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All Star Reserve
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
Posts: 998
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1917-18 Winter
Announcements
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Free Agency
Here is the list of the major free agents and where they are headed
Ivey Wingo, c - Signed a 4-year, $157,360 contract with Chicago (N)
Hap Myers, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $141,990 contract with Brooklyn
Del Gainer, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $9,300 contract with Chicago (A)
Wally Schang, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $302,300 contract with Brooklyn
Larry Gardner, 3b - Signed a 6-year, $431,450 contract with St.Louis (A)
Donie Bush, ss - Signed a 3-year, $29,710 contract with St.Louis (N)
Morrie Rath, ss - Signed a 7-year, $459,300 contract with Boston (N)
Ray Chapman, ss - Unsigned due to being injured
Buck Weaver, ss - Signed a 4-year, $301,960 contract with Detroit
Bobby Veach, lf - Signed a 4-year, $397,110 contract with St.Louis (N)
Nemo Leibold, cf - Signed a 2-year, $42,300 contract with Boston (N)
Trades
10/04 - Boston (A) gets p Joe Houser (26 yrs old, 0-1, 3 sv, 2.53 era, 32.0 ip, 16 k), Detroit gets 3b Tony Boeckel (25 yrs old, .297-1-26-2) and 3b Fritz Von Kolnitz (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/16 - St.Louis (A) gets p Al Clauss (26 yrs old, 3-3, 7 sv, 4.66 era, 46.1 ip, 18 k), Detroit gets lf Walton Cruise (27 yrs old, .281-1-48-20)
10/20 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Jim Bagby (28 yrs old, 2-1, 1 sv, 2.28 era, 23.2 ip, 10 k), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Mike McNally (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Cy Rheam (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - Chicago (N) gets ss Jack Farrell (25 yrs old, .225-2-36-3), Cleveland gets c Mike Gonzalez (27 yrs old, .220-0-51-6)
10/25 - St.Louis (A) gets p Wilbur Cooper (25 yrs old, 9-19, 3.65 era, 244.1 ip, 86 k) and 3b Scrappy Moore (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 1b Ken Nash (29 yrs old, .222-0-0-0)
10/26 - Chicago (A) gets p Fred Toney (28 yrs old, 19-13, 2.12 era, 309.1 ip, 117 k), Pittsburgh gets rf Max Flack (27 yrs old, .298-0-3-3)
10/28 - Boston (N) gets p Joe Benz (31 yrs old, 10-13, 3.22 era, 209.1 ip, 54 k), Chicago (N) gets lf Ken Williams (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/30 - Chicago (A) gets p Parson Perryman (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Jim Kelly (33 yrs old, .242-0-13-4)
10/31 - St.Louis (A) gets p Leon Cadore (26 yrs old, 19-17, 2.34 era, 345.2 ip, 139 k), Washington gets c Les Nunamaker (28 yrs old, .254-2-46-1)
11/02 - Chicago (N) gets p Harry Moran (28 yrs old, 9-8, 2.35 era, 165.0 ip, 76 k), Washington gets rf Jim Thorpe (30 yrs old, .188-0-22-11) and rf Ralph Sharman (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/07 - Chicago (A) gets p Dave Danforth (27 yrs old, 13-17, 2.93 era, 251.2 ip, 113 k) and ss Bill Hobbs (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets lf Al Scheer (29 yrs old, .230-1-47-24)
11/11 - Philadelphia (A) gets lf Mike Fitzgerald (27 yrs old, .225-1-19-7), Chicago (N) gets ss Ed Gagnier (34 yrs old, .264-1-20-0) and rf Leo Kavanagh (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/11 - St.Louis (N) gets lf Johnny Johnston (27 yrs old, .265-0-5-0), New York (A) gets c Bill Carrigan (34 yrs old, .272-0-21-3)
11/11 - Boston (A) gets p Hank Robinson (28 yrs old, 9-18, 3.36 era, 246.2 ip, 79 k) and ss Mike Loan (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets rf Vin Campbell (29 yrs old, .301-0-67-31)
11/13 - Washington gets rf Elmer Flick (41 yrs old, .257-1-23-9) and ss Billy Martin (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets 3b Harry Fritz (27 yrs old, .288-0-22-2)
11/15 - Washington gets rf Doc Gessler (36 yrs old, .269-1-51-9) and ss Otto Neu (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 2b Heinie Zimmerman (30 yrs old, .257-0-15-2)
