Around the Majors: Rangers re-sign Teixeira

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January 18, 2006

1) The Rangers re-signed 1B Mark Teixeira (2 years, $15.4 million), CF Brad Wilkerson (1 year, $3.9 million) and P Adam Eaton (1 year, $4.65 million), to avoid salary arbitration.

TEIXEIRA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -4  .331  .480  .811  .476   5.27  .259  26   84    1  146  Rangers      
2004   24   30  .370  .560  .929  .637   7.74  .281  38  112    4  145  Rangers      
2005   25   50  .379  .575  .954  .693   7.91  .301  43  144    4  162  Rangers      
CAR         76  .362  .541  .902  .616   7.01  .282 107  340    9  453 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .269  53  222   26 
POS AVG     22  .348  .450  .798  .541   5.49  .266  68  258    9 

WILKERSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    4  .380  .464  .844  .522   6.46  .268  19   77   13  146  Expos        
2004   27   30  .374  .498  .872  .640   6.81  .255  32   67   13  160  Expos        
2005   28    4  .351  .405  .756  .523   4.96  .248  11   57    8  148  Nationals    
CAR         46  .365  .452  .817  .557   5.93  .256  83  265   43  654 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .770  .500   5.14  .268  73  299   38 
POS AVG     39  .352  .456  .808  .549   5.75  .273  87  315   44 

EATON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -4   4.08   31  31  183    146  7.18 12.20   9  12   0  10  11  Padres       
2004 26  -14   4.61   33  33  199.1  153  6.91 12.01  11  14   0  11  14  Padres       
2005 27   -7   4.27   24  22  128.2  100  6.99 13.22  11   5   0   7   9  Padres       
CAREER   -35   4.34  133 131  796    623  7.04 12.44  47  41   0  41  47 
LG AVG     0   4.35           796    595  6.73 12.88  45  45

2) The Astros re-signed Ps Brad Lidge ($3.975 million) and Dan Wheeler ($930,000) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

LIDGE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26    8   3.60   78   0   85     97 10.27 11.33   6   3   1   5   4  Astros       
2004 27   26   1.90   80   0   94.2  157 14.93  8.84   6   5  29   9   2  Astros       
2005 28   14   2.29   70   0   70.2  103 13.12 10.70   4   4  42   6   2  Astros       
CAREER    46   2.71  234   1  259    369 12.82 10.67  17  12  72  20   9 
LG AVG     0   4.28           259    192  6.66 12.80  15  15 

WHEELER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    3   3.71   35   0   51     35  6.18 11.82   1   3   2   2   2  Mets         
2004 26    0   4.29   46   1   65     55  7.62 13.43   3   1   0   2   2  Mets/Astros
2005 27   16   2.21   71   0   73.1   69  8.47  9.20   2   3   3   4   1  Astros       
CAREER     6   4.18  182   9  260.2  220  7.60 12.57   8  12   5  11   9 
LG AVG     0   4.42           260.2  190  6.55 13.00  15  15

3) The Cardinals re-signed P Jason Marquis to a 1 year, $5.15 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -6   5.53   21   2   40.2   19  4.20 13.94   0   0   1   0   0  Braves       
2004 25   10   3.71   32  32  201.1  138  6.17 13.19  15   7   0  12  10  Cardinals    
2005 26    4   4.13   33  32  207    100  4.35 12.17  13  14   0  14  13  Cardinals    
CAREER     9   4.15  161 104  716    456  5.73 12.93  42  36   1  40  38 
LG AVG     0   4.28           716    536  6.74 12.78  40  40

4) The Blue Jays re-signed P Ted Lilly to a 1 year, $4 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -2   4.34   32  31  178.1  147  7.42 12.21  12  10   0  11  11  A's          
2004 28   19   4.06   32  32  197.1  168  7.66 12.13  12  10   0  13   9  Blue Jays    
2005 29  -16   5.56   25  25  126.1   96  6.84 13.96  10  11   0   8  13  Blue Jays    
CAREER   -10   4.67  153 128  754.1  639  7.62 12.65  44  45   0  45  44 
LG AVG     0   4.52           754.1  528  6.30 12.93  42  42

5) The Nationals re-signed 1B Nick Johnson (1 year, $3.2 million) and C Brian Schneider (4 years, $16 million), to avoid salary arbitration.

