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Around the Majors: Boring day

by Lee Sinins
December 26, 2005

1) Today's birthdays--
WAYNE CAUSEY, AGE: 69
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1955   18  -12  .269  .234  .504  .216   2.22  .194   1    9    0   68  Orioles      
1968   31  -10  .223  .196  .419  .185   1.64  .149   1   11    0   79  White Sox/Angels/Braves
CAR        -33  .333  .341  .674  .454   4.10  .252  35  285   12 1105 
LG AVG       0  .325  .391  .716  .500   4.40  .255  89  380   38 
POS AVG    -37  .319  .365  .684  .451   4.01  .250  62  313   50 

CHRIS CHAMBLISS, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1976   27   22  .323  .441  .765  .622   5.13  .293  17   96    1  156  Yankees      
1980   31   14  .338  .440  .779  .569   5.32  .282  18   72    7  158  Braves       
1983   34   18  .366  .481  .847  .610   6.11  .280  20   78    2  131  Braves       
CAR        101  .334  .415  .749  .539   4.82  .279 185  972   40 2175 
LG AVG       0  .327  .383  .710  .500   4.31  .261 158  838  162 
POS AVG    128  .343  .414  .757  .553   4.92  .268 219 1025   75 

STORM DAVIS, AGE: 44
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1987 25  -12   5.23   26  15   93     65  6.29 14.23   3   8   0   4   7  Padres/A's
1990 28  -10   4.74   21  20  112     62  4.98 13.18   7  10   0   7  10  Royals       
1991 29  -11   4.96   51   9  114.1   53  4.17 14.72   3   9   2   5   7  Royals       
1993 31  -10   5.05   43   8   98     73  6.70 13.22   2   8   4   4   6  A's/Tigers
CAREER    -7   4.02  442 239 1780.2 1048  5.30 12.63 113  96  11 104 105 
LG AVG     0   4.08          1780.2 1073  5.42 12.56 100 100 

CARLTON FISK, AGE: 58
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1972   24   38  .370  .538  .909  .731   7.13  .293  22   61    5  131  Red Sox      
1977   29   36  .402  .521  .922  .658   7.88  .315  26  102    7  152  Red Sox      
1978   30   29  .366  .475  .841  .642   6.40  .284  20   88    7  157  Red Sox      
CAR        212  .341  .457  .797  .571   5.43  .269 376 1330  128 2499 
LG AVG       0  .327  .392  .719  .500   4.40  .261 210 1030  164 
POS AVG   -139  .313  .370  .683  .433   3.86  .248 201 1005   52 

ESTEBAN GERMAN, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   24   -1  .250  .250  .500  .000   0.00  .250   0    1    0    5  A's          
2004   25   -4  .297  .300  .597  .245   2.81  .250   0    7    0   31  A's          
2005   26    4  .750 1.000 1.750  .996 108.00  .750   0    1    2    5  Rangers      
CAR         -3  .313  .291  .604  .386   4.00  .252   0    9    3   50 
LG AVG       0  .336  .431  .767  .500   5.07  .268   3   14    2 
POS AVG     -1  .331  .415  .746  .478   4.83  .264   3   13    2 

OMAR INFANTE, AGE: 24
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21  -15  .278  .258  .536  .241   2.54  .222   0    8    6   69  Tigers       
2004   22    0  .317  .449  .766  .498   4.95  .264  16   55   13  142  Tigers       
2005   23  -21  .254  .367  .621  .311   3.10  .222   9   43    8  121  Tigers       
CAR        -33  .291  .384  .676  .403   3.91  .246  26  112   27  350 
LG AVG       0  .335  .430  .764  .500   5.03  .269  40  166   20 
POS AVG    -13  .326  .410  .736  .465   4.67  .266  30  144   25 

JEFF KING, AGE: 41
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1990   25  -12  .283  .410  .692  .378   3.46  .245  14   53    3  127  Pirates      
1992   27  -17  .272  .371  .643  .355   3.14  .231  14   65    4  130  Pirates      
1994   29  -10  .316  .375  .691  .392   4.13  .263   5   42    3   94  Pirates      
CAR        -30  .324  .425  .749  .471   4.73  .256 154  709   75 1201 
LG AVG       0  .336  .413  .749  .500   4.88  .268 120  555  102 
POS AVG     53  .343  .442  .784  .532   5.31  .273 158  656   52 

MARIO MENDOZA, AGE: 55
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   28  -39  .216  .249  .466  .112   1.56  .198   1   29    3  148  Mariners     
1980   29  -16  .286  .310  .596  .275   2.82  .245   2   14    3  114  Mariners     
1981   30  -13  .254  .266  .521  .224   1.86  .231   0   22    2   88  Rangers      
CAR       -108  .245  .262  .507  .172   1.91  .215   4  101   12  686 
LG AVG       0  .331  .393  .724  .500   4.48  .265  34  177   29 
POS AVG    -50  .302  .331  .633  .361   3.33  .250  13  123   29 

STU MILLER, AGE: 78
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1958 30   30   2.47   41  20  182    119  5.88 10.43   6   9   0  11   4  Giants       
1961 33   17   2.66   63   0  122     89  6.57  9.81  14   5  17  13   6  Giants       
1965 37   20   1.89   67   0  119    104  7.87  9.08  14   7  24  16   5  Orioles      
CAREER    89   3.24  704  93 1694   1164  6.18 11.48 105 103 154 123  85 
LG AVG     0   3.81          1694    993  5.28 12.18  94  94 

RAY SADECKI, AGE: 65
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1962 21  -15   5.56   22  17  102     50  4.41 14.74   6   8   1   5   9  Cardinals    
1965 24  -27   5.20   36  28  173    122  6.35 13.32   6  15   1   8  13  Cardinals    
1966 25  -19   4.80   31  22  129.1   83  5.78 13.43   5   8   0   5   8  Cardinals/Giants
CAREER   -26   3.78  563 328 2500.2 1614  5.81 12.31 135 131   7 134 132 
LG AVG     0   3.57          2500.2 1571  5.65 11.87 139 139 

OZZIE SMITH, AGE: 51
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   24  -42  .260  .262  .522  .216   2.25  .211   0   27   28  156  Padres       
1980   25  -16  .313  .276  .589  .394   3.27  .230   0   35   57  158  Padres       
1981   26  -21  .294  .256  .549  .298   2.55  .222   0   21   22  110  Padres       
1995   40  -16  .282  .244  .526  .160   2.11  .199   0   11    4   44  Cardinals    
CAR        -80  .337  .328  .666  .464   4.16  .262  28  793  580 2573 
LG AVG       0  .330  .393  .723  .500   4.53  .264 220 1133  257 
POS AVG   -268  .309  .339  .648  .386   3.58  .252  94  821  254 

CHARLES THOMAS, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   25    5  .368  .445  .813  .567   6.09  .288   7   31    3   83  Braves       
2005   26   -6  .255  .109  .363  .076   1.29  .109   0    1    0   30  A's          
CAR         -1  .349  .390  .739  .494   5.15  .259   7   32    3  113 
LG AVG       0  .339  .435  .774  .500   5.19  .269   9   37    4 
POS AVG      5  .350  .458  .808  .549   5.74  .271  11   39    4 





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