Around the Majors: Signings

1) The Marlins signed free agents 3B Wes Helms and C Miguel Olivo to 1 year contracts.

HELMS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27   -2  .330  .450  .780  .485   5.11  .261  23   67    0  134  Brewers      
2004   28  -12  .331  .361  .692  .354   3.88  .263   4   28    0   92  Brewers      
2005   29    2  .356  .458  .815  .532   5.44  .298   4   24    0   95  Brewers      
CAR        -29  .320  .424  .744  .430   4.50  .257  48  179    2  519 
LG AVG       0  .340  .432  .772  .500   5.16  .268  45  183   23 
POS AVG      0  .339  .439  .777  .499   5.17  .265  51  203   13 

OLIVO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24  -14  .287  .360  .646  .347   3.49  .237   6   27    6  114  White Sox    
2004   25  -10  .286  .439  .725  .385   3.95  .233  13   40    7   96  White Sox/Mariners
2005   26  -15  .246  .367  .613  .296   2.93  .217   9   34    7   91  Mariners/Padres
CAR        -40  .275  .389  .664  .345   3.48  .229  29  106   20  307 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .765  .500   5.05  .269  31  128   15 
POS AVG    -22  .317  .402  .719  .420   4.23  .257  27  122    4 

2) The Rockies signed free agent 2B-OF Willie Harris to a 1 year, $800,000 contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25  -11  .259  .241  .499  .204   2.35  .204   0    5   12   79  White Sox    
2004   26  -16  .343  .323  .665  .376   4.18  .262   2   27   19  129  White Sox    
2005   27   -4  .333  .314  .647  .382   3.86  .256   1    8   10   56  White Sox    
CAR        -45  .309  .299  .608  .320   3.48  .242   5   52   49  322 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .765  .500   5.05  .268  29  121   14 
POS AVG    -12  .327  .404  .731  .456   4.61  .266  20  101   21 

3) The Pirates signed free agents utilityman Mike Edwards, INF Gookie Dawkins and C Paul Chiaffredo to minor league contracts.

EDWARDS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   26    0  .500  .250  .750  .769   9.00  .250   0    0    0    4  A's          
2005   28  -11  .300  .339  .639  .332   3.30  .247   3   15    1   88  Dodgers      
CAR        -11  .304  .337  .642  .344   3.39  .247   3   15    1   92 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .766  .500   5.07  .268   8   32    4 
POS AVG      0  .339  .425  .764  .496   5.04  .269   7   33    2 

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 

4) Today’s birthdays–

RICK AGUILERA, AGE: 44
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1991 29   13   2.35   63   0   69     61  7.96  9.78   4   5  42   7   2  Twins        
1995 33   13   2.60   52   0   55.1   52  8.46  9.76   3   3  32   5   1  Twins/Red Sox
1999 37   15   2.93   61   0   67.2   45  5.99  9.04   9   4  14  10   3  Twins/Cubs
CAREER    85   3.57  732  89 1291.1 1030  7.18 11.29  86  81 318  99  68 
LG AVG     0   4.18          1291.1  855  5.96 12.74  72  72 

BOBBY BYRNE, 1884-1964
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1907   22  -11  .307  .293  .600  .428   3.43  .256   0   29   21  149  Cardinals    
1908   23  -25  .238  .212  .450  .236   1.85  .191   0   14   16  127  Cardinals    
1915   30  -20  .290  .245  .536  .287   2.26  .209   0   21    4  105  Phillies     
CAR        -50  .324  .323  .647  .469   3.94  .254  10  329  176 1283 
LG AVG       0  .329  .346  .675  .500   4.27  .261  29  501  193 
POS AVG    -31  .327  .335  .662  .484   4.08  .256  23  471  196 

SYL JOHNSON, 1900-85
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1929 28   21   3.61   42  19  182     80  3.96 12.31  13   7   3  12   8  Cardinals    
1931 30   22   3.00   32  24  186     82  3.97 10.50  11   9   2  13   7  Cardinals    
1935 34   24   3.55   37  18  175     89  4.58 11.11  10   8   6  11   7  Phillies     
CAREER    47   4.06  542 210 2167    920  3.82 11.74 112 117  43 119 110 
LG AVG     0   4.09          2167    758  3.15 13.04 121 121 

KING KELLY, 1857-94
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1879   21   47  .363  .493  .855  .802  10.28  .348   2   47    0   77  Red Stocking 
1884   26   73  .414  .524  .938  .794  12.73  .354  13   95    0  108  Cubs         
1886   28  101  .483  .534 1.018  .835  16.39  .388   4   79   53  118  Cubs         
1887   29   56  .393  .488  .880  .727  11.02  .322   8   63   84  116  Braves       
1888   30   49  .368  .480  .848  .752   9.53  .318   9   71   56  107  Braves       
CAR        470  .368  .438  .806  .680   9.12  .308  69  950  368 1455 
LG AVG       0  .309  .354  .663  .500   5.85  .261  38  650  165 
POS AVG    -19  .306  .351  .657  .498   5.77  .259  39  666  174 

ESTEBAN LOAIZA, AGE: 34
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31   39   2.90   34  34  226.1  207  8.23 10.42  21   9   0  21   9  White Sox    
2004 32  -18   5.70   31  27  183    117  5.75 14.31  10   7   0   8   9  White Sox/Yankees
2005 33    4   3.77   34  34  217    173  7.18 11.90  12  10   0  11  11  Nationals    
CAREER    -7   4.60  334 297 1880   1255  6.01 13.01 112  99   1 108 103 
LG AVG     0   4.48          1880   1349  6.46 13.01 105 105 

BRIAN MOEHLER, AGE: 34
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 30   -4   4.86   13  12   63     31  4.43 13.14   3   5   0   3   5  Tigers/Reds
2003 31   -5   7.90    3   3   13.2    5  3.29 18.44   0   0   0   0   0  Astros       
2005 33  -10   4.55   37  25  158.1   95  5.40 13.93   6  12   0   8  10  Marlins      
CAREER     2   4.57  181 168 1024.1  564  4.96 13.11  56  68   0  63  61 
LG AVG     0   4.63          1024.1  727  6.39 13.31  57  58 

CHRIS REITSMA, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25    0   4.29   57   3   84     53  5.68 11.89   9   5  12   7   7  Reds         
2004 26    2   4.07   84   0   79.2   60  6.78 12.65   6   4   2   5   5  Braves       
2005 27    4   3.93   76   0   73.1   42  5.15 11.41   3   6  15   5   4  Braves       
CAREER    -2   4.38  285  53  557.1  335  5.41 12.48  31  42  29  37  36 
LG AVG     0   4.26           557.1  421  6.79 12.73  31  31 

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