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AL Most Valuable Player
Stan Musial, Chicago (A)
143 g, 564 ab, 104 r, 187 h, 32 2b, 7 3b, 20 hr, 81 rbi, 293 tb, 84 bb, 28 k, 21 sb, 4 cs, .332 avg, .419 obp, .520 slg

NL Most Valuable Player
Ted Williams, Brooklyn
148 g, 510 ab, 127 r, 157 h, 34 2b, 10 3b, 43 hr, 115 rbi, 340 tb, 163 bb, 57 k, 4 sb, 1 cs, .308 avg, .476 obp, .667 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Arnold Carter, New York (A)
18-9, 0 sv, 2.89 era, 35 g, 35 gs, 292.1 ip, 281 ha, 117 r, 94 er, 7 hr, 96 bb, 88 k, 1.29 whip, .252 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Claude Passeau, Cincinnati
21-9, 0 sv, 2.59 era, 34 g, 34 gs, 288.1 ip, 261 ha, 108 r, 83 er, 6 hr, 126 bb, 109 k, 1.34 whip, .243 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Wally Westlake, Chicago (A)
147 g, 559 ab, 75 r, 147 h, 19 2b, 7 3b, 25 hr, 93 rbi, 255 tb, 29 bb, 90 k, 0 sb, 0 cs, .263 avg, .302 obp, .456 slg

NL Rookie of the Year
Spider Jorgensen, Brooklyn
140 g, 488 ab, 75 r, 133 h, 30 2b, 12 3b, 11 hr, 72 rbi, 220 tb, 70 bb, 52 k, 3 sb, 3 cs, .273 avg, .360 obp, .451 slg



Milestones & Achievments
5/03
- Ernie Lombardi scores 1000th run
5/26 - Luke Appling collects hit number 2000
5/30 - Joe DiMaggio gets 1000th RBI
6/08 - Jimmy Grant swats 6 hits
6/21 - Ted Williams scores 1000th run
7/01 - Johnny Mize scores 1000th run
7/24 - Vic Lombardi hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 24th in history.
7/24 - Hank Greenberg tets hit number 2000
7/30 - Phil Weintraub scores 1000th run
8/25 - Ted Williams hits home run #300
8/28 - Tommy Henrich goes cycling. This is the first time this season that the cycle has been struck and the 86th time in history.
9/02 - Aaron Robinson hits for the cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle to be hit and the 87th time in history.
9/19 - Bill Drescher belts 6 hits
9/28 - Joe DiMaggio wallops 3 HRs



Trades
6/04
- Cincinnati gets 3b Lou Boudreau (28 yrs old, .279-5-96-10), Chicago (A) gets p Jumbo Brown (39 yrs old, 3-9, 6 sv, 4.55 era, 91.0 ip, 53 k)
6/08 - Chicago (N) gets p Gordon Maltzberger (33 yrs old, 0-1, 1 sv, 4.14 era, 45.2 era, 19 k) and 3b Bob Rothel (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 3b Nap Reyes (26 yrs old, .304-3-35-0)
6/10 - New York (A) gets 1b Gene Corbett (32 yrs old, .244-8-31-0), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Culley Rikard (32 yrs old, .244-10-37-2)
6/12 - New York (N) gets 3b Joe Gantenbein (29 yrs old, .229-5-24-0), Washington gets lf Guy Cartwright (33 yrs old, .246-0-18-0) and cf Johnny Groth (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/17 - Boston (A) gets Harry Brecheen (31 yrs old, 13-15, 3.08 era, 257.0 ip, 131 k), Chicago (A) gets c Mickey Owen (30 yrs old, .269-3-35-2)
7/17 - Brooklyn gets p Bob Muncrief (30 yrs old, 12-16, 4.82 era, 235.1 ip, 91 k), New York (N) gets 2b Joe Gordon (31 yrs old, .251-15-42-0)
7/20 - New York (A) gets p Preacher Roe (31 yrs old, 13-15, 4.02 era, 248.1 ip, 189 k), Cleveland gets 2b Frankie Gustine (26 yrs old, .253-10-56-3)
7/26 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Red Embree (28 yrs old, 15-16, 5.35 era, 227.0 ip, 115 k), New York (A) gets 3b John Sullivan (25 yrs old, .239-5-43-7)
8/25 - Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Frank McCormick (35 yrs old, .324-4-30-0) and ss Frankie Zak (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Arky Vaughan (34 yrs old, .267-6-39-3)



Records Set or Tied
There were no records set nor tied in either the AL or NL.



Free Agency

Major Free Agents

Hal Newhouser, sp
Ray Prim, sp
Walker Cooper, c
Hank Majeski, ss
Bud Stewart, ss
Bob Elliott, cf
Pete Reiser, cf
Pat Mullin, rf
Goody Rosen, rf
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