Around the Majors: Diamondbacks-A’s trade

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March 27, 2006

1) The Diamondbacks traded P Brad Halsey to the A’s for P Juan Cruz.

HALSEY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23   -7   6.47    8   7   32     25  7.03 16.03   1   3   0   1   3  Yankees      
2005 24   -4   4.61   28  26  160     82  4.61 13.44   8  12   0  10  10  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -11   4.92   36  33  192    107  5.02 13.88   9  15   0  11  13 
LG AVG     0   4.30           192    140  6.55 12.82  11  11 

CRUZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22  -12   6.05   25   6   61     65  9.59 14.90   2   7   0   3   6  Cubs         
2004 23   12   2.75   50   0   72     70  8.75 11.38   6   2   0   6   2  Braves       
2005 24  -11   7.44   28   0   32.2   34  9.37 17.63   0   3   0   1   2  A's          
CAREER    -6   4.36  156  23  307.2  289  8.45 13.63  14  24   1  19  19 
LG AVG     0   4.26           307.2  229  6.70 12.73  17  17

2) The Tigers released 1B Carlos Pena.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25    3  .332  .440  .772  .524   5.01  .248  18   50    4  131  Tigers       
2004   26    7  .338  .472  .810  .545   5.48  .241  27   82    7  142  Tigers       
2005   27    4  .325  .477  .802  .548   5.32  .235  18   44    0   79  Tigers       
CAR         16  .330  .459  .790  .532   5.18  .243  85  240   13  489 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.02  .268  54  226   27 
POS AVG     31  .353  .457  .810  .555   5.70  .269  71  268   10

3) The Cardinals released P Jeff Nelson and sent 1B Brian Daubach to the minors.

NELSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 36    4   3.74   70   0   55.1   68 11.06 12.85   4   2   8   3   3  Mariners/Yankees
2004 37   -1   5.32   29   0   23.2   22  8.37 13.69   1   2   1   1   2  Rangers      
2005 38    2   3.93   49   0   36.2   34  8.35 14.24   1   3   1   2   2  Mariners     
CAREER    97   3.41  792   0  782    827  9.52 12.86  48  44  33  60  32 
LG AVG     0   4.58           782    533  6.13 13.21  44  44 

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

4) The Cubs sent OF Felix Pie and Ps Les Walrond and Randy Wells to the minors.

WALROND
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -4  10.13    7   0    8      6  6.75 20.25   0   2   0   0   2  Royals       
CAREER    -4  10.13    7   0    8      6  6.75 20.25   0   2   0   0   2 
LG AVG     0   4.53             8      5  6.11 12.86   0   0

5) The White Sox sent INFs Andy Gonzalez and Robert Valido, OF Ryan Sweeney, C Gustavo Molina and Ps Sean Tracey and Armando Almanza to the minors.

ALMANZA
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30  -12   6.08   51   0   50.1   49  8.76 15.38   4   5   0   3   6  Marlins      
2004 31   -2   6.17   13   0   11.2   13 10.03 13.11   1   1   0   1   1  Braves       
2005 32    1   2.25    6   0    4      2  4.50 18.00   0   0   0   0   0  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -15   4.82  254   0  214.2  232  9.73 13.88  14  13   2  12  15 
LG AVG     0   4.36           214.2  161  6.77 12.92  12  12

6) The Marlins sent 1B Jason Stokes, INF Robert Andino, OF Mark Little, C Ryan Jorgensen and P Travis Bowyer to the minors.

LITTLE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   28    3  .378  .518  .895  .585   7.91  .341   3   13    5   51  Rockies      
2002   29  -10  .327  .292  .619  .277   3.53  .208   0    7    2   79  Rockies/Mets/Diamondbacks
2004   31   -2  .261  .200  .461  .108   1.59  .200   0    2    0   11  Indians      
CAR        -11  .332  .352  .684  .363   4.45  .247   3   22    8  148 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.11  .267   8   33    4 
POS AVG      3  .348  .441  .789  .532   5.50  .268   9   35    6 

JORGENSEN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   26   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    4  Marlins      
CAR         -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    4 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .314  .385  .699  .385   3.94  .248   0    1    0 

BOWYER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 23   -1   5.59    8   0    9.2   12 11.17 13.03   0   1   0   0   1  Twins        
CAREER    -1   5.59    8   0    9.2   12 11.17 13.03   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.36             9.2    7  6.16 12.63   1   1

7) The Twins released P Darrell May and sent 1B Jason Hart and OFs Josh Rabe and Andres Torres to the minors.

