Around the Majors: Angels-Giants trade

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December 22, 2005

1) The Giants traded 3B Edgardo Alfonzo to the Angels for CF Steve Finley.

ALFONZO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   -9  .334  .391  .726  .443   4.51  .259  13   81    5  142  Giants       
2004   30   -7  .350  .407  .757  .460   4.97  .289  11   77    1  139  Giants       
2005   31  -11  .327  .345  .672  .392   3.93  .277   2   43    2  109  Giants       
CAR         99  .359  .429  .789  .553   5.72  .287 146  739   53 1476 
LG AVG       0  .343  .432  .774  .500   5.23  .270 165  692  102 
POS AVG    -32  .340  .421  .761  .476   5.02  .270 147  663   90 

FINLEY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   38   13  .363  .500  .863  .568   6.66  .287  22   70   15  147  Diamondbacks 
2004   39    3  .333  .490  .823  .515   5.45  .271  36   94    9  162  Diamondbacks/Dodgers
2005   40  -16  .271  .374  .645  .350   3.34  .222  12   54    8  112  Angels       
CAR        102  .334  .447  .781  .530   5.28  .273 297 1125  313 2401 
LG AVG       0  .338  .420  .758  .500   4.99  .268 260 1146  186 
POS AVG      4  .337  .415  .753  .497   5.01  .269 235 1013  356

2) The Yankees re-signed free agent CF Bernie Williams to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   34    3  .367  .411  .778  .524   5.08  .263  15   64    5  119  Yankees      
2004   35    4  .360  .435  .795  .522   5.20  .262  22   70    1  148  Yankees      
2005   36  -17  .321  .367  .688  .378   3.82  .249  12   64    1  141  Yankees      
CAR        344  .384  .480  .863  .624   6.63  .298 275 1196  145 1945 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.09  .270 226  982  133 
POS AVG    -10  .338  .418  .756  .491   5.06  .272 188  871  284

Williams ranks 6th on the Yankees career RCAA list–

1    Babe Ruth                  1634   
2    Lou Gehrig                 1247   
3    Mickey Mantle              1099   
4    Joe DiMaggio                708   
5    Charlie Keller              386   
6    Bernie Williams             344   
7    Bill Dickey                 339   
8    Yogi Berra                  323   
9    Earle Combs                 307   
10   Don Mattingly               293

3) Elrod Hendricks died yesterday at the age of 64.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
CAR        -17  .306  .361  .666  .458   3.80  .220  62  230    1  711 
LG AVG       0  .325  .377  .702  .500   4.21  .254  46  218   33 
POS AVG    -29  .314  .354  .668  .435   3.71  .239  45  211   10

4) The Rangers re-signed P Nick Regilio to a minor league contract.

Regilio had just been nontendered.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -2   6.05    6   4   19.1   12  5.59 17.22   0   4   0   2   2  Rangers      
2005 26    0   4.58   18   0   17.2   14  7.13 15.28   1   2   0   1   2  Rangers      
CAREER    -2   5.35   24   4   37     26  6.32 16.30   1   6   0   3   4 
LG AVG     0   4.51            37     26  6.31 12.90   2   2

5) The Brewers traded minor league P Justin Barnes to the Royals for minor league P Chris Demaria.

6) The Marlins hired Jim Presley (hitting), Rick Kranitz (pitching), Perry Hill (1B), Bobby Meacham (3B), Mike Harkey (bullpen) and Gary Tuck (bench) as coaches.

7) The Rockies signed OF Ryan Spilborghs and P Jose Acevedo to 1 year contracts.

