Around the Majors: Boring day
by Lee SininsNovember 27, 2005
1) Today's birthdays--
WILLIE BLOOMQUIST, AGE: 28 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 JOE BUSH, 1892-1974 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1921 28 19 3.51 37 31 254 96 3.40 12.15 16 9 1 14 11 Red Sox 1922 29 18 3.32 39 30 255 92 3.25 11.51 26 7 3 19 14 Yankees 1923 30 20 3.42 37 30 276 125 4.08 12.55 19 15 0 20 14 Yankees CAREER 3 3.51 489 364 3093 1319 3.84 12.59 196 183 20 192 187 LG AVG 0 3.52 3093 1097 3.19 12.61 171 171 DAVE GIUSTI, AGE: 66 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1962 22 -16 5.59 22 5 74 43 5.23 13.62 2 3 0 2 3 Astros 1965 25 -17 4.33 38 13 131 92 6.32 12.30 8 7 3 5 10 Astros 1966 26 -16 4.20 34 33 210 131 5.61 11.74 15 14 0 12 17 Astros 1967 27 -23 4.18 37 33 222 157 6.36 11.84 11 15 1 10 16 Astros CAREER -36 3.60 668 133 1718 1103 5.78 11.73 100 93 145 94 99 LG AVG 0 3.53 1718 1075 5.63 11.87 95 95 TIM LAKER, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 33 -8 .281 .364 .645 .313 3.02 .241 3 21 2 52 Indians 2004 34 -11 .262 .308 .570 .174 2.16 .214 3 17 0 43 Indians 2005 35 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Devil Rays CAR -42 .275 .324 .600 .252 2.72 .224 11 77 5 277 LG AVG 0 .336 .423 .759 .500 5.00 .269 21 91 14 POS AVG -15 .319 .399 .718 .425 4.28 .256 19 89 3 IVAN RODRIGUEZ, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 17 .369 .474 .843 .597 5.97 .297 16 85 10 144 Marlins 2004 32 29 .383 .510 .893 .657 7.07 .334 19 86 7 135 Tigers 2005 33 -13 .290 .444 .735 .407 3.90 .276 14 50 7 129 Tigers CAR 99 .343 .487 .830 .536 5.65 .304 264 1050 104 1887 LG AVG 0 .340 .427 .767 .500 5.09 .270 216 941 128 POS AVG -176 .319 .396 .715 .410 4.23 .256 188 876 36 JIMMY ROLLINS, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -12 .320 .387 .707 .435 4.23 .263 8 62 20 156 Phillies 2004 25 14 .348 .455 .803 .561 6.03 .289 14 73 30 154 Phillies 2005 26 3 .338 .431 .770 .512 5.62 .290 12 54 41 158 Phillies CAR -10 .328 .414 .742 .488 4.97 .273 59 308 171 794 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .268 106 431 55 POS AVG -91 .317 .384 .702 .405 4.20 .263 57 328 76 MIKE SCIOSCIA, AGE: 47 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1985 26 28 .407 .420 .826 .692 6.32 .296 7 53 3 141 Dodgers CAR 4 .344 .356 .700 .498 4.28 .259 68 446 29 1441 LG AVG 0 .328 .389 .717 .500 4.45 .261 99 513 122 POS AVG -87 .313 .363 .676 .420 3.78 .246 95 509 30 JOHNNY SCHMITZ, AGE: 85 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1947 26 20 3.22 38 28 207 97 4.22 12.65 13 18 4 19 12 Cubs 1948 27 28 2.64 34 30 242 100 3.72 10.60 18 13 1 20 11 Cubs 1954 33 15 2.92 29 23 185 56 2.72 11.82 11 8 1 11 8 Senators CAREER 41 3.55 366 235 1812.2 746 3.70 12.70 93 114 19 113 94 LG AVG 0 3.87 1812.2 788 3.91 12.74 101 101 DAN SPILLNER, AGE: 54 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1975 23 -12 4.27 37 25 166.2 104 5.62 13.99 5 13 1 8 10 Padres 1976 24 -23 5.06 32 14 106.2 57 4.81 14.77 2 11 0 4 9 Padres 1980 28 -24 5.28 34 30 194.1 100 4.63 13.99 16 11 0 11 16 Indians CAREER -57 4.21 556 123 1492.2 878 5.29 13.28 75 89 50 79 85 LG AVG 0 3.89 1492.2 814 4.91 12.46 83 83