Around the Majors: Thome, Delgado trades

1) The Phillies traded 1B Jim Thome and cash to the White Sox for CF Aaron Rowand and minor league Ps Daniel Haigwood and Gio Gonzalez.

The trade is contingent on the players passing physicals and, due to the cash involved, the commissioner’s office’s approval.

THOME
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32   53  .385  .573  .958  .719   8.16  .266  47  131    0  159  Phillies     
2004   33   43  .396  .581  .977  .695   8.28  .274  42  105    0  143  Phillies     
2005   34   -6  .360  .352  .712  .401   4.39  .207   7   30    0   59  Phillies     
CAR        565  .408  .562  .970  .714   8.62  .281 430 1193   18 1738 
LG AVG       0  .342  .432  .773  .500   5.19  .271 184  784  104 
POS AVG    132  .359  .470  .829  .561   6.01  .277 251  941   39 

ROWAND
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25    3  .327  .452  .780  .556   5.59  .287   6   24    0   93  White Sox    
2004   26   25  .361  .544  .905  .632   7.42  .310  24   69   17  140  White Sox    
2005   27   -9  .329  .407  .736  .447   4.47  .270  13   69   16  157  White Sox    
CAR         10  .337  .451  .788  .516   5.37  .283  54  211   38  579 
LG AVG       0  .334  .428  .762  .500   4.99  .268  52  218   26 
POS AVG     -4  .332  .420  .752  .492   4.91  .272  43  197   49 

2) The Marlins traded 1B Carlos Delgado and cash to the Mets for 1B Mike Jacobs and minor league P Yusmeiro Petit.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   69  .426  .593 1.019  .756   9.78  .302  42  145    0  161  Blue Jays    
2004   32   19  .372  .535  .907  .605   6.94  .269  32   99    0  128  Blue Jays    
2005   33   51  .399  .582  .981  .733   8.32  .301  33  115    0  144  Marlins      
CAR        443  .393  .559  .952  .687   8.15  .284 369 1173    9 1567 
LG AVG       0  .341  .433  .774  .500   5.20  .271 174  737   97 
POS AVG    151  .362  .479  .841  .575   6.20  .279 246  910   42 

JACOBS
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   24   10  .375  .710 1.085  .734   8.64  .310  11   23    0   30  Mets         
CAR         10  .375  .710 1.085  .734   8.64  .310  11   23    0   30 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   3   12    2 
POS AVG      3  .361  .477  .838  .580   6.05  .281   4   15    1 

3) The Cubs signed free agent P Bobby Howry to a 3 year, $12 million contract.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29   -4  12.46    4   0    4.1    4  8.31 29.08   0   0   0   0   0  Red Sox      
2004 30    9   2.74   37   0   42.2   39  8.23 10.76   4   2   0   4   2  Indians      
2005 31   13   2.47   79   0   73     48  5.92  8.01   7   4   3   8   3  Indians      
CAREER    54   3.58  434   0  460.1  391  7.64 11.46  25  26  52  31  20 
LG AVG     0   4.62           460.1  323  6.31 13.16  26  26 

4) The Brewers re-signed C Chad Moeller to a 1 year, $700,000 contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28   -8  .335  .435  .770  .397   4.57  .268   7   29    1   78  Diamondbacks 
2004   29  -31  .265  .303  .568  .173   2.29  .208   5   27    0  101  Brewers      
2005   30  -16  .257  .367  .624  .220   2.54  .206   7   23    0   66  Brewers      
CAR        -74  .294  .359  .654  .269   3.18  .231  23  106    2  355 
LG AVG       0  .341  .434  .775  .500   5.21  .270  36  149   18 
POS AVG    -32  .322  .396  .717  .403   4.21  .255  29  138    5 

5) The Devil Rays signed free agent P Chad Harville to a 1 year, $525,000 contract and designated P Joe Beimel for assignment.

