Around the Majors: Sheets placed on DL

1) The Brewers placed P Ben Sheets on the 15 day DL, retroactive to March 24, and sent P Mike Adams to the minors.

Sheets has a strained muscle in his upper back.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -1   4.45   34  34  220.2  157  6.40 11.46  11  13   0  12  12  Brewers      
2004 25   45   2.70   34  34  237    264 10.03  9.00  12  14   0  18   8  Brewers      
2005 26   16   3.33   22  22  156.2  141  8.10  9.71  10   9   0  12   7  Brewers      
CAREER    50   3.83  149 149  982.1  826  7.57 11.20  55  62   0  65  52 
LG AVG     0   4.26           982.1  735  6.74 12.76  55  55 

2) Red Sox P Julian Tavarez was suspended for 10 days for punching Devil Rays OF Joey Gathright on the jaw during Monday’s game.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30    5   3.66   64   0   83.2   39  4.20 11.51   3   3  11   3   3  Pirates      
2004 31   13   2.38   77   0   64.1   48  6.72 11.47   7   4   4   8   3  Cardinals    
2005 32    6   3.43   74   0   65.2   47  6.44 13.02   2   3   4   3   2  Cardinals    
CAREER    13   4.33  642  79 1081.1  626  5.21 13.84  72  55  21  66  61 
LG AVG     0   4.40          1081.1  800  6.65 12.99  61  61 

3) The Red Sox sent OF Dustan Mohr to the minors.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -11  .314  .399  .714  .398   4.08  .250  10   36    5  121  Twins        
2004   28    6  .394  .437  .831  .558   6.16  .274   7   28    0  117  Giants       
2005   29  -12  .280  .466  .746  .361   4.25  .214  17   38    1   98  Rockies      
CAR        -20  .327  .426  .753  .452   4.71  .252  46  151   13  476 
LG AVG       0  .336  .429  .765  .500   5.05  .267  42  176   22 
POS AVG     15  .344  .452  .796  .533   5.46  .269  51  191   22 

4) The Cubs sent P Roberto Novoa to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 24   -3   5.57   16   0   21     15  6.43 14.14   1   1   0   1   1  Tigers       
2005 25   -1   4.43   49   0   44.2   47  9.47 14.51   4   5   0   4   5  Cubs         
CAREER    -4   4.80   65   0   65.2   62  8.50 14.39   5   6   0   5   6 
LG AVG     0   4.36            65.2   48  6.53 12.88   4   4 

5) The Mariners sold INF Cody Ransom to the Astros.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   26    1  .750  .667 1.417  .960  27.00  .667   0    1    0    7  Giants       
2003   27   -2  .250  .370  .620  .222   2.57  .222   1    1    0   20  Giants       
2004   28   -4  .320  .382  .702  .335   3.72  .250   1   11    2   78  Giants       
CAR         -6  .298  .362  .660  .310   3.41  .238   2   13    2  114 
LG AVG       0  .341  .436  .777  .500   5.23  .269   4   15    2 
POS AVG     -3  .318  .388  .706  .409   4.29  .265   2   11    2 

6) The Royals traded utilityman Joe McEwing to the Astros for a player to be named later.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30  -16  .309  .291  .601  .292   3.13  .241   1   16    3  119  Mets         
2004   31   -7  .297  .312  .609  .315   3.41  .254   1   16    4   75  Mets         
2005   32  -15  .263  .294  .558  .185   2.15  .239   1    6    4   83  Royals       
CAR        -76  .303  .356  .659  .349   3.72  .252  25  158   33  747 
LG AVG       0  .343  .436  .779  .500   5.29  .271  61  249   34 
POS AVG      8  .348  .438  .786  .509   5.46  .275  58  234   42 

7) The Padres released P Andy Ashby and signed P Brian Sikorski to a minor league contract.

ASHBY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 34   -3   3.91   30  30  181.2  107  5.30 12.48   9  13   0  11  11  Dodgers      
2003 35  -10   5.18   21  12   73     41  5.05 13.56   3  10   0   5   8  Dodgers      
2004 36    1   0.00    2   0    2      2  9.00  4.50   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
CAREER    -8   4.12  309 285 1810.2 1173  5.83 12.22  98 110   1 107 101 
LG AVG     0   4.26          1810.2 1333  6.62 12.80 101 101 

The Padres had released Sikorski earlier in the week.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 25   -2   5.73   10   5   37.2   32  7.65 17.20   1   3   0   2   2  Rangers      
CAREER    -2   5.73   10   5   37.2   32  7.65 17.20   1   3   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.92            37.2   26  6.27 13.72   2   2 

8) The Devil Rays signed P Brian Meadows to a 1 year contract.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -4   4.72   34   7   76.1   38  4.48 12.14   2   1   1   1   2  Pirates      
2004 28    5   3.58   68   0   78     46  5.31 10.96   2   4   1   3   3  Pirates      
2005 29   -2   4.58   65   0   74.2   44  5.30 12.66   3   1   0   2   2  Pirates      
CAREER   -70   5.04  283 122  891    419  4.23 13.32  44  56   2  41  59 
LG AVG     0   4.43           891    660  6.67 13.04  50  50 

9) The Rangers sent P Jon Leicester to the minors.

