Around the Majors: Reds fire O’Brien
1) The Reds fired GM Dan O’Brien and named Brad Kullman interim GM.
2) Astros LF Lance Berkman will have arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday and is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 40 .412 .515 .927 .678 8.03 .288 25 93 5 153 Astros 2004 28 69 .450 .566 1.016 .762 9.98 .316 30 106 9 160 Astros 2005 29 35 .411 .524 .934 .690 7.67 .293 24 82 4 132 Astros CAR 289 .416 .557 .973 .708 8.74 .302 180 617 44 907 LG AVG 0 .342 .434 .775 .500 5.22 .269 99 400 51 POS AVG 73 .358 .472 .830 .567 6.09 .276 126 454 57
3) The Cubs signed free agent P Wade Miller to a 1 year, $1 million contract. Miller is recovering from labrum surgery and is expected to return in May.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 7 4.13 33 33 187.1 161 7.73 12.25 14 13 0 14 13 Astros 2004 27 10 3.35 15 15 88.2 74 7.51 12.18 7 7 0 9 5 Astros 2005 28 -5 4.95 16 16 91 64 6.33 14.44 4 4 0 4 4 Red Sox CAREER 51 3.98 143 139 859 723 7.58 12.30 62 43 0 60 45 LG AVG 0 4.33 859 642 6.73 12.81 48 48
4) Rockies 1B Todd Helton had arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow and is expected to be ready for spring training.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 80 .458 .630 1.088 .768 11.09 .358 33 117 0 160 Rockies 2004 30 78 .469 .620 1.088 .763 11.95 .347 32 96 3 154 Rockies 2005 31 46 .445 .534 .979 .701 9.25 .320 20 79 3 144 Rockies CAR 441 .433 .607 1.040 .693 10.19 .337 271 916 33 1279 LG AVG 0 .343 .434 .777 .500 5.25 .270 136 558 76 POS AVG 99 .362 .473 .834 .563 6.08 .276 183 688 35
5) The Astros plan on filing an insurance claim on 1B Jeff Bagwell. Bagwell still says he is able to play.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 35 21 .373 .524 .897 .593 6.56 .278 39 100 11 160 Astros 2004 36 17 .377 .465 .842 .582 6.33 .266 27 89 6 156 Astros 2005 37 0 .358 .380 .738 .504 5.00 .250 3 19 0 39 Astros CAR 680 .408 .540 .948 .704 8.11 .297 449 1529 202 2150 LG AVG 0 .339 .423 .763 .500 5.07 .269 228 991 161 POS AVG 168 .356 .461 .817 .559 5.84 .277 306 1230 81
6) Today’s birthdays–
NEIL ALLEN, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1987 29 -10 5.93 23 11 74.1 42 5.09 16.35 0 8 0 3 5 White Sox/Yankees CAREER -12 3.88 434 59 988.1 611 5.56 12.85 58 70 75 63 65 LG AVG 0 3.81 988.1 599 5.45 12.24 55 55 ROB DIBBLE, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1988 24 12 1.82 37 0 59.1 59 8.95 9.86 1 1 0 2 0 Reds 1989 25 17 2.09 74 0 99 141 12.82 9.45 10 5 2 11 4 Reds 1990 26 22 1.74 68 0 98 136 12.49 8.91 8 3 11 9 2 Reds CAREER 45 2.98 385 0 477 645 12.17 10.98 27 25 89 34 18 LG AVG 0 3.70 477 309 5.84 11.99 27 27 CLIFF HEATHCOTE, 1898-1939 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1922 24 -11 .325 .370 .695 .397 4.12 .270 1 48 5 110 Cardinals/Cubs 1923 25 -31 .298 .308 .606 .244 2.90 .249 1 27 32 117 Cubs 1925 27 -15 .343 .366 .709 .383 4.20 .263 5 39 15 109 Cubs CAR -85 .333 .375 .708 .437 4.28 .275 42 448 191 1415 LG AVG 0 .345 .398 .743 .500 4.95 .287 53 559 94 POS AVG 92 .362 .428 .791 .558 5.64 .299 69 597 131 SCOTT KAZMIR, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 20 -5 5.67 8 7 33.1 41 11.07 15.12 2 3 0 2 3 Devil Rays 2005 21 11 3.77 32 32 186 174 8.42 13.65 10 9 0 11 8 Devil Rays CAREER 6 4.06 40 39 219.1 215 8.82 13.87 12 12 0 13 11 LG AVG 0 4.40 219.1 151 6.20 12.71 12 12 TIM STODDARD, AGE: 53 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1979 26 15 1.71 29 0 58 47 7.29 9.78 3 1 3 3 1 Orioles 1980 27 14 2.51 64 0 86 64 6.70 11.62 5 3 26 6 2 Orioles CAREER 1 3.95 485 0 729.2 582 7.18 12.90 41 35 76 39 37 LG AVG 0 3.98 729.2 428 5.28 12.43 41 41
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