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1919-20 Winter
Announcements
Chicago (N) - Announced that they were renaming their ballpark. The ballpark will now be known as Cubs Park.
St.Louis (N) - Announced that they will be moving in Sportsman's Park, the home of the St.Louis Browns.
Free Agency
Here is the list of the major free agents and where they will be playing.
Babe Adams,sp - Signed a 3-year, $132,940 contract with Brooklyn
Hippo Vaughn,sp - Signed a 5-year, $406,110 contract with Detroit
Fred Anderson,cl - Signed a 2-year, $93,720 contract with Boston (A)
Jesse Baker,cl - Unsigned
Ray Schalk,c - Signed a 1-year, $11,140 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Roger Peckinpaugh,1b - Signed a 2-year, $48,240 contract with Cincinnati
Rabbit Maranville,1b/ss - Signed a 2-year, $30,440 contract with Pittsburgh
Doc Johnston,1b - Signed a 2-year, $16,740 contract with Detroit
Jake Daubert,1b - Signed a 3-year, $123,150 contract with Chicago (N)
Les Mann,2b - Signed a 1-year, $6,130 contract with New York (N)
Larry Doyle,2b - Signed a 4-year, $201,440 contract with Chicago (N)
Jack Martin,3b - Signed a 1-year, $8,000 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Heinie Groh,ss - Signed a 6-year, $780,840 contract with New York (N)
Del Pratt,ss - Signed a 2-year, $84,240 contract with Cincinnati
Nemo Leibold,lf - Signed a 1-year, $11,180 contract with Boston (A)
Harry Hooper,lf - Signed a 3-year, $249,480 contract with Pittsburgh
Jack Graney,lf - Signed a 1-year, $4,540 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Edd Roush,cf - Signed a 6-year, $881,280 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Bob Bescher,rf - Signed a 1-year, $12,320 contract with New York (N)
Walton Cruise,rf - Signed a 2-year, $34,040 contract with New York (A)
Eddie Murphy,rf - Signed a 3-year, $94,950 contract with Boston (N)
Braggo Roth,rf - Signed a 3-year, $190,260 contract with New York (N)
Winter Trades
10/16 - Chicago (N) gets p King Lear (28 yrs old, 1-2, 1 sv, 6.28 era, 28.2 ip, 12 k), Cleveland gets 2b Cotton Tierney (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Ty Pickup (21 years old, .000-0-0-0)
10/18 - Pittsburgh gets p Leo Townsend (28 yrs okd, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 1b Joe Harris (28 yrs old, .331,3,27,4) and rf Ed Johnson (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/21 - Philadelphia (A) gets lf Cy Williams (31 yrs old, .304-8-78-6), Chicago (N) gets rf John Sullivan (29 yrs old, .261-1-30-2) and 1b Tom Miller (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/26 - Boston (A) gets p Roy Hitt (32 yrs old, 16-11, 3.23 era, 242.1 ip, 86 k), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Larry Gardner (33 yrs old, .296-1-25-4)
10/31 - New York (A) gets p Fritz Coumbe (29 yrs old, 1-1, 3.45 era, 28.2 ip, 6 k) and 3b Bill Hollahan (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Fred McMullin (28 yrs old, .253-0-8-2)
11/06 - Chicago (N) gets 1b Hap Myers (31 yrs old, .269-1-29-27), St.Louis (N) gets c Ivy Wingo (29 yrs old, .259-0-35-4) and lf Allie Watt (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/06 - New York (N) gets lf Joe Wood (30 yrs old, .330-2-16-0), Cincinnati gets lf Beals Becker (33 yrs old, .241-6-38-8)
11/10 - Cincinnati gets lf Burt Shotton (35 yrs old, .273-0-13-1) and 2b Cliff Brady (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets c Walter Schmidt (32 yrs old, .257-1-12-2) and 2b Claude Davidson (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/10 - Boston (A) gets lf Eddie Eayrs (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 1b Shano Collins (33 yrs old, .229-0-34-6) and 3b Wally Kimmick (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/10 - Brooklyn gets p Rollin Cook (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets 3b Al Bridwell (35 yrs old, .217-0-17-4)
