Announcements
There were no new announcements from the teams.
Free Agency
Harry Brecheen, sp - Signed a 3-year, $820,500 contract with St.Louis (N)
Max Lanier, sp - Signed a 3-year, $839,760 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Fred Caliguiri, cl - Signed a 4-year, $1,477,720 contract with Chicago (A)
Johnny Johnson, cl - Unsigned
Hank Majeski, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $260,310 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Pee Wee Reese, ss - Signed a 3-year, $363,900 contract with Cleveland
Ted Williams, lf - Signed a 3-year, $769,660 contract with Brooklyn
Enos Slaughter, cf - Signed a 2-year, $703,340 contract with Cincinnati
Trades
10/14 - Cincinnati gets 1b Dee Fondy (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (A) gets cf Bobby Thomson (26 yrs old, .242-22-62-0)
10/14 - Chicago (N) gets p George Eyrich (25 yrs old, 3-2, 4 sv, 3.87 era, 88.1 ip, 29 k), Boston (A) gets c Don Wheeler (28 yrs old, .232-3-44-0)
10/15 - Cleveland gets p Joe Callahan (34 yrs old, 2-4, 2 sv, 5.10 era, 100.2 ip, 34 k) and 2b Willy Miranda (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/25 - New York (N) gets p Ken Raffensberger (33 yrs old, 17-6, 4.85 era, 234.0 ip, 108 k) and 1b Hank Workman (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Billy Hitchcock (34 yrs old, .269-1-22-0)
10/25 - Cincinnati gets p Johnny Rigney (35 yrs old, 13-15, 5.22 era, 236.1 ip, 102 k), New York (N) gets 2b Jerry Coleman (26 yrs old, .284-1-54-3)
10/26 - Detroit gets p Connie Marrero (39 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and lf Jim Lemon (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets c Clyde Kluttz (32 yrs old, .280-11-65-1) and c Frank House (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/30 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Harry Eisenstat (35 yrs old, 6-7, 20 sv, 5.05 era, 73.1 ip, 14 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Russ Sullivan (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/02 - Pittsburgh gets rf Frank Bromholtz (32 yrs old, .306-3-12-0), Chicago (N) gets 3b Billy Johnson (32 yrs old, .262-6-43-3)
11/02 - St.Louis (A) gets ss Ray Boone (27 yrs old, .263-10-44-4), New York (A) gets 3b Floyd Baker (34 yrs old, .232-1-30-4)
11/03 - Washington gets p Mike Modak (28 yrs old, 1-0, 5.68 era, 6.1 ip, 4 k), Detroit gets ss Jake Caulfield (32 yrs old, .267-4-19-1)
11/03 - Pittsburgh gets p Bill Wight (28 yrs old, 13-15, 3.75 era, 251.2 ip, 82 k), Boston (N) gets c Wes Westrum (27 yrs old, .216-21-64-4)
11/07 - Cincinnati gets p Lee Howard (26 yrs old, 0-0, 40.54 era, 0.2 ip, 1 k), Brooklyn gets c Stan Lopata (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/09 - St.Louis (A) gets 2b Red Schoendienst (27 yrs old, .318-4-51-6), Detroit gets lf Gil Coan (28 yrs old, .252-1-24-14)
11/09 - New York (N) gets p Gerry Staley (30 yrs old, 15-10, 4.09 era, 235.1 ip, 78 k), Cincinnati gets 3b Bill Rigney (32 yrs old, .263-9-46-1)
11/15 - Chicago (A) gets p Izzy Leon (39 yrs old, 0-0, 27.00 era, 1.0 ip, 0 k) and lf Dick Lane (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets 1b Eddie Waitkus (31 yrs old, .364-0-7-0)
11/22 - Chicago (A) gets p Don Grate (27 yrs old, 1-1, 3.51 era, 25.2 ip, 11 k), Philadelphia (A) gets ss Johnny Lipon (28 yrs old, .294-1-24-2)
11/23 - Detroit gets p Marlin Stuart (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston (A) gets c Eddie Malone (30 yrs old, .206-0-0-1)
11/24 - St.Louis (N) gets p Joe Murray (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Philadelphia (A) gets lf Hoot Evers (29 yrs old, .298-9-51-1)
11/24 - Detroit gets p Ken Burkhart (34 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.2 ip, 0 k), Brooklyn gets cf Dale Mitchell (29 yrs old, .300-2-28-1)
11/24 - Cleveland gets p Art Lopatka (31 yrs old, 0-0, 6.75 era, 10.2 ip, 5 k) and rf Stan Hollmig (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets lf Johnny Ostrowski (33 yrs old, .257-10-38-2)
11/25 - Cincinnati gets p Glenn Gardner (34 yrs old, 1-0, 13.00 era, 9.0 ip, 2 k), Detroit gets cf Terry Moore (38 yrs old, .240-1-7-0)
01/25 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Glenn Elliott (31 yrs old, 3-1, 1 sv, 4.57 era, 41.1 ip, 17 k), Cincinnati gets rf Sam Mele (28 yrs old, .264-5-23-0)
01/25 - St.Louis (A) gets p Dick Conger (29 yrs old, 9-10, 3 sv, 3.32 era, 178.2 ip, 60 k), Philadelphia (N) gets lf Don Lenhardt (28 yrs old, .286-9-27-0)
02/09 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Mickey Harris (34 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 2.0 ip, 0 k), Brooklyn gets c Sam Calderone (25 yrs old, .217-0-1-0)
Major Retirements
1b Hank Greenberg, age 39 - 19 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1937 when he batted .346 with 43 homers, 141 RBIs and 3 sb in 152 games.
