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Announcements

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Free Agency

Here is the list of major free agents and where they are headed.

Roy Hitt, sp - Signed a 2-year, $104,560 contract with Cincinnati
Jack Quinn, sp - Signed a 3-year, $290,050 contract with Cincinnati
Sailor Stroud, sp - Signed a 2-year, $179,700 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Jesse Baker, cl - Unsigned/Retired
Les Nunamaker, c - Signed a 3-year, $91,530 contract with St.Louis (N)
Wally Pipp, 1b - Signed a 5-year, $347,550 contract with St.Louis (N)
Les Mann, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $11,980 contract with Chicago (N)
Frank Baker, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $467,040 contract with Cincinnati
Carson Bigbee, ss - Signed a 3-year, $426,540 contract with Boston (A)
Cy Williams, lf - Signed a 3-year, $216,230 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Jack Smith, cf - Signed a 2-year, $103,260 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Whitey Witt, cf - Signed a 2-year, $106,560 contract with St.Louis (A)



Winter Trades
10/18 - Cincinnati gets cf Zip Collins (28 yrs old, .263-0-26-4), Philadelphia (N) gets c Frank Gibson (30 yrs old, .314-1-12-0) and cf Kenny Hagan (18 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/19 - New York (N) gets p Slim Sallee (35 yrs old, 19-12, 3.12 era, 285.2 ip, 31 k) and c Tim Griesenbeck (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Heinie Groh (31 yrs old, .318-2-72-13)
10/19 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Pol Perritt (28 yrs old, 0-0, 3.00 era, 6.0 ip, 2 k), Boston (A) gets c Bubbles Hargrave (28 yrs old, .286-0-3-0)
11/02 - Boston (N) gets p Nick Cullop (33 yrs old, 9-9, 3.19 era, 161.0 ip, 23 k), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Wally Gerber (29 yrs old, .295-2-25-0) and ss Herm Merritt (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/10 - Detroit gets 1b Stuffy McInnis (30 yrs old, .301-0-13-0), New York (N) gets ss Doc Lavan (30 yrs old, .281-0-4-0)
11/10 - Cincinnati gets rf Ray Rohwer (2t yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Pat Duncan (27 yrs old, .265-2-32-8)
11/11 - Washington gets p Gus Bono (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets ss Morrie Rath (33 yrs old, .232-1-43-7)
11/11 - New York (N) gets p Hal Carlson (28 yrs old, 16-11, 3.40 era, 251.2 ip, 68 k), Washington gets 3b Firtz Maisel (30 yrs old, .227-0-15-15)
11/15 - Detroit gets p Al Mamaux (26 yrs old, 16-14, 3.35 era, 263.0 ip, 109 k), Cleveland gets 1b Doc Johnston (33 yrs old, .250-0-15-2) and c Bill Warwick (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/18 - Chicago (N) gets p Walt Smallwood (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (N) gets c Frank Bruggy (29 yrs old, .059-0-1-0)
11/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Dave Black (28 yrs old, 1-1, 5.53 era, 42.1 ip, 21 k), Cleveland gets 1b Hap Myers (32 yrs old, .280-0-46-15)
11/30 - Boston (A) gets p Cliff Markle (26 yrs old, 0-0, 14.73 era, 3.2 ip, 2 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Joe Gedeon (26 yrs old, .258-0-29-0)
11/30 - Boston (N) gets p Whitey Gazner (27 yrs old, 9-10, 3.17 era, 199.0 ip, 55 k), Washington gets c Larry Woodall (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Bob Kinsella (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - Boston (N) gets p Jesse Haines (27 yrs old, 5-7, 4.17 era, 95.0 ip, 33 k) and ss Hal Leathers (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Babe Pinelli (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Sherry Smith (29 yrs old, 13-16, 4.16 era, 261.2 ip, 67 k), New York (N) gets 3b Manuel Cueto (28 yrs old, .245-1-25-0) and ss Herm Merritt (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - Boston (N) gets p Johnny Morrison (25 yrs old, 8-9, 4.57 era, 134.0 ip, 57 k), Chicago (N) gets rf Mike Menosky (26 yrs old, .259-4-63-14) and ss Hal Leathers (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - Boston (A) gets p Fritz Coumbe (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 3.0 ip, 0 k), New York (A) gets 1b Del Gainer (34 yrs old, .289-0-15-3) and c George Gilham (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/30 - St.Louis (N) gets p Earl Hamilton (29 yrs old, 9-18, 5.35 era, 210.1 ip, 60 k) and lf Bill Schindler (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets c Butch Henline (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)



