Around the Majors: Bagwell goes on the DL

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March 26, 2006

1) The Astros placed 1B Jeff Bagwell on the 15 day DL.

Bagwell admits that his career could be over. Dr. James Andrews told him that he has numerous degenerative bone spurs in his shoulder which need to be removed, but the doctors thought that, if they did during his last shoulder surgery, that either slow down or prevent him from recovering.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35   21  .373  .524  .897  .593   6.56  .278  39  100   11  160  Astros       
2004   36   17  .377  .465  .842  .582   6.33  .266  27   89    6  156  Astros       
2005   37    0  .358  .380  .738  .504   5.00  .250   3   19    0   39  Astros       
CAR        680  .408  .540  .948  .704   8.11  .297 449 1529  202 2150 
LG AVG       0  .339  .423  .763  .500   5.07  .269 228  991  161 
POS AVG    168  .356  .461  .817  .559   5.84  .277 306 1230   81

Bagwell ranks 8th in NL history for career RCAA (since 1900)–

RCAA
1    Barry Bonds                1502   
2    Stan Musial                1204   
3    Rogers Hornsby             1081   
4    Hank Aaron                 1039   
5    Willie Mays                1008   
6    Mel Ott                     989   
7    Honus Wagner                938   
8    Jeff Bagwell                680   
9    Joe Morgan                  657   
10   Eddie Mathews               652

Bagwell holds the Astros RCAA record by a huge margin–

RCAA    
1    Jeff Bagwell                680   
2    Craig Biggio                354   
3    Lance Berkman               289   
4    Jose Cruz                   277   
5    Cesar Cedeno                249   
6    Jimmy Wynn                  240   
7    Bob Watson                  216   
8    Joe Morgan                  170   
9    Moises Alou                 128   
10   Terry Puhl                  114

2) The Reds signed OF Alex Sanchez to a minor league contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26  -15  .319  .363  .681  .407   3.99  .287   1   32   52  144  Brewers/Tigers
2004   27   -7  .335  .386  .721  .426   4.22  .322   2   26   19   79  Tigers       
2005   28    1  .353  .432  .785  .532   5.24  .324   2   16    8   62  Devil Rays/Giants
CAR        -29  .330  .372  .702  .437   4.28  .296   6  111  122  427 
LG AVG       0  .337  .429  .766  .500   5.07  .268  49  204   26 
POS AVG      1  .336  .425  .761  .502   5.07  .271  44  187   49

3) The Indians sent P Jeremy Guthrie to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25    0   4.63    6   0   11.2    7  5.40 12.34   0   0   0   0   0  Indians      
2005 26   -1   6.00    1   0    6      3  4.50 16.50   0   0   0   0   0  Indians      
CAREER    -1   5.09    7   0   17.2   10  5.09 13.75   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.54            17.2   12  6.35 12.97   1   1

4) The Astros sent INF Danny Klassen, OFs Josh Anderson, Charlton Jimerson and Luke Scott, C Hector Gimenez and Ps Ezequiel Astacio, Joe Valentine and Dave Borkowski to the minors.

KLASSEN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   24   -4  .318  .355  .673  .337   3.98  .237   2    8    1   29  Diamondbacks 
2002   26    0  .333  .333  .667  .000   0.00  .333   0    0    0    4  Diamondbacks 
2003   27   -3  .286  .356  .642  .335   3.26  .247   1    7    0   22  Tigers       
CAR        -16  .289  .341  .630  .282   3.15  .226   6   23    2   85 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .773  .500   5.21  .270   9   38    5 
POS AVG     -2  .336  .417  .753  .470   4.95  .268   8   35    5 

JIMERSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    0                                        0    0    0    1  Astros       
CAR          0                                        0    0    0    1 
LG AVG       0                    .500                0    0    0 
POS AVG      0                                        0    0    0 

SCOTT
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   27   -6  .270  .288  .557  .217   2.45  .188   0    4    1   34  Astros       
CAR         -6  .270  .288  .557  .217   2.45  .188   0    4    1   34 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   3   11    1 
POS AVG      2  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   3   13    1 

