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Free Agency

The major free agents have all been signed:

Dutch Leonard, sp - Signed a 3-year, $327,040 contract with St.Louis (A)
Urban Shocker, sp - Signed a 3-year, $339,430 contract with Chicago (A)
Sherry Smith, sp - Signed a 3-year, $156,450 contract with Brooklyn
Johnny Enzmann, cl - Signed a 2-year, $103,740 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Ernie Johnson, ss - Signed a 3-year, $89,040 contract with Brooklyn
Eddie Collins, ss - Signed a 3-year, $253,710 contract with Chicago (N)



Trades
10/19
- St.Louis (N) gets 2b Hal Janvrin (31 yrs old, .237-2-32-1), Philadelphia (N) gets c Zack Taylor (25 yrs old, .271-0-14-0)
10/27 - Pittsburgh gets p Jake Miller (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets 3b Fred Haney (25 yrs old, .273-0-28-10)
11/10 - Cincinnati gets lf Hack Miller (29 yrs old, .321-16-81-2) and 2b Mack Hillis (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets rf Ray Rohwer (28 yrs old, .303-3-37-1)
11/10 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Roy Moore (25 yrs old, 5-4, 4 sv, 3.72 era, 75.0 ip, 40 k), New York (A) gets 1b Earl Sheely (30 yrs old, .287-2-57-2)
11/12 - Washington gets 2b Andy High (25 yrs old, .347-1-18-0) and lf Wally Shaner (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets lf Irish Meusel (30 yrs old, .297-3-54-0)
11/12 - St.Louis (A) gets p Carl Mays (32 yrs old, 18-12, 3.89 era, 264.0 ip, 55 k), Brooklyn gets c John Brock (27 yrs old, .203-4-27-2) and c Cliff Knox (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/12 - Pittsburgh gets p Walter Anderson (26 yrs old, 6-10, 3 sv, 4.31 era, 104.1 ip, 43 k) and 3b Hunter Lane (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets c Ernie Krueger (32 yrs old, .182-0-2-0)
11/15 - St.Louis (A) gets p Hugh McQuillan (17-18, 4.02 era, 282.1 ip, 97 k), Chicago (A) gets ss Charlie Hollocher (27 yrs old, .284-3-74-1) and 3b Waddy Macphee (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/23 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Hooks Dauss (34 yrs old, 7-8, 4.07 era, 121.2 ip, 50 k), Cincinnati gets lf Bob Fothergill (26 yrs old, .309-0-18-0)
12/01 - Cincinnati gets cf Happy Felsch (32 yrs old, .313-6-73-15), New York (A) gets 1b Bill Terry (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and rf Joe Wyatt (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ray Kremer (30 yrs old, 11-10, 3.11 era, 211.1 ip, 53 k) and lf Sam Barnes (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets c Buck Crouse (26 yrs old, .342-1-19-2) and cf Bob Kinsella (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/02 - St.Louis (A) gets p Hank Thormahlen (27 yrs old, 10-18, 4.24 era, 263.1 ip, 86 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Ray Grimes (30 yrs old, .316-14-97-7)
12/03 - Boston (A) gets p Rip Collins (27 yrs old, 4-3, 4.98 era, 43.1 ip, 9 k) and c Astyanax Douglass (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 3b Babe Pinelli (28 yrs old, .320-0-33-9) and lf Ed Clough (17 yrs old, 1.000-0-0-0)
12/05 - Boston (N) gets p Bill Burwell (28 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 0.00 era, 2.2 ip, 0 k), Cleveland gets 2b Spencer Adams (25 yrs old, .314-0-1-0)
12/05 - New York (N) gets p Oscar Fuhr (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets c Val Picinich (27 yrs old, .220-2-26-1) and c Jack Blott (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/14 - St.Louis (A) gets p Bob Vines (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets 3b Bobby LaMotte (25 yrs old, .188-1-3-0)
01/25 - Cincinnati gets p Walter Johnson (36 yrs old, 10-11, 4.73 era, 184.2 ip, 75 k), Brooklyn gets c Verne Clemons (32 yrs old, .263-0-13-0)



Retirements

rf Frank Schulte
, age 41 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .315 with 18 homers, 103 rbi and 57 sb in 151 games.
.280 avg, 61 hr, 773 rbi, 1743 h, 295 2b, 112 3b, 650 r, 336 sb

