Announcements
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Free Agency
The major free agents:
Al Hollingsworth, sp - Signed a 2-year, $302,780 contract with St.Louis (N)
Claude Passeau, sp - Signed a 2-year, $424,860 contract with Cincinnati
Warren Spahn, sp - Signed a 2-year, $31,170 contract with Chicago (A)
Bill Dickey, c - Signed a 2-year, $333,240 contract with Pittsburgh
Ed Connolly, c - Signed a 2-year, $119,280 contract with New York (N)
George Myatt, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $523,620 contract with Boston (A)
Frankie Gustine, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $28,810 contract with New York (A)
Bob Elliott, 3b - Signed a 1-year, $26,710 contract with St.Louis (A)
Tommy Henrich, lf - Signed a 3-year, $255,900 contract with New York (N)
Taffy Wright, lf - Signed a 3-year, $419,100 contract with Cincinnati
Dom DiMaggio, cf - Signed a 5-year, $1,463,120 contract with Detroit
Trades
10/13 - Cincinnati gets c Dewey Williams (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Brooklyn gets rf Gene Hermanski (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and 3b Jodie Beeler (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/15 - New York (N) gets c Ken O'Dea (32 yrs old, .214-7-54-3), Cleveland gets lf Jim Russell (27 yrs old, .236-10-91-25)
10/15 - Boston (N) gets lf Danny Gardella (25 yrs old, .305-33-88-5), Chicago (N) gets 3b Billy Johnson (27 yrs old, .274-10-50-0)
10/15 - Boston (N) gets p Steve Gromek (25 yrs old, 11-17, 5.17 era, 262.2 ip, 137 k), Detroit gets 3b Cookie Lavagetto (32 yrs old, .186-2-13-1)
10/15 - Chicago (A) gets p Ken Gables (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets 1b Eddie Waitkus (26 yrs old, .312-5-57-2)
10/31 - New York (N) gets p Jesse Flores (30 yrs old, 7-11, 4.34 era, 234.1 ip, 74 k) and c Joe Astroth (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets c Paul Gillespie (25 yrs old, .268-4-41-1)
11/04 - Cleveland gets 3b Hank Majeski (28 yrs old, .286-0-7-0), Philadelphia (A) gets lf George Binks (29 yrs old, .192-1-9-1)
11/04 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Bill Voiselle (26 yrs old, 4-9, 4.26 era, 135.1 ip, 60 k), New York (A) gets 1b Heinz Becker (30 yrs old, .289-3-30-0)
11/04 - Boston (N) gets p Paul Derringer (39 yrs old, 19-12, 3.49 era, 260.2 ip, 96 k), Pittsburgh gets c Babe Phelps (37 yrs old, .256-4-28-4) and c George Yankowski (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/04 - Boston (N) gets p Hal Manders (28 yrs old, 0-0, 16.21 era, 1.2 ip, 2 k), New York (A) gets 1b Vance Dinges (30 yrs old, .333-0-0-0)
11/05 - Chicago (A) gets p Charlie Gassaway (27 yrs old, 14-12, 4.16 era, 240.0 ip, 117 k) and c Milt Welch (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 2b Joe Wood (26 yrs old, .311-6-51-8)
11/05 - Cleveland gets p Ellis Kinder (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets 2b Lou Stringer (28 yrs old, .214-3-26-0)
11/15 - Boston (A) gets p Ed Lopat (27 yrs old, 13-16, 3.78 era, 261.2 ip, 127 k), Washington gets rf Hal Peck (28 yrs old, .248-2-18-1) and c Gus Niarhos (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/17 - New York (N) gets p Tommy de la Cruz (34 yrs old, 19-13, 3.80 era, 286.2 ip, 120 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b George McQuinn (35 yrs old, .242-3-25-1)
11/17 - Chicago (N) gets p Mack Stewart (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets rf Johnny Lazor (33 yrs old, .083-1-1-0)
11/24 - Boston (N) gets p Joe Beggs (35 yrs old, 5-6, 9 sv, 3.23 era, 64.0 ip, 16 k), Cleveland gets 2b Pete Coscarart (32 yrs old, .255-5-37-0)
11/24 - Brooklyn gets p Sid Peterson (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets lf Danny Litwhiler (29 yrs old, .299-10-34-0)
11/25 - Chicago (N) gets p Johnny Sain (28 yrs old, 0-0, 7.72 era, 2.1 ip, 2 k) and c George Yankowski (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets c Clyde Kluttz (27 yrs old, .277-3-47-0)
12/31 - New York (N) gets p Joe Page (28 yrs old, 3-9, 5.02 era, 114.2 ip, 62 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Sam Chapman (29 yrs old, .206-6-25-0) and cf Gene Crumling (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/09 - Boston (N) gets p Clyde Shoun (33 yrs old, 3-3, 10 sv, 3.06 era, 50.0 ip, 23 k), Washington gets rf Johnny Barrett (30 yrs old, .295-5-29-10)
01/24 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Mel Harder (36 yrs old, 10-11, 3.66 era, 206.1 ip, 63 k), Cincinnati gets rf Johnny Lindell (29 yrs old, .258-6-44-6) and 2b Dick Lajeskie (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
01/31 - Boston (N) gets p Dewey Adkins (27 yrs old, 0-0, 1 sv, 4.15 era, 52.0 ip, 17 k), Cleveland gets 2b Mickey Witek (30 yrs old, .275-12-57-2)
02/07 - Cleveland gets p Dave Koslo (25 yrs old, 6-6, 4.38 era, 102.2 ip, 39 k), Cincinnati gets cf Thurman Tucker (28 yrs old, .254-1-44-19)
Major Retirements
1b Joe Cronin, age 39 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .341 with 23 HRs, 93 RBIs and 15 sb in 139 games.