Retirements

lf Sherry Magee, age 36 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .363 with 1 homer, 42 rbi and 41 sb in 136 games.
.289 avg, 73 hr, 949 rbi, 2174 h, 336 2b, 150 3b, 1057 r, 435 sb

2b Frank LaPorte, age 40 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .278 with 0 homers, 70 rbi and 9 sb in 134 games.
.238 avg, 16 hr, 560 rbi, 1277 h, 205 2b, 70 3b, 568 r, 142 sb

rf Tom O'Hara, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .324 with 0 homers, 5 rbi and 0 sb in 20 games.
.207 avg, 3 hr, 75 rbi, 140 h, 12 2b, 5 3b, 62 r, 16 sb

lf Chick Autry, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.250 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

lf Harry Lord, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .371 with 1 homer, 40 rbi and 31 sb in 123 games.
.318 avg, 16 hr, 392 rbi, 1274 h, 114 2b, 63 3b, 537 r, 262 sb

lf George Whiteman, age 37 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .255 with 0 homers, 16 rbi and 0 sb in 52 games.
.250 avg, 0 hr, 22 rbi, 59 h, 9 2b, 4 3b, 24 r, 2 sb

rf Dode Criss, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .261 with 3 homers, 58 rbi and 7 sb in 139 games.
.251 avg, 4 hr, 113 rbi, 287 h, 43 2b, 10 3b, 131 r, 25 sb

1b Fred Stem, age 35 - 1 season.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

rf Ray Demmitt, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .297 with 4 homers, 50 rbi and 34 sb in 133 games.
.254 avg, 20 hr, 284 rbi, 730 h, 139 2b, 37 3b, 376 r, 107 sb

lf Heinie Heitmuller, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .285 with 2 homers, 16 rbi and 3 sb in 55 games.
.243 avg, 3 hr, 106 rbi, 203 h, 35 2b, 13 3b, 86 r, 29 sb

1b Jim Doyle, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .304 with 5 homers, 60 rbi and 42 sb in 146 games.
.263 avg, 40 hr, 546 rbi, 1333 h, 226 2b, 98 3b, 713 r, 266 sb

1b Enos Kirkpatrick, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .254 with 0 homers, 35 rbi and 15 sb in 119 games.
.235 avg, 1 hr, 106 rbi, 276 h, 35 2b, 14 3b, 110 r, 28 sb

lf Buddy Ryan, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .337 with 2 homers, 63 rbi and 32 sb in 137 games.
.277 avg, 6 hr, 242 rbi, 665 h, 89 2b, 46 3b, 328 r, 105 sb

sp Limb McKenry, age 32 - 3 seasons.
4-4, 0 sv, 4.09 era, 92.1 ip, 53 r, 42 er, 42 bb, 29 k

sp Cy Falkenberg, age 40 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 20-14 record with a 2.25 era and 202 k in 315.2 innings.
114-96, 13 sv, 2.71 era, 1818.0 ip, 777 r, 547 er, 656 bb, 810 k

2b Otto Knabe, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .259 with 1 homer, 14 rbi and 3 sb in 77 games.
.240 avg, 3 hr, 201 rbi, 498 h, 82 2b, 37 3b, 240 r, 74 sb

lf Red Killefer, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .329 with 0 homers, 11 rbi and 5 sb in 71 games.
.258 avg, 3 hr, 107 rbi, 354 h, 45 2b, 16 3b, 146 r, 18 sb

lf Danny Moeller, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .305 with 0 homers, 10 rbi and 10 sb in 62 games.
.225 avg, 3 hr, 144 rbi, 429 h, 71 2b, 21 3b, 227 r, 142 sb

sp George Suggs, age 38 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 26-12 record with a 2.51 era and 117 k in 329.2 innings.
112-67, 3 sv, 2.66 era, 1570.2 ip, 640 r, 465 er, 431 bb, 494 k