11/10 - Brooklyn gets p Guy Morton (26 yrs old, 13-16, 3.55 era, 253.2 ip, 114 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Ben Dyer (26 yrs old, .276-0-10-0)
11/17 - Washington gets p Bill Fincher (25 yrs old, 0-0, 2 sv, 0.00 era, 9.0 ip, 4 k), New York (N) gets 2b Ralph Young (30 yrs old, .289-1-23-2) and cf Chick Bowen (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bert Maxwell (33 yrs old, 15-7, 2.82 era, 201.0 ip, 62 k) and 1b Lou Guisto (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Ray Powell (30 yrs old, .294-0-1-0)
11/17 - Chicago (A) gets p Fred Lamline (32 yrs old, 6-2, 3.24 era, 41.2 ip, 19 k), St.Louis (N) gets 3b John Kelleher (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/19 - Pittsburgh gets p Earl Hamilton (28 yrs old, 11-18, 3.57 era, 264.2 ip, 76 k), Cincinnati gets lf Frank Schulte (37 yrs old, .244-0-34-26)
11/20 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jim Park (27 yrs old, 1-0, 2.70 era, 6.2 ip, 2 k), Cincinnati gets ss Everett Scott (27 yrs old, .333-0-1-0)
11/22 - St.Louis (N) gets p Pat Ragan (31 yrs old, 11-12, 2.60 era, 225.0 ip, 78 k), Cincinnati gets 3b Eddie Foster (32 yrs old, .313-0-39-18)
11/27 - Boston (N) gets p Gene Packard (32 yrs old, 12-8, 3.99 era, 169.0 ip, 35 k), Cleveland gets ss Jim O'Neill (26 yrs old, .255-0-10-4)
11/27 - Boston (N) gets p Walt Smallwood (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 2b Charlie Pick (31 yrs old, .228-2-35-15)
11/27 - Boston (N) gets p Bill Doak (28 yrs old, 10-18, 3.62 era, 243.1 ip, 81 k), Washington gets 3b Morrie Rath (32 yrs old, .254-0-32-0)
11/28 - Cleveland gets p Wheezer Dell (33 yrs old, 8-19, 4.07 era, 221.1 ip, 86 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Manuel Cueto (27 yrs old, .240-0-42-4) and 2b Bill Webb (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/19 - Brooklyn gets p Bruno Haas (28 yrs old, 1-1, 1.93 era, 4.2 ip, 2 k) and ss Bob Larmore (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets cf Irish Meusel (26 yrs old, .289-2-38-6) and cf Jim Brown (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/19 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Claude Hendrix (30 yrs old, 14-15, 3.79 era, 258.2 ip, 79 k), Boston (A) gets rf Jack Tobin (27 yrs old, .275-2-47-4) and 2b Bill Webb (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/21 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jack Scott (27 yrs old, 12-14, 3.34 era, 234.2 ip, 61 k), Detroit gets 2b Bobby Vaughn (34 yrs old, .290-1-46-14)
01/28 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Art Nehf (27 yrs old, 12-7, 2.41 era, 164.1 ip, 36 k), Detroit gets c Hank Severeid (28 yrs old, .279-0-12-0)
01/28 - Boston (A) gets p Marv Goodwin (29 yrs old, 14-11, 2.65 era, 210.1 ip, 46 k) and 3b Frank Thompson (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets 2b Joe Leonard (25 yrs old, .269-0-30-5) and 2b Bill Webb (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/03 - Detroit gets rf Frank Brower (26 yrs old, .268-0-33-0), Chicago (A) gets cf Casey Stengel (29 yrs old, .314-9-69-12)
Retirements
1b Phil Lewis, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .323 with 0 homers, 22 rbi and 1 sb in 101 games.
.308 avg, 0 hr, 52 rbi, 159 h, 17 2b, 3 3b, 43 r, 3 sb
rf Bris Lord, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .250 with 2 homers, 41 rbi and 11 sb in 113 games.
.225 avg, 7 hr, 242 rbi, 575 h, 101 2b, 37 3b, 267 r, 90 sb
c Jack Lapp, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .297 with 1 homer, 77 rbi and 18 sb in 131 games.
