Around the Majors: Signings
by Lee SininsDecember 31, 2005
1) The Marlins signed free agents 3B Wes Helms and C Miguel Olivo to 1 year contracts.
HELMS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 27 -2 .330 .450 .780 .485 5.11 .261 23 67 0 134 Brewers 2004 28 -12 .331 .361 .692 .354 3.88 .263 4 28 0 92 Brewers 2005 29 2 .356 .458 .815 .532 5.44 .298 4 24 0 95 Brewers CAR -29 .320 .424 .744 .430 4.50 .257 48 179 2 519 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.16 .268 45 183 23 POS AVG 0 .339 .439 .777 .499 5.17 .265 51 203 13 OLIVO YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -14 .287 .360 .646 .347 3.49 .237 6 27 6 114 White Sox 2004 25 -10 .286 .439 .725 .385 3.95 .233 13 40 7 96 White Sox/Mariners 2005 26 -15 .246 .367 .613 .296 2.93 .217 9 34 7 91 Mariners/Padres CAR -40 .275 .389 .664 .345 3.48 .229 29 106 20 307 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.05 .269 31 128 15 POS AVG -22 .317 .402 .719 .420 4.23 .257 27 122 4
2) The Rockies signed free agent 2B-OF Willie Harris to a 1 year, $800,000 contract.
YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 25 -11 .259 .241 .499 .204 2.35 .204 0 5 12 79 White Sox 2004 26 -16 .343 .323 .665 .376 4.18 .262 2 27 19 129 White Sox 2005 27 -4 .333 .314 .647 .382 3.86 .256 1 8 10 56 White Sox CAR -45 .309 .299 .608 .320 3.48 .242 5 52 49 322 LG AVG 0 .335 .430 .765 .500 5.05 .268 29 121 14 POS AVG -12 .327 .404 .731 .456 4.61 .266 20 101 21
3) The Pirates signed free agents utilityman Mike Edwards, INF Gookie Dawkins and C Paul Chiaffredo to minor league contracts.
EDWARDS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 26 0 .500 .250 .750 .769 9.00 .250 0 0 0 4 A's 2005 28 -11 .300 .339 .639 .332 3.30 .247 3 15 1 88 Dodgers CAR -11 .304 .337 .642 .344 3.39 .247 3 15 1 92 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .766 .500 5.07 .268 8 32 4 POS AVG 0 .339 .425 .764 .496 5.04 .269 7 33 2 DAWKINS YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2000 21 -6 .256 .268 .524 .071 1.50 .220 0 3 0 14 Reds 2002 23 -7 .222 .167 .389 .059 1.20 .125 0 0 2 31 Reds 2003 24 0 .333 .000 .333 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 3 Royals CAR -14 .241 .204 .445 .055 1.21 .163 0 3 2 55 LG AVG 0 .345 .434 .779 .500 5.29 .270 4 16 2 POS AVG -4 .320 .377 .698 .385 4.11 .258 2 12 3
4) Today's birthdays--
RICK AGUILERA, AGE: 44 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 29 13 2.35 63 0 69 61 7.96 9.78 4 5 42 7 2 Twins 1995 33 13 2.60 52 0 55.1 52 8.46 9.76 3 3 32 5 1 Twins/Red Sox 1999 37 15 2.93 61 0 67.2 45 5.99 9.04 9 4 14 10 3 Twins/Cubs CAREER 85 3.57 732 89 1291.1 1030 7.18 11.29 86 81 318 99 68 LG AVG 0 4.18 1291.1 855 5.96 12.74 72 72 BOBBY BYRNE, 1884-1964 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1907 22 -11 .307 .293 .600 .428 3.43 .256 0 29 21 149 Cardinals 1908 23 -25 .238 .212 .450 .236 1.85 .191 0 14 16 127 Cardinals 1915 30 -20 .290 .245 .536 .287 2.26 .209 0 21 4 105 Phillies CAR -50 .324 .323 .647 .469 3.94 .254 10 329 176 1283 LG AVG 0 .329 .346 .675 .500 4.27 .261 29 501 193 POS AVG -31 .327 .335 .662 .484 4.08 .256 23 471 196 SYL JOHNSON, 1900-85 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1929 28 21 3.61 42 19 182 80 3.96 12.31 13 7 3 12 8 Cardinals 1931 30 22 3.00 32 24 186 82 3.97 10.50 11 9 2 13 7 Cardinals 1935 34 24 3.55 37 18 175 89 4.58 11.11 10 8 6 11 7 Phillies CAREER 47 4.06 542 210 2167 920 3.82 11.74 112 117 43 119 110 LG AVG 0 4.09 2167 758 3.15 13.04 121 121 KING KELLY, 1857-94 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1879 21 47 .363 .493 .855 .802 10.28 .348 2 47 0 77 Red Stocking 1884 26 73 .414 .524 .938 .794 12.73 .354 13 95 0 108 Cubs 1886 28 101 .483 .534 1.018 .835 16.39 .388 4 79 53 118 Cubs 1887 29 56 .393 .488 .880 .727 11.02 .322 8 63 84 116 Braves 1888 30 49 .368 .480 .848 .752 9.53 .318 9 71 56 107 Braves CAR 470 .368 .438 .806 .680 9.12 .308 69 950 368 1455 LG AVG 0 .309 .354 .663 .500 5.85 .261 38 650 165 POS AVG -19 .306 .351 .657 .498 5.77 .259 39 666 174 ESTEBAN LOAIZA, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 31 39 2.90 34 34 226.1 207 8.23 10.42 21 9 0 21 9 White Sox 2004 32 -18 5.70 31 27 183 117 5.75 14.31 10 7 0 8 9 White Sox/Yankees 2005 33 4 3.77 34 34 217 173 7.18 11.90 12 10 0 11 11 Nationals CAREER -7 4.60 334 297 1880 1255 6.01 13.01 112 99 1 108 103 LG AVG 0 4.48 1880 1349 6.46 13.01 105 105 BRIAN MOEHLER, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2002 30 -4 4.86 13 12 63 31 4.43 13.14 3 5 0 3 5 Tigers/Reds 2003 31 -5 7.90 3 3 13.2 5 3.29 18.44 0 0 0 0 0 Astros 2005 33 -10 4.55 37 25 158.1 95 5.40 13.93 6 12 0 8 10 Marlins CAREER 2 4.57 181 168 1024.1 564 4.96 13.11 56 68 0 63 61 LG AVG 0 4.63 1024.1 727 6.39 13.31 57 58 CHRIS REITSMA, AGE: 28 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 2003 25 0 4.29 57 3 84 53 5.68 11.89 9 5 12 7 7 Reds 2004 26 2 4.07 84 0 79.2 60 6.78 12.65 6 4 2 5 5 Braves 2005 27 4 3.93 76 0 73.1 42 5.15 11.41 3 6 15 5 4 Braves CAREER -2 4.38 285 53 557.1 335 5.41 12.48 31 42 29 37 36 LG AVG 0 4.26 557.1 421 6.79 12.73 31 31
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