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Around the Majors: Reds re-sign Aurilia

by Lee Sinins
January 09, 2006

1) The Reds re-signed free agent INF Rich Aurilia to a 1 year, $1.3 million contract.
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31  -12  .325  .410  .735  .423   4.31  .277  13   58    2  129  Giants       
2004   32  -14  .314  .353  .667  .373   3.59  .246   6   44    1  124  Mariners/Padres
2005   33    1  .338  .444  .782  .504   5.43  .282  14   68    2  114  Reds         
CAR          0  .330  .436  .766  .495   4.95  .276 146  585   19 1231 
LG AVG       0  .342  .433  .776  .500   5.24  .270 143  592   83 
POS AVG   -119  .324  .385  .708  .407   4.31  .262  83  454   95 

2) The Astros signed free agent P Trever Miller to a 1 year contract, with an option for 2007.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30    1   4.61   79   0   52.2   44  7.52 13.50   2   2   4   2   2  Blue Jays    
2004 31    7   3.12   60   0   49     43  7.90 12.12   1   1   1   1   1  Devil Rays   
2005 32    1   4.06   61   0   44.1   35  7.11 16.44   2   2   0   2   2  Devil Rays   
CAREER    -7   4.66  305   5  282    208  6.64 15.19  10  11   7   9  12 
LG AVG     0   4.51           282    202  6.45 13.01  16  16 

3) Reds utilityman Ryan Freel for arrested on a disorderly intoxication charge.

Freel had pled guilty to a DWI charge last May.
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   27    1  .344  .431  .775  .514   5.30  .285   4   12    9   43  Reds         
2004   28    8  .375  .368  .743  .547   5.40  .277   3   28   37  143  Reds         
2005   29   -2  .371  .371  .743  .483   5.20  .271   4   21   36  103  Reds         
CAR          7  .369  .377  .746  .517   5.30  .276  11   64   84  298 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.17  .269  34  137   17 
POS AVG      0  .339  .433  .771  .498   5.16  .273  32  134   20 

4) Today's birthdays--
KIKO CALERO, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28    6   2.82   26   1   38.1   51 11.97 11.74   1   1   1   1   1  Cardinals    
2004 29    7   2.78   41   0   45.1   47  9.33  7.54   3   1   2   3   1  Cardinals    
2005 30    8   3.23   58   0   55.2   52  8.41 10.35   4   1   1   3   2  A's          
CAREER    21   2.97  125   1  139.1  150  9.69  9.82   8   3   4   7   4 
LG AVG     0   4.33           139.1  100  6.48 12.75   8   8 

IVAN DEJESUS, AGE: 53
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1977   24  -28  .328  .353  .681  .353   4.09  .266   3   40   24  155  Cubs         
1979   26  -17  .345  .379  .724  .409   4.39  .283   5   52   24  160  Cubs         
1981   28  -28  .276  .233  .509  .226   2.33  .194   0   13   21  106  Cubs         
CAR       -147  .323  .326  .649  .380   3.72  .254  21  324  194 1371 
LG AVG       0  .331  .390  .722  .500   4.50  .265 101  549  125 
POS AVG   -152  .305  .329  .634  .368   3.40  .252  30  369  139 

CASEY FOSSUM, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   -6   5.47   19  14   79     63  7.18 13.67   6   5   1   5   6  Red Sox      
2004 26  -35   6.65   27  27  142    117  7.42 15.46   4  15   0   6  13  Diamondbacks 
2005 27  -11   4.92   36  25  162.2  128  7.08 13.72   8  12   0   9  11  Devil Rays   
CAREER   -43   5.17  138  85  534.2  435  7.32 13.95  26  38   2  27  37 
LG AVG     0   4.40           534.2  377  6.35 12.79  30  30 

AARON HOLBERT, AGE: 33
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1996   23   -1  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    1  Cardinals    
2005   32   -2  .290  .333  .624  .299   3.38  .222   0    2    1   22  Reds         
CAR         -3  .265  .300  .565  .258   3.00  .200   0    2    1   23 
LG AVG       0  .339  .427  .766  .500   5.07  .269   1    4    1 
POS AVG      0  .337  .402  .739  .470   4.80  .270   1    4    1 

STAN JAVIER, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1987   23  -11  .276  .258  .535  .215   2.23  .185   2    9    3   81  A's          
1991   27  -11  .268  .284  .552  .258   2.52  .205   1   11    7  121  Dodgers      
CAR         -8  .345  .363  .708  .490   4.66  .269  57  503  246 1763 
LG AVG       0  .337  .416  .753  .500   4.94  .267 146  662  110 
POS AVG     39  .341  .426  .767  .517   5.22  .273 147  649  195 

T.J. MATHEWS, AGE: 36
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1996 26   10   3.01   67   0   83.2   80  8.61 10.33   2   6   6   5   3  Cardinals    
1997 27   11   3.01   64   0   74.2   70  8.44 12.90  10   6   3  10   6  Cardinals/A's
CAREER    26   3.82  362   0  435.1  357  7.38 12.03  32  26  16  33  25 
LG AVG     0   4.51           435.1  316  6.54 13.12  24  24 

OTIS NIXON, AGE: 47
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1984   25  -13  .220  .154  .374  .044   0.91  .154   0    1   12   49  Indians      
1995   36  -15  .357  .338  .695  .412   4.61  .295   0   45   50  139  Rangers      
1997   38  -12  .337  .318  .655  .423   4.16  .266   2   44   59  145  Blue Jays/Dodgers
CAR       -107  .343  .314  .658  .422   4.24  .270  11  318  620 1709 
LG AVG       0  .336  .413  .750  .500   4.89  .267 147  678  117 
POS AVG     13  .340  .405  .745  .502   4.99  .271 123  593  255 

JAY POWELL, AGE: 34
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 31  -18   7.82   51   0   58.2   40  6.14 17.03   3   0   0   1   2  Rangers      
2004 32    5   3.38   23   0   24     17  6.38 13.13   1   1   0   1   1  Rangers      
2005 33    2   0.00    5   0    3.1    1  2.70 13.50   0   0   0   0   0  Braves       
CAREER    22   4.17  512   0  542.1  423  7.02 13.87  36  23  22  32  27 
LG AVG     0   4.38           542.1  402  6.67 12.88  30  30 

RALPH TERRY, AGE: 70
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1961 25   12   3.16   31  27  188     86  4.12  9.81  16   3   0  11   8  Yankees      
1962 26   15   3.19   43  39  299    176  5.30  9.54  23  12   2  20  15  Yankees      
1963 27   10   3.22   40  37  268    114  3.83  9.71  17  15   1  17  15  Yankees      
CAREER     6   3.62  338 257 1849.1 1000  4.87 10.79 107  99  11 103 103 
LG AVG     0   3.78          1849.1 1093  5.32 12.16 103 103 





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