Around the Majors: Nationals sign Johnson

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March 12, 2006

1) The Nationals re-signed 1B Nick Johnson to a 3 year, $15.6 million contract extension, covering 2007-09.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   24  .422  .472  .894  .689   7.43  .284  14   47    5   96  Yankees      
2004   25    1  .359  .398  .758  .508   5.07  .251   7   33    6   73  Expos        
2005   26   26  .408  .479  .887  .659   6.77  .289  15   74    3  131  Nationals    
CAR         43  .383  .437  .820  .587   5.84  .265  53  220   15  452 
LG AVG       0  .336  .429  .765  .500   5.05  .267  47  196   24 
POS AVG     41  .360  .472  .832  .579   6.04  .276  65  238    9

Johnson’s 2005 season ranks 10th in Expos/Nationals history for best OBA vs. the league average–

OBA                           YEAR     DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE   
1    Rusty Staub              1969     .096     .426     .330   
2    Ken Singleton            1973     .094     .425     .332   
3    Ron Fairly               1973     .091     .422     .332   
4    Tim Raines               1987     .090     .429     .339   
5    Tim Raines               1986     .082     .413     .332   
6    Vladimir Guerrero        2002     .078     .417     .340   
7    Tim Raines               1985     .077     .405     .328   
8    Ron Hunt                 1971     .076     .402     .326   
9    Tim Raines               1989     .074     .395     .321   
10   Nick Johnson             2005     .069     .408     .339

2) Rangers P Doug Brocail underwent heart surgery yesterday. Doctors found a 99% blockage of a coronary artery. It is unknown whether he will ever pitch again.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 33    4   4.09   49   0   50.2   41  7.28 12.79   5   4   0   5   4  Tigers       
2004 37    6   4.13   43   0   52.1   43  7.39 13.59   4   1   1   3   2  Rangers      
2005 38   -8   5.52   61   0   73.1   61  7.49 15.71   5   3   1   3   5  Rangers      
CAREER    26   4.06  442  42  688.2  507  6.63 12.83  37  40   7  42  35 
LG AVG     0   4.42           688.2  483  6.31 12.98  39  39

3) Brewers P Ben Sheets was diagnosed with a strained muscle in the shoulder he tore last August. The team hopes to find out in about w a week whether he’ll be ready for Opening Day.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -1   4.45   34  34  220.2  157  6.40 11.46  11  13   0  12  12  Brewers      
2004 25   45   2.70   34  34  237    264 10.03  9.00  12  14   0  18   8  Brewers      
2005 26   16   3.33   22  22  156.2  141  8.10  9.71  10   9   0  12   7  Brewers      
CAREER    50   3.83  149 149  982.1  826  7.57 11.20  55  62   0  65  52 
LG AVG     0   4.26           982.1  735  6.74 12.76  55  55

4) The Yankees INF Danny Garcia, OF Chris Prieto, C Jason Brown and Ps Darrell Rasner and Philip Hughes to the minors.

GARCIA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -4  .274  .357  .631  .252   2.81  .214   2    6    0   19  Mets         
2004   24   -1  .371  .362  .733  .488   5.06  .232   3   17    3   58  Mets         
CAR         -5  .345  .361  .706  .425   4.39  .227   5   23    3   77 
LG AVG       0  .341  .435  .776  .500   5.23  .269   7   28    3 
POS AVG     -2  .339  .412  .751  .471   4.91  .276   5   23    4 

PRIETO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   32   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2  Angels       
CAR         -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    2 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .325  .407  .732  .475   4.61  .267   0    0    0 

RASNER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0  Nationals    
CAREER     0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23             7.1    5  6.57 12.76   0   0

5) The Devil Rays sent C Josh Arhart and Ps Jon Switzer, Carlos Hines, Jeff Niemann, J.B. Miadich, Jack Cressend, Tony Peguero and Jose Rodriguez to the minors.

