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Around the Majors: Cubs sign Zambrano

by Lee Sinins
February 12, 2006

1) The Cubs re-signed P Carlos Zambrano to a 1 year, $6.5 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22   26   3.11   32  32  214    168  7.07 12.28  13  11   0  15   9  Cubs         
2004 23   42   2.75   31  31  209.2  188  8.07 11.80  16   8   0  17   7  Cubs         
2005 24   25   3.26   33  33  223.1  202  8.14 10.64  14   6   0  12   8  Cubs         
CAREER    88   3.26  134 113  763    655  7.73 11.94  48  35   0  51  32 
LG AVG     0   4.25           763    565  6.67 12.78  43  43 

2) The Yankees claimed P Darrell Rasner off waivers from the Nationals and designated P Jason Anderson for assignment.
RASNER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0  Nationals    
CAREER     0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23             7.1    5  6.57 12.76   0   0 

ANDERSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -2   4.88   28   0   31.1   16  4.60 15.80   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees/Mets
2004 25   -4  45.00    1   0    1      1  9.00 45.00   0   0   0   0   0  Indians      
2005 26   -2   7.94    3   0    5.2    2  3.18 17.47   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees      
CAREER    -8   6.39   32   0   38     19  4.50 16.82   2   0   0   0   2 
LG AVG     0   4.44            38     27  6.28 12.82   2   2 

3) The Nationals sold INF Jamey Carroll to the Rockies.
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -21  .323  .326  .649  .238   3.25  .260   1   10    5  105  Expos        
2004   29    4  .378  .372  .750  .553   5.60  .289   0   16    5  102  Expos        
2005   30  -13  .333  .284  .617  .349   3.36  .251   0   22    3  113  Nationals    
CAR        -28  .344  .338  .682  .392   4.10  .269   2   54   14  336 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .269  27  111   14 
POS AVG     -9  .334  .413  .747  .466   4.80  .268  23  103   15 

4) The Diamondbacks signed P Felix Heredia to a minor league contract.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   15   2.69   69   0   87     45  4.66 11.28   5   3   1   6   2  Reds/Yankees
2004 29   -8   6.28   47   0   38.2   25  5.82 15.36   1   1   0   1   1  Yankees      
2005 30    1   0.00    3   0    2.2    2  6.75 10.13   0   0   0   0   0  Mets         
CAREER    -8   4.42  511   2  458.1  351  6.89 13.71  28  19   6  24  23 
LG AVG     0   4.41           458.1  339  6.67 12.94  26  26 

5) Today's birthdays--
DOM DIMAGGIO, AGE: 89
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1942   25   21  .364  .437  .801  .602   5.96  .286  14   48   16  151  Red Sox      
1948   31   17  .383  .401  .785  .576   6.12  .285   9   87   10  155  Red Sox      
1949   32   21  .404  .420  .824  .594   6.77  .307   8   60    9  145  Red Sox      
CAR        120  .383  .419  .802  .560   6.15  .298  87  618  100 1399 
LG AVG       0  .350  .393  .744  .500   5.03  .270 103  693   56 
POS AVG     60  .356  .413  .769  .533   5.43  .279 112  717   73 

PAT DOBSON, AGE: 64
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1973 31  -10   4.41   34  31  200     93  4.19 12.56  12  15   0  12  15  Braves/Yankees
1977 35  -32   6.16   33  17  133     81  5.48 14.95   3  12   1   5  10  Indians      
CAREER    -1   3.54  414 279 2119   1301  5.53 11.61 122 129  19 128 123 
LG AVG     0   3.59          2119   1250  5.31 12.05 118 118 

CHICK HAFEY, 1903-73
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1928   25   46  .386  .604  .990  .711   8.43  .337  27  111    8  138  Cardinals    
1929   26   46  .394  .632 1.026  .697   9.43  .338  29  125    7  134  Cardinals    
1931   28   42  .404  .569  .973  .724   8.99  .349  16   95   11  122  Cardinals    
CAR        244  .372  .526  .898  .638   7.30  .317 164  833   70 1283 
LG AVG       0  .349  .414  .763  .500   5.30  .291  68  579   59 
POS AVG     70  .359  .441  .800  .544   5.86  .301  82  617   73 