HARVILLE
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -4   5.82   21   0   21.2   18  7.48 17.86   1   0   1   0   1  A's          
2004 27   -2   4.69   59   0   55.2   46  7.44 13.74   3   2   0   2   3  A's/Astros
2005 28   -3   4.76   45   0   45.1   36  7.15 14.89   0   3   0   1   2  Astros/Red Sox
CAREER   -12   5.01  143   0  140    117  7.52 14.98   4   7   1   4   7 
LG AVG     0   4.39           140    101  6.50 12.91   8   8 

BEIMEL
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -6   5.05   69   0   62.1   42  6.06 15.30   1   3   0   2   2  Pirates      
2004 27   -7  43.20    3   0    1.2    2 10.80 54.00   0   0   0   0   0  Twins        
2005 28    1   3.27    7   0   11      3  2.45 15.55   0   0   0   0   0  Devil Rays   
CAREER   -26   5.16  174  23  275.2  158  5.16 14.95  10  19   0  13  16 
LG AVG     0   4.27           275.2  209  6.81 12.71  15  15 

6) The Marlins signed INF Alfredo Amezaga to a 1 year contract.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25   -7  .278  .333  .612  .263   2.64  .210   2    7    2   37  Angels       
2004   26  -12  .212  .247  .459  .099   1.53  .161   2   11    3   73  Angels       
2005   27   -1  .286  .167  .452  .000   0.00  .167   0    0    1    5  Pirates/Rockies
CAR        -17  .265  .313  .578  .231   2.53  .207   4   20    7  127 
LG AVG       0  .336  .431  .767  .500   5.08  .269   8   34    4 
POS AVG     -3  .327  .413  .740  .468   4.74  .269   6   30    5 

7) The Brewers released P Gary Glover and signed INFs Brent Abernathy and Brian Dallimore, Cs Mike Johnson and Mike Rivera and Ps Jerome Gamble and Jared Fernandez to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.

GLOVER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -2   4.74   42   0   62.2   37  5.31 14.65   2   0   0   0   2  White Sox/Angels
2004 27    2   3.50    4   3   18      8  4.00 14.00   2   1   0   2   1  Brewers      
2005 28  -10   5.57   15  11   64.2   58  8.07 13.36   5   4   0   3   6  Brewers      
CAREER   -22   5.03  149  47  385    236  5.52 13.00  21  18   1  17  22 
LG AVG     0   4.43           385    272  6.36 12.85  22  22 

ABERNATHY
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   24  -26  .288  .311  .599  .294   3.04  .242   2   40   10  117  Devil Rays   
2003   25   -7  .086  .059  .145  .000   0.00  .059   0    0    1   12  Devil Rays/Royals
2005   27   -3  .316  .299  .614  .326   3.32  .239   1    6    2   24  Twins        
CAR        -40  .297  .325  .622  .331   3.40  .244   8   79   21  232 
LG AVG       0  .333  .427  .759  .500   4.96  .266  29  120   16 
POS AVG    -14  .324  .393  .717  .446   4.45  .265  18   97   23 

DALLIMORE
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   30   -1  .347  .395  .742  .454   4.91  .279   1    7    0   20  Giants       
2005   31   -1  .143  .286  .429  .000   0.00  .143   0    0    0    7  Giants       
CAR         -2  .321  .380  .701  .373   4.05  .260   1    7    0   27 
LG AVG       0  .341  .435  .776  .500   5.22  .269   2    7    1 
POS AVG      0  .340  .416  .756  .477   4.98  .276   1    6    1 

RIVERA
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2001   24    1  .333  .500  .833  .630   6.75  .333   0    1    0    4  Tigers       
2002   25   -9  .254  .326  .579  .215   2.25  .227   1   11    0   39  Tigers       
2003   26   -6  .241  .245  .487  .068   1.13  .170   1    2    0   19  Padres       
CAR        -14  .255  .315  .570  .196   2.14  .218   2   14    0   62 
LG AVG       0  .334  .427  .761  .500   4.99  .266   7   28    3 
POS AVG     -7  .313  .384  .697  .390   3.94  .253   5   25    1 

FERNANDEZ
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 30    0   4.44   14   8   50.2   36  6.39 15.28   1   3   0   2   2  Reds         
2003 31    2   3.99   12   6   38.1   19  4.46 11.97   3   3   0   3   3  Astros       
2004 32   -6  54.00    2   1    1      0  0.00 99.00   0   0   0   0   0  Astros       
CAREER    -4   4.75   33  17  102.1   60  5.28 14.86   4   7   0   5   6 
LG AVG     0   4.21           102.1   77  6.75 12.72   6   6 

8) The Royals signed Ps Adam Bernero and Seth Etherton to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.