SWITZER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23   -3   7.45    5   0    9.2    7  6.52 18.62   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
2005 25   -1   6.75    2   0    4      5 11.25 27.00   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
CAREER    -4   7.24    7   0   13.2   12  7.90 21.07   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.48            13.2    9  6.13 12.80   1   1 

CRESSEND
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 27   -5   5.91   23   0   32     22  6.19 16.88   0   1   0   0   1  Twins        
2003 28    8   2.51   33   0   43     28  5.86 10.67   2   1   0   2   1  Indians      
2004 29   -3   6.32   11   0   15.2    8  4.60 18.38   0   1   0   0   1  Indians      
CAREER     5   4.20  122   0  160.2  104  5.83 13.22   5   5   0   5   5 
LG AVG     0   4.54           160.2  113  6.30 12.98   9   9

6) The Brewers sent OF Brad Nelson, Cs Carlos Corporan and Lou Palmisano and P Mitch Stetter to the minors.

7) The Cubs sent Ps Bobby Brownlie and Bryan Corey to the minors.

COREY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1998 24   -2   9.00    3   0    4      1  2.25 20.25   0   0   0   0   0  Diamondbacks 
2002 28    0   0.00    1   0    1      0  0.00  0.00   0   0   0   0   0  Dodgers      
CAREER    -2   7.20    4   0    5      1  1.80 16.20   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.21             5      4  6.79 12.71   0   0

8) The Twins sent Cs Korey Feiner and Kyle Geiger and Ps Glen Perkins and Jason Miller to the minors.

9) The Rangers sent INF Aarom Baldiris, OF Ruddy Yan and C Mike Nickeas to the minors.

10) Today’s birthdays–

JOHNNY CALLISON, AGE: 67
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1962   23   34  .363  .491  .854  .657   6.66  .300  23   83   10  157  Phillies     
1963   24   33  .339  .502  .840  .658   6.05  .284  26   78    8  157  Phillies     
1965   26   32  .328  .509  .836  .659   5.90  .262  32  101    6  160  Phillies     
CAR        136  .331  .441  .773  .562   5.16  .264 226  840   74 1886 
LG AVG       0  .325  .391  .716  .500   4.39  .261 160  755   91 
POS AVG    137  .339  .428  .767  .562   5.11  .272 208  868  104 

CRAIG DINGMAN, AGE: 32
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 27   -7  13.50    7   0    7.1    2  2.45 19.64   0   0   1   0   0  Rockies      
2004 30   -7   6.75   24   0   29.1   16  4.91 18.10   2   2   0   1   3  Tigers       
2005 31    2   3.66   34   0   32     24  6.75 11.25   2   3   4   3   2  Tigers       
CAREER   -14   6.10   75   0   79.2   50  5.65 15.36   4   5   5   4   5 
LG AVG     0   4.54            79.2   56  6.36 12.98   4   4 

FELIX ESCALONA, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -2  .241  .259  .501  .214   2.45  .185   0    2    1   10  Devil Rays   
2004   25   -1  .111  .000  .111  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    5  Yankees      
2005   26    0  .375  .357  .732  .452   4.50  .286   0    2    0   10  Yankees      
CAR        -15  .261  .282  .543  .224   2.50  .209   0   13    8   84 
LG AVG       0  .332  .426  .758  .500   4.94  .265   7   30    4 
POS AVG     -1  .328  .419  .747  .486   4.81  .271   6   28    4 

STEVE FINLEY, AGE: 41
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 

RUPPERT JONES, AGE: 51
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   22   10  .324  .454  .778  .549   5.05  .263  24   76   13  160  Mariners     
1979   24   12  .356  .444  .799  .553   5.42  .267  21   78   33  162  Mariners     
1982   27   19  .373  .425  .798  .641   5.58  .283  12   61   18  116  Padres       
1984   29   10  .346  .516  .862  .645   5.93  .284  12   37    2   79  Tigers       
CAR         23  .330  .416  .746  .512   4.61  .250 147  579  143 1331 
LG AVG       0  .330  .398  .727  .500   4.52  .265 111  550   97 
POS AVG     23  .331  .410  .741  .511   4.70  .268 121  554  154 

VERN LAW, AGE: 76
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1959 29   32   2.98   34  33  266    110  3.72 10.15  18   9   1  17  10  Pirates      
1960 30   18   3.08   35  35  272    120  3.97 10.26  20   9   0  17  12  Pirates      
1965 35   32   2.16   29  28  217    101  4.19  9.12  17   9   0  18   8  Pirates      
CAREER     9   3.76  483 364 2673   1092  3.68 11.68 162 147  13 157 152 
LG AVG     0   3.81          2673   1529  5.15 12.20 149 149 

