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1927-28 Winter
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Free Agency
Here is the list of major free agents and their dealings over the winter.
Hugh Bedient, sp - Signed a 3-year, $130,360 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Pete Donohue, sp - Signed a 2-year, $125,180 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Waite Hoyt, sp - Signed a 3-year, $317,760 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Bob Geary, cl - Signed a 2-year, $118,740 contract with New York (N)
Gabby Hartnett, c - Signed a 5-year, $789,840 contract with St.Louis (N)
Jimmie Dykes, 1b - Signed a 5-year, $659,250 contract with Chicago (A)
George Grantham, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $456,720 contract with Cincinnati
Lew Fonseca, 2b - Signed a 7-year, $967,820 contract with Boston (N)
Bill Barrett, ss - Signed a 1-year, $4,180 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Cliff Heathcote, cf - Signed a 1-year, $11,820 contract with St.Louis (A)
Chicken Hawks, cf - Signed a 2-year, $35,660 contract with Cincinnati
Winter Trades
10/14 - Cincinnati gets c Charlie Niebergall (28 yrs old, .272-5-68-0) and 3b Dutch Ussat (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets lf Ray Blades (31 years old, .264-3-62-12)
10/14 - Pittsburgh gets p Larry Duff (29 yrs old, 0-1, 5.40 era, 6.2 ip, 2 k), Boston (N) gets rf Charlie Jamieson (34 yrs old, .296-0-24-4) and c Ray Hayworth (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/15 - New York (A) gets rf Doug Taitt (25 yrs old, .263-5-40-6), Cincinnati gets 1b Ossie Orwoll (26 yrs old, .328-0-8-3)
10/21 - Brooklyn gets p Al Kellett (25 yrs old, 2-0, 5 sv, 4.14 era, 41.1 ip, 22 k), New York (N) gets 1b Del Bissonette (28 yrs old, .328-4-45-3)
10/22 - Brooklyn gets 3b Mike Gazella (31 yrs old, .306-0-10-1), St.Louis (A) gets cf Taylor Douthit (26 yrs old, .267-1-39-2)
11/06 - New York (A) gets c Wally Schang (38 yrs old, .292-6-67-12), Pittsburgh gets lf Roy Carlyle (26 yrs old, .302-7-57-4)
11/06 - Detroit gets 1b Lu Blue (30 yrs old, .269-5-53-32), Chicago (A) gets ss Bud Connolly (26 yrs old, .304-2-26-1)
11/06 - Brooklyn gets p Fred Fussell (32 yrs old, 0-0, 9.00 era, 2.0 ip, 1 k), Cleveland gets c Clyde Sukeforth (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/24 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Dolly Gray (30 yrs old, 12-15, 4.14 era, 198.0 ip, 104 k) and 1b Buck Jordan (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets ss Glenn Wright (26 yrs old, .282-12-77-4)
11/26 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Hal Neubauer (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets c John Bischoff (33 yrs old, .235-1-5-0)
11/26 - Boston (A) gets Ed Morris (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets lf Zack Wheat (39 yrs old, .230-1-13-0)
11/27 - Washington gets p Chief Yellowhorse (29 yrs old, 3-2, 6.60 era, 15.0 ip, 2 k), Brooklyn gets ss Ed Taylor (26 yrs old, .265-0-16-1)
11/28 - Detroit gets p Dutch Henry (25 yrs old, 1-5, 11 sv, 4.39 era, 53.1 ip, 21 k), Boston (A) gets ss Heinie Sand (30 yrs old, .294-0-27-1) and lf Jess Cortazzo (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/28 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Larry Benton (30 yrs old, 17-12, 3.59 era, 258.1 ip, 113 k) and lf Rusty Saunders (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets c Val Picinich (31 yrs old, .272-4-30-2)
11/29 - Chicago (N) gets p Sherry Smith (36 yrs old, 14-9, 3.23 era, 208.2 ip, 36 k), Chicago (A) gets ss Andy High (30 yrs old, .294-2-44-10)
11/29 - Boston (N) gets p Dutch Ulrich (28 yrs old, 13-15, 4.09 era, 206.2 ip, 59 k), Philadelphia (N) gets rf Wally Roettger (25 yrs old, .347-10-74-1)
12/26 - Boston (N) gets p Chick Davies (35 yrs old, 5-6, 8 sv, 5.38 era, 97.0 ip, 36 k), Cincinnati gets 3b Pie Traynor (28 yrs old, .312-3-73-11) and 1b Andy Harrington (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/28 - Cincinnati gets p Snipe Conley (33 yrs old, 16-11, 4.16 era, 203.1 ip, 57 k), New York (N) gets 2b Fresco Thompson (25 yrs old, .241-1-30-7)
Retirements
c Hank Gowdy, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .321 with 13 hr, 85 rbi and 2 sb in 124 games.
.264 avg, 56 hr, 1004 rbi, 2155 h, 357 2b, 97 3b, 1030 r, 86 sb
rf Frank Gilhooley, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .301 with 1 hr, 42 rbi and 15 sb in 139 games.
