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Announcements

MLB - Announced that the name of the award that goes to the top batter in each league has been changes. The award will now be known as the Most Valuable Player Award.



Major Free Agents

Red Lucas, sp - Signed a 5-year, $709,850 contract with Chicago (N)
Charley Root, sp - Signed a 4-year, $607,640 contract with Washington
Buddy Myer, 3b - signed a 3-year, $230,160 contract with Chicago (N)
Joe Sewell,ss - Signed a 3-year, $107,460 contract with Boston (A)
Red Shannon, ss - Signed a 2-year, $308,900 contract with St.Louis (N)
Chick Hafey, cf - Signed a 4-year, $494,060 contract with Cleveland
Al Simmons, cf - Signed a 3-year, $648,120 contract with Pittsburgh
Paul Waner, rf - Signed a 5-year, $1,035,480 contract with Cleveland



Winter Trades
10/13 - Cincinnati gets p Jim Wright (30 yrs old, 1-1, 5.79 era, 18.2 ip, 8 k), Boston (A) gets lf Johnny Moore (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/20 - St.Louis (N) gets p Bill Hallahan (28 yrs old, 10-12, 4.84 era, 202.2 ip, 171 k), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Mule Haas (27 yrs old, .298-9-74-4)
10/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets lf John Stone (25 yrs old, .297-3-31-0), Cleveland gets 1b Monk Sherlock (26 yrs old, .296-0-13-1)
11/03 - New York (N) gets p Danny MacFayden (25 yrs old, 9-19, 1 sv, 6.04 era, 211.2 ip, 71 k), Chicago (A) gets 3b Ossie Bluege (30 yrs old, .268-7-41-17)
11/03 - Cincinnati gets p Harry Child (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (A) gets 3b Billy Urbanski (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/04 - Boston (N) gets p Ted Wingfield (31 yrs old, 8-12, 1 sv, 5.53 era, 166.0 ip, 42 k) and ss Gene Connell (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets c Walt Lerian (27 yrs old, .146-2-8-0)
11/14 - St.Louis (N) gets 2b Bob Barrett (31 yrs old, .282-6-36-0), Pittsburgh gets lf Wes Schulmerich (29 yrs old, .204-0-1-0)
11/15 - New York (A) gets lf Ike Boone (33 yrs old, .321-4-35-0), Chicago (N) gets 1b Sam Leslie (25 yrs old, .325-0-17-0)
11/16 - Chicago (A) gets p Heinie Meine (34 yrs old, 14-13, 4.12 era, 222.2 ip, 43 k), Cleveland gets 2b Fresco Thompson (28 yrs old, .181-0-21-0)
11/19 - Cincinnati gets p By Speece (33 yrs old, 5-5, 5 sv, 4.70 era, 82.1 ip, 44 k), New York (A) gets cf Liz Funk (26 yrs old, .241-0-12-2)
11/19 - Washington gets p George Uhle (32 yrs old, 15-18, 4.36 era, 315.2 ip, 134 k), Boston (A) gets lf Danny Taylor (29 yrs old, .234-4-20-0)
12/03 - Chicago (N) gets p Joe Shaute (31 yrs old, 14-12, 3.77 era, 215.0 ip, 77 k) and 2b Jim McLeod (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets Glenn Myatt (33 yrs old, .274-1-16-0)
12/13 - Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Jake Flowers (28 yrs old, .313-1-29-4), St.Louis (N) gets rf Buzz Arlett (31 yrs old, .258-7-35-2)
01/29 - Chicago (A) gets lf Hal Lee (25 yrs old, .211-1-6-2), Pittsburgh gets 1b Gus Zuhr (25 yrs old, .304-1-14-1)



Retirements

sp Walter Johnson, age 42 - 25 seasons - Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1914 when he compiled a 26-13 record with a 1.66 era and 240 k in 351.2 innings.
3.22 era, 381-308, 875 g, 6392.0 ip, 3478 k, 1905 bb, 21 sv

3b Frank O'Rourke, age 35 - 14 seasons - His best season was in 1923 when he batted .262 with 2 homers, 51 rbi and 2 sb in 128 games.
.235 avg, 753 g, 1635 ab, 167 r, 384 h, 9 hr, 200 rbi, 13 sb, .322 slg

sp Urban Shocker, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 29-6 record with a 2.92 era and 129 k in 329.1 innings.
3.64 era, 234-163, 430 g, 3553.1 ip, 1137 k, 995 bb, 1 sv

1b Ted Jourdan, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .329 with 1 homer, 13 rbi and 0 sb in 31 games.
.260 avg, 123 g, 285 ab, 46 r, 74 h, 1 hr, 40 rbi, 5 sb, .351 slg

1b Clyde Barnhart, age 34 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .293 with 7 homers, 96 rbi and 4 sb in 143 games.
.279 avg, 917 g, 2815 ab, 381 r, 786 h, 30 hr, 405 rbi, 21 sb, .390 slg

lf Mike Menosky, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1919 when he batted .284 with 5 homers, 39 rbi and 14 sb in 99 games.
.280 avg, 981 g, 2815 ab, 427 r, 788 h, 23 hr, 344 rbi, 96 sb, .386 slg

1b Joe Hauser, age 31 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .318 with 26 homers, 123 rbi and 6 sb in 146 games.
.291 avg, 1060 g, 3800 ab, 693 r, 1107 h, 187 hr, 812 rbi, 52 sb, .506 slg

