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1922-23 Winter
Announcements
New York (A) - Announced that they will be moving to a new ballpark. The ballpark will be known as Yankee Stadium.
Free Agency
Here's what happened with the major free agents.
Babe Adams, sp - Signed a 3-year, $341,910 contract with New York (N)
Pete Alexander, sp - Signed a 3-year, $91,880 contract with New York (N)
Frank Arellanes, sp - Signed a 3-year, $262,800 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Ralph Comstock, sp - Signed a 3-year, $246,690 contract with Boston (A)
Harry Keupper, sp - Signed a 3-year, $286,790 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Dutch Leonard, sp - Signed a 1-year, $9,540 contract with Cincinnati
Bob Shawkey, sp - Signed a 3-year, $90,600 contract with Chicago (N)
George Burns, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $7,580 contract with New York (N)
Tillie Shafer, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $4,630 contract with Chicago (N)
Ross Youngs, cf - Signed a 3-year, $367,590 contract with Cincinnati
Babe Ruth, rf - Signed a 6-year, $816,700 contract with Brooklyn
Trades
10/28 - St.Louis (N) gets 3b Clyde Barnhart (26 yrs old, .306-4-54-2), Pittsburgh gets lf Hack Miller (28 yrs old, .350-22-103,4)
10/31 - Pittsburgh gets p Ed Hughes (41 yrs old, 9-8, 3.86 era, 158.2 ip, 26 k), Boston (A) gets 2b Larry Doyle (36 yrs old, .288-5-51-15)
10/31 - Boston (N) gets 1b Lu Blue (25 yrs old, .268-6-68-11), Pittsburgh gets lf Walton Cruise (32 yrs old, .317-3-62-2) and 2b Lance Richbourg (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/07 - Chicago (N) gets 3b Jimmie Dykes (25 yrs old, .290[11-63-3) and cf Bubber Jonnard (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets c Muddy Ruel (26 yrs old, .303-0-25-1)
11/15 - Boston (N) gets p Jack Scott (30 yrs old, 13-14, 5.32 era, 221.2 ip, 91 k), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Babe Twombly (26 yrs old, .311-0-6-0)
11/25 - Boston (A) gets p Claude Jonnard (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and p Slim Embrey (21 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets c Johnny Gooch (25 yrs old, .345-2-69-8) and lf Augie Swentor (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Washington gets p Larry Benton (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets c Larry Woodall (28 yrs old, .239-1-21-1)
11/25 - Boston (A) gets p Arnie Stone (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets rf Bert Griffith (26 yrs old, .344-0-21-0) and cf Walter French (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Detroit gets p Harry Baumgartner (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (N) gets c Hank Severeid (31 yrs old, .309-4-83-0)
11/25 - Boston (N) gets p Hal Carlson (30 yrs old, 5-13, 5.31 era, 171.1 ip, 50 k), New York (N) gets c Val Picinich (26 yrs old, .191-0-16-1)
11/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ben Harris (32 yrs old, 7-8, 4.62 era, 140.1 ip, 30 k), Cincinnati gets lf Pat Duncan (29 yrs old, .293-2-28-0)
11/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Dutch Ruether (29 yrs old, 12-4, 3.19 era, 194.2 ip, 61 k), St.Louis (N) gets cf Wid Matthews (26 yrs old, .243-0-17-0)
11/28 - Chicago (A) gets p Speed Martin (29 yrs old, 18-9, 3.39 era, 244.1 ip, 109 k) and 3b Carlton Lord (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets 2b Aaron Ward (26 yrs old, .285-3-66-5)
01/04 - Washington gets p Wheezer Dell (36 yrs old, 8-23, 4.04 era, 272.0 ip, 102 k), Detroit gets 3b John Kelleher (29 yrs old, .261-3-13-0)
01/25 - Pittsburgh gets 3b Joe Dugan (25 yrs old, .303-5-57-0), Boston (N) gets rf Frank Welch (25 yrs old, .300-5-33-0)
Retirements
lf Doc Gessler, age 41 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .322 with 2 homers, 68 rbi and 11 sb in 154 games.
.283 avg, 40 hr, 948 rbi, 2273 h, 314 2b, 130 3b, 1130 r, 266 sb
1b Wilbur Good, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .312 with 5 homers, 32 rbi and 20 sb in 98 games.
.251 avg, 25 hr, 343 rbi, 715 h, 111 2b, 47 3b, 367 r, 131 sb
1b Harry Wolter, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .300 with 7 homers, 96 rbi and 56 sb in 153 games.
.243 avg, 32 hr, 655 rbi, 1332 h, 212 2b, 111 3b, 756 r, 305 sb
lf Bob Bescher, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .313 with 4 homers, 63 rbi and 31 sb in 126 games.
.253 avg, 20 hr, 593 rbi, 1469 h, 27 38 2b, 126 3b, 891 r, 479 sb
2b Jack Barry, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .333 with 1 homer, 36 rbi and 17 sb in 124 games.
