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Free Agency

Here is how the major free agents fared.

Pat Malone, cl - Signed a 2-year, $103,080 contract with Boston (N)
Charlie Root, cl - Signed a 2-year, $177,320 contract with New York (N)
Billy Sullivan, c - Signed a 5-year, $479,300 contract with New York (A)
Joe Kuhel, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $14,290 contract with Chicago (A)
Pinky Whitney, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $5,530 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Red Kress, 2b - Signed a 2-year, $55,940 contract with Cleveland
Odell Hale, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $9,120 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Sam West, lf - Signed a 2-year, $20,865 contract with New York (A)
Al Simmons, lf - Signed a 3-year, $94,740 contract with St.Louis (A)
Gee Walker, lf - Signed a 4-year, $524,410 contract with New York (N)
Ben Chapman, rf - Signed a 4-year, $444,030 contract with St.Louis (N)



Winter Trades
10/05 - St.Louis (A) gets p Bob Adams (29 yrs old, 7-6, 4.89 era, 73.2 ip, 23 k), Detroit gets c Johnny Peacock (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/05 - New York (N) gets p Bill Lee (26 yrs old, 5-8, 4.36 era, 128.0 ip, 55 k), Pittsburgh gets ss Billy Myers (26 yrs old, .248-9-58-9) and c Jim Sheehan (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/05 - Cleveland gets p Archie McKain (25 yrs old, 10-13, 3.45 era, 219.0 ip, 89 k) and ss Rod Dedeaux (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (N) gets 2b Ollie Bejma (29 yrs old, .167-0-2-0)
10/10 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Dutch Leonard (27 yrs old, 3-4, 10 sv, 3.02 era, 41.2 ip, 15 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Earle Brucker (35 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/11 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill McGee (26 yrs old, 1-1, 2 sv, 2.76 era, 32.2 ip, 20 k), Brooklyn gets ss Skeeter Webb (26 yrs old, .286-0-2-0)
10/11 - Boston (N) gets p Joe Bowman (26 yrs old, 8-9, 3.88 era, 144.0 ip, 53 k), Pittsburgh gets rf Fred Sington (26 yrs old, .221-1-26-1)
10/14 - New York (N) gets c Harry Danning (25 yrs old, .311-7-27-0) and ss Pat Ankenman (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Hersh Martin (27 yrs old, .262-4-21-0)
10/18 - Pittsburgh gets p Al Hollingsworth (28 yrs old, 11-8, 3.16 era, 202.0 ip, 94 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Jesse Hill (29 yrs old, .306-1-34-19) and 2b George Fallon (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/19 - St.Louis (A) gets p Larry French (28 yrs old, 16-14, 4.25 era, 241.2 ip, 103 k) and 2b Lyle Judy (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets 1b George McQuinn (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - Cleveland gets p Frank Makosky (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets 3b Marv Owen (30 yrs old, .255-1-53-8) and 1b Bert Hogg (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/28 - Philadelphia (A) gets lf Morrie Arnovich (25 yrs old, .275-16-78-4), Chicago (A) gets 1b Ed Morgan (32 yrs old, .210-0-7-1)
10/28 - St.Louis (N) gets lf Buster Mills (28 yrs old, .340-1-29-3), Brooklyn gets c Rick Ferrell (31 yrs old, .281-7-66-2)
11/12 - Cincinnati gets p Ralph Birkofer (28 yrs old, 12-14, 3.83 era, 227.2 ip, 109 k), Philadelphia (N) gets ss Joe Chamberlain (26 yrs old, .227-2-9-0) and rf Hugh Alexander (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - Chicago (N) gets 1b Harry Davis (28 yrs old, .324-1-24-2), Cincinnati gets cf Mike Kreevich (28 yrs old, .305-7-77-16)
11/17 - Cincinnati gets p Lefty Mills (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (N) gets 2b John Kroner (28 yrs old, .326-1-15-0) and lf Bill Nicholson (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/18 - Brooklyn gets p Joe Sullivan (26 yrs old, 3-1, 2 sv, 3.69 era, 46.2 ip, 22 k), New York (A) gets c Cliff Bolton (29 yrs old, .313-4-76-3)
11/19 - Boston (N) gets p Ivy Andrews (29 yrs old, 7-9, 4.86 era, 161.0 ip, 34 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Buck Jordan (29 yrs old, .278-2-19-0)