JOHNSON
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 

SCHNEIDER
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26  -25  .309  .394  .703  .286   3.73  .230   9   46    0  108  Expos        
2004   27   -7  .325  .399  .724  .448   4.45  .257  12   49    0  135  Expos        
2005   28   -2  .330  .409  .739  .484   4.56  .268  10   44    1  116  Nationals    
CAR        -43  .323  .402  .725  .410   4.32  .256  37  185    2  504 
LG AVG       0  .341  .432  .773  .500   5.18  .269  49  202   25 
POS AVG    -43  .322  .393  .716  .403   4.19  .254  39  189    6

6) The White Sox re-signed 3B Joe Crede to a 1 year, $2.675 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -7  .308  .433  .741  .457   4.50  .261  19   75    1  151  White Sox    
2004   26  -23  .299  .418  .717  .350   3.93  .239  21   69    1  144  White Sox    
2005   27   -5  .303  .454  .756  .465   4.65  .252  22   62    1  132  White Sox    
CAR        -36  .303  .439  .743  .433   4.45  .255  74  251    4  504 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .764  .500   5.02  .268  56  234   28 
POS AVG     -7  .329  .427  .756  .487   4.88  .262  59  235   25

7) The Angels re-signed Ps Francisco Rodriguez ($3.775 million) and Scot Shields ($2.1 million) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

RODRIGUEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 21   11   3.03   59   0   86     95  9.94  9.10   8   3   2   7   4  Angels       
2004 22   26   1.82   69   0   84    123 13.18  9.11   4   1  12   4   1  Angels       
2005 23   11   2.67   66   0   67.1   91 12.16 10.29   2   5  45   5   2  Angels       
CAREER    51   2.44  199   0  243    322 11.93  9.44  14   9  59  16   7 
LG AVG     0   4.52           243    169  6.24 12.90  14  14 

SHIELDS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   22   2.85   44  13  148.1  111  6.73 10.98   5   6   1   7   4  Angels       
2004 28   15   3.33   60   0  105.1  109  9.31 11.96   8   2   4   6   4  Angels       
2005 29   15   2.75   78   0   91.2   98  9.62 10.31  10  11   7  14   7  Angels       
CAREER    69   2.80  219  14  405.1  355  7.88 10.99  28  22  12  33  17 
LG AVG     0   4.51           405.1  281  6.24 12.88  23  23

8) The Red Sox re-signed P Guillermo Mota to a 1 year, $3 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29   24   1.97   76   0  105     99  8.49  9.00   6   3   1   7   2  Dodgers      
2004 30   11   3.07   78   0   96.2   85  7.91 10.80   9   8   4  11   6  Dodgers/Marlins
2005 31   -5   4.70   56   0   67     60  8.06 13.16   2   2   2   2   2  Marlins      
CAREER    30   3.61  386   0  464.1  375  7.27 11.34  22  24   7  29  17 
LG AVG     0   4.33           464.1  347  6.72 12.87  26  26

9) The Mets re-signed P Victor Zambrano ($3 million) and INF Chris Woodward ($825,000) to a 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

ZAMBRANO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27    7   4.21   34  28  188.1  132  6.31 13.91  12  10   0  12  10  Devil Rays   
2004 28    1   4.37   26  25  142    123  7.80 15.02  11   7   0   9   9  Devil Rays/Mets
2005 29    0   4.17   31  27  166.1  112  6.06 14.18   7  12   0   9  10  Mets         
CAREER     3   4.38  169  91  662    498  6.77 14.15  44  39   3  41  42 
LG AVG     0   4.46           662    468  6.36 12.89  37  37 

WOODWARD
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27  -10  .316  .395  .711  .405   4.27  .261   7   45    1  104  Blue Jays    
2004   28  -15  .283  .347  .630  .264   3.14  .235   1   24    1   69  Blue Jays    
2005   29   -1  .337  .393  .730  .482   4.78  .283   3   18    0   81  Mets         
CAR        -40  .305  .398  .703  .392   4.10  .252  29  153    6  432 
LG AVG       0  .337  .430  .767  .500   5.08  .268  41  171   21 
POS AVG     -4  .334  .424  .758  .489   4.98  .272  36  161   24

