Free agents hit the open market

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1) The free agents hit the open market--

Orioles--Bruce Chen, lhp; Chris Gomez, ss; LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Kevin Millar, 1b; Russ Ortiz, rhp; Fernando Tatis, 3b; Chris Widger, c.
Red Sox--Alex Cora, ss; Keith Foulke, rhp; Alex Gonzalez, ss; Gabe Kapler, of; Mark Loretta, 3b; Doug Mirabelli, c; Trot Nixon, of.
White Sox--Sandy Alomar Jr., c; Dustin Hermanson, rhp; Jeff Nelson, rhp; David Riske, rhp.
Indians--Aaron Boone, 3b; Lou Merloni, 2b.
Tigers--Sean Casey, 1b; Troy Percival, rhp; Matt Stairs, of; Jamie Walker, lhp.
Royals--Paul Bako, c; Doug Mientkiewicz, 1b; Mark Redman, lhp.
Angels--Darin Erstad, cf; Adam Kennedy, 2b; J.C. Romero, lhp.
Twins--Phil Nevin, 1b; Brad Radke, rhp; Shannon Stewart, of; Rondell White, of.
Yankees--Miguel Cairo, 2b; Mike Mussina, rhp; Octavio Dotel, rhp; Tanyon Sturtze, rhp; Ron Villone, lhp; Bernie Williams, of; Craig Wilson, of; Jaret Wright, rhp.
A's--Steve Karsay, rhp; Jay Payton, of; Frank Thomas, 1b; Barry Zito, lhp.
Mariners--Gil Meche, rhp; Eduardo Perez, 1b.
Devil Rays--Brian Meadows, rhp; Tomas Perez, ss.
Rangers--Rod Barajas, c; Mark DeRosa, ss; Adam Eaton, rhp; Carlos Lee, of; Gary Matthews Jr., of; Vicente Padilla, rhp; Kip Wells, rhp; Eric Young, 2b
Blue Jays--Frank Catalanotto, of; Ted Lilly, lhp; Bengie Molina, c; Justin Speier, rhp; Gregg Zaun, c.

Diamondbacks--Miguel Batista, rhp; Craig Counsell, 2b; Damion Easley, 2b; Luis Gonzalez, of.
Braves--Danys Baez, rhp; Brian Jordan, of; Todd Pratt, c; John Thomson, rhp; Daryle Ward, 1b.
Cubs--Henry Blanco, c; John Mabry, 1b; Juan Pierre, of; Aramis Ramirez, 3b; Kerry Wood, rhp.
Reds--Rich Aurilia, 3b; Royce Clayton, ss; Ryan Franklin, rhp; Eddie Guardado, lhp; Todd Hollandsworth, of; Jason Johnson, rhp; Kent Mercker, lhp; Scott Schoeneweis, lhp; David Weathers, rhp; Paul Wilson, rhp.
Rockies--Vinny Castilla, 3b; Mike DeJean, rhp; Ray King, lhp; Tom Martin, lhp; Kaz Matsui, 2b; Jose Mesa, rhp.
Marlins--Joe Borowski, rhp; Wes Helms, 3b; Matt Herges, rhp; Brian Moehler, rhp.
Astros--Jeff Bagwell, 1b; Roger Clemens, rhp; Aubrey Huff, 3b; Andy Pettitte, lhp; Russ Springer, rhp.
Dodgers--Einar Diaz, c; J.D. Drew, of; Eric Gagne, rhp; Nomar Garciaparra, 1b; Kenny Lofton, of; Julio Lugo, ss; Greg Maddux, rhp; Aaron Sele, rhp.
Brewers--David Bell, 3b; Jeff Cirillo, 3b; Tony Graffanino, 2b; Rick Helling, rhp; Dan Kolb, rhp; Tomo Ohka, rhp.
Mets--Chad Bradford, rhp; Mike DiFelice, c; Cliff Floyd, of; Tom Glavine, lhp; Orlando Hernandez, rhp; Roberto Hernandez, rhp; Yusaku Iriki, rhp; Ricky Ledee, of; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Darren Oliver, lhp; Steve Trachsel, rhp; Michael Tucker, rf; Jose Valentin, 2b; Chris Woodward, ss.
Phillies--David Dellucci, of; Aaron Fultz, lhp; Alex S. Gonzalez, ss; Jose Hernandez, ss; Mike Lieberthal, c; Arthur Rhodes, lhp; Rick White, rhp; Randy Wolf, lhp.
Pirates--Jeromy Burnitz, of; Joe Randa, 3b.
Cardinals--Ronnie Belliard, 2b; Gary Bennett, c; Jason Marquis, rhp; Mark Mulder, lhp; Scott Spiezio, 1b; Jeff Suppan, rhp; Jose Vizcaino, ss; Jeff Weaver, rhp; Preston Wilson, of.
Padres--Geoff Blum, 3b; Doug Brocail, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; Shawn Estes, lhp; Sterling Hitchcock, lhp; Ryan Klesko, 1b; Chan Ho Park, rhp; Mike Piazza, c; Dave Roberts, of; Rudy Seanez, rhp; Todd Walker, 2b; David Wells, lhp; Woody Williams, rhp.
Giants--Moises Alou, rf; Barry Bonds, lf; Ray Durham, 2b; Pedro Feliz, 3b; Steve Finley, cf; Todd Greene, c; Shea Hillenbrand, 1b; Steve Kline, lhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp; Mike Stanton, lhp; Jamey Wright, rhp.
Nationals--Tony Armas Jr., rhp; Robert Fick, 1b; Jose Guillen, of; Ramon Ortiz, rhp; Alfonso Soriano, 2b.

