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Announcements

MLB - There will be an exhibition game played in July starting in 1933 involving two teams comprised of players who are named all-stars in their respective leagues. The game will be known as the All-Star game.



Free Agency

Major Free Agents

Ray Kolp, sp - Signed a 2-year, $81,320 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Les Howe, cl - Signed a 3-year, $125,120 contract with St.Louis (N)
Gabby Hartnett, c - Signed a 3-year, $40,530 contract with Chicago (A)
Joe Jackson, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $158,160 contract with St.Louis (A)
Babe Ruth, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $331,040 contract with Chicago (A)
Red Shannon, ss - Signed a 3-year, $247,600 contract with St.Louis (N)
Fred Schulte, cf - Signed a 2-year, $31,460 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Sam West, cf - Signed a 4-year, $309,640 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Danny Taylor, rf - Signed a 3-year, $97,620 contract with Boston (A)



Trades

10/08 - Brooklyn gets 2b Jack Saltzgaver (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets cf Pepper Martin (28 yrs old, .273-4-44-17)
10/11 - New York (A) gets p Ben Cantwell (30 yrs old, 16-15, 3.40 era, 280.2 ip, 75 k), New York (N) gets 3b Casey Selph (30 yrs old, .282-0-4-1)
10/30 - St.Louis (A) gets ss Ed Taylor (30 yrs old, .225-2-23-1), Chicago (A) gets rf Sammy Byrd (25 yrs old, .266-11-64-12)
10/30 - Pittsburgh gets rf Ed Coleman (30 yrs old, .302-3-21-0), Chicago (N) gets 3b George DeTore (25 yrs old, .261-4-76-0)
11/01 - Chicago (A) gets 2b Footsie Blair (32 yrs old, .274-2-22-1), Brooklyn gets c Charlie Berry (30 yrs old, .279-7-62-2)
11/07 - Chicago (A) gets cf Chuck Klein (28 yrs old, .354-14-73-34), Detroit gets p Ray Benge (30 yrs old, 11-18, 4.27 era, 255.0 ip, 97 k) and p Archie Campbell (29 yrs old, 2-0, 1.93 era, 4.2 ip, 1 k)
11/11 - Pittsburgh gets p Tommy Bridges (25 yrs old, 8-6, 3.80 era, 149.1 ip, 85 k) and ss Al Reiss (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/13 - New York (A) gets p Alvin Crowder (33 yrs old, 5-8, 4.34 era, 118.1 ip, 40 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Bill Terry (34 yrs old, .325-18-93-8)
11/16 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Hallahan (30 yrs old, 13-15, 4.55 era, 231.1 ip, 132 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Bill Akers (27 yrs old, .273-0-0-0)
11/17 - Washington gets p Bud Tinning (26 yrs old, 7-19, 4.36 era, 212.2 ip, 62 k), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Andy Cohen (28 yrs old, .258-2-20-1)
11/18 - St.Louis (A) gets p Danny MacFayden (27 yrs old, 13-14, 3.37 era, 229.2 ip, 76 k), New York (N) gets 3b Johnny Vergez (26 yrs old, .264-2-23-0)
11/18 - Chicago (A) gets p Snipe Hansen (25 yrs old, 11-10, 3.88 era, 174.0 ip, 37 k), Cincinnati gets c Bill Cronin (29 yrs old, .395-1-11-0) and 2b Tony Robello (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - Pittsburgh gets p Flint Rhem (31 yrs old, 2-6, 4.50 era, 80.0 ip, 31 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Heinie Manush (31 yrs old, .325-4-58-3)
11/20 - Detroit gets p Si Johnson (26 yrs old, 15-12, 3.52 era, 240.0 ip, 81 k), Cincinnati gets c Earl Grace (25 yrs old, .263-0-17-0)
11/20 - Boston (N) gets p Frank Watt (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets cf Freddie Lindstrom (26 yrs old, .320-6-77-10) and 2b Andy Spognardi (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - Boston (A) gets 3b Bob Barrett (33 yrs old, .261-2-36-2), St.Louis (N) gets ss Bill Urbanski (29 yrs old, .125-0-0-0)
01/11 - Boston (N) gets p Don Brennan (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cleveland gets c Walt Lerian (29 yrs old, .203-3-37-4)



