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Around the Majors: Mets contact Konerko

by Lee Sinins
November 13, 2005

1) According to the NY Daily News, the Mets contacted free agent 1B Paul Konerko.

2) According to the Boston Globe, the Red Sox and Padres have had David Wells for Dave Roberts trade talks.

3) The Pirates named John Shelby 1B coach.

4) Today's birthdays--
VIC DARENSBOURG, AGE: 35
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32   -3   8.00    9   0    9      4  4.00 18.00   0   0   0   0   0  Rockies/Expos
2004 33   -1   6.43    7   0    7      1  1.29 18.00   0   1   0   0   1  White Sox/Mets
2005 34    4   2.82   22   0   22.1    9  3.63 12.49   1   1   0   1   1  Tigers       
CAREER   -23   4.96  309   0  303    229  6.80 13.78   8  17   2  11  14 
LG AVG     0   4.37           303    227  6.75 12.91  17  17 

GENE GARBER, AGE: 58
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1977 29   18   2.35   64   0  103.1   78  6.79  9.32   8   6  19  10   4  Phillies     
1978 30   24   2.15   65   0  117     85  6.54  8.69   6   5  25   9   2  Phillies/Braves
1982 34   21   2.34   69   0  119.1   68  5.13 10.11   8  10  30  13   5  Braves       
CAREER   102   3.34  931   9 1510    940  5.60 11.60  96 113 218 120  89 
LG AVG     0   3.70          1510    892  5.32 12.21  84  84 

PAT HENTGEN, AGE: 37
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1994 25   24   3.40   24  24  174.2  147  7.57 11.34  13   8   0  13   8  Blue Jays    
1996 27   54   3.22   35  35  265.2  177  6.00 11.42  20  10   0  21   9  Blue Jays    
1997 28   21   3.68   35  35  264    160  5.45 11.28  15  10   0  15  10  Blue Jays    
CAREER    73   4.32  344 306 2075.1 1290  5.59 12.73 131 112   1 130 113 
LG AVG     0   4.66          2075.1 1436  6.23 13.35 116 117 

GERALD LAIRD, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   23   -1  .360  .432  .792  .431   4.76  .273   1    4    0   19  Rangers      
2004   24  -15  .287  .286  .572  .187   2.55  .224   1   16    0   49  Rangers      
2005   25   -3  .262  .350  .612  .219   2.53  .225   1    4    0   13  Rangers      
CAR        -19  .297  .325  .622  .237   2.94  .234   3   24    0   81 
LG AVG       0  .336  .432  .768  .500   5.09  .270   8   34    4 
POS AVG     -5  .321  .410  .731  .432   4.40  .261   7   33    1 

GEORGE MYERS, 1860-1926
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1884   23  -36  .213  .240  .453  .187   2.74  .182   2   32    0   78  Bisons       
1885   24  -23  .258  .239  .497  .290   3.41  .206   0   19    0   89  Bisons       
1886   25  -26  .236  .234  .470  .240   3.05  .190   0   27    6   79  Maroons      
CAR       -119  .260  .250  .510  .285   3.58  .203   5  126   72  424 
LG AVG       0  .307  .354  .660  .500   5.83  .257  15  198   60 
POS AVG    -53  .282  .314  .596  .414   4.72  .232  10  169   45 

WES PARKER, AGE: 66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1969   29   16  .353  .427  .780  .602   5.43  .278  13   68    4  132  Dodgers      
1970   30   40  .392  .458  .850  .690   6.78  .319  10  111    8  161  Dodgers      
CAR         87  .351  .375  .726  .570   4.67  .267  64  470   60 1288 
LG AVG       0  .325  .386  .710  .500   4.33  .260  97  472   61 
POS AVG     88  .337  .434  .771  .564   5.07  .266 158  611   34 

DAN PETRY, AGE: 47
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1982 23   24   3.22   35  35  246    132  4.83 11.85  15   9   0  15   9  Tigers       
1984 25   14   3.24   35  35  233.1  144  5.55 11.57  18   8   0  15  11  Tigers       
1985 26   28   3.36   34  34  238.2  109  4.11 10.33  15  13   0  17  11  Tigers       
CAREER    22   3.94  370 300 2080.1 1063  4.60 12.47 125 104   1 120 109 
LG AVG     0   4.06          2080.1 1194  5.17 12.52 116 116 

MEL STOTTLEMYRE, AGE: 64
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1965 23   27   2.63   37  37  291    155  4.79 10.67  20   9   0  18  11  Yankees      
1969 27   19   2.82   39  39  303    113  3.36 10.99  20  14   0  20  14  Yankees      
1973 31   22   3.07   38  38  273     95  3.13 11.31  16  16   0  19  13  Yankees      
CAREER    97   2.97  360 356 2662   1257  4.25 11.12 164 139   1 165 138 
LG AVG     0   3.44          2662   1677  5.67 11.72 148 148 





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