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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
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1914-15 Winter
Announcements
Cleveland: Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Cleveland Indians.
Free Agency
Here is how the major free agents fared:
Bill Carrigan, c - Signed a 1-year, $2,180 contract with St.Louis (N)
Frank Baker, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $189,000 contract with Cincinnati
Patsy Dougherty, lf - Signed a 3-year, $104,280 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Ward Miller, cf - Signed a 4-year, $239,200 contract with Pittsburgh
Al Shaw, cf - Signed a 4-year, $165,760 contract with Chicago (A)
Winter Trades
10/18 - Boston (A) gets 3b Charlie Pick (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 1b Del Gainer (27 yrs old, .239-2-19-10)
10/20 - Brooklyn gets p Bill Upham (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets 2b Ralph Young (25 yrs old, .172-0-1-3)
10/20 - Boston (A) gets p Eddie Stack (26 yrs old, 17-11, 3.34 era, 266.2 ip, 100 k), Cleveland gets ss Joe Tinker (33 yrs old, .287-2-54-8) and 1b Ed Conwell (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/20 - St.Louis (A) gets p Billy Burke (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 1.2 ip, 2 k), Pittsburgh gets c Hank Gowdy (25 yrs old, .199-0-26-8)
10/20 - Philadelphia (A) gets lf Joe Connolly (31 yrs old, .242-6-66-24), Detroit gets 2b Bill Kenworthy (28 yrs old, .253-7-80-29)
11/02 - Boston (A) gets p George Kahler (25 yrs old, 17-14, 2.34 era, 284.2 ip, 117 k), St.Louis (A) gets rf Shano Collins (28 yrs old, .176-0-2-1) and ss Frank Kane (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/11 - Brooklyn gets 2b Frank LaPorte (34 yrs old, .237-2-47-39), Chicago (N) gets lf George Anderson (25 yrs old, .254-2-30-19) and 3b Mike McNally (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/14 - Boston (A) gets p Ed Hughes (33 yrs old, 14-7, 4 sv, 3.00 era, 186.0 ip, 46 k) and rf Frank Gibson (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/14 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Christy Mathewson (34 yrs old, 19-18, 2.28 era, 327.0 ip, 95 k), New York (N) gets ss Roxey Roach (31 yrs old, .239-0-3-0) and ss Chick Keating (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - New York (N) gets p Eddie Plank (39 yrs old, 11-22, 3.24 era, 305.2 ip, 111 k), Detroit gets cf Tom Daley (30 yrs old, .258-0-8-4)
11/17 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Hugh Bedient (25 yrs old, 15-22, 3.12 era, 323.0 ip, 136 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Jimmy Walsh (29 yrs old, .326-0-21-10) and cf Jack Calvo (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/18 - Pittsburgh gets lf Ray Demmitt (30 yrs old, .208-0-7-0) and c Gil Whitehouse (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets ss Heinie Wagner (33 yrs old, .256-0-13-3)
11/21 - Chicago (A) gets p Nap Rucker (30 yrs old, 15-21, 2.95 era, 326.2 ip, 119 k) and 3b Doug Neff (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Red Downs (31 yrs old, .266-2-29-4)
11/27 - Detroit gets p Gene Packard (27 yrs old, 12-8, 1.81 era, 179.0 ip, 75 k) and cf Norm Glockson (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Scotty Ingerton (28 yrs old, .241-0-27-0) and lf Ed Wilkinson (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/27 - Cincinnati gets p Elmer Koestner (29 yrs old, 0-0, 6 sv, 0.49 era, 18.1 ip, 6 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Ed Sweeney (26 yrs old, .188-0-12-1)
12/01 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Walt Doane (27 yrs old, 0-0, 1.86 era, 9.2 ip, 3 k) and ss Chick Keating (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets ss Bob Fisher (28 yrs old, .270-0-18-1) and lf Pat Kilhullen (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/01 - Cincinnati gets p Charlie Becker (26 yrs old, 0-1, 1 sv, 3.09 era, 23.1 ip, 10 k), Chicago (A) gets rf Benny Meyer (29 yrs old, .298-0-20-16) and 1b Fred Brainerd (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/01 - Chicago (N) gets p Henry Mathewson (27 yrs old, 0-0, 2.79 era, 9.2 ip, 6 k), New York (A) gets cf Johnny Beall (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and 3b Jack Roche (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - New York (A) gets p Lefty James (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Lena Blackburne (28 yrs old, .232-0-10-11)
12/11 - New York (A) gets p Rube Peters (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Red Killefer (29 yrs old, .329-0-11-5) and 1b Walter Tappan (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/31 - Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Miller Huggins (35 yrs old, .284-0-26-7), Detroit gets cf Hub Northen (29 yrs old, .257-4-55-11) and 1b Karl Kolseth (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/06 - Cincinnati gets p Howard McGraner (25 yrs old, 1-0, 0.00 era, 3.0 ip, 1 k) and 1b Tiny Graham (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 3b Jimmy Doyle (33 yrs old, .235-4-35-24)
01/10 - Chicago (N) gets p Joe Benz (28 yrs old, 14-7, 2.54 era, 184.1 ip, 71 k) and 2b Press Cruthers (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 3b Paddy Baumann (29 yrs old, .407-0-1-0)
Retirements
1b Bert Conn, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he batted .333 with 0 homers, 1 rbi and 0 sb in 6 games.