ENZO HERNANDEZ, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1971   22  -22  .295  .250  .545  .321   2.76  .222   0   12   21  143  Padres       
1974   25  -21  .285  .277  .562  .327   2.89  .232   0   34   37  147  Padres       
1975   26  -24  .275  .265  .539  .242   2.46  .218   0   19   20  116  Padres       
CAR       -103  .283  .266  .550  .311   2.70  .224   2  113  129  714 
LG AVG       0  .330  .381  .711  .500   4.37  .261  53  283   45 
POS AVG    -93  .300  .305  .605  .342   3.11  .241  12  181   56 

CHET LEMON, AGE: 51
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   24   29  .391  .496  .887  .642   6.75  .318  17   86    7  148  White Sox    
1980   25   25  .388  .442  .830  .642   6.18  .292  11   51    6  147  White Sox    
1984   29   24  .357  .495  .852  .642   5.88  .287  20   76    5  141  Tigers       
CAR        188  .355  .442  .797  .583   5.37  .273 215  884   58 1988 
LG AVG       0  .328  .397  .724  .500   4.47  .263 170  828  133 
POS AVG     38  .331  .406  .737  .514   4.68  .267 173  801  229 

LENNY RANDLE, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1972   23  -17  .235  .269  .504  .179   1.61  .193   2   21    4   74  Rangers      
1976   27  -22  .286  .273  .559  .321   2.72  .224   1   51   30  142  Rangers      
1978   29  -10  .330  .320  .650  .407   3.61  .233   2   35   14  132  Mets         
1981   32  -10  .276  .315  .591  .338   2.85  .231   4   25   11   82  Mariners     
CAR        -76  .321  .335  .656  .418   3.59  .257  27  322  156 1138 
LG AVG       0  .326  .380  .706  .500   4.27  .260  86  463   90 
POS AVG    -26  .323  .368  .691  .470   4.07  .258  73  430   89 

TIM REDDING, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   15   3.68   33  32  176    116  5.93 12.84  10  14   0  14  10  Astros       
2004 26  -15   5.72   27  17  100.2   56  5.01 15.47   5   7   0   5   7  Astros       
2005 27  -23  10.57   10   7   30.2   19  5.58 18.49   0   6   0   1   5  Padres/Yankees
CAREER   -38   5.16  101  79  436.1  309  6.37 14.21  21  34   0  26  29 
LG AVG     0   4.27           436.1  326  6.73 12.77  25  24 

EARL SHEELY, 1893-1952
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1924   31   20  .426  .411  .837  .600   6.76  .320   3  103    7  146  White Sox    
1925   32   17  .389  .442  .831  .579   6.38  .315   9  111    3  153  White Sox    
1926   33   23  .394  .417  .811  .626   6.22  .299   6   89    3  145  White Sox    
CAR         40  .383  .399  .782  .525   5.63  .300  48  747   33 1234 
LG AVG       0  .362  .414  .776  .500   5.45  .295  56  600   78 
POS AVG     73  .373  .442  .815  .545   6.02  .306  71  709   74 

CHRIS SNYDER, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   23    0  .327  .458  .786  .505   5.47  .240   5   15    0   29  Diamondbacks 
2005   24  -24  .297  .301  .598  .250   2.90  .202   6   28    0  115  Diamondbacks 
CAR        -24  .304  .336  .641  .312   3.45  .211  11   43    0  144 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .769  .500   5.11  .269  14   58    7 
POS AVG    -15  .315  .385  .700  .384   3.96  .249  11   54    1 

ADAM STERN, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25   -2  .188  .333  .521  .152   1.93  .133   1    2    1   36  Red Sox      
CAR         -2  .188  .333  .521  .152   1.93  .133   1    2    1   36 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   1    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .331  .449  .780  .524   5.11  .268   1    3    0 





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