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Free Agency

Here is how the major free agents fared:

Syl Johnson,sp - Signed a 3-year, $176,310 contract with New York (N)
Urban Shocker,sp - Signed a 2-year, $223,520 contract with Brooklyn
George Uhle,sp - Signed a 3-year, $478,440 contract with Boston (A)
Buck Crouse,c - Signed a 3-year, $120,900 contract with St.Louis (N)
Lu Blue,1b - Signed a 1-year, $12,010 contract with Chicago (A)
Freddie Lindstrom,2b - Signed a 3-year, $577,890 contract with Boston (N)
Joe Dugan,2b - Signed a 1-year, $10,840 contract with Detroit
Earle Combs,cf - Signed a 5-year, $947,000 contract with New York (N)



Trades
10/26 - New York (A) gets p Bill Morrell (36 yrs old, 0-0, 15.00 era, 3.0 ip, 2 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Pinky Pittinger (30 yrs old, .296-4-33-6)
10/29 - St.Louis (A) gets p Ray Phelps (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (N) gets rf Ernie Orsatti (27 yrs old, .332-4-44-7)
10/29 - Boston (N) gets p Snipe Conley (35 yrs old, 10-9, 4.40 era, 206.2 ip, 62 k), New York (N) gets 1b Lew Fonseca (30 yrs old, .337-5-113-29)
11/05 - St.Louis (N) gets p Al Grabowski (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (A) gets 3b Jack Warner (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/08 - Boston (A) gets p Jake Miller (31 yrs old, 8-18, 5.70 era, 219.1 ip, 47 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Monk Sherlock (25 yrs old, .293-0-20-0)
11/08 - Chicago (A) gets p Ray Benge (27 yrs old, 4-0, 1 sv, 5.05 era, 51.2 ip, 19 k), New York (N) gets 3b Buster Chatham (27 yrs old, .341-1-3-0)
11/11 - Detroit gets p Clint Brown (26 yrs old, 8-15, 5.80 era, 223.1 ip, 64 k), Boston (A) gets cf Sam West (25 yrs old, .310-3-67-1)
11/11 - Chicago (N) gets p Tommy Thomas (29 yrs old, 11-14, 4.73 era, 213.0 ip, 94 k), New York (A) gets 3b Billy Rhiel (29 yrs old, .236-3-36-1)
11/11 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Bob Smith (34 yrs old, 2-0, 1.17 era, 23.0 ip, 3 k) and rf Gus Dugas (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets ss Bill Cissell (25 yrs old, .282-3-45-16)
11/14 - Washington gets p Walt Tauscher (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and ss Billy Werber (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets rf Pepper Martin (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - Detroit gets p Dutch Ulrich (30 yrs old, 8-11, 5.00 era, 200.0 ip, 91 k), Boston (N) gets cf Ethan Allen (25 yrs old, .277-7-50-15) and 2b Eddie Delker (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - Brooklyn gets 2b Tony Lazzeri (25 yrs old, .305-9-86-7), Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Jim Bottomley (29 yrs old, .316-26-110-3) and p Hal Goldsmith (31 yrs old, 0-0, 3.44 era, 18.1 ip, 9 k)
11/29 - Cleveland gets p Heinie Meine (33 yrs old, 10-14, 5.61 era, 228.0 ip, 61 k), Cincinnati gets c Clyde Sukeforth (27 yrs old, .200-0-0-0)
11/29 - Chicago (A) gets p Sweetbreads Bailey (34 yrs old, 10-3, 10 sv, 4.96 era, 134.1 ip, 37 k), St.Louis (N) gets 1b Charlie Gooch (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - St.Louis (N) gets p Erv Brame (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets 3b Ossie Bluege (29 yrs old, .309-7-69-36)
11/30 - Detroit gets p Larry Benton (32 yrs old, 12-19, 5.08 era, 246.1 ip, 63 k), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Whitey Witt (34 yrs old, .245-2-33-4)
11/30 - Chicago (A) gets p Tom Sheehan (35 yrs old, 3-9, 4 sv, 6.15 era, 98.0 ip, 30 k), Detroit gets 3b Gene Robertson (30 yrs old, .333-0-2-0)
12/03 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ted Wingfield (30 yrs old, 10-11, 6.20 era, 185.2 ip, 41 k), Cincinnati gets cf Liz Funk (25 yrs old, .263-1-22-0)



