Around the Majors: Reds signings
1) The Reds re-signed OF Wily Mo Pena ($1.25 million) and C Javier Valentin ($1.15 million) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.
PENA YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 21 -9 .283 .358 .641 .299 3.22 .218 5 16 3 80 Reds 2004 22 6 .316 .527 .843 .559 5.55 .259 26 66 5 110 Reds 2005 23 -4 .304 .492 .796 .459 4.93 .254 19 51 2 99 Reds CAR -9 .303 .477 .780 .466 4.76 .248 51 134 10 302 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .269 27 110 13 POS AVG 11 .348 .454 .802 .539 5.65 .269 32 119 17 VALENTIN YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -11 .254 .356 .609 .206 2.39 .222 3 15 0 49 Devil Rays 2004 28 -7 .293 .381 .674 .376 3.69 .233 6 20 0 82 Reds 2005 29 9 .362 .520 .883 .604 6.79 .281 14 50 0 76 Reds CAR -34 .302 .397 .699 .379 4.04 .241 31 131 0 348 LG AVG 0 .341 .433 .774 .500 5.20 .271 32 133 17 POS AVG -31 .317 .393 .710 .392 4.11 .255 25 122 5
2) Today’s birthdays–
ALFREDO AMEZAGA, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -7 .278 .333 .612 .263 2.64 .210 2 7 2 37 Angels 2004 26 -12 .212 .247 .459 .099 1.53 .161 2 11 3 73 Angels 2005 27 -1 .286 .167 .452 .000 0.00 .167 0 0 1 5 Pirates/Rockies CAR -17 .265 .313 .578 .231 2.53 .207 4 20 7 127 LG AVG 0 .336 .431 .767 .500 5.08 .269 8 34 4 POS AVG -3 .327 .413 .740 .468 4.74 .269 6 30 5 COLTER BEAN, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 28 0 4.50 1 0 2 2 9.00 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 Yankees CAREER 0 4.50 1 0 2 2 9.00 13.50 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.36 2 1 6.16 12.63 0 0 JIMMY COLLINS, 1870-1943 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1897 27 27 .400 .482 .882 .625 8.67 .346 6 132 14 134 Braves 1898 28 39 .377 .479 .856 .675 7.72 .328 15 111 12 152 Braves 1901 31 44 .375 .495 .869 .702 8.09 .332 6 94 19 138 Red Sox CAR 105 .343 .409 .752 .550 5.89 .294 65 983 194 1728 LG AVG 0 .334 .361 .694 .500 5.14 .274 36 786 273 POS AVG -46 .326 .355 .681 .482 4.90 .270 33 790 260 DIZZY DEAN, 1910-74 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1934 24 66 2.65 50 33 312 195 5.63 10.64 30 7 7 27 10 Cardinals 1935 25 37 3.04 50 36 325.1 190 5.26 11.20 28 12 5 25 15 Cardinals 1937 27 28 2.70 27 25 197 120 5.48 10.74 13 10 1 15 8 Cardinals CAREER 205 3.02 317 230 1967.1 1163 5.32 10.97 150 83 30 144 89 LG AVG 0 3.88 1967.1 725 3.32 12.61 110 110 LEE GARDNER, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 27 1 4.05 12 0 13.1 8 5.40 15.53 1 1 0 1 1 Devil Rays 2005 30 0 4.91 5 0 7.1 4 4.91 17.18 0 0 0 0 0 Devil Rays CAREER 1 4.35 17 0 20.2 12 5.23 16.11 1 1 0 1 1 LG AVG 0 4.43 20.2 14 6.22 12.76 1 1 RON HERBEL, 1938-2000 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1966 28 -10 4.15 32 18 130 55 3.81 13.15 4 5 1 4 5 Giants CAREER -22 3.82 331 79 895 447 4.49 12.57 42 37 16 41 38 LG AVG 0 3.57 895 580 5.83 11.80 50 50 ALBERT PUJOLS, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2001 21 56 .403 .610 1.013 .717 8.77 .329 37 130 1 161 Cardinals 2002 22 49 .394 .561 .955 .714 7.79 .314 34 127 2 157 Cardinals 2003 23 101 .439 .667 1.106 .830 11.80 .359 43 124 5 157 Cardinals 2004 24 75 .415 .657 1.072 .768 9.77 .331 46 123 5 154 Cardinals 2005 25 75 .430 .609 1.039 .770 9.96 .330 41 117 16 161 Cardinals CAR 356 .416 .621 1.037 .764 9.58 .332 201 621 29 790 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.15 .268 88 358 45 POS AVG 68 .360 .470 .830 .570 6.04 .277 115 426 29 RON VILLONE, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 4 4.13 19 19 106.2 91 7.68 12.15 6 6 0 6 6 Astros 2004 34 2 4.08 56 10 117 86 6.62 13.69 8 6 0 7 7 Mariners 2005 35 1 4.08 79 0 64 70 9.84 13.92 5 5 1 5 5 Mariners/Marlins CAREER -20 4.75 473 93 946.2 745 7.08 13.92 52 54 6 50 56 LG AVG 0 4.47 946.2 698 6.64 13.05 53 53 ART WHITNEY, 1858-1943 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1889 31 -39 .303 .258 .561 .283 3.94 .218 1 59 19 129 Giants 1890 32 -49 .322 .260 .582 .244 4.14 .219 0 45 8 119 Giants 1891 33 -44 .265 .240 .505 .179 3.06 .193 3 33 8 96 Porkers/Cardinals CAR -238 .285 .269 .554 .316 3.94 .223 6 266 67 978 LG AVG 0 .319 .355 .674 .500 6.01 .261 28 368 164 POS AVG -58 .308 .341 .649 .464 5.49 .253 26 369 139
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