Announcements
MLB - The leagues have approved a motion to resume the World Series starting in 1905 and make it a best of seven series.
Free Agency
Here is a list of the major free agents and where they will be playing in 1905.
Jack Chesbro, sp - Signed a 7-year, $232,890 contract with Brooklyn
Noodles Hahn, sp - Signed a 3-year, $129,420 contract with Cincinnati
Harry Howell, sp - Signed a 4-year, $70,120 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Deacon Phillippe, sp - Signed a 5-year, $221,550 contract with Pittsburgh
Cy Young, sp - Signed a 2-year, $109,080 contract with Boston (A)
Dan McGann, 1b - Signed a 2-year, 75,440 contract with New York (N)
Sammy Strang, c - Signed a 4-year, $118,800 contract with Washington
Bill Bradley, 3b - Signed a 6-year, $314,340 contract with Chicago (A)
Nixey Callahan, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $5,410 contract with Chicago (A)
Bill Keister, ss - Signed a 5-year, $255,990 contract with Cincinnati
Topsy Hartsel, lf - Signed a 4-year, $63,160 contract with Chicago (N)
Ginger Beaumont, cf - Signed a 7-year, $206,850 contract with Washington
Cy Seymour, cf - Signed a 3-year, $175,500 contract with Cleveland
Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 2-year, $47,520 contract with Pittsburgh
Winter Trades
10/10 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Cy Morgan (26 yrs old, 12-21, 2.96 era, 292.1 ip, 165 k), Washington gets lf Lefty Davis (29 yrs old, .261-0-2-0)
10/14 - New York (A) gets p Earl Moore (25 yrs old, 18-20, 2.33 era, 341.2 ip, 188 k), Cleveland gets rf George Browne (28 yrs old, .242-4-36-21)
10/20 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Chappie McFarland (28 yrs old, 15-15, 2.75 era, 268.2 ip, 101 k), Cincinnati gets lf Fred Odwell (32 yrs old, .083-0-1-1)
10/23 - Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Myron Grimshaw (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets cf Emmet Heidrick (28 yrs old, .275-0-32-15)
11/04 - New York (N) gets 2b John Farrell (27 yrs old, .292-0-8-0), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Jimmy Collins (35 yrs old, .295-2-57-24)
11/09 - Cincinnati gets p Bill Duggleby (30 yrs old, 4-2, 2.12 era, 72.1 ip, 17 k), Philadelphia (N) gets c Tom Needham (25 yrs old, .217-3-53-3)
11/10 - Washington gets 2b Jack Morrissey (27 yrs old, .267-0-52-7), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b John Ganzel (30 yrs old, .238-4-52-7)
11/10 - Pittsburgh gets p Chick Robitaille (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and rf Shag Shaughnessy (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets 3b Tommy Leach (27 yrs old, .238-3-47-30)
11/14 - Cleveland gets p Fred Burchell (25 yrs old, 2-6, 2.15 era, 67.0 ip, 33 k), New York (N) gets lf Jack McCarthy (35 yrs old, .283-0-7-0) and 2b Jake Atz (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/24 - Boston (A) gets p Jimmy Wiggs (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets ss Freddy Parent (29 yrs old, .234-1-44-42)
11/24 - Pittsburgh gets p Elmer Stricklett (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets cf Billy Hamilton (38 yrs old, .248-6-48-58)
11/27 - Washington gets p Bob Ewing (30 yrs old, 8-19, 2.50 era, 248.2 ip, 107 k), Chicago (A) gets 3b Bill Coughlin (26 yrs old, .246-1-14-6)
11/27 - Cincinnati gets p D!ck Harley (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets lf Herm McFarland (34 yrs old, .228-4-46-24)
11/28 - Boston (A) gets p Harry McIntire (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Buck Freeman (33 yrs old, .216-2-40-4)
12/07 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jake Thielman (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets 1b Burt Hart (34 yrs old, .218-1-29-27)
01/19 - St.Louis (A) gets 3b Billy Lush (31 yrs old, .301-0-46-37), Boston (N) gets c Bill Maloney (26 yrs old, .259-1-31-46)
01/20 - Boston (N) gets rf Otis Clymer (28 yrs old, .244-1-37-29), Washington gets c Johnny Kling (29 yrs old, .233-0-33-1)
Retirements
ss Monte Cross, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .286 with 4 homers, 55 rbi and 38 sb in 131 games.
.241 avg, 26 hr, 422 rbi, 874 h, 120 2b, 57 3b, 493 r, 198 sb
lf George Hogriever, age 36 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .313 with 0 homers, 18 rbi and 18 sb in 72 games.
.264 avg, 2 hr, 85 rbi, 168 h, 26 2b, 14 3b, 113 r, 81 sb
cf Dummy Hoy, age 42 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .299 with 5 homers, 70 rbi and 27 sb in 126 games.
.281 avg, 33 hr, 643 rbi, 1769 h, 211 2b, 107 3b, 1172 r, 528 sb
2b Bobby Lowe, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .346 with 17 homers, 115 rbi and 23 sb in 133 games.
.288 avg, 67 hr, 833 rbi, 1503 h, 175 2b, 73 3b, 965 r, 239 sb
cf George Van Haltren, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .340 with 8 homers, 103 rbi and 32 sb in 125 games.
