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1934-35 Winter

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Free Agency

Here is how the major free agents fared:

Ray Benge, sp - Signed a 4-year, $160,600 contract with Brooklyn
Waite Hoyt, sp - Signed a 3-year, $271,200 contract with Brooklyn
Danny MacFayden, sp - Signed a 4-year, $283,020 contract with St.Louis (A)
Pat Malone, sp - Signed a 2-year, $116,320 contract with New York (N)
Ray Kolp, cl - Signed a 2-year, $90,260 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Rick Ferrell, c - Signed a 3-year, $284,790 contract with Pittsburgh
Bill Terry, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $110,040 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Lyn Lary, ss - Signed a 1-year, $9,120 contract with St.Louis (A)
Johnny Frederick, cf - Signed a 3-year, $88,590 contract with Detroit



Winter Trades
10/11
- St.Louis (A) gets cf Hub Walker (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets c Rollie Hemsley (27 yrs old, .289-0-21-5)
10/11 - Pittsburgh gets p Lee Grissom (26 yrs old, 12-17, 3.12 era, 239.2 ip, 128 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Jesse Hill (27 yrs old, .283-0-9-2)
10/14 - Detroit gets p Cy Moore (29 yrs old, 15-10, 3.28 era, 225.1 ip, 80 k), Boston (N) gets lf Jo-Jo Moore (25 yrs old, .307-3-26-0)
10/28 - St.Louis (N) gets p Ed Brandt (29 yrs old, 17-12, 2.68 era, 258.1 ip, 109 k) and cf Bill McWilliams (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets 1b Charlie Gooch (32 yrs old, .208-1-7-0)
11/08 - St.Louis (N) gets ss Jimmy Adair (27 yrs old, .310-4-33-7), Boston (N) gets c Gus Mancuso (28 yrs old, .192-2-15-0)
11/08 - Boston (N) gets p Bill Walker (31 yrs old, 8-3, 3 sv, 3.26 era, 140.2 ip, 72 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Jack Burns (27 yrs old, .282-7-69-8)
11/09 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bots Nekola (27 yrs old, 0-1, 9.53 era, 5.2 ip, 1 k), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Fred Schulte (33 yrs old, .308-2-30-0) and c George Caithamer (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/10 - New York (N) gets p Bucky Walters (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and rf George Dickey (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets lf Johnnie Tyler (28 yrs old, .281-7-23-4)
11/16 - Cincinnati gets cf Earle Combs (35 yrs old, .308-3-33-4), New York (N) gets 2b Billy Rogell (29 yrs old, .240-5-60-18) and lf Hal Warnock (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/23 - Brooklyn gets p Frank Shellenback (35 yrs old, 8-6, 3.51 era, 164.1 ip, 23 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Buck Jordan (27 yrs old, .290-4-56-9)
11/24 - New York (N) gets p Pat Murray (37 yrs old, 8-11, 11 sv, 4.27 era, 92.2 ip, 29 k), Washington gets lf Rip Radcliff (28 yrs old, .263-1-20-4) and rf Red Nonnenkamp (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - St.Louis (N) gets p Fred Heimach (33 yrs old, 7-8, 9 sv, 3.78 era, 109.2 ip, 24 k), Cleveland gets 2b Andy Cohen (30 yrs old, .289-5-42-3)
11/27 - New York (N) gets p Euel Moore (26 yrs old, 2-0, 3.26 era, 30.1 ip, 7 k), St.Louis (A) gets rf Beau Bell (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/28 - Chicago (N) gets p Watty Clark (32 yrs old, 9-16, 1 sv, 4.36 era, 208.1 ip, 47 k), St.Louis (A) gets rf Buzz Boyle (26 yrs old, .316-2-27-2)
12/04 - Washington gets 3b Ben Chapman (25 yrs old, .290-7-79-32), Pittsburgh gets 2b Billy Herman (25 yrs old, .264-2-48-11) and p Frank Pearce (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
12/07 - St.Louis (A) gets p Tex Carleton (28 yrs old, 14-17, 4.92 era, 260.0 ip, 130 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Joe Cronin (28 yrs old, .250-6-59-18)
01/08 - Detroit gets p Ben Cantwell (32 yrs old, 18-10, 3.12 era, 277.1 ip, 76 k), New York (A) gets ss Johnny Burnett (30 yrs old, .236-3-33-1)



Major Retirements (10+ MLB seasons)

1b Joe Jackson
, age 45 - 27 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1912 when he batted .377 with 11 homers, 90 rbi and 46 sb in 124 games.
.335 avg, 2457 g, 9258 ab, 1720 r, 3099 h, 146 hr, 1431 rbi, 470 sb, .498 slg

sp Dolly Gray
, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 19-20 record with a 4.53 era and 118 k in 317.2 innings.
4.35 era, 111-108, 273 g, 1879.1 ip, 709 k, 632 bb, 6 sv

2b John Monroe
, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .311 with 5 homers, 56 rbi and 5 sb in 123 games.
.292 avg, 485 g, 771 ab, 97 r, 225 h, 12 hr, 131 rbi, 9 sb, .419 slg

