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Free Agency
The major free agents:
Bob Feller, sp - Signed a 5-year, $1,854,100 contract with St.Louis (N)
Thornton Lee, sp - Signed a 2-year, $380,300 contract with Chicago (N)
Ray Prim, sp - Signed a 2-year, $299,460 contract with St.Louis (A)
Clyde Shoun, cl - Signed a 3-year, $386,460 contract with Washington
Ed Connolly, c - Signed a 1-year, $33,260 contract with New York (A)
Babe Phelps, c - Signed a 2-year, $712,480 contract with Boston (N)
Augie Galan, 2b - Signed a 4-year, $1,483,420 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Buddy Lewis, 3b - Signed a 5-year, $1,303,050 contract with Chicago (N)
Ted Williams, lf - Signed a 3-year, $1,260,360 contract with Brooklyn
Dom Dallessandro, lf - Signed a 4-year, $333,680 contract with Cleveland
Bob Johnson, lf - Signed a 2-year, $148,380 contract with Chicago (A)
Enos Slaughter, rf - Signed a 3-year, $1,135,880 contract with Pittsburgh
Trades
10/13 - Chicago (N) gets 2b Morrie Aderhold (29 yrs old, .295-4-56-7), Boston (N) gets rf Johnny Wyrostek (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/14 - Cleveland gets 2b George Hausmann (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets c Clyde Kluttz (26 yrs old, .229-2-40-2)
10/14 - New York (A) gets p Arnold Carter (26 yrs old, 19-12, 2.86 era, 277.0 ip, 54 k) and 3b Bob Rothel (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets cf Leon Culberson (25 yrs old, .279-4-17-2)
10/16 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Milo Candini (27 yrs old, 5-12, 4.85 era, 148.1 ip, 55 k), New York (A) gets rf Tommy O'Brien (25 yrs old, .292-4-67-3) and lf Loyd Christopher (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/18 - St.Louis (A) gets p Art Lopatka (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets ss Marty Marion (26 yrs old, .258-3-48-6) and lf Ed Mierkowicz (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/30 - Boston (A) gets p Fred Caligiuri (26 yrs old, 4-1, 5 sv, 3.01 era, 74.2 ip, 27 k) and 2b Bob Lemon (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets ss Joe Buzas (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and 2b Roy Nichols (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/03 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Hi Bithorn (28 yrs old, 8-9, 3.44 era, 146.2 ip, 64 k), Boston (N) gets 3b Billy Johnson (26 yrs old, .272-0-15-0)
11/05 - Chicago (N) gets cf Gibby Brack (36 yrs old, .256-3-35-7), New York (N) gets 2b Benny Zientara (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/06 - Boston (A) gets 3b Sherry Robertson (25 yrs old, .249-3-19-5), Philadelphia (N) gets c Mike Sandlock (29 yrs old, .280-5-50-1) and rf Gene Woodling (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/14 - Boston (N) gets p Bob Katz (33 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets 1b Babe Young (29 yrs old, .296-30-120-3)
11/17 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Earl Johnson (25 yrs old, 12-12, 4.80 era, 187.1 ip, 105 k), Boston (N) gets 1b Vance Dingos (29 yrs old, .318-0-5-0)
11/17 - New York (N) gets p Benny Frey (38 yrs old, 0-4, 10 sv, 2.70 era, 26.2 ip, 5 k), Boston (A) gets 3b Harlond Clift (32 yrs old, .367-2-7-1) and rf Sam File (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Chicago (A) gets p Alex Carrasquel (32 yrs old, 3-5, 5.59 era, 66.0 ip, 13 k) and 2b Steve Biras (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 1b Tony Lupien (27 yrs old, .270-5-25-6)
11/25 - Chicago (A) gets p Bill Fleming (31 yrs old, 4-4, 3 sv, 4.63 era, 79.2 ip, 24 k) and 3b Putsy Caballero (17 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 3b Jim Tabor (28 yrs old, .238-8-57-1)
11/25 - Pittsburgh gets p Hal White (25 yrs old, 7-18, 4.96 era, 203.1 ip, 65 k) and rf Sam File (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets 3b Bobby Sturgeon (25 yrs old, .280-0-0-0) and rf Bill Peterman (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Cincinnati gets p Stubby Overmire (25 yrs old, 19-9, 2.37 era, 281.1 ip, 98 k), Chicago (N) gets 3b Nap Reyes (25 yrs old, .308-1-7-0)
11/25 - Brooklyn gets p Ox Miller (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (N) gets c Joe Schultz (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/25 - Chicago (A) gets p Hank Borowy (28 yrs old, 13-18, 4.82 era, 255.2 ip, 95 k), Pittsburgh gets rf Augie Bergamo (27 yrs old, .273-6-45-4)
11/26 - Washington gets p Bob Gillespie (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Pete Suder (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/26 - New York (N) gets p Tommy Hughes (25 yrs old, 15-9, 3.72 era, 191.1 ip, 60 k), Washington gets lf Al Zarilla (25 yrs old, .239-2-19-3) and lf Ed Mierkowicz (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/27 - St.Louis (N) gets p Earl Henry (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets lf Hersh Martin (35 yrs old, .314-9-55-6)
12/15 - New York (A) gets p Bill Butland (26 yrs old, 20-8, 4.49 era, 210.2 ip, 112 k), Cincinnati gets c Al Evans (28 yrs old, .245-0-6-0)
12/31 - Washington gets p Ed Lopat (26 yrs old, 18-10, 2.87 era, 244.2 ip, 89 k) and c Milt Welch (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets 2b Jerry Priddy (25 yrs old, .303-10-90-3)
01/14 - Pittsburgh gets p Bill Bevens (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets lf Danny Litwhiler (28 yrs old, .281-10-57-3)
02/16 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jesse Flores (30 yrs old, 13-17, 4.48 era, 261.0 ip, 89 k), Boston (A) gets rf Buddy Blattner (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
02/16 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Joe Page (27 yrs old, 4-2, 7 sv, 4.05 era, 53.1 ip, 32 k), Boston (N) gets Johnny Barrett (29 yrs old, .241-5-50-30) and c George Yankowski (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
Major Retirements
2b Johnny Hodapp, age 39 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .302 with 11 homers, 99 rbi and 1 sb in 141 games.
