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Free Agency

Here are the major free agents and where they are headed.

Eddie Cicotte, sp - Signed a 4-year, $297,360 contract with Pittsburgh
Pat Ragan, sp - Signed a 2-year, $79,800 contract with New York (A)
Ivey Wingo, c - Signed a 1-year, $9,180 contract with Detroit
Dick Cotter, c - Signed a 4-year, $154,170 contract with New York (N)
Hap Myers, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $8,170 contract with Brooklyn
Rabbit Maranville, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $40,740 contract with St.Louis (A)
Larry Schlafly, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $7,930 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Red Smith, 3b - Signed a 2-year, $50,480 contract with Cleveland
Tillie Shafer, ss - Signed a 5-year, $476,490 contract with Boston (A)
Beals Becker, rf - Signed a 2-year, $37,940 contract with New York (N)
Harry Hooper, rf - Signed a 3-year, $228,630 contract with Boston (A)



Winter Trades
10/17
- St.Louis (A) gets p Mutt Williams (25 yrs old, 3-4, 1 sv, 4.04 era, 35.2 ip, 22 k) and c Frank Mills (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 1b Joe Harris (25 yrs old, .257-0-15-2) and rf Sammy Vick (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/18 - Detroit gets 3b Enos Kirkpatrick (31 yrs old, .228i-0-19-2), Chicago (N) gets c Mike Gonzalez (26 yrs old, .259-0-6-1)
10/18 - Cleveland gets p Henry Keupper (29 yrs old, 22-12, 1.79 era, 316.0 ip, 103 k), New York (A) gets c John Henry (26 yrs old, .219-1-18-0)
10/23 - Detroit gets 3b Ted Reed (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and c George Hale (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Ed Gagnier (33 yrs old, .256-1-21-0) and ss Leo Kavanagh (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/24 - Washington gets p George Pearce (28 yrs old, 18-14, 2.44 era, 306.0 ip, 161 k) and 3b Henry Bostick (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets rf Jim Kelly (32 yrs old, .271-5-56-33) and ss Harry Hanson (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Christy Mathewson (36 yrs old, 12-12, 3.21 era, 227.1 ip, 66 k), New York (N) gets 1b John Leary (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/31 - Cleveland gets p Doc Imlay (27 yrs old, 0-1, 9.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 k) and lf Everett Bankston (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets ss Wally Gerber (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and c Doc Carroll (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/10 - Chicago (A) gets 1b Dick Hoblitzel (28 yrs old, .287-0-32-4) and 3b Desmond Beatty (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets c Ray Haley (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/14 - Cincinnati gets ss Dots Miller (30 yrs old, .253-1-19-1), Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Hal Irelan (26 yrs old, .237-0-10-0)
11/14 - Cincinnati gets p Joe Wood (27 yrs old, 28-9, 2.05 era, 346.2 ip, 159 k), Boston (A) gets cf Vin Campbell (28 yrs old, .333-1-40-22)
11/19 - Washington gets c Rip Williams (34 yrs old, .210-1-25-5) and cf Howie Camp (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets lf Jack Graney (30 yrs old, .287-1-16-2) and 2b Paddy Driscoll (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/19 - Boston (N) gets p Erskine Mayer (27 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 5.06 era, 5.1 ip, 1 k) and lf John Fluhrer (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets cf Max Carey (26 yrs old, .269-2-42-39)
11/19 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Jeff Pfeffer (28 yrs old, 3-5, 3.15 era, 68.2 ip, 27 k) and c Val Picinich (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 1b Gene Paulette (25 yrs old, .253-0-19-1)
11/21 - Pittsburgh gets rf Frank Schulte (34 yrs old, .280-2-18-0), Brooklyn gets cf Clyde Milan (29 yrs old, .308-0-38-18) and 2b Otis Lawry (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/21 - Philadelphia (N) gets ss Harry Pearce (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Ed Lennox (31 yrs old, .195-1-21-1)
11/25 - Brooklyn gets p Nick Cullop (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 5.1 ip, 1 k) and 1b Ted Jourdan (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets ss Roxey Roach (34 yrs old, .250-1-10-2) and lf Fred Nicholson (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - New York (A) gets p Chief Johnson (30 yrs old, 18-15, 2.37 era, 311.1 ip, 133 k), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Ed Konetchy (31 yrs old, .294-6-75-9)
11/29 - Boston (A) gets p Claude Hendrix (27 yrs old, 11-19, 2 sv, 2.76 era, 283.2 ip, 110 k), Washington gets ss Donie Bush (29 yrs old, .196-1-43-17) and c Red Smith (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/29 - Chicago (A) gets p Bunny Hearn (25 yrs old, 3-6, 4.06 era, 68.2 ip, 20 k) and ss Aaron Ward (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets ss marty Krug (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and rf Merwin Jacobson (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/29 - Boston (N) gets p Lefty Tyler (26 yrs old, 4-18, 2 sv, 3.93 era, 194.2 ip, 86 k) and 2b Bruno Betzel (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 2b Ralph Young (27 yrs old, .228-1-37-6) and 2b Mike Massey (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - New York (A) gets p Oscar Horstmann (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Eddie Foster (29 yrs old, .290-1-40-22)
12/01 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Wheezer Dell (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets c Grover Land (32 yrs old, .246-0-12-0)
12/30 - St.Louis (A) gets p Len Madden (26 yrs old, 6-2, 2 sv, 1.16 era, 31.0 ip, 11 k), Washington gets 3b Heinie Zimmerman (29 yrs old, .317-0-25-6) and 3b George Maisel (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/15 - New York (N) gets p Frank Allen (27 yrs old, 7-11, 2 sv, 3.22 era, 134.1 ip, 26 k) and lf Moxie Davis (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets cf Burt Shotton (32 yrs old, .321-1-34-24)
01/16 - Detroit gets p Stan Coveleski (27 yrs old, 11-14, 4.14 era, 211.0 ip, 99 k), Cleveland gets p 3b Rube Oldring (32 yrs old, .209-2-35-1)



