Around the Majors: Red Sox help the Yankees
1) The Red Sox signed free agent SS Alex Gonzalez to a 1 year, $3 million contract, pending him passing a physical.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 -4 .313 .443 .756 .477 4.58 .256 18 77 0 150 Marlins 2004 27 -26 .270 .419 .689 .335 3.43 .232 23 79 3 159 Marlins 2005 28 -11 .319 .368 .686 .405 3.88 .264 5 45 5 130 Marlins CAR -128 .291 .391 .682 .358 3.68 .245 81 375 23 896 LG AVG 0 .343 .437 .780 .500 5.30 .270 111 450 60 POS AVG -101 .321 .383 .703 .396 4.24 .263 58 337 74
Gonzalez is closing in on 3500 career PA (he has 3488). When he reaches that figure, he’ll rank 5th in the past half century for worst OBA vs. the league average among players with that many PA.
OBA DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RCAA 1 Hal Lanier -.069 .255 .324 -257 2 Doug Flynn -.065 .266 .331 -228 3 Johnnie LeMaster -.054 .277 .330 -170 4 John Bateman -.053 .271 .324 -146 5 Alex Gonzalez -.052 .291 .343 -128 6 John Flaherty -.051 .290 .341 -168 7 Aurelio Rodriguez -.051 .275 .326 -255 8 Mike Matheny -.049 .293 .343 -222 9 Gary DiSarcina -.049 .292 .341 -223 10 Deivi Cruz -.048 .293 .341 -185
2) The Cubs re-signed 2B-OF Jerry Hairston Jr. to a 1 year, $2.3 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -2 .353 .372 .725 .465 4.40 .271 2 21 14 58 Orioles 2004 28 2 .378 .397 .775 .521 5.62 .303 2 24 13 86 Orioles 2005 29 -10 .336 .368 .704 .412 4.20 .261 4 30 8 114 Cubs CAR -45 .334 .371 .705 .429 4.27 .261 30 190 102 644 LG AVG 0 .337 .431 .768 .500 5.10 .269 74 311 40 POS AVG -24 .334 .406 .740 .463 4.77 .269 54 260 62
3) The Devil Rays re-signed P Travis Harper to a 1 year, $850,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
4) Today’s birthdays–
HANK AGUIRRE, 1931-94 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1960 29 11 2.84 37 6 95 80 7.58 10.23 5 3 10 5 3 Tigers 1962 31 54 2.21 42 22 216 156 6.50 9.67 16 8 3 19 5 Tigers CAREER 87 3.24 447 149 1376 856 5.60 11.39 75 72 33 87 60 LG AVG 0 3.69 1376 853 5.58 12.00 77 77 ERNIE BANKS, AGE: 75 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1957 26 44 .360 .579 .939 .691 7.35 .285 43 102 8 156 Cubs 1958 27 49 .366 .614 .980 .696 7.96 .313 47 129 4 154 Cubs 1959 28 46 .374 .596 .970 .692 7.62 .304 45 143 2 155 Cubs CAR 207 .330 .500 .830 .563 5.56 .274 512 1636 50 2528 LG AVG 0 .330 .402 .732 .500 4.59 .264 246 1110 114 POS AVG -16 .329 .404 .733 .489 4.55 .263 257 1148 83 YUNIESKY BETANCOURT, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 23 -7 .296 .370 .666 .386 3.74 .256 1 15 1 60 Mariners CAR -7 .296 .370 .666 .386 3.74 .256 1 15 1 60 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 7 28 3 POS AVG 0 .335 .413 .747 .501 4.88 .277 5 24 4 GEORGE BURNS, 1893-1978 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1918 25 38 .390 .467 .857 .720 7.37 .352 6 70 8 130 A's 1923 30 21 .386 .470 .856 .604 6.82 .328 7 82 9 146 Red Sox 1926 33 37 .394 .494 .889 .668 7.45 .358 4 114 13 151 Indians CAR 121 .354 .429 .783 .557 5.58 .307 72 948 153 1866 LG AVG 0 .350 .381 .731 .500 4.82 .280 53 745 159 POS AVG 97 .359 .411 .770 .546 5.36 .293 71 876 156 JOSH JOHNSON, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 21 0 3.65 4 1 12.1 10 7.30 16.05 0 0 0 0 0 Marlins CAREER 0 3.65 4 1 12.1 10 7.30 16.05 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.23 12.1 9 6.57 12.76 1 1 FRED KENDALL, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 26 -24 .265 .248 .513 .166 1.90 .199 0 24 0 103 Padres 1976 27 -14 .302 .296 .598 .352 2.74 .246 2 39 1 146 Padres 1977 28 -15 .283 .325 .608 .307 2.92 .249 3 39 0 103 Indians CAR -106 .285 .312 .598 .325 2.85 .234 31 244 5 877 LG AVG 0 .331 .385 .716 .500 4.43 .263 59 312 51 POS AVG -47 .318 .361 .679 .428 3.84 .249 55 312 11 TED POWER, AGE: 51 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1982 27 -12 6.68 12 4 33.2 15 4.01 16.31 1 1 0 0 2 Dodgers 1988 33 -21 5.91 26 14 99 57 5.18 14.73 6 7 0 5 8 Royals/Tigers CAREER -8 4.00 564 85 1160 701 5.44 12.63 68 69 70 70 67 LG AVG 0 3.80 1160 738 5.73 12.20 65 65 JACKIE ROBINSON, 1919-72 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1949 30 54 .432 .528 .960 .713 8.41 .342 16 124 37 156 Dodgers 1951 32 65 .429 .527 .957 .771 9.35 .338 19 88 25 153 Dodgers 1952 33 49 .440 .465 .904 .732 8.20 .308 19 75 24 149 Dodgers CAR 308 .409 .474 .883 .660 7.49 .311 137 734 197 1382 LG AVG 0 .342 .410 .752 .500 5.07 .269 122 603 46 POS AVG -13 .343 .399 .742 .490 4.99 .266 112 572 58 NOLAN RYAN, AGE: 59 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1973 26 28 2.87 41 39 326 383 10.57 11.24 21 16 1 22 15 Angels 1977 30 35 2.77 37 37 299 341 10.26 12.37 19 16 0 23 12 Angels 1987 40 23 2.76 34 34 211.2 270 11.48 10.42 8 16 0 15 9 Astros CAREER 205 3.19 807 773 5386 5714 9.55 11.49 324 292 3 336 280 LG AVG 0 3.72 5386 3178 5.31 12.19 300 300 BRAD THOMPSON, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 23 8 2.95 40 0 55 29 4.75 10.64 4 0 1 3 1 Cardinals CAREER 8 2.95 40 0 55 29 4.75 10.64 4 0 1 3 1 LG AVG 0 4.23 55 40 6.57 12.76 3 3
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