.279 avg, 2354 g, 8675 ab, 1112 r, 2417 h, 63 hr, 969 rbi, 54 sb, .374 slg
sp Milt Shoffner, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he compiled a 14-9 record with a 2.69 era and 88 k in 224.1 innings.
3.57 era, 75-77, 252 g, 1228.2 ip, 407 k, 403 bb, 28 sv
rf Bob Seeds, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .305 with 13 homers, 54 rbi and 0 sb in 118 games.
.259 avg, 961 g, 2640 ab, 324 r, 685 h, 47 hr, 277 rbi, 9 sb, .368 slg
ss Jimmy Adair, age 37 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he batted .310 with 4 homers, 33 rbi and 7 sb in 112 games.
.259 avg, 1329 g, 2931 ab, 339 r, 760 h, 25 hr, 328 rbi, 30 sb, .343 slg
rf Gene Moore, age 35 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he batted .322 with 7 homers, 66 rbi and 8 sb in 131 games.
.276 avg, 1463 g, 4997 ab, 735 r, 1380 h, 82 hr, 668 rbi, 56 sb, .406 slg
rf Pete Fox, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .301 with 10 homers, 67 rbi and 22 sb in 142 games.
.291 avg, 963 g, 2902 ab, 415 r, 845 h, 35 hr, 377 rbik, 93 sb, .414 slg
cf Bobby Estalella, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he batted .265 with 10 homers, 61 rbi and 5 sb in 141 games.
.258 avg, 1203 g, 4015 ab, 540 r, 1034 h, 58 hr, 496 rbi, 26 sb, .369 slg
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Pittsburgh Ralph Kiner,lf Grady Hatton,3b Les Moss,c Marv Grissom,p Clarence Maddern,lf
New York (A) Ellis Kinder,p Monte Kennedy,p Joe Garagiola,c Russ Meyer,p Bob Usher,cf
Detroit Bill McCahan,p Harry Taylor,p Al Tate,p Frank Hiller,p Tommy Neill,lf
Boston (A) Bill Wight,p Ed Bahr,p Gus Niarhos,c Eddie Bockman,3b Junior Walsh,p
St.Louis (N) Bob Kuzava,p Doyle Lade,p Dick Koecher,p Paul Lehner,cf Woody Abernathy,p
Chicago (A) Vic Raschi,p Sheldon Jones,p Chet Johnson,p Paul Minner,p Mickey Grasso,c
Philadelphia (N) Yogi Berra,c Alvin Dark,ss Cuddles Marshall,p Nippy Jones,1b Clayton Lambert,p
Chicago (N) Carl Furillo,cf Dale Mitchell,lf Ralph Hamner,p John O'Neil,ss Hank Schenz,2b
Boston (N) Del Ennis,lf Bobby Brown,3b Bill Rigney,2b Gene Handley,2b Glen Moulder,p
Cleveland Bobby Thomson,cf Bruce Edwards,c Bobby Adams,2b Dick Whitman,cf Herb Karpel,p
New York (N) Bob Dillinger,3b Johnny Groth,cf Steve Souchock,1b Lee Griffeth,p Eddie McGah,c
Brooklyn Ted Gray,p Ralph McCabe,p Jake Caulfield,ss Hank Behrman,p Bob Ramazzotti,3b
St.Louis (A) Lou Possehl,p Eli Hodkey,p Gil Coan,lf Del Wilber,c Pat Cooper,p
Washington Lou Kretlow,p Jack Graham,rf Fred Martin,p Eddie Pellagrini,ss Earl Reid,p
Philadelphia (A) Joe Hatten,p Dick Sisler,1b Karl Drews,p Red Adams,p Mel Deutsch,p
Cincinnati Sherm Lollar,c Jim Hopper,p Ferrell Anderson,c Ralph Weigel,c Ray Flanigan,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Pittsburgh Jean-Pierre Roy,p Ernie Andres,3b
New York (A) Lee Howard,p Ben Guintini,rf
Detroit John Carden,p George Bradley,cf
Boston (A) Anse Moore,lf Ray Goolsby,lf
St.Louis (N) Jerry Witte,1b Joe Tepsic,lf
Chicago (A) George Burpo,p Bill Endicott,lf
Philadelphia (N) Dick Lajeskie,2b Joe Smaza,rf
Chicago (N) Mike Budnick,p Garland Lawing,lf
Boston (N) Frank Whitman,ss Cecil Garriott,1b
Cleveland Jackie Price,ss John Corriden,1b
New York (N) Ray Shore,p Otis Davis,1b
Brooklyn Jess Pike,cf
St.Louis (A) Bob Brady,c
Washington George Armstrong,c
Philadelphia (A) Ted Pawelek,c
Cincinnati Jim Gladd,c