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Announcements

MLB - Announced that the World Series will be returning to the best-of-seven format starting in 1922.



Free Agency

Here are the major free agent signings.

Hugh Bedient, sp - Signed a 2-year, $192,660 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Chief Johnson, sp - Signed a 3-year, $214,700 contract with Cincinnati
Pete Standridge, cl - Signed a 2-year, $34,480 contract with Brooklyn
Hank Gowdy, c - Signed a 4-year, $239,670 contract with St.Louis (N)
Steve O'Neill, c - Signed a 3-year, $341,590 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Jimmy Johnston, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $6,940 contract with St.Louis (A)
Tilly Shafer, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $8,650 contract with Boston (A)
Buck Weaver, 3b - Signed a 4-year, $414,520 contract with St.Louis (N)
Del Pratt, ss - Signed a 4-year, $151,770 contract with Cincinnati
Bobby Veach, lf - Signed a 4-year, $488,640 contract with St.Louis (N)
Charlie Jamieson, lf - Signed a 3-year, $99,918 contract with Washington
Les Mann, cf - Signed a 3-year, $155,950 contract with Chicago (N)
Ty Cobb, cf - Signed a 2-year, $247,920 contract with Brooklyn



Trades
10/19 - Boston (N) gets c Val Picinich (25 yrs old, .279-1-12-1) and c Lance Richbourg (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Johnny Rawlings (29 yrs old, .265-0-15-0)
10/20 - Pittsburgh gets p Socks Seibold (25 yrs old, 0-1, 16.88 era, 2.2 ip, 0 k) and lf Ted Menze (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets ss Chick Galloway (25 yrs old, .252-1-45-6)
10/25 - Cleveland gets p Ben Harris (31 yrs old, 6-11, 4.32 era, 204.0 ip, 61 k) and 2b Herb Hunter (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets rf Bevo LeBourveau (27 yrs old, .338-4-33-3) and rf Ty Pickup (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/28 - Philadelphia (N) gets rf Joe Wood (32 yrs old, .280-8-71-4) and ss Chick Maynard (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets cf Amos Strunk (32 yrs old, .339-2-26-0)
11/01 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Larry Jacobus (27 yrs old, 1-2, 3 sv, 6.02 era, 40.1 ip, 17 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Jewel Ens (32 yrs old, .261-2-57-8)
11/01 - Cleveland gets p Fred Fussell (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and ss Herm Merritt (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets cf Paul Johnson (25 yrs old, .271-1-9-0) and 2b Herb Hunter (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/15 - Cleveland gets p George Mohart (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Doc Johnston (34 yrs old, .313-0-4-0) and c Bill Warwick (23 yrs old, .310-1-7-1)
11/29 - St.Louis (N) gets rf Chick Shorten (29 yrs old, .337-1-35-0), Boston (A) gets 3b Babe Pinelli (26 yrs old, .234-0-46-4)
12/01 - Brooklyn gets p Lee Meadows (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 3b Clyde Barnhart (25 yrs old, .282-0-35-3) and 3b Johnny Berger (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/03 - Chicago (A) gets p Al Mamaux (27 yrs old, 6-13, 4.17 era, 213.2 ip, 86 k), Detroit gets 3b Marty Krug (33 yrs old, .225-1-9-1)
12/03 - St.Louis (A) gets p Sad Sam Jones (29 yrs old, 18-14, 4.06 era, 279.1 ip, 79 k), Philadelphia (N) gets rf Whitey Witt (26 yrs old, .344-4-80-11) and cf Bill Lamar (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/14 - Boston (N) gets rf Walton Cruise (31 yrs old, .335-9-84-8) and c Red Lutz (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 2b Sparky Adams (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/14 - Boston (N) gets c Les Nunamaker (32 yrs old, .305-4-87-8), St.Louis (N) gets lf Hack Miller (27 yrs old, .348-22-107-3)
12/15 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Joe Houser (30 yrs old, 4-2, 3 sv, 3.92 era, 64.1 ip, 25 k), Cleveland gets ss Donie Bush (34 yrs old, .270-0-32-2)
01/24 - St.Louis (N) gets p Dutch Ruether (28 yrs old, 11-9, 4.19 era, 174.0 ip, 50 k) and rf Jim Brown (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 3b Ralph Miller (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/02 - Chicago (A) gets p Suds Sutherland (27 yrs old, 6-5, 4.52 era, 97.2 ip, 32 k) and 3b Elmer Yoter (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets ss Topper Rigney (25 yrs old, .332-1-34-7)