Retirements

sp Harry Keupper, age 45 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 19-9 record with a 2.79 era and 56 k in 261.1 innings.
3.28 era, 330-245, 639 g, 5408.2 ip, 1367 k, 1060 bb, 0 sv

sp Dutch Leonard, age 40 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 21-10 record with a 3.39 era and 125 k in 283.2 innings.
3.51 era, 254-231, 551 g, 4482.0 ip, 2156 k, 1527 bb, 2 sv

cf Jack Smith, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .328 with 10 homers, 93 rbi and 29 sb in 143 games.
.288 avg, 1561 g, 4965 ab, 705 r, 1428 h, 34 hr, 566 rbi, 173 sb, .381 slg

ss Sam Bohne, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .295 with 3 homers, 76 rbi and 12 sb in 132 games.
.287 avg, 402 g, 1108 ab, 157 r, 318 h, 4 hr, 157 rbi, 27 sb, .388 slg

c Val Picinich, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .308 with 12 homers, 84 rbi and 0 sb in 121 games.
.253 avg, 1064 g, 3093 ab, 374 r, 784 h, 42 hr, 423 rbi, 14 sb, .373 slg

2b Ed Sicking, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .346 with 0 homers, 2 rbi and 0 sb in 9 games.
.310 avg, 38 g, 29 ab, 3 r, 9 h, 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0 sb, .310 slg

3b Joe Dugan, age 35 -14 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .302 with 6 homers, 76 rbi and 0 sb in 120 games.
.281 avg, 1261 g, 3891 ab, 489 r, 1094 h, 30 hr, 476 rbi, 10 sb, .375 slg

sp Hal Carlson, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 22-14 record with a 2.80 era and 81 strikeouts in 305.1 innings.
3.97 era, 156-143, 356 g, 2734.2 ip, 753 k, 786 bb, 0 sv

sp George Mohart, age 40 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 12-5 record with a 3.92 era and 48 strikeouts in 165.1 innings.
4.67 era, 58-69, 193 g, 1235.1 ip, 369 k, 491 bb, 0 sv

2b Joe Klugmann, age 37 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he batted .272 with 7 homers, 59 rbi and 10 sb in 145 games.
.275 avg, 723 g, 1918 ab, 257 r, 533 h, 17 hr, 279 rbi, 28 sb, .400 slg

rf Ike Boone, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .333 with 21 homers, 109 rbi and 4 sb in 148 games.
.325 avg, 891 g, 3158 ab, 525 r, 1026 h, 77 hr, 511 rbi, 12 sb, .478 slg

rf Herschel Bennett, age 36 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .283 with 7 homers, 50 rbi and 5 sb in 139 games.
.288 avg, 306 g, 732 ab, 99 r, 211 h, 8 hr, 80 rbi, 10 sb, .387 slg

3b Mike Gazella, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he batted .284 with 4 homers, 44 rbi and 4 sb in 140 games.
.292 avg, 279 g, 620 ab, 84 r, 181 h, 5 hr, 69 rbi, 11 sb, .382 slg

sp Happy Foreman, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 0-0 record with 1 save, a 2.35 era and 0 strikeouts in 7.2 innings.
6.11 era, 0-7, 21 g, 70.2 ip, 12 k, 43 bb, 1 sv

rf Dick Cox, age 35 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .324 with 2 homers, 39 rbi and 0 sb in 126 games.
.300 avg, 492 g, 1151 ab, 155 r, 345 h, 7 hr, 147 rbi, 7 sb, .394 slg

ss Roger Peckinpaugh, age 41 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .318 with 7 homers, 67 rbi and 8 sb in 124 games.
.259 avg, 1684 g, 4244 ab, 521 r, 1100 h, 27 hr, 438 rbi, 84 sb, .331 slg

