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Free Agency
Larry French,sp - Signed a 4-year, $503,160 contract with New York (N)
Dutch Leonard,sp - Signed a 6-year, $754,260 contract with Washington
Hank Greenberg,1b - Signed a 6-year, $899,820 contract with Brooklyn
Lonny Frey,2b - Signed a 4-year, $270,848 contract with New York (N)
Red Rolfe,3b - Signed a 5-year, $125,504 contract with New York (N)
Hank Leiber,cf - Signed a 4-year, $249,000 contract with Detroit
George Selkirk,rf - Signed a 5-year, $799,650 contract with St.Louis (N)
Trades
10/10 - Cincinnati gets p Tom Seats (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Joe Grace (25 yrs old, .340-3-28-2)
10/10 - Detroit gets p Bill Lohrman (26 yrs old, 10-17, 5.07 era, 230.2 ip, 74 k), Chicago (A) gets 3b Lee Handley (26 yrs old, .271-5-53-13) and 3b George Jumonville (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/10 - Chicago (N) gets p Slick Coffman (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and lf Pinky Jorgensen (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets 1b Harry Davis (31 yrs old, .320-1-41-5)
10/10 - Chicago (A) gets p Johnny Lanning (29 yrs old, 2-8, 5.42 era, 83.0 ip, 23 k) and ss Johnny Gerlach (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Harl Maggert (25 yrs old, .216-2-15-0) and lf Eddie Feinberg (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/14 - Boston (A) gets p Amby Murray (26 yrs old, 0-0, 7.36 era, 3.2 ip, 1 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Heinie Mueller (27 yrs old, .312-10-53-5) and ss Steve Mesner (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/02 - Detroit gets ss Woody Williams (27 yrs old, .272-3-15-1) and ss Joe Walsh (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets c Ben Huffman (25 yrs old, .322-8-64-0)
11/02 - New York (N) gets c Birdie Tebbetts (26 yrs old, .143-0-0-0), Washington gets lf Buzz Boyle (31 yrs old, .366-1-25-3)
11/02 - Pittsburgh gets p Bob Weiland (33 yrs old, 18-12, 2.82 era, 296.2 ip, 176 k), Brooklyn gets c Tom Padden (31 yrs old, .229-3-45-1)
11/02 - Cincinnati gets p Vance Page (34 yrs old, 5-19, 5.51 era, 204.1 ip, 49 k), Cleveland gets c Frankie Hayes (25 yrs old, .300-10-48-2)
11/03 - St.Louis (N) gets 1b Nick Etten (26 yrs old, .2421-0-7-0), New York (A) gaets 3b Eric McNair (30 yrs old, .339-4-32-10)
11/22 - St.Louis (A) gets p Spud Chandler (32 yrs old, 9-6, 4.58 era, 125.2 ip, 39 k), New York (N) gets c Ernie Lombardi (31 yrs old, .308-18-90-7)
11/22 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Tommy Reis (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cleveland gets rf LeGrant Scott (29 yrs old, .238-0-17-0) and ss Steve Mesner (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/22 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Mort Cooper (26 yrs old, 17-12, 3.76 era, 263.0 ip, 148 k), Cincinnati gets lf Dixie Walker (29 yrs old, .313-11-78-6)
11/22 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Marv Breuer (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets 1b Jimmy Wasdell (25 yrs old, .200-0-8-3)
11/22 - St.Louis (A) gets p Si Johnson (33 yrs old, 10-13, 5.33 era, 185.2 ip, 46 k), Detroit gets ss Jimmy Brown (29 yrs old, .301-3-43-4)
11/22 - St.Louis (A) gets p Ed Brandt (34 yrs old, 15-9, 2.56 era, 218.1 ip, 93 k) and 1b Jack Sanford (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets ss Lindsay Brown (28 yrs old, .259-0-7-1)
