Around the Majors: Rangers-Marlins trade rumor update

1) The Rangers have reportedly agreed to include one of their top pitching prospects, either John Danks or Thomas Diamond, in their proposed trade with the Marlins. But, the Marlins also reportedly are talking to the Red Sox to see if they can top the Rangers offer.

2) According to NY Newsday, the Mets are more likely to acquire Marlins 2B Luis Castillo or C Paul Lo Duca than 1B Carlos Delgado, who could be headed to the Orioles.

3) Today’s birthdays–

BILL ALMON, AGE: 53
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   24  -18  .303  .336  .639  .378   3.32  .261   2   43   20  155  Padres       
1979   26  -12  .299  .258  .556  .265   2.60  .227   1    8    6  100  Padres       
1980   27  -11  .238  .260  .498  .188   1.96  .193   0    7    2   66  Expos/Mets
CAR        -73  .305  .343  .648  .409   3.56  .254  36  296  128 1236 
LG AVG       0  .330  .395  .725  .500   4.52  .264  80  406   78 
POS AVG    -64  .313  .360  .673  .424   3.88  .255  51  333   84 

CHARLIE BENNETT, 1854-1927
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1882   27   27  .340  .450  .790  .696   8.38  .301   5   51    0   84  Wolverines   
1883   28   34  .350  .474  .825  .711   8.97  .305   5   55    0   92  Wolverines   
1885   30   33  .356  .456  .812  .716   8.67  .269   5   60    0   91  Wolverines   
CAR         92  .340  .387  .728  .568   6.81  .256  55  533   42 1062 
LG AVG       0  .309  .352  .661  .500   5.82  .260  26  448  107 
POS AVG   -102  .287  .323  .610  .428   4.88  .241  21  412   70 

HANK BLALOCK, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   22   12  .350  .522  .872  .559   6.32  .300  29   90    2  143  Rangers      
2004   23   10  .355  .500  .855  .543   6.25  .276  32  110    2  159  Rangers      
2005   24   -7  .318  .431  .749  .463   4.67  .263  25   92    1  161  Rangers      
CAR          6  .338  .471  .809  .508   5.53  .274  89  309    5  512 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  63  262   31 
POS AVG     -5  .330  .427  .757  .490   4.90  .263  66  262   29 

WADE BLASINGAME, AGE: 62
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1966 22  -13   5.29   16  12   68     34  4.50 12.97   3   7   0   3   7  Braves       
1967 23  -26   5.63   25  18  102.1   66  5.80 14.86   5   7   0   3   9  Braves/Astros
1971 27  -26   4.61   30  28  158     93  5.30 13.39   9  11   0   7  13  Astros       
CAREER  -102   4.52  222 128  864.1  512  5.33 13.46  46  51   5  38  59 
LG AVG     0   3.53           864.1  555  5.78 11.76  48  48 

LEW BURDETTE, AGE: 79
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1962 35  -17   4.88   37  19  144     59  3.69 12.31  10   9   2   7  12  Braves       
1964 37  -14   4.66   36  17  141     43  2.74 11.81  10   9   0   8  11  Cardinals/Cubs
1965 38  -21   5.44   26  12   91     28  2.77 14.64   3   5   0   3   5  Cubs/Phillies
CAREER   -30   3.66  626 373 3067.2 1074  3.15 11.35 203 144  31 173 174 
LG AVG     0   3.86          3067.2 1730  5.08 12.27 171 171 

BILLY CLINGMAN, 1869-1958
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1896   26  -32  .329  .281  .611  .305   4.28  .234   2   37   19  121  Colonels     
1897   27  -29  .302  .314  .616  .297   3.82  .228   2   47   14  113  Colonels     
1901   31  -26  .308  .304  .612  .331   3.67  .242   2   55   10  137  Senators     
CAR       -151  .323  .306  .630  .350   4.15  .246   8  301   98  816 
LG AVG       0  .353  .384  .736  .500   6.03  .290  20  415  143 
POS AVG    -48  .342  .365  .707  .462   5.45  .276  18  415  131 

KEN GRIFFEY JR., AGE: 36
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1991   21   51  .399  .527  .926  .734   7.94  .327  22  100   18  154  Mariners     
1993   23   70  .408  .617 1.025  .762   9.13  .309  45  109   17  156  Mariners     
1994   24   53  .402  .674 1.076  .747  10.20  .323  40   90   11  111  Mariners     
1996   26   61  .392  .628 1.020  .736   9.55  .303  49  140   16  140  Mariners     
1997   27   65  .382  .646 1.028  .731   9.04  .304  56  147   15  157  Mariners     
1998   28   51  .365  .611  .977  .692   8.00  .284  56  146   20  161  Mariners     
1999   29   45  .384  .576  .960  .669   8.28  .285  48  134   24  160  Mariners     
2003   33   11  .370  .566  .936  .665   7.48  .247  13   26    1   53  Reds         
2004   34   12  .351  .513  .864  .611   6.23  .253  20   60    1   83  Reds         
2005   35   32  .369  .576  .946  .663   7.80  .301  35   92    0  128  Reds         
CAR        579  .377  .561  .938  .679   7.73  .293 536 1536  178 2125 
LG AVG       0  .339  .421  .760  .500   5.00  .268 225  999  144 
POS AVG      0  .338  .415  .753  .494   5.00  .270 201  895  306 

LEE GUETTERMAN, AGE: 47
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1986 27  -24   7.34   41   4   76     38  4.50 16.82   0   4   0   1   3  Mariners     
1992 33  -26   7.09   58   0   66     20  2.73 16.36   4   5   2   2   7  Yankees/Mets
CAREER   -15   4.33  425  23  658.1  287  3.92 13.06  38  36  25  39  35 
LG AVG     0   4.09           658.1  420  5.74 12.57  37  37 