DENNY LYONS, 1866-1929
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1887   21   73  .421  .523  .943  .732  12.32  .367   6    0   73  137  Athletics    
1889   23   50  .426  .469  .895  .700  10.26  .329   9   82   10  131  Athletics    
1890   24   61  .461  .531  .992  .795  13.77  .354   7    0   21   88  Athletics    
1891   25   41  .445  .455  .900  .672  10.60  .315  11   84    9  120  Cardinals    
CAR        318  .407  .443  .850  .658   9.29  .310  62  569  224 1121 
LG AVG       0  .345  .369  .714  .500   6.54  .274  29  444  277 
POS AVG    -10  .342  .367  .709  .496   6.44  .273  30  440  285 

RAUL MONDESI, AGE: 35
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1995   24   22  .328  .496  .824  .620   6.06  .285  26   88   27  139  Dodgers      
1996   25   26  .334  .495  .830  .623   6.03  .297  24   88   14  157  Dodgers      
1997   26   37  .360  .541  .901  .666   6.88  .310  30   87   32  159  Dodgers      
CAR        113  .331  .485  .815  .554   5.61  .273 271  860  229 1525 
LG AVG       0  .340  .429  .769  .500   5.14  .270 179  772  119 
POS AVG     76  .348  .456  .804  .534   5.63  .278 215  861  148 

DALE MURPHY, AGE: 50
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1983   27   54  .393  .540  .933  .721   8.05  .302  36  121   30  162  Braves       
1984   28   40  .372  .547  .919  .672   7.26  .290  36  100   19  162  Braves       
1985   29   48  .388  .539  .927  .696   7.69  .300  37  111   10  162  Braves       
1987   31   54  .417  .580  .997  .704   9.04  .295  44  105   16  159  Braves       
CAR        198  .346  .469  .815  .569   5.63  .265 398 1266  161 2180 
LG AVG       0  .329  .389  .718  .500   4.46  .262 175  918  217 
POS AVG     57  .330  .406  .736  .519   4.72  .267 202  971  311 

HORACIO PINA, AGE: 61
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
CAREER     3   3.25  314   7  432    278  5.79 12.60  23  23  38  23  23 
LG AVG     0   3.52           432    260  5.42 11.99  24  24 

DARRYL STRAWBERRY, AGE: 44
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1985   23   38  .389  .557  .947  .743   7.56  .277  29   79   26  111  Mets         
1987   25   59  .398  .583  .981  .745   8.89  .284  39  104   36  154  Mets         
1988   26   53  .366  .545  .911  .764   7.04  .269  39  101   29  153  Mets         
CAR        317  .357  .505  .862  .660   6.45  .259 335 1000  221 1583 
LG AVG       0  .331  .397  .727  .500   4.59  .263 132  651  144 
POS AVG     64  .337  .429  .766  .533   5.00  .269 175  766  132 

DAVID WILLIAMS, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 23   -3   4.98    9   9   43.1   33  6.85 13.71   2   5   0   3   4  Pirates      
2004 25   -1   4.42   10   6   38.2   33  7.68 10.94   2   3   0   2   3  Pirates      
2005 26   -2   4.41   25  25  138.2   88  5.71 13.18  10  11   0  10  11  Pirates      
CAREER     2   4.25   66  58  334.2  211  5.67 12.59  17  26   0  21  22 
LG AVG     0   4.27           334.2  251  6.76 12.73  19  19 

JIMMY WYNN, AGE: 64
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1965   23   45  .371  .470  .841  .726   6.70  .275  22   73   43  157  Astros       
1969   27   61  .436  .507  .943  .769   8.79  .269  33   87   23  149  Astros       
1970   28   41  .394  .493  .886  .690   7.16  .282  27   88   24  157  Astros       
1974   32   45  .387  .497  .884  .725   6.86  .271  32  108   18  150  Dodgers      
CAR        307  .366  .436  .802  .634   5.76  .250 291  964  225 1920 
LG AVG       0  .327  .384  .711  .500   4.34  .261 152  767  108 
POS AVG    105  .337  .411  .748  .547   4.89  .271 178  805  167

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