .534 4.68 .262 124 554 87
6) Mets P Braden Looper had arthroscopic shoulder surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 3 3.68 74 0 80.2 56 6.25 12.50 6 4 28 5 5 Marlins 2004 29 15 2.70 71 0 83.1 60 6.48 11.34 2 5 29 5 2 Mets 2005 30 1 3.94 60 0 59.1 27 4.10 13.96 4 7 28 6 5 Mets CAREER 37 3.57 503 0 534 333 5.61 12.67 25 29 103 29 25 LG AVG 0 4.35 534 400 6.74 12.92 30 30
7) Twins P Juan Rincon had surgery on a bone spur in his elbow.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 9 3.68 58 0 85.2 63 6.62 12.19 5 6 0 7 4 Twins 2004 25 19 2.63 77 0 82 106 11.63 9.44 11 6 2 13 4 Twins 2005 26 17 2.45 75 0 77 84 9.82 11.22 6 6 0 9 3 Twins CAREER 38 3.35 224 3 279 278 8.97 11.71 22 20 2 30 12 LG AVG 0 4.51 279 194 6.25 12.88 16 16
8) Reds INF Aaron Holbert became a free agent when he refused an assignment to the minors.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1996 23 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Cardinals 2005 32 -2 .290 .333 .624 .299 3.38 .222 0 2 1 22 Reds CAR -3 .265 .300 .565 .258 3.00 .200 0 2 1 23 LG AVG 0 .339 .427 .766 .500 5.07 .269 1 4 1 POS AVG 0 .337 .402 .739 .470 4.80 .270 1 4 1
9) The Nationals released C Keith Osik and Ps John Halama and Antonio Osuna and added minor leaguers INF Kory Casto, OF Frank Diaz and P Armando Galarraga to the 40 man roster.
OSIK YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 -10 .342 .324 .665 .360 3.86 .249 2 21 0 80 Brewers 2004 35 -5 .080 .080 .160 .000 0.00 .080 0 0 0 11 Orioles 2005 36 -1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 6 Nationals CAR -64 .308 .321 .630 .310 3.47 .231 13 108 6 456 LG AVG 0 .343 .433 .776 .500 5.24 .270 38 159 23 POS AVG -24 .329 .408 .736 .430 4.54 .259 35 153 7 HALAMA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 0 4.22 35 13 108.2 51 4.22 12.84 3 5 0 4 4 A's 2004 32 -4 4.70 34 14 118.2 59 4.47 12.97 7 6 0 6 7 Devil Rays 2005 33 -11 5.68 40 4 65 37 5.12 14.26 1 4 0 2 3 Red Sox/Nationals CAREER -17 4.60 245 118 881.2 480 4.90 13.38 53 47 0 49 51 LG AVG 0 4.65 881.2 618 6.31 13.22 49 50 OSUNA YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 30 3 3.73 48 0 50.2 47 8.35 14.21 2 5 0 4 3 Yankees 2004 31 6 2.45 31 0 36.2 36 8.84 10.80 2 1 0 2 1 Padres 2005 32 -10 42.43 4 0 2.1 0 0.00 61.71 0 0 0 0 0 Nationals CAREER 20 3.68 411 0 488.2 501 9.23 12.12 36 29 21 39 26 LG AVG 0 4.35 488.2 360 6.63 12.86 27 27
10) Cardinals P Al Reyes has a torn ligament in his elbow, will have reconstructive surgery and will miss the postseason and the 2006 season.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 2 3.18 13 0 17 9 4.76 11.65 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees 2004 33 5 0.75 12 2 12 11 8.25 3.75 0 0 0 0 0 Cardinals 2005 34 15 2.15 65 0 62.2 67 9.62 9.05 4 2 3 5 1 Cardinals CAREER 34 3.60 297 2 345.1 333 8.68 11.88 19 10 6 16 13 LG AVG 0 4.47 345.1 251 6.54 13.07 19 19
11) The Marlins released INF Derek Wathan and Ps Tim Spooneybarger and John Riedling.
SPOONEYBARGER YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 21 1 2.25 4 0 4 3 6.75 15.75 0 1 0 1 0 Braves 2002 22 9 2.63 51 0 51.1 33 5.79 11.57 1 0 1 1 0 Braves 2003 23 0 4.07 33 0 42 32 6.86 8.36 1 2 0 1 2 Marlins CAREER 10 3.24 88 0 97.1 68 6.29 10.36 2 3 1 3 2 LG AVG 0 4.20 97.1 73 6.72 12.73 5 5 RIEDLING YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -7 4.90 55 8 101 65 5.79 13.99 2 3 1 2 3 Reds 2004 28 -10 5.10 70 0 77.2 46 5.33 15.53 5 3 0 3 5 Reds 2005 29 -10 7.16 29 0 27.2 16 5.20 15.61 4 1 0 1 4 Marlins CAREER -7 4.41 229 8 302 198 5.90 13.86 17 13 3 14 16 LG AVG 0 4.29 302 226 6.72 12.80 17 17