1b Fred Luderus, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .295 with 14 homers, 84 rbi and 4 sb in 151 games.
.257 avg, 76 hr, 596 rbi, 1168 h, 197 2b, 37 3b, 544 r, 54 sb

mr Spec Harkness, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled an 11-10 record with 2 saves, a 3.36 era and 88 k in 185.0 innings.
34-54, 14 sv, 4.14 era, 769.0 ip, 480 r, 351 er, 372 bb, 374 k

sp Bunny Hearn, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled an 11-22 record with a 2.70 era and 71 k in 303.2 innings.
49-66, 1 sv, 3.15 era, 1025.0 ip, 486 r, 359 er, 287 bb, 259 k

sp Marty McHale, age 34 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 23-12 record with a 2.62 era and 112 k in 357.1 innings.
56-70, 0 sv, 3.11 era, 1214.0 ip, 577 r, 419 er, 347 bb, 378 k

cf Bob Northen, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .257 with 4 homers, 55 rbi and 11 sb in 132 games.
.256 avg, 15 hr, 318 rbi, 660 h, 124 2b, 36 3b, 292 r, 48 sb

cl Jesse Baker, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 4-1 record with 9 saves, a 0.79 era and 11 k in 34.0 innings.
17-12, 42 sv, 1.88 era, 210.1 ip, 61 r, 44 er, 72 bb, 122 k

1b Jack Ness, age 36 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .400 with 0 homers, 5 rbi and 0 sb in 5 games.
.333 avg, 0 hr, 9 rbi, 10 h, 2 2b, 3 3b, 2 r, 1 sb

ss Ivy Olsen, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .247 with 0 homers, 17 rbi and 12 sb in 99 games.
.236 avg, 0 hr, 57 rbi, 167 h, 28 2b, 3 3b, 81 r, 18 sb

cl Riggie Richter, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he compiled a 4-3 record with 3 saves, a 2.15 era and 21 k in 46.0 innings.
13-15, 29 sv, 2.55 era, 169.1 ip, 64 r, 48 er, 79 bb, 87 k

sp Earl Yingling, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 14-16 record with a 2.58 era and 80 k in 282.2 innings.
55-40, 2 sv, 2.84 era, 864.0 ip, 364 r, 273 er, 214 bb, 272 k

sp Jim Bagby, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 13-8 record with a 2.76 era and 33 k in 185.2 innings.
35-48, 2 sv, 3.10 era, 756.0 ip, 347 r, 260 er, 201 bb, 195 k

mr Jerry Akers, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 1-0 record with 1 save, a 3.11 era and 21 k in 37.2 innings.
7-2, 2 sv, 4.05 era, 113.1 ip, 69 r, 51 er, 48 bb, 47 k

mr Happy Finneran, age 29 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 7-7 record with 4 saves, a 29.2 era and 39 k in 117.0 innings.
37-50, 17 sv, 4.04 era, 765.2 ip, 437 r, 344 er, 325 bb, 224 k

sp George Pearce, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled an 18-14 record with a 2.44 era and 161 k in 306.0 innings.
46-39, 7 sv, 2.39 era, 707.0 ip, 268 r, 188 er, 273 bb, 345 k

mr Rudy Sommers, age 34 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 10.80 era, 3.1 ip, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 0 k

sp Bill Steen, age 33 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 22-15 record with a 2.80 era and 95 k in 337.0 innings.
94-107, 0 sv, 3.35 era, 1877.1 ip, 947 r, 699 er, 722 bb, 735 k

mr Tommy Thompson, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 0-1 record with 5 saves, a 1.64 era and 7 k in 11.0 innings.
4-9, 8 sv, 3.09 era, 107.2 ip, 49 r, 37 er, 38 bb, 45 k

sp Eddie Eayrs, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 4-4 record with 13 saves, a 2.79 era and 29 k in 100.0 innings.
4-5, 15 sv, 2.55 era, 123.2 ip, 53 r, 35 er, 36 bb, 36 k

mr Charlie Grover, age 30 - 2 seasons.
1-1, 0 sv, 2.43 era, 29.2 ip, 11 r, 8 er, 13 bb, 4 k

sp Dick Robertson, age 29 - 3 seasons.
9-11, 0 sv, 3.17 era, 187.1 ip, 76 r, 66 er, 68 bb, 45 k

sp Reb Russell, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 22-14 record with a 2.03 era and 148 k in 350.1 innings.
102-77, 0 sv, 2.44 era, 1643.2 ip, 629 r, 446 er, 378 bb, 615 k

mr John Allen, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 13.50 era, 2.0 ip, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 0 k

mr King Lear, age 29 - 3 seasons.
2-4, 4 sv, 4.79 era, 62.0 ip, 38 r, 33 er, 18 bb, 23 k

mr John McGraw, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 6.00 era, 3.0 ip, 4 r, 2 er, 5 bb, 0 k

mr Charlie Whitehouse, age 26 - 3 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 1.86 era, 9.2 ip, 3 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 5 k

mr Ducky Yount, age 35 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 2.25 era, 4.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 1 k

sp Bill Meehan, age 31 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 11.25 era, 4.0 ip, 5 r, 5 er, 4 bb, 0 k

sp Elmer Myers, age 26 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 6-3 record with 1 save, a 2.59 era and 48 k in 93.2 innings.
10-4, 1 sv, 2.29 era, 137.2 ip, 38 r, 35 er, 52 bb, 64 k



