Around the Majors: Sosa’s retiring
1) Sammy Sosa’s agent says he’s retiring, although he won’t formally be added to the retirement list.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1998 29 58 .377 .647 1.024 .709 8.34 .308 66 158 18 159 Cubs 2000 31 73 .406 .634 1.040 .760 9.62 .320 50 138 7 156 Cubs 2001 32 114 .437 .737 1.174 .838 12.57 .328 64 160 0 160 Cubs 2002 33 58 .399 .594 .993 .739 8.67 .288 49 108 2 150 Cubs 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
Sosa ranks 5th on the career HR list.
HOMERUNS HR RCAA 1 Hank Aaron 755 1032 2 Babe Ruth 714 1795 3 Barry Bonds 708 1502 4 Willie Mays 660 1008 5 Sammy Sosa 588 338 6 Frank Robinson 586 852 7 Mark McGwire 583 665 8 Harmon Killebrew 573 516 9 Rafael Palmeiro 569 572 10 Reggie Jackson 563 565
He is 13th vs. the league average–
HOMERUNS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE RCAA 1 Babe Ruth 622 714 92 1795 2 Barry Bonds 464 708 244 1502 3 Hank Aaron 457 755 298 1032 4 Mark McGwire 405 583 178 665 5 Jimmie Foxx 403 534 131 985 6 Willie Mays 390 660 270 1008 7 Lou Gehrig 377 493 116 1247 8 Ted Williams 376 521 145 1475 9 Mel Ott 374 511 137 989 10 Mike Schmidt 367 548 181 623 11 Harmon Killebrew 362 573 211 516 12 Mickey Mantle 346 536 190 1099 13 Sammy Sosa 338 588 250 338 14 Frank Robinson 337 586 249 852 15 Willie McCovey 334 521 187 606 16 Reggie Jackson 327 563 236 565 17 Ken Griffey Jr. 311 536 225 579 18 Willie Stargell 305 475 170 553 T19 Eddie Mathews 285 512 227 655 T19 Dave Kingman 285 442 157 53
Sosa ranks 2nd on the Cubs career RCAA list–
RCAA 1 Billy Williams 436 2 Sammy Sosa 393 3 Frank Chance 349 4 Stan Hack 315 5 Hack Wilson 310 6 Bill Nicholson 287 7 Mark Grace 274 8 Ron Santo 272 9 Gabby Hartnett 251 10 Phil Cavarretta 222
2) The Angels signed free agent P Jeff Weaver to a 1 year, $8.325 million contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -29 5.99 32 24 159.1 93 5.25 15.19 7 9 0 6 10 Yankees 2004 27 3 4.01 34 34 220 153 6.26 12.27 13 13 0 13 13 Dodgers 2005 28 -5 4.22 34 34 224 157 6.31 11.29 14 11 0 12 13 Dodgers CAREER -8 4.44 226 209 1396 937 6.04 12.51 78 87 2 83 82 LG AVG 0 4.53 1396 992 6.40 13.07 78 78
3) Pitchers and catchers report today for the Braves, Cardinals, Devil Rays, Indians, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Reds and Yankees.
4) Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild says he doesn’t put schedules on rehab, but expects Kerry Wood to miss the first couple of weeks of the season. Wood is still recovering from the shoulder surgery that ruined his 2005 season.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 24 3.20 32 32 211 266 11.35 11.64 14 11 0 16 9 Cubs 2004 27 13 3.72 22 22 140.1 144 9.24 12.12 8 9 0 10 7 Cubs 2005 28 0 4.23 21 10 66 77 10.50 10.91 3 4 0 4 3 Cubs CAREER 67 3.67 185 174 1109 1286 10.44 11.96 70 54 0 71 53 LG AVG 0 4.30 1109 834 6.77 12.82 62 62
5) The Padres claimed P Jason Anderson off waivers from the Yankees and designated P Kenny Baugh for assignment.
ANDERSON YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 -2 4.88 28 0 31.1 16 4.60 15.80 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees/Mets 2004 25 -4 45.00 1 0 1 1 9.00 45.00 0 0 0 0 0 Indians 2005 26 -2 7.94 3 0 5.2 2 3.18 17.47 1 0 0 0 1 Yankees CAREER -8 6.39 32 0 38 19 4.50 16.82 2 0 0 0 2 LG AVG 0 4.44 38 27 6.28 12.82 2 2
6) Rangers GM Jon Daniels says he’s spoken with free agent DH Erubiel Durazo.
