Around the Majors: Wood will have surgery
1) Cubs P Kerry Wood will have minor arthroscopic surgery on his right knee next week and is reportedly expected to be ready by May.
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
2) Nationals RF Jose Guillen has a damaged and swollen tendon in his left wrist and the doctor recommends surgery that would probably keep him out until June.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 27 .359 .569 .928 .649 6.97 .311 31 86 1 136 Reds/A's 2004 28 15 .352 .497 .849 .580 6.11 .294 27 104 5 148 Angels 2005 29 14 .338 .479 .817 .577 5.59 .283 24 76 1 148 Nationals CAR -30 .324 .448 .772 .471 4.87 .276 134 534 21 1046 LG AVG 0 .341 .430 .771 .500 5.17 .270 115 488 67 POS AVG 58 .351 .460 .811 .543 5.74 .277 141 546 76
3) The Rockies placed P RHP Chin-hui Tsao on the 60 day DL and added OF Eli Marrero to the 40 man roster.
Tsao had shoulder surgery and is expected to be out until midseason.
TSAO YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 -6 6.02 9 8 43.1 29 6.02 14.95 3 3 0 2 4 Rockies 2004 23 1 3.86 10 0 9.1 11 10.61 7.71 0 0 1 0 0 Rockies 2005 24 -2 6.55 10 0 11 4 3.27 18.00 1 0 3 0 1 Rockies CAREER -7 5.80 29 8 63.2 44 6.22 14.42 4 3 4 2 5 LG AVG 0 4.28 63.2 47 6.65 12.80 4 4 MARRERO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -6 .267 .355 .622 .302 3.14 .224 2 20 0 41 Cardinals 2004 30 14 .374 .520 .894 .647 7.31 .320 10 40 4 90 Braves 2005 31 -7 .239 .413 .652 .315 3.10 .181 7 19 1 54 Royals/Orioles CAR -48 .302 .410 .712 .409 4.25 .245 60 246 51 669 LG AVG 0 .342 .433 .775 .500 5.22 .270 61 254 35 POS AVG -4 .340 .433 .773 .490 5.14 .265 67 260 23
4) Marlins INF Pokey Reese disappeared for a couple of days without telling the team. Fortunately for Reese, he’s OK. Unfortunately, for the team, he’s still available to make the team and help them see how many games they can lose.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 29 -11 .330 .352 .681 .415 4.40 .264 4 50 12 119 Pirates 2003 30 -8 .271 .262 .533 .238 2.70 .215 1 12 6 37 Pirates 2004 31 -21 .271 .303 .574 .209 2.65 .221 3 29 6 96 Red Sox CAR -126 .307 .352 .659 .351 3.95 .248 44 271 144 856 LG AVG 0 .344 .436 .780 .500 5.31 .271 96 398 58 POS AVG -45 .337 .403 .739 .447 4.79 .272 61 317 72
5) Today’s birthdays–
HIRAM BOCACHICA, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -4 .045 .091 .136 .000 0.00 .045 0 0 0 6 Tigers 2004 28 -2 .337 .400 .737 .446 4.21 .244 3 6 5 50 Mariners 2005 29 -3 .105 .105 .211 .000 0.00 .105 0 0 0 9 A's CAR -19 .271 .364 .635 .338 3.26 .217 13 32 12 231 LG AVG 0 .337 .432 .769 .500 5.10 .268 15 63 8 POS AVG 1 .340 .428 .768 .505 5.18 .272 14 59 12 GIOVANNI CARRARA, AGE: 38 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 JACK FISHER, AGE: 67 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1962 23 -23 5.09 32 25 152 81 4.80 13.68 7 9 1 6 10 Orioles 1967 28 -32 4.70 39 30 220 117 4.79 13.05 9 18 0 10 17 Mets 1969 30 -24 5.50 34 15 113 55 4.38 13.70 4 4 1 3 5 Reds CAREER -118 4.06 400 265 1977 1017 4.63 12.37 86 139 9 101 124 LG AVG 0 3.60 1977 1233 5.61 11.86 110 110 DANNY FRISELLA, 1946-77 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1971 25 13 1.98 53 0 91 93 9.20 10.78 8 5 12 9 4 Mets CAREER 15 3.31 351 17 611 471 6.94 12.11 34 40 57 39 35 LG AVG 0 3.54 611 