Announcements
Boston (N) - Announced that they will be changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Bees.
Free Agency
Here is how the major free agents fared.
Larry French, sp - Signed a 4-year, $315,880 contract with Brooklyn
Syl Johnson, sp - Signed a 3-year, $204,390 contract with Cincinnati
Hugh McQuillan, sp - Signed a 3-year, $72,960 contract with Cleveland
Bob Smith, sp - Signed a 2-year, $90,280 contract with Chicago (A)
Les Howe, cl - Signed a 2-year, $89,240 contract with Boston (N)
Gabby Hartnett, c - Signed a 2-year, $223,200 contract with Boston (N)
Red Kress, ss - Signed a 1-year, $8,520 contract with Cleveland
Bill Cissell, ss - Signed a 2-year, $23,780 contract with Detroit
Lyn Lary, ss - Signed a 3-year, $49,230 contract with Cincinnati
Luke Appling, ss - Signed a 5-year, $433,320 contract with Cleveland
Dusty Cooke, lf - Signed a 2-year, $52,480 contract with Pittsburgh
Earl Averill, cf - Signed a 3-year, $422,340 contract with St.Louis (N)
Winter Trades
10/31 - Cincinnati gets p Howard Craghead (27 yrs old, 4-6, 5 sv, 6.21 era, 62.1 ip, 25 k), Brooklyn gets c Cliff Bolton (28 yrs old, .279-3-62-1)
11/09 - Chicago (A) gets ss Leo Norris (27 yrs old, .242-5-67-2), Pittsburgh gets lf Jesse Hill (28 yrs old, .265-1-27-9)
11/11 - Boston (A) gets rf George Puccinelli (28 yrs old, .251-7-41-0), Cincinnati gets 2b John Kroner (26 yrs old, .278-3-60-4)
11/14 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Peaches Davis (30 yrs old, 0-11, 6.01 era, 85.1 ip, 21), Brooklyn gets cf Buster Mills (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/23 - Chicago (N) gets p Ed Durham (28 yrs old, 9-9, 3.99 era, 196.1 ip, 83 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Joe Sewell (37 yrs old, .292-0-33-8)
11/24 - Detroit gets p Watty Clark (33 yrs old, 12-12, 4.56 era, 233.0 ip, 33 k) and 2b Stan Sperry (21 yrs old, .296-0-2-0), Chicago (N) gets cf Mike Kreevich (27 yrs old, .314-5-94-9)
11/24 - Washington gets p Ralph Winegarner (26 yrs old, 5-6, 7 sv, 3.11 era, 55.0 ip, 23 k), New York (A) gets c Billy Sullivan (25 yrs old, .349-1-48-6) and 2b Al Wright (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/24 - St.Louis (N) gets c Rick Ferrell (30 yrs old, .290-1-46-1), New York (A) gets rf Milt Galatzer (28 yrs old, .265-0-7-2)
11/24 - Chicago (A) gets p Ivy Andrews (28 yrs old, 6-16, 4.26 era, 194.1 ip, 59 k), New York (A) gets rf Eddie Wilson (26 yrs old, .262-2-50-6)
11/24 - Washington gets p Mike Meola (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Rip Radcliff (29 yrs old, .319-5-42-3)
11/25 - St.Louis (A) gets p Buck Marrow (26 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 5.40 era, 1.2 ip, 1 k), Pittsburgh gets 3b Joe Stripp (32 yrs old, .343-0-13-1)
11/25 - New York (N) gets p Harry Gumbert (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets lf Morrie Arnovich (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/27 - St.Louis (A) gets p Thornton Lee (29 yrs old, 12-6, 3.53 era, 183.2 ip, 87 k), Cincinnati gets 1b Harry Davis (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/27 - Cincinnati gets p Carl Fischer (30 yrs old, 12-11, 4.80 era, 208.0 ip, 87 k) and ss Eddie Miller (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets 3b Pee Wee Wanninger (32 yrs old, .275-4-25-3)
12/19 - Chicago (N) gets p Johnny Welch (29 yrs old, 16-12, 4.12 era, 257.2 ip, 93 k), Boston (N) gets 1b Buck Jordan (28 yrs old, .329-2-21-3)
01/12 - Washington gets p Johnny Allen (30 yrs old, 20-6, 2.52 era, 243.0 ip, 156 k), St.Louis (A) gets cf Larry Rosenthal (25 yrs old, .167-2-13-0)
01/22 - Boston (N) gets p Red Evans (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets rf Ival Goodman (27 yrs old, .315-13-61-21)
02/04 - Brooklyn gets p Rollie Stiles (29 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 0.00 era, 4.0 ip, 0 k), Pittsburgh gets 3b Gil English (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
Major Retirements
2b Joe Evans, age 40 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .338 with 2 homers, 102 rbi and 29 sb in 149 games.