7) Orioles P Rodrigo Lopez lost his salary arbitration case. He will get $3.75 million, instead of the $4.5 million he was seeking.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -25 5.82 26 26 147 103 6.31 14.76 7 10 0 6 11 Orioles 2004 28 23 3.59 37 23 170.2 121 6.38 11.60 14 9 0 15 8 Orioles 2005 29 -19 4.90 35 35 209.1 118 5.07 12.98 15 12 0 11 16 Orioles CAREER -15 4.56 137 118 748.1 495 5.95 12.69 51 43 0 47 47 LG AVG 0 4.49 748.1 521 6.26 12.87 42 42
8) The Brewers re-signed P Tomo Ohka to a $4.53 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 21 4.16 34 34 199 118 5.34 12.98 10 12 0 13 9 Expos 2004 28 6 3.40 15 15 84.2 38 4.04 12.65 3 7 0 6 4 Expos 2005 29 2 4.04 32 29 180.1 98 4.89 12.33 11 9 0 10 10 Nationals/Brewers CAREER 51 3.95 156 144 846 488 5.19 12.66 44 53 0 54 43 LG AVG 0 4.32 846 624 6.64 12.86 48 47
9) Brooks Kieschnick announced his retirement.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2001 29 -2 .289 .548 .837 .371 4.91 .238 3 9 0 35 Rockies 2003 31 4 .355 .614 .970 .651 7.41 .300 7 12 0 69 Brewers 2004 32 -3 .324 .365 .689 .352 3.86 .270 1 7 0 75 Brewers CAR -7 .315 .444 .760 .439 4.88 .248 16 46 1 257 LG AVG 0 .342 .432 .773 .500 5.20 .270 10 41 6 POS AVG -12 .293 .360 .653 .364 3.87 .227 8 32 4 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 -5 5.26 42 0 53 39 6.62 14.43 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers 2004 32 3 3.77 32 0 43 28 5.86 11.93 1 1 0 1 1 Brewers CAREER -2 4.59 74 0 96 67 6.28 13.31 2 2 0 2 2 LG AVG 0 4.30 96 71 6.69 12.82 5 5
10) The Nationals signed OF Ruben Mateo and Ps Joe Horgan and Saul Rivera to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training, and signed INFs Henry Mateo and Alex Nunez, OF Jesus Feliciano, C Miguel Bernard and Ps Juan Ovalles and Jacobo Meque to minor league contracts.
RUBEN MATEO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 24 -2 .319 .395 .714 .421 4.57 .256 2 7 0 46 Reds 2003 25 -12 .290 .329 .619 .290 3.15 .242 3 18 0 74 Reds 2004 26 -7 .270 .357 .627 .300 3.12 .206 3 14 1 51 Pirates/Royals CAR -33 .303 .386 .689 .368 3.99 .250 21 89 11 295 LG AVG 0 .342 .435 .777 .500 5.24 .271 29 121 15 POS AVG 5 .346 .445 .791 .514 5.46 .273 31 124 23 HORGAN YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 27 4 3.15 47 0 40 30 6.75 13.50 4 1 2 3 2 Expos 2005 28 -11 21.00 8 0 6 5 7.50 36.00 0 0 0 0 0 Nationals CAREER -7 5.48 55 0 46 35 6.85 16.43 4 1 2 3 2 LG AVG 0 4.30 46 34 6.71 12.83 3 3 HENRY MATEO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 -12 .304 .273 .576 .253 3.40 .240 0 7 11 100 Expos 2004 27 -4 .289 .318 .607 .182 2.19 .273 0 0 2 40 Expos 2005 28 0 .500 .000 .500 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Nationals CAR -18 .297 .286 .583 .243 3.12 .242 0 7 15 168 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .268 8 31 4 POS AVG -3 .337 .403 .739 .462 4.76 .272 5 25 4