MAY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   32   3.77   35  32  210    115  4.93 10.80  10   8   0  12   6  Royals       
2004 32  -25   5.61   31  31  186    120  5.81 14.08   9  19   0  11  17  Royals       
2005 33  -22   6.78   24   9   66.1   35  4.75 14.92   1   4   0   1   4  Padres/Yankees
CAREER   -28   5.16  161  97  660.2  414  5.64 13.13  26  43   0  32  37 
LG AVG     0   4.52           660.2  464  6.31 12.96  37  37 

HART
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   24    1  .353  .467  .820  .628   7.36  .267   0    0    0   10  Rangers      
CAR          1  .353  .467  .820  .628   7.36  .267   0    0    0   10 
LG AVG       0  .332  .425  .757  .500   4.91  .264   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .336  .429  .766  .517   5.13  .265   0    2    0 

TORRES
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -14  .263  .298  .560  .195   2.19  .220   1    9    5   59  Tigers       
2004   26    0                                        0    0    1    3  Tigers       
2005   27   -2  .190  .211  .401  .108   1.59  .158   0    1    1    8  Rangers      
CAR        -22  .258  .276  .534  .175   2.02  .210   1   13    9   89 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .760  .500   4.98  .267   9   39    5 
POS AVG     -1  .330  .416  .746  .492   4.87  .270   7   36   10

8) The Yankees sent OFs Kevin Thompson and Kevin Reese and C Ben Davis to the minors.

REESE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   27    0  .500  .000  .500  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Yankees      
CAR          0  .500  .000  .500  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    0    0 
POS AVG      0  .329  .423  .753  .500   4.89  .275   0    0    0 

DAVIS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   25   -3  .313  .404  .717  .460   4.18  .259   7   43    1   80  Mariners     
2003   26  -10  .284  .382  .666  .357   3.55  .236   6   42    0   80  Mariners     
2004   27  -15  .256  .347  .603  .238   2.85  .207   6   18    1   68  Mariners/White Sox
CAR        -60  .306  .366  .672  .359   3.65  .237  38  204    9  486 
LG AVG       0  .340  .436  .777  .500   5.24  .270  53  218   29 
POS AVG    -43  .320  .401  .721  .406   4.29  .256  45  200    8

9) The A’s sent INF Mike Rouse, OFs Charles Thomas and Matt Watson, C Jeremy Brown and Ps Chad Gaudin and John Rheinecker to the minors.

THOMAS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   25    5  .368  .445  .813  .567   6.09  .288   7   31    3   83  Braves       
2005   26   -6  .255  .109  .363  .076   1.29  .109   0    1    0   30  A's          
CAR         -1  .349  .390  .739  .494   5.15  .259   7   32    3  113 
LG AVG       0  .339  .435  .774  .500   5.19  .269   9   37    4 
POS AVG      5  .350  .458  .808  .549   5.74  .271  11   39    4 

WATSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22   -3  .208  .261  .469  .075   1.29  .174   0    2    0   15  Mets         
2005   24   -5  .220  .250  .470  .082   1.35  .188   0    5    0   19  A's          
CAR         -8  .216  .254  .470  .080   1.33  .183   0    7    0   34 
LG AVG       0  .334  .427  .761  .500   4.98  .268   2   10    1 
POS AVG      1  .342  .441  .783  .530   5.35  .274   3   11    1 

GAUDIN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20    4   3.60   15   3   40     23  5.18 12.15   2   0   0   1   1  Devil Rays   
2004 21   -2   4.85   26   4   42.2   30  6.33 16.66   1   2   0   1   2  Devil Rays   
2005 22  -13  13.15    5   3   13     12  8.31 26.31   1   3   0   0   4  Blue Jays    
CAREER   -11   5.46   46  10   95.2   65  6.11 16.09   4   5   0   2   7 
LG AVG     0   4.55            95.2   67  6.27 12.96   5   5

