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captaincarl · 05-15-2009, 02:35 AM

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Free Agency

Whitey Ford, sp - Signed a 3-year, $1,810,200 contract with New York (N)
Curt Simmons, sp - Signed a 4-year, $2,464,400 contract with Baltimore
Pete Runnels, 2b - Signed a 2-year, $338,400 contract with Cincinnati
Solly Hemus, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $76,200 contract with Chicago (N)
Bill Sommers, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $241,200 contract with New York (A)
Duke Snider, cf - Signed a 4-year, $3,541,900 contract with Kansas City
Mickey Mantle, cf - Signed a 3-year, $2,362,500 contract with St.Louis

Trades
10/09 - Cincinnati gets 1b Frank Thomas (27 yrs old, .317-23-64-0), New York (N) gets 3b Bubba Phillips (28 yrs old, .328-4-14-0)
10/09 - Pittsburgh gets p Don Gross (25 yrs old, 13-13, 3.92 era, 234.0 ip, 147 k) and 3b George Thomas (18 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets lf Bob Skinner (25 yrs old, .296-18-95-20) and 1b Tony Bartirome (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/09 - Detroit gets p Ray Narleski (27 yrs old, 16-10, 3.54 era, 231.1 ip, 190 k), Kansas City gets 1b Harry Simpson (30 yrs old, .310-13-56-0)
10/09 - Washington gets p Eddie Yuhas (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 1b Preston Ward (29 yrs old, .267-9-36-2)
10/12 - Boston gets p Paul Foytack (25 yrs old, 13-12, 4.07 era, 205.2 ip, 139 k) and 1b Bob Hale (22 yrs old, .148-0-2-0), Philadelphia gets lf Bob Nieman (29 yrs old, .259-8-41-3) and 3b Tom Carroll (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/16 - Washington gets p Rinty Monahan (28 yrs old, 1-0, 2.63 era, 24.0 ip, 15 k), Boston gets 3b Don Zimmer (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and p Juan Pizarro (19 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Roy Face (28 yrs old, 13-9, 3.23 era, 167.0 ip, 128 k) and p Jim Derrington (16 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Baltimore gets 2b Don Leppert (25 yrs old, .264-8-37-9)
10/31 - Cincinnati gets p Chris Van Cuyk (29 yrs old, 11-6, 7 sv, 4.53 era, 172.2 ip, 127 k), Kansas City gets ss Bobby Kline (27 yrs old, .169-2-15-0) and ss Buddy Pritchard (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/01 - Chicago (A) gets p Jim Willis (29 yrs old, 4-1, 2 sv, 3.26 era, 88.1 ip, 26 k), Boston gets 1b Eddie Waitkus (37 yrs old, .259-6-27-0)
11/04 - Pittsburgh gets p Harry Byrd (31 yrs old, 0-0, 2.45 era, 7.1 ip, 2 k), Boston gets 2b Herb Plews (28 yrs old, .293-0-34-3)
11/10 - Boston gets rf Jim Rivera (34 yrs old, .217-9-46-22) and p Ralph Lumenti (19 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 2b Billy Martin (28 yrs old, .197-2-32-7)
11/20 - Boston gets p Jack Urban (27 yrs old, 6-12, 4.19 era, 182.2 ip, 97 k), Cincinnati gets c Nelson Burbrink (34 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/20 - New York (A) gets p Bob Purkey (27 yrs old, 11-16, 4.27 era, 223.1 ip, 99 k), Boston gets 1b Dick Gernert (28 yrs old, .255-10-29-0)
11/21 - Boston gets p Bob Cain (32 yrs old, 11-10, 4.77 era, 200.0 ip, 96 k), New York (N) gets ss Tommy Brown (28 yrs old, .237-11-38-5)
11/22 - Chicago (N) gets p Curt Barclay (25 yrs old, 7-5, 2 sv, 4.89 era, 92.0 ip, 39 k), Detroit gets 3b George Freese (30 yrs old, .248-9-47-2)
11/24 - Philadelphia gets p Harry Dorish (35 yrs old, 2-5, 8 sv, 4.05 era, 86.2 ip, 46 k), New York (N) gets 2b Ken Aspromonte (25 yrs old, .197-4-16-0)
01/05 - St.Louis gets p Tom Morgan (26 yrs old, 9-16, 5.54 era, 198.1 ip, 74 k), Boston gets cf Jim Piersall (27 yrs old, .264-14-83-7)
01/10 - Boston gets p Tom Poholsky (27 yrs old, 4-10, 9 sv, 4.92 era, 173.2 ip, 95 k), Washington gets cf Al Pilarcik (26 yrs old, .252-2-29-2)