369 5.43 12.00 34 34 CHARLIE HICKMAN, 1876-1934 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1900 24 20 .359 .482 .841 .620 7.35 .313 9 91 10 127 Giants 1902 26 52 .387 .539 .926 .739 9.24 .361 11 110 9 130 Red Sox/Indians 1903 27 28 .325 .466 .790 .672 6.31 .295 12 97 14 131 Indians 1904 28 20 .312 .437 .748 .644 5.46 .274 6 67 12 128 Indians/Tigers CAR 169 .331 .440 .771 .636 6.06 .295 59 614 72 1081 LG AVG 0 .321 .347 .668 .500 4.62 .265 19 402 141 POS AVG 19 .321 .362 .683 .524 4.80 .271 24 444 131 CLYDE MCCULLOUGH, 1917-82 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1941 24 -16 .289 .323 .612 .349 3.08 .227 9 53 5 125 Cubs 1948 31 -13 .273 .273 .546 .201 2.23 .209 1 7 0 69 Cubs 1953 36 -14 .303 .367 .670 .298 3.56 .258 6 23 0 77 Cubs CAR -91 .314 .358 .672 .394 3.85 .252 52 339 27 1098 LG AVG 0 .339 .391 .730 .500 4.85 .267 66 391 33 POS AVG -64 .323 .370 .693 .429 4.16 .252 70 398 15 CASS MICHAELS, 1926-82 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1945 19 -16 .307 .299 .606 .354 2.99 .245 2 54 8 129 White Sox 1948 22 -11 .344 .329 .673 .425 4.26 .248 5 56 8 145 White Sox 1950 24 -15 .352 .365 .717 .409 4.55 .266 8 66 2 142 White Sox/Senators CAR -46 .349 .353 .702 .463 4.49 .262 53 501 64 1288 LG AVG 0 .349 .388 .737 .500 4.90 .268 84 556 42 POS AVG -62 .341 .366 .707 .452 4.42 .264 64 488 43 RED MURRAY, 1884-1958 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1908 24 32 .332 .400 .732 .693 5.50 .282 7 62 48 154 Cardinals 1909 25 12 .319 .368 .688 .580 4.71 .263 7 91 48 149 Giants 1911 27 14 .354 .426 .781 .594 5.75 .291 3 78 48 140 Giants CAR 57 .323 .379 .702 .553 4.69 .270 37 579 321 1264 LG AVG 0 .329 .346 .675 .500 4.31 .261 25 438 170 POS AVG 39 .334 .366 .699 .538 4.62 .267 36 485 175 LEFTY O'DOUL, 1897-1969 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1929 32 80 .465 .622 1.087 .736 12.18 .398 32 122 2 154 Phillies 1930 33 54 .453 .604 1.057 .698 11.30 .383 22 97 3 140 Phillies 1932 35 68 .423 .555 .978 .772 9.49 .368 21 90 11 148 Dodgers CAR 270 .413 .532 .945 .693 8.88 .349 113 542 36 970 LG AVG 0 .351 .419 .770 .500 5.40 .292 47 394 38 POS AVG 49 .360 .447 .806 .546 5.99 .303 59 431 39 JEFF PFEFFER, 1888-1972 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1914 26 30 1.97 43 34 315 135 3.86 10.34 23 12 4 23 12 Dodgers 1915 27 22 2.10 40 34 292 84 2.59 10.36 19 14 3 21 12 Dodgers 1916 28 26 1.91 41 36 329 128 3.50 9.68 25 11 1 23 13 Dodgers CAREER 102 2.77 347 279 2408.1 836 3.12 11.27 158 112 10 155 115 LG AVG 0 3.13 2408.1 887 3.31 11.68 132 132 TOMMY PHELPS, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 0 4.00 27 7 63 43 6.14 13.57 3 2 0 3 2 Marlins 2004 30 -3 4.76 19 4 34 28 7.41 12.18 1 1 0 1 1 Marlins 2005 31 -1 4.63 29 0 23.1 14 5.40 15.04 0 2 1 1 1 Brewers CAREER -4 4.34 75 11 120.1 85 6.36 13.46 4 5 1 5 4 LG AVG 0 4.28 120.1 89 6.66 12.81 7 7 DAZZY VANCE, 1891-1961 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1924 33 56 2.16 35 34 308.1 262 7.65 9.46 28 6 0 25 9 Dodgers 1928 37 55 2.09 38 32 280.1 200 6.42 9.79 22 10 2 24 8 Dodgers 1930 39 64 2.61 35 31 258.2 173 6.02 10.47 17 15 0 24 8 Dodgers CAREER 251 3.24 442 347 2966.1 2045 6.20 11.30 197 140 11 201 136 LG AVG 0 4.09 2966.1 959 2.91 13.04 165 165
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