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Announcements

MLB - Announced that the award given to the best pitcher in each league will now be known as the Cy Young Award. Cy Young won 375 games with a lifetime earned run average of 2.90 and a career 58.8% winning percentage.



Free Agency

Harry Shuman, sp - Signed a 1-year, $164,300 contract with Cincinnati
Cy Buker, cl - Signed a 2-year, $482,600 contract with Boston
Joe Adcock, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $2,972,100 contract with Philadelphia
Jackie Robinson, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $2,125,000 contract with Washington
Al Rosen, 3b - Signed a contract with Baltimore (forgot to get details)
Eddie Basinski, ss - Signed a 3-year, $744,300 contract with Chicago (A)
Gus Bell, cf - Decided to retire



Trades
10/04 - Detroit gets rf Harry Simpson (29 yrs old, .238-11-59-5) and p Dick Brodowski (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), New York (A) gets lf Dick Gernert (27 yrs old, .263-27-89-3) and 1b Julio Becquer (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/05 - Boston gets lf Bob Nieman (28 yrs old, .276-13-39-2), Kansas City gets rf Al Smith (27 yrs old, .249-24-86-7) and p Roy Wright (22 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/06 - New York (N) gets 3b Frank Thomas (26 yrs old, .264-13-62-0) and c Pete Naton (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets 2b Ted Lepcio (25 yrs old, .236-3-23-2)
10/06 - Chicago (N) gets p Connie Johnson (32 yrs old, 8-10, 1 sv, 4.10 era, 142.2 ip, 116 k), Washington gets lf Preston Ward (28 yrs old, .194-0-4-0)
10/06 - Chicago (A) gets p John Andre (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Kansas City gets cf George Shuba (30 yrs old, .179-1-6-1) and p Arnie Portocarrero (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/06 - Chicago (A) gets p Roger Bowman (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Washington gets 1b Dale Long (29 yrs old, .257-3-15-0)
10/13 - Chicago (N) gets c Clint Courtney (28 yrs old, .284-12-59-3), Pittsburgh gets 3b Don Hoak (27 yrs old, .228-3-13-5)
10/25 - Brooklyn gets p Virgil Jester (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and c Tom Gastall (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Washington gets c Lou Berberet (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and p Charlie Beamon (20 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/29 - Kansas City gets p Ray Narleski (26 yrs old, 5-1, 15 sv, 2.27 era, 39.2 ip, 34 k), Cleveland gets lf Jerry Lynch (25 yrs old, .240-7-34-1)
11/01 - New York (N) gets p Clem Labine (29 yrs old, 7-6, 6 sv, 3.23 era, 114.1 ip, 77 k), Baltimore gets rf Carlos Paula (27 yrs old, .241-6-22-0) and c Pete Naton (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/16 - Baltimore gets p Art Houtteman (28 yrs old, 3-4, 12 sv, 3.26 era, 99.1 ip, 47 k) and c Steve Korcheck (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets ss Roy McMillan (26 yrs old, .230-2-14-0)
11/17 - St.Louis gets p Gordon Jones (25 yrs old, 7-7, 1 sv, 3.57 era, 113.1 ip, 85 k), Washington gets 3b Rudy Regalado (25 yrs old, .235-2-23-0)
11/18 - Detroit gets p Curt Simmons (26 yrs old, 14-12, 1 sv, 3.55 era, 238.0 ip, 149 k), Cleveland gets cf Russ Sullivan (32 yrs old, .283-5-20-1)
12/08 - Brooklyn gets p Eddie Yuhas (31 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Milwaukee gets cf Dave Pope (34 yrs old, .283-6-13-2)
12/18 - St.Louis gets 3b Jim Finigan (27 yrs old, .238-9-54-2), Detroit gets 1b Bill Skowron (25 yrs old, .273-5-34-1)



CEI Retirements

lf Bill Burgo, age 35 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1949 when he batted .256 with 5 homers, 37 RBI and 0 SB in 81 games.
.240 avg, 764 g, 1446 ab, 164 r, 347 h, 23 hr, 171 rbi, 6 sb, .353 slg

sp Vinegar Bend Mizell, age 25 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1952 when he compiled a 15-14 record with a 2.65 era and 198 strikeouts in 231.1 innings.
3.09 era, 55-38, 122 g, 821.2 ip, 675 k, 417 bb, 0 sv

sp Ken Raffensberger, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he compiled a 17-16 record with a 3.43 era and 154 strikeouts in 291.1 innings.
4.02 era, 181-180, 574 g, 3235.0 ip, 1299 k, 829 bb, 46 sv

sp Dean Stone, age 24 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1952 when he compiled a 6-12 record with a 2.68 era and 116 strikeouts in 192.0 innings.
2.68 era, 16-20, 55 g, 342.0 ip, 190 k, 135 bb, 3 sv


Major Retirements

sp Atlee Donald, age 45 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1946 when he compiled a 16-12 record with a 2.99 era and 118 strikeouts in 241.0 innings.
3.94 era, 195-140, 485 g, 3007.0 ip, 966 k, 1275 bb, 7 sv

2b Joe Gantenbein, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he batted .330 with 6 homers, 63 RBI and 2 SB in 105 games.
.271 avg, 1166 g, 2957 ab, 373 r, 800 h, 57 hr, 366 rbi, 6 sb, .382 slg

