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Free Agency
Slim Harriss, sp - Signed a 3-year, $299,290 contract with Chicago (A)
Joe Shaute, sp - Signed a 3-year, $231,510 contract with Pittsburgh
Harvey Hendrick, 3b - Signed a 6-year, $1,018,080 contract with St.Louis (N)
Glenn Wright, ss - Signed a 3-year, $119,070 contract with Cincinnati
Heinie Manush, lf - Signed a 4-year, $707,720 contract with Pittsburgh
Ken Williams, lf - Signed a 3-year, $291,470 contract with St.Louis (A)
Cy Williams, rf - Signed a 2-year, $231,381 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Cliff Heathcote, rf - Signed a 1-year, $18,390 contract with New York (A)
Trades
10/14 - Washington gets lf Russ Scarritt (25 yrs old, .323-4-24-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Joe Stripp (25 yrs old, .208-3-29-2)
10/14 - Detroit gets p Jess Doyle (30 yrs old, 1-1, 9.20 era, 14.2 ip, 4 k), Boston (A) gets 3b Wally Gilbert (27 yrs old, .125-0-2-0)
10/14 - Chicago (A) gets p Alvin Crowder (29 yrs old, 7-11, 5.79 era, 186.2 ip, 57 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Bud Connolly (27 yrs old, .257-4-34-1)
10/14 - Pittsburgh gets p Hal Neubauer (26 yrs old, 5-8, 7 sv, 5.43 era, 117.2 ip, 36 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Bob Meusel (32 yrs old, .319-2-53-5)
10/14 - Cincinnati gets p Al Yeargin (26 yrs old, 4-3, 7 sv, 4.64 era, 8.7 ip, 35 k), Chicago (A) gets cf Jimmy O'Connell (27 yrs old, .249-2-25-4)
10/27 - Cincinnati gets p Heinie Meine (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (N) gets 1b Pat Crawford (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/31 - Cleveland gets p Leon Chagnon (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Jake Flowers (26 yrs old, .204-2-14-6) and c Casper Asbjornson (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/31 - Pittsburgh gets 1b Dick Burrus (30 yrs old, .302-2-46-8), Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Hallahan (26 yrs old, 2-2, 4 sv, 4.69 era, 40.1 ip, 25 k)
10/31 - Detroit gets p Chief Yellowhorse (30 yrs old, 10-7, 7 sv, 3.43 era, 115.1 ip, 23 k) and lf Sam Leslie (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 2b Joe Klugmann (33 yrs old, .297-5-75-10)
11/03 - Boston (N) gets p Earl Kunz (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 2 k) and ss Eddie Delker (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Bernie Friberg (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and cf Tony Murray (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Cleveland gets p George Earnshaw (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets cf Mule Haas (25 yrs old, .290-13-57-3)
11/25 - St.Louis (N) gets rf Pete Scott (29 yrs old, .312-10-41-7) and 3b Ollie Sax (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets lf Dave Harris (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Boston (N) gets p Howard Ehmke (34 yrs old, 12-10, 5.24 era, 197.1 ip, 72 k), Boston (A) gets ss Joe Sewell (30 yrs old, .311-4-64-1)
11/25 - New York (N) gets p Ken Holloway (31 yrs old, 13-18, 4.49 era, 262.1 ip, 59 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Fresco Thompson (26 yrs old, .321-1-31-10)
11/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Carlisle Littlejohn (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and lf Sam Leslie (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets c Earl Smith (31 yrs old, .285-2-13-2)
11/26 - Boston (N) gets p Carroll Yerkes (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets 1b Charlie Gooch (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/09 - Brooklyn gets p Hal Goldsmith (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets ss Ed Taylor (27 yrs old, .297-1-46-4)
01/19 - New York (N) gets p Snipe Conley (34 yrs old, 11-10, 4.01 era, 206.1 ip, 68 k), Cincinnati gets c Bennie Tate (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/07 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Charlie Barnabe (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets c Eddie Kenna (31 yrs old, .236-2-36-0)
Retirements
2b Eddie Collins, age 41 - 23 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .362 with 2 homers, 78 rbi and 64 sb in 149 games. Inducted to Hall of Fame
.305 avg, 2478 g, 8978 ab, 1419 r, 2736 h, 28 hr, 985 rbi, 554 sb, .395 slg
2b Larry Doyle, age 42 - 23 seasons. His best season was in 1910 when he batted .311 with 10 homers, 95 rbi and 67 sb in 152 games.