Major Retirements

sp Eppa Rixey, age 45 - 22 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 22-11 record with a 3.15 era and 86 k in 306.0 innings.
3.55 era, 317-292, 713 g, 5684.2 ip, 1564 k, 1427 bb, 1 sv

sp Jesse Haines, age 43 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he compiled a 17-13 record with a 3.58 era and 80 k in 281.1 innings.
4.44 era, 195-212, 497 g, 3634.0 ip, 1139 k, 1172 bb, 12 sv

sp Hugh McQuillan, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he compiled a 22-9 record with a 3.01 era and 91 k in 283.2 innings.
4.40 era, 206-227, 488 g, 3773.1 ip, 989 k, 1314 bb, 2 sv

2b Frankie Frisch, age 38 - 19 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .331 with 9 homers, 79 rbi and 43 sb in 146 games.
.315 avg, 2201 g, 8504 ab, 1403 r, 2677 h, 104 hr, 1168 rbi, 375 sb, .441 slg

2b Joe Sewell, age 37 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1920 when he batted .339 with 3 homers, 74 rbi and 15 sb in 146 games.
.304 avg, 2364 g, 8648 ab, 1354 r, 2627 h, 72 hr, 1158 rbi, 102 sb, .406 slg

3b Pie Traynor, age 36 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .331 with 6 homers, 96 rbi and 22 sb in 131 games.
.297 avg, 2133 g, 8494 ab, 1269 r, 2526 h, 65 hr, 1062 rbi, 195 sb, .408 slg

cf Denver Grigsby, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .330 with 3 homers, 56 rbi and 3 sb in 121 games.
.276 avg, 668 g, 1530 ab, 228 r, 423 h, 9 hr, 183 rbi, 7 sb, .368 slg

cf Freddy Leach, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1925 when he batted .346 with 11 homers, 75 rbi and 11 sb in 111 games.
.297 avg, 1139 g, 3771 ab, 568 r, 1121 h, 78 hr, 608 rbi, 53 sb, .434 slg

2b Jimmy O'Connell, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he batted .292 with 10 homers, 48 rbi and 7 sb in 116 games.
.262 avg, 1229 g, 3618 ab, 536 r, 948 h, 72 hr, 468 rbi, 89 sb, .376 slg

2b Max Bishop, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .304 with 0 homers, 32 rbi and 6 sb in 126 games.
.265 avg, 1567 g, 5104 ab, 896 r, 1352 h, 49 hr, 496 rbi, 27 sb, .359 slg

1b Phil Todt, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .338 with 10 homers, 76 rbi and 2 sb in 137 games.
.270 avg, 756 g, 2167 ab, 285 r, 586 h, 48 hr, 355 rbi, 14 sb, .421 slg[/color]

lf Joe Munson, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he batted .297 with 4 homers, 21 rbi and 1 sb in 69 games.
.249 avg, 426 g, 881 ab, 104 r, 219 h, 16 hr, 108 rbi, 4 sb, .358 slg

sp Dutch Ulrich, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 14-5 record with a 3.32 era and 65 k in 195.1 innings.
4.03 era, 112-98, 299 g, 2000.1 ip, 497 k, 506 bb, 3 sv

lf Cuckoo Christensen, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he batted .343 with 3 homers, 76 rbi and 8 sb in 141 games.
.321 avg, 491 g, 1434 ab, 244 r, 461 h, 4 hr, 209 rbi, 30 sb, .413 slg

sp Lefty Williams, age 43 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1922 when he compiled a 20-12 record with a 3.71 era and 110 k in 284.0 innings.
3.81 era, 229-228, 603 g, 4214.2 ip, 1774 k, 1341 bb, 18 sv