LEICESTER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25    3   3.89   32   0   41.2   35  7.56 11.88   5   1   0   3   3  Cubs         
2005 26   -5   9.00    6   1    9      7  7.00 22.00   0   2   0   0   2  Cubs         
CAREER    -2   4.80   38   1   50.2   42  7.46 13.68   5   3   0   3   5 
LG AVG     0   4.30            50.2   38  6.71 12.82   3   3 

10) The Blue Jays sent 1B Kevin Barker, INF Luis Figueroa, C Mike Mahoney and P Lee Gronkiewicz to the minors.

BARKER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1999   23   -1  .331  .385  .715  .458   5.08  .282   3   23    1   38  Brewers      
2000   24   -3  .352  .330  .682  .403   4.39  .220   2    9    1   40  Brewers      
2002   26   -2  .200  .158  .358  .125   1.59  .158   0    0    1    7  Padres       
CAR         -6  .331  .343  .674  .409   4.45  .246   5   32    3   85 
LG AVG       0  .350  .443  .793  .500   5.53  .274   8   33    5 
POS AVG      7  .371  .485  .857  .568   6.50  .281  11   41    2 

FIGUEROA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   27    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    4  Pirates      
CAR          0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    4 
LG AVG       0  .340  .440  .780  .500   5.27  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .336  .406  .742  .453   4.81  .270   0    0    0 

MAHONEY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   27    1  .444  .429  .873  .796  10.80  .286   0    1    0    4  Cubs         
2002   29   -3  .233  .310  .544  .182   2.16  .207   0    3    0   16  Cubs         
2005   32   -9  .217  .219  .436  .073   1.29  .156   1    6    0   26  Cardinals    
CAR        -11  .241  .260  .501  .158   2.03  .180   1   10    0   46 
LG AVG       0  .340  .427  .767  .500   5.09  .268   4   16    2 
POS AVG     -4  .317  .388  .705  .392   4.01  .250   3   15    0 

11) The Nationals added C Wiki Gonzalez to the 40 man roster, released OF Michael Tucker and sent C Alberto Castillo and Ps Kevin Gryboski and Travis Hughes to the minors.

GONZALEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   28   -9  .330  .299  .629  .301   2.89  .220   1   20    0   56  Padres       
2003   29   -6  .264  .277  .541  .159   1.89  .200   0   10    0   24  Padres       
2005   31   -1  .298  .378  .676  .411   3.97  .267   0    2    0   14  Mariners     
CAR        -31  .312  .362  .674  .359   3.60  .240  17  101    3  283 
LG AVG       0  .344  .437  .782  .500   5.33  .270  28  114   16 
POS AVG    -19  .330  .405  .735  .421   4.52  .258  24  108    5 

TUCKER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32  -13  .331  .440  .771  .400   4.57  .262  13   55    8  104  Royals       
2004   33   -1  .353  .412  .765  .494   5.36  .256  13   62    5  140  Giants       
2005   34   -9  .318  .362  .680  .382   3.86  .239   5   36    4  126  Giants/Phillies
CAR        -47  .339  .425  .763  .461   5.00  .257 124  522  112 1382 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.21  .270 134  558   77 
POS AVG     60  .350  .461  .811  .538   5.74  .275 162  617   90 

CASTILLO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33   -1  .200  .467  .667  .181   2.25  .200   1    4    0   11  Giants       
2004   34   -1  .365  .371  .736  .471   4.63  .270   1   11    0   29  Royals       
2005   35   -6  .289  .307  .596  .282   2.89  .208   1   14    1   35  Royals/A's
CAR        -75  .295  .296  .591  .247   2.91  .222  11   98    3  407 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .777  .500   5.26  .272  35  149   21 
POS AVG    -24  .325  .408  .733  .422   4.49  .260  32  139    6 

GRYBOSKI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    1   3.86   64   0   44.1   32  6.50 14.01   6   4   0   5   5  Braves       
2004 30    8   2.84   69   0   50.2   24  4.26 13.68   3   2   2   3   2  Braves       
2005 31   -4   5.52   42   0   31     10  2.90 18.58   1   1   0   0   2  Braves/Rangers
CAREER     9   3.75  232   0  177.2   99  5.02 15.30  12   8   2  10  10 
LG AVG     0   4.24           177.2  132  6.67 12.76  10  10 

HUGHES
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26   -1  13.50    2   0    1.1    4 27.00 40.50   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
2005 27   -2   5.54   14   0   13      8  5.54 18.69   1   1   0   1   1  Nationals    
CAREER    -3   6.28   16   0   14.1   12  7.53 20.72   1   1   0   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.27            14.1   10  6.56 12.79   1   1 