10) The Orioles re-signed CF Corey Patterson ($2.8 million) and Ps Erik Bedard ($1.4 million) and Bruce Chen ($3.8 million) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

PATTERSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23    8  .329  .511  .839  .576   6.00  .298  13   55   16   83  Cubs         
2004   24   -8  .320  .452  .771  .463   5.12  .266  24   72   32  157  Cubs         
2005   25  -31  .254  .348  .602  .256   2.85  .215  13   34   15  126  Cubs         
CAR        -60  .293  .414  .707  .408   4.23  .252  70  231   86  589 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .268  71  288   37 
POS AVG     -2  .336  .429  .765  .497   5.11  .268  70  262   72 

BEDARD
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 23   -1  13.50    2   0    0.2    1 13.50 27.00   0   0   0   0   0  Orioles      
2004 25    3   4.59   27  26  137.1  121  7.93 14.88   6  10   0   8   8  Orioles      
2005 26    1   4.00   24  24  141.2  125  7.94 12.77   6   8   0   7   7  Orioles      
CAREER     3   4.31   53  50  279.2  247  7.95 13.84  12  18   0  15  15 
LG AVG     0   4.50           279.2  196  6.30 12.88  16  16 

CHEN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -2   5.55   16   2   24.1   20  7.40 14.05   0   1   0   0   1  Astros/Red Sox
2004 27   10   3.02    8   7   47.2   32  6.04 10.38   2   1   0   2   1  Orioles      
2005 28    6   3.83   34  32  197.1  133  6.07 11.81  13  10   0  12  11  Orioles      
CAREER     6   4.27  197 100  698.1  565  7.28 12.27  35  30   0  32  33 
LG AVG     0   4.42           698.1  512  6.60 12.88  39  39

11) The Mariners re-signed utilityman Willie Bloomquist to a 2 year, $1.525 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -9  .317  .321  .638  .342   3.42  .250   1   14    4   89  Mariners     
2004   26   -7  .283  .330  .613  .358   3.44  .245   2   18   13   93  Mariners     
2005   27  -10  .289  .333  .622  .348   3.43  .257   0   22   14   82  Mariners     
CAR        -18  .308  .341  .649  .403   3.87  .261   3   61   34  276 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .269  22   90   11 
POS AVG     -3  .328  .423  .751  .485   4.84  .265  21   89   11

12) The Diamondbacks re-signed 2B Orlando Hudson ($2.3 million) and SS Alex Cintron ($1.6 million), C Johnny Estrada and Ps Brandon Lyon ($830,000) and Claudio Vargas to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

HUDSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -13  .328  .395  .723  .412   4.34  .268   9   57    5  142  Blue Jays    
2004   26   -5  .341  .438  .779  .468   5.13  .270  12   58    7  135  Blue Jays    
2005   27   -5  .315  .412  .728  .461   4.58  .271  10   63    7  131  Blue Jays    
CAR        -25  .328  .418  .746  .450   4.67  .270  35  201   19  462 
LG AVG       0  .334  .429  .763  .500   5.01  .268  52  216   26 
POS AVG    -24  .324  .401  .725  .450   4.50  .265  36  181   37 

CINTRON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24    8  .359  .489  .848  .551   6.42  .317  13   51    2  117  Diamondbacks 
2004   25  -29  .301  .363  .665  .325   3.63  .262   4   49    3  154  Diamondbacks 
2005   26  -12  .298  .415  .713  .377   4.02  .273   8   48    1  122  Diamondbacks 
CAR        -39  .320  .412  .732  .411   4.52  .279  25  152    6  439 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .773  .500   5.17  .269  46  186   23 
POS AVG    -36  .319  .389  .708  .416   4.31  .265  25  143   32 

ESTRADA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -1  .359  .306  .665  .416   4.15  .306   0    2    0   16  Braves       
2004   28    9  .378  .450  .828  .558   5.96  .314   9   76    0  134  Braves       
2005   29  -19  .303  .367  .670  .316   3.47  .261   4   39    0  105  Braves       
CAR        -36  .326  .393  .719  .398   4.17  .273  21  156    0  354 
LG AVG       0  .340  .435  .775  .500   5.20  .269  39  156   19 
POS AVG    -39  .317  .389  .706  .386   4.04  .251  30  141    5 