.256 avg, 14 hr, 411 rbi, 977 h, 154 2b, 35 3b, 464 r, 74 sb
rf Herbie Moran, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .279 with 1 homer, 16 rbi and 10 sb in 77 games.
.262 avg, 3 hr, 150 rbi, 426 h, 55 2b, 32 3b, 239 r, 93 sb
cf Bill Davidson, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .322 with 0 homers, 10 rbi and 0 sb in 29 games.
.272 avg, 1 hr, 20 rbi, 34 h, 5 2b, 2 3b, 13 r, 4 sb
ss Roxey Roach, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .303 with 4 homers, 26 rbi and 0 sb in 91 games.
.246 avg, 7 hr, 104 rbi, 262 h, 36 2b, 17 3b, 96 r, 11 sb
2b Rollie Zeider, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .304 with 0 homers, 14 rbi and 4 sb in 53 games.
.231 avg, 3 hr, 129 rbi, 333 h, 44 2b, 14 3b, 184 r, 87 sb
lf Willie Hogan, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.270 avg, 0 hr, 23 rbi, 65 h, 12 2b, 2 3b, 24 r, 6 sb
sp Ed Klepfer, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 6-3 record with a 3.03 era and 41 k in 121.2 innings.
36-40, 0 sv, 3.40 era, 699.2 ip, 352 r, 264 er, 270 bb, 245 k
sp Al Demaree, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 13-13 record with a 2.12 era and 85 k in 229.2 innings.
31-37, 1 sv, 2.78 era, 622.0 ip, 267 r, 192 er, 181 bb, 226 k
ss Ed Mensor, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .364 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 2 sb in 40 games.
.221 avg, 1 hr, 63 rbi, 137 h, 17 2b, 10 3b, 65 r, 32 sb
mr Rube Peters, age 34 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 2-0 record with 3 saves, a 0.79 era and 5 k in 11.1 innings.
2-2, 4 sv, 3.04 era, 26.2 ip, 11 r, 9 er, 14 bb, 9 k
ss Doc Shanley, age 29 - 1 season.
.333 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 1 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
rf Joe Connolly, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .282 with 4 homers, 80 rbi and 24 sb in 149 games.
.268 avg, 19 hr, 319 rbi, 702 h, 118 2b, 60 3b, 361 r, 133 sb
ss Ed Gagnier, age 36 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .264 with 1 homer, 20 rbi and 0 sb in 87 games.
.242 avg, 2 hr, 55 rbi, 127 h, 19 2b, 4 eb, 68 r, 1 sb
cf Elmer Flick, age 43 - 22 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he batted .367 with 11 homers, 110 rbi and 35 sb in 138 games.
.278 avg, 65 hr, 1020 rbi, 2251 h, 333 2b, 171 3b, 1201 r, 556 sb
sp Addie Joss, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 19-18 record with a 1.92 era and 155 k in 361.1 innings.
239-317, 0 sv, 2.73 era, 5087.0 ip, 2208 r, 1545 er, 1027 bb, 1693 k
cf Moose McCormick, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .292 with 3 homers, 85 rbi and 12 sb in 146 games.
.267 avg, 15 hr, 620 rbi, 1442 h, 264 2b, 108 3b, 635 r, 193 sb
c Nig Clarke, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .281 with 1 homer, 56 rbi and 4 sb in 117 games.
.238 avg, 7 hr, 396 rbi, 858 h, 145 2b, 28 3b, 314 r, 35 sb
ss Mike Mowrey, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .268 with 1 homer, 51 rbi and 2 sb in 150 games.
.248 avg, 8 hr, 360 rbi, 879 h, 150 2b 42 3b, 424 r, 64 sb
lf Rube Oldring, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .327 with 1 homer, 27 rbi and 17 sb in 95 games.
.248 avg, 21 hr, 516 rbi, 1202 h, 198 2b, 65 3b, 513 r, 202 sb
1b Jim Nealon, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1907 when he batted .324 with 2 homers, 35 rbi and 1 sb in 119 games.
