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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
Posts: 998
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1907/08 Winter
Announcements
Boston (A) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Red Sox.
Free Agency
Here is a list of the major free agents and where they are heading.
Addie Joss, sp - Signed a 5-year, $212,840 contract with Chicago (A).
Doc White, sp - Signed a 3-year, $125,760 contract with Philadelphia (N).
Fred Jacklitsch, c - Signed a 1-year, $4,840 contract with Philadelphia (N).
Fred Tenney, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $82,460 contract with Cincinnati.
Tom McCreery, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $2,050 contract with Chicago (A).
Pep Clark, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $130,890 contract with St.Louis (N).
Tommy Leach, 3b - Signed a 7-year, $338,850 contract with Washington.
Nixey Callahan, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $123,480 contract with Cleveland.
Joe Tinker, ss - Signed a 2-year, $13,620 contract with Philadelphia (A).
Charley Hemphill, lf - Signed a 4-year, $163,600 contract with Philadelphia (A).
John Titus, lf - Signed a 4-year, $135,600 contract with New York (A).
Cy Seymour, cf - Signed a 2-year, $36,860 contract with Cleveland.
Doc Gessler, rf - Signed a 5-year, $290,920 contract with New York (N).
Winter Trades
10/17 - Chicago (A) gets 1b Jerry Freeman (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets ss Kid Elberfeld (32 yrs old, .304-3-65-32) and c Syd Smith (24 yr old, .000-0-0-0)
10/18 - Boston (N) gets p Ed Fisher (29 yrs old, 0-0, 1.80 era, 5.0 ip, 0 k), Cleveland gets 1b Jim Kane (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/18 - Boston (N) gets p Jack Powell (33 yrs old, 19-18, 2.33 era, 348.0 ip, 110 k), New York (N) gets 2b Charlie Starr (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Hutch Campbell (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/23 - Cleveland gets p Frank Smith (27 yrs old, 4-9, 1 sv, 3.22 era, 123.0 ip, 48 k) and 3b Eddie Zimmerman (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets c Lew Drill (29 yrs old, .271-2-51-7)
10/28 - Cleveland gets p Frank Arellanes (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets c Paddy Livingston (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/07 - Boston (N) gets p Connie Walsh (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets 2b Miller Huggins (28 yrs old, .317-0-6-0)
11/09 - Brooklyn gets c Peaches Graham (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets rf Goat Anderson (27 yrs old, .241-0-10-6)
11/10 - St.Louis (N) gets p Ralph Glaze (25 yrs old, 0-2, 6.19 era, 16.0 ip, 7 k), Detroit gets 2b Danny Murphy (31 yrs old, .219-1-29-2)
11/13 - Chicago (N) gets p Roy Patterson (30 yrs old, 19-16, 2.63 era, 315.0 ip, 93 k), Chicago (A) gets c Frank Chance (30 yrs old, .263-1-57-28)
11/20 - Philadelphia (N) gets c Jack Bliss (25 yrs old, .184-0-42-2) and cf Amos Strunk (18 yrs old, .429-0-0-0), New York (A) gets cf Fred Clarke (35 yrs old, .232-2-31-20)
11/22 - St.Louis (N) gets lf Andy Oyler (26 yrs old, .267-0-20-5), New York (N) gets cf Billy Hamilton (41 yrs old, .206-1-23-51)
12/10 - Cincinnati gets p Alex Pearson (29 yrs old, 20-14, 2.71 era, 345.1 ip, 109 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Benny Bowcock (28 yrs old, .220-1-13-2)
12/12 - New York (A) gets p Tully Sparks (32 yrs old, 14-25, 2.75 era, 353.0 ip, 102 k), Cincinnati gets rf Bob Ganley (32 yrs old, .296-0-22-14)
01/10 - St.Louis (N) gets p Burt Keeley (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets 1b Erve Beck (29 yrs old, .271-1-44-8)
01/15 - St.Louis (A) gets p Howie Camnitz (26 yrs old, 12-7, 2.50 era, 169.0 ip, 89 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Nig Clarke (25 yrs old, .280-1-56-4)
01/25 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Burns (27 yrs old, 5-4, 2.79 era, 84.0 ip, 35 k) and lf Chick Autry (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b John Kane (25 yrs old, .281-1-21-28) and ss Walt Thomas (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/27 - Chicago (N) gets p Ed Hughes (26 yrs old, 19-19, 2.39 era, 339.0 ip, 68 k), Chicago (A) gets 3b Bob Unglaub (26 yrs old, .295-0-26-5)
02/04 - Washington gets rf Otis Clymer (32 yrs old, .289-0-11-3), Boston (N) gets Ginger Beaumont (31 yrs old, .265-1-55-35)
Retirements
cf Steve Brodie, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .366 with 3 homers, 113 rbi and 42 sb in 129 games.