sp Jack Scott, age 40 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 17-5 record with a 2.88 era and 72 strikeouts in 193.2 innings.
4.23 era, 134-136, 373 g, 2272.1 ip, 835 k, 767 bb, 18 sv

lf Bill Lamar, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he batted .312 with 15 homers, 116 rbi and 6 sb in 141 games.
.304 avg, 1162 g, 4170 ab, 564 r, 1267 h, 59 hr, 602 rbi, 23 sb, .433 slg

cl Bob Geary, age 41 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he compiled a 6-6 record with 13 saves, a 2.16 era and 20 strikeouts in 66.2 innings.
3.69 era, 58-51, 469 g, 787.1 ip, 180 k, 135 bb, 76 sv

mr Ed Gerner, age 35 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 2-1 record with 5 saves, a 3.16 era and 28 strikeouts in 108.1 innings.
3.82 era, 6-5, 89 g, 198.0 ip, 60 k, 89 bb, 12 sv

mr Sweetbreads Bailey, age 37 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he compiled a 10-3 record with 10 saves, a 4.96 era and 37 strikeouts in 134.1 innings.
4.94 era, 19-18, 175 g, 318.2 ip, 88 k, 115 bb, 22 sv

sp Rip Collins, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 17-10 record with a 3.86 era and 60 strikeouts in 226.1 innings.
4.48 era, 75-85, 219 g, 1423.2 ip, 409 k, 588 bb, 3 sv

3b Sumpter Clarke, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he batted .263 with 1 homer, 10 rbi and 1 sb in 21 games.
.241 avg, 52 g, 87 ab, 10 r, 21 h, 1 hr, 15 rbi, sb, .402 slg

mr Dutch Henry, age 30 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 15-6 record with a 3.45 era and 40 strikeouts in 206.1 innings.
4.26 era, 37-28, 160 g, 528.2 ip, 138 k, 150 bb, 26 sv

c Johnny Gooch, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he batted .345 with 2 homers, 69 rbi and 8 sb in 135 games.
.305 avg, 923 g, 2772 ab, 393 r, 845 h, 17 hr, 346 rbi, 26 sb, .400 slg

sp Lefty Stewart, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled an 18-15 record with a 2.87 era and 96 strikeouts in 313.2 innings.
3.80 era, 58-56, 129 g, 1031.0 ip, 336 k, 289 bb, 1 sv

sp Fred Fussell, age 37 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he compiled a 12-12 record with a 4.30 era and 64 strikeouts in 232.1 innings.
4.85 era, 41-62, 186 g, 883.2 ip, 290 k, 263 bb, 21 sv

mr Jim Brillheart, age 29 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he compiled a 4-3 record with 5 saves, a 2.38 era and 25 strikeouts in 72.0 innings.
3.34 era, 23-23, 201 g, 336.2 ip, 125 k, 147 bb, 30 sv

c Pinky Hargrave, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .322 with 21 homers, 128 rbi and 8 sb in 133 games.
.290 avg, 912 g, 3262 ab, 456 r, 945 h, 88 hr, 597 rbi, 33 sb, .442 slg

cl Al Kellett, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he compiled a 2-6 record with 10 saves, a 3.87 era and 28 strikeouts in 68.0 innings.
4.21 era, 7-9, 87 g, 145.1 ip, 59 k, 66 bb, 18 sv

mr Earl Kunz, age 33 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he compiled a 4-1 record with 2 saves, a 2.88 era and 16 strikeouts in 56.1 innings.
4.62 era, 7-5, 62 g, 103.1 ip, 33 k, 58 bb, 3 sv

mr Roy Meeker, age 32 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 10-5 record with 8 saves, a 4.32 era and 53 strikeouts in 125.0 innings.
4.13 era, 20-18, 178 g, 340.0 ip, 126 k, 150 bb, 21 sv