Retirements

sp Red Ames, age 39 - 20 seasons - Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1903 when he recorded a 24-9 record with a 1.37 era and 299 k in 335.0 innings.
302-298, 3 sv, 2.73 era, 5418.0 ip, 2262 r, 1642 er, 1958 bb, 2905 k

1b Hal Chase, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .278 with 2 homers, 59 rbi and 21 sb in 153 games.
.256 avg, 30 hr, 591 rbi, 1494 h, 195 2b, 82 3b, 657 r, 282 sb

2b Alan Storke, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .290 with 0 homers, 61 rbi and 10 sb in 151 games.
.262 avg, 4 hr, 370 rbi, 980 h, 117 2b, 52 3b, 390 r, 37 sb

3b Bill McKechnie, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .299 with 1 homer, 14 rbi and 8 sb in 46 games.
.273 avg, 2 hr, 76 rbi, 178 h, 17 2b, 5 3b, 68 r, 32 sb

2b Amby McConnell, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .281 with 0 homers, 30 rbi and 12 sb in 113 games.
.247 avg, 13 hr, 424 rbi, 1262 h, 150 2b, 67 3b, 638 r, 350 sb

ss George Perring, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .247 with 4 homers, 29 rbi and 4 sb in 102 games.
.241 avg, 22 hr, 296 rbi, 652 h, 116 2b, 36 3b, 299 r, 33 sb

lf Rube Ellis, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .294 with 4 homers, 44 rbi and 14 sb in 127 games.
.264 avg, 25 hr, 383 rbi, 833 h, 147 2b, 42 3b, 408 r, 135 sb

c Ted Easterly, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .346 with 6 homers, 45 rbi and 6 sb in 123 games.
.301 avg, 35 hr, 653 rbi, 1640 h, 193 2b, 52 3b, 698 r, 102 sb

cf Bob Higgins age 35 - 1 season.
.400 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 2 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb

2b Jimmy Walsh, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .280 with 10 homers, 84 rbi and 7 sb in 141 games.
.262 avg, 49 hr, 573 rbi, 1191 h, 172 2b, 53 3b, 499 r, 44 sb

ss Buzzy Wares, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

lf Joe Kelly, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .243 with 1 homer, 5 rbi and 4 sb in 38 games.
.231 avg, 1 hr, 8 rbi, 18 h, 3 2b, 1 3b, 10 r, 4 sb

c Larry Pratt, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .242 with 0 homers, 15 rbi and 2 sb in 30 games.
.178 avg, 0 hr, 36 rbi, 74 h, 13 2b, 5 3b, 30 r, 13 sb

3b Doug Baird, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .250 with 1 homer, 3 rbi and 0 sb in 33 games.
.216 avg, 1 hr, 85 rbi, 265 h, 44 2b, 30 3b, 138 r, 39 sb

3b Art Kores, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .200 with 0 homers, 1 rbi and 0 sb in 8 games.
.167 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 4 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 4 r, 0 sb

sp Hooks Wiltse, age 41 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 27-7 record with a 1.55 era and 224 k in 325.2 innings.
185-146, 26 sv, 2.66 era, 2942.2 ip, 1203 r, 870 er, 751 bb, 1433 k

3b Al Bridwell, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .281 with 1 homer, 55 rbi and 8 sb in 146 games.
.248 avg, 13 hr, 578 rbi, 143 bb, 179 2b, 59 3b, 671 r, 129 sb

lf John Kane, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .337 with 2 homers, 35 rbi and 41 sb in 149 games.
.293 avg, 17 hr, 350 rbi, 1272 h, 119 2b, 40 3b, 387 r, 302 sb

1b Al Shaw, age 40 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .305 with 3 homers, 27 rbi and 17 sb in 75 games.
.251 avg, 23 hr, 362 rbi, 1008 h, 146 2b, 62 3b, 516 r, 185 sb

cf Steve Evans, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .290 with 6 homers, 93 rbi and 24 sb in 136 games.
.273 avg, 49 hr, 793 rbi, 1713 h, 278 2b, 122 3b, 878 r, 210 sb

sp Rube Marquard, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled an 18-13 record with a 2.06 era and 152 k in 322.2 innings.
162-152, 0 sv, 2.70 era, 2973.1 ip, 1198 r, 893 er, 857 bb, 1368 k

rf Fred Beck, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .277 with 19 homers, 109 rbi and 12 sb in 141 games.
.255 avg, 47 hr, 387 rbi, 829 h, 115 2b, 30 3b, 349 r, 40 sb

ss Art Fletcher, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .302 with 2 homers, 63 rbi and 57 sb in 151 games.
.248 avg, 10 hr, 395 rbi, 1047 h, 173 2b, 63 3b, 507 r, 191 sb