11/15 - Cleveland gets p Gene Packard (30 yrs old, 15-11, 2.44 era, 206.1 ip, 40 k), and 2b Bill Webb (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets cf Tilly Walker (30 yrs old, .238-3-26-6) and 3b Rinaldo Williams (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/28 - Boston (N) gets p Jesse Barnes (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 1b Patsy Gharrity (25 yrs old, .257-0-4-1) and 2b Frank Fuller (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Roy Sanders (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets ss Possom Whitted (27 yrs old, .271-5-35-6)
12/07 - Chicago (N) gets p Chief Johnson (31 yrs old, 21-8, 1.82 era, 277.1 ip, 93 k), New York (A) gets c Truck Hannah (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and cf Jim Brown (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/16 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Pete Standridge (26 yrs old, 5-7, 5 sv, 2.45 era, 91.2 ip, 41 k) and lf Frank Fahey (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets rf Baby Doll Jacobson (27 yrs old, .217-1-30-2) and 3b Tex Hoffman (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/26 - Washington gets p George Chalmers (29 yrs old, 8-17, 3.17 era, 227.0 ip, 81 k) and c John Peters (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Wilbur Good (32 yrs old, .267-2-36-11) and lf Jesse Altinburg (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/28 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Steen (30 yrs old, 15-18, 3.01 era, 298.2 ip, 113 k) and 3b Tex Hoffman (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets 3b Walter Barbare (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/28 - Chicago (A) gets p Hugh Bedient (28 yrs old, 11-12, 2.88 era, 262.1 ip, 104 k), New York (N) gets 1b Dick Hoblitzel (29 yrs old, .267-0-17-3)
02/20 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Red Ames (35 yrs old, 18-18, 2.96 era, 319.0 ip, 91 k) and 1b Hank DeBerry (23 yrs old, .239-1-24-5), Cincinnati gets rf Ray Demmitt (34 yrs old, .251-2-46-5)
Retirements
rf Sam Crawford, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .343 with 13 homers, 87 rbi and 30 sb in 138 games.
.289 avg, 62 hr, 2180 h, 366 2b, 156 3b, 1017 r, 376 sb
2b Johnny Evers, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .293 with 4 homers, 74 rbi and 35 sb in 139 games.
.259 avg, 16 hr, 618 rbi, 1678 h, 247 2b, 89 3b, 833 r, 319 sb
lf Patsy Dougherty, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .327 with 2 homers, 81 rbi and 48 sb in 132 games.
.274 avg, 24 hr, 778 rbi, 1912 h, 247 2b, 124 3b, 937 r, 420 sb
2b Larry Schlafly, age 38 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .260 with 2 homers, 59 rbi and 29 sb in 150 games.
.227 avg, 20 hr, 344 rbi, 824 h, 135 2b, 67 3b, 456 r, 181 sb
rf Jimmy Sebring, age 34 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .306 with 1 homer, 25 rbi and 6 sb in 105 games.
.234 avg, 5 hr, 181 rbi, 367 h, 63 2b, 27 3b, 160 r, 72 sb
3b Hans Lobert, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .298 with 7 homers, 102 rbi and 33 sb in 153 games.
.260 avg, 37 hr, 587 rbi, 1387 h, 185 2b, 119 3b, 657 r, 286 sb
c Charley O'Leary, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .400 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 0 sb in 34 games.
.226 avg, 1 hr, 47 rbi, 94 h, 13 2b, 4 3b, 29 r, 4 sb
c Gabby Street, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .250 with 2 homers, 23 rbi and 2 sb in 92 games.
.214 avg, 2 hr, 52 rbi, 113 h, 13 2b, 6 3b, 55 r, 5 sb
2b Phil Cooney, age 35 - 1 season.
1.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 2 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb
c Jack Bliss, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .256 with 1 homer, 24 rbi and 7 sb in 74 games.
.208 avg, 2 hr, 58 rbi, 126 h, 7 2b, 7 3b, 69 r, 13 sb
3b Jimmy Austin, age 37 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .289 with 1 homer, 33 rbi and 12 sb in 104 games.
.244 avg, 4 hr, 147 rbi, 322 h, 59 2b, 17 3b, 150 r, 50 sb
c Bunny Madden, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .263 with 0 homers, 10 rbi and 1 sb in 23 games.
.206 avg, 0 hr, 26 rbi, 59 h, 8 2b, 1 3b, 18 r, 2 sb
sp Ad Brennan age 36 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 16-18 record with a 2.90 era and 128 k in 304.1 innings.
30-40, 0 sv, 3.21 era, 614.1 ip, 282 r, 219 er, 150 bb, 233 k
lf George Jackson, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .290 with 4 homers, 32 rbi and 12 sb in 111 games.
