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Posted: Thursday December 03, 1998 12:45 AM

NEW YORK (AP) -- The 35 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:

ANAHEIM (1) -- Signed Mo Vaughn, 1b, Boston, to an $80 million, six-year contract.

BALTIMORE (2) -- 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.

BOSTON (1) -- Signed Jose Offerman, ss, Kansas City, to a $26 million, four-year contract.

CLEVELAND (1) -- Signed Roberto Alomar, 2b, Baltimore, to a $32 million, four-year contract.

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

SEATTLE (1) -- Signed Jose Mesa, rhp, San Francisco, to a $6.45 million, two-year contract.

TEXAS (2) -- Re-signed Royce Clayton, ss, to an $18 million, four-year contract; signed Rafael Palmeiro, 1b, Baltimore, to a $45 million, five-year contract.

ARIZONA (5) -- 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, 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.

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 (1) -- Re-signed Henry Rodriguez, of, to an $8.9 million, two-year contract.

COLORADO (2) -- Signed Lenny Harris, of, New York Mets, to a $2.2 million, two-year contract; signed Brian Bohanon, lhp, Los Angeles, to a $9 million, three-year contract.

HOUSTON (1) -- Signed Ken Caminiti, 3b, San Diego, to a $9.5 million, two-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (2) -- Signed Devon White, of, Arizona, to a $12.4 million, three-year contract; signed Alan Mills, rhp, Baltimore, to a $6.5 million, three-year contract.

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

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

ST. LOUIS (2) -- Signed Eric Davis, of, Baltimore, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed Scott Radinsky, lhp, Los Angeles, to a $5.5 million, two-year contract.

SAN DIEGO (2) -- 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.

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.