The Hardball Times

Around the Majors: Giants retain Schmidt

by Lee Sinins
October 28, 2005

1) The Giants exercised their 2006 options on P Jason Schmidt ($10 million) and CF Randy Winn ($5 million). Also, 2B Ray Durham ($7 million), OF Moises Alou ($4 million) and P LaTroy Hawkins ($3.5 million) exercised their player options to stay with the team.
SCHMIDT
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30   44   2.34   29  29  207.2  208  9.01  8.80  17   5   0  16   6  Giants       
2004 31   31   3.20   32  32  225    251 10.04  9.80  18   7   0  16   9  Giants       
2005 32   -5   4.40   29  29  172    165  8.63 13.08  12   7   0   9  10  Giants       
CAREER    63   3.95  281 272 1739.2 1548  8.01 12.09 116  81   0 107  90 
LG AVG     0   4.30          1739.2 1305  6.75 12.84  98  97 

WINN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29   10  .346  .425  .771  .553   5.48  .295  11   75   23  157  Mariners     
2004   30    7  .346  .427  .772  .535   5.11  .286  14   81   21  157  Mariners     
2005   31   25  .360  .499  .859  .618   6.36  .306  20   63   19  160  Mariners/Giants
CAR         23  .346  .425  .772  .519   5.22  .288  69  401  143  993 
LG AVG       0  .337  .431  .768  .500   5.09  .269 117  494   63 
POS AVG     15  .340  .434  .774  .511   5.25  .276 111  476  105 

DURHAM
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31    8  .366  .441  .807  .560   5.84  .285   8   33    7  110  Giants       
2004   32   15  .364  .484  .848  .584   6.52  .282  17   65   10  120  Giants       
2005   33    2  .356  .429  .785  .514   5.15  .290  12   62    6  142  Giants       
CAR         66  .354  .435  .789  .528   5.57  .280 149  666  248 1572 
LG AVG       0  .342  .434  .775  .500   5.22  .271 197  831  110 
POS AVG    -67  .340  .402  .742  .461   4.85  .273 123  664  163 

ALOU
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   36   12  .357  .462  .819  .562   5.82  .280  22   91    3  151  Cubs         
2004   37   30  .361  .557  .919  .627   7.37  .293  39  106    3  155  Cubs         
2005   38   34  .400  .518  .918  .701   7.94  .321  19   63    5  123  Giants       
CAR        288  .369  .513  .882  .620   6.83  .301 297 1155  100 1742 
LG AVG       0  .340  .426  .765  .500   5.10  .269 185  794  123 
POS AVG    109  .350  .458  .808  .549   5.74  .274 237  917  135 

HAWKINS
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 30   24   1.86   74   0   77.1   75  8.73  9.89   9   3   2  10   2  Twins        
2004 31   18   2.63   77   0   82     69  7.57  9.66   5   4  25   7   2  Cubs         
2005 32    2   3.83   66   0   56.1   43  6.87 13.10   2   8   6   6   4  Cubs/Giants
CAREER     1   4.77  509  98  956.1  644  6.06 13.46  51  69  75  62  58 
LG AVG     0   4.63           956.1  675  6.35 13.26  54  54 

2) The first 62 players filed for free agency.

I will have the entire free agent list once they all hit the open market.

3) The Yankees re-signed GM Brian Cashman to a 3 year, $5+ million contract.

4) The Nationals gave GM Jim Bowden a contract extension through the end of April.

5) The Mariners hired coaches Rafael Chaves (pitching), Jeff Pentland (hitting) and Dan Rohn (administrative coach--will participate in pregame workouts, but won't be in uniform during the game).

6) The Mets declined their 2006 option on P Danny Graves.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 29  -20   5.33   30  26  169     60  3.20 13.42   4  15   2   8  11  Reds         
2004 30    0   3.95   68   0   68.1   40  5.27 12.12   1   6  41   4   3  Reds         
2005 31  -10   6.52   40   0   38.2   20  4.66 19.09   1   1  10   1   1  Reds/Mets
CAREER    37   4.02  505  30  794.1  426  4.83 12.81  41  43 182  50  34 
LG AVG     0   4.38           794.1  593  6.72 12.95  45  44 

7) The Rockies re-signed P Mike DeJean to a 1 year contract, with a mutual option for 2007.
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 32   -3   4.68   76   0   82.2   71  7.73 13.83   5   8  19   6   7  Brewers/Cardinals
2004 33    0   4.57   54   0   61     60  8.85 16.38   0   5   0   2   3  Orioles/Mets
2005 34    1   4.48   66   0   62.1   52  7.51 13.72   5   4   0   4   5  Mets/Rockies
CAREER    39   4.31  563   1  621.2  446  6.46 14.01  29  33  52  33  29 
LG AVG     0   4.34           621.2  466  6.75 12.88  35  35 

8) The Nationals signed INFs Damian Jackson and Bernie Castro to 1 year contracts.
JACKSON
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29  -12  .294  .323  .617  .242   2.82  .261   1   13   16  109  Red Sox      
2004   30   -3  .206  .267  .473  .145   2.00  .100   1    3    0   21  Cubs/Royals
2005   31   -1  .335  .342  .677  .483   4.40  .255   5   23   15  118  Padres       
CAR        -45  .325  .355  .680  .423   4.23  .245  28  188  132  760 
LG AVG       0  .343  .437  .780  .500   5.31  .270  73  297   40 
POS AVG    -45  .331  .396  .727  .429   4.59  .264  48  240   47 