.275 avg, 2173 g, 7499 ab, 1089 r, 2065 h, 170 hr, 1069 rbi, 90 sb, .422 slg
ss Joe Mowry, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .263 with 7 HRs, 60 RBIs and 1 sb in 127 games.
.250 avg, 657 g, 1498 ab, 170 r, 375 h, 19 hr, 188 rbi, 2 sb, .360 slg
cf Jack Rothrock, age 40 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1930 when he batted .309 with 4 HRs, 53 RBIs and 13 sb in 144 games.
.264 avg, 2119 g, 6063 ab, 748 r, 1600 h, 50 hr, 683 rbi, 114 sb, .361 slg
sp Lefty Gomez, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he compiled a 20-13 record with a 2.88 era and 217 strikeouts in 296.2 innings.
3.55 era, 165-136, 369 g, 2789.0 ip, 1847 k, 1184 bb, 6 sv
2b Les Mallon, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .293 with 3 HRs, 43 RBIs and 2 sb in 118 games.
.260 avg, 1200 g, 2539 ab, 269 r, 660 h, 16 hr, 268 rbi,k 7 sb, .346 slg
sp Joe Bowman, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he compiled a 16-15 record with a 3.49 era and 94 strikeouts in 263.0 innings.
3.96 era, 93-89, 269 g, 1635.1 ip, 485 k, 584 bb, 3 sv
sp Lee Grissom, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he compiled a 24-9 record with a 3.50 era and 115 strikeouts in 269.2 innings.
3.74 era, 132-91, 301 g, 2036.2 ip, 1110 k, 883 bb, 2 sv
rf Frenchy Uhalt, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .339 with 3 HRs, 10 RBI and 3 sb in 56 games.
.253 avg, 484 g, 704 ab, 81 r, 178 h, 8 hr, 92 rbi, 26 sb, .357 slg
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Philadelphia (N) Curt Simmons,p Earl Torgeson,1b Jack Phillips,1b Virgil Stallcup,ss Steve Nagy,p
Cleveland Larry Jansen,p Lou Brissie,p Joe Frazier,rf Joe Lafata,1b Ken Johnson,p
Boston (N) Duke Snider,cf Jim Hearn,p Sal Yvars,c Ralph LaPointe,ss Willie Ramsdell,p
St.Louis (N) Al Rosen,3b Spec Shea,p Allie Clark,rf Junior Wooten,cf Les Willis,p
New York (A) Jackie Robinson,2b Billy Goodman,1b Chuck Diering,cf Harry Dorish,p Buzz Dozier,p
Detroit Harry Perkowski,p Clint Hartung,p Sam Dente,ss Scott Cary,p Willard Brown,rf
Cincinnati Larry Doby,cf Marv Rackley,cf Gerry Staley,p Chuck Kress,1b Glenn Elliott,p
Washington Mel Parnell,p Tommy Fine,p Cliff Aberson,lf Mario Picone,p Eddie Erautt,p
Chicago (N) Hank Thompson,2b Frank Baumholtz,rf Dixie Howell,c Hub Andrews,p Dick Adams,1b
St.Louis (A) Vic Wertz,rf Nellie Fox,2b Bobby Rhawn,3b Merl Combs,3b Bryan Stephens,p
Philadelphia (A) Ted Kluszewski,1b Buddy Lively,p Ray Coleman,rf Jack Banta,p Bernie Creger,ss
Pittsburgh Ferris Fain,1b Wes Westrum,c Lloyd Gearhart,cf Al Widmar,p Cal Elmer,2b
Boston (A) Gene Bearden,p Matt Batts,c Ralph Houk,c Johnny Van Cuyk,p Dan Bankhead,p
Brooklyn Willie Jones,3b Spider Jorgensen,3b Jack Albright,ss Lyman Linde,p Perry Currin,ss
New York (N) Don Johnson,p Sam Mele,rf Pete Castiglione,3b Ed Chandler,p Sal Madrid,ss
Chicago (A) Wally Westlake,rf Jack Lohrke,3b Chuck Stobbs,p Dick Starr,p Walter Brown,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Philadelphia (N) Austin Knickerbocker,rf Hal Toenes,p
Cleveland Leslie Aulds,c Rugger Ardizoia,p
Boston (N) Ed Lyons,2b
St.Louis (N) Strick Shofner,3b
New York (A) Pete Gebrian,p
Detroit Bill Ayers,p
Cincinnati Mickey Rutner,3b
Washington Jesse Levan,lf
Chicago (N) Bud Swartz,p
St.Louis (A) Ken Polivka,p
Philadelphia (A) Cot Deal,p
Pittsburgh Phil Haugstad,p
Boston (A) Tom Kirk,1b
Brooklyn Ernest Groth,p
New York (N) Mike Schultz,p
Chicago (A) Homer Spragins,p