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Around the Majors: Al Lopez diesby Lee SininsOctober 31, 2005 1) Al Lopez died yesterday at the age of 97. Lopez had a long managerial career, with his players winning pennants with the 1954 Indians and 1959 White Sox. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1936 27 -16 .311 .343 .654 .367 3.58 .242 7 50 1 128 Braves 1937 28 -22 .281 .269 .551 .242 2.34 .204 3 38 3 105 Braves 1944 35 -20 .303 .281 .584 .284 3.03 .230 1 34 4 115 Pirates CAR -171 .326 .337 .663 .396 3.84 .261 51 652 46 1950 LG AVG 0 .341 .395 .735 .500 4.96 .279 93 757 65 POS AVG -111 .328 .372 .700 .436 4.33 .268 89 766 29 2) The Mariners gave the Dodgers permission to interview Pat Gillick for their GM job. 3) According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox agreed to a 3 year contract for GM Theo Epstein, with an announcement coming either today or tomorrow. 4) According to the Boston Globe, if the Red Sox trade Manny Ramirez, the Angels look like the most likely destination, while the Red Sox might be willing to downgrade themselves by taking Darin Erstad in the deal. 5) Today's birthdays-- TIM BYRDAK, 1973, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1999 25 -8 7.66 33 0 24.2 17 6.20 19.34 0 3 1 1 2 Royals 2000 26 -4 11.37 12 0 6.1 8 11.37 21.32 0 1 0 0 1 Royals 2005 31 0 4.05 41 0 26.2 31 10.46 16.54 0 1 1 1 0 Orioles CAREER -12 6.37 89 0 59.1 57 8.65 18.51 0 5 2 2 3 LG AVG 0 4.64 59.1 41 6.21 13.22 3 3 DAVID DELLUCCI, 1973, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 -9 .313 .352 .665 .369 4.12 .227 3 23 12 91 Diamondbacks/Yankees 2004 30 -3 .342 .441 .783 .471 5.34 .242 17 61 9 107 Rangers 2005 31 21 .367 .513 .879 .626 6.71 .251 29 65 5 128 Rangers CAR 1 .345 .438 .784 .498 5.37 .259 73 289 35 776 LG AVG 0 .338 .430 .768 .500 5.11 .269 65 272 35 POS AVG 32 .348 .460 .807 .544 5.67 .273 83 310 37 MIKE GALLEGO, 1960, AGE: 45 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1988 27 -14 .298 .260 .558 .288 2.52 .209 2 20 2 129 A's 1990 29 -20 .277 .272 .549 .270 2.26 .206 3 34 5 140 A's 1996 35 -11 .276 .224 .499 .197 2.33 .210 0 4 0 51 Cardinals CAR -76 .320 .328 .648 .395 3.50 .239 42 282 24 1111 LG AVG 0 .332 .402 .734 .500 4.64 .263 81 389 62 POS AVG -56 .324 .357 .681 .428 4.02 .260 39 302 75 KEN KELTNER, 1916-91 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1939 22 22 .379 .489 .868 .604 6.89 .325 13 97 6 154 Indians 1944 27 18 .355 .466 .821 .598 5.64 .295 13 91 4 149 Indians 1948 31 38 .395 .522 .917 .674 7.32 .297 31 119 2 153 Indians CAR 67 .338 .441 .778 .536 5.19 .276 163 852 39 1526 LG AVG 0 .350 .394 .744 .500 5.08 .273 99 734 71 POS AVG -46 .346 .386 .733 .473 4.81 .272 86 717 69 FRED MCGRIFF, 1963, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1988 24 46 .376 .552 .928 .722 7.40 .282 34 82 6 154 Blue Jays 1989 25 56 .399 .525 .924 .756 7.52 .269 36 92 7 161 Blue Jays 1990 26 56 .400 .530 .930 .750 8.13 .300 35 88 5 153 Blue Jays 1991 27 40 .396 .494 .890 .703 7.03 .278 31 106 4 153 Padres 1992 28 45 .394 .556 .950 .710 7.70 .286 35 104 8 152 Padres 1994 30 46 .389 .623 1.012 .747 9.09 .318 34 94 7 113 Braves 1999 35 44 .405 .552 .957 .692 8.43 .310 32 104 1 144 Devil Rays CAR 481 .377 .509 .886 .646 6.86 .284 493 1550 72 2460 LG AVG 0 .336 .415 .751 .500 4.89 .267 242 1093 182 POS AVG 202 .354 .455 .809 .565 5.73 .276 336 1355 83 DAVE MCNALLY, 1942, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1968 25 32 1.95 35 35 273 202 6.66 7.91 22 10 0 22 10 Orioles 1971 28 16 2.89 30 30 224 91 3.66 10.08 21 5 0 15 11 Orioles 1973 30 24 3.21 38 38 266 87 2.94 11.27 17 17 0 20 14 Orioles CAREER 63 3.24 424 396 2730 1512 4.98 11.16 184 119 2 161 142 LG AVG 0 3.49 2730 1697 5.59 11.80 152 152 MICKEY RIVERS, 1948, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1976 27 28 .327 .432 .760 .665 5.68 .312 8 67 43 137 Yankees 1977 28 19 .350 .439 .789 .609 5.75 .326 12 69 22 138 Yankees 1980 31 24 .353 .437 .789 .621 6.00 .333 7 60 18 147 Rangers CAR 110 .327 .397 .724 .565 4.86 .295 61 499 267 1467 LG AVG 0 .327 .386 .713 .500 4.32 .261 121 627 102 POS AVG 35 .332 .396 .728 .517 4.55 .267 120 603 165 STEVE TRACHSEL, 1970, AGE: 35 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 32 10 3.78 33 33 204.2 111 4.88 11.96 16 10 0 14 12 Mets 2004 33 6 4.00 33 33 202.2 117 5.20 12.92 12 13 0 13 12 Mets 2005 34 0 4.14 6 6 37 24 5.84 12.16 1 4 0 3 2 Mets CAREER 21 4.23 351 350 2138.2 1440 6.06 12.54 119 135 0 129 125 LG AVG 0 4.33 2138.2 1588 6.68 12.88 120 119 Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. 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