CEI Retirements

rf Gene Green, age 22 - 1 season.
.248 avg, 99 g, 105 ab, 7 r, 26 h, 0 hr, 9 rbi, 0 sb, .267 slg

Major Retirements

sp Chubby Dean, age 40 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he compiled a 20-13 record with a 3.63 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 295.1 innings.
4.17 era, 183-180, 477 g, 3201.2 ip, 1032 k, 1233 bb, 10 sv

sp Dizzy Trout, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1945 when he compiled a 26-12 record with a 2.67 ERA and 173 strikeouts in 347.1 innings.
3.98 era, 232-218, 684 g, 4173.1 ip, 1979 k, 2022 bb, 9 sv

c Ray Lamanno, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he batted .281 with 14 homers, 71 RBIs and 1 stolen base in 125 games.
.253 avg, 1293 g, 3840 ab, 423 r, 973 h, 38 hr, 403 rbi, 2 sb, .332 slg

sp Bob Harris, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1949 when he compiled a 9-9 record with a 3.94 era and 34 strikeouts in 185.0 innings.
4.83 era, 129-148, 456 g, 2520.0 ip, 655 k, 1113 bb, 5 sv

First-Year Player Draft

Code:

Team              Round One               Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Washington        Bill Monbouquette,p     Lou Klimchock,2b       Johnny Callison,lf    Lee Tate,ss            Don Erickson,p
Brooklyn          Dick Stuart,1b          Bob Schmidt,c          Nelson Chittum,p      Bob Smith,p            Benny Valenzuela,3b
Chicago (N)       Orlando Cepeda,1b       Jim Marshall,1b        Ossie Alvarez,ss      Orlando Pena,p         Ken Johnson,p
Boston            Carl Willey,p           Sammy Taylor,c         Larry Sherry,p        Stan Williams,p        Phil Clark,p
Chicago (A)       Vada Pinson,rf          Gary Geiger,cf         Ruben Amaro,ss        Don Williams,p         Danny Morejon,cf
Philadelphia      Bob Allison,cf          Jim Davenport,3b       John Buzhardt,p       Frank Howard,rf        Dick Ellsworth,p
Cincinnati        Leon Wagner,lf          Albie Pearson,cf       Bob Mabe,p            Johnny Schaive,2b      John Fitzgerald,p
Milwaukee         Johnny Romano,c         Willie Tasby,cf        Ray Semproch,p        Don Taussig,lf         Bob Giallombardo,p
Baltimore         Willie Kirkland,rf      Harry Bright,3b        Gary Bell,p           Mudcat Grant,p         Bob Conley,p
Detroit           Dick Gray,3b            Ron Fairly,cf          Gene Fodge,p          Bob Davis,p            Moe Thacker,c
Cleveland         Joe Koppe,ss            Chuck Essegian,lf      Coot Veal,ss          Billy Moran,2b         Ted Wieand,p
Pittsburgh        Norm Larker,lf          Kent Hadley,1b         Dolan Nichols,p       Curt Raydon,p          Fritz Brickell,2b
New York (A)      Pancho Herrera,3b       Jim McAnany,rf         Carroll Hardy,cf      Jerry Casale,p         Jimmie Coker,c
New York (N)      Felipe Alou,rf          Norm Cash,rf           Jim O'Toole,p         Al Schroll,p           Chuck Lindstrom,c
St.Louis          Bob Lillis,ss           R.C. Stevens,1b        Ron Blackburn,p       Marcelino Solis,p      Zach Monroe,p
Kansas City       Tony Taylor,2b          Jerry Adair,ss         Ted Bowsfield,p       John Anderson,p        Ellis Burton,lf




Team              Round Six               Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Washington        Joe Albanese,p          Bill Smith,p
Brooklyn          Johnny James,p          Don Miles,lf
Chicago (N)       Howie Reed,p            Dom Zanni,p
Boston            Earl Robinson,3b        Hank Mason,p
Chicago (A)       Duane Wilson,p          Bob Wilson,rf
Philadelphia      Rod Graber,cf           Leo Burke,cf
Cincinnati        Ron Hansen,ss           Lou Jackson,rf
Milwaukee         Gabe Gabler,1b          Chuck Oertel,lf
Baltimore         Ralph Mauriello,p       Footer Johnson,1b
Detroit           Hal Trosky,p            Nick Testa,c
Cleveland         George Alusik,lf        Jack Feller,c
Pittsburgh        Freddy Rodriguez,p
New York (A)      Lefty Hayden,p
New York (N)      Joe Shipley,p
St.Louis          Chuck Coles,lf
Kansas City       George Perez,p

