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Announcements
Boston (A) - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Fenway Park.
Boston (N) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Braves.
Cincinnati - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Crosley Field.
Detroit - Announced that they will be renovating the ballpark and will be renaming it. The ballpark will be renamed Navin Field.



Free Agency

Here is the list of the major free agents and where they are heading.

Roy Hartzell, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $2,640 contract with Washington
Honus Wagner, ss - Signed a 3-year, $208,710 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 2-year, $146,160 contract with Chicago (N)



Trades
11/01 - Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Amby McConnell (28 yrs old, .310-0-19-0) and ss Ollie O'Mara (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets p Orval Overall (30 yrs old, 15-22, 3.00 era, 339.1 ip, 215 k) and cf Pat Maloney (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/14 - Brooklyn gets c Rip Williams (29 yrs old, .266-0-27-11), Cincinnati gets cf Jimmy Sheckard (32 yrs old, .270-3-76-36) and 1b Dan McGarvey (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/22 - Brooklyn gets ss Joe Tinker (30 yrs old, .266-0-27-11), Cleveland gets 1b Joe Delahanty (32 yrs old, .273-2-35-10) and cf Dutch Zwilling (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/03 - Boston (N) gets p Eddie Cicotte (27 yrs old, 3-0, 1 sv, 2.03 era, 13.1 ip, 9 k), Cincinnati gets ss Dave Altizer (35 yrs old, .312-7-89-38)
12/03 - St.Louis (N) gets p Irv Young (34 yrs old, 17-16, 3.91 era, 278.1 ip, 114 k), Pittsburgh gets c Syd Smith (28 yrs old, .294-1-25-4)
12/03 - Washington gets p Ed Hendricks (26 yrs old, 3-5, 10 sv, 3.02 era, 89.1 ip, 49 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Harl Maggert (28 yrs old, .232-1-39-7)
12/03 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Jack Quinn (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Rollie Zeider (28 yrs old, .244-2-26-21) and ss Charlie Enwright (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/05 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Barney Schreiber (0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets 3b Ed McDonald (25 yrs old, .286-4-72-17)
12/18 - New York (A) gets p Vean Gregg (26 yrs old, 2-4, 2 sv, 5.67 era, 60.1 ip, 40 k), New York (N) gets 1b Ben Houser (28 yrs old, .000-0-1-0)
12/21 - Detroit gets 2b Miller Huggins (32 yrs old, .309-2-36-28), New York (N) gets lf Jack Graney (25 yrs old, .259-0-21-4)
01/19 - Boston (N) gets p Elmer Steele (25 yrs old, 9-1, 2.86 era, 104.0 ip, 29 k), Cincinnati gets cf Rube Oldring (27 yrs old, .327-1-27-17)
01/24 - Pittsburgh gets p Addie Joss (30 yrs old, 13-22, 3.34 era, 298.2 ip, 97 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Rube Ellis (26 yrs old, .294-4-44-14)



Retirements

lf Nixey Callahan, age 37 - 16 seasons - His best season was in 1907 when he batted .283 with 0 homers, 37 rbi and 15 sb in 85 games.
.245 avg, 12 hr, 445 rbi, 1165 h, 178 2b, 78 3b, 538 r, 218 sb

3b Phil Geier, age 36 - 14 seasons - His best season was in 1901 when he batted .294 with 0 homers, 52 rbi and 28 sb in 124 games.
.245 avg, 4 hr, 225 rbi, 513 h, 61 2b, 24 3b, .240 r, 97 sb

2b Emmet Heidrick, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .339 with 3 homers, 75 rbi and 57 sb in 113 games.
.285 avg, 14 hr, 496 rbi, 1268 h, 145 2b, 62 3b, 564 r, 315 sb

lf Fred Ketchum, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .324 with 0 hr, 2 rbi and 1 sb in 18 games.
.281 avg, 0 hr, 11 rbi, 36 h, 3.2b h, 0 3b, 19 r, 4 sb

