Around the Majors: White Sox buy out Thomas

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November 5, 2005

1) The White Sox bought out Frank Thomas’s option for $3.5 million. They are expected to try to sign him at a rate lower than the $10 mutual option the parties had.

2) The Angels gave manager Mike Scioscia a contract extension through the 2009 season, with an option for 2010.

3) The Indians exercised their $4 million option on 2B Ronnie Belliard.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28   -6  .351  .409  .760  .457   5.26  .277   8   50    7  116  Rockies      
2004   29    0  .348  .426  .774  .502   5.08  .282  12   70    3  152  Indians      
2005   30    3  .325  .450  .774  .519   4.78  .284  17   78    2  145  Indians      
CAR        -35  .341  .412  .753  .462   4.83  .272  67  372   30  902 
LG AVG       0  .342  .435  .777  .500   5.25  .270 109  449   59 
POS AVG    -35  .338  .409  .747  .463   4.89  .272  73  364   76

4) According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Twins and Phillies have had trade talks regarding Jim Thome.

5) The Mets declined their $2 million option on P Dae-Sung Koo.

Koo stays with the team, as a non arbitration eligible player.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 36    1   3.91   33   0   23     23  9.00 14.48   0   0   0   0   0  Mets         
CAREER     1   3.91   33   0   23     23  9.00 14.48   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23            23     17  6.57 12.76   1   1

6) The Dodgers re-signed OF Jose Cruz Jr. to a 1 year contract, with an option for 2007.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29    1  .366  .414  .779  .503   5.15  .250  20   68    5  158  Giants       
2004   30    2  .333  .433  .766  .511   5.05  .242  21   78   11  153  Devil Rays   
2005   31    9  .364  .473  .837  .571   5.96  .251  18   50    0  115  Diamondbacks/Red Sox/Dodgers
CAR         29  .338  .456  .795  .517   5.43  .250 193  585  102 1173 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.18  .270 138  582   75 
POS AVG     14  .342  .438  .780  .507   5.32  .273 140  573  114

7) The White Sox re-signed C Chris Widger to a 1 year 

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2002   31    0  .338  .375  .713  .501   4.80  .297   0    5    0   21  Yankees      
2003   32   -8  .279  .324  .603  .224   2.51  .235   0   14    0   44  Cardinals    
2005   34   -8  .296  .383  .679  .312   3.26  .241   4   11    0   45  White Sox    
CAR        -62  .299  .402  .700  .377   4.00  .242  54  213   10  577 
LG AVG       0  .344  .433  .777  .500   5.27  .271  57  242   36 
POS AVG    -33  .330  .409  .738  .434   4.62  .260  53  233   12

8) The Yankees hired Ron Guidry (pitching) and Joe Kerrigan (bench) as coaches.

9) The Reds hired Bucky Dent as bench coach.

10) A.J. Burnett’s agent has confirmed that the Tigers are interested in him.

11) According to NY Newsday, the Mets are prepared to beat any offer for P Billy Wagner.

12) Today’s birthdays–

ELTON CHAMBERLIN, 1867-1929
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1888 20   30   2.19   38  38  308    176  5.14  9.47  25  11   0  23  13  Colonels/Cardinals
1889 21   56   2.97   53  51  421.2  202  4.31 11.55  32  15   1  30  17  Cardinals    
1893 25   27   3.73   34  27  241     59  2.20 13.44  16  12   0  17  11  Reds         
CAREER   126   3.57  320 300 2521.2 1133  4.04 12.60 157 120   1 157 120 
LG AVG     0   3.87          2521.2  948  3.38 12.97 141 141 

JOHNNY DAMON, AGE: 32
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   29    2  .345  .405  .750  .512   5.40  .273  12   67   30  145  Red Sox      
2004   30   25  .380  .477  .857  .607   6.94  .304  20   94   19  150  Red Sox      
2005   31   26  .366  .439  .805  .624   6.54  .316  10   75   18  148  Red Sox      
CAR         98  .353  .431  .784  .544   5.85  .290 130  700  281 1555 
LG AVG       0  .340  .433  .773  .500   5.17  .271 195  823  107 
POS AVG    -13  .338  .423  .761  .490   5.10  .272 167  744  220 

PETE DONOHUE, 1900-88
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1922 21   20   3.12   33  30  242     66  2.45 11.34  18   9   1  16  11  Reds         
1923 22   12   3.38   42  36  274     84  2.76 12.55  21  15   3  20  16  Reds         
1925 24   31   3.08   42  38  301     78  2.33 10.79  21  14   2  22  13  Reds         
CAREER    11   3.87  344 270 2112    571  2.43 12.39 134 118  12 129 123 
LG AVG     0   4.11          2112    659  2.81 13.10 118 118 

HARRY GUMBERT, 1909-95
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1941 31   17   3.07   38  22  176     62  3.17 11.35  12   6   1  12   6  Giants/Cardinals
CAREER    15   3.68  508 235 2156    709  2.96 12.23 143 113  48 130 126 
LG AVG     0   3.75          2156    835  3.49 12.54 120 120 

JAVIER LOPEZ, AGE: 35
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   32   55  .378  .687 1.065  .770   9.65  .328  43  109    0  129  Braves       
2004   33   21  .370  .503  .872  .602   6.72  .316  23   86    0  150  Orioles      
2005   34    4  .322  .458  .780  .538   4.98  .278  15   49    0  103  Orioles      
CAR         74  .340  .498  .838  .542   5.70  .290 252  829    8 1409 
LG AVG       0  .341  .430  .771  .500   5.17  .270 154  653   96 
POS AVG    -95  .327  .406  .733  .432   4.49  .259 144  633   27 

LLOYD MOSEBY, AGE: 46
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1983   23   31  .376  .499  .875  .652   7.02  .315  18   81   27  151  Blue Jays    
1984   24   35  .368  .470  .837  .661   6.56  .280  18   92   39  158  Blue Jays    
1987   27   23  .358  .473  .831  .609   6.31  .282  26   96   39  155  Blue Jays    
CAR         45  .332  .414  .746  .520   4.87  .257 169  737  280 1588 
LG AVG       0  .328  .399  .726  .500   4.50  .262 152  719  112 
POS AVG     23  .329  .402  .732  .508   4.64  .265 144  672  224 

JOSE SANTIAGO, AGE: 31
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2002 27  -15   6.70   42   0   47     30  5.74 14.17   1   3   0   1   3  Phillies     
2003 28    5   2.84   25   0   31.2   15  4.26 14.49   1   3   0   3   1  Indians      
2005 30    1   3.18    4   0    5.2    3  4.76 20.65   0   0   0   0   0  Mets         
CAREER     7   4.36  229   0  299    153  4.61 13.36  17  22   4  22  17 
LG AVG     0   4.57           299    216  6.50 13.14  17  17 

JIM TABOR, 1916-53
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1939   22  -19  .337  .447  .784  .409   5.18  .289  14   95   16  149  Red Sox      
1942   25  -20  .303  .366  .669  .360   3.46  .252  12   75    6  139  Red Sox      
1947   30  -15  .297  .339  .635  .302   3.34  .235   4   31    2   75  Phillies     
CAR        -64  .322  .418  .739  .446   4.55  .270 104  598   69 1005 
LG AVG       0  .345  .390  .735  .500   4.96  .271  64  480   51 
POS AVG    -26  .342  .385  .727  .478   4.74  .269  62  488   41


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