Around the Majors: Al Lopez dies

1) Al Lopez died yesterday at the age of 97.

Lopez had a long managerial career, with his players winning pennants with the 1954 Indians and 1959 White Sox.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1936   27  -16  .311  .343  .654  .367   3.58  .242   7   50    1  128  Braves       
1937   28  -22  .281  .269  .551  .242   2.34  .204   3   38    3  105  Braves       
1944   35  -20  .303  .281  .584  .284   3.03  .230   1   34    4  115  Pirates      
CAR       -171  .326  .337  .663  .396   3.84  .261  51  652   46 1950 
LG AVG       0  .341  .395  .735  .500   4.96  .279  93  757   65 
POS AVG   -111  .328  .372  .700  .436   4.33  .268  89  766   29 

2) The Mariners gave the Dodgers permission to interview Pat Gillick for their GM job.

3) According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox agreed to a 3 year contract for GM Theo Epstein, with an announcement coming either today or tomorrow.

4) According to the Boston Globe, if the Red Sox trade Manny Ramirez, the Angels look like the most likely destination, while the Red Sox might be willing to downgrade themselves by taking Darin Erstad in the deal.

5) Today’s birthdays–

TIM BYRDAK, 1973, AGE: 32
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1999 25   -8   7.66   33   0   24.2   17  6.20 19.34   0   3   1   1   2  Royals       
2000 26   -4  11.37   12   0    6.1    8 11.37 21.32   0   1   0   0   1  Royals       
2005 31    0   4.05   41   0   26.2   31 10.46 16.54   0   1   1   1   0  Orioles      
CAREER   -12   6.37   89   0   59.1   57  8.65 18.51   0   5   2   2   3 
LG AVG     0   4.64            59.1   41  6.21 13.22   3   3 

DAVID DELLUCCI, 1973, AGE: 32
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   -9  .313  .352  .665  .369   4.12  .227   3   23   12   91  Diamondbacks/Yankees
2004   30   -3  .342  .441  .783  .471   5.34  .242  17   61    9  107  Rangers      
2005   31   21  .367  .513  .879  .626   6.71  .251  29   65    5  128  Rangers      
CAR          1  .345  .438  .784  .498   5.37  .259  73  289   35  776 
LG AVG       0  .338  .430  .768  .500   5.11  .269  65  272   35 
POS AVG     32  .348  .460  .807  .544   5.67  .273  83  310   37 

MIKE GALLEGO, 1960, AGE: 45
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1988   27  -14  .298  .260  .558  .288   2.52  .209   2   20    2  129  A's          
1990   29  -20  .277  .272  .549  .270   2.26  .206   3   34    5  140  A's          
1996   35  -11  .276  .224  .499  .197   2.33  .210   0    4    0   51  Cardinals    
CAR        -76  .320  .328  .648  .395   3.50  .239  42  282   24 1111 
LG AVG       0  .332  .402  .734  .500   4.64  .263  81  389   62 
POS AVG    -56  .324  .357  .681  .428   4.02  .260  39  302   75 

KEN KELTNER, 1916-91
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1939   22   22  .379  .489  .868  .604   6.89  .325  13   97    6  154  Indians      
1944   27   18  .355  .466  .821  .598   5.64  .295  13   91    4  149  Indians      
1948   31   38  .395  .522  .917  .674   7.32  .297  31  119    2  153  Indians      
CAR         67  .338  .441  .778  .536   5.19  .276 163  852   39 1526 
LG AVG       0  .350  .394  .744  .500   5.08  .273  99  734   71 
POS AVG    -46  .346  .386  .733  .473   4.81  .272  86  717   69 

FRED MCGRIFF, 1963, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1988   24   46  .376  .552  .928  .722   7.40  .282  34   82    6  154  Blue Jays    
1989   25   56  .399  .525  .924  .756   7.52  .269  36   92    7  161  Blue Jays    
1990   26   56  .400  .530  .930  .750   8.13  .300  35   88    5  153  Blue Jays    
1991   27   40  .396  .494  .890  .703   7.03  .278  31  106    4  153  Padres       
1992   28   45  .394  .556  .950  .710   7.70  .286  35  104    8  152  Padres       
1994   30   46  .389  .623 1.012  .747   9.09  .318  34   94    7  113  Braves       
1999   35   44  .405  .552  .957  .692   8.43  .310  32  104    1  144  Devil Rays   
CAR        481  .377  .509  .886  .646   6.86  .284 493 1550   72 2460 
LG AVG       0  .336  .415  .751  .500   4.89  .267 242 1093  182 
POS AVG    202  .354  .455  .809  .565   5.73  .276 336 1355   83 

DAVE MCNALLY, 1942, AGE: 63
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1968 25   32   1.95   35  35  273    202  6.66  7.91  22  10   0  22  10  Orioles      
1971 28   16   2.89   30  30  224     91  3.66 10.08  21   5   0  15  11  Orioles      
1973 30   24   3.21   38  38  266     87  2.94 11.27  17  17   0  20  14  Orioles      
CAREER    63   3.24  424 396 2730   1512  4.98 11.16 184 119   2 161 142 
LG AVG     0   3.49          2730   1697  5.59 11.80 152 152 

MICKEY RIVERS, 1948, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1976   27   28  .327  .432  .760  .665   5.68  .312   8   67   43  137  Yankees      
1977   28   19  .350  .439  .789  .609   5.75  .326  12   69   22  138  Yankees      
1980   31   24  .353  .437  .789  .621   6.00  .333   7   60   18  147  Rangers      
CAR        110  .327  .397  .724  .565   4.86  .295  61  499  267 1467 
LG AVG       0  .327  .386  .713  .500   4.32  .261 121  627  102 
POS AVG     35  .332  .396  .728  .517   4.55  .267 120  603  165 

STEVE TRACHSEL, 1970, AGE: 35
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32   10   3.78   33  33  204.2  111  4.88 11.96  16  10   0  14  12  Mets         
2004 33    6   4.00   33  33  202.2  117  5.20 12.92  12  13   0  13  12  Mets         
2005 34    0   4.14    6   6   37     24  5.84 12.16   1   4   0   3   2  Mets         
CAREER    21   4.23  351 350 2138.2 1440  6.06 12.54 119 135   0 129 125 
LG AVG     0   4.33          2138.2 1588  6.68 12.88 120 119 


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