11/23 - Brooklyn gets p Bucky Walters (30 yrs old, 17-13, 4.60 era, 275.2 ip, 119 k), New York (N) gets 3b Harlond Clift (27 yrs old, .297-16-83-1)
11/25 - St.Louis (N) gets p Herman Fink (28 yrs old, 4-2, 4.97 era, 63.1 ip, 16 k), Washington gets 3b Gil English (30 yrs old, .197-0-5-0)
11/25 - Cleveland gets p Jack Knott (32 yrs old, 6-14, 5.72 era, 141.2 ip, 43 k), Chicago (A) gets c Ed Connolly (31 yrs old, .227-6-56-4)
11/25 - New York (N) gets p Ralph Winegarner (30 yrs old, 4-1, 2 sv, 3.77 era, 57.1 ip, 22 k), New York (A) gets lf Johnny Rizzo (27 yrs old, .328-20-107-4)
12/09 - Brooklyn gets 3b Justin Stein (28 yrs old, .292-2-13-0), St.Louis (A) gets 1b George McQuinn (29 yrs old, .306-15-82-2)
12/09 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jim Tobin (26 yrs old, 15-9, 2.99 era, 244.0 ip, 77 k), Boston (N) gets cf Bob Seeds (32 yrs old, .305-13-54-0)
12/20 - St.Louis (N) gets p Al Hollingsworth (31 yrs old, 15-11, 3.28 era, 246.2 ip, 102 k), Pittsburgh gets 1b Dick Siebert (27 yrs old, .313-0-3-0)
01/11 - Boston (N) gets p Emmett Nelson (34 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.1 ip, 0 k) and 1b Dutch Meyer (24 yrs old, .313-3-14-0), Cleveland gets cf Fern Bell (26 yrs old, .299-2-26-4)
01/15 - Cleveland gets p Jack Wilson (27 yrs old, 4-6, 5.96 era, 80.0 ip, 37 k) and p Preacher Roe (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Pinky May (28 yrs old, .282-0-11-2) and 2b Jerry Lynn (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/21 - Cincinnati gets p Lee Grissom (32 yrs old, 8-9, 1 sv, 4.49 era, 124.1 ip, 52 k), Pittsburgh gets c Buddy Rosar (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
Major Retirements
1b Lou Gehrig, age 36 - 16 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .354 with 42 homers, 134 rbi and 6 sb in 148 games.
.324 avg, 2079 g, 7714 ab, 1630 r, 2498 h, 366 hr, 1504 rbi, 135 sb, .545 slg
rf Dave Harris, age 39 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .321 with 14 homers, 93 rbi and 3 sb in 129 games.
.277 avg, 1078 g, 3528 ab, 587 r, 978 h, 75 hr, 552 rbi, 59 sb, .434 slg
sp Erv Brame, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he compiled an 11-10 record with a 4.48 era and 33 k in 176.2 innings.
5.01 era, 41-56, 122 g, 824.0 ip, 132 k, 301 bb, 0 sv
rf Ed Morgan, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .326 with 17 homers, 89 rbi and 1 sb in 117 games.
.271 avg, 1304 g, 4523 ab, 706 r, 1226 h, 67 hr, 588 rbi, 54 sb, .403 slg
1b Dale Alexander, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .341 with 26 homers, 135 rbi and 10 sb in 149 games.
.319 avg, 981 g, 3612 ab, 601 r, 1153 h, 100 hr, 629 rbi, 40 sb, .489 slg
1b George Watkins, age 39 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .335 with 24 homers, 95 rbi and 28 sb in 145 games.
.294 avg, 1236 g, 3901 ab, 596 r, 1145 h, 111 hr, 654 rbi, 108 sb, .466 slg
rf Wes Schulmerich, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .285 with 6 homers, 49 rbi and 11 sb in 140 games.
.275 avg, 730 g, 2182 ab, 276 r, 599 h, 37 hr, 245 rbi, 18 sb, .392 slg
Retirements Due to CEIs
sp Clay Bryant, age 27 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he compiled a 6-3 record with 9 saves, a 1.85 era and 31 k in 58.1 innings.
