Around the Majors: Pirates signing
by Lee SininsJanuary 23, 2006
1) The Pirates signed P Jorge Vasquez 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 25 -1 8.10 2 0 3.1 4 10.80 16.20 0 0 0 0 0 Royals 2005 26 1 3.00 7 0 9 9 9.00 16.00 1 0 0 1 0 Braves CAREER 0 4.38 9 0 12.1 13 9.49 16.05 1 0 0 1 0 LG AVG 0 4.34 12.1 9 6.54 12.86 1 1
2) Today's birthdays--
CHICO CARRASQUEL, 1928-2005 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1953 25 -16 .330 .359 .689 .402 4.12 .279 2 47 5 149 White Sox 1956 28 -19 .323 .323 .646 .348 3.52 .243 7 48 0 141 Indians 1959 31 -19 .292 .295 .587 .284 2.68 .223 4 28 2 114 Orioles CAR -113 .333 .342 .674 .410 3.97 .258 55 474 31 1325 LG AVG 0 .345 .397 .742 .500 4.86 .267 112 598 42 POS AVG -120 .328 .346 .674 .407 3.99 .256 55 446 48 RED DONAHUE, 1873-1913 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1896 23 -46 5.80 32 32 267 70 2.36 15.98 7 24 0 11 20 Cardinals 1897 24 -73 6.13 46 42 348 64 1.66 15.83 10 35 1 15 30 Cardinals 1905 32 -12 3.39 20 18 138 45 2.93 10.63 6 12 0 7 11 Indians CAREER -52 3.61 368 341 2975.2 788 2.38 12.63 165 175 3 168 172 LG AVG 0 3.48 2975.2 998 3.02 12.48 166 166 BRANDON DUCKWORTH, AGE: 30 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 27 -9 4.94 24 18 93 68 6.58 14.71 4 7 0 5 6 Phillies 2004 28 -11 6.86 19 6 39.1 23 5.26 15.56 1 2 0 1 2 Astros 2005 29 -13 11.02 7 2 16.1 10 5.51 19.84 0 1 0 0 1 Astros CAREER -57 5.34 91 66 380.2 308 7.28 13.97 16 21 0 15 22 LG AVG 0 4.23 380.2 286 6.77 12.73 21 21 ERUBIEL DURAZO, AGE: 32 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 29 18 .374 .430 .804 .599 5.84 .259 21 77 1 154 A's 2004 30 38 .396 .523 .919 .691 8.07 .321 22 88 3 142 A's 2005 31 -7 .305 .368 .674 .344 3.54 .237 4 16 1 41 A's CAR 99 .381 .487 .868 .633 7.00 .281 94 330 7 624 LG AVG 0 .339 .433 .772 .500 5.16 .269 62 255 33 POS AVG 41 .356 .468 .824 .561 5.93 .270 84 311 12 ALAN EMBREE, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 33 3 4.25 65 0 55 45 7.36 10.64 4 1 1 3 2 Red Sox 2004 34 5 4.13 71 0 52.1 37 6.36 10.49 2 2 0 2 2 Red Sox 2005 35 -18 7.62 67 0 52 38 6.58 13.50 2 5 1 2 5 Red Sox/Yankees CAREER -16 4.68 635 4 567.1 518 8.22 12.28 30 33 8 32 31 LG AVG 0 4.47 567.1 408 6.48 13.01 32 32 WILY MO PENA, AGE: 24 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 21 -9 .283 .358 .641 .299 3.22 .218 5 16 3 80 Reds 2004 22 6 .316 .527 .843 .559 5.55 .259 26 66 5 110 Reds 2005 23 -4 .304 .492 .796 .459 4.93 .254 19 51 2 99 Reds CAR -9 .303 .477 .780 .466 4.76 .248 51 134 10 302 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .269 27 110 13 POS AVG 11 .348 .454 .802 .539 5.65 .269 32 119 17 JUAN RINCON, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 24 9 3.68 58 0 85.2 63 6.62 12.19 5 6 0 7 4 Twins 2004 25 19 2.63 77 0 82 106 11.63 9.44 11 6 2 13 4 Twins 2005 26 17 2.45 75 0 77 84 9.82 11.22 6 6 0 9 3 Twins CAREER 38 3.35 224 3 279 278 8.97 11.71 22 20 2 30 12 LG AVG 0 4.51 279 194 6.25 12.88 16 16 FRANK SULLIVAN, AGE: 76 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1955 25 62 2.91 35 35 260 129 4.47 11.67 18 13 0 23 8 Red Sox 1956 26 24 3.42 34 33 242 116 4.31 12.76 14 7 0 13 8 Red Sox 1957 27 41 2.73 31 30 241 127 4.74 9.75 14 11 0 17 8 Red Sox CAREER 125 3.60 351 219 1732 959 4.98 11.99 97 100 18 114 83 LG AVG 0 3.90 1732 914 4.75 12.61 96 96 MARK WOHLERS, AGE: 36 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1995 25 16 2.09 65 0 64.2 90 12.53 10.58 7 3 25 8 2 Braves 1996 26 12 3.03 77 0 77.1 100 11.64 10.94 2 4 39 4 2 Braves CAREER 18 3.97 533 0 553.1 557 9.06 12.61 39 29 119 38 30 LG AVG 0 4.21 553.1 399 6.49 12.67 31 31
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