Around the Majors: Cardinals options

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November 10, 2005

1) The Cardinals declined their option on RF Larry Walker ($15 million) and exercised their option on P Jeff Suppan ($4 million).

Walker has already said he’s retiring. Just like nearly everyone else in his position, he did go through the formality of filing for free agency.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   36   24  .422  .476  .898  .626   7.65  .284  16   79    7  143  Rockies      
2004   37   28  .424  .589 1.013  .724   9.52  .298  17   47    6   82  Rockies/Cardinals
2005   38   16  .384  .502  .886  .635   6.98  .289  15   52    2  100  Cardinals    
CAR        536  .400  .565  .965  .670   8.59  .313 383 1311  230 1988 
LG AVG       0  .338  .419  .758  .500   5.00  .268 189  838  142 
POS AVG    110  .347  .454  .800  .545   5.58  .275 244  977  162 

SUPPAN
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28    4   4.19   32  31  204    110  4.85 12.18  13  11   0  13  11  Pirates/Red Sox
2004 29    0   4.16   31  31  188    110  5.27 12.69  16   9   0  13  12  Cardinals    
2005 30   16   3.57   32  32  194.1  114  5.28 12.78  16  10   0  15  11  Cardinals    
CAREER    10   4.66  285 269 1674.2  944  5.07 13.02  94  94   0  96  92 
LG AVG     0   4.53          1674.2 1196  6.43 13.11  94  94

2) According to the Daily Southtown, the White Sox made a 4 year, $52 million offer to Paul Konerko.

3) The Rangers signed P Rick Bauer and OF Adrian Brown to minor league contracts and invited them to spring training.

BAUER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 26   -2   4.55   35   0   61.1   43  6.31 12.62   0   0   0   0   0  Orioles      
2004 27    1   4.70   23   2   53.2   37  6.20 12.24   2   1   0   2   1  Orioles      
2005 28   -5   9.72    5   0    8.1    5  5.40 18.36   0   0   0   0   0  Orioles      
CAREER    -4   4.58  125   9  240    146  5.48 12.94   8  13   1  11  10 
LG AVG     0   4.52           240    168  6.29 12.92  13  13 

BROWN
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   28  -18  .284  .298  .582  .210   2.58  .216   1   21   10   91  Pirates      
2003   29   -1  .250  .200  .450  .175   2.25  .200   0    1    2    9  Red Sox      
2004   30    0  .273  .273  .545  .335   3.38  .273   0    0    0    5  Royals       
CAR        -39  .328  .344  .673  .377   4.15  .260  11   84   44  422 
LG AVG       0  .345  .434  .779  .500   5.31  .271  36  153   23 
POS AVG      4  .345  .440  .785  .505   5.45  .273  38  147   38

4) The Devil Rays have called a press conference for this afternoon, with the Tampa Tribune reporting that they have signed CF Rocco Baldelli to a new contract.

Baldelli missed the entire 2005 season, after having knee surgery and then later Tommy John surgery.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   21   -3  .326  .416  .742  .483   4.82  .289  11   78   27  156  Devil Rays   
2004   22    0  .326  .436  .762  .502   4.95  .280  16   74   17  136  Devil Rays   
CAR         -3  .326  .425  .751  .491   4.88  .285  27  152   44  292 
LG AVG       0  .336  .431  .767  .500   5.08  .269  37  154   18 
POS AVG      0  .337  .422  .759  .500   5.06  .275  30  141   37

5) Today’s birthdays–

TONY BLANCO, AGE: 24
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   23   -5  .215  .274  .490  .187   2.12  .177   1    7    1   56  Nationals    
CAR         -5  .215  .274  .490  .187   2.12  .177   1    7    1   56 
LG AVG       0  .339  .428  .767  .500   5.07  .268   2    8    1 
POS AVG      1  .350  .456  .805  .556   5.73  .269   3   10    1 

NORM CASH, 1934-86
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1960   25   33  .402  .501  .903  .724   8.16  .286  18   63    4  121  Tigers       
1961   26  113  .487  .662 1.148  .864  12.95  .361  41  132   11  159  Tigers       
1971   36   42  .372  .531  .903  .748   7.44  .283  32   91    1  135  Tigers       
CAR        422  .374  .488  .862  .671   6.64  .271 377 1103   43 2089 
LG AVG       0  .325  .385  .710  .500   4.31  .254 169  745   87 
POS AVG    122  .338  .423  .761  .556   4.96  .259 244  935   48 

JACK CLARK, AGE: 50
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1978   22   42  .358  .537  .895  .705   6.49  .306  25   98   15  156  Giants       
1985   29   37  .393  .502  .895  .723   7.05  .281  22   87    1  126  Cardinals    
1987   31   68  .459  .597 1.055  .807  10.83  .286  35  106    1  131  Cardinals    
CAR        385  .379  .476  .854  .654   6.36  .267 340 1180   77 1994 
LG AVG       0  .330  .391  .721  .500   4.49  .263 154  802  175 
POS AVG    129  .344  .426  .769  .555   5.15  .271 212  948  136 

