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1925-26 Winter
Announcements
Chicago (N) - Announced that they will be moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark is named Wrigley Field.
Free Agency
Here is how the major free agents made out.
Pete Alexander, p - Signed a 2-year, $213,900 contract with Cincinnati
Rube Benton, p - Unsigned (injured)
Elmer Ponder, p - Signed a 3-year, $315,060 contract with New York (N)
Jack Scott, p - Signed a 4-year, $376,070 contract with Pittsburgh
Jim Scott, p - Signed a 2-year, $182,580 contract with Pittsburgh
George Sisler, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $83,610 contract with Cincinnati
Chicken Hawks, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $35,920 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Joe Evans, 2b - Signed a 2-year, $63,280 contract with Washington
Buck Weaver, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $91,560 contract with St.Louis (N)
Bob Meusel, lf - Signed a 4-year, $410,840 contract with Chicago (N)
Zack Wheat, lf - Signed a 3-year, $403,440 contract with Cincinnati
Trades
10/15 - Brooklyn gets 1b Bud Clancy (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Charlie Berry (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets cf Mandy Brooks (28 yrs old, .227-3-30-3)
11/04 - Cincinnati gets p Dolly Gray (28 yrs old, 1-0, 1.27 era, 21.1 ip, 7 k) and 2b Scottie Slayback (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets 2b Lew Fonseca (26 yrs old, .264-1-40-0)
11/04 - Boston (N) gets p Lee Meadows (31 yrs old, 19-11, 4.08 era, 280.1 ip, 76 k) and ss Cliff Knox (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets 1b Lu Blue (28 yrs old, .307-1-33-20)
11/05 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Vargus (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets lf Art Jahn (29 yrs old, .250-1-8-0)
11/08 - Philadelphia (N) gets cf Carl McNeely (27 yrs old, .301-0-27-2), Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Jim Poole (30 yrs old, .292-2-19-1)
11/09 - Detroit gets p Jack Wisner (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.2 ip, 2 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Earl Sheely (32 yrs old, .281-4-36-2)
11/16 - Detroit gets p Harry Shriver (29 yrs old, 10-18, 4.97 era, 230.0 ip, 83 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Roger Peckinpaugh (34 yrs old, .287-3-35-6)
11/18 - Brooklyn gets p Virgil Barnes (28 yrs old, 16-10, 3.51 era, 267.0 ip, 91 k), Cincinnati gets cf Irish Meusel (32 yrs old, .244-1-35-1)
11/21 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jim Joe Edwards (30 yrs old, 5-3, 4.29 era, 77.2 ip, 25 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Bob O'Farrell (29 yrs old, .280-2-63-3)
11/25 - St.Louis (A) gets p Sheriff Blake (26 yrs old, 0-2, 10.38 era, 13.0 ip, 4 k), Detroit gets 2b Joe Klugmann (30 yrs old, .000-0-0-1) and c John Churry (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/26 - Pittsburgh gets p Cactus Keck (26 yrs old, 1-0, 5.56 era, 11.1 ip, 3 k), New York (A) gets lf Tex Vache (31 yrs old, .270-1-18-2)
11/26 - St.Louis (N) gets p Hugh Bedient (36 yrs old, 14-11, 4.11 era, 223.1 ip, 94 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Frankie Frisch (27 yrs old, .343-8-96-21)
11/28 - Cleveland gets p Hub Pruett (25 yrs old, 0-0, 8.31 era, 4.1 ip, 3 k), Boston (A) gets 3b Ossie Bluege (25 yrs old, .257-4-41-5)
12/14 - St.Louis (A) gets p Larry Duff (28 yrs old, 1-0, 1 sv, 0.60 era, 15.0 ip, 5 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Dick Burrus (27 yrs old, .334-3-54-0)
01/05 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Dutch Ulrich (26 yrs old, 1-0, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 2 k) and 3b Ed Cotter (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets lf Pete Scott (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/20 - Chicago (N) gets p Snipe Conley (31 yrs old, 10-10, 3.81 era, 205.1 ip, 58 k), Boston (A) gets 1b Jackie Tavener (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/01 - St.Louis (A) gets p Ted Lyons (25 yrs old, 15-10, 4.56 era, 244.2 ip, 101 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Bill Barrett (25 yrs old, .297-7-57-6)
Retirements
rf Tom Long, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .297 with 1 homer, 36 rbi and 16 sb in 124 games.
.265 avg, 3 hr, 102 rbi, 216 h, 27 2b, 19 3b, 86 r, 26 sb
cf La Rue Kelly, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .286 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 1 sb in 10 games.
.204 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 11 h, 2 2b, 0 3b, 8 r, 1 sb
3b Jack Martin, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .265 with 1 homer, 41 rbi and 7 sb in 147 games.
.254 avg, 4 hr, 238 rbi, 589 h, 65 2b, 16 3b, 285 r, 29 sb
rf Elmer Miller, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .278 with 1 homer, 19 rbi and 3 sb in 88 games.