12) The Yankees sent P Scott Erickson to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 34  -21   5.55   29  28  160.2   74  4.15 15.01   5  12   0   7  10  Orioles      
2004 36   -5   6.67    6   6   27      9  3.00 19.33   1   4   0   2   3  Mets/Rangers
2005 37  -12   6.02   19   8   55.1   15  2.44 14.80   1   4   0   2   3  Dodgers      
CAREER   -23   4.57  380 364 2349.1 1250  4.79 13.53 142 136   0 142 136 
LG AVG     0   4.52          2349.1 1585  6.07 13.19 131 132 

13) The Tigers sent P Roman Colon to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 24    2   3.32   18   0   19     15  7.11 12.32   2   1   0   2   1  Braves       
2005 25   -9   5.58   35   7   69.1   47  6.10 13.37   2   6   0   4   4  Braves/Tigers
CAREER    -7   5.09   53   7   88.1   62  6.32 13.14   4   7   0   6   5 
LG AVG     0   4.28            88.1   64  6.49 12.74   5   5 

14) The Pirates sent P Giovanni Carrara to the minors.

A Hardball Times Update
Goodbye for now.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 35   -8   6.83   23   0   29     13  4.03 17.38   2   0   0   1   1  Mariners     
2004 36   12   2.18   42   0   53.2   48  8.05 11.24   5   2   2   5   2  Dodgers      
2005 37    1   3.93   72   0   75.2   56  6.66 12.96   7   4   0   6   5  Dodgers      
CAREER   -25   4.70  288  18  444.2  313  6.34 13.66  29  17   3  23  23 
LG AVG     0   4.35           444.2  328  6.64 12.88  25  25 

15) Today’s birthdays–

CARSON BIGBEE, 1895-1964
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1917   22  -11  .301  .288  .589  .399   3.11  .239   0   21   19  133  Pirates      
1924   29  -16  .331  .284  .615  .313   3.38  .262   0   15   15   89  Pirates      
1925   30  -12  .278  .294  .572  .189   2.55  .238   0    8    2   66  Pirates      
CAR        -10  .345  .369  .713  .489   4.58  .287  17  324  182 1147 
LG AVG       0  .337  .382  .719  .500   4.62  .281  39  472  103 
POS AVG     61  .350  .408  .758  .545   5.13  .293  53  518  117 

MARV GRISSOM, 1918-2005
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1954 36   24   2.36   56   3  122     64  4.72 11.58  10   7  19  13   4  Giants       
1956 38   19   1.56   43   2   81     49  5.44  9.78   1   1   7   2   0  Giants       
1957 39   13   2.60   55   0   83     51  5.53 10.73   4   4  14   6   2  Giants       
CAREER    50   3.42  356  52  809    459  5.11 12.70  47  45  58  54  38 
LG AVG     0   3.93           809    392  4.36 12.64  45  45 

BILL HALLMAN, 1867-1920
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1897   30  -39  .300  .264  .564  .238   3.24  .233   0   41   13  110  Phillies/Cardinals
1898   31  -27  .291  .303  .594  .322   3.28  .244   2   63    9  134  Dodgers      
1901   34  -50  .238  .235  .473  .145   1.92  .185   0   41   13  128  Indians/Phillies
CAR       -218  .325  .348  .673  .404   5.06  .272  21  769  200 1503 
LG AVG       0  .351  .378  .729  .500   6.32  .282  47  859  322 
POS AVG   -107  .341  .353  .695  .458   5.69  .270  35  801  319 

DAVE KOSLO, 1920-75
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1949 29   39   2.50   38  23  212     64  2.72 10.02  11  14   4  18   7  Giants       
1951 31   11   3.30   39  16  150     54  3.24 12.00  10   9   3  11   8  Giants       
1952 32   12   3.20   41  17  166     67  3.63 11.01  10   7   5  10   7  Giants       
CAREER    42   3.68  348 189 1591    606  3.43 12.19  92 107  22 105  93 
LG AVG     0   3.88          1591    682  3.86 12.67  89  89 

JEFF MATHIS, AGE: 23
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   22    0  .333  .333  .667  .000   0.00  .333   0    0    0    5  Angels       
CAR          0  .333  .333  .667  .000   0.00  .333   0    0    0    5 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .316  .394  .710  .429   4.16  .258   0    0    0 

JACK STIVETTS, 1868-1930
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1889 21   40   2.25   26  20  191.2  143  6.71 10.38  13   7   1  15   5  Cardinals    
1890 22   51   3.52   54  46  419.1  289  6.20 12.71  27  21   0  30  18  Cardinals    
1891 23   65   2.86   64  56  440    259  5.30 12.05  33  22   1  37  18  Cardinals    
1894 26   42   4.90   45  39  338     76  2.02 14.80  26  14   0  24  16  Braves       
CAREER   268   3.74  388 333 2887.2 1223  3.81 12.72 204 132   4 201 135 
LG AVG     0   4.17          2887.2  965  3.01 13.58 162 162 

CHIEN-MING WANG, AGE: 26
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 25    6   4.02   18  17  116.1   47  3.64 11.68   8   5   0   7   6  Yankees      
CAREER     6   4.02   18  17  116.1   47  3.64 11.68   8   5   0   7   6 
LG AVG     0   4.36           116.1   80  6.16 12.63   7   6 

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