JORGE DEPAULA, AGE: 27
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24    4   0.79    4   1   11.1    7  5.56  3.97   0   0   0   0   0  Yankees      
2004 25   -1   5.00    3   1    9      2  2.00 13.00   0   1   0   0   1  Yankees      
2005 26   -3   8.10    3   0    6.2    3  4.05 14.85   0   0   0   0   0  Yankees      
CAREER     0   4.00   10   2   27     12  4.00  9.67   0   1   0   0   1 
LG AVG     0   4.52            27     19  6.24 12.90   2   2 

JIMMY DYKES, 1896-1976
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1923   26  -18  .318  .353  .671  .361   3.85  .252   4   43    6  124  A's          
1932   35  -23  .358  .373  .731  .390   5.01  .265   7   90    8  153  A's          
1933   36  -20  .354  .327  .681  .387   4.24  .260   1   68    3  151  White Sox    
1936   39  -18  .362  .366  .728  .388   4.84  .267   7   60    1  127  White Sox    
CAR        -77  .365  .399  .764  .472   5.34  .280 108 1071   70 2282 
LG AVG       0  .360  .413  .773  .500   5.46  .291 110 1107  135 
POS AVG   -136  .353  .385  .738  .448   4.91  .281  79  997  143 

SHAWN GREEN, AGE: 33
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   30   15  .355  .460  .814  .575   5.68  .280  19   85    6  160  Dodgers      
2004   31    9  .352  .459  .811  .548   5.59  .266  28   86    5  157  Dodgers      
2005   32    9  .355  .477  .832  .544   5.82  .286  22   73    8  158  Diamondbacks 
CAR        233  .356  .505  .861  .604   6.43  .283 303  958  147 1672 
LG AVG       0  .343  .435  .778  .500   5.25  .271 196  813  108 
POS AVG    132  .356  .475  .832  .558   6.02  .278 259  958  103 

LARRY PARRISH, AGE: 52
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   25   37  .357  .551  .909  .683   7.20  .307  30   82    5  153  Expos        
1984   30   11  .336  .465  .801  .553   5.11  .285  22  101    2  156  Rangers      
1986   32   20  .347  .509  .856  .623   5.87  .276  28   94    3  129  Rangers      
CAR          7  .318  .439  .757  .497   4.60  .263 256  992   30 1891 
LG AVG       0  .330  .396  .726  .500   4.54  .264 162  814  147 
POS AVG     53  .336  .416  .752  .520   4.82  .265 206  897  104 

KENNY ROGERS, AGE: 41
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 38    1   4.57   33  31  195    116  5.35 13.29  13   8   0  11  10  Twins        
2004 39    8   4.76   35  35  211.2  126  5.36 13.73  18   9   0  14  13  Rangers      
2005 40   23   3.46   30  30  195.1   87  4.01 12.26  14   8   0  14   8  Rangers      
CAREER   121   4.21  687 400 2862   1751  5.51 12.92 190 131  28 173 148 
LG AVG     0   4.55          2862   1955  6.15 13.15 161 160 

BOB STANLEY, AGE: 51
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1978 23   23   2.60   52   3  141.2   38  2.41 11.24  15   2  10  12   5  Red Sox      
1982 27   26   3.10   48   0  168.1   83  4.44 11.50  12   7  14  13   6  Red Sox      
1983 28   21   2.85   64   0  145.1   65  4.03 11.52   8  10  33  12   6  Red Sox      
CAREER   132   3.64  637  85 1707    693  3.65 12.50 115  97 132 124  88 
LG AVG     0   4.07          1707    951  5.01 12.56  96  96 

BIRDIE TEBBETTS, 1912-99
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1937   24  -22  .238  .290  .528  .129   2.33  .191   2   16    0   50  Tigers       
1939   26  -24  .315  .372  .688  .303   4.12  .261   4   53    2  106  Tigers       
1946   33  -16  .312  .307  .619  .290   3.07  .243   1   34    1   87  Tigers       
CAR       -136  .341  .358  .700  .383   4.31  .270  38  469   29 1162 
LG AVG       0  .354  .401  .755  .500   5.23  .274  72  497   42 
POS AVG    -96  .337  .357  .694  .414   4.35  .257  54  459   21 

ANDRES THOMAS, AGE: 42
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1987   23  -29  .268  .312  .579  .190   2.56  .231   5   39    6   82  Braves       
1988   24  -27  .268  .360  .628  .317   2.99  .252  13   68    7  153  Braves       
1989   25  -39  .228  .316  .544  .197   2.05  .213  13   57    3  141  Braves       
CAR       -140  .255  .334  .589  .234   2.49  .234  42  228   22  577 
LG AVG       0  .327  .389  .716  .500   4.44  .260  51  254   61 
POS AVG    -64  .302  .336  .638  .378   3.44  .246  25  195   56 

JIM WHITNEY, 1857-91
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1883 25   57   2.24   62  56  514    345  6.04  9.23  37  21   2  38  20  Braves       
1884 26   30   2.09   38  37  336    270  7.23  8.01  23  14   0  24  13  Braves       
1887 29   35   3.22   47  47  404.2  146  3.25 10.85  24  21   0  27  18  Statesmen    
CAREER    55   2.97  413 396 3496.1 1571  4.04 10.39 191 204   2 210 185 
LG AVG     0   3.11          3496.1 1406  3.62 11.32 195 195

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