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1926-27 Winter
Announcements
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Free Agency
Here is how the major free agents fared.
Rube Benton,sp - Signed a 3-year, $138,366 contract with Cincinnati
Bubbles Hargrave,c - Signed a 2-year, $306,500 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Johnny Bassler,c - Signed a 4-year, $308,240 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Jim Bottomley,1b - Signed a 5-year, $821,090 contract with Brooklyn
Ivy Griffin,2b - Signed a 1-year, $16,440 contract with Cincinnati
Eddie Collins, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $310,620 contract with Cleveland
Ray Blades, 3b - Signed a 2-year, $60,040 contract with Cincinnati
Red Shannon, 3b - Signed a 2-year, $149,160 contract with New York (A)
Pie Traynor, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $117,180 contract with Cincinnati
Goose Goslin, lf - Signed a 5-year, $815,070 contract with Detroit
Winter Trades
10/07 - New York (A) gets rf Les Mann (32 yrs old, .275-2-63-12), Detroit gets c Johnnie Heving (30 yrs old, .241-1-13-0)
10/13 - Washington gets p Art Delaney (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and 3b Joe Mellana (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets c Charlie Niebergall (27 yrs old, .271-0-15-0)
10/17 - New York (A) gets p Ray Kremer (33 yrs old, 7-15, 5.45 era, 178.1 ip, 39 k), New York (N) gets 1b Guy Sturdy (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - Cleveland gets p Bob Smith (31 yrs old, 11-16, 4.45 era, 247.0 ip, 69 k), Philadelphia (A) gets rf Ed Goebel (27 yrs old, .268-0-7-0) and 2b Howie Carter (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/04 - Chicago (N) gets 2b Hughie Critz (26 yrs old, .235-0-15-0), Philadelphia (A) gets c Val Picinich (30 yrs old, .333-0-1-0)
11/04 - Boston (A) gets lf Zach Wheat (38 yrs old, .277-3-19-0), Cincinnati gets lf Ben Paschal (31 yrs old, .287-5-62-4)
11/04 - St.Louis (N) gets rf Butch Weis (25 yrs old, .243-3-19-1), Philadelphia (N) gets c John Bischoff (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/06 - Brooklyn gets lf Happy Felsch (35 yrs old, .321-2-33-10), Pittsburgh gets rf Jack Tobin (34 yrs old, .321-2-29-2)
11/08 - Boston (N) gets p Burleigh Grimes (33 yrs old, 17-8, 3.21 era, 238.2 ip, 96 k), Chicago (A) gets rf Beauty McGowan (25 yrs old, .239-0-27-4)
11/08 - Chicago (N) gets p Art Nehf (34 yrs old, 12-16, 4.04 era, 240.2 ip, 99 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Bob Meusel (30 yrs old, .284-7-75-8)
11/09 - Pittsburgh gets p Sarge Connally (28 yrs old, 0-1, 2 sv, 3.60 era, 5.0 ip, 1 k) and 2b Hugh McMullen (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets ss Bud Connolly (25 yrs old, .232-0-19-3) and 2b Marty Karow (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/16 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Hugh Bedient (37 yrs old, 16-8, 3.77 era, 215.0 ip, 88 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Joe Boley (30 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Joe Buskey (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/19 - Boston (N) gets p Jumbo Elliott (26 yrs old, 0-0, 18.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 k) and c Dutch Ussat (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 3b Ed Taylor (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - New York (N) gets p Snipe Conley (32 yrs old, 11-14, 3.97 era, 217.2 ip, 76 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Marty McManus (26 yrs old, .221-2-23-3)
11/21 - Boston (A) gets p Howard Ehmke (32 yrs old, 5-3, 4.15 era, 65.0 ip, 21 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Jackie Tavener (28 yrs old, .243-1-15-2)
11/22 - Boston (N) gets p Larry Duff (28 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 0.00 era, 7.2 ip, 1 k) and ss Chappie Geygan (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets 1b Mike Gazella (30 yrs old, l276-1-12-5)
12/27 - Boston (A) gets p Elmer Ponder (33 yrs old, 10-23, 3.89 era, 296.1 ip, 59 k), New York (N) gets ss Whitey Witt (31 yrs old, .209-2-36-6)
12/31 - Cleveland gets p Larry Benton (29 yrs old, 19-12, 3.35 era, 268.2 ip, 133 k) and lf Rusty Saunders (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 3b Les Bell (25 yrs old, .339-10-87-6) and c Bill Moore (23 yrs old, .235-2-22-1)
12/31 - Brooklyn gets p Pete Standridge (35 yrs old, 10-5, 10 sv, 3.81 era, 120.1 ip, 26 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Lu Blue (29 yrs old, .275-1-64-41)
01/24 - Cleveland gets p Harry Suter (39 yrs old, 13-11, 3.93 era, 215.0 ip, 80 k), Chicago (N) gets cf Babe Ganzel (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/28 - Chicago (N) gets p Frank Shellenback (28 yrs old, 18-12, 3.55 era, 263.2 ip, 77 k), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Ira Flagstead (33 yrs old, .285-2-58-3)
Retirements
1b Hap Myers, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .309 with 3 hr, 51 rbi and 40 sb in 151 games.
