Around the Majors: Signings

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February 25, 2006

1) The White Sox signed DH Bucky Jacobsen to a minor league contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   28    5  .335  .500  .835  .596   5.85  .275   9   28    0   42  Mariners     
CAR          5  .335  .500  .835  .596   5.85  .275   9   28    0   42 
LG AVG       0  .338  .434  .773  .500   5.16  .271   5   21    2 
POS AVG      1  .349  .452  .800  .526   5.52  .266   7   25    1

2) Brian Dallimore announced his retirement.

He was in camp with the Brewers.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   30   -1  .347  .395  .742  .454   4.91  .279   1    7    0   20  Giants       
2005   31   -1  .143  .286  .429  .000   0.00  .143   0    0    0    7  Giants       
CAR         -2  .321  .380  .701  .373   4.05  .260   1    7    0   27 
LG AVG       0  .341  .435  .776  .500   5.22  .269   2    7    1 
POS AVG      0  .340  .416  .756  .477   4.98  .276   1    6    1

3) The Rockies signed OF Ernie Young to a minor league contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1999   29   -1  .400  .182  .582  .247   3.00  .182   0    0    0    6  Diamondbacks 
2003   33   -1  .400  .182  .582  .204   2.25  .182   0    0    0    5  Tigers       
2004   34    1  .600  .500 1.100  .860  13.50  .500   0    0    0    3  Indians      
CAR        -41  .310  .378  .688  .325   3.70  .225  27   90   10  288 
LG AVG       0  .347  .439  .785  .500   5.38  .275  29  122   16 
POS AVG      0  .347  .427  .774  .493   5.37  .273  25  108   37

4) Today’s birthdays–

BOB BESCHER, 1884-1942
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1909   25   11  .335  .312  .647  .600   4.71  .240   1   34   54  124  Reds         
1911   27   22  .385  .367  .753  .627   5.62  .275   1   45   80  153  Reds         
1912   28   20  .381  .396  .777  .617   5.79  .281   4   38   67  145  Reds         
CAR         76  .353  .351  .704  .564   4.75  .258  28  345  427 1228 
LG AVG       0  .330  .352  .682  .500   4.28  .263  29  472  176 
POS AVG     56  .345  .368  .713  .548   4.71  .270  34  444  230 

DANNY CATER, AGE: 66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1969   29  -15  .296  .361  .657  .385   3.19  .262  10   76    1  152  A's          
1972   32  -13  .270  .372  .642  .319   2.73  .237   8   39    0   92  Red Sox      
CAR        -24  .316  .377  .693  .472   3.80  .276  66  519   26 1289 
LG AVG       0  .321  .376  .698  .500   4.15  .251 107  484   65 
POS AVG     60  .331  .407  .738  .542   4.62  .256 145  580   42 

CESAR CEDENO, AGE: 55
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1972   21   45  .385  .537  .921  .709   7.51  .320  22   82   55  139  Astros       
1973   22   41  .376  .537  .913  .712   7.06  .320  25   70   56  139  Astros       
1976   25   35  .357  .454  .811  .697   5.84  .297  18   83   58  150  Astros       
CAR        251  .347  .443  .790  .606   5.47  .285 199  976  550 2006 
LG AVG       0  .331  .387  .718  .500   4.46  .264 157  838  162 
POS AVG     53  .335  .400  .735  .519   4.72  .270 161  837  252 

KEN DAYLEY, AGE: 47
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
CAREER     8   3.64  385  33  573.2  406  6.37 12.50  33  45  39  42  36 
LG AVG     0   3.67           573.2  362  5.68 12.02  32  32 

AL HOLLINGSWORTH, 1908-96
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1939 31  -17   5.69   23  15   87     35  3.62 15.52   2  11   0   4   9  Phillies/Dodgers
1943 35  -16   4.21   35  20  154     63  3.68 12.97   6  13   3   7  12  Browns       
1946 38  -11   4.91   26   2   66     25  3.41 15.27   3   2   1   2   3  Browns/White Sox
CAREER   -43   3.99  315 185 1519    608  3.60 13.29  70 104  15  83  91 
LG AVG     0   3.73          1519    592  3.51 12.56  84  84 