3b Bob Elliott, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1950 when he batted .305 with 28 homers, 119 RBI and 2 SB in 149 games.
.268 avg, 1867 g, 6108 ab, 937 r, 1636 h, 127 hr, 848 rbi, 88 sb, .406 slg

cf Dom DiMaggio, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he batted .308 with 11 homers, 91 RBI and 6 SB in 149 games.
.280 avg, 2001 g, 7239 ab, 1024 r, 2026 h, 97 hr, 881 rbi, 126 sb, .397 slg

cf Stan Spence, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1941 when he batted .343 with 8 homers, 71 RBI and 10 SB in 140 games.
.274 avg, 1799 g, 5615 ab, 833 r, 1538 h, 172 hr, 863 rbi, 43 sb, .434 slg

lf Hank Edwards, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1945 when he batted .317 with 22 homers, 119 RBI and 1 SB in 149 games.
.279 avg, 1658 g, 5907 ab, 838 r, 1647 h, 176 hr, 886 rbi, 24 sb, .440 slg

ss Phil Rizzuto, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1949 when he batted .297 with 5 homers, 48 RBI and 26 SB in 147 games.
.277 avg, 1808 g, 6254 ab, 791 r, 1730 h, 33 hr, 642 rbi, 206 sb, .374 slg

sp Allie Reynolds, age 38 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1952 when he compiled a 19-10 record with a 2.72 era and 197 strikeouts in 261.2 innings.
4.12 era, 130-141, 380 g, 2456.1 ip, 1538 k, 1425 bb, 6 sv

1b Johnny Mize, age 42 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1947 when he batted .341 with 45 homers, 127 RBI and 6 SB in 142 games.
.314 avg, 2528 g, 7867 ab, 1524 r, 2472 h, 475 hr, 1533 rbi, 72 sb, .558 slg

rf Al Zarilla, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1952 when he batted .255 with 4 homers, 43 RBI and 4 SB in 137 games.
.260 avg, 1249 g, 3237 ab, 465 r, 842 h, 46 hr, 410 rbi, 24 sb, .378 slg



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One               Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
New York (A)      Seth Morehead,p         Johnny Goryl,3b        Barry Latman,p        Bob Shaw,p             John Tsitouris,p
Philadelphia      George Witt,p           Ken Aspromonte,2b      Rene Valdez,p         Casey Wise,2b          Dave Skaugstad,p
New York (N)      Milt Pappas,p           Valmy Thomas,c         Bob Will,cf           Don Lee,p              Harry Taylor,p
St.Louis          Don Cardwell,p          Don McMahon,p          Whammy Douglass,p     Neil Chrisley,rf       Ed Mayer,p
Cincinnati        Jack Urban,p            Bob Anderson,p         Dick Drott,p          Bobby Malkmus,2b       Charlie Rabe,p
Boston            Harry Anderson,lf       Joe Pignatano,c        Jerry Walker,p        Stan Pitula,p          Claude Osteen,p
Washington        Gene Green,rf           Eddie Kasko,3b         Juan Pizarro,p        Tom Patton,c           Chuck Daniel,p
Kansas City       Roger Maris,cf          Larry Raines,3b        Lloyd Merritt,p       Tom Cheney,c           Carl Powis,rf
Baltimore         Johnny Roseboro,c       Von McDaniel,p         Jim Stump,p           Dutch Dotterer,c       Stover McIlwain,p
Detroit           Jim Landis,rf           Curt Barclay,p         Milt Graff,2b         Bill Harris,p          Steve Boros,3b
Chicago (N)       Cal Neeman,c            Al Cicotte,p           Don Rudolph,p         Jay Hook,p             John DeMerit,cf
Brooklyn          Russ Nixon,c            Danny McDevitt,p       Jim Heise,p           Ralph Lumenti,p        Tom Yewcic,c
Pittsburgh        Tony Kubek,ss           Glen Hobbie,p          Garland Shifflett,p   Frank Barnes,p         Bobby Durnbaugh,ss
Chicago (A)       Dick Brown,c            Bobby Gene Smith,cf    Chuck Churn,p         Bennie Daniels,p       Ken Hamlin,ss
Milwaukee         Andre Rodgers,ss        Lenny Green,cf         Fred Kipp,p           Bob Miller,p           Don Minnick,p
Cleveland         Bob Martyn,rf           Billy Muffett,p        Zeke Bella,rf         Dave Hill,p            George Thomas,3b




Team              Round Six               Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
New York (A)      Don Landrum,cf
Philadelphia      Bobo Osborne,rf
New York (N)      Don Lassetter,lf
St.Louis          Eddie Haas,lf
Cincinnati        Buddy Pritchard,ss
Boston            Gordon Massa,c
Washington        Frank Ernaga,rf
Kansas City       Bobby Henrich,ss
Baltimore         Frank Zupo,c
Detroit           Hawk Taylor,c
Chicago (N)       John Kennedy,3b
Brooklyn          Ray Shearer,lf
Pittsburgh        Rod Miller,1b
Chicago (A)       Jim Gentile,1b
Milwaukee         Don Pavletich,c
Cleveland         Jim Woods,3b