sp Clay Roe, age 28 - 2 seasons.
7.38 era, 2-4, 14 g, 53.2 ip, 11 k, 20 bb, 0 sv

sp Freddie Fitzsimmons, age 31 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he compiled a 16-11 record with a 3.24 era and 60 strikeouts in 266.2 innings.
4.08 era, 80-86, 183 g, 1509.1 ip, 446 k, 470 bb, 0 sv

mr Chet Falk, age 27 - 2 seasons.
0.00 era, 1-0, 3 g, 3.2 ip, 0 k, 1 bb, 0 sv

cl Ken Ash, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 4-5 record with 6 saves, a 4.10 era and 29 strikeouts in 85.2 innings.
4.67 era, 9-10, 88 g, 154.1 ip, 59 k, 70 bb, 11 sv

sp Bob Adams, age 31 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 1-0 record with 1 save, a 1.86 era and 0 strikeouts in 9.2 innings.
6.37 era, 6-5, 27 g, 111.2 ip, 13 k, 62 bb, 1 sv

sp Bob Osborn, age 29 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he compiled a 16-12 record with a 3.70 era and 110 strikeouts in 282.1 innings.
3.98 era, 60-59, 231 g, 1120.2 ip, 389 k, 488 bb, 7 sv

mr Augie Johns, age 33 - 3 seasons
3.46 era, 1-0, 8 g, 13.0 ip, 5 k, 6 bb, 1 sv

mr Hal Goldsmith, age 34 - 3 seasons.
3.18 era, 0-0, 16 g, 28.1 ip, 12 k, 7 bb, 0 sv

mr Norm Lehr, age 31 - 2 seasons.
3.68 era, 1-1, 10 g, 14.2 ip, 3 k, 5 bb, 0 sv

mr Frank Loftus, age 34 - 3 seasons.
3.38 era, 1-0, 8 g, 13.1 ip, 1 k, 12 bb, 0 sv

sp Roy Mahaffey, age 29 - 3 seasons.
6.33 era, 0-1, 13 g, 27.0 ip, 7 k, 20 bb, 1 sv

mr Bill Morrell, age 39 - 3 seasons.
4.97 era, 4-10, 42 g, 99.2 ip, 20 k, 44 bb, 6 sv

mr Joe Pate, age 40 - 3 seasons.
2.25 era, 0-0, 8 g, 12.0 ip, 1 k, 4 bb, 1 sv

mr Ned Porter, age 27 - 3 seasons.
1.98 era, 0-1, 6 g, 13.2 ip, 3 k, 6 bb, 0 sv

mr Lefty Taber, age 32 - 2 seasons.
19.29 era, 0-0, 3 g, 2.1 ip, 1 k, 1 bb, 0 sv

mr Myles Thomas, age 35 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 15-6 record with a 3.49 era and 78 strikeouts in 193.1 innings.
3.90 era, 29-17, 91 g, 436.0 ip, 153 k, 159 bb, 3 sv

mr Tony Welzer, age 33 - 3 seasons.
4.59 era, 3-1, 15 g, 51.0 ip, 14 k, 18 bb, 2 sv

mr Rusty Yarnall, age 30 - 3 seasons.
9.49 era, 1-0, 7 g, 12.1 ip, 4 k, 11 bb, 0 sv

sp Hod Lisenbee, age 34 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 17-11 record with a 3.17 era and 102 strikeouts in 290.0 innings.
4.26 era, 54-61, 154 g, 1078.2 ip, 386 k, 423 bb, 0 sv

mr Hal McKain, age 26 - 3 seasons.
4.24 era, 3-1, 25 g, 46.2 ip, 20 k, 31 bb, 3 sv

sp Rufus Smith, age 27 - 3 seasons.
6.00 era, 7-13, 28 g, 189.0 ip, 39 k, 93 bb, 0 sv

mr Fay Thomas, age 29 - 3 seasons.
3.36 era, 18-13, 150 g, 262.1 ip, 149 k, 129 bb, 8 sv

sp Earl Caldwell, age 27 - 4 seasons.
6.90 era, 6-14, 30 g, 147.1 ip, 23 k, 65 bb, 1 sv

mr Joe Heving, age 32 - 3 seasons.
5.15 era, 7-12, 93 g, 202.2 ip, 107 k, 84 bb, 19 sv



First Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
St.Louis (N)      Cy Blanton,p          Zeke Bonura,1b         Bill Perrin,p         Frenchy Bordagaray,cf  Ted Kleinhans,p
Philadelphia (N)  Monty Stratton,p      Moose Solters,lf       Hugo Klaerner,p       Glenn Chapman,lf       Lee Stine,p
Boston (A)        Vito Tamulis,p        Johnny Broaca,p        Steve Larkin,p        Jim Bucher,2b          Ed Lagger,p
New York (A)      Paul Dean,p           Slick Castleman,p      Steamboat Struss,p    Denny Galehouse,p      Flea Clifton,3b
Chicago (A)       Lee Grissom,p         Joe Cascarella,p       Spike Merena,p        Bill Lohrman,p         Joe Chamberlain,ss
Cincinnati        Curt Davis,p          Vern Kennedy,p         Reese Diggs,p         Pete Susko,1b          Nick Tremark,rf
Pittsburgh        Bill Lee,p            Phil Cavarretta,1b     Whitey Wistert,p      Harry Matuzak,p        Alan Strange,ss
Philadelphia (A)  Johnny Babich,p       George Darrow,p        Buster Mills,cf       Al Niemiec,2b          Charlie Moss,c
Detroit           Rudy York,c           Cookie Lavagetto,2b    Allen Benson,p        Marty Hopkins,3b       Don Heffner,2b
Brooklyn          Harlond Clift,3b      Whitey Wilshere,p      Lou Chiozza,2b        Jocko Conlan,cf        Linc Blakely,cf
New York (N)      Fritz Ostermueller,p  Rip Radcliff,lf        Johnnie Tyler,lf      George Hockette,p      Ed Boland,rf
Cleveland         George Selkirk,rf     Elbie Fletcher,1b      Ollie Bejma,2b        Johnny McCarthy,1b     George Caster,p
St.Louis (A)      Euel Moore,p          Frank McCormick,1b     Alex Kampouris,2b     Skinny Graham,rf       Roy Joiner,p
Boston (N)        Al Benton,p           Fred Sington,rf        Harlin Pool,lf        Frenchy Uhalt,rf       Les Munns,p
Washington        Al Smith,p            Prince Oana,lf         Syd Cohen,p           Jack Wilson,p          Gordie Hinkle,c
Chicago (N)       Augie Galan,lf        Orville Armbrust,p     Lew Riggs,3b          Lefty Mills,p          Turk Stainback,lf




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
St.Louis (N)      Joe Mulligan,p        Floyd Newkirk,p        Fred Frink,cf
Philadelphia (N)  Ted Petoskey,cf       Roy Vaughn,p
Boston (A)        Wally Millies,c       Lloyd Johnson,p
New York (A)      Jim Walkup,p          Red Kellett,ss
Chicago (A)       Red Phillips,p        Bert Hogg,3b
Cincinnati        Bob Garbark,c         John Pomorski,p
Pittsburgh        Charlie Wiedemeyer,p  Harry Kinzy,p
Philadelphia (A)  Clarence Heise,p      George Caithamer,c
Detroit           Sherman Edwards,p     Dutch Fehring,c
Brooklyn          Mark Filley,p         Joe Holden,c
New York (N)      Cy Malis,p            Jerry McQuaig,lf
Cleveland         Mark Mauldin,3b       Mort Flohr,p
St.Louis (A)      Junie Barnes,p        Charlie Uhlir,lf
Boston (N)        Ray Berres,c          Elmer Klumpp,c
Washington        Dan McGee,ss          Kit Carson,rf
Chicago (N)       Dick Ward,p           Icehouse Wilson,1b