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Announcements
Boston (N) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Rustlers.

Brooklyn - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Washington - Announced that they are moving to a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Griffith Stadium.



Free Agency

Here are where the major free agents are heading.

Roger Bresnahan, c - Signed a 5-year, $184,290 contract with Boston (N)
Dave Altizer, ss - Signed a 2-year, $43,280 contract with Boston (N)
Mike Mowrey, ss - Signed a 1-year, $5,700 contract with Brooklyn
Johnny Bates, rf - Signed a 4-year, $197,110 contract with St.Louis (N)



Winter Trades
10/26 - New York (N) gets p Ed Foster (0-0, 0.0 ip), Cleveland gets ss Joe Tinker (29 yrs old, .229-1-12-3) and 1b Charlie Mullen (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/27 - Cleveland gets p Sam Frock (27 yrs old, 9-19, 4.12 era, 253.1 ip, 123 k), New York (N) gets ss Neal Ball (29 yrs old, .192-1-27-10) and 1b Charlie Mullen (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - Chicago (A) gets lf Bill Hinchman (27 yrs old, .252-0-34-19), Cleveland gets 1b Dode Criss (25 yrs old, .261-3-58-7)
11/17 - Boston (N) gets c Bunny Madden (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets cf Burt Shotton (26 yrs old, .312-1-11-11) and c Bill Killefer (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - Pittsburgh gets lf Rube Ellis (25 yrs old, .284-1-42-31) and cf Jim Clark (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets ss Tommy Leach (33 yrs old, .214-2-26-14)
12/06 - Cincinnati gets p Burt Keeley (31 yrs old, 12-2, 2.93 era, 119.2 ip, 35 k), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Jack Lewis (26 yrs old, .287-1-19-7)
12/06 - Boston (A) gets p Orth Collins (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets c Ed Phelps (30 yrs old, .272-0-10-5)
12/06 - Boston (A) gets p George Suggs (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets lf John Titus (34 yrs old, .276-5-53-30) and 2b Joe Burns (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/09 - St.Louis (A) gets p Tom Hughes (26 yrs old, 11-17, 3.08 era, 234.0, 117 k) and rf Chester Emerson (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets 2b Dick Egan (26 yrs old, .272-1-49-33) and 3b Hap Morse (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/09 - New York (A) gets p William Mathews (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets cf Rebel Oakes (26 yrs old, .291-1-41-28)
12/10 - Detroit gets lf George Jackson (28 yrs old, .286-0-6-3), St.Louis (N) gets c Syd Smith (27 yrs old, .349-1-11-1)
12/16 - Chicago (N) gets p George Bell (36 yrs old, 10-15, 3.50 era, 208.0 ip, 76 k), Washington gets 1b Newt Hunter (30 yrs old, .220-0-9-2) and ss Hap Morse (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/01 - Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Rollie Zeider (27 yrs old, .262-0-8-3) and cf Jim Clark (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets rf Chick Stahl (37 yrs old, .273-6-77-55) and 1b John Black (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/03 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Frank Arellanes (28 yrs old, 15-20, 3.14 era, 324.0 ip, 117 k) and c Bill McCarthy (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets cf Ward Miller (26 yrs old, .281-0-11-9) and 3b Les Channell (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)



Retirements

rf John Anderson, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he batted .294 with 9 homers, 81 rbi and 20 stolen bases in 135 games.
.277 avg, 47 hr, 854 rbi, 1796 h, 271 2b, 137 3b, 857 r, 259 sb

1b Duff Cooley, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .339 with 7 homers, 75 rbi and 27 stolen bases in 132 games.
.277 avg, 27 hr, 697 rbi, 1933 h, 225 2b, 113 3b, 1015 r, 281 sb

1b Harry Davis, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .335 with 6 homers, 91 rbi and 24 stolen bases in 121 games.
.264 avg, 49 hr, 748 rbi, 1512 h, 260 2b, 147 3b, 757 r, 244 sb

rf Lou Gertenrich, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

c Mike Grady, age 41 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .339 with 3 homers, 54 rbi and 58 sb in 125 games.
.287 avg, 50 hr, 776 rbi, 1911 h, 248 2b, 95 3b, 977 r, 394 sb

cf Billy Hamilton, age 45 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .404 with 4 homers, 87 rbi and 98 stolen bases in 129 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame.
.316 avg, 50 hr, 879 rbi, 2646 h, 297 2b, 111 3b, 1922 r, 1060 sb

lf Tom McCreery, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .351 with 7 homers, 65 rbi and 26 stolen bases in 115 games.
.267 avg, 46 hr, 626 rbi, 1666 h, 180 2b, 102 3b, 849 r, 324 sb

1b Dan McGann, age 39 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .300 with 7 homers, 90 rbi and 27 stolen bases in 139 games.
.278 avg, 37 hr, 693 rbi, 1483 h, 208 2b, 90 3b, 828 r, 377 sb

lf Kip Selbach, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .306 with 7 homers, 71 rbi and 21 stolen bases in 97 games.
.284 avg, 40 hr, 759 rbi, 1672 h, 280 2b, 137 3b, 969 r, 340 sb

