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Around the Majors: Curt Gowdy diesby Lee SininsFebruary 21, 2006 1) Famed sports broadcaster Curt Gowdy died at the age of 86. Gowdy broadcast 13 World Series, 16 some star games, spent 15 years as the Red Sox play by play announcer, 10 years as the broadcaster for the game of the week and also did a lot of other sports broadcasting. 2) The Cubs and Mark Prior both deny a Baseball Prospectus report that he is experiencing shoulder problems. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 42 2.43 30 30 211.1 245 10.43 10.31 18 6 0 18 6 Cubs 2004 23 7 4.02 21 21 118.2 139 10.54 12.36 6 4 0 6 4 Cubs 2005 24 11 3.67 27 27 166.2 188 10.15 11.12 11 7 0 10 8 Cubs CAREER 69 3.24 97 97 613.1 719 10.55 11.06 41 23 0 41 23 LG AVG 0 4.24 613.1 454 6.67 12.77 34 34 3) Orioles 2B Brian Roberts is still recovering from a torn tendon and ligament in his left elbow. He says his goal is to play on Opening Day, but he might not be ready until a couple of weeks later. YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -4 .337 .367 .704 .472 4.47 .270 5 41 23 112 Orioles 2004 26 -10 .344 .376 .720 .453 4.84 .273 4 53 29 159 Orioles 2005 27 46 .387 .515 .903 .718 7.64 .314 18 73 27 143 Orioles CAR 16 .344 .402 .747 .524 5.17 .278 30 195 100 527 LG AVG 0 .334 .429 .764 .500 5.02 .268 66 276 34 POS AVG -30 .324 .403 .727 .450 4.54 .266 47 233 47 4) Position players report today for the Braves, Devil Rays, Indians, Padres, Phillies, Pirates, Reds, Tigers and Yankees. They reported yesterday for the Angels, Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants, Mariners and Rangers. 5) The Red Sox signed P Franklin Nunez to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2004 27 -2 5.91 8 0 10.2 14 11.81 17.72 0 3 0 1 2 Devil Rays 2005 28 -4 10.80 5 0 5 2 3.60 16.20 1 0 0 0 1 Devil Rays CAREER -6 7.47 13 0 15.2 16 9.19 17.23 1 3 0 1 3 LG AVG 0 4.55 15.2 11 6.36 12.98 1 1 6) The Indians named C.C. Sabathia as their Opening Day starter. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 22 13 3.60 30 30 197.2 141 6.42 11.93 13 9 0 13 9 Indians 2004 23 9 4.12 30 30 188 139 6.65 12.21 11 10 0 11 10 Indians 2005 24 1 4.03 31 31 196.2 161 7.37 11.62 15 10 0 13 12 Indians CAREER 30 4.10 157 157 972.2 761 7.04 12.11 69 45 0 60 54 LG AVG 0 4.49 972.2 679 6.28 12.88 55 55 7) The Nationals signed P Kevin Gryboski to a minor league contract, with an invitation to spring training. YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 1 3.86 64 0 44.1 32 6.50 14.01 6 4 0 5 5 Braves 2004 30 8 2.84 69 0 50.2 24 4.26 13.68 3 2 2 3 2 Braves 2005 31 -4 5.52 42 0 31 10 2.90 18.58 1 1 0 0 2 Braves/Rangers CAREER 9 3.75 232 0 177.2 99 5.02 15.30 12 8 2 10 10 LG AVG 0 4.24 177.2 132 6.67 12.76 10 10 8) Today's birthdays-- JACK BILLINGHAM, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1976 33 -14 4.32 34 29 177 76 3.86 13.02 12 10 1 9 13 Reds 1977 34 -24 5.23 36 23 161.2 76 4.23 14.53 10 10 0 7 13 Reds 1980 37 -21 10.23 15 4 31.2 7 1.99 22.17 1 3 0 1 3 Tigers/Red Sox CAREER -63 3.83 476 305 2230.2 1141 4.60 12.59 145 113 15 122 136 LG AVG 0 3.69 2230.2 1304 5.26 12.23 124 124 ADAM GREENBERG, AGE: 25 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 24 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 Cubs CAR 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 LG AVG 0 .500 0 0 0 POS AVG 0 0 0 0 FRANKLIN GUTIERREZ, AGE: 23 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 22 0 .500 .000 .500 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 7 Indians CAR 0 .500 .000 .500 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 7 LG AVG 0 .331 .425 .756 .500 4.89 .268 0 0 0 POS AVG 0 .344 .464 .808 .560 5.58 .266 0 0 0 JOUETT MEEKIN, 1867-1944 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1894 27 66 3.70 52 48 409 133 2.93 12.65 33 9 2 27 15 Giants 1896 29 18 3.82 42 41 334.1 110 2.96 13.59 26 14 0 22 18 Giants 1897 30 17 3.76 37 34 303.2 83 2.46 12.89 20 11 0 17 14 Giants CAREER 4 4.07 324 308 2603.1 900 3.11 13.55 153 133 2 141 145 LG AVG 0 4.25 2603.1 728 2.52 13.81 147 147 JOHN TITUS, 1876-1943 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1904 28 24 .362 .387 .749 .659 6.02 .294 4 55 15 146 Phillies 1905 29 41 .397 .436 .834 .703 7.70 .308 2 89 11 147 Phillies 1908 32 24 .365 .360 .725 .659 5.13 .286 2 48 27 149 Phillies 1912 36 27 .416 .446 .862 .644 7.40 .309 5 70 11 141 Phillies/Braves CAR 197 .373 .385 .758 .630 5.81 .282 38 561 140 1402 LG AVG 0 .327 .341 .668 .500 4.42 .261 24 489 197 POS AVG 33 .330 .358 .688 .531 4.67 .266 34 520 198 ALAN TRAMMELL, AGE: 48 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1983 25 36 .385 .471 .856 .698 6.82 .319 14 66 30 142 Tigers 1984 26 36 .382 .468 .851 .687 6.59 .314 14 69 19 139 Tigers 1987 29 64 .402 .551 .953 .757 8.96 .343 28 105 21 151 Tigers CAR 161 .352 .415 .767 .558 5.27 .285 185 1003 236 2293 LG AVG 0 .330 .402 .732 .500 4.58 .264 213 1014 156 POS AVG -204 .311 .354 .665 .400 3.73 .256 106 785 156 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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