November 22, 2009
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Around the Majors: Cardinals sign Looperby Lee SininsDecember 16, 2005 1) The Cardinals signed free agent P Braden Looper to a 3 year, $13.5 million contract. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 28 3 3.68 74 0 80.2 56 6.25 12.50 6 4 28 5 5 Marlins 2004 29 15 2.70 71 0 83.1 60 6.48 11.34 2 5 29 5 2 Mets 2005 30 1 3.94 60 0 59.1 27 4.10 13.96 4 7 28 6 5 Mets CAREER 37 3.57 503 0 534 333 5.61 12.67 25 29 103 29 25 LG AVG 0 4.35 534 400 6.74 12.92 30 30 2) The Nationals re-signed manager Frank Robinson to a 1 year contract. 3) The Twins signed 3B Tony Batista to a 1 year, $1.25 million contract. Batista took his outstanding outmaking talent to Japan in 2005. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 28 -3 .309 .457 .766 .484 4.65 .244 31 87 5 161 Orioles 2003 29 -29 .270 .393 .663 .328 3.22 .235 26 99 4 161 Orioles 2004 30 -20 .272 .455 .728 .388 3.88 .241 32 110 14 157 Expos CAR -81 .298 .458 .756 .434 4.48 .251 214 681 47 1179 LG AVG 0 .340 .434 .774 .500 5.20 .270 143 600 78 POS AVG -43 .331 .424 .755 .465 4.87 .266 136 588 62 4) The Pirates designated minor league P Matt Peterson for assignment. 5) Phillies OF Jason Michaels was placed in a first time offender program for his assault charges from an incident outside a nightclub in July. Assuming that he completes the program, the record will be expunged. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 11 .416 .569 .985 .749 8.88 .330 5 17 0 76 Phillies 2004 28 3 .364 .415 .779 .531 5.64 .274 10 40 2 115 Phillies 2005 29 8 .399 .415 .814 .576 6.46 .304 4 31 3 105 Phillies CAR 25 .380 .442 .822 .590 6.35 .291 21 100 6 383 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .771 .500 5.15 .269 25 101 13 POS AVG 2 .340 .434 .775 .507 5.24 .268 26 96 22 6) Today's birthdays-- MIKE FLANAGAN, AGE: 54 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1978 26 -20 4.03 40 40 281.1 167 5.34 11.55 19 15 0 14 20 Orioles 1985 33 -10 5.13 15 15 86 42 4.40 13.71 4 5 0 4 5 Orioles 1992 40 -16 8.05 42 0 34.2 17 4.41 20.25 0 0 0 0 0 Orioles CAREER -9 3.90 526 404 2770 1491 4.84 12.14 167 143 4 155 155 LG AVG 0 4.02 2770 1554 5.05 12.52 155 155 CHARLES GIPSON, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 30 -1 .273 .200 .473 .256 2.70 .200 0 2 2 18 Yankees 2004 31 0 .500 .500 1.000 .746 9.00 .500 0 0 1 5 Devil Rays 2005 32 -1 .250 .273 .523 .192 2.25 .182 0 1 1 19 Astros CAR -19 .311 .327 .638 .299 3.15 .237 0 30 16 373 LG AVG 0 .340 .433 .772 .500 5.17 .270 12 49 7 POS AVG 0 .340 .430 .771 .493 5.15 .269 11 48 7 MATT KINNEY, AGE: 29 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 26 -17 5.19 33 31 190.2 152 7.17 13.55 10 13 0 10 13 Brewers 2004 27 -14 6.06 43 6 78.2 73 8.35 15.79 3 5 0 3 5 Brewers/Royals 2005 28 -2 6.00 5 1 12 3 2.25 18.75 2 0 0 1 1 Giants CAREER -34 5.29 103 58 389.2 297 6.86 14.50 19 27 0 20 26 LG AVG 0 4.40 389.2 283 6.54 12.93 22 22 BILLY RIPKEN, AGE: 41 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1988 23 -33 .260 .258 .518 .218 2.13 .207 2 34 8 150 Orioles 1991 26 -23 .253 .261 .515 .166 1.81 .216 0 14 0 104 Orioles 1992 27 -19 .275 .312 .587 .267 2.52 .230 4 36 2 111 Orioles CAR -119 .294 .318 .612 .321 3.03 .247 20 229 25 912 LG AVG 0 .331 .401 .732 .500 4.60 .263 75 357 57 POS AVG -38 .328 .363 .691 .446 4.15 .264 37 287 75 SAMMY STRANG, 1876-1932 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1902 25 22 .387 .364 .751 .615 6.70 .296 3 46 39 140 Cubs/White Sox 1906 29 41 .423 .435 .857 .807 8.98 .319 4 49 21 113 Giants 1907 30 25 .388 .382 .770 .715 7.25 .252 4 30 21 123 Giants CAR 115 .377 .343 .720 .618 6.15 .269 16 253 216 903 LG AVG 0 .331 .353 .683 .500 4.96 .270 15 323 120 POS AVG -17 .329 .346 .675 .489 4.76 .267 14 302 119 The 2006 edition of the sabermetric baseball encyclopedia is available and is now shipping. Also, for the first time, there will be a subscription package available to get the encyclopedia updated every day during the 2006 season. The encyclopedia can be ordered at http://www.baseball-encyclopedia.com "Lee Sinins' Sabermetric Encyclopedia is best reason yet developed to own a computer. I think I must own a copy of every baseball encyclopedia there is or ever was, and occasionally I find that I still need to pull out one of the others, but not very often; the Sabermetric Encyclopedia covers 97% of my needs. Whether I'm working or playing, calculating or daydreaming, the Sabermetric Encyclopedia pops up to help out. I turn it on in the morning; I turn it off when the house is on fire. Otherwise, I'm using it."--Bill James Commenting is not available in this weblog entry. Do you have a general question or comment for one of THT's writers? Send it in to our weekly mailbag We also welcome unsolicited op-ed pieces of approximately 500 words for consideration. 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