1b Fred Tenney, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .347 with 1 homer, 67 rbi and 28 stolen bases in 150 games.
.293 avg, 18 hr, 808 rbi, 1982 h, 239 2b, 85 3b, 1061 r, 278 sb

c John Warner, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .309 with 1 homer, 34 rbi and 16 stolen bases in 119 games.
.258 avg, 6 hr, 305 rbi, 828 h, 74 2b, 21 3b, 358 r, 83 sb



First Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four             Round Five
Chicago (A)       Al Demaree,p          Joe Boehling,p        George Davis,p       Frank Gregory,p        Marty Krug,ss
Pittsburgh        Hugh Bedient,p        Tom Seaton,p          Happy Finneran,p     Allan Travers,p        Roger Salmon,p
Detroit           Gene Packard,p        Bill Steen,p          Casey Stengel,cf     Harry Smith,p          Howie Shanks,lf
Washington        Eppa Rixey,p          Harry Moran,p         Bobby Veach,lf       Ray Schalk,c           Joe Vernon,p
Brooklyn          Bill Doak,p           Pol Perritt,p         Jim Viox,2b          Charley Wheatley,p     Possum Whitted,3b
Chicago (N)       Jimmy Lavender,p      George Pearce,p       Ray Chapman,ss       Bert Brenner,p         Joe Agler,1b
New York (A)      Jeff Tesreau,p        Dan Griner,p          Buck Weaver,ss       Phil Redding,p         Ernie Johnson,ss
New York (N)      Wilbur Cooper,p       Frank Allen,p         Heinie Groh,2b       Ted Goulait,p          George Cutshaw,2b
Cincinnati        Ray Keating,p         Roy Crabb,p           Del Pratt,2b         Dave Robertson,rf      Pat McGehee,p
Cleveland         Phil Douglas,p        George Baumgardner,p  Tex McDonald,rf      John Kelleher,3b       Buddy Napier,p
St.Louis (A)      Benny Kauff,rf        Cy Williams,lf        Rabbit Maranville,ss Frank O'Rourke,ss      Herb Pennock,p
St.Louis (N)      Erskine Mayer,p       Al Schulz,p           Lore Bader,p         Bun Troy,p             Fred Lamline,p
Philadelphia (N)  Carl Weilman,p        Byron Houck,p         Joe Engel,p          Buddy Ryan,cf          Stan Coveleski,p
Philadelphia (A)  Jack Fournier,1b      Bill Kenworthy,2b     Jimmie Savage,rf     Lefty Schegg,p         Bob Fisher,ss
Boston (N)        Hooks Dauss,p         Joe Bush,p            Del Paddock,3b       Eddie Murphy,rf        Jim Bagby,p
Boston (A)        Ernie Shore,p         Willie Jensen,p       George Boehler,p     Babe Borton,1b         Bert Gallia,p



Team              Round Six             Round Seven           Round Eight          Round Nine             Round Ten
Chicago (A)       Walt Johnson,p        George Shears,p       Rudy Sommers,p       Howard Baker,3b        Jim Neher,p
Pittsburgh        Howard McGraner,p     Enos Kirkpatrick,3b   Maury Kent,p         Dixie Davis,p          Ben Taylor,p
Detroit           Hardin Barry,p        Mike Gonzalez,c       Hanson Horsey,p      Heinie Jantzen,rf      Bill Prough,p
Washington        Rip Jordan,p          Jerry Akers,p         Charlie Deal,3b      Doug Smith,p           Bill Stumpf,ss
Brooklyn          Hank Ritter,p         Wally Mattick,cf      Ted Cather,rf        Willie Adams,p         Ed Donalds,p
Chicago (N)       Rube Peters,p         Ed Mensor,cf          Huck Wallace,p       Ed Burns,c             Ernie Wolf,p
New York (A)      Paul Musser,p         Joe Mathes,2b         Hick Cady,c          Ollie O'Mara,ss        Roland Howell,p
New York (N)      Rube Marshall,p       Dutch Sterrett,cf     Frank Harter,p       Rivington Bisland,ss   Slim Harrell,p
Cincinnati        Frank Snyder,c        La Rue Kirby,p        Bunny Brief,1b       Hack Spencer,p         Bill Brady,p
Cleveland         Joe Schultz,2b        Pete Knisely,cf       Bill Hunter,cf       Flame Delhi,p          Jim Galloway,2b
St.Louis (A)      Stump Edington,rf     Ken Nash,ss           Wally Rehg,rf        Bill Cramer,p          Harry Chapman,c
St.Louis (N)      Wheezer Dell,p        Ed Warner,p           Walt Kuhn,c          Steve White,p          Frank Nicholson,p
Philadelphia (N)  Jimmy Walsh,lf        Len Madden,p          Lefty James,p        Chuck Tompkins,p       Herb Herring,p
Philadelphia (A)  Tommy Thompson,p      Elmer Miller,lf       Alex Remneas,p       John Dodge,3b          Pat Maloney,cf
Boston (N)        Ossie Vitt,2b         Roy Walker,p          John Daley,ss        Frank Crossin,c        Ed Miller,1b
Boston (A)        Jack Martin,ss        Earl Blackburn,c      Pinch Thomas,c       Ralph Bell,p           Gil Whitehouse,c