Around the Majors: Opening Day starters

1) The Pirates named Oliver Perez as Opening Day starter.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 21  -21   5.47   24  24  126.2  141 10.02 14.92   4  10   0   5   9  Padres/Pirates
2004 22   25   2.98   30  30  196    239 10.97 10.79  12  10   0  14   8  Pirates      
2005 23  -18   5.85   20  20  103     97  8.48 15.55   7   5   0   4   8  Pirates      
CAREER   -11   4.26   90  89  515.2  571  9.97 13.04  27  30   0  28  29 
LG AVG     0   4.26           515.2  383  6.69 12.78  29  29 

2) The Brewers named Doug Davis as Opening Day starter.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27    8   4.03   21  20  109.1   62  5.10 14.41   7   8   0   9   6  Rangers/Blue Jays/Brewers
2004 28   24   3.39   34  34  207.1  166  7.21 12.07  12  12   0  15   9  Brewers      
2005 29   10   3.84   35  35  222.2  208  8.41 11.84  11  11   0  12  10  Brewers      
CAREER    31   4.22  162 142  886.1  648  6.58 13.32  51  52   0  57  46 
LG AVG     0   4.42           886.1  640  6.50 12.94  50  50 

3) The Padres traded C David Ross to the Reds for P Bobby Basham.

ROSS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    5  .336  .556  .892  .608   6.12  .258  10   18    0   40  Dodgers      
2004   27  -14  .253  .291  .544  .207   2.42  .170   5   15    0   70  Dodgers      
2005   28   -6  .279  .392  .671  .327   3.41  .240   3   15    0   51  Pirates/Padres
CAR        -13  .288  .406  .694  .391   3.90  .217  19   50    0  169 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .269  15   60    7 
POS AVG    -14  .320  .391  .712  .398   4.13  .254  11   56    2 

4) The Pirates sent 1B Brad Eldred, INFs Yurendell DeCaster, Gookie Dawkins and Jason Alfaro, OF Rajai Davis, C Carlos Maldonado and Ps Tom Gorzelanny, Sean Burnett, Matt Whiteside, Ron Chiavacci and Nerio Rodriguez to the minors.

ELDRED
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24   -7  .279  .458  .737  .385   3.98  .221  12   27    1   55  Pirates      
CAR         -7  .279  .458  .737  .385   3.98  .221  12   27    1   55 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   6   26    3 
POS AVG      6  .361  .477  .838  .580   6.05  .281   9   32    1 

DAWKINS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2000   21   -6  .256  .268  .524  .071   1.50  .220   0    3    0   14  Reds         
2002   23   -7  .222  .167  .389  .059   1.20  .125   0    0    2   31  Reds         
2003   24    0  .333  .000  .333  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    3  Royals       
CAR        -14  .241  .204  .445  .055   1.21  .163   0    3    2   55 
LG AVG       0  .345  .434  .779  .500   5.29  .270   4   16    2 
POS AVG     -4  .320  .377  .698  .385   4.11  .258   2   12    3 

ALFARO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   26   -2  .182  .182  .364  .000   0.00  .182   0    0    0    7  Astros       
CAR         -2  .182  .182  .364  .000   0.00  .182   0    0    0    7 
LG AVG       0  .341  .437  .778  .500   5.26  .270   0    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .318  .390  .708  .412   4.31  .266   0    1    0 

GORZELANNY
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 22   -5  12.00    3   1    6      3  4.50 19.50   0   1   0   0   1  Pirates      
CAREER    -5  12.00    3   1    6      3  4.50 19.50   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.23             6      4  6.57 12.76   0   0 

BURNETT
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21   -7   5.02   13  13   71.2   30  3.77 14.44   5   5   0   4   6  Pirates      
CAREER    -7   5.02   13  13   71.2   30  3.77 14.44   5   5   0   4   6 
LG AVG     0   4.31            71.2   54  6.74 12.84   4   4 

WHITESIDE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 32    0   4.14   28   0   37     27  6.57 12.16   2   3   0   3   2  Padres       
2001 33   -5   7.16   13   0   16.1   10  5.51 17.08   0   1   0   0   1  Braves       
2005 37   -6  19.64    2   0    3.2    5 12.27 29.45   0   0   0   0   0  Blue Jays    
CAREER   -31   5.23  286   1  406    259  5.74 13.77  18  15   9  15  18 
LG AVG     0   4.56           406    280  6.20 13.26  23  23 

RODRIGUEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1998 25  -13   8.56   13   4   27.1   11  3.62 17.45   2   3   0   1   4  Orioles/Blue Jays
1999 26   -2  13.50    2   0    2      2  9.00 18.00   0   1   0   0   1  Blue Jays    
2002 29    0   3.86    3   0    4.2    2  3.86  9.64   0   0   0   0   0  Indians/Cardinals
CAREER   -15   6.32   32   7   72.2   38  4.71 14.61   4   6   0   3   7 
LG AVG     0   4.68            72.2   52  6.39 13.37   4   4 

5) The Reds designated P Jason Standridge for assignment.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -7   6.37    8   7   35.1   20  5.09 14.01   0   5   0   2   3  Devil Rays   
2004 25   -5   9.00    3   1   10      7  6.30 16.20   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
2005 26   -1   4.59   34   0   33.1   19  5.13 17.01   2   2   0   2   2  Rangers/Reds
CAREER   -15   5.79   55   9  101     56  4.99 16.04   2   7   0   4   5 
LG AVG     0   4.43           101     71  6.36 12.87   6   6 

6) The Cubs sent Cs Jake Fox and Dennis Anderson to the minors.

7) The White Sox sent 3B Josh Fields, OF Darren Blakeley and P Agustin Montero to the minors.

8) The Marlins sent INFs Mickey Lopez and Scott Seabol and Ps Logan Kensing, Buddy Carlyle and Eddie Gaillard to the minors.

LOPEZ
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   30    0  .500  .250  .750  .769   9.00  .250   0    0    0    6  Mariners     
CAR          0  .500  .250  .750  .769   9.00  .250   0    0    0    6 
LG AVG       0  .338  .434  .773  .500   5.16  .271   0    1    0 
POS AVG      0  .328  .407  .735  .446   4.64  .264   0    0    0 

SEABOL
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   26    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    1  Yankees      
2005   30   -7  .272  .295  .567  .258   2.89  .219   1   10    0   59  Cardinals    
CAR         -7  .270  .292  .562  .254   2.86  .217   1   10    0   60 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .766  .500   5.07  .268   3   14    2 
POS AVG      0  .339  .425  .764  .496   5.03  .269   3   15    1 

KENSING
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 21   -9   9.88    5   3   13.2    7  4.61 19.10   0   3   0   1   2  Marlins      
2005 22   -4  11.12    3   0    5.2    4  6.35 22.24   0   0   0   0   0  Marlins      
CAREER   -13  10.24    8   3   19.1   11  5.12 20.02   0   3   0   1   2 
LG AVG     0   4.29            19.1   14  6.69 12.81   1   1 

CARLYLE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1999 21   -7   5.97    7   7   37.2   29  6.93 13.14   1   3   0   1   3  Padres       
2000 22   -6  21.00    4   0    3      2  6.00 27.00   0   0   0   0   0  Padres       
2005 27   -7   8.36   10   0   14     13  8.36 13.50   0   0   0   0   0  Dodgers      
CAREER   -20   7.41   21   7   54.2   44  7.24 13.99   1   3   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.48            54.2   40  6.67 13.16   3   3 

GAILLARD
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1997 26   -2   5.31   16   0   20.1   12  5.31 11.51   1   0   1   0   1  Tigers       
1998 27   -1   5.87    6   0    7.2    5  5.87  8.22   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
1999 28    3   2.08    8   0    8.2    7  7.27 17.65   1   0   0   1   0  Devil Rays   
CAREER     0   4.66   30   0   36.2   24  5.89 12.27   2   0   1   1   1 
LG AVG     0   4.66            36.2   26  6.38 13.38   2   2 

9) The Brewers sent P Carlos Villanueva to the minors.

10) The Mariners sent Cs Jeff Clement and Rob Johnson, INFs Asdrubal Cabrera, Todd Sears and Matt Tuiasosopo and P Bobby Livingston to the minors.

