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Free Agency
Major Free Agents
Walker Cooper, c - Signed a 4-year, $697,330 contract with St.Louis (A)
Sherry Robertson, 2b - Signed a 6-year, $1,963,540 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Jerry Priddy, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $46,200 contract with Detroit
Pee Wee Reese, ss - Signed a 2-year, $154,860 contract with St.Louis (A)
Eddie Joost, ss - Signed a 3-year, $624,900 contract with Washington
Phil Rizzuto, ss - Signed a 5-year, $284,360 contract with Cleveland
Dick Wakefield, lf - Signed a 3-year, $367,020 contract with Pittsburgh
Al Zarilla, lf - Signed a 3-year, $301,560 contract with Washington
Bob Elliott, cf - Signed a 3-year, $1,318,410 contract with Chicago (A)
Trades
10/16 - Brooklyn gets 1b Dick Sisler (27 yrs old, .327-4-14-1), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Bill Howerton (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/16 - Philadelphia (A) gets rf Wally Westlake (27 yrs old, .240-13-54-1), Cincinnati gets 2b Pete Suder (32 yrs old, .241-4-24-0)
10/17 - Chicago (A) gets 2b Bobby Adams (26 yrs old, .271-6-46-13), Cleveland gets c Mickey Grasso (28 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/23 - Cleveland gets p Joe Orrell (31 yrs old, 4-0, 3 sv, 3.40 era, 82.0 ip, 18 k), St.Louis (N) gets lf Gus Zarnial (25 yrs old, .250-0-3-0)
10/26 - Boston (N) gets 1b Walt Dropo (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Dale Mitchell (27 yrs old, .327-3-41-2)
10/31 - Washington gets p Joe Ostrowski (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (N) gets 3b Ken Keltner (32 yrs old, .242-11-77-5)
10/31 - Pittsburgh gets p Sam Zoldak (29 yrs old, 7-7, 2 sv, 4.09 era, 114,1 ip, 20 k) and ss Jim Baumer (17 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Detroit gets 2b Connie Ryan (28 yrs old, .256-4-45-2)
11/01 - Boston (N) gets p Bobby Hogue (27 yrs old, 4-6, 16 sv, 4.91 era, 51.1 ip, 24 k), Cincinnati gets 1b Hank Arft (26 yrs old, .256-7-27-3)
11/04 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Pat McGlothin (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and ss Rudy Rufer (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets rf Ray Coleman (26 yrs old, .289-0-7-0)
11/12 - Boston (A) gets cf Goody Rosen (36 yrs old, .288-4-31-3), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Barney McCosky (31 yrs old, .349-1-61-1)
11/21 - Boston (N) gets p Ken Raffensberger (31 yrs old, 14-16, 4.30 era, 255.1 ip, 82 k), Chicago (N) gets lf Gene Woodling (26 yrs old, .259-1-17-0)
11/21 - Cleveland gets p Vic Raschi (29 yrs old, 12-7, 3.10 era, 153.2 ip, 80 k), Chicago (A) gets c Bruce Edwards (25 yrs old, .312-16-79-7)
11/21 - Chicago (N) gets p Jim Prendergast (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Eddie Kazak (28 yrs old, .253-7-39-2)
11/26 - St.Louis (A) gets p Joe Dobson (31 yrs old, 13-14, 4.78 era, 242.2 ip, 96 k), Chicago (N) gets lf Charlie Keller (32 yrs old, .288-11-71-2)
11/26 - New York (A) gets p Red Peery (42 yrs old, 4-2, 2 sv, 3.53 era, 63.2 ip, 15 k), Boston (A) gets ss Luke Appling (41 yrs old, .327-2-25-5)
11/28 - Brooklyn gets p Lee Howard (25 yrs old, 3-3, 3 sv, 4.60 era, 58.2 ip, 31 k), New York (A) gets rf Roy Weatherly (33 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/28 - Chicago (N) gets p Bob Kuzava (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets rf Hank Bauer (26 yrs old, .267-15-62-0)
11/29 - New York (A) gets p Dutch Dietz (36 yrs old, 4-7, 12 sv, 6.12 era, 42.2 ip, 15 k) and lf Ed Mierkowicz (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets ss Jake Caulfield (31 yrs old, .253-3-20-0)
12/05 - Cincinnati gets p Early Wynn (28 yrs old, 10-14, 5.63 era, 199.2 ip, 68 k), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Tommy Holmes (31 yrs old, .323-7-86-3)