CASTRO
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25    1  .360  .350  .710  .543   5.03  .288   0    7    6   24  Orioles      
CAR          1  .360  .350  .710  .543   5.03  .288   0    7    6   24 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   2   10    1 
POS AVG     -1  .324  .412  .735  .477   4.63  .268   2    9    2 

9) Today's birthdays--
JEREMY BONDERMAN, 1982, AGE: 23
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20  -23   5.56   33  28  162    108  6.00 14.17   6  19   0  10  15  Tigers       
2004 21   -9   4.89   33  32  184    168  8.22 12.28  11  13   0  11  13  Tigers       
2005 22   -6   4.57   29  29  189    145  6.90 12.38  14  13   0  13  14  Tigers       
CAREER   -38   4.98   95  89  535    421  7.08 12.89  31  45   0  34  42 
LG AVG     0   4.51           535    371  6.24 12.88  30  30 

CHIN-FENG CHEN, 1977, AGE: 28
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   25    0  .000  .000  .000  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    1  Dodgers      
2004   26   -2  .200  .000  .200  .000   0.00  .000   0    0    0    8  Dodgers      
2005   27   -1  .250  .250  .500  .000   0.00  .250   0    2    0    7  Dodgers      
CAR         -4  .200  .091  .291  .000   0.00  .091   0    2    0   19 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .268   1    4    0 
POS AVG      1  .353  .457  .810  .566   5.93  .268   1    4    0 

LENNY HARRIS, 1964, AGE: 41
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   38  -13  .272  .234  .506  .183   2.23  .193   1    8    1   88  Cubs/Marlins
2004   39   -8  .232  .295  .527  .167   2.08  .211   1   17    0   79  Marlins      
2005   40    1  .385  .414  .799  .536   5.19  .314   1   13    0   83  Marlins      
CAR       -126  .318  .349  .667  .381   3.75  .269  37  369  131 1903 
LG AVG       0  .335  .412  .747  .500   4.86  .266 110  502   92 
POS AVG      2  .335  .417  .752  .496   4.89  .266 118  520   75 

DOC LAVAN, 1890-1952
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1915   24  -24  .281  .284  .565  .307   2.35  .218   1   48   13  157  Browns       
1921   30  -23  .291  .350  .641  .348   3.34  .259   2   82    7  150  Cardinals    
1922   31  -26  .271  .265  .537  .177   2.39  .227   0   27    3   89  Cardinals    
CAR       -149  .288  .308  .596  .345   2.93  .245   7  377   71 1162 
LG AVG       0  .335  .360  .695  .500   4.30  .271  26  429  125 
POS AVG    -94  .315  .324  .639  .410   3.53  .254  12  336  110 

ANTHONY LEREW, 1982, AGE: 23
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 22   -1   5.63    7   0    8      5  5.63 15.75   0   0   0   0   0  Braves       
CAREER    -1   5.63    7   0    8      5  5.63 15.75   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23             8      6  6.57 12.76   0   0 

BRADEN LOOPER, 1974, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28    3   3.68   74   0   80.2   56  6.25 12.50   6   4  28   5   5  Marlins      
2004 29   15   2.70   71   0   83.1   60  6.48 11.34   2   5  29   5   2  Mets         
2005 30    1   3.94   60   0   59.1   27  4.10 13.96   4   7  28   6   5  Mets         
CAREER    37   3.57  503   0  534    333  5.61 12.67  25  29 103  29  25 
LG AVG     0   4.35           534    400  6.74 12.92  30  30 

FRANK SMITH, 1879-1952
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1906 26  -14   3.39   20  13  122     53  3.91 12.25   5   5   1   3   7  White Sox    
1911 31  -21   4.13   35  19  178.2   68  3.43 13.35  10  14   1   9  15  Red Sox/Reds
CAREER    -2   2.59  354 256 2273   1051  4.16 10.66 138 112   6 129 121 
LG AVG     0   2.69          2273   1002  3.97 11.08 125 125 

SAMMY STEWART, 1954, AGE: 51
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1981 26   16   2.32   29   3  112.1   57  4.57 11.94   4   8   4   8   4  Orioles      
CAREER    40   3.59  359  25  956.2  586  5.51 12.99  59  48  45  58  49 
LG AVG     0   4.06           956.2  524  4.93 12.53  53  53 

TOMMY TUCKER, 1863-1935
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1888   24   25  .330  .400  .730  .630   6.94  .287   6   61   43  136  Orioles      
1889   25   85  .450  .484  .934  .783  13.12  .372   5   99   63  134  Orioles      
1890   26   18  .387  .362  .749  .587   7.73  .295   1   62   43  132  Braves       
CAR         15  .364  .373  .737  .510   6.70  .290  42  848  352 1687 
LG AVG       0  .347  .374  .721  .500   6.37  .278  46  808  388 
POS AVG     50  .351  .393  .744  .525   6.66  .286  49  932  348 

BOB VEALE, 1935, AGE: 70
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1963 27   19   1.04   34   7   78     68  7.85 11.54   5   2   3   6   1  Pirates      
1964 28   26   2.73   40  38  280    250  8.04 11.22  18  12   0  19  11  Pirates      
1965 29   19   2.84   39  37  266    276  9.34 11.74  17  12   0  17  12  Pirates      
1968 32   25   2.06   36  33  245    171  6.28 10.40  13  14   0  18   9  Pirates      
CAREER    86   3.07  397 255 1926   1703  7.96 12.01 120  95  21 121  94 
LG AVG     0   3.52          1926   1245  5.82 11.75 107 107