Around the Majors: Melvin gets an extension
by Lee SininsNovember 06, 2005
1) The Brewers gave GM Dave Melvin a 3 year contract extension, covering 2007-09.
2) Brian Giles's agent confirmed that the Yankees have contacted him.
Giles will become a free agent.
3) The Reds signed OF Dewayne Wise to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 22 -3 .208 .136 .345 .074 1.42 .136 0 0 1 28 Blue Jays 2002 24 -9 .207 .313 .519 .207 2.35 .179 3 13 5 42 Blue Jays 2004 26 -5 .272 .444 .716 .395 4.15 .228 6 17 6 77 Braves CAR -17 .243 .372 .614 .301 3.25 .203 9 30 12 147 LG AVG 0 .338 .433 .771 .500 5.15 .268 10 42 5 POS AVG 4 .348 .455 .803 .538 5.61 .269 12 45 5
4) Today's birthdays--
CARLOS ALMANZAR, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 28 3 2.31 8 1 11.2 7 5.40 8.49 0 1 0 1 0 Reds 2004 30 11 3.72 67 0 72.2 44 5.45 11.02 7 3 0 6 4 Rangers 2005 31 -5 14.40 6 0 5 3 5.40 32.40 0 0 0 0 0 Rangers CAREER -5 4.82 210 1 239 170 6.40 13.07 13 13 0 15 11 LG AVG 0 4.59 239 175 6.58 13.21 13 13 JOHN CANDELARIA, AGE: 52 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1977 23 42 2.34 33 33 230.2 133 5.19 9.72 20 5 0 18 7 Pirates 1979 25 16 3.22 33 30 207 101 4.39 10.65 14 9 0 14 9 Pirates 1982 28 21 2.94 31 30 174.2 133 6.85 10.67 12 7 1 12 7 Pirates CAREER 134 3.33 600 356 2525.2 1673 5.96 10.79 177 122 29 171 128 LG AVG 0 3.76 2525.2 1504 5.36 12.22 141 141 DEIVI CRUZ, AGE: 33 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1997 24 -37 .263 .314 .577 .200 2.45 .241 2 40 3 147 Tigers 1998 25 -27 .284 .355 .639 .285 3.17 .260 5 45 3 135 Tigers 2003 30 -26 .269 .378 .647 .322 3.17 .250 14 65 1 152 Orioles CAR -185 .293 .388 .682 .341 3.58 .269 70 464 16 1234 LG AVG 0 .341 .433 .774 .500 5.19 .271 136 572 76 POS AVG -74 .327 .403 .730 .439 4.59 .270 93 480 98 CHAD CURTIS, AGE: 37 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1994 25 -18 .317 .397 .714 .373 4.17 .256 11 50 25 114 Angels 1996 27 -16 .341 .377 .718 .395 4.23 .252 12 46 18 147 Tigers/Dodgers 2000 31 -11 .343 .424 .767 .398 4.65 .272 8 48 3 108 Rangers CAR -49 .349 .396 .745 .457 4.74 .264 101 461 212 1204 LG AVG 0 .342 .425 .767 .500 5.11 .270 127 569 83 POS AVG 7 .343 .421 .764 .499 5.18 .273 114 523 157 DANNY GREEN, 1876-1914 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1901 24 25 .364 .421 .785 .637 7.00 .313 6 61 31 133 Cubs 1903 26 39 .375 .425 .800 .725 7.06 .309 6 62 29 135 White Sox 1904 27 22 .352 .343 .695 .644 5.29 .265 2 62 28 147 White Sox CAR 139 .359 .391 .750 .624 6.14 .293 29 423 192 923 LG AVG 0 .328 .358 .687 .500 4.97 .272 19 389 130 POS AVG 95 .351 .390 .741 .588 5.92 .291 28 403 155 WALTER JOHNSON, 1887-1946 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1910 22 49 1.36 45 42 370 313 7.61 8.54 25 17 1 32 10 Senators 1911 23 49 1.90 40 37 322.1 207 5.78 10.33 25 13 1 28 10 Senators 1912 24 74 1.39 50 37 369 303 7.39 8.56 33 12 2 37 8 Senators 1913 25 75 1.14 48 36 346 243 6.32 7.26 36 7 2 37 6 Senators 1914 26 44 1.72 51 40 371.2 225 5.45 9.01 28 18 1 33 13 Senators 1915 27 49 1.55 47 39 336.2 203 5.43 8.90 27 13 4 30 10 Senators 1918 30 56 1.27 39 29 326 162 4.47 8.81 23 13 3 29 7 Senators 1919 31 52 1.49 39 29 290.1 147 4.56 9.08 20 14 2 27 7 Senators 1924 36 40 2.72 38 38 277.2 158 5.12 10.37 23 7 0 20 10 Senators CAREER 643 2.17 802 666 5914.2 3509 5.34 9.85 417 279 34 470 226 LG AVG 0 3.24 5914.2 2318 3.53 12.18 327 326 MACK JONES, 1938-2004 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1965 26 16 .313 .510 .822 .594 5.64 .262 31 75 8 143 Braves 1969 30 24 .379 .488 .867 .644 6.39 .270 22 79 6 135 Expos 1970 31 16 .398 .458 .856 .646 6.97 .240 14 32 5 108 Expos CAR 78 .347 .444 .790 .574 5.37 .252 133 415 65 1002 LG AVG 0 .326 .390 .716 .500 4.39 .261 75 356 44 POS AVG 55 .336 .420 .756 .553 5.01 .273 89 380 71 BUDDY KERR, AGE: 83 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1945 22 -24 .304 .319 .623 .337 3.34 .249 4 40 5 149 Giants 1948 25 -23 .317 .288 .605 .328 3.42 .240 0 46 9 144 Giants 1950 27 -27 .296 .310 .606 .297 2.85 .227 2 46 0 155 Braves CAR -145 .312 .328 .640 .358 3.58 .249 31 333 38 1067 LG AVG 0 .342 .391 .734 .500 4.95 .269 74 468 41 POS AVG -128 .314 .340 .653 .376 3.77 .252 38 358 44 ADAM LAROCHE, AGE: 26 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 24 2 .333 .488 .821 .517 5.44 .278 13 45 0 110 Braves 2005 25 -9 .320 .455 .775 .435 4.59 .259 20 78 0 141 Braves CAR -7 .326 .468 .794 .470 4.94 .267 33 123 0 251 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .771 .500 5.15 .269 25 102 13 POS AVG 23 .363 .480 .842 .582 6.16 .280 35 125 5 JUSTIN SPEIER, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 29 6 4.05 72 0 73.1 66 8.10 12.64 3 1 9 2 2 Rockies 2004 30 8 3.91 62 0 69 52 6.78 11.87 3 8 7 7 4 Blue Jays 2005 31 14 2.57 65 0 66.2 56 7.56 8.91 3 2 0 4 1 Blue Jays CAREER 36 4.14 401 0 465.2 391 7.56 11.63 25 20 17 28 17 LG AVG 0 4.45 465.2 339 6.55 12.96 26 26