.281 avg, 2283 g, 6988 ab, 1030 r, 1963 h, 65 hr, 916 rbi, 482 sb, .397 slg
cf/p Smokey Joe Wood, age 38 - 22 seasons. His best batting season was in 1922 when he batted .342 with 7 homers, 61 rbi and 2 sb in 118 g. His best pitching season was in 1916 when he compiled a 28-9 record with a 2.05 era and 159 k in 346.2 innings.
.253 avg, 1247 g, 397 r, 787 h, 32 hr, 418 rbi, 18 sb, .358 slg
2.33 era, 220-111, 366 g, 3072.0 ip, 1988 k, 937 bb, 2 sv
sp Rube Benton, age 41 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 19-8 record with a 2.80 era and 40 k in 244.1 innings.
3.38 era, 192-144, 407 g, 3075.1 ip, 810 k, 708 bb, 3 sv
sp Hugh Bedient, age 39 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 15-10 record with a 2.79 era and 94 k in 235.1 innings.
3.75 era, 208-222, 571 g, 3931.1 ip, 1501 k, 1244 bb, 0 sv
1b John Kelleher, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .279 with 11 homers, 91 rbi and 1 sb in 146 games.
.277 avg, 519 g, 1858 ab, 232 r, 514 h, 26 hr, 244 rbi, 2 sb, .393 slg
3b Buck Weaver, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .345 with 4 homers, 72 rbi and 27 sb in 134 innings.
.304 avg, 1861 g, 6619 avg, 2009 h, 31 hr, 762 rbi, 189 sb, .402 slg[/color]
1b Wally Pipp, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .311 with 5 homers, 72 rbi and 25 sb in 148 games.
.289 avg, 1531 g, 5110 ab, 742 r, 1478 h, 70 hr, 777 rbi, 110 sb, .423 slg
rf Billy Southworth, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best seasons was in 1918 whein he batted .330 with 4 homres, 93 rbi and 32 sb in 147 games.
.318 avg, 1262 g, 4582 ab, 749 r, 1458 h, 50 hr, 667 rbi, 126 sb, .447 slg
ss Ben Dyer, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .284 with 0 homers, 34 rbi and 1 sb in 100 games.
.260 avg, 646 g, 1252 ab, 148 r, 325 h, 4 hr, 149 rbi, 5 sb, .340 slg
cf Ed Hemmingway, age 35 - 2 seasons.
.283 avg, 32 g, 46 ab, 6 r, 13 h, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 1 sb, .348 slg
lf Irish Meusel, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .309 with 23 homers, 113 rbi and 3 sb in 131 games.
.285 avg, 1247 g, 3622 ab, 500 r, 1033 h, 74 hr, 582 rbi, 74 sb, .426 slg
1b Larry Pezold, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .219 with 0 homers, 4 rbi and 1 sb in 48 games.
.208 avg, 140 g, 207 ab, 23 r, 43 h, 0 hr, 5 4bi, 2 sb, .232 slg
rf Cy Rheam, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.000 avg, 9 g, 0 ab, 0 r, 0 h, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sb, .000 slg
ss Dave Bancroft, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .359 with 3 homers, 64 rbi and 30 sb in 122 games.
.282 avg, 1786 g, 6224 ab, 880 r, 1756 h, 31 hr, 717 rbi, 94 sb, .368 slg
rf Sam Rice, age 39 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .328 with 3 homers, 96 rbi and 19 sb in 148 innings.
.317 avg, 1570 g, 5612 ab, 845 r, 1778 h, 31 hr, 748 rbi, 192 sb, .431 slg
c Mack Wheat, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.412 avg, 8 g, 17 ab, 3 r, 7 h, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sb, .588 slg
cf Earl Smith, age 38 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he batted .339 with 0 homers, 12 rbi and 2 sb in 39 games.
.247 avg, 438 g, 725 ab, 79 r, 179 h, 2 hr, 89 rbi, 20 sb, .337 slg
2b Stuffy Stewart, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .252 with 3 homers, 33 rbi and 13 sb in 95 games.