1b Ed Konetchy
, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .340 with 12 homers, 120 rbi and 41 sb in 152 games.
.277 avg, 65 hr, 904 rbi, 1853 h, 321 2b, 119 3b, 877 r, 232 sb

sp George McQuillan
, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 21-15 record with a 2.68 era and 107 k in 332.2 innings.
183-205, 52 sv, 3.10 era, 3419.0 ip, 1573 r, 1176 er, 1095 bb, 1259 k

rf Josh Devore
, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .296 with 2 homers, 63 rbi and 75 sb in 145 games.
.263 avg, 24 hr, 454 rbi, 1033 h, 131 2b, 69 3b, 596 r, 327 sb

c Bill Rariden
, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .229 with 1 homer, 41 rbi and 6 sb in 130 games.
.224 avg, 5 hr, 194 rbi, 460 h, 81 2b, 17 3b, 204 r, 18 sb

2b Arnold Hauser
, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .275 with 3 homers, 53 rbi and 38 sb in 134 games.
.253 avg, 8 hr, 143 rbi, 338 h, 39 2b, 22 3b, 162 r, 82 sb

1b Del Paddock
, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .278 with 6 homers, 56 rbi and 20 sb in 143 games.
.245 avg, 15 hr, 211 rbi, 500 h, 64 2b, 38 3b, 248 r, 97 sb

rf Wally Rehg
, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .300 with 1 homer, 10 rbi and 6 sb in 71 games.
.276 avg, 1 hr, 40 rbi, 129 h, 10 2b, 4 3b, 52 r, 19 sb

ss Bill Stumpf
, age 31 - 3 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

c Josh Billings
, age 30 - 3 seasons.
.224 avg, 3 hr, 29 rbi, 71 h, 12 2b, 1 3b, 25 r, 3 sb

1b Dick Kauffman
, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .455 with 0 homers, 3 rbi and 0 sb in 7 games.
.324 avg, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 12 h, 2 2b, 0 3b, 3 r, 0 sb

2b Eddie Palmer
, age 30 - 2 seasons.
.250 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb

mr Al Pierotti
, age 27 - 2 seasons.
1-1, 0 sv, 3.41 era, 29.0 ip, 17 r, 11 er, 16 bb, 15 k

3b Donie Bush
, age 36 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .254 with 2 homers, 55 rbi, and 51 sb in 144 games.
.245 avg, 14 hr, 654 rbi, 1609 h, 167 2b, 67 3b, 876 r, 388 sb

3b Larry Gardner
,age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .378 with 2 homers, 82 rbi and 6 sb in 133 games.
.282 avg, 32 hr, 761 rbi, 1564 h, 280 2b, 90 3b, 761 r, 186 sb

sp Hippo Vaughn
, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he compiled a 22-7 record with a 1.89 era and 129 k in 271,2 innings.
173-138, 1 sv, 2.78 era, 2926.0 ip, 1223 r, 905 er, 1004 bb, 1415 k

1b Del Gainer
, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .335 with 2 homers, 52 rbi and 18 sb in 106 games.
.267 avg, 19 hr, 378 rbi, 773 h, 130 2b, 48 3b, 388 r, 137 sb

1b Dots Miller
, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .276 with 3 homers, 31 rbi and 11 sb in 116 games.
.261 avg, 27 hr, 474 rbi, 1132 h, 165 2b, 75 3b, 505 r, 125 sb

sp Ray Fisher
, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he compiled a 10-10 record with1 sv, a 3.05 era and 86 k in 192.0 innings.
99-122, 10 sv, 3.66 era, 1957.2 ip, 1123 r, 796 er, 703 bb, 765 k

ss Chick Lathers
, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .307 with 3 homers, 19 rbi and 0 sb in 83 games.
.289 avg, 3 hr, 23 rbi, 59 h, 10 2b, 0 3b, 22 r, 0 sb

sp Alex Malloy
, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 10-16 record with 2 saves, a 2.21 era and 151 k in 240.1 innings.
125-143, 11 sv, 3.62 era, 2477.0 ip, 1336 r, 997 er, 1054 bb, 1220 k

sp Jack Lively
, age 38 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 12-13 record with a 3.54 era and 32 k in 198.1 innings.
126-137, 10 sv, 3.36 era, 2319.0 ip, 1212 r, 865 er, 830 bb, 757 k

sp Bert Gallia
, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 10-13 record with a 2.76 era and 115 k in 211.2 innings.
41-50, 7 sv, 3.36 era, 819.0 ip, 408 r, 306 er, 360 bb, 346 k

mr Paul Musser
, age 34 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 3.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 3 k