.258 avg, 2 hr, 101 rbi, 274 h, 36 2b, 16 3b, 107 r, 31 sb
sp Harry Coveleski, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 23-16 record with a 2.26 era and 115 k in 342.2 innings.
75-82, 2 sv, 2.45 era, 1433.2 ip, 568 r, 390 er, 381 bb, 611 k
cf Dode Paskert, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .297 with 2 homers, 22 rbi and 9 sb in 125 games.
.275 avg, 12 hr, 383 rbi, 1249 r, 130 2b, 72 3b, 599 r, 189 sb
1b Heinie Beckendorf, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .196 with 2 homers, 11 rbi and 0 sb in 48 games.
.198 avg, 2 hr, 22 rbi, 48 h, 4 2b, 2 3b, 18 r, 0 sb
cf Rebel Oakes, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .323 with 3 homers, 63 rbi, and 12 sb in 142 games.
.271 avg, 11 hr, 391 rbi, 1059 h, 129 2b, 46 3b, 458 r, 128 sb
1b Butch Schmidt, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .328 with 0 homers, 7 rbi and 0 sb in 28 games.
.237 avg, 0 hr, 40 rbi, 92 h, 16 2b, 6 3b, 39 r, 5 sb
sp Dave Danforth, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 13-17 record with a 2.93 era and 113 k in 251.2 innings.
14-19, 4 sv, 2.79 era, 294.0 ip, 118 r, 91 er, 122 bb, 139 k
mr Gene Dale, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 1-1 record with 1 save, a 1.42 era and 5 k in 6.1 innings.
2-1, 1 sv, 3.38 era, 18.2 ip, 10 r, 7 er, 7 bb, 8 k
sp Pug Cavet, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 13-10 record with a 3.16 era and 73 k in 211.0 innings.
14-19, 2 sv, 3.15 era, 302.2 ip, 147 r, 106 er, 113 bb, 108 k
mr Charlie Becker, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 3-1 record with a 2.27 era and 13 k in 31.2 innings.
5-4, 3 sv, 2.55 era, 91.2 ip, 37 r, 26 er, 42 bb, 38 k
sp George Mogridge, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 21-16 record with a 2.90 era and 154 k in 329.1 innings.
95-99, 0 sv, 3.18 era, 1770.2 ip, 862 r, 625 er, 583 bb, 769 k
sp George Davis, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled an 8-8 record with a 2.95 era and 62 k in 161.2 innings.
15-21, 0 sv, 2.93 era, 337.2 ip, 140 r, 110 er, 140 bb, 141 k
sp Joe Engel, age 26 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 1.93 era, 4.2 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 4 bb, 2 k
mr Byron Houck, age 28 - 2 seasons.
2-3, 1 sv, 6.25 era, 40.1 ip, 38 r, 28 er, 26 bb, 12 k
sp Willie Jensen, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.1 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
mr Len Madden, age 29 - 3 seasons.
8-4, 3 sv, 1.98 era, 54.2 ip, 17 r, 12 er, 16 bb, 20 k
mr Howard McGraner, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 4-3 record with 1 save, a 1.50 era and 6 k in 18.0 innings.
8-5, 4 sv, 2.53 era, 81.2 ip, 31 r, 23 er, 22 bb, 33 k
sp Ernie Shore, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 24-10 record with a 1.89 era and 130 k in 318.2 innings.
33-18, 0 sv, 1.93 era, 490.1 ip, 149 r, 105 er, 132 bb, 203 k
mr Rube Foster, age 31 - 2 seasons.
1-6, 0 sv, 3.68 era, 63.2 ip, 34 r, 26 er, 40 bb, 19 k
mr Charlie Harding, age 28 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 9.00 era, 7.0 ip, 7 r, 7 er, 6 bb, 1 k
sp Fred House, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
mr Lou North, age 28 - 3 seasons.
5-3, 4 sv, 0.72 era, 37.1 ip, 9 r, 3 er, 13 bb, 13 k
sp Erwin Renfer, age 28 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.68 era, 7.1 ip, 9 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 0 k
sp Rube Schauer, age 28 - 2 seasons.
