Around the Majors: Reds re-sign Aurilia
by Lee SininsJanuary 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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