1) The A's re-signed 2B Mark Ellis to a 2 year, $6 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.
2) Reds LF Adam Dunn says he had a hairline fracture in his right hand for most of last season. He initially suffered the injury when diving into 3B in May and was later hit by a pitch in the same area. Last week, the doctor recommended a split but, even though it still hurts, Dunn refused.
Dunn ranks 3rd in Reds history for career RCAA through the age of 25--
3) Today's birthdays--
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YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2002 25 1 .359 .394 .753 .512 5.26 .272 6 35 4 98 A's 2003 26 -10 .313 .371 .684 .434 4.06 .248 9 52 6 154 A's 2005 28 19 .384 .477 .861 .628 6.71 .316 13 52 1 122 A's CAR 10 .348 .411 .759 .524 5.19 .276 28 139 11 374 LG AVG 0 .332 .427 .759 .500 4.95 .267 42 175 21 POS AVG -21 .322 .396 .717 .447 4.41 .264 28 146 32
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YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 23 9 .354 .465 .819 .566 5.94 .215 27 57 8 116 Reds 2004 24 52 .388 .569 .956 .721 8.18 .266 46 102 6 161 Reds 2005 25 36 .387 .540 .927 .660 7.73 .247 40 101 4 160 Reds CAR 134 .383 .518 .901 .647 7.27 .248 158 374 41 661 LG AVG 0 .340 .431 .771 .500 5.14 .268 73 298 38 POS AVG 60 .359 .469 .828 .575 6.07 .273 97 351 36
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RCAA 1 Frank Robinson 246 2 Vada Pinson 152 3 Adam Dunn 134 4 Johnny Bench 108 5 Kal Daniels 107 T6 Sam Crawford 102 T6 Eric Davis 102 8 Edd Roush 81 9 Mike Donlin 63 10 Bobby Tolan 55
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BOBBY BOLIN, AGE: 67 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1965 26 20 2.76 45 13 163 135 7.45 10.21 14 6 2 13 7 Giants 1966 27 14 2.89 36 34 224 143 5.75 10.21 11 10 1 12 9 Giants 1968 29 17 1.98 34 19 177 126 6.41 9.05 10 5 0 10 5 Giants CAREER 20 3.40 495 164 1576 1175 6.71 11.54 88 75 50 86 77 LG AVG 0 3.51 1576 1007 5.75 11.75 88 88 JOHN HABYAN, AGE: 42 YEAR AGE RSAA ERA G GS IP SO SO/9 BR/9 W L SV NW NL TEAM 1991 27 19 2.30 66 0 90 70 7.00 9.50 4 2 2 4 2 Yankees CAREER 26 3.85 348 18 532.1 372 6.29 12.39 26 24 12 27 23 LG AVG 0 4.24 532.1 351 5.93 12.77 30 30 RAY HAYWORTH, 1904-2002 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1931 27 -18 .307 .315 .622 .278 3.41 .256 0 25 0 88 Tigers 1933 29 -29 .302 .299 .601 .274 3.28 .245 1 45 0 134 Tigers 1936 32 -16 .347 .292 .639 .306 3.85 .240 1 30 0 81 Tigers CAR -101 .331 .332 .663 .343 4.01 .265 5 238 2 699 LG AVG 0 .359 .418 .777 .500 5.61 .288 35 302 29 POS AVG -49 .345 .373 .718 .429 4.84 .271 23 278 13 JULIO MOSQUERA, AGE: 34 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1996 24 -2 .261 .318 .579 .237 3.00 .227 0 2 0 8 Blue Jays 1997 25 0 .250 .375 .625 .451 4.50 .250 0 0 0 3 Blue Jays 2005 33 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 1 Brewers CAR -2 .250 .323 .573 .276 3.24 .226 0 2 0 12 LG AVG 0 .348 .440 .788 .500 5.43 .275 1 5 1 POS AVG -1 .319 .388 .706 .372 4.14 .249 1 4 0 LANCE NIEKRO, AGE: 27 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 24 -1 .200 .400 .600 .000 0.00 .200 0 2 0 5 Giants 2005 26 -8 .295 .460 .755 .408 4.06 .252 12 46 0 113 Giants CAR -9 .293 .459 .753 .399 3.99 .251 12 48 0 118 LG AVG 0 .339 .428 .767 .500 5.07 .268 9 38 5 POS AVG 8 .361 .477 .838 .579 6.04 .281 13 47 2 MIGUEL OJEDA, AGE: 31 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 2003 28 -2 .331 .362 .693 .438 4.10 .234 4 22 1 61 Padres 2004 29 1 .322 .429 .751 .514 4.99 .256 8 26 0 62 Padres 2005 30 -10 .256 .225 .482 .141 1.72 .147 1 9 1 59 Padres/Mariners CAR -11 .308 .353 .662 .394 3.74 .221 13 57 2 182 LG AVG 0 .340 .432 .772 .500 5.15 .269 14 55 7 POS AVG -12 .321 .393 .715 .406 4.19 .255 11 52 2 STEVE SAX, AGE: 46 YEAR AGE RCAA OBA SLG OPS OWP RC/G AVG HR RBI SB G TEAM 1984 24 -27 .300 .304 .604 .309 2.95 .243 1 35 34 145 Dodgers 1992 32 -22 .290 .317 .607 .336 2.87 .236 4 47 30 143 White Sox CAR -22 .335 .358 .692 .483 4.24 .281 54 550 444 1769 LG AVG 0 .329 .390 .719 .500 4.45 .262 159 817 175 POS AVG -53 .330 .362 .693 .466 4.19 .264 88 660 220 JASON SCHMIDT, AGE: 33 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
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