.235 avg, 201 g, 540 ab, 59 r, 127 h, 4 hr, 59 rbi, 19 sb, .315 slg
ss Zeb Terry, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .375 with 0 homers, 8 rbi and 0 sb in 32 games.
.238 avg, 558 g, 962 ab, 81 r, 229 h, 2 hr, 98 rbi, 3 sb, .319 slg
2b Mike Massey, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.167 avg, 12 g, 6 ab, 0 r, 1 h, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sb, .167 slg
rf Dizzy Nutter, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.250 avg, 51 g, 4 ab, 1 r, 1 h, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 sb, .250 slg
c Ed Chaplin, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .393 with 0 homers, 5 rbi and 0 sb in 13 games.
.304 avg, 21 g, 46 ab, 3 r, 14 h, 0 hr, 7 rbi, 1 sb, .370 slg
1b Roy Grimes, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .316 with 14 homers, 97 rbi and 7 sb in 147 games.
.305 avg, 840 g, 3097 ab, 533 r, 946 h, 52 hr, 467 rbi, 46 sb, .433 slg
lf Dutch Wetzel, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.209 avg, 25 g, 43 ab, 7 r, 9 h, 0 hr, 4 rbi, 0 sb, .279 slg
mr Ralph Head, age 35 - 3 seasons.
6.75 era, 0-1, 4 g, 8.0 ip, 0 k, 6 bb, 0 sv
rf Earl McNeely, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .350 with 2 homers, 37 rbi and 9 sb in 99 games.
.287 avg, 492 g, 1430 ab, 219 r, 410 h, 4 hr, 164 rbi, 43 sb, .376 slg
sp George Blaeholder, age 25 - 2 seasons.
3.32 era, 9-3, 18 g, 127.1 ip, 47 k, 30 bb, 0 sv
sp Jim Scott, age 40 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1912 when he compiled a 19-15 record with a 2.82 era and 167 k in 300.1 innings.
3.37 era, 187-138, 402 g, 2946.0 ip, 1149 k, 1110 bb, 8 sv
sp Earl Hamilton, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 15-13 record with a 3.18 era and 63 k in 254.1 innings.
4.21 era, 131-178, 364 g, 2760.1 ip, 747 k, 971 bb, 4 sv
sp Stan Coveleski, age 39 - 112 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he compiled a 20-13 record with a 2.64 era and 90 k in 306.2 innings.
3.98 era, 147-184, 361 g, 2933.1 ip, 845 k, 957 bb, 1 sv
ss Ray Chapman, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .346 with 4 homers, 72 rbi and 44 sb in 115 games.
.295 avg, 2158 g, 8154 ab, 1175 r, 2406 h, 42 hr, 910 rbi, 417 sb, .390 slg
rf Joe Schultz, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season wis in 1911 when he batted .346 with 4 homers, 72 rbi and 44 slg in 55 games.
.271 avg, 672 g, 1346 ab, 140 r, 365 h, 10 hr, 161 rbi, 12 sb, .354 slg
c Frank Snyder, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .321 with 6 homers, 59 rbi and 1 sb in 113 games.
.273 avg, 888 g, 2946 ab, 352 r, 805 h, 35 hr, 373 rbi, 18 sb, .379 slg
sp Roger Comstock, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled an 18-11 record with a 3.25 era and 95 k in 282.1 innings.
3.68 era, 169-159, 385 g, 2990.1 ip, 1179 k, 1135 bb, 3 sv
2b Joe Gedeon, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .292 with 2 homers, 51 rbi and 1 sb in 129 games.
.262 avg, 726 g, 1927 ab, 223 r, 504 h, 5 hr, 241 rbi, 8 sb, .352 slg
sp Win Noyes, age 39 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 17-18 record with a 3.44 era and 114 k in 308.2 innings.
3.95 era, 126-120, 276 g, 2242.0 ip, 725 k, 702 bb, 1 sv
c Nick Allen, age 40 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .278 with 3 homers, 32 rbi and 4 sb in 80 games.
