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Free Agency

Major Free Agents
Bill Dickey,c - Signed a 3-year, $823,500 contract with Pittsburgh
Rudy York,1b - Signed a 2-year, $320,540 contract with St.Louis (A)
Dom Dallessandro,1b - Signed a 2-year, $125,900 contract with Detroit
Phil Weintraub,1b - Signed a 3-year, $908,300 contract with Boston (A)
Joe Cronin,2b - Signed a 2-year, $492,280 contract with New York (N)
Johnny Hodapp,2b - Signed a 1-year, $25,480 contract with Cleveland
George Case,lf - Signed a 1-year, $19,260 contract with Cleveland
Tommy Henrich,cf - Signed a 3-year, $805,340 contract with New York (N)
Bob Johnson,cf - Signed a 3-year, $242,160 contract with Cleveland
Wally Moses,rf - Signed a 3-year, $188,270 contract with Detroit



Trades
10/09 - St.Louis (A) gets 3b Ken Keltner (25 yrs old, .274-8-55-0) and ss Red Roberts (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets lf Max West (25 yrs old, .253-5-48-4) and c Mickey Kreitner (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/09 - Detroit gets cf Thurman Tucker (25 yrs old, .291-0-7-3), Cincinnati gets c Ken Sears (25 yrs old, .195-1-14-0)
10/09 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Atley Donald (32 yrs old, 18-12, 3.99 era, 273.0 ip, 119 k), Cincinnati gets ss Red Barkley (29 yrs old, .120-0-6-0)
10/09 - New York (N) gets p Andy Karl (28 yrs old, 1-8, 10 sv, 2.01 era, 31,1 ip, 10 k), Detroit gets 2b George Meyer (33 yrs old, .294-1-9-1)
10/15 - Boston (A) gets p Bucky Walters (33 yrs old, 13-19, 3.57 era, 292.1 ip, 115 k), Brooklyn gets 2b Luke Appling (35 yrs old, .250-1-50-18)
10/27 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Dizzy Trout (27 yrs old, 7-19, 4.64 era, 231.0 ip, 104 k), Chicago (N) gets 3b Pinky May (31 yrs old, .245-0-8-0)
11/03 - Cleveland gets c Harry Danning (31 yrs old, .314-0-3-0), Detroit gets 3b Ralph Hodgin (26 yrs old, .302-1-27-0)
11/03 - Cleveland gets 2b Don Gutteridge (30 yrs old, .215-0-11-1), St.Louis (N) gets lf Joe Medwick (30 yrs old, .251-5-57-1)
11/07 - Detroit gets p Al Geuheauser (25 yrs old, 9-13, 2 sv, 3.28 era, 197.1 ip, 81 k), Washington gets 3b Johnny Berardino (25 yrs old, .271-3-62-6)
11/15 - Boston (N) gets p Ken Heintzelman (27 yrs old, 16-11, 3.21 era, 249.1 ip, 98 k), New York (A) gets 3b Mark Christman (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and cf Billy Cox (23 yrs old, .364-0-1-0)
11/17 - New York (N) gets p Syd Cohen (36 yrs old, 4-7, 13 sv, 3.02 era, 47.2 ip, 21 k) and ss Dick Adkins (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets c Hal Wagner (27 yrs old, .289-1-30-2)
11/21 - New York (N) gets p Johnny Hutchings (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Pittsburgh gets rf Johnny Moore (40 yrs old, .279-6-50-3)
11/21 - Pittsburgh gets p Claude Passeau (33 yrs old, 16-13, 3.72 era, 268.2 ip, 60 k), Cincinnati gets 1b Ray Sanders (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and cf Erv Dusak (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/21 - Boston (A) gets p Mickey Haefner (30 yrs old, 5-8, 4.70 era, 122.2 ip, 44 k), Cleveland gets 2b Jim Bucher (31 yrs old, .239-4-46-3)
11/21 - St.Louis (A) gets p Nels Potter (31 yrs old, 1-2, 3.77 era, 28.2 ip, 11 k), Cleveland gets cf Milt Byrnes (26 yrs old, .245-2-26-0) and cf Charlie Metro (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/23 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Pep Rambert (26 yrs old, 0-0, 12.38 era, 8.0 ip, 2 k), Brooklyn gets 2b Lou Chiozza (32 yrs old, .279-5-32-3)
11/25 - Cincinnati gets p Allie Reynolds (25 yrs old, 13-13, 3.50 era, 244.1 ip, 195 k) and rf Walter Sessi (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets 1b Harry Davis (34 yrs old, .263-6-45-12) and 2b Erv Dusak (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/13 - Brooklyn gets p Butch Wensloff (27 yrs old, 16-13, 3.92 era, 266.2 ip, 145 k), Detroit gets 1b Jack Burns (35 yrs old, .264-4-34-9)
12/24 - Washington gets 1b Zeke Bonura (34 yrs old, .341-1-27-1), Brooklyn gets rf Mike Chartak (26 yrs old, .247-12-60-2)
12/29 - Cleveland gets p Tiny Bonham (29 yrs old, 14-20, 3.64 era, 286.2 ip, 95 k), Harry Shuman (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and cf Charlie Gilbert (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets ss Lou Boudreau (25 yrs old, .287-2-49-6)
01/15 - Detroit gets p Mel Harder (33 yrs old, 5-4, 2.65 era, 74.2 ip, 29 k), Cleveland gets ss Ed Busch (25 yrs old, .125-0-0-0)