1b Ike Davis, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he batted .221 with 0 homers, 19 rbi and 5 sb in 104 games.
.229 avg, 257 g, 507 ab, 40 r, 116 h, 1 hr, 47 rbi, 8 sb, .310 slg

rf Jim Poole, age 35 - 3 seasons.
.280 avg, 134 g, 304 ab, 45 r, 85 h, 3 hr, 43 rbi, 1 sb, .391 slg

sp Jesse Barnes, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he compiled a 22-12 record with a 3.17 era and 87 k in 297.2 innings.
3.90 era, 160-145, 350 g, 2752.0 ip, 641 k, 648 bb, 1 sv

ss Rabbit Maranville, age 38 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1918 when he batted .303 with 4 homers, 51 rbi and 17 sb in 139 games.
.257 avg, 1903 g, 4566 ab, 571 r, 1174 h, 15 hr, 457 rbi, 118 sb, .336 slg

mr Johnny Enzmann, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled an 11-7 record with 11 saves, a 2.51 era and 38 k in 107.2 innings.
3.32 era, 82-65, 508 g, 1006.0 ip, 310 k, 289 bb, 112 sv

ss Tony Boeckel, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .361 with 5 homers, 78 rbi and 5 sb in 134 games.
.290 avg, 1434 g, 4637 ab, 634 r, 1343 h, 54 hr, 576 rbi, 79 sb, .399 slg

mr Harry Suter, age 43 - 23 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 13-11 record with a 3.93 era and 80 k in 215.0 innings.
4.23 era, 119-117, 548 g, 1842.1 ip, 738 k, 670 bb, 75 sv

cf Zip Collins, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .323 with 5 homers, 46 rbi and 3 sb in 72 games.
.280 avg, 557 g, 1087 ab, 145 r, 304 h, 8 hr, 147 rbi, 13 sb, .395 slg

3b Lyman Lamb, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .298 with 2 homers, 12 rbi and 1 sb in 61 games.
.247 avg, 283 g, 563 ab, 62 r, 139 h, 3 hr, 55 rbi, 3 sb, .329 slg

2b Frank Parkinson, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .282 with 11 homers, 74 rbi and 1 sb in 144 games.
.271 avg, 628 g, 1622 ab, 118 r, 439 h, 26 hr, 228 rbi, 4 sb, .383 slg

rf Ray Rohwer, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .303 with 3 homers, 37 rbi and 1 sb in 123 games.
.272 avg, 539 g, 1380 ab, 187 r, 375 h, 15 hr, 169 rbi, 9 sb



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Chicago (A)       Bill Swift,p          Charlie Devens,p       Dutch Holland,lf      Art Evans,p            Dick Terwilliger,p
St.Louis (A)      Johnny Allen,p        Pete Daglia,p          Jack Saltzgaver,3b    Mike Powers,rf         Regis Leheny,p
Brooklyn          Hal Smith,p           Debs Garms,lf          Bill Brubaker,3b      Gordon McNaughton,p    Ed Cihocki,ss
Philadelphia (N)  Tex Carleton,p        Paul Gregory,p         Rip Sewell,p          Ed Modjeski,c          Leo Moon,p
Philadelphia (A)  Arky Vaughan,ss       Frankie Pytlak,c       Tom Padden,c          Ed Gallagher,p         Skeeter Webb,ss
St.Louis (N)      Bud Tinning,p         Charlie Biggs,p        Johnny Murphy,p       Fritz Knothe,3b        Bob Friedrichs,p
Boston (A)        Tony Freitas,p        Bill Chamberlain,p     Boze Berger,ss        Bill Brenzel,c         Reggie Grabowski,p
New York (A)      Fabian Kowalik,p      Sugar Cain,p           Jim Winford,p         Tim McKeithan,p        Ed Edelen,p
Chicago (N)       Joe Medwick,lf        Ed Coleman,rf          Bob Poser,p           Ed Pipgras,p           Otto Bluege,ss
Pittsburgh        Len Koenecke,cf       Art Scharein,3b        Joe Bowman,p          Buck Marrow,p          Izzy Goldstein,p
New York (N)      Bill DeLancey,c       Art Smith,p            Joe Glenn,c           Lou Polli,p            Jo-Jo Morrissey,2b
Cincinnati        Stan Hack,3b          Al Todd,c              John Michaels,p       Ox Eckhardt,rf         Art Jones,p
Washington        Frank Demaree,cf      Charlie English,3b     Jimmie DeShong,p      Leroy Herrmann,p       Archie Wise,p
Cleveland         Jo-Jo White,cf        Dick Siebert,1b        Ray Starr,p           Roy Schalk,2b          Irv Stein,p
Detroit           Monte Pearson,p       Ray Pepper,lf          Bud Thomas,p          Frank Ragland,p        Art McLarney,ss
Boston (N)        Frankie Crosetti,ss   Harry Davis,1b         Paul Richards,c       Larry Boerner,p        Clarence Fieber,p




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Chicago (A)       Al Reiss,ss
St.Louis (A)      Wes Kingdon,3b
Brooklyn          Hal Anderson,cf
Philadelphia (N)  Bill Lawrence,cf
Philadelphia (A)  Andy Spegnardi,2b
St.Louis (N)      Jim McLaughlin,3b
Boston (A)        Johnny Reder,1b
New York (A)      Howard Maple,c
Chicago (N)       Danny Musser,3b
Pittsburgh        George Knothe,2b
New York (N)      Johnny Tobin,1b
Cincinnati        Harry Taylor,1b
Washington        Hank Patterson,c
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston (N)