.250 avg, 849 g, 2805 ab, 318 r, 700 h, 19 hr, 335 rbi, 19 sb, .323 slg
lf Elmer Smith, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .331 with 14 homers, 83 rbi and 8 sb in 130 games.
.290 avg, 1436 g, 4098 ab, 626 r, 1190 h, 102 hr, 625 rbi, 59 sb, .441 slg
lf Pat Duncan, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .315 with 6 homers, 47 rbi and 3 sb in 129 games.
.274 avg, 989 g, 2110 ab, 304 r, 579 h, 17 hr, 255 rbi, 20 sb, .382 slg
sp Tom Knowlson, age 33 - 3 seasons.
5.23 era, 10-19, 31 g, 239.0 ip, 53 k, 152 bb, 0 sv
rf John Peters, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .253 with 1 homer, 23 rbi and 0 sb in 93 games.
.256 avg, 100 g, 285 ab, 30 r, 73 h, 1 hr, 24 rbi, 0 sb, .330 slg
cf Ira Flagstead, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .297 with 7 homers, 72 rbi and 3 sb in 146 games.
.290 avg, 1290 g, 4447 ab, 650 r, 1289 h, 25 hr, 542 rbi, 65 sb, .391 slg
mr Walter Anderson, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 5-5 record with 4 saves, a 2.05 era and 28 k in 70.1 innings.
3.56 era, 37-26, 239 g, 447.0 ip, 172 k, 241 bb, 19 sv
sp Rasty Wright, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 7-1 record with a 3.21 era and 18 k in 70.0 innings.
5.40 era, 20-20, 56 g, 371.2 ip, 134 k, 143 bb, 0 sv
sp Mule Watson, age 32 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled an 11-15 record with a 4.15 era and 47 k in 243.0 innings.
4.33 era, 50-75, 156 g, 1169.0 ip, 248 k, 390 bb, 0 sv
mr Roy Wilkinson, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 2-2 record with a 5.40 era and 2 k in 33.1 innings.
5.52 era, 2-4, 18 g, 73.1 ip, 7 k, 40 bb, 0 sv
mr Rosy Ryan, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 13-9 record with a 2.82 era and 83 k in 204.1 innings.
3.44 era, 47-32, 172 h, 732.0 ip, 257 k, 228 bb, 11 sv
mr Jack Wisner, age 29 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 5-3 record with 8 saves, a 1.04 era and 19 k in 43.1 innings.
3.97 era, 29-37, 240 g, 410.1 ip, 157 k, 156 bb, 44 sv
c Johnnie Heving, age 32 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .294 with 1 homer, 68 rbi and 1 sb in 118 games.
.281 avg, 260 g, 652 ab, 72 r, 183 h, 4 hr, 95 rbi, 1 sb, .368 slg
mr Curt Fullerton, age 30 - 3 seasons.
5.89 era, 0-2, 13 g, 36.2 ip, 8 k, 16 bb, 0 sv
cf Tony Kaufmann, age 28 - 3 seasons.
.179 avg, 31 g, 84 ab, 7 r, 15 h, 1 hr, 6 rbi, 0 sb, .262 slg
mr Rip Wheeler, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 2-6 record with 5 saves, a 3.50 era and 8 k in 64.1 innings.
4.56 era, 12-28, 186 g, 377.0 ip, 80 k, 115 bb, 20 sv
sp Lefty Wolf, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled and 8-5 record with a 4.40 era and 19 k in 102.1 innings.
4.72 era, 19-32, 94 g, 413.2 ip, 133 k, 160 bb, 7 sv
mr Duke Gillespie, age 29 - 5 seasons. His best season was inn 1924 when he compiled a 1-1 record with 3 saves, a 3.18 era and 16 k in 39.2 innings.
4.58 era, 1-5, 54 g, 90.1 ip, 32 k, 32 bb, 5 sv
mr Larry Duff, age 31 - 3 seasons.
1.53 era, 1-1, 17 g, 29.1 ip, 8 k, 18 bb, 2 sv
mr Phil Bedgood, age 30 - 3 seasons.
1.74 era, 0-0, 7 g, 10.1 ip, 4 k, 10 bb, 0 sv
mr Clem Liewellyn, age 33 - 3 seasons.
11.25 era, 0-0, 5 g, 8.0 ip, 0 k, 6 bb, 0 sv
sp Curly Ogden, age 28 - 2 seasons.
