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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
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1905-06 Offseason
Free Agency
Here is where the major free agents are headed.
Christy Mathewson,sp - Signed a 3-year, $169,860 contract with New York (N)
Jiggs Donahue, c - Signed a 5-year, $258,600 contract with St.Louis (N)
Roger Bresnahan, c - Signed a 5-year, $248,720 contract with New York (N)
John Anderson, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $51,360 contract with Brooklyn
Nixey Callahan, 2b - Signed a 2-year, $18,720 contract with Chicago (A)
Tommy Leach, 3b - Signed a 2-year, $13,340 contract with Washington
Doc Nance, lf - Signed a 3-year, $32,580 contract with Cincinnati
Charlie Hemphill, rf - Signed a 2-year, $30,000 contract with Chicago (A)
Trades
10/11 - Boston (A) gets p Otto Hess (26 yrs old, 23-15, 2.19 era, 332.1 ip, 143 k), Brooklyn gets 2b Claude Ritchey (32 yrs old, .242-0-36-9)
10/16 - New York (A) gets 1b Myron Grimshaw (29 yrs old, .237-1-11-2), Philadelphia (N) gets c Walt McCredie (29 yrs old, .219-0-11-6) and 2b Bill Shipke (22 yrs old, .286-0-1-0)
10/25 - St.Louis (A) gets p Win Kellum (29 yrs old, 15-12, 2.52 era, 239.2 ip, 91 k), Boston (N) gets c Admiral Schlei (27 yrs old, .294-1-5-0)
10/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets c Tommy Raub (34 yera old, .278-1-80-8), St.Louis (N) gets Matty McIntire (25 yrs old, .392-0-10-0) and c Ira Thomas (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/02 - Chicago (A) gets 1b Roy Brashear (30 yrs old, .152-0-1-0) and rf Frank Jude (20 yrs old, .286-0-4-0), New York (N) gets c Sport McAllister (31 yrs old, .247-1-25-16) and 3b Ed Lennox (19 yrs old, .217-0-3-2)
11/03 - Chicago (A) gets 2b Danny Murphy (29 yrs old, .269-2-48-9) and ss Eddie Collins (18 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets 1b George Stovall (27 yrs old, .235-0-13-2)
11/18 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Jim Buchanan (29 yrs old, 14-10, 2.12 era, 225.1 ip, 75 k) and c Fred Carisch (24 yrs old, .250-1-12-0), Pittsburgh gets c Pat Moran (29 yrs old, .219-2-38-4)
11/22 - Cincinnati gets p Dummy Taylor (30 yrs old, 16-15, 2.39 era, 323.1 ip, 157 k), Washington gets lf Fred Odwell (33 yrs old, .260-3-56-41)
11/23 - Washington gets p Jake Thielman (26 yrs old, 21-16, 2.43 era, 345.0 ip, 131 k), St.Louis (N) gets lf John Dobbs (30 yrs old, .158-1-4-1)
11/25 - St.Louis (N) gets p Ed Killian (29 yrs old, 21-14, 2.61 era, 314.0 ip, 103 k), New York (A) gets 2b Germany Schaefer (29 yrs old, .270-0-29-11)
12/26 - Cincinnati gets 3b Jim Delahanty (26 yrs old, .288-6-48-12), Chicago (N) gets c Jake Stahl (26 yrs old, .212-3-61-41)
02/06 - Washington gets p Bob Rhoads (25 yrs old, 12-15, 3.38 era, 234.2 ip, 74 k), Boston (A) gets ss Ernie Courtney (30 yrs old, .263-1-40-16)
Retirements
1b Jake Beckley, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .343 with 7 homers, 120 rbi and 21 sb in 131 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame.
.308 avg, 76 hr, 1411 rbi, 2686 h, 428 2b, 206 3b, 1472 r, 308 sb
ss Tommy Corcoran, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .300 with 5 homers, 92 rbi and 33 sb in 129 games.
.267 avg, 19 hr, 662 rbi, 1331 h, 170 2b, 90 3b, 727 r, 217 sb
rf Tommy Dowd, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .323 with 7 homers, 74 rbi and 30 sb in 129 games.
