Announcements
Cleveland - Announced that they will no longer be playing games in League Park and Cleveland Munincipal Stadium. They will now play all home games in Cleveland Munincipal Stadium.
Free Agency
Major Free Agents
Hal Newhouser,sp - Signed a 3-year, $1,314,270 contract with Brooklyn
Ray Prim,sp - Signed a 2-year, $516,140 contract with St.Louis (A)
Walker Cooper,c - Signed a 3-year, $493,510 contract with Chicago (A)
Hank Majeski,ss - Signed a 3-year, $974,900 contract with Cleveland
Bud Stewart,ss - Signed a 2-year, $114,720 contract with St.Louis (A)
Bob Elliott,cf - Signed a 2-year, $244,040 contract with St.Louis (A)
Pete Reiser,cf - Signed a 3-year, $230,200 contract with St.Louis (A)
Pat Mullin,rf - Signed a 4-year, $1,427,280 contract with New York (N)
Goody Rosen,rf - Signed a 3-year, $298,260 contract with New York (N)
Trades
10/02 - Boston (N) gets p Fred Caligiuri (27 yrs old, 8-9, 3 sv, 5.40 era, 101.2 ip, 63 k), Boston (A) gets lf Paul O'Dea (26 yrs old, .250-0-1-0)
10/13 - Detroit gets 1b Eddie Waitkus (27 yrs old, .264-1-10-0), New York (A) gets c Bob Scheffing (33 yrs old, .167-0-0-0)
10/16 - Pittsburgh gets 2b Connie Ryan (26 yrs old, .209-1-28-1), Detroit gets 1b Ferris Fain (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/17 - St.Louis (N) gets p Bob Gillespie (27 yrs old, 4-7, 4 sv, 3.98 era, 54.1 ip, 27 k), Washington gets rf Les Fleming (31 yrs old, .269-16-86-6) and 2b Tony Daniels (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/17 - New York (A) gets Doyle Lade (25 yrs old, 5-4, 2.37 era, 79.2 ip, 35 k), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Nap Reyes (26 yrs old, .304-3-35-0)
10/23 - Cincinnati gets c Billy Sullivan (36 yrs old, .259-3-43-3) and cf Johnny Groth (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets 2b Lonny Frey (36 rys old, .203-0-17-6)
10/29 - St.Louis (N) gets p Jesse Flores (31 yrs old, 11-16, 4.24 era, 237.2 ip, 98 k), New York (N) gets c Ray Lamanno (26 yrs old, .287-1-13-0)
10/29 - St.Louis (A) gets p Red Adams (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Eddie Stanky (30 yrs old, .255-1-35-8)
10/29 - Boston (N) gets p Earl Henry (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets 2b Danny Murtaugh (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/02 - Bostn (A) gets Frankie Hayes (32 yrs old, .146-1-5-1), Chicago (A) gets 1b Eddie Robinson (25 yrs old, .291-12-49-2)
11/02 - Washington gets cf Wally Judnich (29 yrs old, .225-1-7-0), Boston (N) gets 1b Babe Young (37 years old, .283-16-89-3)
11/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Nels Potter (35 yrs old, 9-17, 4.42 era, 234.1 ip, 125 k), St.Louis (A) gets cf Dave Philley (26 yrs old, .222-0-9-2)
11/02 - New York (A) gets c Buddy Rosar (32 yrs old, .235-1-22-0), Boston (N) gets 3b Ken Keltner (30 yrs old, .224-4-28-1)
11/03 - Chicago (A) gets p Bill Bevens (30 yrs old, 9-18, 3.93 era, 254.1 ip, 135 k), Pittsburgh gets 3b Dario Lodigiani (30 yrs old, .231-2-16-0)
11/04 - Chicago (N) gets p Tom Ferrick (31 yrs old, 1-3, 4 sv, 2.12 era, 51.0 ip, 36 k), Boston (A) gets 3b Billy Johnson (28 yrs old, .245-3-13-0)
11/07 - Cleveland gets p Dutch Dietz (34 yrs old, 6-1, 2 sv, 3.58 era, 37.2 ip, 13 k), Brooklyn gets 2b George Hausmann (30 yrs old, .272-1-11-1)
11/18 - St.Louis (A) gets p Red Munger (28 yrs old, 20-9, 3.51 era, 248.2 ip, 138 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Hank Sauer (29 yrs old, .217-2-5-0)