Major Retirements

2b Charlie Gehringer, age 39 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1935 when he batted .357 with 19 homers, 95 rbi and 17 sb in 143 games.
.323 avg, 2060 g, 7076 ab, 1325 r, 2286 h, 177 hr, 1140 rbi, 234 sb, .491 slg

ss Freddie Lindstrom, age 36 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1929 when he batted .372 with 21 homers, 105 rbi and 23 sb in 134 games.
.303 avg, 1850 g, 6059 ab, 908 r, 1834 h, 105 hr, 842 rbi, 123 sb, .434 slg

c Mickey Cochrane, age 39 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .345 with 12 homers, 83 rbi and 13 sb in 133 games.
.294 avg, 2181 g, 7906 ab, 1356 r, 2327 h, 150 hr, 1190 rbi, 121 sb, .427 slg

lf Roy Carlyle, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1924 when he batted .338 with 17 homers, 95 rbi and 1 sb in 121 games.
.307 avg, 1658 g, 4165 ab, 563 r, 1278 h, 61 hr, 603 rbi, 23 sb, .429 slg

ss Woody English, age 36 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he batted .316 with 7 homers, 51 rbi and 10 sb in 129 games.
.263 avg, 1805 g, 5192 ab, 715 r, 1367 h, 45 hr, 553 rbi, 67 sb, .355 slg

3b Johnny Burnett, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .332 with 3 homers, 55 rbi and 4 sb in 113 games.
.269 avg, 1125 g, 3018 ab, 366 r, 811 h, 22 hr, 322 rbi, 24 sb, .354 slg

3b Charlie Gelbert, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he batted .289 with 3 homers, 67 rbi and 6 sb in 131 games.
.256 avg, 1495 g, 4233 ab, 497 r, 1083 h, 23 hr, 497 rbi, 44 sb, .352 slg

cf Evar Swanson, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he batted .351 with 6 homers, 56 rbi and 35 sb in 128 games.
.284 avg, 1522 g, 4970 ab, 751 r, 1409 h, 27 hr, 503 rbi, 260 sb, .360 slg

c Smead Jolly, age 40 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1931 when he batted .333 with 18 homers, 84 rbi and 0 sb in 127 games.
.287 avg, 1460 g, 4743 ab, 620 r, 1359 h, 122 hr, 691 rbi, 16 sb, .434 slg

3b George DeTore, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .261 with 4 homers, 76 rbi and 0 sb in 145 games.
.256 avg, 636 g, 1697 ab, 218 r, 434 h, 17 hr, 223 rbi, 0 sb, .364 slg

rf George Puccinelli, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .272 with 13 homers, 73 rbi and 1 sb in 121 games.
.266 avg, 812 g, 1821 ab, 254 r, 484 h, 28 hr, 237 rbi, 4 sb, .389 slg

lf Red Worthington, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he batted .304 with 2 homers, 19 rbi and 0 sb in 77 games.
.261 avg, 590 g, 1328 ab, 153 r, 346 h, 23 hr, 182 rbi, 4 sb, .386 slg

sp Sloppy Thurston, age 43 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he compiled a 25-9 record with a 2.53 era and 69 k in 288.2 innings.
4.13 era, 261-231, 554 g, 4308.1 ip, 864 k, 1126 bb, 0 sv

sp Bill Walker, age 39 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he compiled a 16-2 record with a 3.05 era and 65 k in 185.2 innings.
4.05 era, 122-87, 284 g, 2002.1 ip, 850 k, 789 bb, 4 sv

sp Bob Weiland, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he compiled an 18-12 record with a 2.82 era and 176 k in 296.2 innings.
3.58 era, 82-66, 177 g, 1317.1 ip, 695 k, 534 bb, 0 sv

mr Jimmy Pattison, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he compiled a 4-2 record with 12 saves, a 1.39 era and 28 k in 45.1 innings.
4.08 era, 29-48, 348 g, 537.2 ip, 272 k, 243 bb, 50 sv

sp Dizzy Dean, age 32 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1933 when he compiled a 21-12 record with a 2.32 era and 171 k in 299.0 innings.
3.34 era, 152-109, 312 g, 2383.1 ip, 1281 k, 61 bb, 2 sv