Retirements Due to CEIs

sp Russ Van Atta, age 30 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he compiled an 18-7 record with a 2.78 era and 143 k in 242.2 innings.
3.40 era, 38-34, 93 g, 661.1 ip, 321 k, 321 bb, 0 sv

lf Ethan Allen, age 33 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .328 with 16 homers, 84 rbi and 25 sb in 138 games.
.301 avg, 927 g, 2991 ab, 433 r, 899 h, 45 hr, 370 rbi, 72 sb, .434 slg



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Cincinnati        Mort Cooper,p         Taffy Wright,rf        Joe Grace,rf          Coaker Triplett,lf     Clay Smith,p
New York (A)      Bob Klinger,p         Nick Etten,1b          Dario Lodigiani,2b    Les Powers,1b          Hank Helf,c
Chicago (N)       Vance Page,p          Dick Errickson,p       Jim Reninger,p        Mike Tresh,c           Mickey Livingston,c
Chicago (A)       Johnny Niggeling,p    Jim Tabor,3b           Harl Maggert,3b       Rene Monteagudo,p      Woody Williams,ss
St.Louis (A)      Bill Posedel,p        Max West,rf            Justin Stein,3b       Creepy Crespi,ss       Charlie Wagner,p
New York (N)      Tot Pressnell,p       Heinie Mueller,2b      Johnny Lucadello,2b   Sam Nahem,p            Lynn Myers,ss
Washington        Atley Donald,p        Al Epperly,p           Otis Hockett,cf       Cap Clark,c            Hiker Moran,p
Cleveland         Lou Boudreau,ss       Bob Harris,p           Don Ross,3b           Nino Bongiavanni,rf    Tommy Reis,p
Philadelphia (N)  Roy Cullenbine,rf     Johnnie Wittig,p       Art Rebel,rf          Glenn McQuillen,lf     Ralph Buxton,p
Brooklyn          Joe Gordon,2b         Benny McCoy,2b         Willard Hershberger,c Tom Earley,p           Dave Smith,p
Philadelphia (A)  Enos Slaughter,rf     George Myatt,3b        Pete Coscanart,2b     Preacher Roe,p         Lee Rogers,p
Boston (N)        Johnny Rizzo,lf       George Meyer,2b        Mark Christman,ss     Johnny Humphries,p     Ed Cole,p
Pittsburgh        Sam Chapman,cf        Ernie Koy,lf           Chuck Workman,rf      George Archie,3b       Bobby Mattick,ss
Detroit           Jim Bagby,p           Oscar Grimes,2b        Ray Mack,2b           Max Macon,p            Bob Uhl,p
Boston (A)        Sig Gryska,ss         Don Lang,3b            Max Lanier,p          Steve Mesner,ss        Art Kenney,p
St.Louis (N)      Bill Lefebvre,p       John Gaddy,p           Joe Beggs,p           Hal Epps,p             Harry Boyles,p




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Cincinnati        Dykes Potter,p        Jim Asbell,lf
New York (A)      Woody Davis,p         Tom Kane,2b
Chicago (N)       Mike Balas,p          Joe Walsh,ss
Chicago (A)       Bill Humphrey,p       Eddie Feinberg,ss
St.Louis (A)      Jim Hitchcock,ss      Jesse Landrum,2b
New York (N)      Al Baker,p            Ray Thomas,c
Washington        Irv Bartling,ss       Butch Sutcliffe,c
Cleveland         Dick West,c           Bob Kahle,1b
Philadelphia (N)  Tom Lanning,p         Norm Schlueter,c
Brooklyn          Oscar Georgy,p        Alex Pitko,rf
Philadelphia (A)  Charley Sache,p       Ralph McLeod,lf
Boston (N)        Tommy Irwin,ss        Ray Stoviak,rf
Pittsburgh        Joe Rogalski,p        Lloyd Russell,1b
Detroit           Dick Midkiff,p
Boston (A)        Packy Rogers,ss
St.Louis (N)      Johnny Gerlach,ss