Third baseman Bill Mueller will have surgery on his right knee for the third time in three years Monday, and the Dodgers said he is expected to be out about five weeks.
Mueller, however, said he hoped to return by early June. This will be his fourth knee surgery altogether. The most serious injury came in 2001 when he fractured his left kneecap after sliding into metal padding at Busch Stadium while playing for the San Francisco Giants.
He had an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee during the 2004 season while playing for the Boston Red Sox and missed five weeks. The next spring he again had surgery on the right knee after experiencing swelling during winter workouts but returned to the lineup by opening day.
Dr. David Zeman will perform the surgery in Phoenix to clean out loose cartilage and try to alleviate pain from a bone spur. Zeman performed Mueller’s earlier right knee surgeries as well.
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