SPILBORGHS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    1  .500  .500 1.000  .827  13.50  .500   0    1    0    1  Rockies      
CAR          1  .500  .500 1.000  .827  13.50  .500   0    1    0    1 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .346  .453  .799  .535   5.53  .268   0    0    0 

ACEVEDO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    5   2.67    5   4   27     23  7.67  8.00   2   0   0   1   1  Reds         
2004 26  -34   5.94   39  27  157.2  117  6.68 13.59   5  12   0   6  11  Reds         
2005 27  -12   6.47   36   5   64     31  4.36 14.48   2   4   1   2   4  Rockies      
CAREER   -60   5.74  104  59  368.1  253  6.18 13.32  18  25   1  16  27 
LG AVG     0   4.30           368.1  277  6.77 12.77  21  21

8) The Dodgers signed INF Chris Truby, OFs Tydus Meadows and Jon Weber and P Kelly Wunsch to minor league contracts.

TRUBY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   27   -7  .276  .441  .717  .332   3.82  .206   8   23    1   48  Astros       
2002   28  -27  .238  .314  .552  .223   2.38  .215   4   22    2  124  Expos/Tigers
2003   29   -1  .354  .349  .703  .409   4.09  .279   0    3    0   13  Devil Rays   
CAR        -44  .269  .388  .657  .312   3.45  .231  23  107    5  263 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.20  .268  29  117   15 
POS AVG     -6  .333  .433  .766  .475   4.98  .263  30  123    9

Wunsch had just been nontendered.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30    7   2.75   43   0   36     33  8.25 12.25   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
2004 31    1   0.00    3   0    2      1  4.50 13.50   0   0   0   0   0  White Sox    
2005 32   -1   4.56   45   0   23.2   22  8.37 13.69   1   1   0   1   1  Dodgers      
CAREER    18   3.76  257   0  177    145  7.37 12.97  11   6   1  11   6 
LG AVG     0   4.61           177    124  6.30 13.15  10  10

9) The Cardinals signed 1B-OF Larry Bigbie to a 1 year contract and 1B Brian Daubach and P John Riedling to minor league contracts.

BIGBIE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   14  .365  .456  .821  .642   6.55  .303   9   31    7   83  Orioles      
2004   26   -2  .341  .427  .768  .489   5.24  .280  15   68    8  139  Orioles      
2005   27   -9  .301  .346  .647  .377   3.70  .239   5   23    5   90  Orioles/Rockies
CAR         -5  .331  .398  .729  .483   4.84  .268  31  136   25  375 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .765  .500   5.05  .269  38  160   20 
POS AVG      9  .341  .441  .782  .523   5.36  .277  39  164   27 

DAUBACH
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31    0  .352  .388  .740  .508   5.03  .230   6   21    1   95  White Sox    
2004   32   -2  .326  .413  .739  .419   4.58  .227   2    8    0   30  Red Sox      
2005   33   -2  .324  .320  .644  .314   3.24  .120   1    3    0   15  Mets         
CAR         27  .341  .476  .817  .538   5.72  .259  93  333    5  661 
LG AVG       0  .340  .434  .774  .500   5.19  .270  66  278   36 
POS AVG     65  .367  .482  .849  .585   6.37  .280  94  352   11 

RIEDLING
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -7   4.90   55   8  101     65  5.79 13.99   2   3   1   2   3  Reds         
2004 28  -10   5.10   70   0   77.2   46  5.33 15.53   5   3   0   3   5  Reds         
2005 29  -10   7.16   29   0   27.2   16  5.20 15.61   4   1   0   1   4  Marlins      
CAREER    -7   4.41  229   8  302    198  5.90 13.86  17  13   3  14  16 
LG AVG     0   4.29           302    226  6.72 12.80  17  17

10) The Devil Rays re-signed C Toby Hall and P Lance Carter to 1 year contracts.