sp Tom Seaton
, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled an 8-10 record with a 4.05 era and 34 k in 162.1 innings.
59-62, 14 sv, 3.57 era, 1158.1 ip, 590 r, 460 er, 467 bb, 439 k

sp Nick Cullop
, age 36 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 14-7 record with 3 saves, a 2.53 era and 51 k in 156.2 innings.
47-45, 4 sv, 3.28 era, 786.2 ip, 371 r, 287 er, 206 bb, 176 k

sp Doc Watson
, age 37 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 13-10 record with a 4.20 era and 53 k in 201.1 innings.
42-42, 0 sv, 4.05 era, 739.1 ip, 433 r, 333 er, 321 bb, 224 k

mr Dave Black
, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 9-5 record with 6 saves, a 4.11 era and 39 k in 131.1 innings.
16-8, 18 sv, 3.70 era, 238.2 ip, 139 r, 98 er, 100 bb, 79 k

mr Karl Adams
, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 0-0 record with 7 saves, a 0.00 era and 9 k in 16.0 innings.
9-11, 13 sv, 4.05 era, 162.1 ip, 96 r, 73 er, 69 bb, 79 k

mr Eric Erickson
, age 28 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 5-6 record with a 2.66 era and 55 k in 111.2 innings.
12-10, 3 sv, 3.40 era, 222.1 ip, 104 r, 84 er, 94 bb, 104 k

sp Mike Prendergast
, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he compiled a 10-18 record with a 3.63 era and 41 k in 260.2 innings.
29-43, 1 sv, 3.74 era, 687.1 ip, 371 r, 286 er, 190 bb, 145 k

sp Allen Sothoron
, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 5-7 record with 2 saves, a 3.71 era and 44 k in 119.1 innings.
38-29, 11 sv, 3.19 era, 610.0 ip, 276 r, 216 er, 247 bb, 222 k

mr Fin Wilson
, age 34 - 3 seasons.
2-7, 0 sv, 6.95 era, 68.2 ip, 58 r, 53 er, 43 bb, 42 k

mr Rollin Cook
, age 33 - 3 seasons.
0-5, 0 sv, 6.86 era, 21.0 ip, 22 r, 16 er, 15 bb, 9 k

mr Charlie Blackburn
, age 28 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 0-1 record with 1 save, a 3.27 era and 7 k in 22.0 innings.
3-9, 5 sv, 3.99 era, 94.2 ip, 55 r, 42 er, 47 bb, 39 k

mr Bruno Haas
, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 1-2 record with 1 save, a 3.07 era and 14 k in 29.1 innings.
3-4, 1 sv, 3.27 era, 41.1 ip, 18 r, 15 er, 19 bb, 21 k

mr Emilio Palmero
, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 2-2 record with a 4.60 era and 14 k in 45.0 innings.
2-2, 0 sv, 5.19 era, 50.1 ip, 36 r, 29 er, 30 bb, 14 k

mr Jim Park
, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 1-0 record with 2 saves, a 1.69 era and 2 k in 10.2 innings.
2-1, 2 sv, 2.45 era, 22.0 ip, 6 r, 6 er, 9 bb, 4 k

mr Phil Slattery
, age 30 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 10.80 era, 8.1 ip, 16 r, 10 er, 3 bb, 0 k

mr Molly Craft
, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 5-5 record with 5 saves, a 3.18 era and 21 k in 79.1 innings.
12-14, 6 sv, 4.19 era, 234.1 ip, 140 r, 109 er, 93 bb, 82 k

mr Paul Carpenter
, age 29 - 2 seasons.
1-2, 0 sv, 10.92 era, 15.2 ip, 24 r, 19 er, 14 bb, 3 k

sp Jing Johnson
, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled an 11-10 record with 1 save, a 4.62 era and 41 k in 175.1 innings.
23-35, 1 sv, 4.26 era, 486.1 ip, 302 r, 230 er, 164 bb, 116 k

mr Joe Lotz
, age 32 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 11.81 era, 5.1 ip, 7 r, 7 er, 4 bb, 0 k

sp Bob Steele
, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 19-14 record with a 2.80 era and 101 k in 321.1 innings.
43-37, 0 sv, 2.76 era, 758.2 ip, 311 r, 233 er, 230 bb, 272 k

mr Jack Enright
, age 28 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 12.00 era, 3.0 ip, 5 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 0 k

sp Hod Eller
, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 20-10 record with a 2.97 era and 149 k in 302.2 innings.
80-74, 0 sv, 3.53 era, 1377.2 ip, 687 r, 541 er, 426 bb, 534 k

sp Bill Piercy
, age 27 - 3 seasons.
0-4, 1 sv, 6.06 era, 49.0 ip, 41 r, 33 er, 34 bb, 12 k

mr John Russell
, age 29 - 3 seasons.
3-2, 1 sv, 5.11 era, 37.0 ip, 23 r, 21 er, 14 bb, 11 k

sp Bill Hubbell
, age 26 - 3 seasons.
8-18, 2 sv, 4.68 era, 248.1 ip, 161 r, 129 er, 72 bb, 47 k