First-Year Draft

Team              Round One             Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Chicago (A)       Tommy de la Cruz,p    Augie Bergamo,rf       Vic Barnhart,ss       Red Borom,2b           Emil Verban,2b
Brooklyn          Bill Bevens,p         Al Jurisich,p          Chet Covington,p      Bill Drescher,c        Dewey Williams,c
Chicago (N)       Ted Wilks,p           Danny Gardella,lf      Frank Mancuso,c       Steve Roser,p          Kermit Wahl,2b
Boston (N)        Joe Page,p            Hal Kleine,p           Joe Nuxhall,p         Paul O'Dea,rf          Sandy Ullrich,p
Cleveland         Ed Lopat,p            Granny Hamner,ss       Clem Dreisewerd,p     Red Treadway,rf        Charlie Ripple,p
Detroit           Arnold Carter,p       Al Gionfreddo,cf       Bobby Wilkins,ss      Kent Peterson,p        Fats Dantonio,c
Philadelphia (A)  Cal McLish,p          Frank Wurm,p           Gene Mauch,ss         Bob Gillespie,p        Earl Henry,p
Washington        Charlie Gassaway,p    Baby Ortiz,p           Bruce Sloan,rf        Tony York,ss           Bob Katz,p
St.Louis (N)      Charley Schanz,p      John Wells,p           Steve Shemo,2b        Ted Cieslak,3b         Johnny Johnson,p
Philadelphia (N)  Monk Dubiel,p         Frankie Zak,ss         Lefty West,p          Hank Ruszkowski,c      Andy Hansen,p
New York (N)      Eddie Yost,3b         Len Gilmore,p          Tommy Brown,ss        Freddy Schmidt,p       Roland Gladu,3b
Boston (A)        Jim Konstanty,p       George Hausmann,2b     George Binks,cf       Tom Jordan,c           Eddie Miksis,3b
Cincinnati        Ralph Branca,p        Chink Zachary,p        Mack Stewart,p        Mike Milosevich,ss     Howie Fox,p
New York (A)      Rex Cecil,p           Russ Derry,lf          Chuck Hostetler,rf    Sam Zoldak,p           Bill McGhee,1b
Pittsburgh        Jack Brewer,p         Grey Clarke,3b         Mike Garbark,c        Wally Holborow,p       Clem Hausmann,p
St.Louis (A)      Blix Donnelly,p       Bill Bonness,p         Don Savage,3b         Moon Mullen,2b         Bob Ferguson,p




Team              Round Six             Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Chicago (A)       Eddie Basinski,ss     Len Schulte,3b         Bill Zinser,p         Red Durrett,cf         Bill Rodgers,rf
Brooklyn          Jug Thesenga,p        Roy Jarvis,c           Roy Wise,p            Chucho Ramos,rf        Roy Valdes,1b
Chicago (N)       Stan Partenheimer,p   Steve Filipowicz,lf    George Woodend,p      Roy Easterwood,c       Jim Pruett,c
Boston (N)        Fred Vaughn,2b        Walter Ockey,p         Buck Fausett,3b       Nick Goulish,lf        Lee Riley,lf
Cleveland         Barney Mussill,p      John McGillen,p        Jack Franklin,p       Bill Mills,c           Turkey Tyson,1b
Detroit           Ken Brondell,p        Len Rice,c             Whitey Miller,p       Joe Just,c             Clancy Smyres,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Vic Johnson,p         Stew Hofferth,c        Claude Crocker,p      Pat Capri,2b           Garth Mann,1b
Washington        John Antonelli,3b     Jake Eisenhart,p       Russ Lyon,c           Bob Keely,c            Gene Patton,1b
St.Louis (N)      Barney Koch,2b        Hank Miklos,p          Frank Rosso,p         Hank Sweeney,1b        Mike Kosman,1b
Philadelphia (N)  Stan Klopp,p          Joe Vitelli,p          Al Verdel,p           Joe Antolick,c
New York (N)      Zeb Eaton,p           Babe Martin,lf         Bubba Floyd,ss        Luis Suarez,3b
Boston (A)        Al Lyons,p            Harry Macpherson,p     Preston Gomez,2b      Roy Nichols,2b
Cincinnati        Tommy Warren,p        Charlie Osgood,p       Lou Rochelli,2b       Jodie Beeler,2b
New York (A)      Clyde King,p          John Fick,p            Jim Devlin,c          Steve Biras,2b
Pittsburgh        Joe Wood,p            Putsy Caballero,3b     Red Hayworth,c        William Metzig,2b
St.Louis (A)      Frank Drews,2b        Bob Barthelson,p       Jackie Sullivan,2b    Hack Miller,c