HALL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -19  .295  .380  .675  .356   3.61  .253  12   47    0  130  Devil Rays   
2004   28  -21  .300  .366  .666  .309   3.18  .255   8   60    0  119  Devil Rays   
2005   29  -13  .315  .368  .683  .392   3.81  .287   5   48    0  135  Devil Rays   
CAR        -71  .303  .381  .683  .359   3.61  .266  36  228    2  522 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  60  250   31 
POS AVG    -47  .314  .397  .711  .411   4.13  .256  50  232    8 

CARTER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28    2   4.33   62   0   79     47  5.35 10.82   7   5  26   6   6  Devil Rays   
2004 29    9   3.47   56   0   80.1   36  4.03 11.32   3   3   0   4   2  Devil Rays   
2005 30   -4   4.89   39   0   57     22  3.47 12.16   1   2   1   1   2  Devil Rays   
CAREER    14   3.94  171   0  242    122  4.54 11.12  13  11  29  13  11 
LG AVG     0   4.53           242    168  6.25 12.92  14  14

11) The Padres re-signed C David Ross to a 1 year contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    5  .336  .556  .892  .608   6.12  .258  10   18    0   40  Dodgers      
2004   27  -14  .253  .291  .544  .207   2.42  .170   5   15    0   70  Dodgers      
2005   28   -6  .279  .392  .671  .327   3.41  .240   3   15    0   51  Pirates/Padres
CAR        -13  .288  .406  .694  .391   3.90  .217  19   50    0  169 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .269  15   60    7 
POS AVG    -14  .320  .391  .712  .398   4.13  .254  11   56    2

12) Today’s birthdays–

SHAWN CHACON, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    3   4.60   23  23  137     93  6.11 12.74  11   8   0  10   9  Rockies      
2004 26  -14   7.11   66   0   63.1   52  7.39 18.19   1   9  35   4   6  Rockies      
2005 27   20   3.44   27  24  151.2   79  4.69 12.76   8  10   0  12   6  Rockies/Yankees
CAREER     5   4.90  164  95  631.1  425  6.06 13.97  31  48  35  41  38 
LG AVG     0   4.28           631.1  470  6.70 12.73  35  35 

DOC GESSLER, 1880-1924
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1905   24   18  .366  .369  .735  .631   6.23  .290   3   46   26  126  Dodgers      
1908   27   41  .394  .423  .817  .783   6.86  .308   3   63   19  128  Red Sox      
1911   30   20  .406  .373  .780  .629   6.58  .282   4   78   29  128  Senators     
CAR        122  .371  .371  .742  .635   5.77  .281  14  363  142  880 
LG AVG       0  .322  .336  .658  .500   4.36  .260  11  281  119 
POS AVG     64  .342  .364  .706  .579   5.12  .276  16  306  128 

MIKE GRADY, 1869-1943
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1898   28   26  .399  .429  .827  .729   8.20  .296   3   49   20   93  Giants       
1899   29   26  .403  .463  .866  .697   9.04  .334   2   54   20   86  Giants       
1904   34   29  .376  .474  .850  .742   7.61  .313   5   43    6  101  Cardinals    
CAR        133  .374  .425  .799  .622   7.14  .294  35  459  114  919 
LG AVG       0  .345  .372  .717  .500   5.63  .282  18  372  134 
POS AVG    -71  .323  .353  .676  .432   4.79  .268  17  374   86 

JERRY KOOSMAN, AGE: 63
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1968 25   28   2.08   35  34  263.2  178  6.08 10.17  19  12   0  21  10  Mets         
1969 26   33   2.28   32  32  241    180  6.72  9.67  17   9   0  18   8  Mets         
1979 36   36   3.38   37  36  263.2  157  5.36 12.08  20  13   0  21  12  Twins        
CAREER   145   3.36  612 527 3839.1 2556  5.99 11.50 222 209  17 240 191 
LG AVG     0   3.71          3839.1 2242  5.26 12.20 214 214 

