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Announcements

Detroit - Announced that they have renovated Navin Field, adding a second level, and that the ball park will be renamed Briggs Stadium.

Philadelphia (N) - Announced that they will be leaving Baker Bowl at the beginning of July. They will be moving into Shibe Park. Shibe Park will now be the home of both the Athletics and the Phillies



Free Agency

Major Free Agents
Tommy Bridges, sp - Signed a 3-year, $280,890 contract with Washington
Paul Derringer, sp - Signed a 3-year, $146,346 contract with Boston (N)
Red Ruffing, sp - Signed a 4-year, $308,580 contract with Boston (A)
Whit Wyatt, cl - Signed a 3-year, $153,960 contract with Cincinnati
Joe Kuhel, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $9,640 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Joe Cronin, ss - Signed a 5-year, $719,250 contract with Pittsburgh
Joe Medwick, lf - Signed a 3-year, $436,240 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Sam West, cf - Signed a 3-year, $121,486 contract with Pittsburgh



Trades
10/11 - Boston (N) gets ss Billy Myers (27 yrs old, .290-2-16-0) and c Greek George (24 yrs old, .243-0-4-1), Pittsburgh gets c Don Padgett (25 yrs old, .323-9-59-4)
10/11 - Boston (N) gets p Emil Bildilli (25 yrs old, 4-3, 2.20 era, 57.1 ip, 27 k), St.Louis (N) gets ss Frankie Crosetti (27 yrs old, .246-16-68-17) and ss Tommy Irwin (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/15 - New York (N) gets 1b Lou Gehrig (34 yrs old, .304-19-61-5), Washington gets 2b Ollie Bejma (30 yrs old, .219-3-33-1)
11/04 - New York (N) gets cf Johnny Rizzo (25 yrs old, .268-16-72-2), Boston (N) gets 1b Bernie Neis (42 yrs old, .233-3-18-4)
11/04 - Cleveland gets p Joe Cascarella (29 yrs old, 3-1, 2 sv, 1.84 era, 49.0 ip, 22 k), Brooklyn gets ss Les Bell (35 yrs old, .286-10-62-4) and rf Doyt Morris (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/04 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Jack Wilson (25 yrs old, 12-10, 4.04 era, 176.0 ip, 106 k) and 2b Gene Lillard (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets lf Morrie Arnovich (26 yrs old, .325-3-23-0)
11/04 - Pittsburgh gets p Milt Shoffner (31 yrs old, 10-15, 4.22 era, 230.1 ip, 74 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Joe Vosmik (27 yrs old, .312-3-41-2)
11/05 - St.Louis (N) gets ss Red Kress (30 yrs old, .309-5-53-10), Cleveland gets 1b Frank McCormick (26 yrs old, .361-1-19-0)
11/05 - Chicago (N) gets lf Buster Mills (29 yrs old, .370-0-10-3) and cf Eddie Yount (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets rf Lynn King (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/05 - New York (A) gets p Ralph Winegarner (28 yrs old, 4-5, 10 sv, 6.21 era, 111.2 ip, 46 k) and 3b Irv Bartling (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets lf Roy Johnson (34 yrs old, .232-1-26-3)
11/05 - Chicago (A) gets p Red Lucas (35 yrs old, 12-16, 4.70 era, 245.0 ip, 82 k) and rf Howie Gorman (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets Jesse Hill (30 yrs old, .254-5-64-37)
11/05 - Cleveland gets p Joe Beggs (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets ss Mark Koenig (33 yrs old, .255-6-40-5) and 1b Bob Kahle (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/12 - Boston (N) gets p Ed Durham (30 yrs old, 7-13, 3.80 era, 191.2 ip, 73 k), Cleveland gets 2b George Meyer (28 yrs old, .277-5-25-2)
11/20 - Pittsburgh gets p Syl Johnson (36 yrs old, 17-11, 3.66 era, 236.0 ip, 70 k), Cincinnati gets 3b Gil English (28 yrs old, .364-0-1-0)
11/23 - Pittsburgh gets p Tot Pressnell (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets lf Ernie Koy (28 yrs old, .233-2-26-4) and c Jim Sheehan (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Cincinnati gets p Atley Donald (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets lf Mike Kreevich (29 yrs old, .291-6-53-12)
11/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Mike Cvengros (35 yrs old, 2-1, 1 sv, 0.81 era, 22.1 ip, 3 k), Boston (N) gets cf Ernie Sulik (27 yrs old, .311-4-51-2)
12/06 - Philadelphia (N) gets p George Hockette (29 yrs old, 1-0, 2.35 era, 23.0 ip, 6 k) and 2b Johnny Gerlach (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets lf Rip Radcliff (31 yrs old, .318-4-60-2)
12/10 - Pittsburgh gets p Al Smith (30 yrs old, 7-10, 1 sv, 6.39 era, 181.2 ip, 86 k), Washington gets ss Dick Bartell (30 yrs old, .264-9-50-2)
01/11 - Boston (N) gets p Jim Tobin (25 yrs old, 10-16, 5.50 era, 255.1 ip, 111 k), Chicago (N) gets 3b Bill Akers (33 yrs old, .184-0-6-0)



