Around the Majors: Cubs sign Zambrano

[baseball-encyclopedia]

1) The Cubs re-signed P Carlos Zambrano to a 1 year, $6.5 million contract, to avoid salary arbitration.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 22   26   3.11   32  32  214    168  7.07 12.28  13  11   0  15   9  Cubs         
2004 23   42   2.75   31  31  209.2  188  8.07 11.80  16   8   0  17   7  Cubs         
2005 24   25   3.26   33  33  223.1  202  8.14 10.64  14   6   0  12   8  Cubs         
CAREER    88   3.26  134 113  763    655  7.73 11.94  48  35   0  51  32 
LG AVG     0   4.25           763    565  6.67 12.78  43  43

2) The Yankees claimed P Darrell Rasner off waivers from the Nationals and designated P Jason Anderson for assignment.

RASNER
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2005 24    0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0  Nationals    
CAREER     0   3.68    5   1    7.1    4  4.91 11.05   0   1   0   1   0 
LG AVG     0   4.23             7.1    5  6.57 12.76   0   0 

ANDERSON
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 24   -2   4.88   28   0   31.1   16  4.60 15.80   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees/Mets
2004 25   -4  45.00    1   0    1      1  9.00 45.00   0   0   0   0   0  Indians      
2005 26   -2   7.94    3   0    5.2    2  3.18 17.47   1   0   0   0   1  Yankees      
CAREER    -8   6.39   32   0   38     19  4.50 16.82   2   0   0   0   2 
LG AVG     0   4.44            38     27  6.28 12.82   2   2

3) The Nationals sold INF Jamey Carroll to the Rockies.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   28  -21  .323  .326  .649  .238   3.25  .260   1   10    5  105  Expos        
2004   29    4  .378  .372  .750  .553   5.60  .289   0   16    5  102  Expos        
2005   30  -13  .333  .284  .617  .349   3.36  .251   0   22    3  113  Nationals    
CAR        -28  .344  .338  .682  .392   4.10  .269   2   54   14  336 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .269  27  111   14 
POS AVG     -9  .334  .413  .747  .466   4.80  .268  23  103   15

4) The Diamondbacks signed P Felix Heredia to a minor league contract.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 28   15   2.69   69   0   87     45  4.66 11.28   5   3   1   6   2  Reds/Yankees
2004 29   -8   6.28   47   0   38.2   25  5.82 15.36   1   1   0   1   1  Yankees      
2005 30    1   0.00    3   0    2.2    2  6.75 10.13   0   0   0   0   0  Mets         
CAREER    -8   4.42  511   2  458.1  351  6.89 13.71  28  19   6  24  23 
LG AVG     0   4.41           458.1  339  6.67 12.94  26  26

5) Today's birthdays--

DOM DIMAGGIO, AGE: 89
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1942   25   21  .364  .437  .801  .602   5.96  .286  14   48   16  151  Red Sox      
1948   31   17  .383  .401  .785  .576   6.12  .285   9   87   10  155  Red Sox      
1949   32   21  .404  .420  .824  .594   6.77  .307   8   60    9  145  Red Sox      
CAR        120  .383  .419  .802  .560   6.15  .298  87  618  100 1399 
LG AVG       0  .350  .393  .744  .500   5.03  .270 103  693   56 
POS AVG     60  .356  .413  .769  .533   5.43  .279 112  717   73 

PAT DOBSON, AGE: 64
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1973 31  -10   4.41   34  31  200     93  4.19 12.56  12  15   0  12  15  Braves/Yankees
1977 35  -32   6.16   33  17  133     81  5.48 14.95   3  12   1   5  10  Indians      
CAREER    -1   3.54  414 279 2119   1301  5.53 11.61 122 129  19 128 123 
LG AVG     0   3.59          2119   1250  5.31 12.05 118 118 

CHICK HAFEY, 1903-73
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1928   25   46  .386  .604  .990  .711   8.43  .337  27  111    8  138  Cardinals    
1929   26   46  .394  .632 1.026  .697   9.43  .338  29  125    7  134  Cardinals    
1931   28   42  .404  .569  .973  .724   8.99  .349  16   95   11  122  Cardinals    
CAR        244  .372  .526  .898  .638   7.30  .317 164  833   70 1283 
LG AVG       0  .349  .414  .763  .500   5.30  .291  68  579   59 
POS AVG     70  .359  .441  .800  .544   5.86  .301  82  617   73 