sp Pat Ragan, age 33 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 15-18 record with a 2.12 era and 109 k in 275.1 innings.
104-120, 5 sv, 2.95 era, 2035.1 ip, 934 r, 667 er, 725 bb, 790 k

cf Shano Collins, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .309 with 2 homers, 17 rbi and 1 sb in 73 games.
.250 avg, 13 hr, 395 rbi, 922 h, 162 2b, 85 3b, 438 r, 124 sb

lf Hack Simmons, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .265 with 3 homers, 52 rbi and 10 sb in 129 games.
.242 avg, 3 hr, 132 rbi, 278 h, 46 2b, 15 3b, 145 r, 24 sb

cf Delos Drake, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .365 with 0 homers, 12 rbi and 5 sb in 73 games.
.261 avg, 4 hr, 168 rbi, 357 h, 51 2b, 27 3b, 152 r, 35 sb

cf Al Kaiser, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .272 with 0 homers, 19 rbi and 2 sb in 51 games.
.233 avg, 1 hr, 72 rbi, 137 h, 26 2b, 13 3b, 74, r, 18 sb

cf Joe Riggert, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .280 with 0 homers, 6 rbi and 5 sb in 79 games.
.243 avg, 0 hr, 44 rbi, 104 h, 13 2b, 5 3b, 53 r, 14 sb

sp Fred Toney, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 19-13 record with a 2.12 era and 117 k in 309.1 innings.
65-56, 11 sv, 2.87 era, 1105.1 ip, 462 r, 352 er, 329 bb, 421 k

sp Dan Griner, age 33 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 5-7 record with 2 saves, a 2.86 era and 32 k in 119.2 innings.
10-9, 2 sv, 2.81 era, 205.0 ip, 85 r, 64 er, 74 bb, 66 k

sp Jeff Tesreau, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when compiled a 4-8 record with a 3.48 era and 48 k in 121.2 innings.
23-32, 6 sv, 3.47 era, 448.2 ip, 232 r, 173 er, 186 bb, 162 k

sp Lynn Brenton, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 2-2 record with 1 save, a 3.18 era and 8 k in 22.2 innings.
10-11, 2 sv, 4.98 era, 141.0 ip, 92 r, 78 er, 42 bb, 49 k

mr Bernie Duffy, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 0.00 era and 0 k in 0.2 innings.
0-2, 0 sv, 6.88 era, 17.0 ip, 19 r, 15 er, 9 bb, 2 k

mr Chick Smith, age 29 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 4-1 record with 2 saves, a 3.92 era and 25 k in 62.0 innings.
16-23, 23 sv, 3.39 era, 246.2 ip, 124 r, 93 er, 94 bb, 100 k

mr Mutt Williams, age 30 - 3 seasons.
4-6, 3 sv, 2.71 era, 66.1 ip, 31 r, 20 er, 30 bb, 34 k

mr Weldon Wyckoff, age 29 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 5.23 era, 10.1 ip, 6 r, 6 er, 4 bb, 4 k

sp Dick Crutcher, age 32 - 3 seasons.
12-14, 3 sv, 4.00 era, 240.2 ip, 137 r, 107 er, 105 bb, 74 k

mr Alex Main, age 37 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 1 sv, 1.20 era, 15.0 ip, 5 r, 2 er, 5 bb, 1 k

sp Joe Oeschger, age 29 - 3 seasons.
4-4, 4 sv, 4.45 era, 54.2 ip, 31 r, 27 er, 24 bb, 18 k

sp Pete Schneider, age 26 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 1.00 era and 5 k in 9.0 innings.
4-8, 0 sv, 4.07 era, 143.2 ip, 83 r, 65 er, 66 bb, 65 k

mr Dan Woodman, age 28 - 3 seasons.
6-3, 1 sv, 4.62 era, 62.1 ip, 36 r, 32 er, 24 bb, 24 k

mr Harry McCluskey, age 29 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 1 sv, 1.59 era, 5.2 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 0 k

mr Tom Phillips, age 32 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 12.60 era, 5.0 ip, 7 r, 7 er, 1 bb, 1 k

mr Squiz Pillion, age 27 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.2 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k

sp Clint Rogge, age 32 - 2 seasons.
1-4, 0 sv, 3.50 era, 64.1 ip, 41 r, 25 er, 33 bb, 25 k

sp Allan Russell, age 28 - 3 seasons.
2-10, 0 sv, 3.40 era, 158.2 ip, 81 r, 60 er, 86 bb, 66 k

mr Bob Wright, age 30 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 3.60 era, 10.0 ip, 5 r, 4 er, 7 bb, 0 k