SAM LEEVER, 1871-1953
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1899 27   22   3.18   51  39  379    121  2.87 11.54  21  23   3  25  19  Pirates      
1900 28   25   2.71   30  29  232.2   84  3.25 11.37  15  13   0  18  10  Pirates      
1903 31   41   2.06   36  34  284.1   90  2.85 10.13  25   7   1  23   9  Pirates      
1907 35   22   1.66   31  24  217     65  2.70  9.79  14   9   0  16   7  Pirates      
CAREER   170   2.47  388 299 2660.2  847  2.87 10.57 195 100  13 174 121 
LG AVG     0   3.06          2660.2  966  3.27 11.99 149 149 

BRAD LIDGE, AGE: 29
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26    8   3.60   78   0   85     97 10.27 11.33   6   3   1   5   4  Astros       
2004 27   26   1.90   80   0   94.2  157 14.93  8.84   6   5  29   9   2  Astros       
2005 28   14   2.29   70   0   70.2  103 13.12 10.70   4   4  42   6   2  Astros       
CAREER    46   2.71  234   1  259    369 12.82 10.67  17  12  72  20   9 
LG AVG     0   4.28           259    192  6.66 12.80  15  15 

VICTOR MARTINEZ, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -4  .345  .333  .678  .401   3.73  .289   1   16    1   49  Indians      
2004   25   15  .359  .492  .851  .583   6.07  .283  23  108    0  141  Indians      
2005   26   27  .378  .475  .853  .649   6.42  .305  20   80    0  147  Indians      
CAR         37  .365  .463  .827  .591   5.87  .293  45  209    1  349 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .764  .500   5.02  .269  39  164   19 
POS AVG    -25  .319  .403  .723  .429   4.30  .259  35  157    5 

DAVE MAY, AGE: 62
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1970   26  -12  .325  .332  .658  .371   3.42  .236   8   37    8  126  Orioles/Brewers
1974   30  -20  .273  .325  .598  .314   2.78  .226  10   42    4  135  Brewers      
1976   32  -10  .300  .308  .609  .317   3.24  .215   3   23    5  105  Braves       
1977   33  -10  .311  .350  .661  .390   3.77  .241   7   42    4  120  Rangers      
CAR        -31  .318  .375  .694  .460   3.95  .251  96  422   60 1253 
LG AVG       0  .325  .378  .703  .500   4.22  .256  85  418   61 
POS AVG     53  .334  .406  .741  .543   4.72  .266 105  458   84 

HANLEY RAMIREZ, AGE: 22
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   21    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Red Sox      
CAR          0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .335  .413  .747  .501   4.88  .277   0    0    0 

CODY ROSS, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22   -1  .286  .421  .707  .351   3.38  .211   1    5    0    6  Tigers       
2005   24   -3  .192  .200  .392  .075   1.23  .160   0    1    0   14  Dodgers      
CAR         -4  .234  .295  .529  .185   2.13  .182   1    6    0   20 
LG AVG       0  .337  .428  .765  .500   5.05  .268   2    6    1 
POS AVG      1  .344  .455  .799  .537   5.50  .271   2    7    1 

TOMMY THOMAS, 1899-1988
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1927 27   41   2.98   40  36  308    107  3.13 10.69  19  16   1  23  12  White Sox    
1928 28   29   3.08   36  32  283    129  4.10 11.35  17  16   2  20  13  White Sox    
1929 29   24   3.18   36  31  260     62  2.15 11.42  14  18   1  19  13  White Sox    
CAREER    34   4.12  397 267 2174.1  735  3.04 12.73 117 128  12 128 117 
LG AVG     0   4.33          2174.1  753  3.12 13.50 121 121 

RICK WHITE, AGE: 37
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 34   -9   5.78   49   0   67     54  7.25 13.30   1   2   1   1   2  White Sox/Astros
2004 35   -6   5.29   59   0   78.1   44  5.06 13.67   5   5   1   4   6  Indians      
2005 36    5   3.72   71   0   75     40  4.80 14.76   4   7   2   6   5  Pirates      
CAREER    26   4.24  520  18  759.1  484  5.74 12.95  37  52  15  49  40 
LG AVG     0   4.50           759.1  547  6.48 13.08  43  43

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