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1918-19 Winter
Announcements
MLB: In honor of our soldiers coming home, the World Series will be increased from 7 to 9 games.
Free Agency
Here is where the major free agents are headed.
Jack Quinn, sp - Signed a 2-year, $180,627 contract with Cincinnati
Hank Gowdy, c - Signed a 1-year, $7,750 contract with New York (A)
Red Smith, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $11,700 contract with Cleveland
Rabbit Maranville, ss - Signed a 1-year, $11,560 contract with St.Louis (A)
Elmer Smith, lf - Signed a 4-year, $235,350 contract with Chicago (A)
Fred Kommers, cf - Signed a 4-year, $501,920 contract with New York (N)
Benny Kauff, cf - Signed a 3-year, $368,500 contract with New York (A)
Frank Schulte, rf - Signed a 2-year, $87,680 contract with Pittsburgh
Trades
10/29 - Cincinnati gets p Joe Houser (27 yrs old, 2-1, 5 sv, 0.00 era, 23.0 ip, 6 k) and 2b Babe Ellison (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets rf Ray Demmitt (34 yrs old, .282-2-32-7) and 3b Bill Haeffner (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/29 - Pittsburgh gets p Carl Mays (26 yrs old, 20-17, 2.81 era, 339.1 ip, 91 k), Cincinnati gets c Walter Schmidt (31 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Billy Zitzmann (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/29 - Brooklyn gets p Flame Delhi (25 yrs old, 0-1, 27.01 era, 2.2 ip, 1 k) and ss Chuck Ward (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets c Patsy Gharrity (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/29 - Washington gets p Parson Perryman (30 yrs old, 1-0, 2.25 era, 4.0 ip, 3 k) and c Norm Glockson (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets 1b Walter Holke (25 yrs old, .278-0-2-0) and c Fred Hofmann (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/29 - St.Louis (A) gets p John Taff (28 yrs old, 2-3, 4 sv, 4.42 era, 38.2 ip, 10 k), Cincinnati gets c Verne Clemons (27 yrs old, .282-4-60-1)
11/02 - Washington gets p Bill Doak (27 yrs old, 4-4, 5 sv, 2.58 era, 69.2 ip, 15 k) and c Art Rico (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets cf Pat Duncan (25 yrs old, .278-0-14-1) and 1b Tom Miller (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/05 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Nick Cullop (31 yrs old, 8-10, 2.50 era, 155.0 ip, 23 k) and 1b Tom Miller (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/11 - St.Louis (N) gets c Lew McCarty (29 yrs old, .291-2-24-3) and rf Dick Wheeler (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets cf Tilly Walker (31 yrs old, .285-8-72-5)
11/11 - Boston (A) gets p Mike Regan (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Pittsburgh gets rf Frank Gilhooley (26 yrs old, .317-1-33-6) and 2b Harvey McClellan (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/19 - Boston (A) gets p Pol Perritt (26 yrs old, 5-6, 2.71 era, 116.1 ip, 24 k) and c Fred Bailey (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets c Josh Billings (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and 3b Bill Haeffner (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/24 - Washington gets p Bruno Haas (27 yrs old, .0-1, 4.15 era, 4.1 ip, 1 k), Pittsburgh gets rf Buddy Ryan (33 yrs old, .243-0-23-14) and c Art Rico (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Cleveland gets p Goat Cochran (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Adam Debus (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Dallas Bradshaw (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/29 - St.Louis (A) gets p Urban Shocker (26 yrs old, 18-9, 2.30 era, 243.0 ip, 99 k), Chicago (N) gets 3b Milt Stock (25 yrs old, .254-0-5-2)
12/01 - New York (N) gets p Ralph Comstock (28 yrs old, 14-15, 3.75 era, 254.2 ip, 94 k), Washington gets c Dick Cotter (29 yrs old, .319-1-47-5) and cf Chick Bowen (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/01 - Detroit gets p Dan Woodman (25 yrs old, 0-0, 3.86 era, 4.2 ip, 1 k) and cf Fred Hofmann (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets 3b Vern Duncan (28 yrs old, .267-0-25-13) and 2b Johnny Mostil (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - St.Louis (A) gets p Johnny Jones (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (N) gets lf Ping Bodie (31 yrs old, .273-1-36-3) and 2b Frank Mills (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - St.Louis (A) gets p Pete Standridge (27 yrs old, 3-4, 7 sv, 3.49 era, 67.0 ip, 18 k) and 2b Rip Conway (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets rf Grover Gilmore (30 yrs old, .286-0-13-5) and 3b Hooks Warner (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - Chicago (N) gets p Erv Lange (31 yrs old, 17-17, 2.97 era, 309.1 ip, 90 k), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Zeb Terry (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and c Frank Mills (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/04 - Chicago (A) gets p Rube Peters (33 yrs old, 0-2, 1 sv, 7.00 era, 9.0 ip, 1 k), New York (A) gets 3b Fred McMullin (27 yrs old, .260-0-23-4)
01/08 - Washington gets p Hal Carlson (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets ss Everett Booe (27 yrs old, .292-0-34-7)
01/09 - Brooklyn gets ss Dave Bancroft (27 yrs old, .269-2-29-4), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Hap Myers (30 yrs old, .275-0-35-35) and c Bill Haeffner (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/14 - Brooklyn gets c Truck Hannah (29 yrs old, .204-0-4-0) and rf Jim Brown (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Larry Kopf (28 yrs old, .283-4-48-16) and 1b Lou Guisto (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/05 - New York (A) gets p Slim Sallee (34 yrs old, 20-17, 3.40 era, 334.0 ip, 47 k) and 2b Lou Raymond (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets cf Gavvy Cravath (37 yrs old, .255-5-48-2)
02/06 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Jeff Tesreau (29 yrs old, 3-10, 3.56 era, 101.0 ip, 24 k) and 2b Lou Raymond (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets rf Jim Kelly (35 yrs old, .273-0-25-12)
Retirements
sp Rube Waddell, age 42 - 21 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 28-8 record with a era of 1.21 and 324 k in 327.2 innings.
260-144, 2 sv, 1.91 era, 3744.2 ip, 1181 r, 796 er, 985 bb, 2708 k
cf John Titus, age 42 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .342 with 9 homers, 57 rbi and 18 sb in 135 games.
.270 avg, 86 hr, 938 rbi, 1982 h, 294 2b, 104 3b, 1083 r, 268 sb
cf Jim Mullin, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .318 with 0 homers, 12 rbi and 3 sb in 72 games.
.233 avg, 2 hr, 40 rb, 115 h, 21 2b, 3 3b, 47 r, 16 sb
cf Art Kruger, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .500 with 0 homers, 1 rbi and 0 sb in 2 games.
.178 avg, 2 hr, 15 rbi, 23 h, 5 2b, 2 3b, 9 r, 2 sb
cf Charlie Johnson, age 33 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
c Bill Killefer, age 31 - 1 season.
.224 avg, 0 hr, 24 rbi, 53 h, 8 2b, 1 3b, 25 r, 2 sb
rf Duke Reilley, age 34 - 3 seasons.
.167 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 1 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb
lf Felix Chouinard, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .351 with 2 homers, 16 rbi and 2 k in 60 games.
.253 avg, 3 hr, 37 rbi, 94 h, 12 2b, 7 3b, 37 r, 6 sb
sp Christy Mathewson, age 38 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1908 when he compiled a 25-12 record with a 1.80 era and 185 k in 360.2 innings.
273-232, 2 sv, 2.65 era, 4496.1 ip, 1870 r, 1324 er, 1049 bb, 2152 k
sp Chief Bender, age 34 - 15 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 27-10 record with a 1.61 era and 237 k in 356.2 innings.
294-195, 2 sv, 2.41 era, 4664.2 ip, 1689 r, 1249 er, 1266 bb, 2723 k
ss Pep Clark, age 35 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he batted .275 with 2 homers, 47 rbi and 21 sb in 138 games.
.261 avg, 11 hr, 428 rbi, 1042 h, 157 2b, 62 3b, 442 r, 140 sb
sp Del Mason, age 35 - 2 seasons.
1-2, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 34.0 ip, 17 r, 17 er, 16 bb, 10 k
sp Ed Barry, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 20-11 record with a 2.63 era and 109 k in 301.0 innings.
127-156, 5 sv, 3.29 era, 2575.1 ip, 1244 r, 942 er, 837 bb, 1021 k
c Bill Carrigan, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .275 with 0 homers, 53 rbi and 3 sb in 118 games.
.2240 avg, 12 hr, 398 rbi, 893 h, 138 2b, 29 3b, 394 r, 34 sb
lf Harl Maggert, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .284 with 2 homers, 32 rbi and 27 sb in 120 games.
.249 avg, 7 hr, 139 rbi, 316 h, 40 2b, 20 3b, 153 r, 54 sb
sp Nap Rucker, age 34 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 20-14 record with a 2.16 era and 173 k in 308.0 innings.
