Around the Majors: Dreifort retires

1) Darren Dreifort retired.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2001 29  -13   5.13   16  16   94.2   91  8.65 13.50   4   7   0   4   7  Dodgers      
2003 31    0   4.03   10  10   60.1   67  9.99 12.38   4   4   0   4   4  Dodgers      
2004 32   -2   4.44   60   0   50.2   63 11.19 14.03   1   4   1   2   3  Dodgers      
CAREER   -26   4.36  274 113  872.2  802  8.27 12.94  48  60  11  50  58 
LG AVG     0   4.41           872.2  656  6.76 13.00  49  49 

2) Mets P Jose Parra needs Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire season.

Parra was in camp as a nonroster invitee.

YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2000 27   -3   6.94    6   2   11.2    9  6.94 19.29   0   1   0   0   1  Pirates      
2002 29    2   3.21   16   0   14      8  5.14 16.07   0   1   0   1   0  Diamondbacks 
2004 31    2   3.21   13   0   14     14  9.00 12.86   1   0   0   1   0  Mets         
CAREER   -26   6.09   82  19  181.2  117  5.80 15.46   7  12   0   8  11 
LG AVG     0   4.71           181.2  127  6.32 13.47  10  10 

3) Today’s birthdays–

JUAN AGOSTO, AGE: 48
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
1986 28  -12   8.64   26   1   25     12  4.32 24.84   1   4   1   1   4  White Sox/Twins
1991 33  -13   4.81   72   0   86     34  3.56 14.55   5   3   2   3   5  Cardinals    
1992 34  -14   6.12   39   1   50     25  4.50 14.58   2   4   0   2   4  Cardinals/Mariners
CAREER   -20   4.01  543   2  626.1  307  4.41 13.18  40  33  29  35  38 
LG AVG     0   3.78           626.1  391  5.62 12.09  35  35 

CHRIS AGUILA, AGE: 27
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2004   25   -1  .255  .511  .766  .452   4.50  .222   3    5    0   29  Marlins      
2005   26   -5  .272  .282  .554  .259   2.70  .244   0    4    0   65  Marlins      
CAR         -6  .266  .366  .631  .338   3.38  .236   3    9    0   94 
LG AVG       0  .340  .431  .771  .500   5.14  .269   4   16    2 
POS AVG      2  .351  .459  .810  .555   5.80  .269   5   19    2 

BOBBY BONILLA, AGE: 43
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1988   25   38  .366  .476  .842  .693   6.43  .274  24  100    3  159  Pirates      
1989   26   38  .358  .490  .848  .688   6.14  .281  24   86    8  163  Pirates      
1991   28   46  .391  .492  .883  .716   7.06  .302  18  100    2  157  Pirates      
1995   32   38  .388  .576  .963  .677   7.57  .329  28   99    0  141  Mets/Orioles
CAR        239  .358  .472  .829  .595   5.88  .279 287 1173   45 2113 
LG AVG       0  .335  .410  .745  .500   4.83  .266 193  894  172 
POS AVG     51  .337  .431  .768  .516   5.08  .268 237 1013  126 

KEN BOSWELL, AGE: 60
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1970   24  -14  .331  .345  .676  .356   3.67  .254   5   44    5  105  Mets         
1972   26  -17  .274  .318  .592  .297   2.53  .211   9   33    2  100  Mets         
1974   28  -14  .277  .279  .556  .234   2.32  .216   2   15    0   96  Mets         
CAR        -63  .313  .337  .650  .392   3.39  .248  31  244   27  930 
LG AVG       0  .329  .383  .712  .500   4.38  .261  58  297   43 
POS AVG    -46  .318  .342  .660  .425   3.77  .257  28  225   50 

SCOTT ELARTON, AGE: 30
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 27   -8   6.27   11  10   51.2   20  3.48 16.90   4   4   0   3   5  Rockies      
2004 28  -21   5.90   29  29  158.2  103  5.84 13.05   3  11   0   5   9  Rockies/Indians
2005 29  -10   4.61   31  31  181.2  103  5.10 12.04  11   9   0   9  11  Indians      
CAREER   -50   5.10  195 141  898.1  621  6.22 12.90  50  47   3  45  52 
LG AVG     0   4.47           898.1  660  6.62 12.98  50  50 