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Detroit           Syl Johnson,p         Ike Boone,rf           Curly Ogden,p         Ed Morris,p            Cedric Durst,cf
Cleveland         Gabby Hartnett,c      Joe Hauser,1b          Ossie Bluege,3b       Ed Goebel,rf           Homer Blankenship,p
New York (N)      Joe Genewich,p        Epp Sell,p             Myrl Brown,p          Fred Fussell,p         Howie Fitzgerald,rf
Chicago (A)       Ray Francis,p         Topper Rigney,ss       Otto Rettig,p         Al Yeargin,p           Jim Mattox,c
Chicago (N)       Tim McNamara,p        Tiny Osborne,p         George Murray,p       Heinie Meine,p         Bernie Hungling,c
Cincinnati        Jim Bottomley,1b      Lil Stoner,p           John Middleton,p      Ralph Shinners,cf      Ole Olsen,p
St.Louis (N)      Jim Joe Edwards,p     Harry Shriver,p        Ike Caveney,ss        Art Decatur,p          Clyde Barfoot,p
Washington        Joe Shaute,p          John Singleton,p       Danny Clark,3b        Hooks Cotter,1b        Duke Gillespie,p
Pittsburgh        Ted Blankenship,p     Eddie Dyer,p           Fred Haney,3b         Phil Bedgood,p         Ernie Vick,c
New York (A)      Ken Holloway,p        Johnny Stuart,p        Pat McNulty,rf        Cactus Keck,p          Roy Graham,c
Philadelphia (A)  Bob Fothergill,lf     Jewel Ens,2b           Norm McMillan,3b      Dick Reichie,cf        Jake Miller,rf
Brooklyn          Dixie Leverett,p      Jack Knight,p          Beauty McGowan,cf     Logan Drake,p          Dewey Metivier,p
Boston (N)        George Grantham,2b    Sparky Adams,ss        Howard Freigau,3b     Marty Callaghan,rf     Jim Brillheart,p
Boston (A)        Harry Hulihan,p       Mike Cvengros,p        Bert Griffith,rf      Bunny Roser,lf         Hub Pruett,p
Philadelphia (N)  Ray Blades,lf         Fred Johnson,p         Harry McCurdy,c       Walter Mueller,rf      Gene Lansing,p
St.Louis (A)      Travis Jackson,ss     Andy High,3b           Butch Weis,rf         Freddie Maguire,2b     Paul Schreiber,p    



Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Detroit           Karl Schnell,p        Nellie Pott,p          Chick Sorrells,ss     George McNamara,rf
Cleveland         Heinie Scheer,2b      Red Schillings,p       Ike Kahdot,3b         Joe Rabbitt,lf
New York (N)      Slim McGrew,p         Emmett Bowles,p        Camp Skinner,cf       Walt Golvin,1b
Chicago (A)       Lucas Turk,p          Bonnie Hollingsworth,p Gil Gallagher,ss      Ollie Fuhrman,c
Chicago (N)       Jimmy Lindsey,p       Snake Henry,1b         Frank McCue,3b        Sam Post,1b
Cincinnati        Lerton Pinto,p        Joe Matthews,p         Jimmie Long,c         Mahlon Higbee,lf
St.Louis (N)      Ernie Cox,p           Harry O'Neill,p        John Jenkins,2b       Hal Bubser,1b
Washington        Pete Lapan,c          Chief Youngblood,p     Walt Lynch,c          Tom Lovelace,1b
Pittsburgh        George Edmondson,p    John Mohardt,lf        Art Merewether,1b     Elmer Pence,rf
New York (A)      Rube Yarrison,p       Larry Duff,p           Red Lutz,c
Philadelphia (A)  Frank Mack,p          Tom Sullivan,p         Bill Doran,3b
Brooklyn          Gus Ketchum,p         Johnny Berger,c        Tom McNamara,1b
Boston (N)        Uel Eubanks,p         Jim Murray,p           Chick Maynard,ss
Boston (A)        Clem Llewellyn,p      Clint Blume,p          Augie Swentor,1b
Philadelphia (N)  Doc Hamann,p          Sid Benton,p           Uke Clanton,1b
St.Louis (A)      Chick Gagnon,ss       Rabbit Benton,2b       Waddy Macphee,3b