11/20 - Pittsburgh gets p Walt Lanfranconi (30 yrs old, 0-0, 3.00 era, 3.0 ip, 0 k), New York (N) gets c Clyde Kluttz (28 yrs old, .352-2-11-1)
11/20 - New York (N) gets p Bill Voiselle (27 yrs old, 15-15, 4.07 era, 252.0 ip, 140 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Don Richmond (27 yrs old, .217-7-38-0)
11/21 - Cincinnati gets p Dave Koslo (26 yrs old, 10-8, 3.20 era, 194.1 ip, 112 k), Cleveland gets rf Chet Laabs (34 yrs old, .216-10-25-3)
11/27 - Brooklyn gets p Max Lanier (31 yrs old, 13-12, 3.79 era, 244.2 ip, 154 k), Boston (A) gets ss Wally Flager (25 yrs old, .275-5-54-2)
11/29 - Boston (A) gets p Cy Buker (27 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Sherry Robertson (27 yrs old, .204-8-39-9)
12/02 - Brooklyn gets p Slim Emmerich (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets ss Eddie Miller (30 yrs old, .175-2-8-0)
12/18 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Dick Conger (25 yrs old, 4-11, 3.58 era, 156.0 ip, 63 k), Washington gets cf Sam Chapman (30 yrs old, .185-4-17-0)
12/24 - St.Louis (A) gets p Woddy Wheaton (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (N) gets ss Luke Appling (39 yrs old, .321-2-23-5)
CEI Retirements
rf Dixie Walker, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1945 when he batted .372 with 17 homers, 86 rbi and 18 sb in 121 games.
.304 avg, 1702 g, 6504 ab, 1028 r, 1978 nh, 153 hr, 973 rbi, 54 sb, .453 slg
Major Retirements
cf Dusty Cooke, age 39 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1932 when he batted .333 with 10 homers, 79 rbi and 9 sb in 144 games.
.277 avg, 1770 g, 5157 ab, 828 r, 1429 h, 81 hr, 675 rbi, 91 sb, .411 slg
3b Debs Garms, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .358 with 3 homers, 53 rbi and 2 sb in 106 games.
.290 avg, 1539 g, 5043 ab, 684 r, 1463 h, 40 hr, 557 rbi, 31 sb, .383 slg
lf Bob Johnson, age 40 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he batted .308 with 23 homers, 101 rbi and 10 sb in 131 games.
.262 avg, 1614 g, 5905 ab, 883 r, 1547 h, 186 hr, 914 rbi, 75 sb, .425 slg
sp Luke Hamlin, age 42 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he compiled a 17-16 record with a 3.45 era and 94 k in 282.0 innings.
4.26 era, 103-131, 286 g, 2081.2 ip, 746 k, 618 bb, 5 sv
ss Roy Hughes, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he batted .315 with 2 homers, 75 rbi and 9 sb in 144 games.
.275 avg, 906 g, 3074 ab, 431 r, 845 h, 10 hr, 322 rbi, 142 sb, .360 slg
rf Gibby Brack, age 38 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he batted .276 with 6 homers, 44 rbi and 4 sb in 110 games.
.252 avg, 1214 g, 3755 ab, 465 r, 945 h, 52 hr, 486 rbi, 66 sb, .373 slg
lf Hersh Martin, age 37 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he batted .314 with 9 homers, 55 rbi and 6 sb in 137 games.
.271 avg, 1065 g, 3160 ab, 403 r, 856 h, 40 hr, 405 rbi, 45 sb, .380 slg
sp Carl Hubbell, age 43 - 18 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame.. His best season was in 1929 when he compiled a 19-13 record with a 3.17 era and 122 k in 295.0 innings.
3.55 era, 280-209, 554 g, 4544.1 ip, 2088 k, 1000 bb, 2 sv
sp Lon Warneke, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he compiled a 24-9 record with a 2.96 era and 186 k in 313.1 innings.
4.02 era, 165-164, 426 g, 2999.1 ip, 1246 k, 932 bb, 5 sv
lf Lou Finney, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1942 when he batted .336 with 6 homers, 39 rbi and 4 sb in 100 games.
