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AL Most Valuable Player
Ted Williams, Boston (A)
145 g, 528 ab, 125 r, 195 h, 32 2b, 0 3b, 26 hr, 96 rbi, 305 tb, 141 bb, 41 k, 5 sb, 1 cs, .369 avg, .502 obp, .578 slg

NL Most Valuable Player
Cecil Travis, Philadelphia (N)
148 g, 617 ab, 85 r, 227 h, 32 2b, 3 3b, 8 hr, 76 rbi, 289 tb, 41 bb, 20 k, 5 sb, 4 cs, .368 avg, .406 obp, .468 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Max Lanier, Boston (A)
20-3, 0 sv, 2.28 era, 32 g, 32 gs, 217.1 ip, 180 ha, 65 r, 55 er, 1 hr, 72 bb, 132 k, 1.16 whip, .227 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Claude Passeau, Cincinnati
24-11, 0 sv, 2.31 era, 37 g, 37 gs, 327.1 ip, 281 ha, 114 r, 84 er, 11 hr, 91 bb, 92 k, 1.14 whip, .231 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Stan Musial, Chicago (A)
142 g, 564 ab, 94 r, 174 h, 34 2b, 11 3b, 16 hr, 91 rbi, 278 tb, 89 bb, 23 k, 19 sb, 4 cs, .309 avg, .399 obp, .493 slg

NL Rookie of the Year
Hank Borowy, Pittsburgh
22-11, 0 sv, 2.90 era, 37 g, 36 gs, 304.0 ip, 282 ha, 127 r, 98 er, 11 hr, 114 bb, 142 k, 1.30 whip, .245 oavg



Milestones
4/19
- 250 wins for Sloppy Thurston
6/20 - Gabby Hartnett drives in 1500th run
6/28 - Whitey Kurowski collects 6 hits
7/27 - Johnny Hodapp gets 2000th hit
7/30 - Arky Vaughan scores 1000th run



Trades
6/09
- Boston (A) gets c Walker Cooper (26 yrs old, .294-6-73-3), Cleveland gets lf Pid Purdy (36 yrs old, .283-7-44-1)
6/22 - Detroit gets c Harry Danning (29 yrs old, .240-2-40-1) and lf Chet Clemons (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Johnny Hodapp (35 yrs old, .250-1-34-0) and 2b Eddie Feinberg (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/23 - New York (N) gets 1b Phil Cavarretta (25 yrs old, .287-8-58-5), Brooklyn gets lf Jim Gleeson (29 yrs old, .262-1-32-4) and ss George Jumonville (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/23 - Brooklyn gets p Fritz Ostermueller (33 yrs old, 2-0, 2 sv, 3.21 era, 33.2 ip, 13 k), New York (N) gets rf Ival Goodman (33 yrs old, .264-7-54-11)
7/27 - St.Louis (A) gets p Lon Warneke (32 yrs old, 14-14, 3.36 era, 262.2 ip, 101 k), Chicago (N) gets c Jake Early (26 yrs old, .314-7-36-0) and 3b Nick Polly (24 yrs old, 1.000-0-0-0)
7/29 - New York (N) gets p Oad Swigart (26 yrs old, 16-13, 2.72 era, 277.2 ip, 77 k) and rf Joe Walsh (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Lonny Frey (30 yrs old, .267-1-50-19)
8/19 - Pittsburgh gets p Marv Breuer (27 yrs old, 6-8, 3.96 era, 138.2 ip, 67 k), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Stan Spence (26 yrs old, .343-8-71-10) and c Stan Andrews (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)



MLB Records Set or Tied
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AL Records Set or Tied
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NL Records Set or Tied
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Major Free Agents
Ed Connolly, c
Rudy York, 1b
Johnny Mize, 1b
Bobby Estalella, 2b
Tony Lazzeri, 2b
Dick Bartell, 3b
Stan Hack, 3b
Joe DiMaggio, cf
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