List of Major League Baseball free agents 2005-2006

For a current list of free agents, see List of Major League Baseball free agents 2007-2008.

MLB Free Agents 2005-2006: Players

Based only on players currently under a contract through the 2005 season.

• (x) = club option for 2006
• (m) = mutual option for 2006
• (y) = player option for 2006
• Italics = player retired following the 2005 season

American League

Baltimore Orioles

• James Baldwin, RHP - signed Minor League deal with Toronto Blue Jays
• Sal Fasano - 1 year, $425,000 contract with Phillies, traded to New York Yankees in mid July
• Jason Grimsley, RHP - signed with Arizona Diamondbacks

Boston Red Sox

• Johnny Damon, OF - signed with New York Yankees (4 year; $52 million)
• Tony Graffanino, 2B - re-signed with Red Sox; claimed off of waivers by Kansas City Royals
• Matt Mantei, RHP - signed with Detroit Tigers
• Kevin Millar, 1B - signed with Baltimore Orioles
• Bill Mueller, 3B - signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Mike Myers, LHP - signed with New York Yankees
• Mike Timlin, RHP - re-signed with Red Sox
• John Olerud, 1B - retired
• Mike Stanton, LHP - signed with Washington Nationals (12/23)

Chicago White Sox

• Geoff Blum, 3B - signed with San Diego Padres
• Carl Everett, OF (x) – team option declined/ - signed with Seattle Mariners
• Paul Konerko, 1B - re-signed with White Sox
• Cliff Politte, RHP (x) – team option exercised
• Frank Thomas, dh (y) – player option exercised, team bought out contract for $3.5 million/signed with Oakland Athletics

Cleveland Indians

• Scott Elarton, RHP - signed with Kansas City Royals
• José Hernández, 2B; signed with Pittsburgh Pirates
• Bob Howry, RHP - signed with Chicago Cubs
• Kevin Millwood, RHP - signed with Texas Rangers
• Bob Wickman, RHP - re-signed with Indians, traded to Braves

Detroit Tigers

• Jason Johnson, RHP- signed with Cleveland Indians
• Fernando Viña, 2B - signed with Seattle Mariners
• Jamie Walker, RHP (x) - club option declined; resigned with Detroit
• Rondell White, OF - signed with Minnesota Twins
• Dmitri Young, 1B (x) - club option exercised, released on 9/6/06

Kansas City Royals

• Brian Anderson, LHP - signed with Texas Rangers
• Matt Stairs, OF (x) - club option vested, traded to Tigers
• Scott Sullivan, RHP (x) - team option declined

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

• Paul Byrd, RHP - signed with Cleveland Indians
• Jason Christiansen, LHP (x) - club option declined
• Bengie Molina, C - signed with Toronto Blue Jays
• Tim Salmon, OF - signed minor league contract
• Jarrod Washburn, LHP - signed with Seattle Mariners

Minnesota Twins

• Jacque Jones, OF - signed with Chicago Cubs (3 year; $16 million)
• Joe Mays, RHP - signed with Kansas City Royals
• Terry Mulholland, LHP - signed with Arizona Diamondbacks

New York Yankees

• Mark Bellhorn, 2B - signed one-year deal with San Diego Padres
• Alan Embree, LHP - signed with San Diego Padres
• John Flaherty, C - signed with Boston Red Sox; retired
• Tom Gordon, RHP - signed with Philadelphia Phillies
• Matt Lawton, OF - signed with Seattle Mariners
• Al Leiter, LHP - Re-signed with Yankees (Minor League Contract); retired
• Tino Martinez, 1B (x)- team option not picked up; retired
• Hideki Matsui, OF – Agreed to 4-year, $52 million contract with NYY on 11/15/2005
• Félix Rodríguez, RHP - signed with Washington Nationals
• Rubén Sierra, OF - signed with Minnesota Twins, released by Twins on 7/10/06
• Tanyon Sturtze, RHP (x) – team option exercised
• Bernie Williams, OF - re-signed with Yankees

Oakland Athletics

• Octavio Dotel, RHP - signed with New York Yankees (1 year; $2 million)
• Scott Hatteberg, 1B (x) – team option declined ; signed with Cincinnati Reds
• Ricardo Rincón, LHP - signed with St. Louis Cardinals