.259 avg, 16 hr, 132 rbi, 289 h, 45 2b, 16 3b, 151 r, 13 sb
lf Ossie Vitt, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .292 with 0 homers, 21 rbi and 12 sb in 110 games.
.272 avg, 0 hr, 95 rbi, 282 h, 32 2b, 8 3b, 131 r, 46 sb
3b Possum Whitted, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .276 with 8 homers, 59 rbi and 36 sb in 152 games.
.270 avg, 22 hr, 317 rbi, 746 h, 125 2b, 45 3b, 323 r, 73 sb
c Harry Fritz, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .288 with 0 homers, 22 rbi and 2 sb in 76 games.
.243 avg, 4 hr, 86 rbi, 195 h, 29 2b, 11 3b, 72 r, 9 sb
sp Chief Johnson, age 39 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 21-8 record with a 1.82 era and 93 k in 277.1 innings.
224-189, 0 sv, 3.25 era, 3859.2 ip, 1837 r, 1395 er, 1259 bb, 1447 k
1b Fritz Mollwitz, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.300 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 6 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 1 sb
rf Max Flack, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .304 with 1 homer, 51 rbi and 13 sb in 111 games.
.277 avg, 30 hr, 470 rbi, 953 h, 160 2b, 51 3b, 450 r, 93 sb
sp Ben Harris, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 12-9 record with a 4.27 era and 51 k in 200.1 innings.
55-67, 4 sv, 4.32 era, 1161.1 ip, 667 r, 558 er, 343 bb, 289 k
lf Ty Helfrich, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .345 with 0 homers, 4 rbi and 0 sb in 25 games.
.350 avg, 0 hr, 5 rbi, 21 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 6 r, 0 sb
3b Hooks Warner, age 31 - 2 seasons.
.167 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 1 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
3b Bob Jones, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .309 with 1 homer, 42 rbi and 3 sb in 96 games.
.272 avg, 4 hr, 205 rbi, 420 h, 82 2b, 29 3b, 203 r, 28 sb
cf Morrie Schick, age 33 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
1b Roy Massey, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .452 with 1 homer, 3 rbi and 0 sb in 66 games.
.253 avg, 5 hr, 90 rbi, 184 h, 24 2b, 6 3b, 76 r, 1 sb
mr Roy Crumpler, age 29 - 1 season.
0-0, 1 sv, 0.00 era, 3.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k
rf George Lees, age 30 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
rf Roy Elsh, age 33 - 3 seasons.
.290 avg, 0 hr, 10 rbi, 27 h, 3 2b, 0 3b, 2 r, 1 sb
sp Joe Benz, age 39 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled an 18-15 record with a 2.32 era and 121 k in 310.2 innings.
98-117, 2 sv, 3.42 era, 1979.1 ip, 976 r, 753 er, 560 bb, 524 k
sp Claude Hendrix, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he compiled a 21-15 record with a 2.23 era and 175 k in 317.2 innings.
233-227, 2 sv, 3.35 era, 4153.1 ip, 2081 r, 1544 er, 1424 bb, 1609 k
sp Hooks Dauss, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled an 18-13 record with a 2.93 era and 149 k in 292.0 innings.
69-70, 14 sv, 3.48 era, 1269.0 ip, 622 r, 490 er, 471 bb, 474 k
sp Wheezer Dell, age 39 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled an 8-23 record with a 4.04 era and 102 k in 272.0 innings.
63-98, 3 sv, 4.38 era, 1389.1 ip, 879 r, 676 er, 599 bb, 520 k
sp Bill Doak, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 17-10 record with a 3.72 era and 101 k in 271.0 innings.
113-119, 7 sv, 4.04 era, 2061.0 ip, 1114 r, 925 er, 774 bb, 680 k
mr Harry Eccles, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 7-6 record with 7 saves, a 4.60 era and 43 k in 107.2 innings.
26-17, 23 sv, 4.45 era, 303.1 ip, 186 r, 150 er, 116 bb, 104 k
mr Bill Evans, age 31 - 2 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 6.35 era, 17.0 ip, 15 r, 12 er, 4 bb, 3 k
sp Murphy Currie, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 9-11 record with a 3.41 era and 70 k in 185.0 innings.
28-31, 2 sv, 3.51 era, 580.0 ip, 300 r, 226 er, 216 bb, 182 k
sp Hank Thormahlen, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 12-7 record with a 3.21 era and 39 k in 185.1 innings.
29-34, 1 sv, 4.08 era, 578.0 ip, 336 r, 262 er, 206 bb, 148 k
sp Bob Hasty, age 29 - 2 seasons.
4-1, 0 sv, 0.44 era, 41.0 ip, 4 r, 2 er, 5 bb, 8 k
sp Hal Haid, age 28 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 2.81 era, 25.2 ip, 9 r, 8 er, 10 bb, 5 k
sp Dickie Kerr, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 12-8 record with a 3.57 era and 49 k in 184.0 innings.
