Announcements
Chicago (A) - Announced that they will be opening up a new ballpark. The name of the ballpark will be Comiskey Park.
Free Agency
Here is where the major free agents are headed:
Irv Young, sp - Signed a 3-yr, $41,028 contract with Pittsburgh
Jake Stahl, c - Signed a 5-yr, $174,900 contract with Chicago (N)
Tim Jordan, 1b - Signed a 4-yr, $110,080 contract with St.Louis (A)
Jim Delahanty, 2b - Signed a 3-yr, $89,630 contract with Brooklyn
John Hummel, 2b - Signed a 1-yr, $5,160 contract with Cincinnati
Germany Schaefer, 2b - Signed a 3-yr, $34,860 contract with Washington
Rube Oldring, 3b - Signed a 2-yr, $24,780 contract with Boston (N)
Al Bridwell, 3b - Signed a 3-yr, $158,540 contract with Brooklyn
Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 2-yr, $109,940 contract with Brooklyn
Ty Cobb, rf - Signed a 3-yr, $181,670 contract with St.Louis (N)
Frank LaPorte, rf - Signed a 1-yr, $2,190 contract with St.Louis (A)
Cy Seymour, rf - Signed a 2-yr, $23,800 contract with Cleveland
Danny Murphy, rf - Signed a 3-yr, $18,000 contract with Detroit
Trades
10/17 - Cleveland gets cf Dode Paskert (28 yrs old, .257-1-39-43) and ss Charlie Enwright (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets ss Tom Downey (25 yrs old, .267-2-45-17) and ss Leo Meyer (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/17 - St.Louis (A) gets 2b Dick Egan (25 yrs old, .274-2-36-33), St.Louis (N) gets c Bill Carrigan (25 yrs old, .212-5-39-4) and lf Doc Ralston (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/17 - Boston (N) gets p Walt Dickson (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and cf Charlie Johnson (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Jim Doyle (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/21 - New York (N) gets p Sam Frock (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Pittsburgh gets 2b Charlie Starr (31 yrs old, .313-0-14-5)
10/29 - Boston (N) gets p Sam Hope (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and ss Jack Coffey (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 2b Rollie Zeider (25 yrs old, .304-0-14-4) and rf Hy Myers (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/09 - St.Louis (N) gets Harry Lumley (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets c Jiggs Donahue (30 yrs old, .314-0-6-0)
11/09 - Chicago (N) gets lf Frank Schulte (27 yrs old, .269-2-35-11) and c Ducky Pearce (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets 1b Art Griggs (25 yrs old, .254-1-32-4)
11/09 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jim Moroney (0-0, 0.0 ip) and cf Ralph Pond (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Alan Storke (25 yrs old, .235-0-27-2)
11/09 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jack Coombs (27 yrs old, 8-21, 3.02 era, 262.0 ip, 148 k), Pittsburgh gets c Ira Thomas (28 yrs old, .600-1-1-0)
11/11 - Chicago (N) gets 2b Frank Truesdale (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets rf Topsy Hartsel (35 yrs old, .229-0-13-3)
11/26 - Boston (A) gets c Mike Grady (39 yrs old, .259-2-36-38) and ss Tommy Mee (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets cf Joe Birmingham (25 yrs old, .243-0-19-3)
11/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p John Barthold (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.1 ip, 0 k), New York (A) gets ss Hub Hart (31 yrs old, .263-0-4-0)
11/28 - St.Louis (N) gets p Carl Sitton (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets cf Marty McIntyre (29 yrs old, .262-0-27-19)
11/28 - Boston (A) gets p Ed Barry (27 yrs old, 13-16, 2.71 era, 262.2 ip, 98 k), Washington gets c Ed Phelps (29 yrs old, .222-0-38-0)
11/28 - Boston (A) gets p Jack Pfiester (31 yrs old, 12-13, 2.57 era, 217.0 ip, 74 k) and lf Red Fisher (22 yrs old, .333-0-5-0), Pittsburgh gets 1b Jake Daubert (25 yrs old, .310-2-37-14) and c Bill McCarthy (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Dad Hale (28 yrs old, 14-17, 2.80 era, 321.0 ip, 120 k) and ss Charlie Enwright (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets cf Fielder Jones (38 yrs old, .237-1-36-34)
12/02 - Washington gets p Bill Donovan (33 yrs old, 20-19, 2.73 era, 345.2 ip, 185 k), Pittsburgh gets 3b Tommy Leach (32 yrs old, .249-4-57-21) and 1b Bob Meinke (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/10 - St.Louis (A) gets cf Harry Armbruster (27 yrs old, .271-1-26-21), Detroit gets 2b Otto Knabe (25 yrs old, .267-0-12-0), and c Joe Dunn (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/07 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Ed Hughes (28 yrs old, 8-2, 1.40 era, 96.1 ip, 34 k), Boston (N) gets 1b John Flynn (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/08 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Jake Boultes (25 yrs old, 0-1, 2 sv, 5.79 era, 9.1 ip, 2 k), New York (A) gets cf Rebel Oakes (26 yrs old, .250-1-11-4)
01/13 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ray Tift (25 yrs old, 4-2, 2 sv, 2.45 era, 58.2 ip, 29 k), New York (N) gets ss Joe Tinker (28 yrs old, .248-2-52-17) and cf Scotty Barr (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Jimmy Austin (30 yrs old, .192-1-24-12), Detroit gets rf Chief Wilson (26 yrs old, .273-8-57-18)
02/01 - Boston (A) gets p Charlie Smith (28 yrs old, 19-20, 2.39 era, 353.2 ip, 165 k), New York (N) gets 1b Eddie Hohnhorst (25 yrs old, .333-0-2-3) and 3b Baldy Louden (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
Retirements
ss Bill Dahlen, age 40 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .357 with 15 homers, 107 rbi and 42 sb in 121 games.