.312 avg, 58 hr, 942 rbi, 2339 h, 297 2b, 136 3b, 1482 r, 504 sb
sp Bill Carrick, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he compiled a 19-22 record with a 3.53 era and 63 k in 341.2 innings.
41-56, 2 sv, 4.04 era, 830.0 ip, 262 bb, 150 k
sp Bert Cunningham, age 39 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 28-15 record with a 3.16 era and 34 k in 362 innings.
163-107, 2 sv, 3.81 era, 1860.2 ip, 570 bb, 366 k
sp Pink Hawley, age 32 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he compiled a 31-22 record with 1 save, a 3.18 era and 142 k in 444.1 innings.
177-173, 8 sv, 3.87 era, 1860.2 ip, 570 bb, 366 k
sp Cowboy Jones, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he compiled a 13-19 record with a 3.57 era and 68 k in 292.1 innings.
42-41, 1 sv, 3.39 era, 769.2 ip, 236 bb, 192 k
sp Brickyard Kennedy, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he compiled a 22-9 record with 2 saves, a 2.79 era and 55 k in 277.1 innings.
181-151, 10 sv, 3.96 era, 2895.1 ip, 1145 bb, 748 k
sp Ted Lewis, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 26-8 record with 2 saves, a 2.90 era and 72 k in 313.1 innings.
78-49, 3 sv, 3.59 era, 1132.1 ip, 431 bb, 289 k
mr Willie Mills, age 27 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 0-0 record with 1 save, a 2.35 era and 0 k in 7.2 innings.
0-3, 1 sv, 5.30 era, 37.1 ip, 22 bb, 7 k
sp Doc Parker, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he compiled a 4-2 record with a 3.68 era and 9 k in 51.1 innings.
6-15, 1 sv, 4.57 era, 203.0 ip, 63 bb, 30 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Cincinnati Babe Adams, p Vivd Lindaman, p Bob Edmondson, p Bert Maxwell, p Hub Knolls, p
Boston (A) Tom Hughes, p Harry Eells, p Joe Birmingham, cf George Ferguson, p Jim Holmes, p
Washington Stoney McGlynn, p Frank Oberlin, p Irish McIlveen, p Cy Barger, p Dave Shean, 2b
St.Louis (N) Ed Karger, p Ed Smith, p Hack Schumann, p Pug Bennett, 2b Boss Schmidt, c
Chicago (N) Glenn Liebhardt, p Bill Essick, p Willy Wilson, p John McCloskey, p Joe Ward, p
Chicago (A) Slow Joe Doyle, p Walter Moser, 0 Ed Lennox, 3b Con Starkel, p Ed Holly, ss
New York (N) Roy Witherup, p Charley Hall, p Red Murray, lf Whitey Alperman, 2b Tom O'Hara, lf
St.Louis (A) Eddie Collins, 2b Lew Richie, p Bill Carrigan, c Alan Storke, 3b Charlie Graham, c
Detroit Ralph Glaze, p Jim Pastorius, p Harry Armbruster,cf Bill McCarthy, p Bill Abstein, 2b
Pittsburgh Jack Coombs, p Charlie Rhodes, p Roy Hartzell, 3b Leo Hafford, p Ocsar Stanage, c
Philadelphia (N) Rube Kroh, p Jim Moroney, p Charlie Roy,p Jack Hannifan, 3b Lou Nordyka, 1b
New York (A) Art Fromme,p Jack Rowan, p Mike Cunningham, p Henry Mathewson, p Bill Shipke, 3b
Philadelphia (A) Fred Beebe, p Johnny Bates, cf Harry Niles, 2b Ira Thomas, c Fred Payne, c
Brooklyn Carl Douhot, p Lou Manske, p Lou Fienne, p Jim Nealton, rb Sam Brown, c
Cleveland Ed Willett, p Clyde Goodwin, p Al Burch, cf Dutch Meier, lf Bob Peterson, c
Boston (N) Irv Higginbotham, p Chet Chaibourne, 2b Dave Altizer, ss Paul Sentell, 3b Snake Deal, 1b
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Cincinnati Lee Quillen, 3b Warren Shannabrook,3b
Boston (A) Red Morgan, 3b Jim Byrnes, c
Washington Forrest Crawford, ss Matty Fitzgerald, c
St.Louis (N) Frank Burke, lf Patt Duff, 1b
Chicago (N) Jack Hoey, lf Chet Spencer, cf
Chicago (A) Jerry Donovan, c Harry Huston, c
New York (N) Frank Jude, rf Eddie Tiemeyer, 3b
St.Louis (A) Art Brouthers, 3b Phil Reardon, rf
Detroit Eddie Zimmerman, 3b Ches Crist, c
Pittsburgh Gene Good, lf Tommy Madden, lf
Philadelphia (N) Ben Caffyn, lf Tom Walsh, c
New York (A) Jack Cameron, lf Babe Towne, c
Philadelphia (A) Jack Schulte, ss Willy Fetzer, 1b
Brooklyn Ducky Holmes, c
Cleveland Gus Hetling, 3b
Boston (N) Frank Hemphill, lf