.333 avg, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 6 h, 1 2b, 1 3b, 6 r, 0 sb
rf Cozy Dolan, age 41 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .277 with 1 homer, 37 rbi and 18 sb in 117 games.
.259 avg, 14 hr, 301 rbi, 903 h, 108 2b, 35 3b, 426 r, 131 sb
1b Charlie Hemphill, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .341 with 0 homers, 23 rbi and 9 sb in 93 games.
.271 avg, 19 hr, 442 rbi, 1124 h, 112 2b, 54 3b, 503 r, 197 sb
c Johnny Kling, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .297 with 0 homers, 58 rbi and 9 sb in 125 games.
.240 avg, 14 hr, 476 rbi, 1112 h, 157 2b, 64 3b, 519 r, 101 sb
2b Nap Lajoie, age 40 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .361 with 9 homers, 127 rbi and 20 sb in 127 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame
.314 avg, 58 hr, 1131 rbi, 2389 h, 442 2b, 180 3b, 1195 r, 292 sb
lf George Hildebrand, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
lf Jim Murray, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
rf Jack Dulneavy, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when eh batted .304 with 1 homer, 32 rbi and 19 sb in 113 games.
.249 avg, 3 hr, 213 rbi, 544 h, 67 2b, 21 3b, 238 r, 108 sb
3b Art Devlin, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .268 with 3 homers, 49 rbi and 36 sb in 152 games.
.257 avg, 9 hr, 459 rbi, 1358 h, 147 2b, 74 3b, 651 r, 274 sb
cf Rube DeGroff, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .226 with 1 homer, 3 rbi and 1 sb in 44 games.
.179 avg, 3 hr, 31 rbi, 40 h, 8 2b, 1 3b, 21 r, 3 sb
ss Del Howard, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .273 with 1 homer, 27 rbi and 11 sb in 98 games.
.256 avg, 8 hr, 238 rbi, 604 h, 77 2b, 30 3b, 247 r, 98 sb
cf Charlie Malay, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .261 with 2 homers, 39 rbi and 7 sb in 105 games.
.223 avg, 9 hr, 222 rbi, 491 h, 49 2b, 13 3b, 209 r, 48 sb
1b Dave Altizer, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .312 with 7 homers, 89 rbi and 38 sb in 130 games.
.245 avg, 14 hr, 377 rbi, 815 h, 113 2b, 56 3b, 418 r, 214 sb
ss Ed Holly, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .213 with 1 homer, 23 rbi and 4 sb in 117 games.
.204 avg, 1 hr, 37 rbi, 95 hr, 9 2b, 2 3b, 44 r, 5 sb
ss Dutch Meier, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .276 with 0 homers, 41 rbi and 5 sb in 129 games.
.265 avg, 1 hr, 76 rbi, 206 h, 34 2b, 8 3b, 51 r, 12 sb
rf Bill Kay, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .262 with 0 homers, 4 rbi and 1 sb in 38 games.
.220 avg, 1 hr, 40 rbi, 83 h, 11 2b, 0 3b, 32 r, 4 sb
sp Rube Manning, age 31 - 3 seasons.
4-0, 2 sv, 0.73 era, 24.2 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 7 bb, 7 k
sp Sam Hope, age 35 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
sp Harry Gaspar, age 31 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 2.45 era, 3.2 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 2 k
sp Grover Lowdermilk, age 29 - 1 season.
2-1, 1 sv, 2.30 era, 15.2 ip, 5 r, 4 er, 4 bb, 8 k
mr Ed High, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 3-5 record with 4 saves, a 1.75 era and 9 k in 25.2 innings.
11-22, 26 sv, 2.88 era, 209.2 ip, 103 r, 67 er, 74 bb, 95 k
c Bill Maloney, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .289 with 3 homers, 55 rbi and 25 sb in 117 games.