Seattle Mariners

• Eddie Guardado, LHP (m) - mutual option vested
• Shigetoshi Hasegawa, RHP (x) – team option declined; retired
• Jamie Moyer, LHP - re-signed with Mariners, traded to Phillies
• Jeff Nelson, RHP - signed with Texas Rangers
• Pokey Reese, 2B (x) – team option declined/- signed with Florida Marlins
• Dan Wilson, C - retired
• Ryan Franklin, RHP - signed with Philadelphia Phillies

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

• Roberto Alomar, 2B - retired
• Danny Bautista, OF - retired
• Danys Báez, RHP – team option exercised/traded to Los Angeles Dodgers
• Casey Fossum, LHP – team option exercised
• Alex S. Gonzalez, SS - signed with Philadelphia Phillies
• Charles Johnson, C - retired
• Travis Lee, 1B - re-signed with Devil Rays, released on 9/10/06
• Julio Lugo, SS – team option exercised, traded to Dodgers

Texas Rangers

• Sandy Alomar, Jr., C - signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, traded to Chicago White Sox
• Steve Karsay, RHP (x) - signed minor league deal with Cleveland Indians
• Kenny Rogers, LHP - signed with Detroit Tigers

Toronto Blue Jays

• Ken Huckaby, C - signed with Boston Red Sox
• Frank Menechino, 2B - signed minor league deal with Cincinnati Reds
• Gregg Zaun, C (x) - option picked up by Toronto Blue Jays

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks

• Royce Clayton, SS - signed Minor League deal with Washington Nationals
• Shawn Estes, LHP - signed with San Diego Padres
• Tim Worrell, RHP - signed with San Francisco Giants

Atlanta Braves

• Kyle Farnsworth, RHP - signed with the New York Yankees (4 year; $14 million)
• Julio Franco, 1B - signed with New York Mets
• Rafael Furcal, SS - signed with Los Angeles Dodgers
• Todd Hollandsworth, OF - signed minor league deal with Cleveland
• John Thomson, RHP (x) – team option exercised

Chicago Cubs

• Jeromy Burnitz, OF (m) – team option declined/ - signed with Pittsburgh Pirates
• Nomar Garciaparra, IF - Signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $6 million
• Neifi Pérez, SS - re-signed with the Cubs
• Glendon Rusch, LHP (y) – Re-signed through 2007
• Todd Walker, 2B (x) – team option exercised
• Scott Williamson, P (x) – team option exercised

Cincinnati Reds

• Rich Aurilia, SS – team option declined; signed with Cincinnati
• Ramon Ortiz (x), RHP – team option declined/ - signed with Washington Nationals
• David Weathers, RHP (x) - team option declined; signed with Cincinnati

Colorado Rockies

• Byung-Hyun Kim, RHP - re-signed with Rockies

Florida Marlins

• Antonio Alfonseca, RHP (x) – team option declined; signed with Texas Rangers
• A.J. Burnett, RHP - Signed with Toronto Blue Jays (5 year, $55 million)
• Jeff Conine, OF - Signed with Baltimore Orioles (1 year, $1.7 million)
• Damion Easley, 2B - signed with Arizona Diamondbacks
• Juan Encarnación, OF - signed with St. Louis Cardinals
• Alex González (shortstop), SS - signed with Boston Red Sox
• Lenny Harris, OF - re-signed with the Marlins (one-year minor league contract)
• Todd Jones, RHP - signed with Detroit Tigers
• Jim Mecir, RHP - retired
• Brian Moehler, RHP - re-signed with the Marlins for one year

Houston Astros

• Brad Ausmus, C - resigned for 2 years, 7.5 million
• Roger Clemens, RHP - resigned for 1 year. Approximately $12.8 million, for the final part of the 2006 season, the pro-rated value of his $22,000,022 seasonal contract.
• Orlando Palmeiro, OF - re-signed with Astros
• Russ Springer, P - 1 year, $750,000 contract
• José Vizcaíno, SS - signed one year deal with San Francisco Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers

• Wilson Alvarez, LHP - retired
• Paul Bako, C - signed with the Kansas City Royals
• Giovanni Carrara, RHP - signed with Pittsburgh Pirates
• José Cruz, Jr., OF - re-signed with the Dodgers
• Elmer Dessens, RHP (m)- Signed with the Kansas City Royals
• Darren Dreifort, RHP - retired
• Olmedo Sáenz, 1B - re-signed with the Dodgers
• José Valentín, 3B - signed with New York Mets
• Jeff Weaver, RHP - signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Milwaukee Brewers