.248 avg, 8 hr, 114 rbi, 247 h, 36 2b, 12 3b, 138 r, 65 sb
c Jack Onslow, age 29 - 1 season.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
2b Ivan Howard, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .281 with 2 homers, 25 rbi and 11 sb in 100 games.
.226 avg, 5 hr, 108 rbi, 252 h, 37 2b, 14 3b, 145 r, 84 sb
ss Bill Rodgers, age 30 - 3 seasons.
.176 avg, 0 hr, 20 rbi, 54 h, 5 2b, 3 3b, 37 r, 10 sb
sp Eddie Plank, age 42 - 16 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 22-16 record with a 1.90 era and 207 k in 336.1 innings.
278-236, 1 sv, 2.61 era, 4763.1 ip, 2039 r, 1382 er, 1236 bb, 2388 k
sp Jack Powell, age 43 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 24-14 record with a 1.93 era and 112 k in 345.0 innings.
292-266, 3 sv, 2.93 era, 5049.0 ip, 2353 r, 1642 er, 1352 bb, 1691 k
sp Jim St.Vrain, age 33 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 24-14 record with a 2.15 era and 199 k in 348.0 innings.
165-163, 2 sv, 2.62 era, 2963.2 ip, 1222 r, 864 er, 878 bb, 1492 k
sp Mordecai Brown, age 41 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 25-14 record with a 2.11 era and 180 k in 366.1 innings.
170-193, 2 sv, 2.78 era, 3290.0 ip, 1448 r, 1017 er, 843 bb, 1400 k
mr Clyde Goodwin, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 0-0 record with 1 save, a 0.00 era and 1 k in 6.0 innings.
0-1, 1 sv, 3.86 era, 23.1 ip, 10 r, 10 er, 12 bb, 10 k
sp Glenn Liebhardt, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he compiled an 18-18 record with a 2.44 era and 171 k in 339.0 innings.
69-61, 14 sv, 2.76 era, 1121.0 ip, 479 r, 344 er, 411 bb, 499 k
mr Harry Mathewson, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 2-2 record with 1 save, a 3.09 era and 6 k in 35.0 innings.
3-6, 2 sv, 5.09 era, 86.2 ip, 63 r, 49 er, 46 bb, 38 k
sp Bill Bailey, age 28 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled an 8-2 record with 1 save, a 2.49 era and 56 k in 86.2 innings.
14-13, 7 sv, 3.61 era, 264.0 ip, 141 r, 106 er, 176 bb, 178 k
sp Burt Keeley, age 38 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 21-12 record with a 2.70 era and 109 k in 293.1 innings.
96-96, 2 sv, 2.94 era, 1783.1 ip, 798 r, 582 er, 576 bb, 599 k
sp Marty O'Toole, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 6-5 record with a 2.70 era and 33 k in 93.1 innings.
25-40, 3 sv, 3.71 era, 587.2 ip, 345 r, 242 er, 319 bb, 287 k
lf Al Schweitzer, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .286 with 2 homers, 22 rbi and 6 sb in 132 games.
.272 avg, 3 hr, 98 rbi, 308 h, 29 2b, 23 3b, 114 r, 23 sb
c Art Wilson, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .277 with 9 homers, 64 rbi and 16 sb in 132 games.
.250 avg, 35 hr, 321 rbi, 674 h, 120 2b, 34 3b, 358 r, 55 sb
mr Walt Donne, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 3-2 record with 1 save, a 2.56 era and 13 k in 38.2 innings.
4-9, 8 sv, 3.52 era, 122.2 ip, 68 r, 48 er, 64 bb, 47 k
sp Ray Collins, age 30 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 23-11 record with a 2.04 era and 137 k in 308.2 innings.
121-66, 7 sv, 2.20 era, 1714.1 ip, 597 r, 419 er, 365 bb, 696 k
mr Frank Scanlon, age 27 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 1-2 record with a 0.87 era and 15 k in 31.0 innings.
4-8, 6 sv, 1.90 era, 75.2 ip, 23 r, 16 er, 30 bb, 35 k
mr Billy Burke, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 1-0 record with 1 save, a 1.59 era and 3 k in 5.2 innings.
3-2, 2 sv, 2.95 era, 36.2 ip, 17 r, 12 er, 18 bb, 21 k
sp Ray Boyd, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 5-4 record with a 3.66 era and 37 k in 93.1 innings.
13-16, 0 sv, 4.19 era, 255.2 ip, 155 r, 119 er, 133 bb, 96 k
sp Bert Humphries, age 37 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 13-16 record with a 3.03 era and 82 k in 264.0 innings.
18-20, 0 sv, 3.05 era, 324.1 ip, 148 r, 110 er, 59 bb, 108 k
sp Fred Link, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 2.00 era and 4 k in 9.0 innings.