11) The Padres added P Alan Embree to the 40 man roster.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 33    3   4.25   65   0   55     45  7.36 10.64   4   1   1   3   2  Red Sox      
2004 34    5   4.13   71   0   52.1   37  6.36 10.49   2   2   0   2   2  Red Sox      
2005 35  -18   7.62   67   0   52     38  6.58 13.50   2   5   1   2   5  Red Sox/Yankees
CAREER   -16   4.68  635   4  567.1  518  8.22 12.28  30  33   8  32  31 
LG AVG     0   4.47           567.1  408  6.48 13.01  32  32 

12) Today’s birthdays–

JACK BOYLE, 1866-1913
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1887   21  -48  .237  .220  .457  .160   3.02  .189   2    0    7   88  Cardinals    
1892   26  -37  .252  .239  .491  .231   2.78  .183   0   32   10  120  Giants       
1895   29  -55  .302  .297  .600  .251   3.76  .253   0   67   13  133  Phillies     
CAR       -242  .315  .327  .643  .354   4.89  .253  23  528  125 1086 
LG AVG       0  .354  .383  .737  .500   6.77  .282  35  589  278 
POS AVG   -112  .332  .365  .697  .438   5.88  .269  30  613  174 

DICK ELLSWORTH, AGE: 66
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1963 23   43   2.10   37  37  291    185  5.72  9.28  22  10   0  23   9  Cubs         
CAREER     2   3.71  407 310 2156.1 1140  4.76 12.16 115 137   5 126 126 
LG AVG     0   3.56          2156.1 1374  5.73 11.78 120 120 

BILLY GOODMAN, 1926-84
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1948   22   10  .414  .387  .801  .570   6.04  .310   1   66    5  127  Red Sox      
1950   24   14  .427  .455  .882  .581   7.83  .354   4   68    2  110  Red Sox      
1952   26   10  .370  .394  .764  .557   5.70  .306   4   56    8  138  Red Sox      
1953   27   14  .384  .409  .793  .580   6.40  .313   2   41    1  128  Red Sox      
CAR         24  .376  .378  .754  .509   5.38  .300  19  591   37 1623 
LG AVG       0  .346  .397  .743  .500   4.89  .267 125  690   50 
POS AVG    -57  .341  .377  .717  .461   4.54  .267  91  598   50 

GLENALLEN HILL, AGE: 41
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1996   31   12  .344  .499  .843  .584   6.16  .280  19   67    6   98  Giants       
1998   33   15  .360  .538  .899  .606   6.49  .310  20   56    1  122  Mariners/Cubs
2000   35   17  .336  .600  .936  .637   7.36  .293  27   58    0  104  Cubs/Yankees
CAR         44  .321  .482  .804  .530   5.32  .271 186  586   96 1162 
LG AVG       0  .339  .418  .756  .500   4.97  .268 106  481   81 
POS AVG     50  .345  .443  .788  .535   5.45  .274 128  530  106 

CORY LIDLE, AGE: 34
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31  -21   5.75   31  31  192.2  112  5.23 13.13  12  15   0  11  16  Blue Jays    
2004 32  -19   4.90   34  34  211.1  126  5.37 12.56  12  12   0  10  14  Reds/Phillies
2005 33    1   4.53   31  31  184.2  121  5.90 12.48  13  11   0  12  12  Phillies     
CAREER    -3   4.52  246 169 1152    708  5.53 12.19  70  62   2  64  68 
LG AVG     0   4.44          1152    825  6.45 12.92  65  65 

RAMON MARTINEZ, AGE: 38
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1990 22   18   2.92   33  33  234.1  223  8.56 10.06  20   6   0  16  10  Dodgers      
1991 23   11   3.27   33  33  220.1  150  6.13 10.87  17  13   0  17  13  Dodgers      
1993 25   11   3.44   32  32  211.2  127  5.40 13.18  10  12   0  12  10  Dodgers      
1998 30   12   2.83   15  15  101.2   91  8.06 10.62   7   3   0   6   4  Dodgers      
CAREER    29   3.67  301 297 1895.2 1427  6.77 12.12 135  88   0 115 108 
LG AVG     0   4.03          1895.2 1313  6.23 12.46 106 106 

MIKE MORSE, AGE: 24
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   23   -3  .349  .370  .718  .458   4.40  .278   3   23    3   72  Mariners     
CAR         -3  .349  .370  .718  .458   4.40  .278   3   23    3   72 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   7   30    4 
POS AVG      0  .335  .413  .747  .501   4.88  .277   5   26    4 

MARV OWEN, 1906-91
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1931   25  -34  .282  .308  .590  .221   2.88  .223   3   39    2  105  Tigers       
1933   27  -27  .320  .349  .669  .345   3.93  .262   2   65    2  138  Tigers       
1938   32  -21  .337  .373  .710  .389   4.60  .281   6   55    6  141  White Sox    
CAR       -138  .339  .367  .706  .389   4.52  .275  31  497   30 1011 
LG AVG       0  .362  .421  .784  .500   5.78  .289  69  561   53 
POS AVG    -50  .358  .403  .760  .462   5.35  .281  61  518   57 

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