.271 avg, 12 hr, 452 rbi, 1418 h, 132 2b, 53 3b, 715 r, 325 sb
sp Pete Alexander, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he compiled a 28-10 record with a 1.87 era and 194 k in 356.2 innings. Inducted to Hall of Fame.
250-223, 0 sv, 3.10 era, 4304.0 ip, 1949 r, 1484 er, 1085 bb, 1851 k
rf Mike Fitzgerald, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .387 with 0 hr, 4 rbi and 0 sb in 33 games.
.214 avg, 4 hr, 51 rbi, 105 h, 14 2b, 1 3b, 57 r, 8 sb
3b Jimmy Johnston, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .309 with 3 hr, 52 rbi and 12 sb in 129 games.
.290 avg, 11 hr, 322 rbi, 818 h, 125 2b, 49 3b, 392 r, 63 sb
cl Buddy Napier, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a record of 5-2 with 6 sv, a 2.12 era and 18 k in 63.2 innings.
28-25, 43 sv, 4.05 era, 466.2 ip, 260 r, 210 er, 133 bb, 123 k
2b Del Pratt, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .356 with 4 hr, 59 rbi and 27 sb in 107 games.
.279 avg, 39 hr, 756 rbi, 1723 h, 306 2b, 105 3b, 810 r, 185 sb
rf Casey Stengel, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .314 with 9 hr, 69 rbi and 12 sb in 121 games.
.288 avg, 83 hr, 854 rbi, 1765 h, 274 2b, 98 3b, 894 r, 196 sb
rf Dan Costello, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .271 with 1 hr, 12 rbi and 6 sb in 71 games.
.281 avg, 2 hr, 20 rbi, 48 h, 5 2b, 5 3b, 20 r, 6 sb
ss Gil Britton, age 35 - 1 season.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
rf Tommy Griffith, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .368 with 5 hr, 33 rbi and 4 sb in 89 games.
.278 avg, 15 hr, 235 rbi, 542 h, 108 2b, 18 3b, 246 r, 22 sb
c Ernie Krueger, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .288 with 3 hr, 63 rbi and 2 sb in 134 games.
.254 avg, 26 hr, 320 rbi, 716 h, 118 2b, 34 3b, 324 r, 19 sb
rf George Anderson, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .272 with 6 hr, 53 rbi and 14 sb in 137 games.
.269 avg, 24 hr, 306 rbi, 750 h, 113 2b, 44 3b, 391 r, 139 sb
ss Wally Gerber, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .295 with 2 hr, 25 rbi and 0 sb in 93 games.
.252 avg, 3 hr, 141 rbi, 330 h, 60 2b, 8 3b, 156 r, 3 sb
sp Ray Callahan, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 1-0 record with 1 sv, a 2.84 era and 3 k in 12.2 innings.
5-5, 2 sv, 5.90 era, 97.2 ip, 77 r, 64 er, 57 bb, 13 k
mr Dick McCabe, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1921 wheh he compiled a 4-4 record with 4 sv, a 4.01 era and 18 k in 74.0 innings.
5-5, 4 sv, 4.86 era, 90.2 ip, 62 r, 49 er, 45 bb, 23 k
3b Cotton Tierney, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .302 with 10 hr, 96 rbi and 6 sb in 146 games.
.298 avg, 36 hr, 334 rbi, 754 h, 140 2b, 29 3b, 359 r, 14 sb
1b Dutch Schliebner, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
sp Arnie Stone, age 33 - 1 season.
1-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 2.2 ip, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 0 k
sp Roy Witherup, age 40 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1909 when he compiled a 22-12 record with a 2.16 era and 131 k in 303.2 innings. Inducted to Hall of Fame
254-234, 5 sv, 3.40 era, 4455.2 ip, 2170 r, 1681 er, 1605 bb, 1704 k
sp John Raleigh, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he compiled an 18-10 record with a 1.90 era and 112 k in 270.2 innings.
221-175, 5 sv, 3.24 era, 3625.2 ip, 1665 r, 1306 er, 1202 bb, 1275 k
cf Max Carey, age 36 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .332 with 2 hr, 48 rbi and 25 sb in 107 games.