.299 avg, 3 hr, 172 rbi, 573 h, 61 2b, 27 3b, 252 r, 47 sb
2b Hal Janvrin, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .294 with 2 hr, 40 rbi and 3 sb in 89 games.
.257 avg, 6 hr, 158 rbi, 324 h, 46 2b, 19 3b, 126 r, 17 sb
sp Wilbur Cooper, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 26-9 record with a 2.03 era and 80 k in 315.0 innings.
157-119, 0 sv, 3.32 era, 2483.0 ip, 1183 r,,917 er, 571 bb, 858 k
mr Rankin Johnson, age 39 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 4-3 record with 7 saves, a 3.26 era and 17 k in 49.2 innings.
29-32, 57 sv, 5.13 era, 461.1 ip, 313 r, 263 er, 219 bb, 148 k
sp Ernie Koob, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 14-9 record with a 2.82 era and 50 k in 233.1 innings.
15-9, 0 sv, 2.87 era, 247.1 ip, 118 r, 79 er, 101 bb, 52 k
lf Merlin Kopp, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he batted .303 with 0 hr, 4 rbi and 2 sb in 22 games.
.234 avg, 2 hr, 28 rbi, 61 h, 14 2b, 0 3b, 33 r, 15 sb
2b Jack Farmer, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
lf Tony Brottem, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .217 with 0 hr, 5 rbi and 0 sb in 25 games.
.206 avg, 2 hr, 11 rbi, 20 h, 4 2b, 1 3b, 11 r, 0 sb
ss Adam Debus, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.222 avg, 0 hr, 20 rbi, 39 h, 12 2b, 3 3b, 14 r, 1 sb
3b Goldie Rapp, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .328 with 0 hr, 6 rbi and 1 sb in 31 games.
.266 avg, 2 hr, 39 rbi, 86 h, 14 2b, 5 3b, 39 r, 1 sb
ss Topper Rigney, age 30 - 7 seasons (injury). His best season was in 1922 when he batted .346 with 5 hr, 56 rbi and 33 sb in 131 games.
.312 avg, 23 hr, 293 rbi, 858 h, 125 2b, 58 3b, 465 r, 65 sb
lf Tommy Taylor, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he batted .259 with 0 hr, 6 rbi and 2 sb in 20 games.
.225 avg, 0 hr, 17 rbi, 34 h, 8 2b, 1 3b, 20 r, 2 sb
cf Ty Tyson, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.400 avg, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 20 h, 5 2b, 1 3b, 5 r, 1 sb
sp Sailor Stroud, age 42 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he compiled a 21-12 record with a 2.25 era and 116 k in 312.1 innings.
172-164, 1 sv, 3.72 era, 3018.2 ip, 1457 r, 1247 er, 897 bb, 992 k
2b Gene Paulette, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .279 with 2 hr, 36 rbi and 7 sb in 119 games.
.267 avg, 6 hr, 141 rbi, 425 h, 72 2b, 24 3b, 185 r, 22 sb
sp Erskine Mayer, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 21-13 record with a 3.66 era and 55 k in 307.2 innings.
121-100, 8 sv, 3.71 era, 263 g, 2025.1 ip, 359 k, 535 bb
lf Bobby Veach, age 93 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .330 with 8 hr, 93 rbi and 19 sb in 123 games.
.298 avg, 1817 g, 6577 ab, 976 r, 1957 h, 61 hr, 900 rbi, 199 sb, .425 slg
1b Walter Hoake, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .360 with 0 hr, 5 rbi and 1 sb in 30 games.
.238 avg, 387 g, 1159 ab, 118 r, 276 h, 2 hr, 89 rbi, 31 sb, .290 slg
rf Braggo Roth, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1915 when he batted .269 with 6 hr, 61 rbi and 53 sb in 139 games.
.267 avg, 1263 g, 4351 ab, 600 r, 1163 h, 44 hr, 536 rbi, 191 sb, .382 slg
cf Baby Doll Jacobson, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .328 with 6 hr, 88 rbi and 13 sb in 133 games.
.298 avg, 1307 g, 4759 ab, 708 r, 1420 h, 64 hr, 676 rbi, 80 sb, .430 slg
mr Bill Fincher, age 33 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 4-6 record with 8 saves, a 2.68 era and 13 k in 40.1 innings.
4.56 era, 9-19 record, 25 sv, 124 g, 197.1 ip, 5 k, 105 bb
sp Roy Johnson, age 32 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 7-11 record with a 4.55 era and 59 k in 150.1 innings.
5.25 era, 25-45 record, 1 sv, 99 g, 591.2 ip, 207 k, 293 bb
sp Alex Ferguson, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 9-8 record with 1 save, a 3.24 era and 46 k in 147.1 innings.
4.27 era, 18-26 record, 3 sv, 91 g, 431.2 ip, 131 k, 179 bb
mr Lafayette Henion, age 28 - 3 seasons.
5.91 era, 4-6 record, 6 sv, 35 h, 77.2 ip, 12 k, 43 bb
mr Al Schacht, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 7-2 record with 3 saves, a 1.80 era and 28 k in 70.0 innings.