.285 avg, 2312 g, 8363 ab, 1570 r, 2386 h, 446 hr, 1580 rbi, 113 sb, .514 slg
sp Paul Derringer, age 43 - 21 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1939 when he compiled a 24-10 record with a 3.08 era and 128 k in 327.0 innings.
3.87 era, 314-289, 699 g, 5476.1 ip, 2066 k, 1342 bb, 1 sv
c Ernie Lombardi, age 42 - 20 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .308 with 18 homers, 90 RBIs and 7 sb in 129 games.
.283 avg, 2194 g, 8367 ab, 1118 r, 2365 h, 201 hr, 1194 rbi, 45 sb, .412 slg
3b Stan Hack, age 40 - 19 seasons.
Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1934 when he batted .331 with 3 homers, 84 RBIs and 25 sb in 145 games.
.302 avg, 2325 g, 8412 ab, 1423 r, 2540 h, 83 hr, 959 rbi, 231 sb, .408 slg
2b Lonny Frey, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1945 when he batted .280 with 6 homers, 54 RBIs and 8 sb in 129 games.
.268 avg, 1636 g, 5529 ab, 858 r, 1480 h, 65 hr, 687 rbi, 119 sb, .377 slg
mr Russ Bauers, age 36 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1937 when he compiled a 14-14 record with a 3.57 era and 161 k in 275.0 innings.
3.97 era, 78-48, 417 g, 1438.1 ip, 778 k, 657 bb, 48 sv
1b George McQuinn, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he batted .306 with 15 homers, 82 RBIs and 2 sb in 136 games.
.277 avg, 1478 g, 4441 ab, 667 r, 1228 h, 110 hr, 660 rbi, 45 sb, .420 slg
rf Roy Cullenbine, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1947 when he batted .281 with 31 homers, 105 RBIs and 4 sb in 144 games.
.258 avg, 1440 g, 4705 ab, 827 r, 1216 h, 162 hr, 703 rbi, 46 sb, .422 slg
mr Clyde Shoun, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1939 when he compiled a 9-9 record with a 3.89 era and 96 k in 205.2 innings.
4.03 era, 60-62, 533 g, 1031.0 ip, 431 k, 370 bb, 72 sv
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Boston (A) Eddie Mathews,3b George Crowe,1b Ralph Brickner,p George Wilson,lf Ron Kline,p
Boston (N) Harvey Haddix,p Clem Koshorek,ss Eddie Yuhas,p Lee Walls,cf Ken Lehman,p
Chicago (N) Stu Miller,p Hector Rodriguez,3b Joe Black,p Charlie Bishop,p Tom Hamilton,1b
New York (A) Vinegar Bend Mizell,p Jerry Snyder,2b Johnny Rutherford,p Dick Brodowski,p Jack Daniels,rf
St.Louis (A) Mike Fornieles,p Milt Bolling,ss Bobby Del Greco,cf Ike Delock,p Gene Conley,p
Philadelphia (N) Bill Henry,p Dick Groat,ss Loren Babe,3b Ray Katt,c Bud Black,p
Pittsburgh Jim Greengrass,cf Kite Thomas,rf Hoyt Wilhelm,p Hal Hudson,p Raul Sanchez,p
Detroit Dick Gernert,1b Jay Porter,cf Billy Hoeft,p Gene Stephens,rf Fred Hahn,p
Philadelphia (A) Dusty Rhodes,lf Jim Fridley,lf Ron Negray,p Mike Clark,p Tony Bartirome,1b
Brooklyn Harvey Kuenn,ss Darrell Johnson,c Jim Hughes,p Bill Bell,p Les Fusselman,c
Cleveland Jim Rivera,cf Skeeter Kell,2b Ron Necciai,p Pete Whisenant,lf Cal Hogue,p
Washington Toby Atwell,c Billy Reed,2b Virgil Jester,p Dick Hall,cf Harry Schaeffer,p
Cincinnati Daryl Spencer,3b Johnny Temple,2b Bill Miller,p Brandy Davis,rf Walt Kellner,p
St.Louis (N) Andy Carey,3b Jack Dittmer,2b Tom Gorman,p George Schmees,cf Tex Hoyle,p
New York (N) Ted Lepcio,2b Joe Rossi,c Hersh Freeman,p Willard Schmidt,p Quincy Trouppe,c
Chicago (A) Faye Throneberry,rf Sonny Senerchia,3b Marion Fricano,p Bunky Stewart,p Bud Hardin,ss
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Boston (A) Hal Bevan,3b Pete Taylor,p Carl Linhart,1b
Boston (N) Sandy Amoros,lf Len Matarazzo,p Alex Garbowski,1b
Chicago (N) Jim Dunn,p Kal Segrist,2b
New York (A) Vern Fear,p Ray Moore,p
St.Louis (A) Jake Crawford,cf Sammy Esposito,ss
Philadelphia (N) Ken Landonberger,1b Leon Brinkopf,ss
Pittsburgh Bobby Tiefenauer,p Jim Mangan,c
Detroit Ed Wolfe,p Buck Varner,rf
Philadelphia (A) Cal Howe,p Billy Klaus,ss
Brooklyn Dick Hoover,p Dave Pope,rf
Cleveland Jim Waugh,p George Lerchen,rf
Washington Bill Tuttle,cf Jack Littrell,ss
Cincinnati Neal Hertweck,1b Buzz Clarkson,ss
St.Louis (N) Harley Grossman,p Don Nicholas,1b
New York (N) Bert Thiel,p George Bradshaw,c
Chicago (A) Bill Abernathie,p Herb Gorman,1b