Major Retirements

2b Rogers Hornsby, age 41 - 24 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1921 when he batted .412 with 23 homers, 125 rbi and 11 sb in 129 games.
.319 avg, 2844 g, 10899 ab, 1838 r, 3480 h, 326 hr, 1776 rbi, 151 sb, .497 slg

sp Waite Hoyt, age 38 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 16-4 record with a 2.79 era and 72 k in 200.0 innings.
4.08 era, 211-248, 563 g, 4206.0 ip, 1349 k, 1303 bb, 4 sv

lf Taylor Douthit, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1923 when he batted .306 with 4 homers, 70 rbi and 3 sb in 115 games.
.283 avg, 1085 g, 2967 ab, 441 r, 839 h, 24 hr, 377 rbi, 45 sb, .383 slg

3b Harry Rice, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .331 with 11 homers, 108 rbi and 2 sb in 140 games.
.303 avg, 1378 g, 4684 ab, 756 r, 1421 h, 73 hr, 643 rbi, 52 sb, .443 slg

sp Charlie Root, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he compiled a 27-4 record with a 2.84 era and 138 k in 281.2 innings.
4.16 era, 176-180, 488 g, 3171.0 ip, 1469 k, 1084 bb, 10 sv

sp Bob Smith, age 42 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he compiled a 17-5 record with a 2.69 era and 52 k in 190.2 innings.
4.40 era, 121-132, 356 g, 2176.0 ip, 593 k, 749 bb, 15 sv

sp Earl Whitehill, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1926 when he compiled a 13-18 record with a 3.88 era and 120 k in 287.2 innings.
4.60 era, 97-139, 298 g, 2113.2 ip, 846 k, 912 bb, 4 sv

lf Earle Combs, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he batted .350 with 3 homers, 54 rbi and 17 sb in 129 games.
.317 avg, 1618 g, 5806 ab, 971 r, 1841 h, 49 hr, 782 rbi, 105 sb, .440 slg

lf Tex Vache, age 43 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .310 with 5 homers, 60 rbi and 2 sb in 135 games.
.287 avg, 1140 g, 2560 ab, 345 r, 734 h, 30 hr, 356 rbi, 21 sb, .412 slg

lf Jimmie Welsh, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1927 when he batted .309 with 10 homers, 58 rbi and 14 sb in 119 games.
.291 avg, 1077 g, 3279 ab, 481 r, 955 h, 46 hr, 520 rbi, 55 sb, .411 slg

lf Cleo Carlyle, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he batted .316 with 0 homers, 21 rbi and 1 sb in 65 games.
.271 avg, 204 g, 292 ab, 35 r, 79 h, 0 hr, 44 rbi, 2 sb, .360 slg

2b Red Rollings, age 33 - 12 seasons. His best season was in .276 with 2 homers, 20 rbi and 1 sb in 34 games.
.246 avg, 228 g, 496 ab, 43 r, 122 h, 2 hr, 67 rbi, 6 sb, .333 slg


Retirements Due To CEI

sp Tex Carleton, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he compiled a 20-11 record with a 4.17 era and 105 k in 254.2 innings.
4.41 era, 85-77, 190 g, 1492.1 ip, 752 k, 608 bb, 0 sv

rf Frank Demaree, age 27 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he batted .347 with 9 homers, 75 rbi and 2 sb in 106 games.
.301 avg, 758 g, 2522 ab, 356 r, 759 h, 34 hr, 335 rbi, 30 sb, .421 slg

rf Mel Ott, age 28 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .333 with 34 homers, 145 rbi and 15 sb in 141 games.
.320 avg, 1436 g, 5229 ab, 1031 r, 1674 h, 255 hr, 1011 rbi, 86 sb, .539 slg