.300 avg, 37 hr, 1067 rbi, 2244 h, 238 2b, 94 3b, 1113 r, 376 sb
2b Tom Daly, age 42 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .341 with 8 homers, 82 rbi and 51 sb in 123 games.
.279 avg, 46 hr, 757 rbi, 1525 h, 244 2b, 105 3b, 979 r, 383 sb
rf Emil Frisk, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .313 with 2 homers, 23 rbi and 7 sb in 98 games.
.283 avg, 4 hr, 57 rbi, 161 h, 20 2b, 3 3b, 80 r, 16 sb
rf Willie Keeler, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .424 with 0 homers, 74 rbi and 64 sb in 129 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame
.348 avg, 33 hr, 790 rbi, 2402 h, 216 2b, 124 3b, 1397 r, 499 sb
rf Algie McBride, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he batted .302 with 2 homers, 43 rbi and 16 sb in 120 games.
.286 avg, 14 hr, 262 rbi, 632 h, 97 2b, 35 3b, 351 r, 50 sb
lf Elmer Smith, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .356 with 6 homers, 72 rbi and 33 sb in 125 games.
.313 avg, 37 hr, 698 rbi, 1653 h, 217 2b, 142 3b, 995 r, 301 sb
1b Heinie Smith, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .287 with 1 homer, 38 rbi and 12 sb in 119 games.
.255 avg, 3 hr, 103 rbi, 242 h, 32 2b, 8 3b, 89 r, 25 sb
p Bill Dineen, age 31 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 24-11 record with a 1.92 era and 162 k in 309.2 innings.
131-121, 0 sv, 3.02 era, 2752.2 ip, 733 bb, 990 k
p Ed Doheny, age 34 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 16-11 record with 1 save, a 2.13 era and 74 k in 240.1 innings.
98-124, 2 sv, 3.43 era, 1925.1 ip, 945 bb, 749 k
p Mal Eason, age 28 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 10-8 record with a 2.72 era and 43 k in 172.1 innings.
25-24, 3 sv, 2.99 era, 418.2 ip, 143 bb, 147 k
rf Buck Freeman, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .318 with 25 homers, 122 rbi and 21 sb in 155 games.
.284 avg, 65 hr, 536 rbi, 1071 h, 168 2b, 85 3b, 528 r, 133 sb
ss Dave Fultz, age 32 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .254 with 0 homers, 40 rbi and 43 sb in 137 games.
.239 avg, 1 hr, 176 rbi, 588 h, 66 2b, 27 3b, 317 r, 159 sb
p Clark Griffith, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 24-10 record with a 1.88 era and 97 k in 325.2 innings.
201-143, 5 sv, 3.25 era, 3051.1 ip, 700 bb, 819 k
rf Charlie Irwin, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .289 with 8 homers, 95 rbi and 35 sb in 128 games.
.271 avg, 17 hr, 586 rbi, 1194 h, 157 2b, 59 3b, 649 r, 206 sb
mr Bill Karns, age 32 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 3-1 record with 3 saves, a 1.59 era and 4 k in 17 innings.
4-6, 6 sv, 3.56 era, 126.1 ip, 44 bb, 25 k
p Frank Kitson, age 38 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 24-10 record with a 2.04 era and 145 k in 317.2 innings.
120-65, 7 sv, 2.71 era, 1658.2 ip, 303 bb, 531 k
p Happy Townsend, age 28 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled an 18-12 record with a 2.11 era and 125 k in 277.2 innings.
63-68, 2 sv, 2.85 era, 1142.2 ip, 388 bb, 474 k
p Vic Willis, age 31 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he compiled a 27-8 record with 2 saves, a 2.50 era and 120 k in 342.2 innings.
124-114, 3 sv, 2.96 era, 2093.2 ip, 757 bb, 945 k
p Ham Iburg, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 10-20 record with a 2.90 era and 117 k in 273.0 innings.
17-39, 0 sv, 2.96 era, 498.2 ip, 137 bb, 207 k
p Rube Kissinger, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 13-19 record with a 2.87 era and 50 k in 278.2 innings.
36-48, 1 sv, 3.11 era, 737.2 ip, 228 bb, 164 k
mr Red Long, age 30 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 5.11 era, 12.1 ip, 3 bb, 5 k
mr Jack Lundbom, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 0.00 era and 3 k in 5.2 innings.
1-1, 3 sv, 2.93 era, 15.1 ip, 3 bb, 4 k
p Arch McCarthy, age 33 - 3 seasons.
4-6, 1 sv, 4.56 era, 92.2 ip, 53 bb, 30 k
mr Bill Salisbury, age 30 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.43 era, 21.0 ip, 7 bb, 8 k
mr Ed Walker, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 0-1 record with a 5.40 era and 1 k in 5.0 innings.
