TheFightinPhils
02-08-2005, 09:21 PM
BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox [stats (http://146.145.120.3/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bostonherald&page=mlb/teams/028/teamstats.aspx?team=028), schedule (http://146.145.120.3/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=bostonherald&page=mlb/teams/028/schedule.aspx?team=028,season=2004)] agreed to a minor-league contract on Tuesday with first baseman Roberto Petagine, who played in Japan the last six seasons.
Petagine, 33, won three Gold Gloves, two home run titles and one Central League MVP award while playing for the Yakult from 1999 to 2002 and Yomiuri the past two years. The Red Sox invited him to spring training.
In parts of five major-league seasons, he hit .225 with 10 homers and 43 RBIs in 193 games for Houston, San Diego, the New York Mets and Cincinnati. He originally signed with Houston as a non-drafted free agent in 1990.
In Japan, he hit .317 with 223 homers and 594 RBIs in 756 games.
http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=67583
Petagine, 33, won three Gold Gloves, two home run titles and one Central League MVP award while playing for the Yakult from 1999 to 2002 and Yomiuri the past two years. The Red Sox invited him to spring training.
In parts of five major-league seasons, he hit .225 with 10 homers and 43 RBIs in 193 games for Houston, San Diego, the New York Mets and Cincinnati. He originally signed with Houston as a non-drafted free agent in 1990.
In Japan, he hit .317 with 223 homers and 594 RBIs in 756 games.
http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=67583