4.15 era, 32-24, 193 g, 495.0 ip, 269 k, 291 bb, 30 sv
2b Bobby Doerr, age 21 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he batted .300 with 7 homers, 55 rbi and 1 sb in 123 games.
.293 avg, 210 g, 618 ab, 96 r, 181 h, 7 hr, 76 rbi, 2 sb, .385 slg
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Chicago (A) Stan Musial,lf Dick Mulligan,p Bud Stewart,rf Eddie Waitkus,1b Lennie Merullo,ss
Chicago (N) Roger Wolff,p Sid Gordon,3b Hoot Evers,rf Tom Ferrick,p Roberto Ortiz,rf
St.Louis (N) Tex Hughson,p Hank Sauer,lf Ray Lamanno,c Pete Suder,3b Ace Adams,p
Cleveland Hank Gornicki,p Whitey Kurowski,3b Dale Jones,p Lou Novikoff,lf Fred Caligiuri,p
Detroit Virgil Trucks,p Vern Stephens,ss Culley Rikard,cf Steve Gromek,p Tex Shirley,p
New York (A) Johnny Schmitz,p Dick Wakefield,lf Barney Olsen,cf Moe Franklin,ss Red Embree,p
Brooklyn Howie Pollet,p Dick Fowler,p Ed Albosta,p Harry Feldman,p Jake Jones,1b
New York (N) Johnny Beazley,p Phil Rizzuto,ss George Washburn,p Walt Lanfranconi,p Chuck Stevens,1b
Washington Tommy Hughes,p Jerry Priddy,2b Ned Harris,rf Lou Stringer,2b Bob Chipman,p
Pittsburgh Hal White,p Dick Newsome,p Erv Dusak,lf Bill Brandt,p John Davis,3b
Cincinnati Dave Koslo,p Steve Peck,p Dave Philley,lf Vinnie Smith,c Lefty Wilkie,p
St.Louis (A) Oscar Judd,p Hugh East,p Jim Hegan,c Paul Busby,rf Rankin Johnson,p
Boston (A) Lum Harris,p Hank Edwards,cf Bob Scheffing,c Bob Lemon,3b Les Mueller,p
Boston (N) Rube Fischer,p Danny Murtaugh,2b Felix Mackiewicz,cf Paul Campbell,cf Hooks Iott,p
Philadelphia (N) Paul Erickson,p Johnny Lindell,rf Eddie Lukon,rf Hillis Layne,3b Bill Harman,p
Philadelphia (A) Rube Melton,p Billy Cox,ss Tommy Tatum,cf Emil Kush,p Russ Meers,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Chicago (A) Benny Zientara,2b John Dudra,2b Al Flair,1b
Chicago (N) Norm Branch,p George Pfister,c Walter Sessi,rf
St.Louis (N) Alf Anderson,ss Wimpy Quinn,p Vern Frieburger,1b
Cleveland Boyd Perry,ss Harry Dean,p Bob Patrick,lf
Detroit Charley Stanceu,p Rae Blaemire,c Ray Poole,1b
New York (A) Hal Manders,p Pat Tobin,p Red Howell,1b
Brooklyn Chuck Aleno,3b Frank Jelincich,lf Charlie Marshall,c
New York (N) Ronnie Miller,p Gene Lambert,p Jack Aragon,1b
Washington Jack Conway,ss Eddie Carnett,p
Pittsburgh Hersh Lyons,p Chet Hajduk,1b
Cincinnati Don Richmond,3b Johnny Grodzicki,p
St.Louis (A) Al Montgomery,c Buster Bray,cf
Boston (A) Johnny Sturm,1b John Leovich,c
Boston (N) Skippy Roberge,2b Jim Carlin,rf
Philadelphia (N) Eddie Shokes,1b Stan Goletz,1b
Philadelphia (A) Earl Cook,p Buck Frierson,lf