ANDY HIGH, 1897-1981
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1925   27  -13  .335  .350  .685  .381   4.05  .257   4   34    3  104  Dodgers/Braves
1929   31  -17  .340  .411  .751  .415   4.96  .295  10   63    7  146  Cardinals    
1932   34  -16  .276  .230  .506  .199   2.25  .188   0   12    1   84  Reds         
CAR        -42  .350  .388  .738  .470   4.82  .284  44  482   33 1314 
LG AVG       0  .354  .417  .770  .500   5.35  .295  65  592   75 
POS AVG    -60  .345  .399  .743  .458   4.88  .289  47  551   71 

FREDDY LINDSTROM, 1905-81
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1928   22   37  .383  .511  .894  .657   7.52  .358  14  107   15  153  Giants       
1930   24   55  .425  .575  .999  .700   9.75  .379  22  106   15  148  Giants       
1933   27   23  .350  .448  .798  .638   5.72  .310   5   55    1  138  Pirates      
CAR         84  .351  .449  .800  .544   5.73  .311 103  779   84 1438 
LG AVG       0  .349  .414  .763  .500   5.29  .291  83  719   74 
POS AVG    -12  .347  .414  .761  .493   5.21  .294  75  698   75 

TOM MCCRAW, AGE: 65
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1970   29  -18  .273  .319  .592  .299   3.13  .220   6   31   12  129  White Sox    
CAR        -36  .309  .362  .670  .457   3.73  .246  75  404  143 1468 
LG AVG       0  .320  .377  .697  .500   4.13  .251 100  443   57 
POS AVG     56  .331  .406  .737  .542   4.60  .255 136  528   43 

STAN MUSIAL, AGE: 85
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1942   21   44  .397  .490  .888  .746   8.07  .315  10   72    6  140  Cardinals    
1943   22   80  .425  .562  .988  .802   9.49  .357  13   81    9  157  Cardinals    
1944   23   84  .440  .549  .990  .825  10.39  .347  12   94    7  146  Cardinals    
1946   25   94  .434  .587 1.021  .822  11.07  .365  16  103    7  156  Cardinals    
1948   27  120  .450  .702 1.152  .852  13.10  .376  39  131    7  155  Cardinals    
1949   28   89  .438  .624 1.062  .786  11.40  .338  36  123    3  157  Cardinals    
1950   29   76  .437  .596 1.034  .783  10.90  .346  28  109    5  146  Cardinals    
1951   30   97  .449  .614 1.063  .826  11.85  .355  32  108    4  152  Cardinals    
1952   31   74  .432  .538  .970  .794   9.47  .336  21   91    7  154  Cardinals    
1953   32   85  .437  .609 1.046  .789  11.01  .337  30  113    3  157  Cardinals    
1954   33   65  .428  .607 1.036  .739   9.36  .330  35  126    1  153  Cardinals    
1955   34   55  .408  .566  .974  .727   8.67  .319  33  108    5  154  Cardinals    
1956   35   41  .386  .522  .908  .683   7.26  .310  27  109    2  156  Cardinals    
1957   36   65  .422  .612 1.034  .783   9.90  .351  29  102    1  134  Cardinals    
CAR       1204  .417  .559  .976  .752   9.23  .331 475 1951   78 3026 
LG AVG       0  .338  .402  .739  .500   4.86  .267 241 1228  104 
POS AVG    257  .354  .445  .799  .575   5.77  .280 325 1489   97 

JOE NATHAN, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   11   2.96   78   0   79     83  9.46  9.91  12   4   0  11   5  Giants       
2004 29   25   1.62   73   0   72.1   89 11.07  9.08   1   2  44   3   0  Twins        
2005 30   13   2.70   69   0   70     94 12.09  8.74   7   4  43   8   3  Twins        
CAREER    40   3.44  263  29  408.2  383  8.43 11.36  32  16  88  30  18 
LG AVG     0   4.50           408.2  298  6.56 13.08  23  23 

GEORGE SCHAREIN, 1914-81
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1937   22  -43  .293  .284  .577  .225   2.90  .241   0   57   13  146  Phillies     
1938   23  -28  .268  .308  .576  .241   2.75  .238   1   29   11  117  Phillies     
1939   24  -29  .262  .293  .555  .227   2.51  .238   1   33    4  118  Phillies     
CAR       -101  .277  .294  .571  .229   2.73  .240   2  119   28  388 
LG AVG       0  .342  .396  .738  .500   4.97  .278  22  172   14 
POS AVG    -34  .327  .347  .674  .413   4.10  .259  12  141   16 

DICK SCHOFIELD, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1984   21  -29  .264  .263  .527  .217   2.27  .193   4   21    5  140  Angels       
1985   22  -19  .287  .331  .618  .331   3.15  .219   8   41   11  147  Angels       
1991   28  -15  .310  .260  .570  .349   2.97  .225   0   31    8  134  Angels       
CAR       -136  .308  .316  .624  .375   3.42  .230  56  353  120 1368 
LG AVG       0  .329  .402  .731  .500   4.58  .262 120  560   91 
POS AVG   -102  .314  .355  .669  .410   3.82  .257  58  433   92 

OSCAR VILLARREAL, AGE: 24
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 21   24   2.57   86   1   98     80  7.35 11.85  10   7   0  13   4  Diamondbacks 
2004 22   -5   7.00   17   0   18     17  8.50 16.50   0   2   0   1   1  Diamondbacks 
2005 23   -1   5.27   11   0   13.2    5  3.29 11.85   2   0   0   1   1  Diamondbacks 
CAREER    18   3.47  114   1  129.2  102  7.08 12.49  12   9   0  15   6 
LG AVG     0   4.28           129.2   96  6.65 12.81   7   7 

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