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Washington        Lou Gehrig,1b         Ed Wells,p             Claral Gillenwater,p  Rube Lutzke,3b         Jumbo Elliott,p
New York (N)      Hack Wilson,cf        Dinty Gearin,p         Pinky Hargrave,c      Firpo Marberry,p       Joe Batcheider,p
Detroit           Sloppy Thurston,p     Maurice Archdeacon,cf  Clay Roe,p            Bill Harris,p          Dutch Schliebner,1b
New York (A)      Larry Benton,p        Monroe Mitchell,p      Gus Felix,lf          George Pipgras,p       Bill McCarren,3b
Chicago (A)       Ted Lyons,p           Taylor Douthit,cf      Eddie Moore,2b        Les Howe,p             Homer Ezzell,3b
Chicago (N)       Earl Whitehill,p      Leo Dickerman,p        Wid Matthews,cf       Herschel Bennett,lf    Otto Vogel,rf
Cincinnati        Bill Terry,1b         Ted Wingfield,p        Denver Grigsby,lf     John Kerr,ss           Paul Castner,p
Cleveland         Les Bell,3b           Jimmie Wilson,c        Jake Flowers,ss       Les Burke,2b           Ray Knode,1b
Pittsburgh        Dennis Burns,p        Willie Kamm,3b         Red Lucas,p           Walt Huntzinger,p      Clarence Blethen,p
Boston (N)        Heinie Manush,lf      Heinie Sand,ss         Mike Gazella,ss       Spencer Adams,2b       Bob Barrett,2b
Brooklyn          Rube Walberg,p        Harvey Hendrick,lf     Charlie Root,p        Ray Steineder,p        Oscar Roettger,p
Philadelphia (A)  Showboat Fisher,rf    Boob Fowler,ss         Buck Crouse,c         Guy Bush,p             Bob Smith,ss
St.Louis (N)      Paul Zahniser,p       Hank Hulvey,p          Arnie Stone,p         Roy Elsh,lf            Ralph Head,p
Boston (A)        Johnny Schulte,c      Phil Collins,p         Walter French,rf      Harry Riconda,3b       Rufe Clarke,p
St.Louis (A)      Harry Rice,rf         Jimmy O'Connell,cf     Wally Shaner,lf       Ernie Padgett,3b       George Grant,p
Philadelphia (N)  Freddy Leach,cf       Roy Meeker,p           Bill Bagwell,lf       Charlie Hargreaves,c   Dutch Levsen,p




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Washington        Bill Whaley,cf        Carl Stimson,p         Art Gardiner,p        Syl Simon,3b           Dixie Parker,c
New York (N)      Al Kellett,p          Moe Berg,ss            Fred Wigington,p      Bob Emmerich,cf        Speed Walker,1b
Detroit           Earl Kunz,p           Haddie Gill,p          Slim Embrey,p         Mose Solomon,rf        Jess Cortazzo,1b
New York (A)      Benny Bengough,c      Allen Elliott,1b       Chuck Wolfe,p         Chuck Rowland,c        Joe Bennett,3b
Chicago (A)       Nick Dumovich,p       Eddie Pick,lf          Doc Ozmer,p           Frank Luce,lf          Leo Taylor,1b
Chicago (N)       Herb McQuaid,p        Lenny Metz,ss          Squire Potter,p       Carlton Lord,3b
Cincinnati        Andy Woehr,3b         Ren Kelly,p            Skipper Friday,p      Tod Dennehey,lf
Cleveland         Tom Gulley,cf         Fred Schemanske,p      John Jones,cf         Jackie Gallagher,lf
Pittsburgh        Ed Stauffer,p         Charlie Dorman,c       Pete Turgeon,ss       Dee Cousineau,c
Boston (N)        Al Hermann,2b         Broadway Jones,p       Dink O'Brien,c        Tony Murray,cf
Brooklyn          Jim Bishop,p          Hinkey Haines,cf       Gus Sanberg,c         Jake Propst,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Jim Grant,p           Bobby Murray,3b        Doc Wood,ss           Carr Smith,cf
St.Louis (N)      Rip Wade,cf           Red Miller,p           John Donahue,rf       Bill Mizeur,1b
Boston (A)        Bill Conroy,3b        George Abrams,p        Lou Rosenberg,2b      Eppie Barnes,1b
St.Louis (A)      John Happenny,2b      Johnson Fry,p          Jimmy Hudgens,1b      George Kopshaw,c
Philadelphia (N)  Jocco Conlon,2b       Red Proctor,p          Tige Stone,lf         Roxy Snipes,1b