12/19 - St.Louis (A) gets p Max Lanier (33 yrs old, 16-7, 3.64 era, 219.0 ip, 104 k), Brooklyn gets ss Bud Stewart (32 yrs old, .304-15-70-10)
12/26 - Brooklyn gets p Bob Porterfield (25 yrs old, 10-10, 4.21 era, 188.1 ip, 84 k), Philadelphia (N) gets ss Alvin Dark (26 yrs old, .266-6-60-3)
12/26 - New York (N) gets p Jesse Flores (34 yrs old, 12-15, 5.13 era, 231,2 ip, 83 k), St.Louis (N) gets cf Hoot Evers (27 yrs old, .239-3-24-2)
12/30 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jim Konstanty (31 yrs old, 8-3, 3 sv, 6.24 era, 70.2 ip, 45 k), New York (N) gets 2b Bill Rigney (30 yrs old, .232-8-41-2)
12/30 - Brooklyn gets p Joe Callahan (32 yrs old, 9-4, 5 sv, 2.73 era, 95.2 ip, 57 k), St.Louis (A) gets 1b Jack Phillips (27 yrs old, .274-2-22-1)
01/16 - Cleveland gets p Paul Minner (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Cincinnati gets cf Bobby Thomson (25 yrs old, .239-18-62-1)
02/10 - New York (N) gets p Joe Page (31 yrs old, 3-2, 5 sv, 3.77 era, 98.0 ip, 78 k), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Bob Dillinger (30 yrs old, .283-1-63-26)
Major Retirements
sp Si Johnson, age 42 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he compiled a 16-13 record with a 3.15 era and 108 k in 286.0 innings.
3.66 era, 187-147, 536 g, 3111.1 ip, 1072 k, 1070 bb, 21 sv
mr Benny Frey, age 42 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he compiled a 13-16 record with a 4.49 era and 49 k in 268.2 innings.
3.96 era, 127-154, 716 g, 2186.2 ip, 396 k, 593 bb, 89 sv
cf Mel Almada, age 35 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1936 when he batted .305 with 6 homers, 56 rbi and 0 sb in 108 games.
.272 avg, 783 g, 1645 ab, 208 r, 447 h, 18 hr, 197 rbi, 35 sb, .370 slg
lf Fred Sington, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .291 with 5 homers, 48 rbi and 1 sb in 130 games.
.251 avg, 1451 g, 3667 ab, 503 r, 922 h, 45 hr, 432 rbi, 12 sb, .353 slg
c Tommy Heath, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he batted .274 with 3 homers, 16 rbi and 0 sb in 48 games.
.217 avg, 689 g, 1695 ab, 189 r, 368 h, 15 hr, 194 rbi, 8 sb, .313 slg
1b Nick Etten, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1940 when he batted .330 with 10 homers, 71 rbi and 10 sb in 139 games.
.282 avg, 1204 g, 3686 ab, 583 r, 1041 h, 99 hr, 516 rbi, 27 sb, .431 slg
2b George Meyer, age 39 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .294 with 6 homers, 71 rbi and 31 sb in 138 games.
.256 avg, 1041 g, 2764 ab, 348 r, 708 h, 32 hr, 315 rbi, 125 sb, .358 slg
sp Larry French, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1940 when he compiled a 19-13 record with a 2.48 era and 165 k in 293.2 innings.
3.63 era, 230-193, 561 g, 3840.2 ip, 1440 k, 1100 bb, 6 sv
sp Whit Wyatt, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he compiled an 18-12 record with a 2.92 era and 119 k in 284.0 innings.
4.30 era, 161-165, 554 g, 2931.1 ip, 1455 k, 1214 bb, 23 sv
c Babe Phelps, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1935 when he batted .383 with 16 hr, 94 rbi and 0 sb in 88 games.
.297 avg, 1773 g, 6333 ab, 949 r, 1878 h, 187 hr, 1073 rbi, 35 sb, .455 slg
sp Bucky Walters, age 39 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1940 when he compiled an 18-15 record with a 3.84 era and 128 k in 297.1 innings.
4.10 era, 161-151, 358 g, 2936.1 ip, 1057 k, 1284 bb, 0 sv
1b Harry Davis, age 40 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .320 with 1 homer, 41 rbi and 5 sb in 122 games.
.281 avg, 1336 g, 3572 ab, 569 r, 1005 h, 36 hr, 395 rbi, 80 sb, .393 slg
1b Phil Weintraub, age 41 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he batted .329 with 21 homers, 111 rbi and 5 sb in 151 games.