ASTACIO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 25  -14   5.67   22  14   81     66  7.33 14.00   3   6   0   3   6  Astros       
CAREER   -14   5.67   22  14   81     66  7.33 14.00   3   6   0   3   6 
LG AVG     0   4.23            81     59  6.57 12.76   5   5 

VALENTINE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   -3  18.00    2   0    2      1  4.50 27.00   0   0   0   0   0  Reds         
2004 24   -4   5.22   24   1   29.1   29  8.90 15.34   2   3   4   2   3  Reds         
2005 25   -6   8.16   16   0   14.1    9  5.65 19.47   0   1   0   0   1  Reds         
CAREER   -13   6.70   42   1   45.2   39  7.69 17.15   2   4   4   2   4 
LG AVG     0   4.29            45.2   34  6.68 12.81   3   3 

BORKOWSKI
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 23  -10  21.94    2   1    5.1    1  1.69 30.38   0   1   0   0   1  Tigers       
2001 24   -6   6.37   15   0   29.2   30  9.10 14.56   0   2   0   1   1  Tigers       
2004 27   -2   5.14   17   8   56     45  7.23 13.34   3   4   0   3   4  Orioles      
CAREER   -28   6.33   51  21  167.2  126  6.76 14.98   5  13   0   7  11 
LG AVG     0   4.73           167.2  118  6.35 13.39   9   9

5) The Brewers sent INF Brent Abernathy, OF Nelson Cruz, C Mike Rivera and Ps Jason Kershner, Justin Thompson and Allan Simpson to the minors.

ABERNATHY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   24  -26  .288  .311  .599  .294   3.04  .242   2   40   10  117  Devil Rays   
2003   25   -7  .086  .059  .145  .000   0.00  .059   0    0    1   12  Devil Rays/Royals
2005   27   -3  .316  .299  .614  .326   3.32  .239   1    6    2   24  Twins        
CAR        -40  .297  .325  .622  .331   3.40  .244   8   79   21  232 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .759  .500   4.96  .266  29  120   16 
POS AVG    -14  .324  .393  .717  .446   4.45  .265  18   97   23 

CRUZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24    0  .429  .400  .829  .634   6.75  .200   0    0    0    8  Brewers      
CAR          0  .429  .400  .829  .634   6.75  .200   0    0    0    8 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .346  .453  .799  .535   5.53  .268   0    1    0 

RIVERA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   24    1  .333  .500  .833  .630   6.75  .333   0    1    0    4  Tigers       
2002   25   -9  .254  .326  .579  .215   2.25  .227   1   11    0   39  Tigers       
2003   26   -6  .241  .245  .487  .068   1.13  .170   1    2    0   19  Padres       
CAR        -14  .255  .315  .570  .196   2.14  .218   2   14    0   62 
LG AVG       0  .334  .427  .761  .500   4.99  .266   7   28    3 
POS AVG     -7  .313  .384  .697  .390   3.94  .253   5   25    1 

KERSHNER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 25   -2   4.88   25   0   24     18  6.75 13.50   0   1   1   0   1  Padres/Blue Jays
2003 26   10   3.17   40   0   54     32  5.33 10.00   3   3   0   4   2  Blue Jays    
2004 27   -3   6.04   24   2   22.1   15  6.04 15.31   0   1   0   0   1  Blue Jays    
CAREER     5   4.22   89   2  100.1   65  5.83 12.02   3   5   1   4   4 
LG AVG     0   4.47           100.1   70  6.32 12.89   6   6 

THOMPSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1998 25   15   4.05   34  34  222    149  6.04 12.49  11  15   0  15  11  Tigers       
1999 26   -3   5.11   24  24  142.2   83  5.24 13.56   9  11   0  10  10  Tigers       
2005 32   -3  21.60    2   0    1.2    1  5.40 21.60   0   0   0   0   0  Rangers      
CAREER    51   4.02  103 101  648.2  428  5.94 12.18  36  43   0  47  32 
LG AVG     0   4.70           648.2  458  6.36 13.42  36  37 

SIMPSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 26    0   5.08   32   0   39     46 10.62 15.69   2   1   0   2   1  Rockies      
2005 27   -7  12.27   11   0    7.1    6  7.36 18.41   0   1   0   0   1  Rockies/Reds
CAREER    -7   6.22   43   0   46.1   52 10.10 16.12   2   2   0   2   2 
LG AVG     0   4.30            46.1   35  6.71 12.83   3   3

6) The Rangers sent OF Jason Botts and P Kevin Walker to the minors.