10) The Giants sent P Pedro Liriano to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 23    1   4.02   11   0   15.2   10  5.74 10.91   0   0   0   0   0  Brewers      
2005 24   -5  10.57    5   0    7.2    6  7.04 19.96   0   0   0   0   0  Phillies     
CAREER    -4   6.17   16   0   23.1   16  6.17 13.89   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.29            23.1   17  6.68 12.81   1   1

11) The Rangers sent P Ron Mahay to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32    9   3.18   35   0   45.1   38  7.54 10.52   3   3   0   4   2  Rangers      
2004 33   19   2.55   60   0   67     54  7.25 12.22   3   0   0   2   1  Rangers      
2005 34   -9   6.81   30   0   35.2   30  7.57 15.90   0   2   1   1   1  Rangers      
CAREER    20   4.15  239   3  295    243  7.41 12.91  15   7   3  12  10 
LG AVG     0   4.57           295    210  6.41 13.09  17  17

12) The Blue Jays sent P Matt Blank to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 24   -1   5.14   13   0   14      4  2.57 11.57   0   1   0   0   1  Expos        
2001 25   -1   5.16    5   4   22.2   11  4.37 15.09   2   2   0   2   2  Expos        
CAREER    -2   5.15   18   4   36.2   15  3.68 13.75   2   3   0   2   3 
LG AVG     0   4.47            36.2   28  6.90 12.95   2   2

13) The Pirates sent INF J.J. Furmaniak, OF Ray Sadler, C Paul Chiaffredo and Ps Jorge Vasquez and Marty McLeary to the minors.

FURMANIAK
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25   -1  .300  .308  .608  .372   3.86  .192   0    1    0   13  Pirates      
CAR         -1  .300  .308  .608  .372   3.86  .192   0    1    0   13 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   1    3    0 
POS AVG      0  .339  .408  .747  .480   4.90  .272   1    3    1 

SADLER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24    0  .250  .625  .875  .441   4.50  .250   1    1    0    3  Pirates      
CAR          0  .250  .625  .875  .441   4.50  .250   1    1    0    3 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   0    1    0 

VASQUEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -1   8.10    2   0    3.1    4 10.80 16.20   0   0   0   0   0  Royals       
2005 26    1   3.00    7   0    9      9  9.00 16.00   1   0   0   1   0  Braves       
CAREER     0   4.38    9   0   12.1   13  9.49 16.05   1   0   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.34            12.1    9  6.54 12.86   1   1 

MCLEARY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 29   -4  14.73    3   0    3.2    4  9.82 22.09   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
CAREER    -4  14.73    3   0    3.2    4  9.82 22.09   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.31             3.2    3  6.74 12.84   0   0

14) Reds C Jason LaRue will have surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and is expected to miss 2-3 weeks.

LARUE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   -8  .321  .422  .743  .435   4.46  .230  16   50    3  118  Reds         
2004   30    1  .334  .431  .765  .507   4.94  .251  14   55    0  114  Reds         
2005   31    2  .355  .452  .806  .514   5.55  .260  14   60    0  110  Reds         
CAR        -45  .326  .421  .747  .429   4.51  .243  76  282   11  643 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.20  .269  69  279   36 
POS AVG    -60  .321  .395  .716  .402   4.20  .254  56  259    9

15) The Mariners sent P Jesse Foppert to the minors.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22  -10   5.03   23  21  111    101  8.19 14.19   8   9   0   7  10  Giants       
2004 23    0   0.00    1   0    1      2 18.00  9.00   0   0   0   0   0  Giants       
2005 24   -1   5.23    3   2   10.1    6  5.23 21.77   0   0   0   0   0  Giants       
CAREER   -11   5.00   27  23  122.1  109  8.02 14.79   8   9   0   7  10 
LG AVG     0   4.28           122.1   90  6.64 12.80   7   7