36-51, 1 sv, 4.56 era, 736.0 ip, 457 r, 373 er, 253 bb, 193 k
mr Mike Kircher, age 28 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 7-6 record with 3 saves, a 3.17 era and 20 k in 99.1 innings.
13-14, 13 sv, 3.75 era, 201.1 ip, 107 r, 84 er, 53 bb, 36 k
mr Joel Newkirk, age 29 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 20.25 era, 5.1 ip, 12 r, 12 er, 4 bb, 0 k
mr Ray Roberts, age 30 - 3 seasons.
0-2, 1 sv, 7.83 era, 23.0 ip, 26 r, 20 er, 9 bb, 4 k
mr Bill Snyder, age 27 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 2-0 record with a 1.77 era and 8 k in 20.1 innings.
2-2, 1 sv, 3.77 era, 43.0 ip, 22 r, 18 er, 30 bb, 14 k
sp Joe Gleason, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k
mr Chippy Gaw, age 33 - 2 seasons.
1-0, 0 sv, 20.26 era, 2.2 ip, 7 r, 6 er, 1 bb, 4 k
mr John slappey, age 27 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.72 era, 9.2 ip, 6 r, 4 er, 5 bb, 2 k
mr Bernie Henderson, age 26 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.2 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k
mr Vince McIlree, age 28 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 6.00 era, 3.0 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 0 k
mr George Stueland, age 26 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.38 era, 5.1 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 2 k
sp Cy Twombly, age 28 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 3.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 k
sp Ray Francis, age 32 - 3 seasons.
25-24, 1 sv, 4.13 era, 439.2 ip, 267 r, 202 er, 149 bb, 122 k
mr Dinty Gearin, age 28 - 3 seasons.
2-10, 1 sv, 6.02 era, 131.2 ip, 119 r, 88 er, 71 bb, 45 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Boston (A) Ben Cantwell,p Rufus Smith,p Red Peery,p Jim Wright,p Bill Clarkson,p
New York (A) Wes Ferrell,p Randy Reese,3b Guy Sturdy,1b Herb Bradley,p Art Ruble,lf
St.Louis (N) Hod Lisenbee,p Buzz Wetzel,p Don Hankins,p Grant Gillis,2b Jim Walkup,p
Boston (N) Woody English,ss Johnny Burnett,ss Wally Roettger,rf Merv Shea,c John Wilson,p
Washington Bill Walker,p Frank Stewart,p Julie Wera,3b George Gerken,cf Willie Underhill,p
Cincinnati Fred Frankhouse,p Joe Brown,p Buck Jordan,1b Clay Alstyne,p Hap Collard,p
New York (N) Bobby Burke,p Les Sweetland,p Ralph Judd,p Jim Faulkner,p Augie Walsh,p
Philadelphia (A) Carl Reynolds,rf Joe Boley,ss Carl Lind,2b Frank Bennett,p Arlie Tarbert,rf
Chicago (N) Red Kress,ss Jackie Hayes,2b Pete Appleton,p Paul Hopkins,p Dud Branom,1b
Detroit Sam West,cf Red Barnes,cf Heinie Schuble,ss Carlisle Littlejohn,p Ollie Tucker,rf
Pittsburgh Dick Bartell,2b Earl Clark,cf Dick Coffman,p Jay Partridge,2b Overton Tremper,lf
Chicago (A) Lloyd Waner,cf Luke Urban,c Carroll Yerkes,p Bill Deitrick,lf Ike Powers,p
Philadelphia (N) Fred Schulte,cf Wilcy Moore,p Otto Miller,ss Jim Beckman,p Bob Cremins,p
St.Louis (A) Ernie Orsatti,rf Randy Moore,rf Roy Flaskamper,ss Red Rollings,3b Frank Bushey,p
Brooklyn Josh Billings,p Dick Spalding,lf Charlie Barnabe,p Guy Morrison,p Charlie Bates,rf
Cleveland Babe Ganzel,cf Johnny Gill,lf Cleo Carlyle,rf Homer Peel,cf Fay Thomas,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Boston (A) Russ Miller,p John Freeman,cf
New York (A) Art Johnson,p Elmer Eggert,2b
St.Louis (N) Hank Grampp,p Harry Wilke,3b
Boston (N) Neal Baker,p Joe Mellana,3b
Washington Jim Battle,3b Rusty Saunders,lf
Cincinnati Dinny McNamara,cf Bill Hohman,lf
New York (N) Hank Boney,p Bob Way,2b
Philadelphia (A) Hal McKain,p Joe Klinger,lf
Chicago (N) Art Mills,p Buddy Dear,2b
Detroit Herman Layne,lf Tommy Sewell,1b
Pittsburgh Marty Karow,ss Ray Wolf,1b
Chicago (A) Henry Baldwin,ss Red Smith,c
Philadelphia (N) Sid Graves,cf
St.Louis (A) Jack White,2b
Brooklyn Harry O'Donnell,c
Cleveland Lefty Atkinson,1b
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