BOTTS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24   -1  .367  .296  .663  .399   4.05  .296   0    3    0   10  Rangers      
CAR         -1  .367  .296  .663  .399   4.05  .296   0    3    0   10 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   1    3    0 
POS AVG      0  .329  .423  .753  .500   4.89  .275   1    3    1 

WALKER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -1   5.40   11   0    6.2    5  6.75 13.50   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
2004 27   -2  16.20    5   0    1.2    1  5.40 32.40   0   0   0   0   0  Giants       
2005 28   -4   9.00    9   0    7      5  6.43 19.29   0   1   0   0   1  White Sox    
CAREER    -8   4.76  122   0  102     95  8.38 13.50   7   3   0   4   6 
LG AVG     0   4.52           102     76  6.73 13.15   6   6

7) Today’s birthdays–

JASON DUBOIS, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   25   -1  .240  .435  .675  .381   4.26  .217   1    5    0   20  Cubs         
2005   26   -4  .292  .444  .736  .426   4.22  .235   9   24    0   66  Cubs/Indians
CAR         -5  .286  .443  .729  .420   4.23  .233  10   29    0   86 
LG AVG       0  .337  .428  .766  .500   5.05  .269   7   28    3 
POS AVG      4  .349  .458  .807  .557   5.72  .268   9   33    3 

JACK MCCARTHY, 1869-1931
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1894   25  -15  .348  .335  .683  .309   5.16  .269   0   21    3   40  Reds         
1904   35  -10  .307  .306  .613  .424   3.57  .264   0   51   14  115  Cubs         
CAR        -29  .333  .364  .697  .486   4.90  .287   7  474  145 1091 
LG AVG       0  .339  .366  .704  .500   5.37  .277  25  514  178 
POS AVG    118  .362  .392  .754  .583   6.36  .295  28  508  208 

SHANE REYNOLDS, AGE: 38
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1994 26   14   3.05   33  14  124    110  7.98 11.25   8   5   0   8   5  Astros       
1998 30   18   3.51   35  35  233.1  209  8.06 12.03  19   8   0  16  11  Astros       
1999 31   15   3.85   35  35  231.2  197  7.65 11.19  16  14   0  17  13  Astros       
CAREER    19   4.09  305 278 1791.2 1403  7.05 12.03 114  96   0 108 102 
LG AVG     0   4.30          1791.2 1338  6.72 12.83 100 100 

KEVIN SEITZER, AGE: 44
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1987   25   32  .399  .470  .869  .634   6.97  .323  15   83   12  161  Royals       
1988   26   18  .388  .406  .794  .600   5.68  .304   5   60   10  149  Royals       
1996   34   31  .416  .466  .882  .630   7.64  .326  13   78    6  154  Brewers/Indians
CAR        115  .375  .404  .780  .562   5.55  .295  74  613   80 1439 
LG AVG       0  .334  .408  .742  .500   4.75  .265 141  653  102 
POS AVG     16  .340  .412  .752  .503   4.87  .267 146  665   60 

JOSE VIZCAINO, AGE: 38
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   35  -12  .281  .365  .646  .278   3.18  .249   3   26    0   91  Astros       
2004   36  -14  .311  .374  .685  .366   3.91  .274   3   33    1  138  Astros       
2005   37   -8  .299  .337  .636  .348   3.51  .246   1   23    2   98  Astros       
CAR       -200  .318  .346  .664  .360   3.73  .271  34  472   74 1740 
LG AVG       0  .340  .424  .764  .500   5.08  .270 159  697  114 
POS AVG   -134  .325  .373  .699  .409   4.22  .262  83  525  123 

JOSH WILSON, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24   -2  .182  .200  .382  .000   0.00  .100   0    0    0   11  Marlins      
CAR         -2  .182  .200  .382  .000   0.00  .100   0    0    0   11 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .319  .389  .708  .420   4.29  .268   0    1    0

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