ENZO HERNANDEZ, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1971   22  -22  .295  .250  .545  .321   2.76  .222   0   12   21  143  Padres       
1974   25  -21  .285  .277  .562  .327   2.89  .232   0   34   37  147  Padres       
1975   26  -24  .275  .265  .539  .242   2.46  .218   0   19   20  116  Padres       
CAR       -103  .283  .266  .550  .311   2.70  .224   2  113  129  714 
LG AVG       0  .330  .381  .711  .500   4.37  .261  53  283   45 
POS AVG    -93  .300  .305  .605  .342   3.11  .241  12  181   56 

CHET LEMON, AGE: 51
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   24   29  .391  .496  .887  .642   6.75  .318  17   86    7  148  White Sox    
1980   25   25  .388  .442  .830  .642   6.18  .292  11   51    6  147  White Sox    
1984   29   24  .357  .495  .852  .642   5.88  .287  20   76    5  141  Tigers       
CAR        188  .355  .442  .797  .583   5.37  .273 215  884   58 1988 
LG AVG       0  .328  .397  .724  .500   4.47  .263 170  828  133 
POS AVG     38  .331  .406  .737  .514   4.68  .267 173  801  229 

LENNY RANDLE, AGE: 57
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1972   23  -17  .235  .269  .504  .179   1.61  .193   2   21    4   74  Rangers      
1976   27  -22  .286  .273  .559  .321   2.72  .224   1   51   30  142  Rangers      
1978   29  -10  .330  .320  .650  .407   3.61  .233   2   35   14  132  Mets         
1981   32  -10  .276  .315  .591  .338   2.85  .231   4   25   11   82  Mariners     
CAR        -76  .321  .335  .656  .418   3.59  .257  27  322  156 1138 
LG AVG       0  .326  .380  .706  .500   4.27  .260  86  463   90 
POS AVG    -26  .323  .368  .691  .470   4.07  .258  73  430   89 

TIM REDDING, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 25   15   3.68   33  32  176    116  5.93 12.84  10  14   0  14  10  Astros       
2004 26  -15   5.72   27  17  100.2   56  5.01 15.47   5   7   0   5   7  Astros       
2005 27  -23  10.57   10   7   30.2   19  5.58 18.49   0   6   0   1   5  Padres/Yankees
CAREER   -38   5.16  101  79  436.1  309  6.37 14.21  21  34   0  26  29 
LG AVG     0   4.27           436.1  326  6.73 12.77  25  24 

EARL SHEELY, 1893-1952
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1924   31   20  .426  .411  .837  .600   6.76  .320   3  103    7  146  White Sox    
1925   32   17  .389  .442  .831  .579   6.38  .315   9  111    3  153  White Sox    
1926   33   23  .394  .417  .811  .626   6.22  .299   6   89    3  145  White Sox    
CAR         40  .383  .399  .782  .525   5.63  .300  48  747   33 1234 
LG AVG       0  .362  .414  .776  .500   5.45  .295  56  600   78 
POS AVG     73  .373  .442  .815  .545   6.02  .306  71  709   74 

CHRIS SNYDER, AGE: 25
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   23    0  .327  .458  .786  .505   5.47  .240   5   15    0   29  Diamondbacks 
2005   24  -24  .297  .301  .598  .250   2.90  .202   6   28    0  115  Diamondbacks 
CAR        -24  .304  .336  .641  .312   3.45  .211  11   43    0  144 
LG AVG       0  .339  .430  .769  .500   5.11  .269  14   58    7 
POS AVG    -15  .315  .385  .700  .384   3.96  .249  11   54    1 

ADAM STERN, AGE: 26
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2005   25   -2  .188  .333  .521  .152   1.93  .133   1    2    1   36  Red Sox      
CAR         -2  .188  .333  .521  .152   1.93  .133   1    2    1   36 
LG AVG       0  .331  .425  .756  .500   4.89  .268   1    2    0 
POS AVG      0  .331  .449  .780  .524   5.11  .268   1    3    0

[Lindseynelson]

I sure wish they'd tie him up for 3 years or so. He has great stuff is a workhorse and likes to have the ball in any situation. Say, isn't that what they have wanted out of Wood for oh 6 years or so?

[Lipsander]

He's the ace of the staff if you ask me. When it comes to big games, he steps up. Plus his arm seems to be made of rubber, he throws alot of innings.

[trosmok]

No anger management for Z-man

I really like the intensity he brings to every game, too. Maddux pitched two more innings than Carlos last season, but was not quite as effective. (Greg was 13-15, Z-man 14-6) A little run support goes a long way for hothead, plus Zambrano only gave up 81 earned runs in 223.1 IP, had 202 strikeouts, and is so animated when he does his job well. Like Maddux, he's no slouch with the stick, and really loves to hit. He fields his position quite well for as round as he is, but he does need to work on his control, he gave up 86 walks in '05, and too many of them at really bad times.