.283 avg, 2054 g, 7645 ab, 1200 r, 2162 h, 32 hr, 779 rbi, 318 sb, .384 slg
3b Red Shannon, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he batted .317 with 9 homers, 58 rbi and 7 sb in 127 games.
.286 avg, 1617 g, 5565 ab, 870 r, 1593 h, 51 hr, 613 rbi, 70 sb, .400 slg
sp Bill Sherdel, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he compiled a 23-9 record with a 3.18 era and 101 k in 303.0 innings.
3.96 era, 194-172, 502 g, 3349.0 ip, 938 k, 938 bb, 9 sv
ss Bobby LaMotte, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .335 with 2 homers, 65 rbi and 7 sb in 136 games.
.298 avg, 374 g, 830 ab, 109 r, 247 h, 3 hr, 105 rbi, 10 sb, .396 slg
rf Babe Twombly, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .303 with 5 homers, 53 rbi and 3 sb in 122 games.
.286 avg, 1648 g, 4392 ab, 554 r, 1254 h, 37 hr, 521 rbi, 31 sb, .352 slg
mr Ray Kolp, age 41 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 15-11 record with a 3.75 era and 84 k in 251,2 innings.
4.14 era, 136-114, 346 g, 2246.1 ip, 607 k, 621 bb, 16 sv
lf Hack Wilson, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .301 with 23 homers, 101 rbi and 45 sb in 146 games.
.288 avg, 1477 g, 5421 ab, 922 r, 1559 h, 202 hr, 922 rbi, 103 sb, .476 slg
2b Freddie Spurgeon, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .407 with 2 homers, 13 rbi and 0 sb in 46 games.
.268 avg, 478 g, 894 ab, 85 r, 240 h, 3 hr, 107 rbi, 7 sb, .343 slg
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Cleveland Spud Chandler,p Goody Rosen,cf Merv Connors,3b Art Parks,lf Herb Bremer,c
Brooklyn Jim Turner,p Vince Dimaggio,cf Nig Lipscomb,2b Bob Muncrief,p Bill Schuster,ss
Philadelphia (N) Cliff Melton,p Earle Brucker,c Gene Hasson,1b Mickey Owen,c Julio Bonetti,p
Washington Johnny Vander Meer,p Tom Sunkel,p Paul Gehrman,p Sam Harshany,c Warren Huston,2b
Cincinnati Lou Fette,p George Gill,p Dom Dallassandro,lf Jimmy Outlaw,3b Slick Coffman,p
Boston (A) Howie Krist,p Red Anderson,p Harry Craft,cf Bert Haas,rf George Hennessey,p
Chicago (N) Jim Tobin,p Bill Trotter,p Eddie Silber,rf Nate Andrews,p George Scharein,ss
New York (N) Archie McKain,p Hersh Martin,cf Hal Wagner,c Newt Kimball,p Tony Malinosky,3b
New York (A) Kirby Higbe,p Gibby Brack,rf Joe Marty,cf Ken Heintzelman,p Herb Crompton,c
Chicago (A) Wayne LaMaster,p Boots Poffenberger,p Red Barkley,2b Bucky Jacobs,p Ace Parker,ss
Detroit Johnny Rigney,p Hank Steinbacher,rf Ben Huffman,c Frank Makosky,p Mike Guerra,c
Boston (N) Tommy Henrich,rf Don Padgett,rf Jimmy Bloodworth,2b Wayne Ambler,ss Bill Strickland,p
St.Louis (N) Chet Laabs,cf Emil Bildilli,p Red Barrett,p Babe Barna,lf Al Williams,p
Philadelphia (A) Joe Krakauskas,p Bill Miller,p Jimmy Wasdell,1b Joe Kohlman,p Del Young,2b
St.Louis (A) Bobby Doerr,2b Jimmy Brown,2b Lindsay Brown,ss Johnny Peacock,c Pat McLaughlin,p
Pittsburgh Ken Keltner,3b George Case,rf Joe Gonzales,p Dutch Meyer,2b George Fallon,2b
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Cleveland Gus Brittain,c Doyt Morris,lf
Brooklyn Ken Jungels,p John Bottarini,c
Philadelphia (N) Harry Chozen,c Tom Cafego,lf
Washington Paul Chervinko,c Pinky Jorgensen,lf
Cincinnati Hugh Alexander,rf Jake Daniel,1b
Boston (A) Jerry Lynn,2b Dutch Mele,rf
Chicago (N) Bill Kalfass,p Howie Gorman,rf
New York (N) Johnnie Chambers,p Milt Gray,c
New York (A) Larry Crawford,p Blas Monaco,2b
Chicago (A) Abe White,p Link Wasem,c
Detroit George Gick,p Arnie Moser,1b
Boston (N) George Cisar,lf Bill Sodd,1b
St.Louis (N) Eddie Yount,lf Double Joe Dwyer,1b
Philadelphia (A) Bob Allen,p Bob Daughters,1b
St.Louis (A) Nick Polly,3b
Pittsburgh Frank Trechock,ss