Retirements

cf Ginger Beaumont
, age 40 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .361 with 5 homers, 73 rbi and 42 sb in 136 games.
.283 avg, 48 hr, 775 rbi, 2034 h, 229 2b, 90 3b, 991 r, 420 sb

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

sp Jim Buchanan
, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 22-16 record with a 1.79 era and 132 k in 346.0 innings.
229-176, 0 sv, 2.48 era, 3773.0 ip, 1574 r, 1040 er, 836 bb, 1311 k

rf Punch Knoll
, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he batted .250 with 0 homers, 7 rbi and 1 sb in 26 games.
.237 avg, 0 hr, 11 rbi, 23 h, 3 2b, 0 3b, 12 r, 3 sb

sp Walt Dickson
, age 37 - 3 seasons.
2-8, 0 sv, 4.29 era, 94.1 ip, 56 r, 45 er, 42 bb, 31 k

1b Patrick Newnam
, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.172 avg, 1 hr, 26 rbi, 34 h, 3 2b, 0 3b, 17 r, 10 sb

rf Charlie Hanford
, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .273 with 8 homers, 61 rbi and 25 sb in 137 games.
.269 avg, 17 hr, 153 rbi, 378 h, 49 2b, 31 3b, 185 r, 81 sb

cf Tommy Leach
, age 39 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .254 with 6 homers, 54 rbi and 29 sb in 135 games.
.243 avg, 65 hr, 896 rbi, 2110 h, 311 2b, 132 3b, 1130 r, 534 sb

3b Terry Turner
, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .266 with 0 homers, 22 rbi and 2 sb in 87 games.
.236 avg, 6 hr, 292 rbi, 773 h, 114 2b, 38 3b, 335 r, 110 sb

ss Joe Tinker
, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .287 with 2 homers, 54 rbi and 8 sb in 151 games.
.257 avg, 14 hr, 422 rbi, 1068 h, 161 2b, 76 3b, 478 r, 177 sb

mr Rube Vickers
, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 20-9 record with a 2.27 era and 103 k in 265.1 innings.
67-49, 19 sv, 2.65 era, 987.2 ip, 404 r, 291 er, 362 bb, 378 k

mr Tom Fisher
, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 7-4 record with 4 saves, a 1.88 era and 51 k in 129.1 innings.
26-37, 12 sv, 2.78 era, 615.0 ip, 294 r, 190 er, 249 bb, 229 k