BERNERO
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26  -22   5.87   49  17  133.1   80  5.40 13.43   1  14   0   5  10  Tigers/Rockies
2004 27   -1   5.57   16   2   32.1   21  5.85 14.75   1   1   0   1   1  Rockies      
2005 28  -11   6.51   36   0   47     37  7.09 14.74   4   3   0   2   5  Braves       
CAREER   -59   5.91  146  34  361    235  5.86 13.94  10  26   0  13  23 
LG AVG     0   4.47           361    254  6.34 12.92  20  20 

ETHERTON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 23   -4   5.52   11  11   60.1   32  4.77 13.57   5   1   0   3   3  Angels       
2003 26   -9   6.90    7   7   30     17  5.10 17.10   2   4   0   2   4  Reds         
2005 28   -4   6.62    3   3   17.2   10  5.09 10.70   1   1   0   1   1  A's          
CAREER   -17   6.08   21  21  108     59  4.92 14.08   8   6   0   6   8 
LG AVG     0   4.65           108     76  6.36 13.29   6   6 

9) Today’s birthdays–

GEORGE BURNS, 1889-1966
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1914   24   43  .403  .417  .820  .734   6.74  .303   3   60   62  154  Giants       
1917   27   42  .380  .412  .792  .730   6.22  .302   5   45   40  152  Giants       
1919   29   36  .396  .404  .801  .706   6.43  .303   2   46   40  139  Giants       
CAR        164  .366  .384  .749  .578   5.12  .287  41  611  383 1853 
LG AVG       0  .334  .373  .706  .500   4.46  .275  62  783  202 
POS AVG     90  .346  .393  .739  .543   4.91  .284  75  786  255 

MIKE EDWARDS, AGE: 29
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 

CAL ELDRED, AGE: 38
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 35    3   3.74   62   0   67.1   67  8.96 12.97   7   4   8   6   5  Cardinals    
2004 36    3   3.76   52   0   67     54  7.25 11.96   4   2   1   3   3  Cardinals    
2005 37    9   2.19   31   1   37     29  7.05 13.38   1   0   0   1   0  Cardinals    
CAREER    17   4.42  341 192 1368    939  6.18 12.93  86  74   9  83  77 
LG AVG     0   4.50          1368    946  6.23 13.17  77  77 

BOB FRIEND, AGE: 75
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1955 24   25   2.84   44  20  200     98  4.41 10.44  14   9   2  15   8  Pirates      
1962 31   26   3.06   39  36  262    144  4.95 11.51  18  14   1  20  12  Pirates      
1963 32   26   2.34   39  38  269    144  4.82  9.54  17  16   0  21  12  Pirates      
CAREER    85   3.58  602 497 3612   1734  4.32 11.74 197 230  11 228 199 
LG AVG     0   3.82          3612   2052  5.11 12.21 201 201 

DAVE HANSEN, AGE: 37
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   34   -1  .358  .333  .692  .463   4.33  .244   2   15    1  110  Padres       
2004   35   -1  .367  .349  .716  .490   4.66  .245   2   12    0   86  Mariners/Padres
2005   36   -7  .256  .253  .509  .169   2.01  .173   2   11    1   60  Mariners     
CAR         14  .360  .369  .729  .519   4.95  .260  35  222    5 1230 
LG AVG       0  .337  .419  .756  .500   4.97  .268  52  230   39 
POS AVG     14  .343  .438  .781  .519   5.24  .269  64  266   18 