8-6, 0 sv, 2.37 era, 159.1 ip, 58 r, 42 er, 60 bb, 65 k
mr Paul Strand, age 26 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 4-2 record with 12 saves, a 0.98 era and 15 k in 27.2 innings.
15-19, 35 sv, 2.27 era, 194.2 ip, 70 r, 49 er, 82 bb, 94 k
mr Zip Zabel, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 1 sv, 5.79 era, 18.2 ip, 14 r, 12 er, 9 bb, 10 k
mr Matt Zeiser, age 31 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 1.98 era, 13.2 ip, 8 r, 3 er, 7 bb, 5 k
sp Larry Douglas, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 13.50 era, 2.0 ip, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 1 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Philadelphia (A) Pete Donohue,p Lance Richbourg,2b Ray Rohwer,rf Joe Connolly,rf Pinky Pittinger,2b
Washington Ray Kolp,p Tony Kaufmann,p Specs Toporcer,ss Frank Brazill,1b Duke Sedgwick,p
Pittsburgh Suds Sutherland,p Lu Blue,1b Jackie Tavener,ss Lefty Wolf,p Elmer Yoter,3b
Cleveland Goose Goslin,lf Johnny Mokan,lf Tex Jeanes,lf Frank Callaway,ss Drew Rader,p
Boston (N) Kiki Cuyler,lf Earl Sheely,1b John Monroe,2b Johnny Mitchell,ss Cy Morgan,p
Brooklyn Riggs Stephenson,2b Cy Twombly,p Chief Yellowhorse,p Ted Odenwald,p Bill Skiff,c
Boston (A) Dutch Henry,p Bernie Henderson,p Johnny Gooch,c Yam Yaryan,c Carl Holling,p
Philadelphia (N) Lew Fonseca,2b Lee Thompson,p Jesse Petty,p Sarge Connally,p Jim Sullivan,p
New York (N) Rip Wheeler,p Arlas Taylor,p Bill Cunningham,cf Lefty Stewart,p Red Bird,p
Cincinnati Dominic Mulrenan,p Ollie Hanson,p Johnny Cooney,p Slicker Parks,p Nemo Gaines,p
Chicago (A) Bing Miller,lf Hod Fenner,p Joe Sargent,2b Doug McWeeny,p Denny Williams,lf
New York (A) Bert Cole,p Lefty Clarke,p Fred Bratschi,rf Oscar Fuhr,p George Stueland,p
Detroit Frank Parkinson,2b Bill Warwick,c Claude Jonnard,p Goldie Rapp,3b Kettle Wirts,c
St.Louis (N) Petie Behan,p Butch Henline,c Ray Gordinier,p Jack Wieneke,p Sam Dodge,p
St.Louis (A) Chicken Hawks,cf Bill Barrett,lf Luke Sewell,c Joe Klugmann,2b Bill Bishop,p
Chicago (N) Buck Freeman,p Garland Braxton,p Frank Bruggy,c Curt Fullerton,p Jim Walsh,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Philadelphia (A) John Michaelson,p Ben Mallonee,cf George Foss,3b
Washington Charlie Niebergall,c Astyanax Douglass,c Ernie Neitzke,lf
Pittsburgh Ralph Miller,p Joe Berry,2b John Perrin,rf
Cleveland Tink Riviere,p Bud Heine,2b Howie Jones,lf
Boston (N) Herm Merritt,ss Luke Stuart,2b Walt Irwin,1b
Brooklyn Bill Hughes,p Red Thomas,cf Frank Pratt,1b
Boston (A) Walter Zink,p Ginger Shinault,c Jim Mahady,2b
Philadelphia (N) Phil Morrison,p Jim Riley,2b
New York (N) Ray Miner,p Sam Barnes,2b
Cincinnati Carter Elliott,ss Kenny Hogan,cf
Chicago (A) Rusty Pence,p Red Ostergard,1b
New York (A) Vance McIlree,p Dot Fulghum,ss
Detroit Lum Davenport,p Pat Patterson,3b
St.Louis (N) Elmer Leifer,3b Mike Wilson,c
St.Louis (A) Reuben Ewing,ss Wally Kopf,3b
Chicago (N) Harvey Freeman,p George Lees,c
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