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AL Most Valuable Player
Stan Musial, Chicago (A)
149 g, 598 ab, 110 r, 209 h, 37 2b, 5 3b, 34 hr, 119 rbi, 358 tb, 76 bb, 37 k, 6 sb, 3 cs, .349 avg, .422 obp, .599 slg

NL Most Valuable Player
Ted Williams, Brooklyn
115 g, 410 ab, 119 r, 151 h, 25 2b, 5 3b, 37 hr, 92 rbi, 297 tb, 116 bb, 26 k, 11 sb, 2 cs, .368 avg, .509 obp, .724 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Ewell Blackwell, Chicago (A)
22-12, 0 sv, 3.59 era, 36 g, 36 gs, 301.0 ip, 280 ha, 140 r, 120 er, 21 hr, 128 bb, 242 k, 1.36 whip, .246 oavg)

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Hal Newhouser, Brooklyn
16-5, 0 sv, 2.85 era, 23 g, 23 gs, 189.2 ip, 168 ha, 65 r, 60 er, 6 hr, 82 bb, 92 k, 1.32 whip, .240 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Cliff Chambers, Boston (A)
19-10, 0 sv, 3.64 era, 34 g, 34 gs, 254.1 ip, 236 ha, 130 r, 103 er, 13 hr, 103 bb, 132 k, 1.33 whip, .244 oavg

NL Rookie of the Year
Roy Campanella, New York (N)
132 g, 513 ab, 97 r, 143 h, 23 2b, 4 3b, 28 hr, 97 rbi, 258 tb, 78 bb, 47 k, 1 sb, 3 cs, .279 avg, .375 obp, .503 slg



Milestones & Achievements
4/29
- Peanuts Lowrey goes 6-7
6/05 - Don Padget collects cycle. This is the first time that the cycle has been hit and the 89th time in history.
6/08 - Joe DiMaggio scores 1000th run
6/20 - Ron Northey hits for the cycle. This is the second time for the cycle and the 90th time in history.
7/05 - George McQuinn hits cycle. This is the third time that the cycle has been struck and the 91st time in history.
7/29 - Johnny Mize collects hit number 2000
7/31 - Jeff Heath drives in 1000th run
8/22 - 200 wins for Mel Harder
8/28 - Arky Vaughan scores 1500th run
9/23 - Bill Dickey gets hit number 3000


Trades
3/25
- Cleveland gets p Russ Christopher (30 yrs old, 2-0, 5 sv, 2.76 era, 16.1 ip, 9 k), Boston (N) gets ss Hank Majewski (31 yrs old, .276-7-58-4)
4/10 - New York (N) gets p Jim Konstanty (31 yrs old, 1-0, 4.26 era, 6.1 ip, 4 k), Boston (A) gets lf Barney McCosky (30 yrs old, .327-0-21-1)
5/06 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Early Wynn (28 yrs old, 10-14, 5.63 era, 199.2 ip, 68 k), Cleveland gets lf Bill Nicholson (33 yrs old, .283-16-63-1)
6/15 - Boston (A) gets ss Sibby Sisti (27 yrs old, .276-4-47-1) and ss Billy DeMars (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets lf Milt Byrnes (31 yrs old, .320-5-46-0)
6/15 - Philadelphia (N) gets lf Goody Rosen (35 yrs old, .288-4-31-3), New York (N) gets 3b Frankie Gustine (28 yrs old, .243-1-44-2)
6/17 - Boston (A) gets 1b Hank Greenberg (37 yrs old, .235-29-87-2), Brooklyn gets c Bill Dickey (41 yrs old, .257-5-33-0)
6/17 - St.Louis (N) gets p Joe Orrell (31 yrs old, 4-0, 3 sv, 3.40 era, 82.0 ip, 18 k), Chicago (A) gets 3b Danny Murtaugh (30 yrs old, .278-3-32-2) and lf Joe Tepsic (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/08 - Chicago (N) gets rf Les Fleming (32 yrs old, .236-4-33-3) and c Len Okrie (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets 3b Buddy Lewis (31 yrs old, .287-5-47-1)
7/15 - Pittsburgh gets p Virgil Trucks (31 yrs old, 12-10, 5.43 era, 192.1 ip, 103 k), Chicago (N) gets lf Hank Bauer (25 yrs old, .267-15-62-0)
7/24 - Brooklyn gets 1b Jack Phillips (26 yrs old, .273-2-22-1), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Spider Jorgensen (28 yrs old, .301-3-43-1)
7/26 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Johnny Rigney (33 yrs old, 11-13, 4.96 era, 226.2 ip, 71 k), Cincinnati gets lf Culley Rikard (34 yrs old, .311-4-25-1)
7/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Joe Dobson (31 yrs old, 13-14, 4.79 era, 244.1 ip, 97 k), Boston (N) gets lf Dale Mitchell (26 yrs old, .327-3-41-2)
7/28 - Cincinnati gets p Sam Lowry (28 yrs old, 2-5, 3 sv, 5.23 era, 75.2 ip, 36 k), Chicago (N) gets lf Danny Litwhiler (31 yrs old, .294-8-57-1)
7/30 - St.Louis (N) gets p Rankin Johnson (31 yrs old, 1-1, 1 sv, 3.76 era, 26.1 ip, 12 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Pat Seerey (25 yrs old, .215-11-49-0) and rf Hal Bamberger (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/30 - Chicago (A) gets p Johnny Schmitz (27 yrs old, 16-11, 3.59 era, 238.0 ip, 103 k), New York (A) gets ss Ray Boone (25 yrs old, .245-4-32-0) and cf Pete Milne (23 yrs old, .200-0-0-0)
7/30 - Cincinnati gets p Paul Minner (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (A) gets lf Johnny Lindell (31 yrs old, .270-8-56-0)
9/06 - Detroit gets p Hal White (29 yrs old, 4-3, 3 sv, 4.73 era, 45.2 ip, 19 k) and 2b Jay Difani (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 2b Bobby Wilkins (26 yrs old, .236-5-37-0)
9/06 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Bob Porterfield (25 yrs old, 10-10, 4.21 era, 188.1 ip, 84 k), Cincinnati gets cf Tommy Holmes (31 yrs old, .323-7-86-3)
9/19 - Detroit gets p Monte Kennedy (26 yrs old, 3-5, 4.69 era, 86.1 ip, 37 k), Cincinnati gets c Aaron Robinson (33 yrs old, .258-10-49-2)
9/21 - New York (N) gets cf Hoot Evers (27 yrs old, .239-3-24-2), Chicago (N) gets c Joe Astroth (26 yrs old, .271-4-26-2)
9/25 - New York (N) gets cf Sam Chapman (32 yrs old, .265-15-78-6), Washington gets p Clyde Shoun (36 yrs old, 4-4, 3 sv, 4.40 era, 77.2 ip, 33 k)
9/30 - Washington gets p Joe Coleman (26 yrs old, 10-14, 3.36 era, 219.2 ip, 83 k), Boston (A) gets lf Cliff Aberson (27 yrs old, .262-2-9-1)



MLB Records
There were no records set or tied in either the AL or the NL.



Major Free Agents

Walker Cooper, c
Sherry Robertson, 2b
Jerry Priddy, 2b
Pee Wee Reese, ss
Eddie Joost, ss
Phil Rizzuto, ss
Dick Wakefield, lf
Al Zarilla, lf
Bob Elliott, cf

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