Around the Majors: Angels re-sign Donnelly

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January 19, 2006

1) The Angels re-signed P Brendan Donnelly to a 1 year, $950,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   22   1.58   63   0   74     79  9.61 10.09   2   2   3   3   1  Angels       
2004 32    7   3.00   40   0   42     56 12.00 10.71   5   2   0   5   2  Angels       
2005 33    3   3.72   65   0   65.1   53  7.30 11.16   9   3   0   7   5  Angels       
CAREER    44   2.57  214   0  231    242  9.43 10.40  17   8   4  17   8 
LG AVG     0   4.49           231    160  6.22 12.84  13  13

2) Reds P David Weathers tore a tendon in his right index finger, but is expected to be ready for spring training.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33   11   3.08   77   0   87.2   75  7.70 13.65   1   6   7   4   3  Mets         
2004 34    1   4.15   66   2   82.1   61  6.67 13.66   7   7   0   7   7  Mets/Astros/Marlins
2005 35    5   3.94   73   0   77.2   61  7.07 11.82   7   4  15   6   5  Reds         
CAREER   -14   4.43  687  69 1093.2  795  6.54 14.03  59  66  29  62  63 
LG AVG     0   4.31          1093.2  805  6.62 12.84  61  61

Weathers ranks 6th in career games among pitchers with a negative career RSAA–

GAMES                            G      RSAA    
1    Jose Mesa                   887       -1   
2    Buddy Groom                 786       -6   
3    Johnny Klippstein           711      -47   
4    Joe Niekro                  702      -42   
5    Eddie Fisher                690       -4   
6    David Weathers              687      -14   
7    Terry Mulholland            680      -88   
8    Dave Giusti                 668      -36   
9    Diego Segui                 639      -29   
10   Alan Embree                 635      -16

3) The Devil Rays signed free agents P Shawn Camp (1 year) and 2B Luis Rivas (minor league contract).

CAMP
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 28    4   3.92   42   0   66.2   51  6.89 12.83   2   2   2   2   2  Royals       
2005 29  -12   6.43   29   0   49     28  5.14 15.80   1   4   0   2   3  Royals       
CAREER    -8   4.98   71   0  115.2   79  6.15 14.08   3   6   2   4   5 
LG AVG     0   4.52           115.2   81  6.33 12.93   7   6 

RIVAS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23  -23  .308  .381  .689  .337   3.53  .259   8   43   17  135  Twins        
2004   24  -11  .283  .432  .715  .391   4.15  .256  10   34   15  109  Twins        
2005   25   -5  .311  .316  .627  .363   3.63  .257   1   12    4   59  Twins        
CAR        -73  .307  .383  .690  .366   3.80  .262  30  177   78  565 
LG AVG       0  .335  .429  .764  .500   5.04  .268  63  263   34 
POS AVG    -30  .326  .399  .724  .447   4.53  .265  43  215   51

4) The Red Sox designated P Tim Bausher for assignment.

5) The Rockies signed 1B Carlos Rivera and Ps Keiichi Yabu and Tom Martin to minor league contracts, with invitations to spring training.

RIVERA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -5  .283  .368  .651  .324   3.42  .221   3   10    0   78  Pirates      
2004   26   -1  .250  .200  .450  .188   2.25  .200   0    1    0    7  Pirates      
CAR         -6  .279  .345  .624  .307   3.26  .218   3   11    0   85 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .772  .500   5.17  .269   4   16    2 
POS AVG      2  .356  .465  .821  .550   5.80  .274   5   19    1 

YABU
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 36    0   4.50   40   0   58     44  6.83 15.21   4   0   1   2   2  A's          
CAREER     0   4.50   40   0   58     44  6.83 15.21   4   0   1   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.36            58     40  6.16 12.63   3   3 

MARTIN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33    3   3.53   80   0   51     51  9.00 10.94   1   2   0   2   1  Dodgers      
2004 34    1   3.97   76   0   45.1   30  5.96 14.10   0   2   1   2   0  Dodgers/Braves
2005 35   -4  19.29    4   0    2.1    0  0.00 30.86   0   0   0   0   0  Braves       
CAREER   -16   4.88  282   0  230.2  168  6.55 14.12   9   9   3  11   7 
LG AVG     0   4.42           230.2  171  6.66 12.99  13  13

6) Today’s birthdays–

CHICK GANDIL, 1887-1970
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1912   25   14  .350  .431  .781  .604   5.82  .305   2   81   21  117  Senators     
1913   26   15  .363  .398  .762  .596   5.63  .318   1   72   22  148  Senators     
1915   28   13  .340  .406  .746  .603   4.62  .291   2   64   20  136  Senators     
CAR         16  .327  .362  .689  .515   4.26  .277  11  557  153 1147 
LG AVG       0  .332  .341  .673  .500   4.17  .261  17  421  161 
POS AVG     31  .334  .364  .697  .530   4.42  .274  22  500  151 

JON MATLACK, AGE: 56
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1972 22   25   2.32   34  32  244    169  6.23 10.62  15  10   0  16   9  Mets         
1974 24   35   2.41   34  34  265.1  195  6.61 10.24  13  15   0  19   9  Mets         
1978 28   40   2.27   35  33  270    157  5.23 10.23  15  13   1  20   8  Rangers      
CAREER   104   3.18  361 318 2363   1516  5.77 11.20 125 126   3 141 110 
LG AVG     0   3.74          2363   1317  5.01 12.30 131 131 

PHIL NEVIN, AGE: 35
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32    5  .339  .487  .825  .569   5.46  .279  13   46    2   59  Padres       
2004   33   23  .368  .492  .859  .624   6.39  .289  26  105    0  147  Padres       
2005   34  -10  .287  .379  .666  .398   3.74  .237  12   55    3  102  Padres/Rangers
CAR         90  .345  .475  .820  .568   5.78  .273 186  675   18 1088 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .778  .500   5.27  .270 124  508   69 
POS AVG     18  .346  .449  .795  .511   5.44  .272 140  557   38 

ORLANDO PALMEIRO, AGE: 37
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   34   -6  .336  .347  .683  .441   4.35  .271   3   33    3  141  Cardinals    
2004   35   -4  .344  .346  .690  .414   4.37  .241   3   12    2  102  Astros       
2005   36    1  .341  .431  .772  .513   5.09  .284   3   20    3  114  Astros       
CAR        -37  .355  .356  .710  .441   4.60  .277  12  203   37 1002 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .775  .500   5.20  .271  70  293   38 
POS AVG     17  .347  .447  .794  .521   5.50  .271  78  309   47 

RIP RADCLIFF, 1906-62
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1935   29  -18  .346  .404  .750  .419   5.19  .286  10   68    4  146  White Sox    
1939   33  -24  .313  .353  .666  .319   3.99  .264   2   53    6  113  White Sox    
CAR        -18  .362  .417  .779  .487   5.78  .311  42  532   40 1081 
LG AVG       0  .361  .421  .781  .500   5.72  .285  74  552   52 
POS AVG     69  .369  .451  .819  .547   6.37  .296  93  633   58 

AMAURY TELEMACO, AGE: 32
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29    0   3.97    8   8   45.1   29  5.76 11.71   1   4   0   3   2  Phillies     
2004 30    0   4.31   42   0   54.1   32  5.30 11.60   0   2   0   1   1  Phillies     
2005 31    0   4.22    7   0   10.2    8  6.75  7.59   0   1   0   1   0  Phillies     
CAREER   -38   4.94  219  64  561    364  5.84 12.69  23  35   0  26  32 
LG AVG     0   4.31           561    424  6.79 12.81  31  31

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