.262 avg, 29 hr, 630 rbi, 1733 h, 204 2b, 94 3b, 996 r, 419 sb
rf Sam Dungan, age 39 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .353 with 2 homers, 109 rbi and 10 sb in 140 games.
.294 avg, 6 hr, 416 rbi, 983 h, 151 2b, 49 3b, 434 r, 90 sb
2b D!ck Padden, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .282 with 2 homers, 58 rbi and 18 sb in 134 games.
.259 avg, 11 hr, 286 rbi, 684 h, 86 2b, 43 3b, 372 r, 109 sb
1b Frank Shugart, age 39 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .292 with 7 homers, 72 rbi and 21 sb in 133 games.
.255 avg, 26 hr, 502 rbi, 1200 h, 163 2b, 80 3b, 672 r, 251 sb
sp Cy Young, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a 36-12 record with a 1.93 era and 168 k in 453.0 innings. Inducted to Hall of Fame.
375-263, 8 sv, 2.90 era, 5622.2 ip, 1001 bb, 1946 k
cf Ed Householder, age 36 - 2 seasons.
.222 avg, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 4 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
mr Farmer Burns, age 32 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 0.00 era and 0 k in 2.2 innings.
0-0, 1 sv, 8.10 era, 13.1 ip, 11 bb, 2 k
sp Charlie Case, age 26 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 0.00 era and 3 k in 5.0 innings.
2-3, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 45.2 ip, 14 bb, 16 k
sp Jack Cronin, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 20-15 record with a 3.37 era and 96 k in 312.2 innings.
65-50, 4 sv, 2.84 era, 1031.0 ip, 277 bb, 346 k
sp Dummy Deegan, age 31 - 3 seasons.
1-4, 0 sv, 4.67 era, 54.0 ip, 26 bb, 4 k
mr Roger Denzer, age 34 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 3.27 era and 3 k in 11.0 innings.
5-11, 2 sv, 4.28 era, 162.0 ip, 65 bb, 40 k
rf Patsy Donovan, age 40 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .350 with 0 homers, 48 rbi and 28 sb in 110 games.
.308 avg, 14 hr, 671 rbi, 2097 h, 182 2b, 73 3b, 1239 r, 471 sb
c Duke Farrell, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .284 with 4 homers, 66 rbi and 9 sb in 114 games.
.279 avg, 39 hr, 775 rbi, 1464 h, 179 2b, 103 3b, 719 r, 133 sb
mr Charlie Ferguson, age 30 - 4 seasons.
1-3, 0 sv, 7.33 era, 50.1 ip, 27 bb, 13 k
sp Chauncey Fisher, age 34 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he compiled a 10-7 record with 2 saves, a 4.45 era and 25 k in 159.2 innings.
21-17, 3 sv, 4.93 era, 476.2 ip, 157 bb, 83 k
sp Frank Foreman, age 42 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he compiled a 14-7 record with a 3.97 era and 33 k in 185.2 innings.
47-45, 5 sv, 4.12 era, 851.1 ip, 353 bb, 202 k
sp Ned Garvin, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 18-16 record with a 2.88 era and 80 k in 309.1 innings.
67-78, 0 sv, 2.67 era, 1306.2 ip, 354 bb, 595 k
mr Larry Hesterfer, age 27 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 0.00 era and 0 k in 1.1 innings.
0-1, 0 sv, 5.12 era, 19.1 ip, 10 bb, 4 k
mr Dummy Leitner, age 33 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 4-4 record with 3 saves, a 4.89 era and 12 k in 81.0 innings.
4-7, 3 sv, 4.67 era, 98.1 ip, 38 bb, 15 k
sp Doc McJames, age 32 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 27-15 record with a 2.36 era and 178 k in 374.0 innings.
84-83, 11 sv, 3.34 era, 1482.2 ip, 612 bb, 640 k
sp Win Mercer, age 31 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he compiled a 20-20 record with 3 saves, a 3.24 era and 88 k in 333.0 innings.
115-140, 8 sv, 4.03 era, 2182.0 ip, 668 bb, 482 k
sp Jerry Nops, age 30 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he compiled a 20-6 record with a 2.81 era and 69 k in 220.2 innings.
72-51, 1 sv, 3.76 era, 1058.0 ip, 292 bb, 340 k
sp Bill Phillips, age 37 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 19-13 record with a 2.88 era and 93 k in 284.0 innings.