Retirements

rf Ty Cobb, age 42 - 26 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1911 when he batted .391 with 11 homers, 101 rbi and 100 sb in 149 games.
.340 avg, 3150 g, 11641 ab, 1989 r, 3955 h, 112 hr, 1697 rbi, 827 sb, .482 slg

cf Tris Speaker, age 41 - 24 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .424 with 10 homers, 95 rbi and 14 sb in 130 games.
.323 avg, 2527 g, 9512 ab, 1357 r, 3073 h, 123 hr, 1577 rbi, 490 sb, .468 slg

3b Tim Hendryx, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he batted .260 with 1 homer, 57 rbi and 6 sb in 147 games.
.266 avg, 1203 g, 3573 ab, 453 r, 951 h, 21 hr, 414 rbi, 38 sb, .364 slg

c Hank Severeid, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .312 with 4 homers, 57 rbi and 0 sb in 104 games.
.285 avg, 1309 g, 4413 ab, 522 r, 1256 h, 26 hr, 546 rbi, 20 sb, .375 slg

rf Cy Williams, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .326 with 40 homers, 143 rbi and 1 sb in 148 games.
.292 avg, 1902 g, 6090 ab, 1057 r, 1777 h, 252 hr, 1106 rbi, 71 sb, .473 slg

2b Larry Kopf, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .318 with 8 homers, 72 rbi and 7 sb in 135 games.
.269 avg, 1360 g, 3565 ab, 424 r, 958 h, 19 hr, 436 rbi, 70 sb, .349 slg

3b Manuel Cueto, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .240 with 0 homers, 42 rbi and 4 sb in 134 games.
.239 avg, 1209 g, 2635 ab, 299 r, 629 h, 13 hr, 273 rbi, 13 sb, .304 slg

lf Charlie Jackson, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .364 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 0 sb in 8 games.
.262 avg, 104 g, 141 ab, 16 r, 37 h, 0 hr, 17 rbi, 0 sb, .348 slg

lf Horace Milan, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1916 when he batted .342 with 1 homer, 16 rbi and 10 sb in 67 games.
.296 avg, 886 g, 1712 ab, 235 r, 506 h, 6 hr, 205 rbi, 32 sb, .362 slg

3b Eddie Mulligan, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .271 with 0 homers, 6 rbi and 1 sb in 65 games.
.221 avg, 254 g, 154 ab, 19 r, 34 h, 1 hr, 19 rbi, 1 sb, .312 slg

rf Fred Nicholson, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .299 with 12 homers, 71 rbi and 10 sb in 144 games.
.284 avg, 643 g, 2222 ab, 315 r, 630 h, 30 hr, 254 rbi, 60 sb, .412 slg

2b Swede Risberg, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .254 with 1 homer, 31 rbi and 8 sb in 121 games.
.220 avg, 629 g, 1265 ab, 122 r, 278 h, 2 hr, 120 rbi, 29 sb, .290 slg

lf Vern Spencer, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.250 avg, 20 g, 28 ab, 1 r, 7 h, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 1 sb, .286 slg

c Larry Woodall, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .302 with 0 homers, 47 rbi and 8 sb in 118 games.
.248 avg, 468 g, 1294 ab, 154 r, 321 h, 1 hr, 195 rbi, 26 sb, .311 slg

sp Art Decatur, age 35 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled an 11-11 record with a 4.35 era and 45 k in 202.2 innings.
5.29 era, 22-35, 81 g, 493.0 ip, 109 k, 166 bb, 0 sv

sp Otto Rettig, age 35 - 2 seasons.
4.91 era, 1-3, 6 g, 33.0 ip, 6 k, 26 bb, 0 sv

2b Eddie Moore, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .330 with 6 homers, 61 rbi and 20 sb in 111 games.
.293 avg, 687 g, 2379 ab, 351 r, 698 h, 21 hr, 289 rbi, 53 sb, .398 slg

sp Carl Stimson, age 35 - 2 seasons.
9.00 era, 0-0, 2 g, 2.0 ip, 1 k, 2 bb, 0 sv

lf Zack Wheat, age 41 - 22 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .406 with 18 homers, 94 rbi and 7 sb in 147 games.
.306 avg, 2417 g, 7797 ab, 1127 r, 2388 h, 106 hr, 1127 rbi, 173 sb, .430 slg

lf Nemo Leibold, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .319 with 0 homers, 61 rbi and 7 sb in 140 games.
.280 avg, 1739 g, 4700 ab, 682 r, 1314 h, 12 hr, 515 rbi, 119 sb, .349 slg

rf Les Mann, age 36 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .363 with 18 homers, 112 rbi and 3 sb in 130 games.
.293 avg, 1789 g, 6361 ab, 858 r, 1863 h, 69 hr, 874 rbi, 175 sb, .410 slg