4.31 era, 2-2, 10 g, 48.0 ip, 18 k, 23 bb, 0 sv
mr Ole Olsen, age 34 - 3 seasons.
3.05 era, 3-3, 49 g, 88.2 ip, 37 k, 27 bb, 3 sv
sp Tiny Osborne, age 35 - 3 seasons.
5.12 era, 4-6, 14 g, 91.1 ip, 32 k, 41 bb, 0 sv
mr Karl Schnell, age 29 - 3 seasons.
3.23 era, 2-2, 27 g, 53.0 ip, 13 k, 17 bb, 3 sv
sp John Singleton, age 32 - 2 seasons.
0.68 era, 1-0, 8 g, 26.2 ip, 9 k, 9 bb, 0 sv
sp Dutch Levsen, age 30 - 2 seasons.
3.71 era, 0-1, 5 g, 17.0 ip, 7 k, 9 bb, 0 sv
sp Ed Wells, age 28 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 7-3 record with 2 saves, a 2.95 era and 29 k in 94.2 innings.
3.80 era, 21-18, 59 g, 357.2 ip, 119 k, 147 bb, 3 sv
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Brooklyn Dizzy Dean,p Billy Werber,ss Frank Doljack,cf Greg Mulleavy,ss Lin Storti,3b
Philadelphia (A) Hank Greenberg,1b Pinky Higgins,3b Tom Oliver,cf Rabbit Warstler,ss Francis Healy,c
St.Louis (N) Lefty Gomez,p Spades Wood,p Joe Heving,p Jimmy Moore,lf Lynn Nelson,p
Chicago (A) Tommy Bridges,p Gus Suhr,1b Buster Chatham,3b Jake Powell,lf Irv Jeffries,3b
New York (A) Lon Warneke,p George Puccinelli,lf Ralph Winegarner,3b Bud Teachout,p Blondy Ryan,3b
St.Louis (A) Wally Berger,cf Tony Cuccinello,2b Jim Levey,ss Tom Winsett,lf Al Eckert,p
Philadelphia (N) Snipe Hansen,p Dusty Cooke,rf Bob Seeds,lf Johnny Riddle,c Biggs Wehde,p
Chicago (N) Carl Fischer,p Bob Kline,p George DeTore,3b Carlos Moore,p Jack Crouch,c
Cleveland Pat Caraway,p Tom Hughes,cf Tony Rensa,c Gus Dugas,rf Herm Holshouser,p
Boston (A) Bob Brown,p Monk Sherlock,1b Neal Finn,2b Jimmy Shevlin,1b Harry Child,p
Cincinnati Luke Appling,ss Smead Jolley,lf Belve Bean,p Ted Gollic,rf Charles Perkins,p
Boston (N) Ray Phelps,p Joe Kuhel,1b Howdy Groskloss,2b Gene Desautels,c Roxie Lawson,p
Washington George Watkins,rf Jo-Jo Moore,lf Jimmie Reese,2b Glenn Liebhardt,p Bill McAfee,p
Pittsburgh Ben Chapman,lf Hal Lee,lf Joe Sprinz,c Rollie Stiles,p Hughie Wise,c
New York (N) Bruce Campbell,rf Dib Williams,2b Gordon Slade,ss Sal Gliatto,p Hugh Willingham,ss
Detroit Joe Vosmik,lf Jack Burns,1b Ernie Smith,ss Mal Moss,p Jim Spotts,c
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Brooklyn Lou McEvoy,p Jim Galvin,1b
Philadelphia (A) Marty Lang,p Owen Kahn,1b
St.Louis (N) Charlie Small,cf
Chicago (A) Buz Phillips,p
New York (A) Joe Samuels,p
St.Louis (A) Ray Treadaway,3b
Philadelphia (N) Frank Mulroney,p
Chicago (N) Al Mahon,p
Cleveland Harry Rosenberg,cf
Boston (A) Bernie Walter,p
Cincinnati Bill Karlon,lf
Boston (N) Bill Henderson,p
Washington Johnny Watson,ss
Pittsburgh Andy Bednar,p
New York (N) Biff Wysong,p
Detroit Jim McLeod,3b
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