.247 avg, 15 hr, 354 rbi, 938 h, 109 2b, 41 3b, 443 r, 250 sb
rf Danny Murphy, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .320 with 2 homers, 46 rbi and 38 sb in 117 games.
.263 avg, 26 hr, 551 rbi, 1294 h, 219 2b, 95 3b, 602 r, 242 sb
sp Case Patten, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 15-12 record with a 2.10 era and 95 k in 248.0 innings.
106-106, 5 sv, 2.70 era, 1935.2 ip, 867 r, 581 er, 511 bb, 722 k
sp Doc White, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 26-8 record with a 2.07 era and 209 k in 308.2 innings.
228-183, 0 sv, 2.42 era, 3799.2 ip, 1498 r, 1022 er, 845 bb, 1759 k
sp Alex Pearson, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he compiled an 18-16 record with a 2.33 era and 97 k in 313.0 innings.
131-147, 2 sv, 2.82 era, 2493.2 ip, 1132 r, 782 er, 598 bb, 779 k
cf Homer Smoot, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .287 with 3 homers, 54 rbi and 13 sb in 133 games.
.266 avg, 13 hr, 302 rbi, 781 h, 108 2b, 40 3b, 303 r, 89 sb
sp Lew Moren, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 7-9 record with a 2.83 era and 59 k in 127.0 innings.
9-11, 0 sv, 2.87 era, 147.1 ip, 66 r, 47 er, 51 bb, 64 k
rf George Stone, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .327 with 8 homers, 78 rbi and 28 sb in 138 games.
.298 avg, 22 hr, 367 rbi, 910 h, 115 2b, 61 3b, 410 r, 180 sb
sp Ralph Caldwell, age 30 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 22-16 record with a 1.78 era and 183 k in 343.0 innings.
133-130, 7 sv, 2.57 era, 2388.2 ip, 961 r, 682 er, 721 bb, 1290 k
sp Bugs Raymond, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 13-20 record with a 2.43 era and 134 k in 318.0 innings.
85-109, 0 sv, 3.07 era, 1821.2 ip, 871 r, 622 er, 768 bb, 796 k
cl George Disch, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 5-2 record with 8 saves, a 1.10 era and 9 k in 32.2 innings.
23-24, 37 sv, 2.39 era, 173.1 ip, 77 r, 46 er, 51 bb, 59 k
sp Harry McIntire, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 6-5 record with a 2.47 era and 55 k in 105.2 innings.
17-20, 0 sv, 2.98 era, 350.2 ip, 174 r, 116 er, 113 bb, 136 k
sp Hi West, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 5-7 record with 7 saves, a 3.33 era and 39 k in 110.2 innings.
14-16, 11 sv, 2.81 era, 272.0 ip, 126 r, 85 er, 89 bb, 83 k
sp Charley Hall, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 9-11 record with a 3.38 era and 135 k in 210.1 innings.
19-23, 1 sv, 3.52 era, 388.2 ip, 2221 r, 152 er, 187 bb, 220 k
sp George Ferguson, age 28 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled an 8-7 record with a 1.91 era and 84 k in 193.1 innings.
33-32, 3 sv, 2.57 era, 734.0 ip, 296 r, 211 er, 265 bb, 314 k
sp Rube Kroh, age 28 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 13-20 record with a 2.27 era and 133 k in 309.1 innings.
53-71, 3 sv, 2.70 era, 1098.1 ip, 479 r, 330 er, 346 bb, 513 k
sp Charlie Rhodes, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 16-12 record with a 3.07 era and 153 k in 261.1 innings.
27-30, 1 sv, 3.06 era, 537.2 ip, 259 r, 183 er, 240 bb, 246 k
sp Sam Frock, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 14-13 record with a 3.28 era and 129 k in 246.2 innings.
32-42, 0 sv, 3.54 era, 675.1 ip, 334 r, 266 er, 320 bb, 347 k
mr Ed Foster, age 34 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 4.05 era, 13.1 ip, 16 r, 6 er, 7 bb, 6 k
mr Jack Flater, age 34 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 5.03 era, 19.2 ip, 18 r, 11 er, 13 bb, 4 k
mr Eli Cates, age 37 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 8.1 ip, 3 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
mr Nick Carter, age 35 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 8.10 era, 3.1 ip, 4 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 1 k
mr Al Kellogg, age 28 - 1 season.
0-1, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 6.0 ip, 3 r, 3 er, 2 bb, 1 k
mr Bert Sincock, age 27 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 1.08 era, 8.1 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 0 k
sp Ed Sumers, age 30 - 3 seasons.