JOSE LOPEZ, AGE: 22
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   20   -9  .263  .367  .630  .342   3.31  .232   5   22    0   57  Mariners     
2005   21   -8  .282  .379  .661  .340   3.35  .247   2   25    4   54  Mariners     
CAR        -17  .272  .373  .645  .341   3.33  .239   7   47    4  111 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .765  .500   5.03  .269  13   55    6 
POS AVG     -4  .325  .414  .739  .466   4.68  .270  10   49    8 

AL MARTIN, AGE: 38
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1993   25   11  .338  .481  .820  .564   5.71  .281  18   64   16  143  Pirates      
1996   28   14  .354  .452  .806  .559   5.97  .300  18   72   38  155  Pirates      
1997   29   12  .359  .473  .832  .573   6.24  .291  13   59   23  113  Pirates      
1999   31   11  .337  .506  .844  .550   6.28  .277  24   63   20  143  Pirates      
CAR         28  .339  .444  .783  .515   5.42  .276 132  485  173 1232 
LG AVG       0  .341  .428  .770  .500   5.17  .271 129  560   92 
POS AVG     51  .347  .452  .799  .531   5.61  .272 158  616  108 

JOE MEDWICK, 1911-75
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1935   23   55  .386  .576  .962  .717   8.79  .353  23  126    4  154  Cardinals    
1936   24   63  .387  .577  .964  .744   8.92  .351  18  138    3  155  Cardinals    
1937   25   92  .414  .641 1.056  .806  11.25  .374  31  154    4  156  Cardinals    
CAR        368  .362  .505  .867  .638   6.88  .324 205 1383   42 1984 
LG AVG       0  .338  .387  .726  .500   4.84  .275 106  857   73 
POS AVG     86  .344  .413  .757  .538   5.28  .284 133  963   71 

JIM NORTHRUP, AGE: 66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1969   29   32  .358  .508  .866  .666   6.73  .295  25   66    4  148  Tigers       
1971   31   18  .355  .442  .797  .622   5.38  .270  16   71    7  136  Tigers       
1973   33   20  .366  .465  .832  .649   6.11  .307  12   44    4  119  Tigers       
CAR         80  .333  .429  .763  .553   4.83  .267 153  610   39 1392 
LG AVG       0  .321  .374  .696  .500   4.12  .251 110  508   71 
POS AVG     41  .325  .397  .723  .526   4.44  .258 128  540   93 

HORACIO RAMIREZ, AGE: 26
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 

BILLY ROGELL, 1904-2003
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1925   20  -21  .244  .237  .481  .110   1.77  .195   0   17    0   58  Red Sox      
1928   23  -25  .295  .294  .589  .219   2.60  .233   0   29    2  102  Red Sox      
1930   25  -21  .250  .222  .472  .084   1.64  .167   0    9    1   54  Tigers       
1936   31  -21  .357  .368  .725  .395   4.78  .274   6   68   14  146  Tigers       
CAR       -147  .351  .370  .722  .414   4.76  .267  42  609   82 1482 
LG AVG       0  .362  .421  .782  .500   5.71  .289  91  763   76 
POS AVG   -131  .348  .380  .728  .425   4.86  .275  50  647   81 

RANDY VELARDE, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1999   36   21  .390  .455  .845  .587   6.55  .317  16   76   24  156  Angels/A's
CAR          8  .352  .408  .760  .497   5.02  .276 100  445   78 1273 
LG AVG       0  .340  .423  .763  .500   5.05  .269 128  571   81 
POS AVG    -55  .337  .389  .726  .451   4.62  .270  77  459  110 

STEVE YEAGER, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1975   26  -15  .298  .347  .646  .361   3.09  .228  12   54    2  135  Dodgers      
1980   31  -15  .274  .273  .547  .219   2.13  .211   2   20    2   96  Dodgers      
1983   34  -19  .256  .379  .635  .273   2.61  .203  15   41    1  113  Dodgers      
CAR       -104  .298  .355  .653  .382   3.37  .228 102  410   14 1269 
LG AVG       0  .332  .389  .720  .500   4.49  .264  81  437   89 
POS AVG    -53  .322  .371  .694  .442   4.01  .249  85  449   21 

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