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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
Posts: 998
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1912-13 Winter
Announcements
Brooklyn - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Ebbets Field.
New York (A) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the New York Yankees. The team also announced that there was a massive fire at Hilltop Park and that they have agreed to move into the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Giants. The Yankees have also agreed to pay rent for the use of the facilities and ballpark.
Free Agency
Here are where the major free agents have been signed.
"Pete" Alexander, sp - Signed a 1-year, $10,470 contract with Pittsburgh
Jim Buchanan, sp - Signed a 3-year, $111,220 contract with Washington
Ed Hughes, sp - Signed a 4-year, $97,420 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Harry Wolter, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $21,680 contract with Boston (N)
John Kane, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $5,410 contract with St.Louis (N)
Al Bridwell, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $5,190 contract with Brooklyn
Donie Bush, ss - Signed a 3-year, $66,270 contract with Boston (N)
Buck Herzog, ss - Signed a 2-year, $35,480 contract with Boston (A)
Joe Tinker, ss - Signed a 1-year, $5,820 contract with Brooklyn
Bob Bescher, lf - Signed a 4-year, $185,280 contract with Boston (A)
Doc Gessler, rf - Signed a 4-year, $111,400 contract with New York (N)
Trades
10/09 - Boston (N) gets p Harry Krause (25 yrs old, 10-15, 4.04 era, 211.2 ip, 108 k), Brooklyn gets cf Armando Marsans (25 yrs old, .403-2-49-50)
10/22 - Cleveland gets p Marty McHale (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets rf Al Shaw (31 yrs old, .233-2-24-18) and c Joe Smith (18 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - Cincinnati gets 1b Ed Konetchy (27 yrs old, .340-12-120-41), Chicago (N) gets cf Rube Oldring (28 yrs old, .266-3-36-21)
10/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ed Hendricks (27 yrs old, 1-1, 6 sv, 4.45 era, 30.1 ip, 13 k), Washington gets 3b Jimmie Savage (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Wesley Callahan (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Al Demaree (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets 1b Chick Gandel (25 yrs old, .302-9-91-33) and lf Biff Schaller (23 yrs old, .261-5-55-24)
11/02 - New York (A) gets ss Lena Blackburne (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets rf Jack Dalton (27 yrs old, .219-0-1-0) and lf Joe Gedeoin (18 yrs old, .125-0-0-0)
11/11 - Detroit gets p Hub Perdue (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Pittsburgh gets c George Gibson (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - Cincinnati gets p Burt Keeley (33 yrs old, 21-12, 2.70 era, 293.1 ip, 109 k), Boston (A) gets 3b Ed McDonald (26 yrs old, .301-4-53-11) and ss Ray Mowe (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - St.Louis (N) gets 2b Baldy Louden (27 yrs old, .241-0-13-13) and lf Larry Chappell (22 yrs old, .284-0-5-3)
11/22 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Charley Hall (27 yrs old, 0-0, 6.75 era, 2.2 ip, 2 k), New York (N) gets c Art Wilson (26 yrs old, .235-3-39-2)
11/28 - Cincinnati gets p Bill Otey (25 yrs old, 6-4, 4 sv, 2.44 era, 81.0 ip, 33 k) and 1b Eddie Onslow (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets cf Ginger Beaumont (36 yrs old, .260-3-40-27) and c Frank Snyder (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/01 - Chicago (N) gets p Roy Hitt (25 yrs old, 18-10, 2.73 era, 267.1 ip, 149 k) and 1b Eddie Onslow (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets c Johnny Kling (37 yrs old, .211-3-28-0)
12/01 - New York (N) gets p Bob Groom (28 yrs old, 15-23, 3.42 era, 337.1 ip, 176 k), Pittsburgh gets 2b George Cutshaw (25 yrs old, .237-0-21-2) and c Skipper Roberts (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/01 - Philadelphia (A) gets p George Suggs (30 yrs old, 26-12, 2.51 era, 329.2 ip, 117 k), Boston gets cf Fred Kommers (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Joe Giannini (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - Cincinnati gets p Eddie Plank (37 yrs old, 13-17, 3.64 era, 304.0 ip, 172 k), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Bill Keister (38 yrs old, .324-3-40-26)
12/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Roy Witherup (26 yrs old, 10-21, 3.79 era, 277.2 ip, 125 k) and ss Rivington Bisland (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets lf Tilly Walker (25 yrs old, .286-1-9-2)
12/03 - Chicago (A) gets p Jerry Akers (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets 1b Bill Hinchman (29 yrs old, .247-0-32-5)
12/04 - New York (A) gets p Oscar Graham (34 yrs old, 13-16, 4.43 era, 270.0 ip, 116 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Jimmy Archer (29 yrs old, .287-3-20-0) and c Johnny Bassler (17 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/11 - Pittsburgh gets p Gene Packard (25 yrs old, 0-2, 5.75 era, 20.1 ip, 10 k), Detroit gets ss Eddie Foster (23 yrs old, .292-1-55-11)
12/17 - St.Louis (N) gets p Chief Johnson (26 yrs old, 9-12, 4.14 era, 174.0 ip, 84 k), Washington gets ss Rollie Zeider (29 yrs old, .211-0-41-44)
01/17 - Philadelphia (A) gets c Ed Phelps (32 yrs old, .284-0-14-2), Cincinnati gets rf Elmer Flick (37 yrs old, .244-3-40-20)
Retirements
3b Wid Conroy, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .282 with 2 homers, 62 rbi and 28 sb in 128 games.