2b Otto Krueger, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .269 with 0 hr, 50 rbi and 25 sb in 138 games.
.250 avg, 1 hr, 122 rbi, 3373 h, 53 2b, 17 3b, 184 r, 55 sb

cf Cy Seymour, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .357 with 3 homers, 68 rbi and 56 sb in 140 games.
.283 avg, 35 hr, 541 rbi, 1427 h, 171 2b, 71 3b, 687 r, 247 sb

cf Jim McHale, age 36 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .249 with 0 homers, 26 rbi and 5 sb in 70 games.
.233 avg, 0 hr, 43 rbi, 82 h, 16 2b, 4 3b, 38 r, 7 sb

cf George Browne, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .278 with 1 homer, 52 rbi and 19 sb in 129 games.
.256 avg, 19 hr, 291 rbi, 806 h, 105 2b, 32 3b, 390 r, 190 sb

lf Jesse Burkett, age 43 - 22 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .409 with 5 homers, 83 rbi and 41 sb in 131 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame.
.340 avg, 73 hr, 989 rbi, 2918 h, 309 2b, 155 3b, 1660 r, 462 sb

c Charlie Dexter, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he batted .314 with 1 homer, 66 rbi and 44 sb in 112 games.
.239 avg, 24 hr, 503 rbi, 1099 h, 122 2b, 48 3b, 571 r, 262 sb

rf Bill Hallman, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .274 with 0 homers, 32 rbi and 19 sb in 107 games.
.253 avg, 0 hr, 76 rbi, 190 h, 24 2b, 3 3b, 96 r, 33 sb

sp Bob Ewing, age 37 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he compiled a 21-18 record with a 2.39 era and 182 k in 343.1 innings.
107-134, 1 sv, 2.53 era, 2108.2 ip, 631 bb, 900 k

sp Oscar Jones, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he compiled a 12-20 record with a 3.14 era and 64 k in 289.2 innings.
41-70, 0 sv, 3.24 era, 985.0 ip, 319 bb, 287 k

rf Walt McCredie, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he batted .246 with 4 homers, 33 rbi and 12 sb in 112 games.
.250 avg, 5 hr, 85 rbi, 249 h, 28 2b, 7 3b, 125 r, 33 sb

mr Ed Taylor, age 34 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 16.20 era, 3.1 ip, 6 r, 6 er, 3 bb, 0 k

lf Fred Odwell, age 39 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .260 with 3 homers, 56 rbi and 41 sb in 145 games.
.231 avg, 9 hr, 205 rbi, 502 h, 74 2b, 21 3b, 223 r, 120 sb

mr John Halla, age 27 - 1 season.
0-0, 1 sv, 2.86 era, 22.0 ip, 9 r, 7 er, 7 bb, 9 k

sp King Brady, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 12.00 era, 3.0 ip, 4 r, 4 er, 3 bb, 1 k

sp Harry Hardy, age 36 - 3 seasons.
1-9, 0 sv, 2.59 era, 73.0 ip, 38 r, 21 er, 27 bb, 20 k

mr Charlie Jackson, age 35 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k

mr Ollie Johns, age 32 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 2.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 0 k

mr Walt Justis, age 28 - 3 seasons.
0-2, 0 sv, 3.18 era, 17.0 ip, 10 r, 6 er, 9 bb, 0 k

sp Ed Kinsella, age 30 - 3 seasons.
28-29, 2 sv, 3.05 era, 445.0 ip, 206 r, 151 er, 125 bb, 100 k

mr Louis Leroy, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 1-2 record with 6 saves, a 2.76 era and 4 k in 16.1 innings.
5-7, 18 sv, 3.07 era, 73.1 ip, 34 r, 25 er, 21 bb, 32 k

sp Moxie Manuel, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k

sp Joseph Myers, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 1 sv, 3.50 era, 1.1 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 0 k

mr John McDonald, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.38 era, 5.1 ip, 3 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 1 k