First-Year Player Draft

Code:
Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Pittsburgh        Jimmie Foxx,1b        Tex Vache,lf           Bud Connolly,ss       Si Rosenthal,lf        Tom Jenkins,lf
Detroit           Lefty Grove,p         Claude Willoughby,p    Doc Gautreau,2b       George Blaeholder,p    Hal Neubauer,p
Washington        Dutch Ulrich,p        Jimmy Welsh,rf         Chick Tolson,1b       Charlie Berry,c        Harry Kelley,p
St.Louis (N)      Freddie Fitzsimmons,p Andy Rush,p            John Bischoff,c       Bud Culloton,p         Skinny O'Neal,p
Chicago (A)       Bob Osborn,p          Dick Cox,rf            Johnny Neun,1b        Lefty Willis,p         Leo Durocher,ss
Boston (A)        Mickey Cochrane,c     Mule Haas,cf           Bill Hallahan,p       Al Niehaus,1b          Jess Doyle,p
New York (N)      Ownie Carroll,p       Win Ballou,p           Ray Benge,p           Chet Falk,p            Leo Dixon,c
New York (A)      Foster Edwards,p      Roy Carlyle,rf         Mike Herrera,2b       Bill Vargus,p          John Kane,ss
Boston (N)        Alex Metzler,cf       Jack Rothrock,ss       Al Stokes,c           Spencer Harris,rf      Hank Johnson,p
Chicago (N)       Earl Webb,rf          Joe Giard,p            Red Holt,1b           Lou Koupal,p           Oscar Siemer,c
Cleveland         Buddy Myer,ss         Billy Rogell,3b        Charlie Engle,ss      Doc Farrell,ss         Brad Springer,p
Brooklyn          Mandy Brooks,cf       Jerry Standaert,2b     Jumbo Brown,p         Lefty Thomas,p         Elbert Andrews,p
Philadelphia (A)  Johnny Hodapp,3b      Chuck Dressen,3b       Art Jahn,lf           Art Stokes,p           Ike Eichrodt,cf
Philadelphia (N)  Dave Harris,lf        Mark Koenig,ss         Lloyd Brown,p         Chuck Corgan,ss        Jim Marquis,p
St.Louis (A)      Shanty Hogan,c        Jim Poole,1b           Jack Warner,3b        Al Moore,cf            Joe Ogrodowski,p
Cincinnati        Fresco Thompson,2b    Joe Munson,rf          Ken Ash,p             Guy Cantrell,p         Bob Adams,p




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Pittsburgh        Spencer Pumpelly,p    Blackie Carter,lf      Roy Hutson,lf
Detroit           Jim Lyle,p            Ollie Klee,cf          Frank McGee,1b
Washington        Pee-Wee Wanninger,ss  George Durning,rf      Andy Harrington,1b
St.Louis (N)      Roy Spencer,c         Chink Taylor,lf        Mel Kerr,1b
Chicago (A)       Bill Anderson,p       Abie Hood,2b
Boston (A)        Tom Glass,p           Dutch Ussat,3b
New York (N)      Jake Freeze,p         Frank McCrea,c
New York (A)      Gil Paulsen,p         Jim Keesey,1b
Boston (N)        Charlie Caldwell,p    Pip Koehler,rf
Chicago (N)       Bill Moore,p          Gene Bedford,2b
Cleveland         Herb Welch,ss         Leo Tankersley,c
Brooklyn          Turkey Gross,ss       Red Smith,ss
Philadelphia (A)  Hod Kibble,2b         Roy Luebbe,c
Philadelphia (N)  Hugh McMullen,c       Tom Sullivan,c
St.Louis (A)      Carl Husta,ss         Gale Staley,2b
Cincinnati        Jule Mallonee,cf      Heinie Odom,3b
(Will the Tigers make the same mistake twice & release a possible future HOF pitcher like they did with "Pete" Alexander?)

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