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Around the Majors: Boring day

by Lee Sinins
November 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 






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