11) The Yankees say P Carl Pavano won’t throw off the mound for 10-14 days, due to back stiffness. His availability for Opening Day is uncertain.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -7 4.30 33 32 201 133 5.96 11.64 12 13 0 12 13 Marlins 2004 28 27 3.00 31 31 222.1 139 5.63 11.01 18 8 0 17 9 Marlins 2005 29 -3 4.77 17 17 100 56 5.04 13.95 4 6 0 5 5 Yankees CAREER -7 4.27 184 166 1037.2 673 5.84 12.67 61 64 0 64 61 LG AVG 0 4.33 1037.2 770 6.68 12.86 58 58
12) Today’s birthdays–
ERIC BYRNES, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 12 .333 .459 .792 .589 5.71 .263 12 51 10 121 A's 2004 28 13 .347 .467 .814 .568 6.04 .283 20 73 17 143 A's 2005 29 -13 .294 .371 .665 .383 3.82 .226 10 40 7 126 A's/Rockies/Orioles CAR 10 .325 .437 .761 .520 5.20 .259 48 180 40 509 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.04 .269 49 205 25 POS AVG 6 .338 .431 .769 .512 5.18 .274 46 203 37 MANNY DELCARMEN, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2005 23 1 3.00 10 0 9 9 9.00 16.00 0 0 0 0 0 Red Sox CAREER 1 3.00 10 0 9 9 9.00 16.00 0 0 0 0 0 LG AVG 0 4.36 9 6 6.16 12.63 1 1 ALEX FERGUSON, 1897-1976 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1925 28 -28 6.26 33 15 125 49 3.53 16.70 9 5 2 5 9 Red Sox/Yankees/Senators 1926 29 -20 7.69 19 4 48 16 3.00 16.88 3 4 1 2 5 Senators 1927 30 -22 4.84 31 31 227 73 2.89 13.92 8 16 0 10 14 Phillies CAREER -102 4.90 256 166 1238.2 396 2.88 14.33 61 85 10 65 81 LG AVG 0 4.09 1238.2 389 2.82 13.32 69 69 BARRY FOOTE, AGE: 54 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1975 23 -36 .229 .295 .524 .154 1.98 .194 7 30 0 118 Expos 1976 24 -15 .272 .340 .612 .317 2.92 .234 7 27 2 105 Expos 1979 27 -11 .316 .427 .742 .413 4.43 .254 16 56 5 132 Cubs CAR -102 .277 .368 .645 .319 3.19 .230 57 230 10 687 LG AVG 0 .332 .385 .718 .500 4.46 .265 46 258 49 POS AVG -33 .322 .365 .687 .438 3.95 .248 46 260 12 BILLY HAMILTON, 1866-1940 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1889 23 49 .413 .395 .808 .671 10.46 .301 3 77 111 137 Cowboys 1890 24 62 .430 .399 .829 .741 11.33 .325 2 49 102 123 Phillies 1891 25 96 .453 .421 .874 .824 12.85 .340 2 60 111 133 Phillies 1892 26 63 .423 .410 .833 .749 10.09 .330 3 53 57 139 Phillies 1893 27 74 .490 .524 1.014 .817 15.84 .380 5 44 43 82 Phillies 1894 28 116 .523 .528 1.050 .812 16.81 .404 4 87 98 129 Phillies 1895 29 93 .490 .495 .985 .796 14.40 .389 7 74 97 123 Phillies 1896 30 70 .477 .463 .940 .741 12.69 .365 3 52 83 131 Braves 1897 31 46 .461 .414 .875 .694 10.26 .343 3 61 66 127 Braves 1898 32 78 .480 .453 .933 .842 12.95 .369 3 50 54 110 Braves CAR 802 .455 .432 .887 .744 11.55 .344 40 736 912 1591 LG AVG 0 .349 .377 .726 .500 6.27 .281 42 787 313 POS AVG 145 .370 .391 .761 .567 7.19 .296 44 749 440 SERGIO MITRE, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 -4 8.31 3 2 8.2 3 3.12 19.73 0 1 0 0 1 Cubs 2004 23 -12 6.62 12 9 51.2 37 6.45 16.55 2 4 0 2 4 Cubs 2005 24 -7 5.37 21 7 60.1 37 5.52 13.13 2 5 0 3 4 Cubs CAREER -23 6.12 36 18 120.2 77 5.74 15.07 4 10 0 5 9 LG AVG 0 4.27 120.2 89 6.65 12.80 7 7
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