30-19, 0 sv, 3.17 era, 443.1 ip, 202 r, 156 er, 156 bb, 165 k
mr Bill Tozer, age 32 - 3 seasons.
1-2, 2 sv, 4.26 era, 38.0 ip, 24 r, 18 er, 13 bb, 28 k
sp Tom Tuckey, age 31 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
mr Bob Vail, age 33 - 2 seasons.
1-2, 1 sv, 2.76 era, 16.1 ip, 5 r, 5 er, 9 bb, 8 k
mr Harley Young, age 31 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 8.38 era, 9.2 ip, 10 r, 9 er, 6 bb, 1 k
sp Louis Drucke, age 26 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 7-7 record with a 3.05 era and 74 k in 127.0 innings.
18-33, 2 sv, 4.29 era, 493.0 ip, 319 r, 235 er, 257 bb, 294 k
mr Chet Carmichael, age 26 - 3 seasons.
0-1, 3 sv, 3.10 era, 29.0 ip, 15 r, 10 er, 13 bb, 4 k
1b Art Griggs, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .266 with 0 homers, 45 rbi and 7 sb in 132 games.
.262 avg, 4 hr, 256 rbi, 569 h, 100 2b, 44 3b, 254 r, 29 sb
sp Roy Golden, age 26 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.38 era, 5.1 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 2 k
mr Lefty Russell, age 24 - 1 season.
2-2, 0 sv, 4.80 era, 15.0 ip, 11 r, 8 er, 13 bb, 5 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Detroit Marv Goodwin,p George Hesselbacher,p Jack Scott,p Shorty Desjardien,p Ted Jourdan,1b
St.Louis (N) Bob Steele,p Rube Parnham,p Joe Lotz,p Bunny Fabrique,ss Chuck Wortman,ss
Chicago (N) Urban Shocker,p Sam Bohne,ss Bill Evans,p Michael Driscoll,p Bill Johnson,rf
Chicago (A) Burleigh Grimes,p Verne Clemons,c Molly Craft,p Walt Whittaker,p Tony Brottem,c
Washington Jing Johnson,p Val Picinich,c Joe Wilhoit,rf Red Gunkel,p Ray O'Brien,lf
Cincinnati Ken Penner,p Greasy Neale,lf Hank DeBerry,c Axel Lindstrom,p Lou Guisto,1b
New York (A) George Cunningham,p Earl Smith,lf Al Gould,p Twink Twining,p Frank Emmer,ss
Pittsburgh Milt Watson,p Zeb Terry,ss Walter Schmidt,c Paul Carpenter,p Otis Lawry,2b
Cleveland George Harper,rf Marty Shay,ss Lee McElwee,3b Buck Thrasher,rf Doc Carroll,c
Boston (A) Carson Bigbee,lf George Smith,p Stuffy Stewart,2b Babe Ellison,1b Paul Smith,lf
New York (N) Otis Lambeth,p Bill Fincher,p Cy Warmoth,p Marsh Williams,p Frank Smykal,ss
St.Louis (A) Whitey Witt,ss Lee King,rf Hooks Warner,3b Ed Sicking,3b Ralph Mitterling,cf
Philadelphia (N) Gary Fortune,p Murphy Currie,p Mike Cantwell,p Jose Rodriguez,2b Cy Wright,ss
Boston (N) Hack Miller,lf Patsy Gharrity,1b Roy Grover,2b Lee (EL) King,lf Bob Gandy,cf
Brooklyn Claude Thomas,p Deacon Jones,p Jess Buckles,p Billy Gleason,2b Art Rico,c
Philadelphia (A) Charlie Grimm,1b Jack Farmer,2b Byrd Lynn,c Fred Bailey,cf Herb Hunter,3b
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Detroit Moxie Divis,lf Ray Kennedy,1b
St.Louis (N) Al Bergman,2b Newt Halliday,1b
Chicago (N) Wilbur Fisher,1b Ollie Welf,1b
Chicago (A) Harland Rowe,3b Ray Shook,1b
Washington Jesse Altenburg,lf
Cincinnati Bill Stellbauer,lf
New York (A) Artie Dede,c
Pittsburgh Red Lanning,lf
Cleveland Ziggy Hasbrook,1b
Boston (A) Heinie Stafford,1b
New York (N) Jack Bradley,c
St.Louis (A) Duke Kelleher,c
Philadelphia (N) Gene Madden,1b
Boston (N) Johnny O'Connor,c
Brooklyn Joe Fautsch
Philadelphia (A) Bill Batsch,1b
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