• Jeff Cirillo, 3B (x) - club option declined; signed with Milwaukee
• Wes Helms, 1B - signed with Florida Marlins
• Carlos Lee, OF (x) - team option exercised

New York Mets

• Miguel Cairo, 2B - signed with New York Yankees
• Mike DeJean, RHP - signed with Colorado Rockies
• Tom Glavine, LHP (x) - team option picked up
• Danny Graves, RHP - signed minor league deal with Cleveland Indians
• Roberto Hernández, RHP - signed with Pittsburgh Pirates; traded to New York
• Braden Looper, RHP (x) - – team option declined, signed 3-year deal with St. Louis Cardinals
• Mike Piazza, C - signed with San Diego Padres
• Steve Trachsel- club option exercised by Mets

Philadelphia Phillies

• Kenny Lofton, OF - signed with Los Angeles Dodgers
• Ramón Martínez, 1B - signed Minor League deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Todd Pratt, C - signed with Atlanta Braves
• Michael Tucker, OF - signed with Washington Nationals, released in Spring Training 2006 and signed with the New York Mets
• Billy Wagner, LHP - signed with New York Mets

Pittsburgh Pirates

• José Mesa, RHP (x) – team option declined/signed with Colorado Rockies
• Mark Redman, LHP (m) - mutual option exercised/traded to Kansas City Royals
• Rick White, RHP - signed with Cincinnati Reds

San Diego Padres

• Robert Fick, C - signed with Washington Nationals
• Brian Giles, OF - re-signed with Padres
• Chris Hammond, LHP- signed with Cincinnati Reds
• Ramón Hernández, C - signed with Baltimore Orioles
• Trevor Hoffman, RHP - re-signed with Padres
• Mark Loretta, 2B (x) - club option exercised/traded to Boston Red Sox
• Joe Randa, 3B - signed with Pittsburgh Pirates
• Dave Roberts, OF - re-signed with Padres
• Rudy Seanez, RHP - signed with Boston Red Sox
• Mark Sweeney, OF - signed with San Francisco Giants
• Woody Williams, RHP (x) - club option vested
• Eric Young, OF (x) - re-signed with Padres

San Francisco Giants

• Moisés Alou, OF (y) – player option exercised
• Ray Durham, 2B (y) – player option exercised
• Scott Eyre, LHP – signed with the Cubs
• LaTroy Hawkins, RHP (y) – player option exercised/traded to Baltimore Orioles
• Jason Schmidt, RHP (x) – team option exercised
• J.T. Snow, 1B - signed with Boston Red Sox
• Brett Tomko, RHP - signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Randy Winn, OF (x) – team option exercised

St. Louis Cardinals

• Einar Díaz, C - signed with Cleveland Indians
• Cal Eldred, RHP - retired
• Mark Grudzielanek, 2B - signed with Kansas City Royals
• John Mabry, OF - signed with Chicago Cubs
• Matt Morris, RHP - signed with San Francisco Giants
• Mark Mulder, LHP (x) – option picked up for $7,750,000.
• Abraham Núñez, 3B - signed with Philadelphia Phillies
• Reggie Sanders, OF - signed with Kansas City Royals
• Jeff Suppan, RHP (x) - club option vested
• Julián Tavárez, RHP - signed with Boston Red Sox
• Larry Walker, OF - retired

Washington Nationals

• Tony Armas, Jr., RHP - re-signed with Washington
• Carlos Baerga, 3B - retired
• Gary Bennett, C - signed with the St. Louis Cardinals
• Héctor Carrasco, RHP - 2 year, $6.1 million contract with Anaheim
• Deivi Cruz, 2B - signed with the St. Louis Cardinals
• Joey Eischen, LHP - re-signed with Washington
• José Guillén, OF (x) - club option vested
• Jeffrey Hammonds, OF - retired
• Esteban Loaiza, RHP (m) – mutual option declined/signed with Oakland Athletics
• Antonio Osuna, RHP - retired
• Junior Spivey, 2B - signed with St. Louis Cardinals
• Preston Wilson, OF - signed with Houston Astros