sp Bob Shawkey, age 39 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1917 when he compiled a 19-9 record with 2 saves, a 2.14 era and 91 k in 282.1 innings.
3.74 era, 153-149, 398 g, 2777.2 ip, 1229 k, 1098 bb, 8 sv

mr Chick Davies, age 37 - 3 seasons.
5.19 era, 7-11, 103 g, 178.2 ip, 73 k, 82 bb, 12 sv

rf Joe Harris, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .355 with 16 homers, 127 rbi and 1 sb in 135 games.
.298 avg, 1479 g, 5259 ab, 841 r, 1567 h, 67 hr, 797 rbi, 62 sb, .426 slg

sp Lee Meadows, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 19-13 record with a 3.98 era and 81 k in 283.0 innings.
4.05 era, 117-108, 247 g, 2000.2 ip, 595 k, 640 bb, 0 sv

cf Hack Miller, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .350 with 22 homers, 103 rbi and 4 sb in 134 games.
.319 avg, 765 g, 2460 ab, 382 r, 785 h, 78 hr, 402 rbi, 15 sb, .478 slg

sp Ken Penner, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he compiled a 9-5 record with 2 saves, a 4.08 era and 31 k in 125.2 innings.
4.27 era, 16-9, 49 g, 272.0 ip, 60 k, 117 bb, 2 sv

sp Ed Corey, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled an 11-2 record with a 4.03 era and 12 k in 145.0 innings.
4.96 era, 22-24, 73 g, 439.0 ip, 49 k, 226 bb, 0 sv

sp Hugh Canavan, age 32 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 16-4 record with a 3.42 era and 86 k in 213.1 innings.
4.19 era, 72-61, 204 g, 1311.1 ip, 455 k, 442 bb, 0 sv

sp Whitey Glazner, age 36 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 9-10 record with a 3.17 era and 55 k in 199.0 innings.
4.05 era, 15-16, 43 g, 300.1 ip, 89 k, 115 bb, 0 sv

sp John Bogart, age 29 - 3 seasons.
4.10 era, 1-6, 9 g, 59.1 ip, 9 k, 30 bb, 0 sv

sp Sheriff Blake, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 12-18 record with a 3.43 era and 98 k in 267.1 innings.
3.83 era, 40-44, 99 g, 739.2 ip, 280 k, 385 bb, 1 sv

sp Percy Jones, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 6-2 record with 1 save, a 2.96 era and 44 k in 85.0 innings.
4.14 era, 34-34, 88 g, 556.1 ip, 204 k, 295 bb, 1 sv

cl Sarge Connally, age 31 - 3 seasons.
3.09 era, 11-9, 70 g, 183.2 ip, 57 k, 74 bb, 15 sv

sp Doug McWeeny, age 33 - 2 seasons.
4.48 era, 19-10, 54 g, 283.0 ip, 144 k, 133 bb, 1 sv

3b Joe Sargent, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .315 with 1 homer, 26 rbi and 3 sb in 91 games.
.261 avg, 510 g, 977 ab, 125 r, 255 h, 12 hr, 134 rbi, 6 sb, .369 slg

mr Uel Eubanks, age 26 - 3 seasons.
3.41 era, 1-1, 18 g, 29.0 ip, 5 k, 13 bb, 1 sv

sp Harry Hulihan, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 13-14 record with a 4.12 era and 95 k in 251.0 innings.
3.86 era, 19-20, 56 g, 338.1 ip, 119 k, 126 bb, 1 sv

mr Frank Mack, age 29 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 3-3 record with a 3.23 era and 29 k in 53.0 innings.
5.12 era, 13-17, 108 g, 228.2 ip, 110 k, 106 bb, 9 sv

mr Joe Matthews, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled an 0-4 record with 1 save, a 4.44 era and 11 k in 24.1 innings.
5.86 era, 1-7, 32 g, 50.2 ip, 21 k, 23 bb, 2 sv

sp Epp Sell, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 1-0 record with a 3.31 era and 1 k in 16.1 innings.
5.12 era, 4-5, 18 g, 102.0 ip, 22 k, 39 bb, 1 sv

mr Rufe Clarke, age 29 - 3 seasons.
2.72 era, 2-4, 27 g, 46.1 ip, 15 k, 15 bb, 1 sv

sp Dennis Burns, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 12-15 record with a 3.67 era and 51 k in 242.2 innings.
4.28 era, 34-45, 89 g, 694.0 ip, 138 k, 297 bb, 0 sv

mr Clarence Blethen, age 36 - 3 seasons.
5.06 era, 0-0, 5 g, 5.1 ip, 1 k, 4 bb, 0 sv