3.82 era, 28-30 record, 18 sv, 257 g, 475.1 ip, 133 k, 206 bb
sp Bob Clark, age 30 - 3 seasons.
3.84 era, 23-16 record, 0 sv, 47 g, 286.0 ip, 75 k, 79 bb
mr Bill Burwell, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 0-0 record with a 0.86 era and 6 k in 21.0 innings.
1.30 era, 0-0 record, 1 sv, 12 g, 27.2 ip, 7 k, 19 bb
mr Joe Kiefer, age 28 - 2 seasons.
9.69 era, 1-0 record, 0 sv, 7 g, 13.0 ip, 4 k, 8 bb
sp Walt Schulz, age 27 - 3 seasons.
5.95 era, 5-7 record, 0 sv, 24 g, 130.0 ip, 25 k, 64 bb
mr Oscar Fuhr, age 34 - 3 seasons.
9.39 era, 0-0 record, 0 sv, 7 g, 7.2 ip, 4 k, 4 bb
mr Bert Cole, age 31 - 2 seasons.
0.00 era, 1-0 record, 1 sv, 4 g, 9.00 ip, 5 k, 3 bb
mr Eddie Dyer, age 27 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled an 11-10 record with a 4.74 era and 80 k in 197.1 innings.
4.54 era, 13-16 record, 4 sv, 77 g, 279.2 ip, 96 k, 74 bb
sp Homer Blankenship, age 25 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 7-3 record with 6 saves, a 3.12 era and 34 k in 104.0 innings.
4.24 era, 12-14 record, 12 sv, 105 g, 220.2 ip, 65 k, 104 bb
sp Lil Stoner, age 28 - 3 seasons.
4.67 era, 12-11 record, 0 sv, 37 g, 210.0 ip, 75 k, 80 bb
mr Joe Batchelder, age 29 - 3 seasons.
3.62 era, 15-12 record, 8 sv, 88 g, 176.2 ip, 62 k, 67 bb
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Boston (A) Larry French,p Gordon Rhodes,p Estel Crabtree,rf Al Grabowski,p Dutch Kemner,p
St.Louis (N) Whit Wyatt,p Bruce Cunningham,p Leon Chagnon,p Ray Gardner,ss Trader Horne,p
New York (A) Benny Frey,p Charlie Geilbert,ss Elliot Bigelow,rf Harry Smythe,p Eddie Delker,ss
Chicago (N) Earl Averill,cf Tripp Sigman,cf Billy Rhiel,2b Chad Kimsey,p Ed Carroll,p
Cincinnati Dale Alexander,1b Ad Liska,p Pat Crawford,2b Red Badgro,rf Sam Dailey,p
Philadelphia (A) Roy Sherid,p Bill Akers,ss Liz Funk,cf Roy Parmelee,p Steve Swetonic,p
Philadelphia (N) Ed Durham,p Eric McNair,3b Russ Scarritt,lf Ben Sankey,ss Bots Nekola,p
Pittsburgh Art Herring,p Buzz Boyle,lf Bernie James,2b Ray Dobens,p Art Jorgens,c
Cleveland Johnny Frederick,cf Stu Clarke,ss Earl Grace,c Jim Cronin,2b Hal Elliott,p
Washington Roy Johnson,rf Sam Leslie,1b Milt Shoffner,p Joe Cicero,cf Augie Prudhomme,p
St.Louis (A) Lyn Lary,ss Sammy Byrd,rf Dutch Hoffman,cf Phil Voyles,cf Oscar Estrada,p
New York (N) Dick Porter,rf Johnny Watwood,cf Bobo Newsom,p Jimmy Pattison,p Bill Dunlap,lf
Chicago (A) Chief Hogsett,p Frank Barnes,p Carey Selph,2b Marv Gudat,p Nolen Richardson,3b
Brooklyn Rick Ferrell,c Jim Mosolf,rf Footsie Blair,2b Elmer Miller,p Doc Marshall,2b
Detroit Clise Dudley,p Doc Cramer,cf Bill Narleski,ss Ralph Erickson,p Yats Wuestling,ss
Boston (N) Evar Swanson,cf Charlie Gooch,1b Cy Moore,p Lou Legett,c Fred Stiely,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Boston (A) George Susce,c Red Barron,lf
St.Louis (N) Paul McCullough,p Rudy Miller,3b
New York (A) Jerry Byrne,p Clay Mattox,c
Chicago (N) Herb Cobb,p Joe O'Rourke,1b
Cincinnati Tom Angley,c Jim Stroner,3b
Philadelphia (A) Don Savidge,p Bud Morse,2b
Philadelphia (N) Len Dondero,3b Bob Linton,c
Pittsburgh Jim Tennant,p Jack Ryan,lf
Cleveland Joe Bradshaw,p Ed Connolly,c
Washington Bill Breckinridge,p Al Weston,1b
St.Louis (A) Ed Roetz,ss Terry Lyons,1b
New York (N) Jim Holloway,p Mel Ingram,1b
Chicago (A) Ed Wineapple,p Dan Jessee,1b
Brooklyn Ray Lucas,p
Detroit Doc Land,cf
Boston (N) Henry Peploski,3b
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