16) Today’s birthdays–

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now. 
WES COVINGTON, AGE: 74
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1957   25   20  .339  .537  .875  .673   6.40  .284  21   65    4   96  Braves       
1958   26   35  .380  .622 1.003  .790   8.66  .330  24   74    0   90  Braves       
1963   31   23  .354  .521  .876  .695   6.64  .303  17   64    1  119  Phillies     
CAR         91  .337  .466  .803  .596   5.45  .279 131  499    7 1075 
LG AVG       0  .330  .406  .736  .500   4.65  .265  79  351   35 
POS AVG     28  .333  .429  .762  .525   5.00  .270  95  397   39 

MICHAEL CUDDYER, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -4  .325  .431  .756  .374   3.86  .245   4    8    1   35  Twins        
2004   25   -3  .339  .440  .779  .473   4.97  .263  12   45    5  115  Twins        
2005   26   -9  .330  .422  .752  .430   4.23  .263  12   42    3  126  Twins        
CAR        -18  .330  .428  .758  .443   4.47  .260  32  109   12  325 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.00  .268  33  137   16 
POS AVG     -3  .332  .425  .757  .489   4.90  .267  31  127   19 

MILLER HUGGINS, 1879-1929
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1905   26   16  .392  .326  .718  .591   6.02  .273   1   38   27  149  Reds         
1910   31   18  .399  .320  .719  .615   5.19  .265   1   36   34  151  Cardinals    
1913   34   17  .432  .317  .749  .645   5.80  .285   0   27   23  121  Cardinals    
CAR         83  .382  .314  .696  .555   4.98  .265   9  318  324 1586 
LG AVG       0  .327  .343  .670  .500   4.34  .260  31  569  224 
POS AVG    -20  .333  .328  .662  .495   4.22  .257  20  510  235 

LYNN MCGLOTHEN, 1950-84
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1973 23  -11   8.22    6   3   23     16  6.26 18.78   1   2   0   1   2  Red Sox      
1977 27  -13   5.63   21  15   80     42  4.73 16.54   2   9   0   4   7  Giants       
1980 30  -18   4.79   39  27  182.1  119  5.87 13.62  12  14   0  11  15  Cubs         
CAREER   -27   3.98  318 201 1497.2  939  5.64 12.92  86  93   2  89  90 
LG AVG     0   3.58          1497.2  851  5.12 12.14  83  83 

ADAM MELHUSE, AGE: 34
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31    6  .372  .584  .957  .713   7.71  .299   5   14    0   40  A's          
2004   32   -3  .309  .463  .771  .459   4.75  .257  11   31    0   69  A's          
2005   33   -3  .284  .381  .666  .403   4.07  .247   2   12    0   39  A's          
CAR        -15  .302  .424  .726  .410   4.43  .246  19   69    1  212 
LG AVG       0  .337  .433  .771  .500   5.13  .269  16   66    8 
POS AVG    -10  .322  .410  .733  .433   4.45  .259  15   64    2 

JAIME NAVARRO, AGE: 39
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1993 26  -25   5.33   35  34  214.1  114  4.79 14.19  11  12   0   9  14  Brewers      
1997 30  -32   5.79   33  33  209.2  142  6.10 14.72   9  14   0   9  14  White Sox    
1998 31  -33   6.36   37  27  172.2   71  3.70 16.00   8  16   1   9  15  White Sox    
CAREER  -107   4.72  361 309 2055.1 1113  4.87 13.44 116 126   2 113 129 
LG AVG     0   4.30          2055.1 1388  6.08 12.90 115 115 

DICK RUTHVEN, AGE: 55
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1981 30  -19   5.15   23  22  146.2   80  4.91 13.44  12   7   0   7  12  Phillies     
1983 32  -13   4.38   32  32  183     99  4.87 11.95  13  12   0  11  14  Phillies/Cubs
1984 33  -15   5.04   23  22  126.2   55  3.91 14.14   6  10   0   6  10  Cubs         
CAREER   -59   4.14  355 332 2109   1145  4.89 12.63 123 127   1 119 131 
LG AVG     0   3.62          2109   1224  5.22 12.12 117 117

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