Around the Majors: Sosa’s considering retirement
1) According to ESPNdeportes.com, Sammy Sosa is considering retiring instead of accepting the Nationals offer.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 25 .358 .553 .911 .631 6.80 .279 40 103 0 137 Cubs 2004 35 5 .332 .517 .849 .529 5.93 .253 35 80 0 126 Cubs 2005 36 -15 .295 .376 .671 .359 3.34 .221 14 45 1 102 Orioles CAR 338 .345 .537 .882 .606 6.44 .274 588 1575 234 2240 LG AVG 0 .339 .422 .761 .500 5.04 .269 250 1093 171 POS AVG 152 .348 .459 .807 .549 5.67 .276 325 1273 215
2) The Reds signed free agent 1B Scott Hatteberg to a 1 year, $750,000 contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 -2 .342 .383 .725 .489 4.57 .253 12 61 0 147 A's 2004 34 8 .367 .420 .787 .544 5.73 .284 15 82 0 152 A's 2005 35 -19 .334 .343 .677 .354 3.63 .256 7 59 0 134 A's CAR -5 .356 .403 .758 .493 5.05 .268 83 422 1 1023 LG AVG 0 .337 .430 .767 .500 5.08 .269 108 454 58 POS AVG 1 .339 .435 .774 .499 5.11 .264 123 490 19
3) Free agent P Shingo Takatsu returned to Japan and signed with the Yakult Swallows.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 35 18 2.31 59 0 62.1 50 7.22 9.10 6 4 19 8 2 White Sox 2005 36 -3 5.20 40 0 36.1 38 9.41 14.86 2 2 8 2 2 White Sox/Mets CAREER 15 3.38 99 0 98.2 88 8.03 11.22 8 6 27 10 4 LG AVG 0 4.53 98.2 70 6.37 12.97 6 6
4) According to the LA Times, the Angels have raised their offer to free agent P Jeff Weaver to 1 year plus 2 option years.
5) According to NY Newsday, the Orioles, Red Sox and Reds are interested in free agent RF Richard Hidalgo.
6) Today’s birthdays–
SAL BANDO, AGE: 62 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1969 25 53 .400 .484 .885 .736 7.21 .281 31 113 1 162 A's 1970 26 28 .407 .430 .837 .655 6.18 .263 20 75 6 155 A's 1973 29 51 .375 .498 .873 .751 6.75 .287 29 98 4 162 A's CAR 212 .352 .408 .760 .597 5.09 .254 242 1039 75 2019 LG AVG 0 .325 .380 .705 .500 4.23 .257 163 805 125 POS AVG -6 .324 .383 .706 .490 4.21 .254 178 838 92 BILL BRADLEY, 1878-1954 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1902 24 42 .375 .515 .890 .695 8.16 .340 11 77 11 137 Indians 1903 25 41 .348 .496 .844 .715 7.05 .313 6 68 21 136 Indians 1904 26 23 .334 .409 .743 .632 5.40 .300 6 83 23 154 Indians CAR 63 .320 .376 .696 .545 4.76 .274 34 540 175 1387 LG AVG 0 .319 .343 .662 .500 4.48 .262 24 549 200 POS AVG -49 .308 .337 .645 .472 4.18 .258 21 542 188 FRITZ BUELOW, 1876-1933 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1901 25 -25 .269 .316 .585 .198 2.86 .225 2 29 2 70 Tigers 1904 28 -23 .204 .176 .380 .125 1.35 .141 0 10 4 84 Tigers/Indians 1905 29 -19 .201 .212 .413 .155 1.54 .174 1 18 7 74 Indians CAR -106 .239 .252 .490 .207 2.21 .192 6 112 20 430 LG AVG 0 .320 .350 .670 .500 4.65 .265 7 160 54 POS AVG -57 .286 .301 .587 .358 3.33 .235 4 143 26 HAL CHASE, 1883-1947 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1916 33 37 .363 .459 .822 .718 6.33 .339 4 82 22 142 Reds 1918 35 10 .339 .417 .756 .633 5.26 .301 2 38 5 74 Reds CAR 54 .317 .379 .696 .536 4.61 .288 37 804 330 1697 LG AVG 0 .320 .336 .656 .500 4.14 .259 26 612 248 POS AVG 13 .319 .347 .666 .513 4.21 .265 28 706 243 SCOTT DOHMANN, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 26 5 4.11 41 0 46 49 9.59 11.74 0 3 0 2 1 Rockies 2005 27 -4 6.10 32 0 31 35 10.16 15.10 2 1 0 1 2 Rockies CAREER 1 4.91 73 0 77 84 9.82 13.09 2 4 0 3 3 LG AVG 0 4.28 77 57 6.67 12.81 4 4 EDDIE FOSTER, 1887-1937 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1913 26 -13 .309 .306 .615 .384 3.51 .247 1 41 22 106 Senators 1919 32 -15 .314 .310 .623 .385 3.56 .264 0 26 20 120 Senators 1923 36 -13 .241 .200 .441 .109 1.75 .180 0 4 0 27 Browns CAR -64 .329 .326 .655 .461 3.99 .264 6 446 195 1500 LG AVG 0 .339 .357 .696 .500 4.43 .269 31 600 190 POS AVG -71 .328 .339 .667 .457 4.02 .261 24 545 193 DONNIE MOORE, 1954-89 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1985 31 25 1.92 65 0 103 72 6.29 9.79 8 8 31 13 3 Angels CAREER 29 3.67 416 4 655 416 5.72 12.26 43 40 89 50 33 LG AVG 0 3.85 655 392 5.39 12.29 37 37 FRANK WILLIAMS, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1986 28 13 1.20 36 0 52.1 33 5.68 10.32 3 1 1 4 0 Giants 1987 29 23 2.30 85 0 105.2 60 5.11 12.09 4 0 2 3 1 Reds CAREER 38 3.00 333 1 471.2 314 5.99 12.69 24 14 8 21 17 LG AVG 0 3.75 471.2 300 5.73 12.13 26 26 TODD WILLIAMS, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2001 30 0 4.70 15 0 15.1 13 7.63 19.37 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees 2004 33 7 2.87 29 0 31.1 13 3.73 11.49 2 0 0 1 1 Orioles 2005 34 7 3.30 72 0 76.1 38 4.48 11.91 5 5 1 6 4 Orioles CAREER 7 3.90 151 0 161.1 83 4.63 13.39 10 8 1 8 10 LG AVG 0 4.43 161.1 114 6.34 12.84 9 9
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