180-187, 0 sv, 2.82 era, 3371.2 ip, 1462 r, 1055 er, 1090 bb, 1605 k
mr Pembroke Finlayson, age 30 - 3 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 8.10 era, 6.2 ip, 8 r, 6 er, 5 bb, 1 k
sp Joe Lake, age 37 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 19-19 record with a 2.81 era and 140 k in 346.1 innings.
121-146, 4 sv, 3.00 era, 2402.1 ip, 1151 r, 801 er, 756 bb, 854 k
sp Tommy Atkins, age 31 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 10-8 record with a 2.22 era and 91 k in 166.1 innings.
36-40, 15 sv, 2.97 era, 697.1 ip, 304 r, 230 er, 335 bb, 377 k
3b Charlie French, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.178 avg, 0 hr, 9 rbi, 23 h, 5 2b, 0 3b, 12 r, 4 sb
mr Joe Hovlik, age 34 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 5-6 record with 1 save, a 2.22 era and 18 k in 44.2 innings.
21-17, 10 sv, 2.61 era, 158.2 ip, 65 r, 46 er, 62 bb, 63 k
sp Ray Caldwell, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled an 8-9 record with a 3.11 era and 85 k in 167.2 innings.
36-40, 5 sv, 3.51 era, 703.1 ip, 398 r, 274 er, 308 bb, 401 k
sp Marc Hall, age 31 - 3 seasons.
9-13, 0 sv, 4.70 era, 182.0 ip, 110 r, 95 er, 91 bb, 64 k
lf Doc Miller, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .325 with 4 homers, 60 rbi and 14 sb in 147 games.
.282 avg, 18 hr, 271 rbi, 611 h, 99 2b, 40 3b, 294 r, 39 sb
sp Hub Pernoll, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 5-10 record with 1 save, a 2.67 era and 56 k in 148.1 innings.
13-12, 4 sv, 2.32 era, 260.0 ip, 98 r, 67 er, 94 bb, 81 k
mr Elmer Rieger, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled a 3-1 record with 1 save, a 0.00 era and 3 k in 11.0 innings.
9-7, 11 sv, 3.81 era, 80.1 ip, 95 r, 34 er, 43 bb, 41 k
sp Tex Covington, age 31 - 3 seasons.
3-3, 1 sv, 2.28 era, 43.1 ip, 25 r, 11 er, 19 bb, 19 k
mr Mack Allison, age 31 - 3 seasons.
2-0, 0 sv, 3.66 era, 19.2 ip, 12 r, 8 er, 5 bb, 8 k
sp Brad Hogg, age 29 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 3.80 era, 23.2 ip, 14 r, 10 er, 19 bb, 2 k
sp Walt Miller, age 34 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 6.23 era, 4.1 ip, 4 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 0 k
sp Hub Perdue, age 36 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 4-1 record with a 2.89 era and 22 k in 56.0 innings.
5-3, 0 sv, 2.53 era, 89.0 ip, 32 r, 25 er, 17 bb, 31 k
mr Bill Cramer, age 27 - 2 seasons.
0-4, 0 sv, 3.44 era, 18.1 ip, 12 r, 7 er, 11 bb, 2 k
sp Bert Brenner, age 31 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 5.79 era, 4.2 ip, 5 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 0 k
sp Frank Allen, age 29 - 2 seasons.
15-24, 4 sv, 3.07 era, 310.1 ip, 152 r, 106 er, 113 bb, 159 k
sp Rip Jordan, age 29 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 4-2 record with 1 save, a 1.94 era and 27 k in 46.1 innings.
16-10, 16 sv, 2.42 era, 178.2 ip, 72 r, 48 er, 82 bb, 95 k
mr Rube Marshall, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 5.79 era, 4.2 ip, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 0 k
sp Roger Salmon, age 27 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 2.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 1 k
sp Charlie Wheatley, age 25 - 1 season.
0-1, 0 sv, 13.50 era, 2.2 ip, 4 r, 4 er, 2 bb, 1 k
sp Dave Gregg, age 27 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 33.76 era, 1.1 ip, 5 r, 5 er, 5 bb, 1 k
mr Dick Niehaus, age 26 - 2 seasons.