LYON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 22  -14   6.53   15  10   62     30  4.35 14.37   1   4   0   2   3  Blue Jays    
2003 23    4   4.12   49   0   59     50  7.63 14.34   4   6   9   6   4  Red Sox      
2005 25   -7   6.44   32   0   29.1   17  5.22 17.18   0   2  14   1   1  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -13   5.19  107  21  213.1  132  5.57 13.84  10  16  23  14  12 
LG AVG     0   4.46           213.1  150  6.32 12.86  12  12 

VARGAS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   10   4.34   23  20  114     62  4.89 12.55   6   8   0   8   6  Expos        
2004 25  -15   5.25   45  14  118.1   89  6.77 14.53   5   5   0   4   6  Expos        
2005 26  -12   5.24   25  23  132.1   95  6.46 13.60   9   9   0   8  10  Nationals/Diamondbacks
CAREER   -17   4.96   93  57  364.2  246  6.07 13.57  20  22   0  20  22 
LG AVG     0   4.27           364.2  269  6.65 12.80  20  20

13) The Tigers re-signed 1B Carlos Pena ($2.8 million) and Ps Jeremy Bonderman ($2.3 million) and Chris Spurling ($725,000) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

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 

BONDERMAN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20  -23   5.56   33  28  162    108  6.00 14.17   6  19   0  10  15  Tigers       
2004 21   -9   4.89   33  32  184    168  8.22 12.28  11  13   0  11  13  Tigers       
2005 22   -6   4.57   29  29  189    145  6.90 12.38  14  13   0  13  14  Tigers       
CAREER   -38   4.98   95  89  535    421  7.08 12.89  31  45   0  34  42 
LG AVG     0   4.51           535    371  6.24 12.88  30  30 

SPURLING
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -3   4.68   66   0   77     38  4.44 12.04   1   3   3   2   2  Tigers       
2005 28    7   3.44   56   0   70.2   26  3.31 10.44   3   4   0   4   3  Tigers       
CAREER     4   4.08  122   0  147.2   64  3.90 11.28   4   7   3   6   5 
LG AVG     0   4.45           147.2  101  6.14 12.75   8   8

14) The Braves re-signed 2B Marcus Giles ($3.85 million) and Ps Horacio Ramirez ($2.2 million) and Oscar Villarreal ($462,500) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

GILES
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   43  .390  .526  .917  .696   7.86  .316  21   69   14  145  Braves       
2004   26   13  .378  .443  .821  .599   6.53  .311   8   48   17  102  Braves       
2005   27   14  .365  .461  .826  .570   6.17  .291  15   63   16  152  Braves       
CAR         59  .366  .465  .831  .585   6.25  .292  61  234   50  535 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .268  62  252   31 
POS AVG    -19  .337  .405  .743  .467   4.82  .272  43  204   38 

RAMIREZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 23    3   4.00   29  29  182.1  100  4.94 12.78  12   4   0   8   8  Braves       
2004 24   13   2.39   10   9   60.1   31  4.62 12.08   2   4   0   4   2  Braves       
2005 25   -5   4.63   33  32  202.1   80  3.56 12.59  11   9   0  10  10  Braves       
CAREER    11   4.07   72  70  445    211  4.27 12.60  25  17   0  22  20 
LG AVG     0   4.26           445    328  6.62 12.79  25  25 

VILLARREAL
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

15) The Brewers released 3B Russell Branyan.

Branyan had already been removed from the 40 man roster when he was designated for assignment on January 9.

A Hardball Times Update
by RJ McDaniel
Goodbye for now. 
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -1  .322  .438  .759  .489   5.01  .216   9   26    0   74  Reds         
2004   28    3  .324  .525  .849  .557   6.10  .234  11   27    1   51  Brewers      
2005   29    9  .378  .490  .868  .623   6.66  .257  12   31    1   85  Brewers      
CAR         13  .327  .480  .807  .525   5.56  .232  93  238    7  536 
LG AVG       0  .339  .431  .770  .500   5.13  .269  48  200   26 
POS AVG      6  .341  .442  .783  .510   5.30  .268  54  216   18