.282 avg, 57 hr, 802 rbi, 1679 h, 271 2b, 140 3b, 921 r, 460 sb
c Steve O'Neill, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .375 with 3 hr, 94 rbi and 0 sb in 126 games.
.305 avg, 10 hr, 386 rbi, 804 h, 147 2b, 22 3b, 380 r, 4 sb
2b Charlie Deal, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .299 with 1 hr, 17 rbi and 6 sb in 120 games.
.258 avg, 6 hr, 109 rbi, 254 h, 40 2b, 11 3b, 100 r, 12 sb
mr Hack Eibel, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 4-8 record with 6 saves, a 4.27 era and 54 k in 124.1 innings.
21-40, 36 sv, 4.79 era, 530.1 ip, 335 r, 282 er, 245 bb, 212 k
lf Benny Kauff, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1913 when he batted .330 with 11 hr, 85 rbi and 66 sb in 152 games.
.300 avg, 104 hr, 872 rbi, 1675 h, 257 2b, 132 3b, 832 r, 323 sb
lf Jimmy Walsh, age 41 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1914 when he batted .326 with 0 hr, 21 rbi and 10 sb in 110 games.
.280 avg, 12 hr, 372 rbi, 963 h, 137 2b, 48 3b, 441 r, 154 sb
sp Dave Davenport, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 19-19 record with a 2.87 era and 166 k in 326.1 innings.
81-115, 4 sv, 3.87 era, 1703.0 ip, 933 r, 733 er, 693 bb, 605 k
cl Dave Keefe, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled an 11-4 record with 9 saves, a 4.01 era and 52 k in 137.0 innings.
44-34, 28 sv, 4.19 era, 668.0 ip, 386 r, 311 er, 241 bb, 230 k
sp Jimmy Ring, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled an 8-14 record with 1 save, a 4.10 era and 78 k in 193.0 innings.
38-50, 1 sv, 4.55 era, 718.0 ip, 456 r, 363 er, 328 bb, 276 k
sp Dutch Ruether, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 12-4 record with a 3.19 era and 61 k in 194.2 innings.
67-41, 0 sv, 3.95 era, 1044.2 ip, 582 r, 458 er, 404 bb, 326 k
sp Roy Sanders, age 34 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled an 11-8 record with a 3.12 era and 59 k in 161.1 innings.
38-52, 2 sv, 4.67 era, 718.1 ip, 466 r, 373 er, 330 bb, 244 k
sp Harry Heitmann, age 30 - 2 seasons.
1-1, 0 sv, 7.75 era, 36.0 ip, 35 r, 31 er, 18 bb, 0 k
mr Jake Hehl, age 27 - 3 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 2.45 era, 7.1 ip, 5 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 2 k
mr Walt Kinney, age 33 - 3 seasons.
1-1, 1 sv, 4.50 era, 12.0 ip, 7 r, 6 er, 5 bb, 6 k
mr Bill Grevell, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 1-3 record with 3 saves, a 3.81 era and 8 k in 28.1 innings.
4-5, 9 sv, 4.92 era, 67.2 ip, 38 r, 37 er, 32 bb, 17 k
mr Ed Gill, age 31 - 3 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 8.27 era, 20.2 ip, 20 r, 19 er, 16 bb, 3 k
mr Pat Martin, age 34 - 3 seasons.
2-3, 1 sv, 6.08 era, 53.1 ip, 41 r, 36 er, 27 bb, 22 k
mr Colonel Snover, age 31 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 6.23 era, 13.0 ip, 11 r, 9 er, 6 bb, 1 k
sp Lefty Weinert, age 24 - 2 seasons.
1-1, 0 sv, 4.50 era, 20.0 ip, 11 r, 10 er, 10 bb, 8 k
mr John Glaiser, age 32 - 2 seasons.
0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 7.1 ip, 2 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k
sp Claude Davenport, age 28 - 3 seasons.
3-2, 1 sv, 3.60 era, 45.0 ip, 21 r, 18 er, 27 bb, 6 k
cf Eddie Brown, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .326 with 3 hr, 23 rbi and 0 sb in 54 games.
.307 avg, 4 hr, 55 rbi, 106 h, 22 2b, 3 3b, 49 r, 0 sb
mr Huck Betts, age 29 - 3 seasons.
1-2, 3 sv, 3.54 era, 28.0 ip, 12 r, 11 er, 10 bb, 9 k
mr Ernie Alten, age 32 - 3 seasons.
0-1, 0 sv, 2.61 era, 10.1 ip, 3 r, 3 er, 6 bb, 4 k
mr Johnny Meador, age 34 - 2 seasons.