1b Claude Rossman
, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .284 with 1 homer, 53 rbi and 7 sb in 139 games.
.272 avg, 3 hr, 280 rbi, 729 h, 128 2b, 35 3b, 283 r, 46 sb

rf Bob Unglaub
, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .295 with 0 homers, 26 rbi and 5 sb in 100 games.
.252 avg, 2 hr, 117 rbi, 320 h, 33 2b, 18 3b, 126 r, 29 sb

sp Charlie Chech
, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 16-17 record with a 3.31 era and 117 k in 304.2 innings.
59-76, 4 sv, 3.32 era, 1238.1 ip, 607 r, 458 er, 382 bb, 405 k

sp Billy Campbell
, age 43 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 15-21 record with a 2.92 era and 106 k in 335.2 innings.
58-65, 9 sv, 3.12 era, 1182.1 ip, 589 r, 410 er, 325 bb, 353 k

mr Harry Ables
, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 4-10 record with a 3.21 era and 36 k in 117.2 innings.
4-11, 0 sv, 3.74 era, 127.2 ip, 82 r, 53 er, 45 bb, 36 k

mr Lefty Leifield
, age 33 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 17-17 record with a 2.48 era and 128 k in 315.1 innings.
36-30, 5 sv, 2.74 era, 628.0 ip, 306 r, 191 er, 223 bb, 245 k

sp Irv Young
, age 39 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled a 21-13 record with a 1.66 era and 129 k in 341.1 innings.
186-175, 4 sv, 2.58 era, 3377.1 ip, 1379 r, 969 er, 876 bb, 1210 k

sp Jack Rowan
, age 29 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled an 18-18 record with a 2.51 era and 144 k in 325.2 innings.
58-60, 10 sv, 2.93 era, 1015.1 ip, 516 r, 331 er, 435 bb, 479 k

sp Oscar Graham
, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 16-11 record with 1 save, a 2.25 era and 86 k in 203.2 innings.
70-65, 4 sv, 3.40 era, 1128.2 ip, 567 r, 427 er, 378 bb, 439 k

mr Bill Otey
, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 6-4 record with 4 saves, a 2.44 era and 33 k in 81.0 innings.
15-21, 11 sv, 3.18 era, 390.0 ip, 209 r, 138 er, 139 bb, 150 k

sp Jean Debuc
, age 28 - 3 seasons.
31-24, 4 sv, 2.83 era, 521.2 ip, 209 r, 164 er, 200 bb, 180 k

sp Doc Crandall
, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 7-8 record with 1 save, a 2.50 era and 65 k in 151.1 innings.
54-66, 1 sv, 3.23 era, 1062.2 ip, 526 r, 381 er, 314 bb, 456 k

mr Tom Cantwell
, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 3.00 era and 2 k in 3.0 innings.
0-1, 2 sv, 6.14 era, 29.1 ip, 26 r, 20 er, 21 bb, 9 k

sp Elmer Knetzer
, age 31 - 2 seasons.
5-4, 0 sv, 3.32 era, 86.2 ip, 40 r, 32 er, 40 bb, 32 k

mr Dixie Walker
, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 2-3 record with a 3.04 era and 23 k in 50.1 innings.
17-21, 8 sv, 4.17 era, 293.2 ip, 180 r, 136 er, 134 bb, 127 k

sp Frank Browning
, age 34 - 2 seasons.
8-14, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 210.1 ip, 105 r, 70 er, 80 bb, 81 k

mr Ben Hunt
, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 8.0 ip, 1 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 1 k

mr Frank Lange
, age 33 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 5.14 era, 14.0 ip, 9 r, 8 er, 5 bb, 9 k

mr Fred Miller
, age 30 - 1 season.
1-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.2 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k