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Boston (A)        Ted Williams,lf       Johnny Gee,p           Dick Bass,p           Maurice Van Robays,lf  Bud Bates,cf
New York (N)      Hal Newhouser,p       Barney McCosky,cf      Al Veigel,p           Joe Gantenbein,2b      Ken Silvestri,c
Chicago (N)       Dizzy Trout,p         Bill Beckmann,p        Bennie Warren,c       Ken Raffensberger,p    Al Evans,c
Pittsburgh        Fred Hutchinson,p     Bob Elliott,rf         Jack Bolling,1b       Bill Crouch,p          Bill Lillard,ss
Cincinnati        Jack Kramer,p         Walt Masterson,p       Jim Shilling,2b       Chet Ross,lf           Buddy Rosar,c
Chicago (A)       Marv Breuer,p         Les McCrabb,p          Eddie Lake,ss         Elmer Riddle,p         Johnny Welaj,cf
New York (A)      Vern Olsen,p          Johnny Hopp,lf         Eric Tipton,lf        Joe Dobson,p           Bob Repass,2b
St.Louis (A)      Charlie Keller,lf     Mickey Vernon,1b       Bill Sayles,p         Jake Early,c           Joe Callahan,p
St.Louis (N)      Junior Thompson,p     Les Fleming,p          Sam Page,p            Bama Rowell,2b         Bob Joyce,p
Washington        Marius Russo,p        Woody Rich,p           Frankie Gustine,2b    Ralph Hodgin,rf        Bill Nagel,2b
Cleveland         Early Wynn,p          Pinky May,3b           Ed Leip,2b            Bob Kennedy,3b         Jess Dobernic,p
Philadelphia (N)  Bob Bowman,p          Ike Pearson,p          Le Grant Scott,rf     Sibby Sisti,3b         Ewald Pyle,p
Detroit           Joe Haynes,p          Buster Adams,cf        Johnny Berardino,ss   Alex Carrasquel,p      Tom Hafey,3b
Brooklyn          Murry Dickson,p       Hank Majeski,3b        Joe Orengo,3b         Pep Rambert,p          Joe Schultz,c
Boston (N)        Manny Salvo,p         Fern Bell,cf           Frank Barrett,p       Morrie Aderholt,2b     Rip Russell,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Ond Swigart,p         Joe Gallagher,lf       Phil Masi,c           Red Lynn,p             Frank Croucher,ss




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Boston (A)        Hal Spindel,c         Roy Bruner,p           Lindsay Deal,cf
New York (N)      Bill Clemensen,p      Herman Franks,c        Mike Palagyi,p
Chicago (N)       Bob Prichard,1b       Art Jacobs,p           Bob Neighbors,ss
Pittsburgh        Lefty Sullivan,p      Stan Andrews,c         Red Juelich,2b
Cincinnati        Fred Chapman,ss       Bill Hoffman,p         Otto Huber,2b
Chicago (A)       Loy Hanning,p         Bob Loane,cf           Elmer Gedeon,cf
New York (A)      Whitney Wietelmann,ss Charlie Letchas,2b     Chris Hartje,c
St.Louis (A)      Al Brancato,ss        Wes Livengood,p        Bob McNamara,3b
St.Louis (N)      Stan Benjamin,rf      Tom Gorman,p           Oliver Hill,1b
Washington        Al Glossop,2b         Jim Schelle,p          Joe Kracher,c
Cleveland         Eddie Collins,rf      Bill Holland,p         Dixie Parsons,c
Philadelphia (N)  Floyd Giebell,p       Lou Thuman,p           Dave Coble,c
Detroit           Floyd Stromme,p       Hal Quick,ss           Len Gabrielson,1b
Brooklyn          Mike Naymick,p        Tom Drake,p            Harry O'Neill,c
Boston (N)        Skeeter Scalzi,ss     Bill Kerksieck,p       Johnny Echols,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Geroge Barnicle,p     Chet Clemens,lf