3-0, 1 sv, 1.93 era, 9.1 ip, 2 r, 2 er, 2 bb, 2 k
mr George Scott, age 30 - 1 season.
0-0, 0 sv, 6.35 era, 5.2 ip, 4 r, 4 er, 5 bb, 1 k
sp Suds Sutherland, age 32 - 3 seasons.
18-13, 0 sv, 4.60 era, 266.1 ip, 178 r, 136 er, 77 bb, 79 k
sp Jim Joe Edwards, age 32 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 5-3 record with a 4.29 era and 25 k in 77.2 innings.
19-19, 0 sv, 5.11 era, 354.0 ip, 243 r, 201 er, 201 bb, 117 k
sp George Edmondson, age 30 - 1 season.
0-1, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 3.0 ip, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 0 k
sp Leo Dickerman, age 30 - 3 seasons.
12-9, 1 sv, 4.43 era, 185.0 ip, 126 r, 91 er, 87 bb, 62 k
mr Bill Harris, age 26 - 2 seasons.
7-5, 4 sv, 3.50 era, 126.0 ip, 59 r, 49 er, 43 bb, 37 k
sp Del Lundgren, age 27 - 1 season.
2-3, 1 sv, 4.66 era, 19.1 ip, 11 r, 10 er, 3 bb, 9 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Cincinnati Carl Hubbell,p Johnny Moore,lf Les Barnhart,p Doug Taitt,rf Walt Tauscher,p
Detroit Chuck Klein,rf Pinky Whitney,3b Wally Gilbert,3b Glenn Spencer,p Al Spohrer,c
New York (A) Pat Malone,p Bill Shores,p Ossie Orwoll,1b Al Shealy,p Harley Boss,1b
New York (N) Jim Moore,p Erv Brame,p Chick Fullis,cf Marty Griffin,p Al Van Camp,1b
Chicago (N) Ed Brandt,p Spud Davis,c Art Shires,1b Clay Touchstone,p Luther Harvel,cf
St.Louis (A) Ed Morgan,1b Red Dorman,cf Ed Montague,ss Rollie Hemsley,c John Milligan,p
St.Louis (N) George Earnshaw,p Grady Adkins,p Jim Weaver,p Ed Lennon,p June Greene,p
Boston (A) Clint Brown,p Pepper Martin,rf Otis Brannan,2b George Loepp,lf George Cox,p
Philadelphia (A) Earl Caldwell,p Eddie Kenna,c Al Bool,c Ed Holley,p Ed Strelecki,p
Washington Bill Dickey,c Joe Stripp,3b Paul Easterling,lf George Blackerby,lf Les Bartholomew,p
Boston (N) Don Hurst,1b Walt Lerian,c Al Lopez,c Jonah Goldman,ss Dan Dugan,p
Pittsburgh Ed Walsh,p Marty Walker,p Bill Sweeney,1b Cliff Garrison,p Charlie Sullivan,p
Philadelphia (N) Vic Sorrell,p Bill Cissell,ss Si Johnson,p Tiny Chaplin,p John Shea,p
Chicago (A) Bob Weiland,p Larry Bettencourt,3b Fred Bennett,rf Archie Campbell,p Karl Swanson,2b
Brooklyn Del Bissonette,1b Harlan Pyle,p Cobe Jones,ss Merle Settlemire,p Rudy Leopold,p
Cleveland John Stone,lf Gus Mancuso,c Mel Harder,p Casper Asbjornson,c Pat Simmons,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Cincinnati Buck Redfern,2b Earl Williams,c
Detroit Elmer Tutwiler,p Art Reinholz,3b
New York (A) Al Williamson,p Cecil Bolton,1b
New York (N) Roy Wilson,p Freddie Moncewicz,ss
Chicago (N) Art Daney,p Bruce Caldwell,rf
St.Louis (A) Ike Danning,c John O'Connell,c
St.Louis (N) Pelham Ballenger,3b Joe Price,cf
Boston (A) Bill Cronin,c Johnny Mann,3b
Philadelphia (A) Phil Page,p Ray Foley,1b
Washington Ollie Sax,3b Carl Sumner,lf
Boston (N) Steve Slayton,p Harvey MacDonald,rf
Pittsburgh Ray Boggs,p Bill Windle,1b
Philadelphia (N) Joe Hassler,ss Howie Williamson,1b
Chicago (A) John Goodell,p Ray Jacobs,1b
Brooklyn Max West,cf Charlie Fitzberger,1b
Cleveland Ed Crowley,3b Paul Hinson,1b
Last edited by captaincarl; 04-12-2008 at 02:35 AM.
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