2) On Tuesday, Buddy Kerr died at the age of 84.

YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1945   22  -24  .304  .319  .623  .337   3.34  .249   4   40    5  149  Giants       
1948   25  -23  .317  .288  .605  .328   3.42  .240   0   46    9  144  Giants       
1950   27  -27  .296  .310  .606  .297   2.85  .227   2   46    0  155  Braves       
CAREER    -145  .312  .328  .640  .358   3.58  .249  31  333   38 1067 
LG AVG       0  .342  .391  .734  .500   4.95  .269  74  468   41 
POS AVG   -128  .314  .340  .653  .376   3.77  .252  38  358   44 

3) Today's birthdays--

BRUCE BOCHTE, AGE: 56
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1979   28   25  .385  .493  .878  .622   6.35  .316  16  100    2  150  Mariners     
1980   29   20  .381  .456  .836  .609   6.10  .300  13   78    2  148  Mariners     
1985   34   17  .367  .439  .806  .623   5.66  .295  14   60    3  137  A's          
CAREER      85  .360  .396  .756  .551   4.93  .282 100  658   43 1538 
LG AVG       0  .328  .393  .721  .500   4.42  .263 124  619   99 
POS AVG     93  .343  .424  .766  .553   5.04  .274 155  722   93 

JODY DAVIS, AGE: 50
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1984   27  -13  .315  .421  .736  .410   4.02  .256  19   94    5  150  Cubs         
1985   28  -20  .300  .400  .700  .357   3.88  .232  17   58    1  142  Cubs         
1986   29  -13  .300  .428  .728  .413   4.15  .250  21   74    0  148  Cubs         
1989   32  -20  .246  .242  .489  .153   1.74  .169   4   19    0   78  Braves       
CAREER     -89  .307  .403  .710  .409   3.98  .245 127  490    7 1082 
LG AVG       0  .329  .390  .719  .500   4.47  .262  83  430  104 
POS AVG    -64  .316  .371  .687  .429   3.87  .247  88  442   23 

GREG GAGNE, AGE: 45
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1992   30  -22  .280  .346  .626  .301   2.91  .246   7   39    6  146  Twins        
1994   32  -26  .314  .392  .706  .283   3.53  .259   7   51   10  107  Royals       
1995   33  -21  .316  .374  .690  .337   3.80  .256   6   49    3  120  Royals       
CAREER    -194  .302  .382  .684  .373   3.69  .254 111  604  108 1798 
LG AVG       0  .333  .407  .741  .500   4.73  .264 161  744  121 
POS AVG   -142  .317  .361  .678  .406   3.90  .259  82  580  120 

AARON HEILMAN, AGE: 28
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2004 25   -4   5.46    5   5   28     22  7.07 12.86   1   3   0   2   2  Mets         
2005 26   12   3.17   53   7  108    106  8.83 10.83   5   3   5   5   3  Mets         
2006 27    6   3.62   74   0   87     73  7.55 10.76   4   5   0   5   4  Mets         
CAREER    -4   4.34  146  25  288.1  252  7.87 12.39  12  18   5  15  15 
LG AVG     0   4.33           288.1  213  6.65 12.86  16  16 