.272 avg, 2 hr, 139 rbi, 312 h, 36 2b, 23 3b, 122 r, 45 sb
lf Jack Graney, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .271 with 2 homers, 57 rbi and 35 sb in 134 games.
.257 avg, 12 hr, 314 rbi, 737 h, 114 2b, 60 3b, 378 r, 89 sb
sp Jack Quinn, age 39 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 16-15 record with a 2.60 era and 112 k in 277.0 innings.
166-150, 0 sv, 3.10 era, 2948.1 ip, 1341 r, 1015 er, 770 bb, 1103 k
3b Morrie Rath, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .261 with 2 homers, 39 rbi and 6 sb in 126 games.
.252 avg, 8 hr, 287 rbi, 696 h, 75 2b, 18 3b, 304 r, 51 sb
cf Burt Shotton, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he batted .400 with 1 homer, 34 rbi and 44 sb in 128 games.
.331 avg, 13 hr, 405 rbi, 1567 h, 108 2b, 57 3b, 740 r, 279 sb
lf Guy Zinn, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .290 with 13 homers, 71 rbi and 6 sb in 129 games.
.261 avg, 30 hr, 283 rbi, 589 h, 99 2b, 34 3b, 298 r, 80 sb
3b Jim Galloway, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .000 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 0 sb in 23 games.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb
rf John Potts, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .310 with 0 homers, 5 rbi and 1 sb in 35 games.
.218 avg, 0 hr, 24 rbi, 52 h, 8 2b, 2 3b, 28 r, 2 sb
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
New York (A) Al Simmons,cf Flint Rhem,p Watty Clark,p George Milstead,p Fritz Henrich,cf
Pittsburgh Chick Hafey,rf Joe Martina,p John Chapman,ss Boom-Boom Beck,p Carl Yowell,p
New York (N) Ray Kremer,p Wayland Dean,p Ray Morehart,2b Bennie Tate,c Ike Kamp,p
Boston (N) Charlie Gehringer,2b Earl McNeely,cf Tommy Taylor,3b Herb Thomas,cf Milt Steengrafe,p
Washington Jake Miller,p Ernie Wingard,p Pedro Dibut,p Bud Clancy,1b Jack Berly,p
Chicago (A) Dolly Gray,p Milt Gaston,p Eddie Phillips,c Ken Jones,p Bert Lewis,p
Detroit Emil Yde,p Skinny Graham,p Ed Sperber,rf Bob Vines,p Wally Dashiell,ss
Cleveland Freddie Lindstrom,3b Joe Dawson,p Tommy Thevenow,ss Frank Wilson,lf Ollie Voigt,p
St.Louis (N) Rube Ehrhardt,p Frank Wayenberg,p By Speece,p Dick Loftus,rf Jesse Fowler,p
Cincinnati Kent Greenfield,p Clarence Winters,p Pea Ridge Day,p Johnny Grabowski,c Don Songer,p
Philadelphia (A) Earle Combs,cf Hughie Critz,2b Freddy Spurgeon,2b Art Delaney,p Bernie DeViveiros,ss
Brooklyn Red Ruffing,p Vince Shields,p Tony Rego,c Ray Pierce,p Hoge Workman,p
Boston (A) Jim Roberts,p Ralph Michaels,3b Hi Bell,p Chick Autry,c Ernie Maun,p
Chicago (N) Dutch Stryker,p Leo Mangum,p Happy Foreman,p Herb Brett,p Frank Naleway,ss
Philadelphia (N) Glenn Wright,ss Phil Todt,1b Buster Ross,p Mule Shirley,1b Bob Lawrence,p
St.Louis (A) Max Bishop,2b Wattie Holm,cf Chappie Geygan,ss Cliff Knox,c Joe Muich,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
New York (A) Del Lundgren,p Paul Fitzke,p Harry Baldwin,p
Pittsburgh Bob Barnes,p Mack Hillis,2b Ben Shields,p
New York (N) Nelson Greene,p Charlie Gibson,c Jack Blott,c
Boston (N) Binky Jones,ss Bill Lasley,p Joe Burns,c
Washington John Dobb,p Freddy Sale,p Bill Black,2b
Chicago (A) Tom Long,p Willie Ludolph,p Pat Burke,3b
Detroit Tex Wilson,p Hunter Lane,3b Spoke Emery,lf
Cleveland Jim Begley,2b Edgar Barnhart,p Buddy Crump,cf
St.Louis (N) Wade Lefler,rf Bud Messenger,p Ed Sherling,1b
Cincinnati Joe Bratcher,cf Walter Beall,p Joe Wyatt,rf
Philadelphia (A) John Woods,p Shags Horan,rf Joe Green,1b
Brooklyn Lefty Jamerson,p Verdo Elmore,rf
Boston (A) Ed Clough,lf Bub Kuhn,p
Chicago (N) Webb Schultz,p Fred Johnston,2b
Philadelphia (N) Ray Shepardson,c Buckshot May,p
St.Louis (A) John Churry,c Luther Roy,p
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