.293 avg, 1939 g, 6554 ab, 1055 r, 1920 h, 111 hr, 955 rbi, 51 sb, .415 slg
1b Frank McCormick, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .313 with 8 hr, 88 rbi and 2 sb in 146 games.
.298 avg, 1079 g, 3090 ab, 420 r, 921 h, 44 hr, 434 rbi, 11 sb, .411 slg
mr Hugh Casey, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he compiled a 16-12 record with a 3.73 era and 84 k in 219.2 innings.
4.09 era, 54-45, 350 g, 882.1 ip, 333 k, 391 bb, 44 sv
sp Al Hollingsworth, age 40 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1934 when he compiled a 12-14 record with a 3.08 era and 116 k in 260.0 innings.
3.76 era, 168-166, 410 g, 3076.1 ip, 1193 k, 1369 bb, 0 sv
c Don Padgett, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1938 when he batted .365 with 14 homers, 96 rbi and 1 sb in 142 games.
.302 avg, 1093 g, 3319 ab, 461 r, 1003 h, 64 hr, 472 rbi, 23 sb, .435 slg
sp Johnny Vander Meer, age 34 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he compiled a 20-15 record with a 3.37 era and 213 k in 299.0 innings.
3.60 era, 113-103, 265 g, 2019.1 innings. 1304 k, 1110 bb, 0 sv
3b Don Ross, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he batted .288 with 6 homers, 57 rbi and 2 sb in 130 games.
.254 avg, 824 g, 2345 ab, 268 r, 596 h, 16 hr, 262 rbi, 7 sb, .338 slg
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
New York (A) Whitey Ford,p Lou Sleater,p Wayne Belardi,1b Billy Loes,p Tom Upton,ss
Philadelphia (A) Connie Marrero,p Gus Bell,rf Sam Calderone,c Bob Addis,cf Tookie Gilbert,1b
Washington Vern Law,p Irv Noren,cf Roy Hartsfield,2b Luis Aloma,p Steve Ridzik,p
Philadelphia (N) Sandy Consuegra,p Jim Piersall,ss Harry Chiti,c Joe Landrum,p Ernie Nevel,p
Detroit Willard Nixon,p Charlie Maxwell,rf Frank House,c Rogelio Martinez,p Jim Bolger,lf
Chicago (N) Bob Hooper,p Chris Van Cuyk,p Billy Martin,2b Al Aber,p Murray Wall,p
St.Louis (N) Julio Moreno,p Danny O'Connell,ss Bill Sommers,3b Ernie Johnson,p Frank Smith,p
Cincinnati Johnny Klippstein,p Gus Keriazakos,p Hobie Landrith,c Dale Coogan,1b Paul Stuffel,p
New York (N) Jackie Jensen,rf Jim Busby,cf Carlos Pascual,p Jim McDonald,p Joe Erautt,c
Pittsburgh Joe Adcock,lf Al Sima,p Ray Herbert,p Jim Suchecki,p Steve Lembo,c
Cleveland Sam Jethroe,cf Jim Lemon,lf Ted Tappe,rf Jack Maguire,lf Johnny Kucab,p
Boston (N) Bubba Church,p Bill MacDonald,p Fred Hatfield,3b Bob Borkowski,cf Bill Pierro,p
Boston (A) Harry Byrd,p Chico Carrasquel,ss Don Bollweg,1b Leo Thomas,3b Moe Burtschy,p
Chicago (A) Tom Poholsky,p Bobby Morgan,3b Lew Burdette,p Ed McGhee,rf Dave Madison,p
Brooklyn Randy Jackson,3b George Strickland,ss Dick Donovan,p Dick Littlefield,p Gene Markland,2b
St.Louis (A) Don Lenhardt,lf Bill Wilson,cf Clem Labine,p Marv Blaylock,1b James Atkins,p
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
New York (A) Dick Manville,p Ed Miekelson,1b
Philadelphia (A) Joe Murray,p Hank Workman,1b
Washington Bob Rinker,c Andy Varga,p
Philadelphia (N) Sid Schacht,p Charlie Cuellar,p
Detroit Bob Ross,p Mal Mallette,p
Chicago (N) Normie Roy,p Bob Scherbarth,c
St.Louis (N) Walt Linden,c John Perkovich,p
Cincinnati Herb Conyers,1b Jack Brittin,p
New York (N) Dave Cole,p Gordie Mueller,p
Pittsburgh George Spencer,p
Cleveland George Genovese,1b
Boston (N) Jay Avrea,p
Boston (A) Joe Kirrene,3b
Chicago (A) Dick Rozek,p
Brooklyn Jim Romano,p
St.Louis (A) Fred Taylor,1b