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four             Round Five
Brooklyn          Ralph Comstock,p      Dick Robertson,p      Hal Schwenk,p        Tommy Griffith,rf      Larry Kopf,ss
Chicago (A)       Dutch Leonard,p       Walt Leverenz,p       Charlie Grover,p     William Fischer,c      Ernie Walker,rf
New York (N)      Reb Russell,p         Dwight Stone,p        Pat Bohen,p          Ralph Young,2b         Jim Thorpe,rf
Pittsburgh        Doc Ayers,p           Weldon Wyckoff,p      Charlie Boardman,p   Paul Strand,p          Ernie Krueger,c
Philadelphia (A)  Doc Watson,p          Edd Roush,cf          Fritz Maisel,3b      Fred Kommers,cf        Henri Rondeau,c
Washington        Chief Johnson,p       Wally Schang,c        Jim Scoggins,p       Hugh High,cf           Chick Smith,p
Detroit           Nick Cullop,p         Joe Connolly,lf       Erwin Renfer,p       Rube Schaver,p         Carl Zamloch,p
New York (A)      Earl Moseley,p        Johnny Bassler,c      John Schenberg,p     Joe Gedeon,lf          Lew McCarty,c
St.Louis (A)      Lefty Williams,p      Billy Southworth,cf   Milt Stock,3b        Red McKee,c            Dick Niehaus,p
Cincinnati        Frank Miller,p        Al Scheer,lf          Al Wickland,rf       John Taff,p            Joe Conzelman,p
Boston (N)        Jim Shaw,p            Nemo Leibold,cf       Claude Cooper,lf     Merito Acosta,lf       Doc Imlay,p
Cleveland         Al Mamaux,p           Bubbles Hargrave,c    Wally Pipp,1b        Harry Harper,p         Doc Lavan,ss
Philadelphia (N)  Rube Foster,p         Bob Smith,p           Vern Duncan,cf       Doc Cook,rf            Cy Pieh,p
St.Louis (N)      Bob Shawkey,p         Wild Bill Luhrsen,p   Ferdie Schupp,p      Bert Niehoff,2b        Win Noyes,p
Chicago (N)       Bill James,p          Benny Meyer,rf        Ray Powell,cf        Ernie Herbert,p        Johnny Beall,cf
Boston (A)        Lynn Brenton,p        Bernie Duffy,p        Les Mann,cf          Fred Smith,3b          Fred House,p



Team              Round Six             Round Seven           Round Eight          Round Nine             Round Ten
Brooklyn          Slim Love,p           Tod Sloan,rf          Lefty Gervais,p      Bert Whaling,c         Walt Marbet,p
Chicago (A)       Harry Trekell,p       Bill Lathrop,p        Andy Harrington,p    Roy Wood,1b            Dick Gossett,c
New York (N)      Geroge Clark, p       Milo Allison,cr       Eddie Eayrs,p        Larry Chappell,lf      Skipper Roberts,c
Pittsburgh        Mutt Williams,p       Bob Coleman,c         John Wilson,c        Lute Boone,2b          Wickey McAvoy,c
Philadelphia (A)  Zip Zabel,p           Sam Agnew,c           Dee Walsh,ss         Fritz Mollwitz,1b      Wesley Callahan,ss
Washington        Al Clauss,p           Harry Fritz,3b        Everett Booe,rf      Jim Haislip,p          Sam Covington,1b
Detroit           Lou North,p           Oscar Dugey,2b        Lee Dashner,p        Billy meyer,c          Bill McAllester,c
New York (A)      Jack Bentley,p        Ray Bates,3b          Charlie Harding,p    Palmer Hildebrand,c    Luther Bonin,rf
St.Louis (A)      Leo Callahan,cf       Bill Hall,p           Bill Holden,cf       Lefty Lorenzen,p       Tom Daly,p
Cincinnati        Frank Gibson,c        Jim Hanley,p          Don Costello,rf      Ray Hartranft,p        Josh Billings,c
Boston (N)        Zinn Beck,3b          Harry Hedgpeth,p      Jim Breton,3b        Dave Gregg,p           Billy Orr,ss
Cleveland         Pop-Boy Smith,p       Jack Powell,p         Paul Maloy,p         Luke Glavenich,p       Joe Smith,c
Philadelphia (N)  Drummond Brown,c      Gene Cocreham,p       Heinie Elder,p       Rex Dawson,p           Walt Tragesser,c
St.Louis (N)      Buzzy Wares,ss        Tom Drohan,p          Joe McMadus,p        Bull Wagner,p          Wally Snell,c
Chicago (N)       Johnny Johnston,lf    Harry Williams,1b     Dave Morey,p         Pete Schmidt,p         Jack Calvo,rf
Boston (A)        George Maisel,cf      Bill Hopper,p         Joe Berger,2b        Esty Chaney,p          Bill Hobbs,2b