sp Johnson Fry, age 28 - 3 seasons.
3.64 era, 7-11, 30 g, 168.0 ip, 30 k, 61 bb, 0 sv

mr Jim Grant, age 35 - 3 seasons.
5.23 era, 1-0, 6 g, 10.1 ip, 3 k, 7 bb, 0 sv

mr Walt Huntzinger, age 30 - 3 seasons.
0.00 era, 0-0, 3 g, 4.2 ip, 2 k, 0 bb, 0 sv

mr Squire Potter, age 27 - 2 seasons.
24.00 era, 0-0, 2 g, 3.0 ip, 0 k, 4 bb, 0 sv

mr Fred Schemanske, age 26 - 2 seasons.
5.40 era, 0-1, 6 g, 10.0 ip, 3 k, 4 bb, 0 sv

sp Skinny Graham, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 6-2 record with a 3.58 era and 20 k in 75.1 innings.
4.65 era, 13-11, 35 g, 234.1 ip, 47 k, 88 bb, 1 sv

cl Carl Yowell, age 27 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 2-3 record with 6 saves, a 3.64 era and 27 k in 64.1 innings.
4.12 era, 10-15, 108 g, 179.0 ip, 60 k, 88 bb, 16 sv



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Brooklyn          Paul Derringer,p      Jim Mooney,p           Jimmy Adair,ss        Howard Craghead,p      George Quellich,lf
Chicago (N)       Van Mungo,p           Mike Kreevich,rf       Max Rosenfeld,rf      Bucky Walters,3b       Bob Cooney,p
Boston (A)        Wally Hebert,p        Vic Frasier,p          Lou Finney,rf         Fred Koster,rf         Walter Murphy,p
St.Louis (N)      Ivy Andrews,p         Wes Schulmerich,rf     Urbane Pickering,3b   Frank Watt,p           Dutch Schesler,p
Chicago (A)       Oral Hildebrand,p     Marv Owen,3b           Red Worthington,lf    Gil English,3b         Phil Gallivan,p
Philadelphia (A)  Buzz Arlett,rf        Tony Piet,2b           Vince Barton,rf       Jud McLaughlin,p       George Stumpf,rf
St.Louis (A)      Ernie Lombardi,c      Billy Jurges,ss        Myril Hoag,lf         Alta Cohen,lf          Mickey Heath,1b
Detroit           Monte Weaver,p        Woody Jensen,lf        Bob Adams,p           Lou Garland,p          Bobby Reis,3b
Pittsburgh        Hal Schumacher,p      Les Mallon,2b          Allyn Stout,p         Ed Fallstein,p         Sol Carter,p
Boston (N)        Ripper Collins,1b     Gene Moore,cf          Frank Grube,c         Bruce Connatser,1b     Emil Planeta,p
Washington        Billy Herman,2b       Billy Sullivan,3b      Ed Grimes,3b          Jim Peterson,p         Charlie Wilson,ss
Cincinnati        Gee Walker,lf         Billy Urbanski,ss      Marv Olson,2b         Bill Dreesen,3b        Ivey Shiver,cf
Philadelphia (N)  Dixie Walker,cf       Orlin Collier,p        Mel Simons,cf         Grant Bowler,p         Bill Norman,cf
New York (A)      Odell Hale,2b         Johnny Vergez,3b       Walt Masters,p        Hank McDonald,p        Hal Finney,c
New York (N)      Red Rolfe,ss          Cliff Bolton,c         Earl Mattingly,p      Lew Krausse,p          Joe Benes,ss
Cleveland         Babe Phelps,c         Hub Walker,cf          Whitey Hilcher,p      Louis Brower,ss        John Smith,1b




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Brooklyn          Hank Garrity,c        Ray Fitzgerald,1b
Chicago (N)       Russ Young,c          Johnny Scalzi,1b
Boston (A)        Nap Kloza,rf          Gene Rye,lf
St.Louis (N)      Ollie Marquardt,2b    Bill McWilliams,1b
Chicago (A)       Frank Waddey,cf       Bill Marshall,2b
Philadelphia (A)  Gen Connell,c         Pete McClanahan,1b
St.Louis (A)      Pat Creeden,2b
Detroit           Bill Steinecke,c
Pittsburgh        Joe Palmisano,c
Boston (N)        Howie Storie,c
Washington        Bobby Stevens,ss
Cincinnati        Bill Andrus,3b
Philadelphia (N)  Joel Hunt,rf
New York (A)      Ray Cunningham,3b
New York (N)      Johnny Lucus,lf
Cleveland         Buck Stanton,rf