.226 avg, 11 hr, 282 rbi, 632 h, 104 2b, 41 3b, 317 r, 143 sb
rf Lefty Davis, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .341 with 3 homers, 73 rbi and 72 sb in 142 games.
.256 avg, 15 hr, 324 rbi, 911 h, 109 2b, 51 3b, 519 r, 332 sb
3b John Dobbs, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .278 with 1 homer, 34 rbi and 12 sb in 116 games.
.254 avg, 9 hr, 361 rbi, 865 h, 121 2b, 33 3b, 402 r, 113 sb
cf Truck Eagan, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.169 avg, 0 hr, 10 rbi, 14 h, 2 2b, 0 3b, 7 r, 3 sb
cf Billy Lush, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .301 with 0 homers, 46 rbi and 37 sb in 154 games.
.250 avg, 19 hr, 538 rbi, 1551 h, 154 2b, 95 3b, 915 r, 418 sb
cf Chick Stahl, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .363 with 10 homers, 87 rbi and 81 sb in 139 games.
.288 avg, 56 hr, 819 rbi, 2066 h, 319 2b, 116 3b, 1067 r, 413 sb
rf Bunk Congalton, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .327 with 5 homers, 71 rbi and 22 sb in 153 games.
.285 avg, 14 hr, 321 rbi, 865 h, 84 2b, 25 3b, 305 r, 78 sb
rf Pete LePine, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .291 with 3 homers, 20 rbi and 4 sb in 54 games.
.265 avg, 3 hr, 31 rbi, 48 h, 7 2b, 2 3b, 26 r, 5 sb
lf Dusty Miller, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .261 with 1 homer, 18 rbi and 9 sb in 80 games.
.241 avg, 2 hr, 45 rbi, 109 h, 13 2b, 8 3b, 36 r, 12 sb
ss Mike Donovan, age 31 - 1 season.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
3b She Donahue, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .500 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 0 sb in 11 games.
.211 avg, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 4 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 2 r, 0 sb
cf Bill Byers, age 35 - 1 season.
.250 avg, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 2 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb
cf Otto Clymer, age 37 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he batted .338 with 0 homers, 26 rbi and 33 sb in 128 games.
.268 avg, 2 hr, 160 rbi, 452 h, 41 2b, 22 3b, 194 r, 107 sb
2b Ike Rockenfield, age 36 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .355 with 0 homers, 5 rbi and 0 sb in 24 games.
.217 avg, 0 hr, 15 rbi, 43 h, 4 2b, 1 3b, 18 r, 4 sb
ss Red Morgan, age 29 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .615 with 0 homers, 3 rbi and 0 sb in 13 games.
.297 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 11 h, 2 2b, 1 3b, 3 r, 0 sb
rf Dick Bayless, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .333 with 0 homers, 1 rbi and 0 sb in 14 games.
.300 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 6 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 2 r, 0 sb
sp Phil Stremmel, age 32 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 4.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 7 bb, 1 k
1b Frank Chance, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .278 with 0 homers, 42 rbi and 58 sb in 131 games.
.265 avg, 14 hr, 548 rbi, 1333 h, 211 2b, 107 3b, 763 r, 414 sb
sp Red Donahue, age 40 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 20-10 record with a 2.22 era and 75 k in 263.0 innings.
231-240, 6 sv, 3.29 era, 4232.2 ip, 2168 r, 1548 er, 997 bb, 1226 k
sp Wild Bill Donovan, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 24-15 record with a 1.62 era and 185 k in 366.1 innings.
143-127, 8 sv, 2.75 era, 248.1 ip, 105 r, 740 er, 961 bb, 1184 k
2b Kid Elberfeld, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .304 with 3 homers, 65 rbi and 34 sb in 143 games.