sp Roy Mitchell
, age 31 - 1 season.
2-10, 0 sv, 3.33 era, 100.0 ip, 64 r, 37 er, 43 bb, 31 k

mr Lou Schlettler
, age 30 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 5.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 3 bb, 3 k

sp Mysterious Walker
, age 32 - 3 seasons.
5-5, 1 sv, 3.38 era, 72.0 ip, 42 r, 27 er, 43 bb, 44 k

mr George Curry
, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.2 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k

sp Larry Cheney
, age 30 - 3 seasons.
9-10, 0 sv, 3.88 era, 174.0 ip, 109 r, 75 er, 77 bb, 89 k

sp Vern Gregg
, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 20-18 record with a 3.16 era and 188 k in 339.1 innings.
31-30, 2 sv, 3.51 era, 589.1 ip, 301 r, 230 er, 276 bb, 333 k

mr Hardin Barry
, age 25 - 3 seasons.
2-6, 0 sv, 2.64 era, 61.1 ip, 26 r, 18 er, 22 bb, 25 k

mr Slim Love
, age 26 - 3 seasons.
4-4, 3 sv, 2.70 era, 33.1 ip, 17 r, 10 er, 13 bb, 19 k

sp Rube Bressler
, age 22 - 2 seasons.
19-7, 0 sv, 3.07 era, 231.1 ip, 96 r, 79 er, 96 bb, 136 k

sp Elmer Jacobs
, age 24 - 1 season.
9-5, 0 sv, 2.22 era, 129.2 ip, 37 r, 32 er, 35 bb, 57 k

sp Dan Marion
, age 26 - 1 season.
1-1, 0 sv, 1.40 era, 19.1 ip, 4 r, 3 er, 7 bb, 2 k



First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four             Round Five
Washington        Waite Hoyt,p          Jimmie Dykes,2b       Alex Ferguson,p      Jack Ogden,p           Bob Larmore,ss
Philadelphia (N)  Red Causey,p          Bugs Morris,p         Garland Buckeye,p    Roy Hansen,p           Rip Conway,2b
Chicago (N)       Rudy Kallio,p         Harry Heitmann,p      Truck Hannah,c       Norman Plitt,p         Ty Pickup,rf
Detroit           Tom Zachary,p         Cliff Heathcote,cf    Ed Hovlik,p          Al DeVormer,c          Frank Fahey,lf
Boston (N)        Austin McHenry,lf     Babe Pinelli,3b       George Cochran,3b    Lou Bauer,p            Pat Hardgrove,1b
Cleveland         Bill Sherdel,p        Buzz Murphy,cf        Ed Corey,p           William Pierson,p      Ted Menze,lf
St.Louis (N)      Jesse Haines,p        Jake Northrop,p       Roy Wilkinson,p      Roy Sanders,p          Jake Munch,1b
St.Louis (A)      Charlie Hollocher,ss  Roy Massey,cf         Jake Hehl,p          Mickey Devine,c        Doc Bass,1b
Chicago (A)       Hugh McQuillan,p      Larry Jacobus,p       Chick Holmes,p       Otto Jacobs,c          Bob Berman,c
Cincinnati        Frank Woodward,p      Hugh Canavan,p        Earl Howard,p        Claude Davidson, 2b    Kid Willson,lf
Philadelphia (A)  Johnny Mostil,2b      Fred Thomas,3b        Bill McCabe,rf       Tom Miller,1b          Ted Bluhm,1b
Pittsburgh        Frank Shellenback,p   Dick McCabe,p         George Ross,p        Eusebio Gonzalez,ss    Joe Cobb,1b
New York (N)      Roy Johnson,p         Oscar Tuero,p         Marty Herrmann,p     Red Sheridan,ss
New York (A)      Mule Watson,p         Bob Geary,p           Walter Bernhardt,p   Jack Stansbury,3b
Brooklyn          Walt Kinney,p         Red Shea,p            Herb Hall,p          Dick Wheeler,rf
Boston (A)        Vic Keen,p            Bill Pertica,p        Stan Rees,p          Dutch Distel,2b

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