Around the Majors: Dodgers sign Garciaparra

1) The Dodgers have reportedly agreed to a deal with Nomar Garciaparra, with some contract details and a physical still remaining.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   26  .345  .524  .870  .610   6.72  .301  28  105   19  156  Red Sox      
2004   30    5  .365  .477  .842  .552   6.18  .308   9   41    4   81  Red Sox/Cubs
2005   31   -1  .320  .452  .772  .487   4.97  .283   9   30    0   62  Cubs         
CAR        247  .367  .544  .911  .648   7.41  .320 191  740   86 1071 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.17  .271 132  556   72 
POS AVG    -59  .328  .410  .737  .451   4.68  .271  99  487   89 

2) According to free agent P Rudy Seanez’s agent, he’s agreed to a deal in principle with the Red Sox for a 1 year contract plus an option for 2007.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 34   -1   6.23    9   0    8.2    9  9.35 17.65   0   1   0   0   1  Red Sox      
2004 35    4   3.33   39   0   46     46  9.00 11.35   3   2   0   4   1  Royals/Marlins
2005 36    7   2.69   57   0   60.1   84 12.53 10.89   7   1   0   5   3  Padres       
CAREER     2   4.12  380   0  393.2  417  9.53 12.60  27  20  11  25  22 
LG AVG     0   4.33           393.2  285  6.52 12.86  22  22 

3) Today’s birthdays–

JEREMY ACCARDO, AGE: 24
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 23    1   3.94   28   0   29.2   16  4.85 10.92   1   5   0   3   3  Giants       
CAREER     1   3.94   28   0   29.2   16  4.85 10.92   1   5   0   3   3 
LG AVG     0   4.23            29.2   22  6.57 12.76   2   2 

JOSE ACEVEDO, AGE: 28
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 

SCOTT BAILES, AGE: 44
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1986 24  -10   4.95   62  10  112.2   60  4.79 13.34  10  10   7   8  12  Indians      
1988 26  -14   4.90   37  21  145     53  3.29 12.23   9  14   0  10  13  Indians      
1992 30  -14   7.45   32   0   38.2   25  5.82 20.48   3   1   0   1   3  Angels       
CAREER   -54   4.95  343  59  679.2  351  4.65 13.64  39  44  13  37  46 
LG AVG     0   4.15           679.2  433  5.74 12.62  38  38 

WILLIE BLAIR, AGE: 40
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1998 32  -14   4.98   34  25  175.1   92  4.72 12.99   5  16   0   9  12  Diamondbacks/Mets
1999 33  -29   6.85   39  16  134     82  5.51 14.57   3  11   0   5   9  Tigers       
2001 35  -16  10.50    9   4   24     15  5.63 19.50   1   4   0   1   4  Tigers       
CAREER   -84   5.04  418 139 1274    759  5.36 13.34  60  86   4  66  80 
LG AVG     0   4.34          1274    895  6.32 12.92  71  71 

LANCE CARTER, AGE: 31
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 

JIM CLANCY, AGE: 50
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1984 28  -27   5.12   36  36  219.2  118  4.83 13.93  13  15   0  11  17  Blue Jays    
1989 33  -24   5.08   33  26  147     91  5.57 13.53   7  14   0   7  14  Astros       
1990 34  -25   6.51   33  10   76     44  5.21 16.11   2   8   1   2   8  Astros       
CAREER   -24   4.23  472 381 2517.1 1422  5.08 12.48 140 167  10 150 157 
LG AVG     0   4.01          2517.1 1454  5.20 12.46 141 141 