.293 avg, 13 hr, 628 rbi, 1787 h, 163 2b, 55 3b, 816 r, 350 sb
ss Charlie Hickman, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .324 with 11 homers, 106 rbi and 13 sb in 139 games.
.277 avg, 49 hr, 698 rbi, 1312 h, 266 2b, 82 3b, 605 r, 119 sb
lf Jim Jackson, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .355 with 0 homers, 2 rbi and 0 sb in 11 games.
.235 avg, 1 hr, 58 rbi, 150 h, 19 2b, 5 3b, 65 r, 17 sb
sp Deacon Phillippe, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 24-10 record with a 2.74 era and 130 k in 315.0 innings.
166-163, 19 sv, 2.86 era, 2914.0 ip, 1332 r, 926 er, 562 bb, 1074 k
cf Irv Waldron, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .273 with 1 homer, 53 rbi and 62 sb in 152 games.
.265 avg, 5 hr, 409 rbi, 1251 h, 157 2b, 61 3b, 606 r, 330 sb
sp Fred Glade, age 36 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 23-16 record with a 2.01 era and 151 k in 340.1 innings.
68-68, 0 sv, 2.60 era, 1234.2 ip, 508 r, 357 er, 299 bb, 520 k
mr Joe Adams, age 34 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 1.50 era, 6.0 ip, 3 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 k
sp Chappie McFarland, age 36 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 15-13 record with a 2.23 era and 137 k in 254.0 innings.
53-46, 2 sv, 2.54 era, 867.0 ip, 336 r, 245 er, 237 bb, 342 k
sp George Mullin, age 31 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1908 whein he compiled a 28-10 record with a 1.61 era and 130 k in 346.2 innings.
122-108, 5 sv, 2.67 era, 2127.0 ip, 892 r, 632 er, 680 bb, 826 k
mr Cy Vorhees, age 37 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 2-0 record with a 0.77 era and 9 k in 23.1 innings.
2-0, 0 sv, 2.17 era, 29.0 ip, 9 r, 7 er, 17 bb, 12 k
mr Dave Williams, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 5-5 record with a 2.33 era and 31 k in 89.0 innings.
14-13, 4 sv, 2.86 era, 198.0 ip, 84 r, 63 er, 86 bb, 69 k
sp Fred Burchell, age 33 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled an 11-15 record with a 3.46 era and 102 k in 252.2 innings.
36-47, 6 sv, 3.06 era, 773.2 ip, 385 r, 263 er, 296 bb, 331 k
sp Jack Doscher, age 32 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 10-6 record with 1 save, a 2.53 era and 84 k in 174.0 innings.
30-31, 3 sv, 2.93 era, 565.1 ip, 257 r, 184 er, 237 bb, 238 k
mr John Barthold, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 1.69 era and 1 k in 5.1 innings.
1-1, 0 sv, 1.08 era, 8.1 ip, 2 r, 1 er, 4 bb, 2 k
mr Andy Bruckmiller, age 31 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 3.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 0 k
sp Ernie Baker, age 37 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
sp Ed Reulbach, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 10-10 record with a 3.93 era and 66 k in 183.1 innings.
15-18, 8 sv, 3.08 era, 338.2 ip, 152 r, 116 er, 159 bb, 142 k
sp Jake Thielman, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 21-16 record with a 2.43 era and 131 k in 345.0 innings.
74-57, 2 sv, 2.36 era, 1228.2 ip, 456 r, 322 er, 315 bb, 394 k
sp Rip Vowinkel, age 28 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 20-16 record with a 1.95 era and 147 k in 337.0 innings.
80-69, 0 sv, 2.51 era, 1376.1 ip, 564 r, 384 er, 415 bb, 560 k
mr Lou Fiene, age 28 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 7-8 record with 1 save, a 2.32 era and 50 k in 112.2 innings.
16-22, 4 sv, 3.28 era, 329.0 ip, 164 r, 120 er, 115 bb, 133 k
mr Fred Beebe, age 32 - 3 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 2.45 era, 7.1 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 5 bb, 5 k
sp Irv Higginbotham, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 9.00 era, 2.0 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 2 k
sp "Salida Tom" Hughes, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he compiled a 20-16 record with a 2.22 era and 152 k in 320.1 innings.
87-90, 0 sv, 2.79 era, 1530.2 ip, 697 r, 474 er, 537 bb, 672 k
mr John McCloskey, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 4.0 ip, 3 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 3 k
sp Tex Neuer, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 5-6 record with 1 save, a 3.31 era and 26 k in 89.2 innings.
11-15, 1 sv, 3.09 era, 233.0 ip, 116 r, 80 er, 82 bb, 56 k
sp Bill Burns, age 33 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 6-3 record with a 1.96 era and 29 k in 91.2 innings.
