November 8, 2009
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Around the Majors: Brewers keep Leeby Lee SininsOctober 21, 2005 1) The Brewers exercised their $8.5 million option on LF Carlos Lee for 2006. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 11 .331 .499 .830 .557 5.59 .291 31 113 18 158 White Sox 2004 28 26 .366 .525 .891 .615 7.13 .305 31 99 11 153 White Sox 2005 29 9 .324 .487 .811 .546 5.60 .265 32 114 13 162 Brewers CAR 55 .337 .488 .825 .539 5.76 .284 184 666 77 1042 LG AVG 0 .339 .433 .772 .500 5.15 .270 125 526 66 POS AVG 30 .344 .444 .788 .521 5.45 .275 132 544 83 2) The Yankees hired Larry Bowa as 3B coach. 3) The Orioles hired Jim Duquette as VP of Baseball Operations. 4) The A's removed INF Keith Ginter from the 40 man roster. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 1 .352 .427 .779 .505 5.34 .257 14 44 1 127 Brewers 2004 28 2 .333 .479 .812 .512 5.52 .262 19 60 8 113 Brewers 2005 29 -15 .234 .263 .497 .124 1.73 .161 3 25 0 51 A's CAR -10 .329 .422 .751 .465 4.87 .243 38 140 9 325 LG AVG 0 .339 .432 .771 .500 5.14 .269 33 133 16 POS AVG -10 .335 .410 .746 .469 4.81 .273 24 113 18 5) Phillies C Mike Lieberthal had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be ready for spring training. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 31 18 .373 .453 .825 .607 6.20 .313 13 81 0 131 Phillies 2004 32 -6 .335 .447 .783 .463 4.86 .271 17 61 1 131 Phillies 2005 33 -5 .336 .418 .755 .463 5.04 .263 12 47 0 118 Phillies CAR 1 .339 .449 .788 .498 5.25 .275 141 573 8 1107 LG AVG 0 .343 .432 .775 .500 5.23 .270 125 521 75 POS AVG -89 .327 .403 .730 .422 4.43 .258 110 500 21 6) Today's birthday-- GEORGE BELL, 1959, AGE: 46 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 24 20 .326 .498 .824 .603 5.73 .292 26 87 11 159 Blue Jays 1985 25 20 .327 .479 .807 .599 5.67 .275 28 95 21 157 Blue Jays 1986 26 28 .349 .532 .881 .624 6.46 .309 31 108 7 159 Blue Jays 1987 27 42 .352 .605 .957 .678 7.46 .308 47 134 5 156 Blue Jays 1989 29 20 .330 .458 .788 .608 5.16 .297 18 104 4 153 Blue Jays CAR 86 .316 .469 .785 .543 5.00 .278 265 1002 67 1587 LG AVG 0 .328 .397 .725 .500 4.50 .261 154 732 122 POS AVG 60 .333 .419 .752 .528 4.85 .267 183 815 162 MARK CHRISTMAN, 1913-76 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1938 24 -25 .307 .302 .609 .254 3.32 .248 1 44 5 95 Tigers 1939 25 -28 .279 .277 .556 .151 2.38 .218 0 20 2 85 Tigers/Browns 1948 34 -29 .303 .318 .621 .257 3.07 .259 1 40 0 120 Senators CAR -146 .306 .324 .630 .329 3.35 .253 19 348 17 911 LG AVG 0 .346 .384 .730 .500 4.86 .270 50 389 39 POS AVG -34 .342 .366 .708 .464 4.51 .266 40 365 35 WHITEY FORD, 1928, AGE: 77 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1956 27 38 2.47 31 30 226 141 5.62 10.95 19 6 1 18 7 Yankees 1958 29 45 2.01 30 29 219 145 5.96 9.82 14 7 1 16 5 Yankees 1964 35 41 2.13 39 36 245 172 6.32 9.96 17 6 1 17 6 Yankees CAREER 321 2.74 498 438 3171 1956 5.55 11.01 236 106 10 214 128 LG AVG 0 3.84 3171 1776 5.04 12.42 177 177 KHALIL GREENE, 1979, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 -4 .271 .400 .671 .298 2.95 .215 2 6 0 20 Padres 2004 24 9 .349 .446 .795 .559 5.52 .273 15 65 4 139 Padres 2005 25 -3 .296 .431 .727 .475 4.32 .250 15 70 5 121 Padres CAR 2 .321 .437 .758 .508 4.80 .259 32 141 9 280 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .773 .500 5.17 .269 32 131 16 POS AVG -25 .318 .389 .707 .415 4.30 .267 17 100 24 ZACK GREINKE, 1983, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 20 7 3.97 24 24 145 100 6.21 10.99 8 11 0 10 9 Royals 2005 21 -30 5.80 33 33 183 114 5.61 14.70 5 17 0 8 14 Royals CAREER -23 4.99 57 57 328 214 5.87 13.06 13 28 0 18 23 LG AVG 0 4.48 328 229 6.29 12.86 18 18 GABE GROSS, 1979, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 24 -8 .311 .310 .621 .287 3.34 .209 3 16 2 44 Blue Jays 2005 25 -2 .324 .348 .671 .427 4.24 .250 1 7 1 40 Blue Jays CAR -10 .316 .326 .642 .343 3.70 .226 4 23 3 84 LG AVG 0 .335 .431 .766 .500 5.05 .270 7 31 4 POS AVG 2 .341 .448 .790 .528 5.39 .274 8 33 4 TOBY HALL, 1975, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -19 .295 .380 .675 .356 3.61 .253 12 47 0 130 Devil Rays 2004 28 -21 .300 .366 .666 .309 3.18 .255 8 60 0 119 Devil Rays 2005 29 -13 .315 .368 .683 .392 3.81 .287 5 48 0 135 Devil Rays CAR -71 .303 .381 .683 .359 3.61 .266 36 228 2 522 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .763 .500 5.01 .268 60 250 31 POS AVG -47 .314 .397 .711 .411 4.13 .256 50 232 8 BILL LEE, 1909-77 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1935 25 25 2.96 39 32 252 100 3.57 11.79 20 6 1 16 10 Cubs 1936 26 24 3.30 43 33 259 102 3.54 11.61 18 11 1 17 12 Cubs 1938 28 38 2.66 44 37 291 121 3.74 11.04 22 9 2 21 10 Cubs CAREER 72 3.54 462 378 2862.2 998 3.14 12.17 169 157 13 172 154 LG AVG 0 3.78 2862.2 1090 3.43 12.58 159 159 ANDY MARTE, 1983, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 21 -8 .227 .211 .438 .091 1.50 .140 0 4 0 24 Braves CAR -8 .227 .211 .438 .091 1.50 .140 0 4 0 24 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 2 9 1 POS AVG 0 .339 .424 .763 .495 5.03 .269 2 9 1 BILL RUSSELL, 1948, AGE: 57 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1977 28 -24 .304 .360 .664 .355 3.45 .278 4 51 16 153 Dodgers 1979 30 -27 .297 .359 .656 .330 3.21 .271 7 56 6 153 Dodgers 1983 34 -20 .302 .286 .588 .318 2.93 .246 1 30 13 131 Dodgers CAR -169 .310 .338 .648 .403 3.50 .263 46 627 167 2181 LG AVG 0 .331 .388 .720 .500 4.48 .264 163 863 171 POS AVG -218 .307 .331 .639 .379 3.48 .251 60 609 195 Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. 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