82-75, 3 sv, 3.62 era, 1433.1 ip, 406 bb, 409 k
lf Joe Rickert, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .230 with 0 homers, 12 rbi and 2 sb in 55 games.
.222 avg, 0 hr, 12 rbi, 40 h, 7 2b, 1 3b, 13 r, 2 sb
sp Jack Taylor, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 18-16 record with a 2.51 era and 72 k in 311.2 innings.
67-76, 6 sv, 3.03 era, 1281.2 ip, 287 bb, 300 k
sp John Durham, age 23 - 2 seasons.
4-4, 0 sv, 2.83 era, 76.1 ip, 30 bb, 9 k
sp Bob Dresser, age 26 - 1 season.
0-2, 0 sv, 8.31 era, 8.2 ip, 9 bb, 3 k
sp Gus Dorner, age 28 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 20.25 era, 5.1 ip, 4 bb, 0 k
mr Charlie Moran, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 3.72 era, 19.1 ip, 7 bb, 6 k
sp Bucky Veil, age 24 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 5-6 record with 3 saves, a 5.20 era and 46 k in 107.1 innings.
6-7, 4 sv, 4.90 era, 126.2 ip, 55 bb, 56 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Brooklyn Walter Johnson,p Bob Spade,p Charlie Fritz,p Kid Durbin,p Jack Burnett,cf
New York (A) Nap Rucker,p Jake Boultes,p Bill McGill,p Bobby Keefe,p Pete Lister,1b
Chicago (A) Heinie Berger,p Bill Otey,p Elijah Jones,p Fred Osborn,cf Bill Kay,rf
Cincinnati Elmer Steele,p Roy Hitt,p Ernie Lindemann,p Bobby Byrne,p Connie Walsh,p
Washington George Bell,p Tex Pruiett,p Frank Barberich,p Harl Maggert,lf Doc Tonkin,p
Philadelphia (N) George McQuillan,p Roy Castleton,p Cotton Minahan,p Geroge Whiteman,lf John McDonald,p
St.Louis (N) Oscar Graham,p Nick Maddox,p Mike Mitchell,rf Goat Anderson,rf Rube Dessau,p
Boston (A) Tris Speaker,cf Larry Doyle,2b Baldy Louden,3b Neal Ball,ss Harry Swacina,1b
St.Louis (A) Bill Bailey,p Bill Sweeney,3b Dode Paskert,lf Red Killefer,2b Jim Stephens,c
Cleveland Harry Coveleski,p Al Shaw,cf Fred Merkle,1b Tex Erwin,c Tony Smith,ss
Pittsburgh Sam Frock,p Roy Beacher,p Harry Lord,3b George Craig,p Harry Hinchman,2b
Boston (N) Henry Gehring,p Clyde Milan,cf Harry Wolter,1b Art Kruger,cf Nig Perrine,2b
Chicago (N) Fred Smith,p Frank Leary,p Ed Konetchy,1b Joe Delahanty,lf Rudy Bell,lf
Philadelphia (A) Rube Manning,p Heinie Zimmerman,2b John Kane,cf Bill McKechnie,3b Red Downs,2b
Detroit Tex Neuer,p Sam Lanford,p Danny Moeller,rf Sam Edmonston,p Bruno Block,c
New York (N) Lew Brockett,p Herm Malloy,p Ray Tift,p Sam Hope,p Kid Butler,2b
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Brooklyn Jim Ball,c Harry Curtis,c
New York (A) Walter Blair,c Bob Brush,1b
Chicago (A) Newt Randall,lf Monte Pfyl,1b
Cincinnati Mike Welday,cf
Washington John Kelly,rf
Philadelphia (N) Chick Autry,1b
St.Louis (N) Jess Orndorff,c
Boston (A) Buck Hopkins,cf
St.Louis (A) Joe Knotts,c
Cleveland Oscar Westerberg,ss
Pittsburgh Billy Kelsey,c
Boston (N) Hutch Campbell,ss
Chicago (N) Moose Baxter,1b
Philadelphia (A) Tom Asmussen,c
Detroit Ham Wade,lf
New York (N) Ed McLane,rf
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