EDGAR GONZALEZ, AGE: 23
YEAR AGE RSAA  ERA     G  GS   IP    SO   SO/9 BR/9   W   L   SV  NW  NL  TEAM
2003 20    0   4.91    9   2   18.1   14  6.87 17.18   2   1   0   1   2  Diamondbacks 
2004 21  -25   9.32   10  10   46.1   31  6.02 18.45   0   9   0   2   7  Diamondbacks 
2005 22   -4 108.00    1   0    0.1    1 27.00 108.00  0   0   0   0   0  Diamondbacks 
CAREER   -29   8.58   20  12   65     46  6.37 18.55   2  10   0   3   9 
LG AVG     0   4.31            65     48  6.71 12.83   4   4 

ELSTON HOWARD, 1929-80
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1961   32   42  .387  .549  .936  .744   8.26  .348  21   77    0  129  Yankees      
1963   34   24  .342  .528  .869  .646   6.03  .287  28   85    0  135  Yankees      
1964   35   27  .371  .455  .825  .651   6.32  .313  15   84    1  150  Yankees      
CAR         48  .322  .427  .749  .526   4.62  .274 167  762    9 1605 
LG AVG       0  .329  .394  .723  .500   4.49  .258 143  630   59 
POS AVG    -27  .325  .389  .714  .475   4.32  .253 148  667   23 

RON HUNT, AGE: 65
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1964   23   10  .357  .406  .763  .570   5.02  .303   6   42    6  127  Mets         
1971   30   22  .402  .358  .759  .628   5.77  .279   5   38    5  152  Expos        
1973   32   10  .418  .344  .763  .575   5.63  .309   0   18   10  113  Expos        
CAR         58  .368  .347  .715  .533   4.65  .273  39  370   65 1483 
LG AVG       0  .324  .383  .708  .500   4.29  .260 119  584   77 
POS AVG    -94  .314  .342  .656  .423   3.67  .256  59  439   77 

ROY JOHNSON, 1903-73
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1929   26   19  .379  .475  .854  .581   6.56  .314  10   69   20  148  Tigers       
1933   30   18  .387  .466  .853  .601   6.74  .313  10   95   13  133  Red Sox      
1934   31   13  .379  .467  .846  .562   6.91  .320   7  119   11  143  Red Sox      
CAR         37  .369  .438  .807  .525   5.98  .296  58  556  135 1155 
LG AVG       0  .357  .416  .773  .500   5.54  .288  68  602   60 
POS AVG     92  .368  .454  .822  .559   6.32  .301  93  679   65 

JOHN SHELBY, AGE: 48
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1984   26  -20  .248  .313  .561  .279   2.51  .209   6   30   12  128  Orioles      
1986   28  -16  .263  .364  .627  .341   3.24  .228  11   49   18  135  Orioles      
1989   31  -24  .237  .229  .466  .170   1.64  .183   1   12   10  108  Dodgers      
CAR        -88  .281  .364  .645  .383   3.42  .239  70  313   98 1036 
LG AVG       0  .328  .397  .724  .500   4.51  .261  80  383   72 
POS AVG     11  .330  .396  .726  .506   4.63  .265  71  346  150 

MIKE TRESH, 1914-66
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
1939   25  -19  .377  .284  .661  .340   4.21  .259   0   38    3  119  White Sox    
1940   26  -23  .349  .340  .689  .349   4.03  .281   1   64    3  135  White Sox    
1941   27  -20  .319  .282  .601  .309   3.15  .251   0   33    1  115  White Sox    
CAR       -133  .335  .283  .618  .345   3.42  .249   2  297   19 1027 
LG AVG       0  .345  .388  .733  .500   4.91  .270  53  406   41 
POS AVG    -91  .328  .336  .664  .399   3.94  .252  32  367   19 

RONDELL WHITE, AGE: 34
YEAR  AGE RCAA   OBA  SLG   OPS   OWP    RC/G  AVG   HR  RBI   SB   G   TEAM
2003   31   11  .341  .488  .829  .568   5.63  .289  22   87    1  137  Padres/Royals
2004   32    2  .337  .453  .790  .511   5.09  .270  19   67    1  121  Tigers       
2005   33   14  .348  .489  .837  .618   6.22  .313  12   53    1   97  Tigers       
CAR         68  .343  .472  .815  .538   5.58  .289 187  710   93 1337 
LG AVG       0  .340  .430  .771  .500   5.16  .270 152  646   96 
POS AVG     49  .348  .443  .791  .526   5.54  .275 161  641  137 

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