2b Pinky Pittinger
, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .286 with 7 homers, 73 rbi and 4 sb in 144 games.
.281 avg, 896 g, 2795 ab, 380 r, 784 h, 42 hr, 353 rbi, 36 sb, .387 slg

ss Ray Morehart
, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .318 with 0 homers, 46 rbi and 3 sb in 125 games.
.262 avg, 755 g, 1608 ab, 193 r, 421 h, 2 hr, 181 rbi, 18 sb, .340 slg

1b Charlie Grimm
, age 36 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .339 with 7 homers, 86 rbi and 5 sb in 117 games.
.313 avg, 1302 g, 3798 ab, 559 r, 1190 h, 41 hr, 528 rbi, 31 sb, .429 slg

mr Jakie May
, age 39 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 13-12 record with a 3.38 era and 115 k in 248.0 innings.
3.79 era, 94-71, 412 g, 1599.2 ip, 774 k, 603 bb, 36 sv

c Buck Crouse
, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .304 with 0 homers, 16 rbi and 6 sb in 69 games.
.273 avg, 718 g, 1830 ab, 240 r, 500 h, 18 hr, 221 rbi, 15 sb, .361 slg

cf Chicken Hawks
, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .299 with 13 homers, 80 rbi and 0 sb in 140 games.
.286 avg, 1478 g, 4099 ab, 184 r, 1173 h, 56 hr, 585 rbi, 21 sb,k .390 slg

3b Andy High
, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1928 when he batted .333 with 13 homers, 66 rbi and 7 sb in 134 games.
.298 avg, 1109 g, 3117 ab, 462 r, 930 h, 42 hr, 449 rbi, 24 sb, .418 slg

c Charlie Niebergall
, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he batted .301 with 2 homers, 59 rbi and 0 sb in 132 games.
.288 avg, 922 g, 3010 ab, 359 r, 866 h, 18 hr, 380 rbi, 3 sb, .380 slg

ss Spencer Adams
, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he batted .291 with 1 homer, 24 rbi and 2 sb in 113 games.
.263 avg, 877 g, 1945 ab, 237 r, 512 h, 5 hr, 197 rbi, 8 sb, .332 slg



Retirements Due to CEI


None.



First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Boston (A)        Joe Dimaggio,cf       Jack Tising,p          Babe Young,1b         Bill Atwood,c          Red Bullock,p
New York (N)      Russ Bauers,p         Morrie Arnovich,lf     Fred Archer,p         Steve Sundra,p         Jack Radtke,2b
Brooklyn          Peaches Davis,p       Kemp Wicker,p          Dee Moore,p           Red Evans,p            Jake Mooty,p
St.Louis (N)      Bob Feller,p          Jake Wade,p            Stu Martin,2b         Joe Becker,c           Elmer Burkart,p
Chicago (A)       Roy Weir,p            Eddie Wilson,rf        Jimmy Ripple,rf       Hal Luby,2b            Bruce Ogrodowski,c
Washington        Johnny Mize,1b        Larry Rosenthal,cf     Birdie Tebbetts,c     Sid Gautreaux,c        George Jeffcoat,p
St.Louis (A)      Jeff Heath,lf         George McQuinn,1b      Buddy Hassett,1b      Al Milnar,p            Ted Olson,p
Detroit           Max Butcher,p         Bill Phebus,p          Lee Handley,3b        Bill Zuber,p           Bill Cox,p
Philadelphia (N)  Johnny Lanning,p      Jennings Poindexter,p  Johnny Dickshot,lf    Amby Murray,p          Lefty Bertrand,p
Cincinnati        Bill Nicholson,rf     Roy Weatherly,rf       Chuck Sheerin,2b      Dick Culler,2b         Joe Bokina,p
Chicago (N)       Eddie Smith,p         Cotton Pipper,p        Eddie Miller,ss       Randy Gumbert,p        Stan Sperry,2b
Cleveland         Whitey Moore,p        Eddie Mayo,3b          Neis Potter,p         Rusty Peters,2b        Ken Weafer,p
Boston (N)        Eddie Joost,2b        Jim Henry,p            Art Garibaldi,3b      Johnny Hudson,2b       Jim McCloskey,p
New York (A)      Ken Chase,p           Don Gutteridge,3b      Fabian Gaffke,rf      Emerson Dickman,p      Eddie Morgan,rf
Philadelphia (A)  Buck Ross,p           Ernie Sulik,cf         Chubby Dean,1b        Pete Naktenis,p        Gene Corbett,1b
Pittsburgh        Jim Gleeson,rf        Leo Norris,ss          Sig Jakucki,p         Gene Ford,p            Ben Geraghty,ss




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Boston (A)        Tony Giuliani,c       Les Rock,1b
New York (N)      Herb Harris,p         Jim Sheehan,c
Brooklyn          Pete Sivess,p         Jim Oglesby,1b
St.Louis (N)      Paul Kardow,p         Andy Pilney,1b
Chicago (A)       Harry Kimberlin,p     Walter Alston,1b
Washington        Gene Lillard,ss
St.Louis (A)      Lou Scoffic,rf
Detroit           Alex Sabo,c
Philadelphia (N)  Pat Ankenman,ss
Cincinnati        Walt Bashore,cf
Chicago (N)       Stu Flythe,p
Cleveland         Bill Ford,p
Boston (N)        Emil Mailho,lf
New York (A)      Joe Martin,3b
Philadelphia (A)  Swede Larsen,2b
Pittsburgh        Salty Parker,ss
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