2-5, 0 sv, 4.63 era, 68.0 ip, 51 r, 35 er, 42 bb, 33 k
mr Bill Harper, age 28 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 3.07 era, 14.2 ip, 7 r, 5 er, 7 bb, 5 k
mr Chet Hoff, age 26 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 3-4 record with 2 saves, a 2.28 era and 18 k in 43.1 innings.
11-13, 14 sv, 2.59 era, 160.0 ip, 73 r, 46 er, 79 bb, 85 k
sp Bill James, age 30 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 11.25 era, 4.0 ip, 7 r, 5 er, 5 bb, 1 k
mr Judge Nagle, age 37 - 2 seasons.
6-4, 3 sv, 3.26 era, 69.0 ip, 28 r, 25 er, 24 bb, 30 k
mr Buck O'Brien, age 35 - 3 seasons.
5-4, 0 sv, 2.34 era, 76.0 ip, 28 r, 20 er, 36 bb, 38 k
mr Bill Schardt, age 31 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 4.91 era, 7.1 ip, 5 r, 4 er, 5 bb, 2 k
mr Fred Sherry, age 28 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 0-1 record with 3 saves, a 1.52 era and 24 k in 59.1 innings.
10-12, 17 sv, 2.01 era, 187.2 ip, 82 r, 42 er, 80 bb, 72 k
sp Wiley Taylor, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 2 k
sp Bill Hopper, age 27 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 3.0 ip, 2 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 k
sp Lefty Lorenzen, age 24 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
mr Earl Moseley, age 33 - 1 season.
0-0, 1 sv, 2.25 era, 8.0 ip, 4 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 4 k
First Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Cleveland Dickie Kerr,p Al Wingo,lf Bevo LeBourveau,lf Frank Ellerbe,3b Joel Newkirk,p
Philadelphia (N) Rosy Ryan,p Bob Hasty,p Mike Kirscher,p Lena Styles,c Roy Parker,p
New York (N) George Uhle,p Ray Roberts,p Ed Gerner,p Lefty York,p Rags Faircloth,p
Philadelphia (N) Frankie Frisch,3b Bucky Harris,2b Charlie See,cf Bill Snyder,p Johnny Walker,1b
Cincinnati Virgil Barnes,p John Sullivan,p George Winn,p Ivy Griffin,1b Will Koenigsmark,p
Detroit Bill Hubbell,p Colonel Snover,p Al Schacht,p Art Reinhart,p Dizzy Nutter,cf
Chicago (N) Pat Martin,p Earl Smith,c Johnny Jones,p Jack Wisner,p Harry Lunte,ss
Brooklyn Charlie Robertson,p Frank Welch,cf Sweetbreads Bailey,p Lefty Weinert,p Lefty O'Doul,p
Chicago (A) Harry Courtney,p Cliff Lee,c Jesse Winters,p Lafayette Henion,p Bob Kinsella,lf
Washington Elam Vangilder,p Jigger Statz,cf Luke Nelson,p Fred Hofmann,c Bill Bolden,p
New York (A) Dan Boone,p Pat Collins,p Pat Murray,p Hal Haid,p Ed Gill,p
St.Louis (N) Rolla Mapel,p Jimmy Zinn,p Harry Thompson,p Charlie High,rf Charlie Eckert,p
Boston (A) Curt Walker,cf Lloyd Christenbury,2b Wally Kimmick,3b Harvey McClellan,2b Doc Wallace,ss
Boston (N) Bernie Friberg,2b Gene Robertson,ss Ike Davis,ss Tony Faeth,p Dixie Carroll,cf
Pittsburgh Bill Bayne,p Chick Galloway,ss Billy Zitzmann,lf Clarence Fisher,p Snooks Dowd,2b
St.Louis (A) Dick Burris,1b Hod Ford,2b Mickey O'Neil,c Bill Grevell,p Danny Silva,3b
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Cleveland Sam White,c Norm McNeil,c
Philadelphia (N) Lew Groh,3b Mike Pasquella,1b
New York (N) Chick Bowen,cf Bert Yeabsley,1b
Philadelphia (A) Bob Allen,cf
Cincinnati Lou Raymond,2b
Detroit Hal Reilly,lf
Chicago (N) Sam Fisburn,1b
Brooklyn Frank Gleich,lf
Chicago (A) John Cavanaugh,3b
Washington Art Ewoldt,3b
New York (A) Frank Kelliher,1b
St.Louis (N) Tom Fitzsimmons,3b
Boston (A) Horace Allen,lf
Boston (N) Joe Schepner,3b
Pittsburgh Jesse Baker,ss
St.Louis (A) George Halas,rf
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