16) The Pirates re-signed P Kip Wells to a 1 year, $4.15 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   21   3.28   31  31  197.1  147  6.70 11.58  10   9   0  12   7  Pirates      
2004 27   -7   4.55   24  24  138.1  116  7.55 14.12   5   7   0   5   7  Pirates      
2005 28  -16   5.09   33  33  182    132  6.53 14.69   8  18   0  11  15  Pirates      
CAREER     6   4.36  188 168  983.2  728  6.66 13.71  55  69   0  62  62 
LG AVG     0   4.36           983.2  720  6.59 12.92  55  55

17) The Reds re-signed P Aaron Harang to a 1 year, $2.35 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -9   5.31   16  15   76.1   42  4.95 12.85   5   6   0   5   6  A's/Reds
2004 26  -15   4.86   28  28  161    125  6.99 13.14  10   9   0   8  11  Reds         
2005 27   16   3.83   32  32  211.2  163  6.93 11.74  11  13   0  14  10  Reds         
CAREER    -9   4.51   92  90  527.1  394  6.72 12.73  31  32   0  31  32 
LG AVG     0   4.31           527.1  384  6.55 12.80  29  30

18) The Indians traded P Brian Tallet to the Blue Jays for P Edward Buzachero.

TALLET
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 24    4   1.50    2   2   12      5  3.75 10.50   1   0   0   1   0  Indians      
2003 25   -1   4.74    5   3   19      9  4.26 15.16   0   2   0   1   1  Indians      
2005 27   -2   7.71    2   0    4.2    2  3.86 19.29   0   0   0   0   0  Indians      
CAREER     1   4.04    9   5   35.2   16  4.04 14.13   1   2   0   2   1 
LG AVG     0   4.49            35.2   24  6.17 12.82   2   2

19) The Rockies re-signed P Zach Day to a 1 year, $600,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   14   4.18   23  23  131.1   61  4.18 13.77   9   8   0  10   7  Expos        
2004 26    2   3.93   19  19  116.2   61  4.71 12.81   5  10   0   8   7  Expos        
2005 27  -14   6.85   17   8   47.1   23  4.37 17.87   1   3   0   1   3  Nationals/Rockies
CAREER     4   4.41   78  52  332.2  170  4.60 13.66  19  22   1  22  19 
LG AVG     0   4.27           332.2  247  6.68 12.80  19  19

20) The Royals re-signed Ps Runelvys Hernandez ($1.225 million) and Jeremy Affeldt ($1 million) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

HERNANDEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 24    8   4.36   12  12   74.1   45  5.45 12.35   4   4   0   5   3  Royals       
2003 25    6   4.61   16  16   91.2   48  4.71 12.76   7   5   0   7   5  Royals       
2005 27  -22   5.52   29  29  159.2   88  4.96 14.04   8  14   0   9  13  Royals       
CAREER    -8   5.00   57  57  325.2  181  5.00 13.29  19  23   0  21  21 
LG AVG     0   4.43           325.2  223  6.17 12.74  18  18 

AFFELDT
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   17   3.93   36  18  126     98  7.00 12.07   7   6   4   8   5  Royals       
2004 25   -4   4.95   38   8   76.1   49  5.78 14.86   3   4  13   3   4  Royals       
2005 26   -5   5.26   49   0   49.2   39  7.07 15.40   0   2   0   1   1  Royals       
CAREER    13   4.53  157  33  329.2  253  6.91 13.79  13  16  17  16  13 
LG AVG     0   4.51           329.2  228  6.23 12.89  18  19

21) The A’s re-signed C Adam Melhuse ($700,000) and P Juan Cruz ($575,000) to 1 year contracts, to avoid salary arbitration.