.284 avg, 1285 g, 3287 ab, 397 r, 935 h, 38 hr, 443 rbi, 25 sb, .390 slg
sp Vito Tamulis, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he compiled a 16-15 record with a 3.56 era and 122 k in 270.2 innings.
3.84 era, 103-89, 356 g, 1720.2 ip, 773 k, 576 bb, 25 sv
rf Earl Brown, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .287 with 6 homers, 58 rbi and 7 sb in 135 games.
.275 avg, 649 g, 1532 ab, 188 r, 421 h, 28 hr, 207 rbi, 15 sb, .386 slg
mr Johnny Lanning, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he compiled a 19-10 record with a 3.72 era and 98 k in 249.1 innings.
3.49 era, 52-42, 231 g, 902.1 ip, 287 k, 354 bb, 12 sv
First Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Chicago (N) Joe Ostrowski,p Dick Kokos,rf Eddie Kazak,3b Tom Wright,rf Joe Ginsberg,c
Philadelphia (N) Robin Roberts,p Ned Garver,p Roy Smalley,ss Woody Main,p Fred Bradley,p
New York (N) Roy Campanella,c Dutch McCall,p Hank Arft,1b Bubba Harris,p Neil Berry,2b
Washington Mike Garcia,p Bob Chesnes,p Johnny Blatnik,lf George Vico,1b Jim Goodwin,p
Cincinnati Bob Poerterfield,p Stan Lopata,c Bobby Hogue,p Hal Rice,lf Pete Milne,cf
New York (A) Carl Erskine,p Jocko Thompson,p Satchel Paige,p Johnny Antonelli,p Jack Harshman,1b
Cleveland Bob Rush,p Cliff Mapes,rf Pete Laydon,cf Herb Adams,cf Lefty Sloat,p
Chicago (A) Ray Boone,ss George Shuba,lf Hal Jeffcoat,cf Windy McCall,p Bobby Young,3b
Boston (A) Cliff Chambers,p Blackie Schwamb,p Ted Beard,cf Al Kozar,2b Walker Cress,p
Boston (N) Richie Ashburn,cf Joe Collins,1b Preston Ward,1b Les Layton,lf Ben Wade,p
Philadelphia (A) Warren Hacker,p Joe Tipton,c Charlie Silvera,c Jim Prendergast,p Earl Turner,c
St.Louis (A) Bill Kennedy,p Don Meuller,rf Ken Wood,rf Ray Murray,c Red Webb,p
St.Louis (N) Mickey McDermott,p Jim Delsing,cf Billy DeMars,ss Jerry Scala,cf Al Papai,p
Pittsburgh Hank Bauer,rf Carl Sawatski,c Rube Walker,c Len Okrie,c Jackie Mayo,lf
Detroit Vern Bickford,p Dick Weik,p Sammy Meeks,ss Forrest Thompson,p Carmen Mauro,rf
Brooklyn Alex Kellner,p Clint Conatser,cf Ed Fitz Gerald,c Don Carlsen,p Jim Blackburn,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Chicago (N) Howie Judson,p John Hall,p Neill Sheridan,1b
Philadelphia (N) Johnny Bero,2b Clarence Beers,p Jerry McCarthy,1b
New York (N) Marv Rotblatt,p Jim Clark,3b
Washington Larry Miggins,lf Cal Cooper,p
Cincinnati Don White,rf Mickey McGowan,p
New York (A) Ramon Garcia,p Grady Wilson,ss
Cleveland Johnny Bucha,c Dick Welteroth,p
Chicago (A) Al Porto,p Elmer Sexauer,p
Boston (A) Andy Anderson,ss Charlie Bicknell,p
Boston (N) Monty Basgall,2b Alex Konikowski,p
Philadelphia (A) Mike Palm,p Earle Brucker,c
St.Louis (A) Tony Jacobs,p Danny Lynch,2b
St.Louis (N) Paul Burris,c Hal Bamberger,rf
Pittsburgh Ray Yochim,p Jay Difani,2b
Detroit Lou Lombardo,p Angel Fleitas,ss
Brooklyn Lou Grasmick,p Bob Wellman,rf