14-7, 1 sv, 2.26 era, 199.0 ip, 70 r, 50 er, 38 bb, 76 k
sp Ralph Savidge, age 34 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 0 k
sp Buck Stanley, age 23 - 1 season.
1-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
New York (N) Guy Morton,p George Kaiserling,p Braggo Roth,rf George LeClair,p John Potts,rf
St.Louis (A) Harry Heilmann,rf Paul Carter,p George Burns,1b Bill Wambsganss,ss Allen Sothoron,p
Pittsburgh Dolf Luque,p Fin Wilson,p Abe Bowman,p Johnny Enzmann,p Al Halt,3b
Washington Dave Davenport,p Erv Kantlehner,p Jim Kelly,rf Marty Kavanagh,2b Dave Black,p
Philadelphia (A) Erv Lange,p Fritz Coumbe,p Max Flack,rf Charlie Schmutz,p Cad Coles,cf
Detroit Ben Tincup,p Elmer Jacobs,p Tom McGuire,p Snipe Conley,p Herb Kelly,p
Chicago (A) Henry Keupper,p Dan Marion,p Dan Sherman,p Charlie Whitehouse,p Fred McMullin,3b
Brooklyn Mike Prendergast,p Paul Fittery,p George Anderson,lf Eddie Matteson,p George Hogan,p
New York (A) Rube Bressler,p Pete Henning,p Al Tedrow,p Charlie Pick,3b Karl Adams,p
Boston (N) Rankin Johnson,p Joe Harris,1b Mike Menosky,rf Ivan Howard,1b Ed Henderson,p
Chicago (N) Alex Main,p Ben Harris,p Ed Porray,p Cliff Daringer,ss Ralph McConnaughey,p
Cleveland Pete Schneider,p Jim Bluejacket,p Elmer Smith,rf Wally Gerber,ss Manuel Cueto,3b
Cincinnati Red Faber,p Dick Crutcher,p Katsy Keifer,p Tex Wisterzil,3b Joe Oeschger,p
St.Louis (N) Max Fiske,p Charlie Hanford,cf Johnnie Williams,p Hi Jasper,p Matt Zeiser,p
Boston (A) Mellie Wolfgang,p Jack Tobin,rf Grover Gilmore,rf Ernie Manning,p Herold Juul,p
Philadelphia (N) Babe Ruth,p Irish Meusel,lf Walton Cruise,lf Doc Kerr,c Sad Sam Jones,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
New York (N) Eric Erickson,p Art Wilson,c Vern Hughes,p Bill Kellogg,1b Frank Barron,p
St.Louis (A) William Rumler,c Ike McAuley,ss Ben Dyer,ss Fred Worden,p Sam Crane,ss
Pittsburgh Guy Cooper,p Stan Baumgartner,p Joe Kelly,cf Shag Thompson,cf Fred Ostendorf,p
Washington Walter Hoake,1b Red Oldham,p Bruno Betzel,3b Lloyd Bishop,p Larry Pratt,c
Philadelphia (A) King Lear,p Walter Barbare,3b Larry Pezold,3b Maury Uhler,lf John Allen,p
Detroit Joe Houser,p Dick Kauffman,1b Ted Welch,p Austin Walsh,lf Pat Griffin,p
Chicago (A) Dan Woodman,p Jack McCandless,cf Grover Baichley,p John Misse,2b Dixie McArthur,p
Brooklyn Dan Adams,p Harvey Russell,c Henry Benn,p Howard Lohr,cf Harley Dillinger,p
New York (A) Steamboat Williams,p Larry Gilbert,rf Ed Kelly,p Jack Enzenroth,c George Twombly,lf
Boston (N) Johnny Rawlings,ss Ducky YOunt,p Ed Hemmingway,3b John McGraw,p Chick Davies,cf
Chicago (N) Carl Vandagrift,2b Ross Reynolds,p Bill Warren,c Ducky Swan,p Bill Wagner,c
Cleveland Everett Scott,ss Jack Farrell,2b Jimmy Smith,ss Clarence Woods,p George Textor,c
Cincinnati Hal Irelan,2b Ralph Mattis,lf Pep Goodwin,ss Pete Fahrer,p Fred Brainerd,1b
St.Louis (N) Al Boucher,3b Bob Ingersoll,p Biddy Dolan,1b George Beck,p Scotty Alcock,3b
Boston (A) Joe Leonard,3b Al Huenke,p Nick Allen,c Jack Ridgway,p Bill Jackson,1b
Philadelphia (N) Zip Collins,cf Jim Stevens,p Jack Leary,1b Ed McCreery,p Fritz Von Kolnitz,3b
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