TY COBB, 1886-1961
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1907   20   69  .380  .473  .853  .800   8.47  .350   5  119   49  150  Tigers       
1908   21   55  .367  .475  .842  .779   7.15  .324   4  108   39  150  Tigers       
1909   22   88  .431  .517  .947  .840  10.17  .377   9  107   76  156  Tigers       
1910   23   97  .456  .551 1.008  .876  11.85  .383   8   91   65  140  Tigers       
1911   24  119  .467  .621 1.088  .851  14.47  .420   8  127   83  146  Tigers       
1912   25  100  .456  .584 1.040  .847  11.77  .409   7   83   61  140  Tigers       
1913   26   68  .467  .535 1.002  .843  10.99  .390   4   67   52  122  Tigers       
1914   27   52  .466  .513  .979  .847   9.39  .368   2   57   35   97  Tigers       
1915   28   84  .486  .487  .973  .829   9.57  .369   3   99   96  156  Tigers       
1916   29   69  .452  .493  .944  .796   8.99  .371   5   68   68  145  Tigers       
1917   30   99  .444  .570 1.014  .862  10.70  .383   6  102   55  152  Tigers       
1918   31   58  .440  .515  .955  .830   9.76  .382   3   64   34  111  Tigers       
1919   32   61  .429  .515  .944  .800   9.41  .384   1   70   28  124  Tigers       
1921   34   65  .452  .596 1.048  .767  10.40  .389  12  101   22  128  Tigers       
1922   35   63  .462  .565 1.026  .762   9.89  .401   4   99    9  137  Tigers       
1925   38   62  .468  .598 1.066  .790  11.47  .378  12  102   13  121  Tigers       
1927   40   40  .440  .482  .921  .701   8.11  .357   5   93   22  134  A's          
CAR       1369  .433  .512  .945  .781   9.25  .366 117 1933  892 3034 
LG AVG       0  .340  .364  .704  .500   4.61  .272  67 1123  315 
POS AVG    286  .362  .401  .764  .587   5.59  .295  85 1216  421 

DICK COFFMAN, 1906-72
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1928 21  -18   6.07   29   7   86     25  2.62 16.74   4   5   1   3   6  Browns       
1929 22  -11   5.94   27   3   53     11  1.87 13.25   1   1   1   1   1  Browns       
1935 28  -20   6.13   41  18  144     34  2.13 15.88   5  11   2   6  10  Browns       
CAREER   -30   4.65  472 132 1460    372  2.29 14.05  72  95  38  84  83 
LG AVG     0   4.28          1460    541  3.34 13.32  81  81 

BILL HALL, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -6  .298  .458  .756  .368   3.92  .261   5   20    1   52  Brewers      
2004   24  -23  .276  .374  .650  .300   3.39  .238   9   53   12  126  Brewers      
2005   25   12  .342  .495  .837  .572   5.94  .291  17   62   18  146  Brewers      
CAR        -20  .310  .442  .751  .443   4.59  .265  32  140   31  343 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .269  35  141   17 
POS AVG    -18  .329  .401  .730  .446   4.60  .272  22  115   26 

ROY HOWELL, AGE: 52
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   25  -13  .310  .405  .715  .405   4.07  .247  15   72    1  138  Blue Jays    
CAR        -19  .321  .389  .710  .475   4.21  .261  80  454    9 1112 
LG AVG       0  .328  .390  .718  .500   4.38  .263  86  447   74 
POS AVG      4  .326  .399  .726  .498   4.43  .262  98  477   45 

JOE RANDA, AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   33   -2  .348  .452  .800  .488   5.55  .291  16   72    1  131  Royals       
2004   34    1  .343  .408  .751  .508   5.02  .287   8   56    0  128  Royals       
2005   35    7  .335  .452  .787  .533   5.44  .276  17   68    0  150  Reds/Padres
CAR        -44  .340  .427  .768  .470   5.11  .285 119  711   42 1433 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .773  .500   5.19  .271 166  704   95 
POS AVG    -42  .333  .427  .760  .470   4.91  .264 171  713   53 

BILL SKOWRON, AGE: 75
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1954   23   21  .392  .577  .969  .750   8.12  .340   7   41    2   87  Yankees      
1956   25   27  .382  .528  .910  .656   6.99  .308  23   90    4  134  Yankees      
1960   29   31  .353  .528  .881  .667   6.38  .309  26   91    2  146  Yankees      
CAR        129  .332  .459  .792  .573   5.09  .282 211  888   16 1658 
LG AVG       0  .332  .397  .729  .500   4.57  .260 146  657   59 
POS AVG     79  .340  .429  .770  .541   5.07  .265 197  803   34 

ZOILO VERSALLES, 1939-95
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1962   22  -29  .287  .373  .660  .317   3.36  .241  17   67    5  160  Twins        
1966   26  -19  .307  .346  .653  .363   3.40  .249   7   36   10  137  Twins        
1967   27  -37  .249  .282  .531  .223   2.10  .200   6   50    5  160  Twins        
CAR       -136  .290  .367  .657  .395   3.58  .242  95  471   97 1400 
LG AVG       0  .323  .388  .711  .500   4.33  .254 138  599   65 
POS AVG    -83  .312  .353  .666  .432   3.79  .248  87  462   96 

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