MELHUSE
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 

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

22) The Phillies re-signed CF Jason Michaels to a 1 year, $1.5 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   11  .416  .569  .985  .749   8.88  .330   5   17    0   76  Phillies     
2004   28    3  .364  .415  .779  .531   5.64  .274  10   40    2  115  Phillies     
2005   29    8  .399  .415  .814  .576   6.46  .304   4   31    3  105  Phillies     
CAR         25  .380  .442  .822  .590   6.35  .291  21  100    6  383 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.15  .269  25  101   13 
POS AVG      2  .340  .434  .775  .507   5.24  .268  26   96   22

23) The Indians re-signed P David Riske to a 1 year, $1.8 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   16   2.29   68   0   74.2   82  9.88  9.04   2   2   8   3   1  Indians      
2004 27    7   3.72   72   0   77.1   78  9.08 13.03   7   3   5   6   4  Indians      
2005 28    8   3.10   58   0   72.2   48  5.94  9.17   3   4   1   4   3  Indians      
CAREER    30   3.55  287   0  317.1  318  9.02 11.77  17  12  16  18  11 
LG AVG     0   4.52           317.1  221  6.26 12.92  18  18

24) Today’s birthdays–

BRADY ANDERSON, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1992   28   40  .373  .449  .823  .674   6.49  .271  21   80   53  159  Orioles      
1996   32   64  .396  .637 1.034  .731   9.23  .297  50  110   21  149  Orioles      
1999   35   39  .404  .477  .881  .665   7.80  .282  24   81   36  150  Orioles      
CAR        175  .362  .425  .787  .570   5.84  .256 210  761  315 1834 
LG AVG       0  .339  .420  .759  .500   4.99  .269 195  880  129 
POS AVG     17  .340  .419  .759  .502   5.10  .270 185  819  247 

CURT FLOOD, 1938-97
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1965   27   20  .366  .421  .788  .598   5.85  .310  11   83    9  156  Cardinals    
1967   29   26  .378  .414  .793  .663   6.06  .335   5   50    2  134  Cardinals    
1968   30   19  .339  .366  .705  .619   4.56  .301   5   60   11  150  Cardinals    
CAR         19  .342  .389  .732  .504   4.72  .293  85  636   88 1759 
LG AVG       0  .325  .393  .719  .500   4.42  .262 152  707   81 
POS AVG     89  .334  .416  .751  .543   4.93  .273 165  698  144 

MIKE FORNIELES, 1932-98
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1959 27   10   3.07   46   0   82     54  5.93 11.74   5   3  11   5   3  Red Sox      
1960 28   18   2.64   70   0  109     64  5.28 11.64  10   5  14  10   5  Red Sox      
CAREER     6   3.96  432  76 1156    576  4.48 12.60  63  64  55  64  63 
LG AVG     0   3.91          1156    609  4.74 12.59  64  64 

MIKE LIEBERTHAL, AGE: 34
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   18  .373  .453  .825  .607   6.20  .313  13   81    0  131  Phillies     
2004   32   -6  .335  .447  .783  .463   4.86  .271  17   61    1  131  Phillies     
2005   33   -5  .336  .418  .755  .463   5.04  .263  12   47    0  118  Phillies     
CAR          1  .339  .449  .788  .498   5.25  .275 141  573    8 1107 
LG AVG       0  .343  .432  .775  .500   5.23  .270 125  521   75 
POS AVG    -89  .327  .403  .730  .422   4.43  .258 110  500   21 

SCOTT MCGREGOR, AGE: 52
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1982 28  -14   4.61   37  37  226.1   84  3.34 11.57  14  12   0  11  15  Orioles      
1985 31  -16   4.81   35  34  204     86  3.79 12.88  14  14   0  12  16  Orioles      
1987 33  -21   6.64   26  15   85.1   39  4.11 15.82   2   7   0   3   6  Orioles      
CAREER   -19   3.99  356 309 2140.2  904  3.80 11.73 138 108   5 121 125 
LG AVG     0   4.04          2140.2 1179  4.96 12.53 120 120 

FRANKLIN NUNEZ, AGE: 29
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 27   -2   5.91    8   0   10.2   14 11.81 17.72   0   3   0   1   2  Devil Rays   
2005 28   -4  10.80    5   0    5      2  3.60 16.20   1   0   0   0   1  Devil Rays   
CAREER    -6   7.47   13   0   15.2   16  9.19 17.23   1   3   0   1   3 
LG AVG     0   4.55            15.2   11  6.36 12.98   1   1 

WANDY RODRIGUEZ, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 26  -20   5.53   25  22  128.2   80  5.60 13.71  10  10   0   7  13  Astros       
CAREER   -20   5.53   25  22  128.2   80  5.60 13.71  10  10   0   7  13 
LG AVG     0   4.23           128.2   94  6.57 12.76   7   7

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