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captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,935 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1956-57 Winter Announcements No new announcements to report. Free Agency Whitey Ford, sp - Signed a 3-year, $1,810,200 contract with New York (N) Curt Simmons, sp - Signed a 4-year, $2,464,400 contract with Baltimore Pete Runnels, 2b - Signed a 2-year, $338,400 contract with Cincinnati Solly Hemus, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $76,200 contract with Chicago (N) Bill Sommers, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $241,200 contract with New York (A) Duke Snider, cf - Signed a 4-year, $3,541,900 contract with Kansas City Mickey Mantle, cf - Signed a 3-year, $2,362,500 contract with St.Louis Trades 10/09 - Cincinnati gets 1b Frank Thomas (27 yrs old, .317-23-64-0), New York (N) gets 3b Bubba Phillips (28 yrs old, .328-4-14-0) 10/09 - Pittsburgh gets p Don Gross (25 yrs old, 13-13, 3.92 era, 234.0 ip, 147 k) and 3b George Thomas (18 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets lf Bob Skinner (25 yrs old, .296-18-95-20) and 1b Tony Bartirome (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) 10/09 - Detroit gets p Ray Narleski (27 yrs old, 16-10, 3.54 era, 231.1 ip, 190 k), Kansas City gets 1b Harry Simpson (30 yrs old, .310-13-56-0) 10/09 - Washington gets p Eddie Yuhas (32 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 1b Preston Ward (29 yrs old, .267-9-36-2) 10/12 - Boston gets p Paul Foytack (25 yrs old, 13-12, 4.07 era, 205.2 ip, 139 k) and 1b Bob Hale (22 yrs old, .148-0-2-0), Philadelphia gets lf Bob Nieman (29 yrs old, .259-8-41-3) and 3b Tom Carroll (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) 10/16 - Washington gets p Rinty Monahan (28 yrs old, 1-0, 2.63 era, 24.0 ip, 15 k), Boston gets 3b Don Zimmer (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and p Juan Pizarro (19 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) 10/26 - Chicago (N) gets p Roy Face (28 yrs old, 13-9, 3.23 era, 167.0 ip, 128 k) and p Jim Derrington (16 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Baltimore gets 2b Don Leppert (25 yrs old, .264-8-37-9) 10/31 - Cincinnati gets p Chris Van Cuyk (29 yrs old, 11-6, 7 sv, 4.53 era, 172.2 ip, 127 k), Kansas City gets ss Bobby Kline (27 yrs old, .169-2-15-0) and ss Buddy Pritchard (20 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) 11/01 - Chicago (A) gets p Jim Willis (29 yrs old, 4-1, 2 sv, 3.26 era, 88.1 ip, 26 k), Boston gets 1b Eddie Waitkus (37 yrs old, .259-6-27-0) 11/04 - Pittsburgh gets p Harry Byrd (31 yrs old, 0-0, 2.45 era, 7.1 ip, 2 k), Boston gets 2b Herb Plews (28 yrs old, .293-0-34-3) 11/10 - Boston gets rf Jim Rivera (34 yrs old, .217-9-46-22) and p Ralph Lumenti (19 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Brooklyn gets 2b Billy Martin (28 yrs old, .197-2-32-7) 11/20 - Boston gets p Jack Urban (27 yrs old, 6-12, 4.19 era, 182.2 ip, 97 k), Cincinnati gets c Nelson Burbrink (34 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) 11/20 - New York (A) gets p Bob Purkey (27 yrs old, 11-16, 4.27 era, 223.1 ip, 99 k), Boston gets 1b Dick Gernert (28 yrs old, .255-10-29-0) 11/21 - Boston gets p Bob Cain (32 yrs old, 11-10, 4.77 era, 200.0 ip, 96 k), New York (N) gets ss Tommy Brown (28 yrs old, .237-11-38-5) 11/22 - Chicago (N) gets p Curt Barclay (25 yrs old, 7-5, 2 sv, 4.89 era, 92.0 ip, 39 k), Detroit gets 3b George Freese (30 yrs old, .248-9-47-2) 11/24 - Philadelphia gets p Harry Dorish (35 yrs old, 2-5, 8 sv, 4.05 