Free-Agent Signings

The 63 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by the Associated Press from player and management sources. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

* ANGELS (4)--Signed Mo Vaughn, 1b, Boston, to an $80-million, six-year contract; re-signed Jack McDowell, rhp, to a $500,000, one-year contract; re-signed Randy Velarde, 2b, to an $800,000, one-year contract; re-signed Craig Shipley, ss, to a minor league contract ($400,000).

* BALTIMORE (5)--Signed Mike Timlin, rhp, Seattle, to a $16-million, four-year contract; signed Albert Belle, of, Chicago White Sox, to a $65-million, five-year contract; signed Delino DeShields, St. Louis, 2b, to a $12.5-million, three-year contract; re-signed B.J. Surhoff, of, to a $14-million, three-year contract; signed Will Clark, 1b, Texas, to an $11-million, two-year contract.

* BOSTON (2)--Signed Jose Offerman, ss-2b, to a $26-million, four-year contract; signed Mark Portugal, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $3-million, one-year contract.

* CLEVELAND (2)--Signed Roberto Alomar, 2b, Baltimore, to a $32-million, four-year contract; signed Mark Portugal, rhp, Philadelphia, to a $3-million, one-year contract.

* DETROIT (1)--Signed Dean Palmer, 3b, Kansas City, to a $36-million, five-year contract.

* KANSAS CITY (2)--Re-signed Jeff Montgomery, rhp, to a $2.5-million, one-year contract; signed Rey Sanchez, ss, San Francisco, to a $1.1-million, one-year contract.

* NEW YORK (3)--Re-signed Scott Brosius, 3b, to a $15.75-million, three-year contract; re-signed David Cone, rhp, to an $8-million, one-year contract; re-signed Bernie Williams, of, to an $87.5-million, seven-year contract.

* OAKLAND (1)--Signed Tony Phillips, of, New York Mets, to a one-year contract.

* SEATTLE (2)--Signed Jose Mesa, rhp, San Francisco, to a $6.45-million, two-year contract; signed Tom Lampkin, c, St. Louis, to a $1.55-million, two-year contract.

* TAMPA BAY (1)--Signed Jose Canseco, of, Toronto, to a $2-million, one-year contract.

* TEXAS (3)--Re-signed Royce Clayton, ss, to an $18-million, four-year contract; signed Rafael Palmeiro, 1b, Baltimore, to a $45-million, five-year contract; signed Mark Clark, rhp, Chicago Cubs, to a $9.3-million, two-year contract.

* TORONTO (2)--Signed Geronimo Berroa, of, Detroit, to a minor league contract ($500,000); re-signed Dave Stieb, rhp, to a minor league contract ($400,000).

NATIONAL LEAGUE

* DODGERS (3)--Signed Alan Mills, rhp, Baltimore, to a $6.5-million, three-year contract; signed Devon White, of, Arizona, to a $12.4-million, three-year contract; signed Kevin Brown, rhp, San Diego, to a $105-million, seven-year contract.

* ARIZONA (6)--Signed Greg Swindell, lhp, Boston, to a $5.7-million, three-year contract; signed Greg Colbrunn, 1b, Atlanta, to a $1.8-million, two-year contract; signed Todd Stottlemyre, rhp, Texas, to a $32-million, four-year contract; signed Armando Reynoso, rhp, to a $5.5-million, two-year contract; signed Randy Johnson, lhp, Houston, to a $52.4-million, four-year contract; signed Steve Finley, of, San Diego, to a $21.5-million, five-year contract.

* ATLANTA (3)--Signed Brian Jordan, of, St. Louis, to a $40-million, five-year contract; signed Otis Nixon, of, Minnesota, to a $1.5-million, one-year contract; re-signed Ozzie Guillen, ss, to a $1-million, two-year contract.

* CHICAGO (4)--Re-signed Henry Rodriguez, of, to an $8.9-million, two-year contract; re-signed Gary Gaetti, 3b, to a $2-million, one-year contract; re-signed Glenallen Hill, of, to a $1.15-million, one-year contract; signed Benito Santiago, c, Toronto, to a $2-million, one-year contract.

* CINCINNATI (2)--Signed Steve Avery, lhp, Boston, to a $1.5-million, one-year contract; signed Mark Lewis, 2b, Philadelphia, to a $500,000, one-year contract.

* COLORADO (2)--Signed Lenny Harris, of, New York Mets, to a $2.2-million, two-year contract; signed Brian Bohanon, lhp, Dodgers, to a $10-million, three-year contract.

* HOUSTON (2)--Signed Ken Caminiti, 3b, San Diego, to a $9.5-million, two-year contract; re-signed Tim Bogar, ss, to a $1.1-million, two-year contract.

* MILWAUKEE (1)--Signed Sean Berry, 3b, Houston, to a $3.6-million, two-year contract.

* NEW YORK (2)--Re-signed Dennis Cook, lhp, to a $6.6-million, three-year contract; signed Robin Ventura, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $32-million, four-year contract.

* PITTSBURGH (1)--Signed Mike Benjamin, 2b, Boston, to a $1.4-million, two-year contract.

* ST. LOUIS (4)--Signed Eric Davis, of, Baltimore, to an $8-million, two-year contract; signed Scott Radinsky, lhp, Dodgers, to a $5.5-million, two-year contract; re-signed Willie McGee, of, to a $1-million, one-year contract; re-signed Pat Kelly, 2b, to a minor league contract ($550,000).

* SAN DIEGO (3)--Re-signed John Vander Wal, of, to a $1.75-million, two-year contract; re-signed Carlos Hernandez, c, to a $6.5-million, three-year contract; re-signed Mark Langston, lhp, to minor league contract ($750,000).

* SAN FRANCISCO (2)--Re-signed Mark Gardner, rhp, to a $5-million, two-year contract; re-signed Ellis Burks, of, to a $10 million, two-year contract.