Around the Majors: Tigers sign Mantei
1) The Tigers signed free agent P Matt Mantei to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training.
YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 13 2.62 50 0 55 68 11.13 9.33 5 4 29 7 2 Diamondbacks 2004 30 -9 11.81 12 0 10.2 13 10.97 19.41 0 3 4 0 3 Diamondbacks 2005 31 -6 6.49 34 0 26.1 22 7.52 17.77 1 0 0 0 1 Red Sox CAREER 11 4.07 315 0 322.2 396 11.05 13.17 14 18 93 17 15 LG AVG 0 4.37 322.2 240 6.68 12.93 18 18
2) The Devil Rays signed free agent 3B Ty Wigginton to a 1 year contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -14 .318 .396 .714 .420 4.27 .255 11 71 12 156 Mets 2004 26 -6 .324 .433 .757 .459 4.70 .261 17 66 7 144 Mets/Pirates 2005 27 -1 .324 .465 .788 .483 4.95 .258 7 25 0 57 Pirates CAR -16 .324 .429 .753 .461 4.67 .262 41 180 21 403 LG AVG 0 .341 .432 .773 .500 5.17 .269 44 178 21 POS AVG -11 .331 .430 .761 .475 4.91 .265 45 189 14
3) The Dodgers hired coaches Eddie Murray (hitting), Mariano Duncan (1B), Dave Jauss (bench), Rich Donnelly (3B), Rick Honeycutt (pitching) and Dan Wharthen (bullpen).
4) The Mets re-signed C Ramon Castro to a 1 year, $800,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 4 .333 .604 .937 .709 7.82 .283 5 8 0 40 Marlins 2004 28 -10 .231 .260 .492 .149 1.93 .135 3 8 0 32 Marlins 2005 29 -3 .321 .435 .756 .447 4.42 .244 8 41 1 99 Mets CAR -23 .304 .387 .690 .383 3.91 .222 26 94 1 306 LG AVG 0 .343 .434 .777 .500 5.25 .270 23 96 13 POS AVG -20 .325 .397 .722 .406 4.30 .255 19 91 3
5) Today’s birthdays–
GREG AQUINO, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 26 5 3.06 34 0 35.1 26 6.62 10.95 0 2 16 1 1 Diamondbacks 2005 27 -12 7.76 35 0 31.1 34 9.77 18.10 0 1 1 0 1 Diamondbacks CAREER -7 5.27 69 0 66.2 60 8.10 14.31 0 3 17 1 2 LG AVG 0 4.27 66.2 49 6.66 12.80 4 4 MAX CAREY, 1890-1976 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1922 32 39 .408 .459 .868 .653 7.81 .329 10 70 51 155 Pirates 1923 33 35 .388 .452 .841 .654 6.99 .308 6 63 51 153 Pirates 1925 35 38 .418 .491 .909 .670 8.32 .343 5 44 46 133 Pirates CAR 162 .361 .386 .747 .556 5.21 .285 70 800 738 2476 LG AVG 0 .338 .379 .717 .500 4.63 .278 88 1077 262 POS AVG 99 .349 .396 .745 .535 5.00 .285 110 1077 360 GENERAL CROWDER, 1899-1972 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1928 29 14 3.69 41 31 244 99 3.65 12.17 21 5 2 15 11 Browns 1930 31 25 3.90 40 35 279 107 3.45 12.06 18 16 2 20 14 Browns/Senators 1932 33 38 3.33 50 39 327 103 2.83 10.90 26 13 1 24 15 Senators CAREER 46 4.12 402 292 2344 799 3.07 12.55 167 115 22 149 133 LG AVG 0 4.36 2344 830 3.19 13.49 131 131 ELMER FLICK, 1876-1971 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1898 22 52 .430 .448 .878 .758 9.06 .302 8 81 23 134 Phillies 1900 24 86 .441 .545 .986 .803 12.07 .367 11 110 35 138 Phillies 1901 25 58 .399 .500 .899 .751 9.20 .333 8 88 30 138 Phillies 1904 28 53 .371 .449 .820 .753 7.39 .306 6 56 38 150 Indians 1905 29 57 .382 .462 .844 .795 8.18 .306 4 64 35 131 Indians 1906 30 55 .372 .439 .811 .747 7.42 .311 1 62 39 157 Indians 1907 31 57 .386 .412 .798 .788 7.42 .302 3 58 41 147 Indians CAR 512 .389 .445 .834 .737 7.97 .313 48 756 330 1482 LG AVG 0 .324 .348 .672 .500 4.71 .267 25 569 201 POS AVG 131 .343 .381 .724 .583 5.59 .285 37 619 235 ROY HUGHES, 1911-95 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1936 25 -31 .356 .378 .734 .371 5.06 .295 0 63 20 152 Indians 1939 28 -22 .284 .254 .538 .194 2.30 .215 1 17 4 82 Browns/Phillies 1946 35 -14 .287 .283 .570 .299 2.80 .236 0 22 7 89 Phillies CAR -100 .332 .340 .673 .374 4.13 .273 5 205 80 763 LG AVG 0 .355 .407 .762 .500 5.44 .282 45 358 33 POS AVG -55 .344 .371 .715 .434 4.73 .270 28 312 35 SILVER KING, 1868-1938 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1888 20 105 1.64 66 65 585.2 258 3.96 7.88 45 21 0 51 15 Cardinals 1889 21 51 3.14 56 53 458 188 3.69 11.53 34 16 1 31 19 Cardinals 1890 22 83 2.69 56 56 461 185 3.61 11.71 30 22 0 37 15 Pirates CAREER 247 3.18 398 371 3190.2 1229 3.47 11.62 203 153 6 214 142 LG AVG 0 3.75 3190.2 1161 3.27 12.89 179 179 HARRY MCINTIRE, 1879-1949 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1905 26 -25 3.70 40 35 309 135 3.93 13.43 8 25 1 13 20 Dodgers 1906 27 -20 2.97 39 31 276 121 3.95 11.64 13 21 3 13 21 Dodgers 1909 30 -27 3.63 32 26 228 84 3.32 12.32 7 17 1 8 16 Dodgers CAREER -110 3.22 237 188 1650.2 626 3.41 11.94 71 117 7 77 111 LG AVG 0 2.74 1650.2 664 3.62 11.38 91 91 DON MOSSI, AGE: 77 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1954 25 19 1.94 40 5 93 55 5.32 9.29 6 1 7 5 2 Indians 1959 30 27 3.36 34 30 228 125 4.93 10.34 17 9 0 16 10 Tigers 1961 32 22 2.96 35 34 240 137 5.14 10.65 15 7 1 13 9 Tigers CAREER 94 3.43 460 165 1548 932 5.42 11.03 101 80 50 99 82 LG AVG 0 3.86 1548 865 5.03 12.42 86 86 DONN PALL, AGE: 44 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 29 13 2.41 51 0 71 40 5.07 10.39 7 2 0 7 2 White Sox 1993 31 10 3.07 47 0 76.1 40 4.72 10.97 3 3 1 4 2 White Sox/Phillies CAREER 18 3.63 328 0 505.1 278 4.95 12.09 24 23 10 28 19 LG AVG 0 4.10 505.1 324 5.77 12.65 28 28 GEORGE PINCKNEY, 1862-1926 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1888 26 24 .358 .351 .710 .609 7.01 .271 4 52 51 143 Dodgers 1890 28 50 .411 .431 .842 .724 9.86 .309 7 83 47 126 Dodgers 1891 29 14 .366 .347 .713 .581 6.93 .273 2 71 44 135 Dodgers CAR 43 .345 .338 .683 .529 6.41 .263 21 391 296 1163 LG AVG 0 .327 .351 .679 .500 6.14 .261 30 391 275 POS AVG -44 .321 .342 .663 .478 5.84 .258 26 375 287 SCHOOLBOY ROWE, 1910-61 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1934 24 25 3.45 45 30 266 149 5.04 11.54 24 8 1 19 13 Tigers 1940 30 26 3.46 27 23 169 61 3.25 11.40 16 3 0 12 7 Tigers 1946 36 18 2.12 17 16 136 51 3.38 9.20 11 4 0 10 5 Phillies CAREER 92 3.88 382 278 2218 913 3.70 11.83 158 101 12 138 121 LG AVG 0 4.25 2218 866 3.51 13.38 124 124
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