JOE HOERNER, 1936-96
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1966 29   17   1.54   57   0   76     63  7.46  9.71   5   1  13   5   1  Cardinals    
1971 34   13   1.97   49   0   73     57  7.03  9.74   4   5   9   7   2  Phillies     
CAREER    37   2.99  493   0  563    412  6.59 11.48  39  34  99  45  28 
LG AVG     0   3.55           563    349  5.58 11.91  31  31 

CESAR JIMENEZ, AGE: 22
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2006 21   -9  14.73    4   1    7.1    3  3.68 20.86   0   0   0   0   0  Mariners     
CAREER    -9  14.73    4   1    7.1    3  3.68 20.86   0   0   0   0   0 
LG AVG     0   4.56             7.1    5  6.44 13.08   0   0 

CARL MAYS, 1891-1971
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1917 25   33   1.74   35  33  289     91  2.83  9.90  22   9   0  22   9  Red Sox      
1919 27   30   2.11   34  29  265    107  3.63 10.66  14  14   2  18  10  Red Sox/Yankees
1921 29   49   3.04   49  38  337     70  1.87 11.14  27   9   7  24  12  Yankees      
CAREER   184   2.92  490 325 3020.2  862  2.57 11.13 207 126  31 194 139 
LG AVG     0   3.56          3020.2 1028  3.06 12.55 167 167 

FRED RAYMER, 1875-1957
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1901   25  -37  .257  .272  .529  .227   2.64  .233   0   43   18  120  Cubs         
1904   28  -28  .236  .260  .496  .234   2.22  .210   1   27   17  114  Braves       
1905   29  -41  .232  .247  .479  .186   2.06  .211   0   31   15  137  Braves       
CAREER    -106  .242  .259  .501  .214   2.30  .218   1  101   50  371 
LG AVG       0  .325  .346  .671  .500   4.77  .266   7  156   61 
POS AVG    -33  .313  .313  .626  .428   3.99  .250   3  125   56 

JEFF REED, AGE: 44
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1987   24  -21  .254  .280  .535  .151   2.10  .213   1   21    0   75  Expos        
1989   26  -12  .306  .293  .598  .336   3.09  .223   3   23    0  102  Reds         
1996   33  -15  .365  .419  .784  .381   5.34  .284   8   37    2  116  Rockies      
1999   36  -12  .373  .371  .744  .374   4.97  .258   3   28    1  103  Rockies/Cubs
CAREER    -105  .334  .361  .695  .384   4.23  .250  61  323    7 1234 
LG AVG       0  .336  .412  .748  .500   4.87  .266  88  403   77 
POS AVG    -68  .319  .385  .704  .419   4.14  .251  83  391   21 

JACK RYAN, 1868-1952
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1890   21  -33  .244  .288  .531  .236   3.64  .217   0    0    6   93  Colonels     
1898   29  -27  .233  .252  .485  .187   2.21  .189   0   24    5   87  Dodgers      
1901   32  -31  .218  .250  .468  .144   1.84  .197   0   31    5   83  Cardinals    
1902   33  -27  .195  .225  .420  .106   1.35  .180   0   14    2   76  Cardinals    
CAREER    -206  .249  .281  .529  .212   2.88  .217   4  154   32  616 
LG AVG       0  .344  .365  .709  .500   5.88  .277  14  263  124 
POS AVG    -92  .310  .329  .640  .386   4.54  .254  11  246   67 

SAMMY SOSA, AGE: 38
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1998   29   58  .377  .647 1.024  .709   8.34  .308  66  158   18  159  Cubs         
2000   31   73  .406  .634 1.040  .760   9.62  .320  50  138    7  156  Cubs         
2001   32  114  .437  .737 1.174  .838  12.57  .328  64  160    0  160  Cubs         
2002   33   58  .399  .594  .993  .739   8.67  .288  49  108    2  150  Cubs         
CAREER     338  .345  .537  .882  .606   6.44  .274 588 1575  234 2240 
LG AVG       0  .339  .422  .761  .500   5.04  .269 250 1093  171 
POS AVG    152  .348  .459  .807  .549   5.67  .276 325 1273  215