3-5, 1 sv, 1.80 era, 35.0 ip, 17 r, 7 er, 15 bb, 21 k
mr Hal Schwenk, age 28 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 6.75 era, 8.0 ip, 7 r, 6 er, 2 bb, 4 k
sp Pop-Boy Smith, age 26 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 5.40 era, 1.2 ip, 3 r, 1 er, 2 bb, 0 k
mr Carl Zamloch, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 2-4 record with 2 saves, a 0.95 era and 8 k in 19.0 innings.
7-11, 11 sv, 2.73 era, 82.1 ip, 37 r, 25 er, 36 bb, 38 k
mr Abe Bowman, age 25 - 1 season.
0-0, 1 sv, 0.00 era, 1.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
mr Mellie Wolfgang, age 28 - 3 seasons.
6-5, 5 sv, 2.54 era, 85.0 ip, 33 r, 24 er, 38 bb, 35 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Washington Whitey Glazner,p Doc Prothro,3b Ray Richmond,p Jose Acosta,p Ira Townsend,p
Chicago (N) Johnny Morrison,p Cotton Tierney,2b Tom Grubbs,p Chippy Gaw,p Dud Lee,ss
Pittsburgh Ray Grimes,1b Sammy Hale,3b Mutt Wilson,p Al Pierotti,p Zack Taylor,c
Cleveland Fred Heimach,p Virgil Cheeves,p Joe Kiefer,p Paul Johnson,cf Bill Burwell,p
Philadelphia (A) Bob Meusel,rf John Sullivan,lf Eddie Brown,cf Wally Hood,cf Vern Spencer,lf
New York (A) Slim Harriss,p Roy Moore,p Heinie Muller,cf Ernie Alten,p Dutch Wetzel,lf
Chicago (A) Joe Gleason,p Frank Brower,rf Babe Twombly,cf Harry Baumgartner,p Benn Karr,p
Boston (N) Joe Sewell,ss Bernie Neis,rf Jim O'Neill,ss Larry Woodall,c Bob Clark,p
Philadelphia (N) Bibb Falk,lf Adrian Lynch,p George Mohart,p Percy Jones,p Bill Shanner,p
Cincinnati Pie Traynor,3b Jerry Conway,p Glenn Myatt,c Leon Carlson,p Hal Kime,p
Detroit Marty McManus,2b John Bogart,p Johnny Meador,p Sheriff Blake,p Cliff Brady,2b
Brooklyn Clyde Bernhart,3b Monty Swartz,p Leo Townsend,p John Glaiser,p Joe Jaeger,p
New York (N) Rip Collins,p Duke Shirey,p Huck Betts,p Gus Bono,p Allen Conkwright,p
Boston (A) Eddie Rommel,p Roy Crumpler,p Clarence Huber,3b Lyman Lamb,3b Lou Vedder,p
St.Louis (N) Hod Leverette,p Bill Knowlton,p George Payne,p Shovel Hodge,p Jack Theis,p
St.Louis (A) Russ Wrightstone,3b Homer Summa,rf Bobby LaMotte,3b Mike Knode,rf Emmett McCann,ss
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Washington Joe DeBerry,p Frank Okrie,p Bill Kelly,1b Tom Connelly,rf
Chicago (N) Hal Deviney,p Ed Chaplin,c Hob Hiller,3b Allie Watt,2b
Pittsburgh Cy Fried,p Frank Withrow,c Ed Wingo,c Ed Johnson,rf
Cleveland Walt Schulz,p Claude Davenport,p Joe Lucey,2b Teddy Kearns,1b
Philadelphia (A) Ted Turner,p Billy Muller,3b Bill Hollahan,3b Red Torphy,1b
New York (A) Jimmie Keenan,p Bubber Jonnard,c Tim Griesenbeck,c Tom Whelan,1b
Chicago (A) George Scott,p Bob Glenn,p Bill Schindler,c Earl Pruess,rf
Boston (N) Ray French,ss Red Cox,p Jack Sheehan,ss Walt Walsh,1b
Philadelphia (N) Ralph Miller,3b Harry Biemiller,p George Orme,rf
Cincinnati George Lowe,p Lyle Bigbee,p Ricardo Torres,c
Detroit John Slappey,p Frank Thompson,3b Paddy Smith,c
Brooklyn George Ellison,p Roy Grimes, 2b Al Lefevre,ss
New York (N) Spencer Heath,p Hal Leathers,ss Paul Speraw,3b
Boston (A) Johnnie Heving,c Clyde Manion,c George Gilham,c
St.Louis (N) George Lyons,p Alex Gaston,c Elmer Bowman,1b
St.Louis (A) Sumpter Clarke,3b Danny Claire,ss Ed Hock,lf
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