.270 avg, 74 hr, 982 rbi, 1998 h, 330 2b, 160 3b, 1352 r, 430 sb
rf Tom Donovan, age 37 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .283 with 1 homer, 57 rbi and 14 sb in 137 games.
.271 avg, 4 hr, 83 rbi, 187 h, 32 2b, 5 3b, 68 r, 18 sb
c Burt Hart, age 39 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .309 with 3 homers, 58 rbi and 36 sb in 140 games.
.261 avg, 9 hr, 224 rbi, 629 h, 96 2b, 19 3b, 296 r, 128 sb
lf Joe Kelley, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .393 with 6 homers, 111 rbi and 46 sb in 129 games.
.307 avg, 68 hr, 1177 rbi, 2160 h, 350 2b, 185 3b, 1337 r, 473 sb
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Detroit G.C."Pete"Alexander,p George Mogridge,p Pat Paige,p George Curry,p Dick Cotter,c
Brooklyn Earl Yingling,p Boardwalk Brown,p Carl Cashion,p Olaf Henriksen,rf Otis Johnson,ss
Washington Claude Hendrix,p Mack Allison,p Ed Hawk,p Hank Severeid,c Jeff Pfeffer,p
Philadelphia (N) Joe Benz,p Gene Krapp,p Bugs Reisigl,p Ed McDonald,3b Brad Hogg,p
Pittsburgh Hub Perdue,p Cy Slapnicka,p Tim Hendryx,cf Fred Toney,p Delos Drake,lf
New York (N) Vean Gregg,p Casey Hageman,p Roy Radebaugh,p Rafael Almeida,3b Joe Riggert,lf
New York (A) Hank Robinson,p Bill James,p Gus Williams,rf Gus Fisher,c Ed Kelpfer,p
Chicago (A) Earl Hamilton,p Tex Covington,p Jimmy Esmond,ss Ivey Wingo,c Marty Berghammer,ss
Cincinnati Buck O'Brien,p Joe Willis,p Blaine Thomas,p Rip Williams,c Raleigh Aitchison,p
Cleveland Larry Cheney,p Lefty George,p Red Smith,3b Frank Gilhooley,rf Chet Hoff,p
St.Louis (A) Steve O'Neill,c George Burns,lf Vic Saier,1b Mike Fitzgerald,lf Les Nunamaker,c
Chicago (N) Jack Lively,p Bill Schardt,p Walt Miller,p Jesse Baker,p Newt Hunter,1b
St.Louis (N) Ed Donnelly,p Elmer Brown,p George Jackson,lf Judge Nagle,p Josh Swindell,p
Boston (A) Jack Killilay,p Wiley Taylor,p Guy Zinn,cf Tom Long,rf Sherry Smith,p
Boston (N) Pug Cavet,p Jimmy Johnston,cf Ray Morgan,2b Armando Marsans,cf Reggie Richter,p
Philadelphia (A) Tilly Walker,lf Ping Bodie,cf Lee Magee,lf Paddy Baumann,2b Ivy Olson,ss
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Detroit Pete Standridge,p Buck Stanley,p Jake Smith,p Jack Ness,1b Gene Woodburn,p
Brooklyn Curly Brown,p Allan Collamore,p Herb Juul,p Harry Welchonce,rf Bill McTigue,p
Washington Dave Danforth,p Gene Dale,p Denney Wilie,lf Howard Armstrong,p Toots Shultz,p
Philadelphia (N) Willie Hogan, lf Scotty Ingerton,3b Pete Compton,lf George Zackert,p Ed Hallinan,ss
Pittsburgh Fred Sherry,p Clarence Mitchell,p Troy Puckett,p Larry Lejeune,cf Walter Lonergan,2b
New York (N) Bert Hall,p Jud Daley,lf Mike Balenti,ss Wally Mayer,c Squanto Wilson,c
New York (A) Barney Schreiber,p Harry Spratt,ss Walt Herrell,p Lep Long,p Jim Clark,cf
Chicago (A) Charlie Becker,p Wally Smith,3b Paul Krichell,c Stubby Magner,ss Clarence Lehr,2b
Cincinnati Elmer Leonard,p Ensign Cottrell,p Jack Lewis,2b Jack Reis,p Johnny Priest,2b
Cleveland Art Butler,2b Hank Griffin,p Hal Janvrin,ss Fuller Thompson,p Hughie Miller,1b
St.Louis (A) Gene Paulette,1b Harry Gardner,p Hank Butcher,lf Bill Harper,p John Quinn,c
Chicago (N) Jack Compton,p Bill Jones,cf Al Kaiser,cf Guy Tutwiler,1b Chester Emerson,rf
St.Louis (N) Bill Lindsay,3b Lou Lowdermilk,p Joe Kutina,1b Ernie Ovitz,p Gene Elliott,rf
Boston (A) Grover Hartley,c Dave Rowan,1b Otto McIvor,rf Jack McAdams,p Ed Conwell,3b
Boston (N) Bert Tooley,ss Milt Reed,ss Bob Williams,c Howie Gregory,p Jack Mills,3b
Philadelphia (A) Jim Baskette,p Roy Corhan,ss Charlie Faust,p Biff Schaller,lf Joe Giannini,ss