Around the Majors: Padres sign Piazza
by Lee SininsJanuary 30, 2006
1) The Padres signed free agent C Mike Piazza to a 1 year, $2 million contract, with a mutual option for 2007.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 34 7 .377 .483 .860 .583 6.12 .286 11 34 0 68 Mets 2004 35 4 .362 .444 .806 .529 5.54 .266 20 54 0 129 Mets 2005 36 2 .326 .452 .778 .515 5.13 .251 19 62 0 113 Mets CAR 439 .382 .555 .936 .684 7.49 .311 397 1223 17 1703 LG AVG 0 .342 .429 .770 .500 5.17 .270 183 780 121 POS AVG -99 .329 .409 .738 .441 4.59 .259 179 772 33
2) Today's birthdays--
JORGE CANTU, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2004 22 3 .341 .462 .803 .552 5.53 .301 2 17 0 50 Devil Rays 2005 23 1 .311 .497 .808 .504 4.89 .286 28 117 1 150 Devil Rays CAR 4 .318 .489 .807 .515 5.03 .289 30 134 1 200 LG AVG 0 .333 .427 .760 .500 4.95 .269 24 100 12 POS AVG -7 .324 .411 .735 .470 4.63 .267 18 89 16 WALT DROPO, AGE: 83 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1951 28 -19 .312 .369 .681 .326 3.63 .239 11 57 0 99 Red Sox 1953 30 -30 .289 .371 .660 .325 3.42 .248 13 96 2 152 Tigers 1956 33 -12 .334 .374 .708 .388 4.08 .266 8 52 1 125 White Sox CAR -58 .326 .432 .757 .451 4.61 .270 152 704 5 1288 LG AVG 0 .346 .399 .744 .500 4.90 .267 98 528 37 POS AVG 55 .352 .429 .781 .538 5.37 .273 132 636 23 JEREMY HERMIDA, AGE: 22 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2005 21 5 .383 .634 1.017 .760 9.00 .293 4 11 2 23 Marlins CAR 5 .383 .634 1.017 .760 9.00 .293 4 11 2 23 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 1 5 1 POS AVG 0 .346 .453 .799 .535 5.53 .268 1 5 1 DAVEY JOHNSON, AGE: 63 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1971 28 16 .351 .443 .794 .596 5.40 .282 18 72 3 142 Orioles 1973 30 33 .370 .546 .916 .645 7.38 .270 43 99 5 157 Braves 1977 34 14 .408 .545 .952 .716 8.08 .321 8 36 1 78 Phillies CAR 70 .340 .404 .744 .542 4.76 .261 136 609 33 1435 LG AVG 0 .324 .378 .701 .500 4.21 .253 114 530 76 POS AVG -56 .318 .347 .666 .447 3.82 .250 74 449 71 JOHN PATTERSON, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 -8 6.05 16 8 55 43 7.04 15.22 1 4 1 2 3 Diamondbacks 2004 26 -10 5.03 19 19 98.1 99 9.06 14.09 4 7 0 4 7 Expos 2005 27 18 3.13 31 31 198.1 185 8.39 10.98 9 7 0 10 6 Nationals CAREER 4 4.05 73 63 382.1 358 8.43 12.33 16 18 1 17 17 LG AVG 0 4.25 382.1 282 6.64 12.78 21 22
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