MONTE IRVIN, AGE: 87
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1950   31   25  .392  .497  .889  .676   7.60  .299  15   66    3  110  Giants       
1951   32   52  .415  .514  .929  .726   8.53  .312  24  121   12  151  Giants       
1953   34   34  .406  .541  .947  .689   8.15  .329  21   97    2  124  Giants       
CAR        116  .383  .475  .858  .626   6.72  .293  99  443   28  764 
LG AVG       0  .342  .416  .758  .500   5.08  .269  68  313   23 
POS AVG     47  .353  .452  .805  .555   5.76  .276  90  378   18 

JOHNNY KLING, 1875-1947
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1904   29  -20  .271  .296  .567  .327   2.85  .243   2   46    7  123  Cubs         
1905   30  -24  .272  .279  .551  .280   2.82  .218   1   52   13  111  Cubs         
1911   36  -22  .295  .293  .588  .274   2.99  .212   3   29    1  102  Cubs/Braves
CAR        -13  .319  .357  .676  .498   4.48  .272  20  513  123 1260 
LG AVG       0  .328  .344  .673  .500   4.57  .264  21  436  172 
POS AVG   -133  .296  .307  .603  .387   3.50  .241  15  409   86 

DENNY LEMASTER, AGE: 67
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1964 25  -16   4.15   39  35  221    185  7.53 12.01  17  11   1  12  16  Braves       
1965 26  -12   4.44   32  23  146    111  6.84 12.39   7  13   0   8  12  Braves       
1970 31  -14   4.56   39  21  162    103  5.72 13.11   7  12   3   8  11  Astros       
CAREER   -17   3.58  357 249 1788   1305  6.57 11.71  90 105   8  96  99 
LG AVG     0   3.49          1788   1160  5.84 11.72  99  99 

PAUL O'NEILL, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1994   31   52  .460  .603 1.064  .795  10.32  .359  21   83    5  103  Yankees      
1997   34   39  .399  .514  .912  .682   7.45  .324  21  117   10  149  Yankees      
1998   35   30  .372  .510  .882  .634   6.80  .317  24  116   15  152  Yankees      
CAR        211  .363  .470  .833  .579   5.92  .288 281 1269  141 2053 
LG AVG       0  .337  .416  .753  .500   4.93  .267 206  939  159 
POS AVG     88  .343  .446  .789  .531   5.36  .271 268 1095  139 

ANDY PAFKO, AGE: 85
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1945   24   25  .361  .455  .816  .638   6.28  .298  12  110    5  144  Cubs         
1948   27   38  .375  .516  .891  .690   7.35  .312  26  101    3  142  Cubs         
1950   29   48  .397  .591  .989  .706   9.24  .304  36   92    4  146  Cubs         
CAR        150  .350  .449  .799  .572   5.64  .285 213  976   38 1852 
LG AVG       0  .341  .403  .745  .500   5.00  .270 146  780   63 
POS AVG     64  .347  .423  .770  .530   5.36  .277 169  837   69 

RON SANTO, AGE: 66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1964   24   60  .398  .564  .962  .746   8.45  .313  30  114    3  161  Cubs         
1965   25   43  .378  .510  .888  .688   7.12  .285  33  101    3  164  Cubs         
1966   26   54  .412  .538  .950  .736   8.09  .312  30   94    4  155  Cubs         
1967   27   48  .395  .512  .906  .719   7.18  .300  31   98    1  161  Cubs         
CAR        253  .362  .464  .826  .588   5.83  .277 342 1331   35 2243 
LG AVG       0  .326  .390  .716  .500   4.39  .261 194  924  115 
POS AVG     46  .332  .403  .735  .514   4.60  .261 229 1020   76 

SHANNON STEWART, AGE: 32
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   14  .364  .459  .823  .572   6.08  .307  13   73    4  136  Blue Jays/Twins
2004   30   12  .380  .447  .827  .592   6.48  .304  11   47    6   92  Twins        
2005   31   -9  .323  .388  .711  .442   4.35  .274  10   56    7  132  Twins        
CAR         97  .364  .441  .805  .558   5.98  .300 100  497  179 1144 
LG AVG       0  .339  .432  .771  .500   5.14  .270 145  611   80 
POS AVG     19  .342  .436  .778  .510   5.30  .275 141  609  110

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