0-2, 0 sv, 6.48 era, 16.2 ip, 9 bb, 2 k
mr Libe Washburn, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 2-4 record with a 2.63 era and 12 k in 48.0 innings.
6-19, 1 sv, 3.65 era, 214.1 ip, 89 bb, 32 k
p Bull Durham, age 30 - 3 seasons.
3-3, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 36.0 ip, 13 bb, 6 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Chicago (N) Russ Ford,p Jack Gilligan,p Lucky Wright,p Kirby White,p Art Fletcher,ss
Detroit Fred Anderson,p Eddie Dent,p Al Klawitter,p Ray Brown,p Fred Luderus,1b
Boston (A) Ray Collins,p Jack Bushelman,p Tillie Shafer,3b Bobby Vaughn,2b Cozy Dolan,3b
Philadelphia (N) Jim Scott,p Bill Powell,p Chuck Rose,p Dots Miller,2b Frank Scanlan,p
Cleveland Willie Mitchell,p Ralph Works,p George Daly,p Fred Beck,cf Tommy Atkins,p
St.Louis (A) John Raleigh,p Bob Harmon,p Stuffy McInnis,1b Harry Sullivan,p Tom Cantwell,p
Brooklyn Louis Drucke,p Cliff Curtis,p Harry Otis,p Dick Carroll,p Clyde Engle,lf
Cincinnati Jack Quinn,p Les Backman,p Bill Lelivelt,p Bill Forman,p Steve Yerkes,ss
Chicago (A) Kid Speer,p Rip Hagerman,p Bill McCorry,p Harry Suter,p Hy Myers,cf
Washington Dolly Gray,p Larry Pape,p Fred Winchell,p William Matthews,p Carl Sitton,p
New York (N) Elmer Knetzer,p Ed Lafitte,p Ed Kusel,p Pat Ragan,p Tommy Clarke,c
St.Louis (N) Phil Stremmel,p King Cole,p Sam Fletcher,p Red Booles,p Joe Hovlik,p
Pittsburgh Bob Groom,p Harry Hooper,rf Jerry Upp,p Jack Lelivelt,lf Tom Downey,ss
New York (A) Dixie Walker,p Chief Meyers,c Rudy Schwenck,p Ben Van Dyke,p Rube Ellis,lf
Boston (N) Harry Gaspar,p Burt Shotton,cf Rebel Oakes,cf Ray Demmitt,cf Morrie Rath,3b
Philadelphia (A) Zach Wheat,lf Ted Easterly,c Ward Miller,cf Steve Melter,p Heinie Heitmuller,lf
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Chicago (N) Eddie Higgins,p Bill Killefer,c Duke Reilley,lf Cuke Barrows,rf Tom Crooke,1b
Detroit Forrest More,p Del Young,lf Willis Cole,cf Heinie Beckendorf,c Charlie Enwright,ss
Boston (A) Del Gainer,1b Walt DeVoy,rf Roy Ellam,ss Tom Raftery,c Si Pauxtis,c
Philadelphia (N) Jimmy Austin,3b Grover Lowdermilk,p Pryor McElveen,3b Jack Wanner,ss Ben Froelich,c
Cleveland Bill Rariden,c Bunny Madden,c Mike Simon,c Leo Meyer,ss Ed Larkin,c
St.Louis (A) Art Griggs,1b Chet Nourse,p Joe Casey,c Bob Higgins,c Walt Doane,lf
Brooklyn Chet Carmichael,p Red Downey,rf Charlie French,2b Barney Reilly,2b Wib Smith,c
Cincinnati Doc Johnston,1b John Kull,p George Hunter,rf Speed Kelly,3b Bert James,rf
Chicago (A) Joe Ohl,p Dolly Stark,ss Bill Yohe,3b Ham Patterson,1b Ed McDonough,c
Washington Bill O'Hara,cf Red Waller,p Bill Moriarty,ss Swat McCabe,rf Paul Howard,lf
New York (N) Gene Moore,p Bill Cooney,p Howard Murphy,cf Mike Konnick,c Jim Curry,2b
St.Louis (N) Ham Hyatt,1b Harry Camnitz,p George McConnell,1b Warren Miller,rf Bill Dam,lf
Pittsburgh Charlie Wacker,p Doc Martel,c Jack Coffey,ss Hosea Siner,3b Coonie Blank,c
New York (A) Joe Bernard,p Gus Getz,3b Ned Crompton,lf Claire Patterson,lf Babe Danzig,1b
Boston (N) Bill Davidson,cf Chick Evans,p Jul Kustus,rf Milo Netzel,3b
Philadelphia (A) Butch Schmidt,p Bobby Messenger,rf Ezra Midkiff,3b Harry Redmond,2b
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