era, 86.2 ip, 46 k), New York (N) gets 2b Ken Aspromonte (25 yrs old, .197-4-16-0) 01/05 - St.Louis gets p Tom Morgan (26 yrs old, 9-16, 5.54 era, 198.1 ip, 74 k), Boston gets cf Jim Piersall (27 yrs old, .264-14-83-7) 01/10 - Boston gets p Tom Poholsky (27 yrs old, 4-10, 9 sv, 4.92 era, 173.2 ip, 95 k), Washington gets cf Al Pilarcik (26 yrs old, .252-2-29-2) CEI Retirements rf Gene Green, age 22 - 1 season. .248 avg, 99 g, 105 ab, 7 r, 26 h, 0 hr, 9 rbi, 0 sb, .267 slg Major Retirements sp Chubby Dean, age 40 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1943 when he compiled a 20-13 record with a 3.63 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 295.1 innings. 4.17 era, 183-180, 477 g, 3201.2 ip, 1032 k, 1233 bb, 10 sv sp Dizzy Trout, age 41 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1945 when he compiled a 26-12 record with a 2.67 ERA and 173 strikeouts in 347.1 innings. 3.98 era, 232-218, 684 g, 4173.1 ip, 1979 k, 2022 bb, 9 sv c Ray Lamanno, age 36 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1944 when he batted .281 with 14 homers, 71 RBIs and 1 stolen base in 125 games. .253 avg, 1293 g, 3840 ab, 423 r, 973 h, 38 hr, 403 rbi, 2 sb, .332 slg sp Bob Harris, age 39 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1949 when he compiled a 9-9 record with a 3.94 era and 34 strikeouts in 185.0 innings. 4.83 era, 129-148, 456 g, 2520.0 ip, 655 k, 1113 bb, 5 sv First-Year Player Draft Code: Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five Washington Bill Monbouquette,p Lou Klimchock,2b Johnny Callison,lf Lee Tate,ss Don Erickson,p Brooklyn Dick Stuart,1b Bob Schmidt,c Nelson Chittum,p Bob Smith,p Benny Valenzuela,3b Chicago (N) Orlando Cepeda,1b Jim Marshall,1b Ossie Alvarez,ss Orlando Pena,p Ken Johnson,p Boston Carl Willey,p Sammy Taylor,c Larry Sherry,p Stan Williams,p Phil Clark,p Chicago (A) Vada Pinson,rf Gary Geiger,cf Ruben Amaro,ss Don Williams,p Danny Morejon,cf Philadelphia Bob Allison,cf Jim Davenport,3b John Buzhardt,p Frank Howard,rf Dick Ellsworth,p Cincinnati Leon Wagner,lf Albie Pearson,cf Bob Mabe,p Johnny Schaive,2b John Fitzgerald,p Milwaukee Johnny Romano,c Willie Tasby,cf Ray Semproch,p Don Taussig,lf Bob Giallombardo,p Baltimore Willie Kirkland,rf Harry Bright,3b Gary Bell,p Mudcat Grant,p Bob Conley,p Detroit Dick Gray,3b Ron Fairly,cf Gene Fodge,p Bob Davis,p Moe Thacker,c Cleveland Joe Koppe,ss Chuck Essegian,lf Coot Veal,ss Billy Moran,2b Ted Wieand,p Pittsburgh Norm Larker,lf Kent Hadley,1b Dolan Nichols,p Curt Raydon,p Fritz Brickell,2b New York (A) Pancho Herrera,3b Jim McAnany,rf Carroll Hardy,cf Jerry Casale,p Jimmie Coker,c New York (N) Felipe Alou,rf Norm Cash,rf Jim O'Toole,p Al Schroll,p Chuck Lindstrom,c St.Louis Bob Lillis,ss R.C. Stevens,1b Ron Blackburn,p Marcelino Solis,p Zach Monroe,p Kansas City Tony Taylor,2b Jerry Adair,ss Ted Bowsfield,p John Anderson,p Ellis Burton,lf Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten Washington Joe Albanese,p Bill Smith,p Brooklyn Johnny James,p Don Miles,lf Chicago (N) Howie Reed,p Dom Zanni,p Boston Earl Robinson,3b Hank Mason,p Chicago (A) Duane Wilson,p Bob Wilson,rf Philadelphia Rod Graber,cf Leo Burke,cf Cincinnati Ron Hansen,ss Lou Jackson,rf Milwaukee Gabe Gabler,1b Chuck Oertel,lf Baltimore Ralph Mauriello,p Footer Johnson,1b Detroit Hal Trosky,p Nick Testa,c Cleveland George Alusik,lf Jack Feller,c Pittsburgh Freddy Rodriguez,p New York (A) Lefty Hayden,p New York (N) Joe Shipley,p St.Louis Chuck Coles,lf Kansas City George Perez,p Last edited by captaincarl; 05-15-2009 at 02:36 AM.