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1957-58 Winter

Announcements

Brooklyn - Announced late last season that they were moving to Los Angeles. They will now be known as the Los Angeles Dodgers and will play their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

New York (N) - Announced late last season that they were moving to San Francisco. They will now be known as the San Francisco Giants and will play their home games at Seals Stadium.



Free Agency

Mike Garcia, sp - Signed a 4-year, $1,045,500 contract with Philadelphia
Willard Nixon, sp - Signed a 3-year, $1,229,100 contract with Milwaukee
Bob Rush, sp - Signed a 5-year, $2,590,500 contract with San Francisco
Dale Matthewson, cl - Signed a 2-year, $770,600 contract with Boston
Stan Lopata, c - Signed a 4-year, $2,946,000 contract with Los Angeles
Ted Kluszewski, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $942,000 contract with St.Louis
Solly Hemus, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $380,400 contract with Pittsburgh
Harvey Kuenn, cf - Unsigned (injured)
Carl Furillo, rf - Signed a 3-year, $868,200 contract with St.Louis
Hank Bauer, rf - Signed a 2-year, $835,400 contract with Cincinnati



Trades
10/11
- Washington gets 1b Jim Marshall (26 yrs old, .291-13-45-5), Chicago (N) gets rf Jim Lemon (29 yrs old, .302-9-24-1)
10/11 - New York gets 3b Hal Smith (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Los Angeles gets rf Don Robertson (26 yrs old, .273-12-40-2) and c Walt Streuli (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/11 - San Francisco gets 3b Billy Goodman (31 yrs old, .256-2-27-0), Los Angeles gets lf Elmer Valo (36 yrs old, .276-1-5-1) and p Joe Shipley (22 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/14 - Baltimore gets ss Joe Koppe (26 yrs old, .232-6-28-8), Cleveland gets cf Bill Virdon (26 yrs old, .242-1-17-2)
10/14 - Chicago (N) gets p Leo Kiely (27 yrs old, 9-7, 2 sv, 2.25 era, 136.0 ip, 54 k), Chicago (A) gets c Clint Courtney (30 yrs old, .268-10-72-1)
10/16 - Cincinnati gets p Jack Harshman (30 yrs old, 18-11, 3.90 era, 228.1 ip, 143 k), San Francisco gets 2b Johnny Temple (30 yrs old, .290-3-33-10) and lf Jerry Schoonmaker (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
10/16 - St.Louis gets p Rinty Monahan (29 yrs old, 3-9, 6 sv, 4.61 era, 91.2 ip, 58 k), Washington gets rf Jim Pendleton (33 yrs old, .279-0-5-3)
10/24 - Baltimore gets p Paul Foytack (26 yrs old, 13-13, 4.39 era, 209.0 ip, 158 k) and p Ralph Lumenti (20 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston gets 2b Don Leppert (26 yrs old, .226-12-46-14) and p Roy Wright (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
11/03 - Baltimore gets p Hoyt Wilhelm (35 yrs old, 1-4, 11 sv, 5.08 era, 39.0 ip, 23 k), Pittsburgh gets ss Chico Fernandez (25 yrs old, .224-6-24-8)
11/03 - Cincinnati gets ss Roy McMillan (28 yrs old, .206-1-32-1) and p Roy Wright (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Boston gets c Les Moss (32 yrs old, .309-7-15-0) and p Bill Oster (24 yrs old, 1-1, 7.82 era, 12.2 ip, 9 k)
11/10 - Chicago (A) gets p Ron Negray (27 yrs old, 10-11, 1 sv, 5.04 era, 155.1 ip, 112 k), Kansas City gets 3b Sonny Senerchia (26 yrs old, .227-9-38-3)
11/13 - Pittsburgh gets p Alex Kellner (33 yrs old, 5-9, 2 sv, 4.38 era, 115.0 ip, 63 k), Los Angeles gets 2b Hector Lopez (28 yrs old, .205-3-16-0) and ss Jose Valdivielso (23 yrs old, .333-0-1-0)
11/13 - Cleveland gets p Bob Purkey (28 yrs old, 15-9, 1 sv, 3.28 era, 194.2 ip, 54 k), New York gets rf Bob Martyn (27 yrs old, .295-5-37-6)
11/18 - Washington gets p Ray Narleski (28 yrs old, 13-12, 4.10 era, 228.1 ip, 161 k) and p George Werley (19 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets lf Bob Speake (27 yrs old, .236-7-22-1)
11/23 - St.Louis gets p Bobby Tiefenauer (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and 2b Fritz Brickell (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 2b Gil McDougald (29 yrs old, .234-10-44-4)
11/23 - Chicago (A) gets p Lloyd Hittle (33 yrs old, 6-5, 9 sv, 4.80 era, 45.0 ip, 16 k) and 3b Wayne Causey (20 yrs old, .270-3-10-0), Detroit gets 3b Billy Harrell (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/23 - Boston gets p Red Murff (36 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 1.0 ip, 1 k) and p Hal Trosky (21 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Detroit gets lf Harry Anderson (26 yrs old, .295-25-88-7)
01/11 - Cincinnati gets p Fred Martin (42 yrs old, 2-2, 1 sv, 4.35 era, 51.2 ip, 10 k), Washington gets 3b Frank Malzone (27 yrs old, .276-8-30-1) and p John Fitzgerald (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
01/20 - St.Louis gets p Roy Face (29 yrs old, 4-5, 14 sv, 3.13 era, 86.1 ip, 66 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Roy Sievers (31 yrs old, .272-27-69-0)
01/20 - Washington gets p Dick Littlefield (31 yrs old, 0-1, 9.32 era, 28.0 ip, 22 k), Los Angeles gets ss Chico Carrasquel (29 yrs old, .268-4-21-0)
02/07 - New York gets p Dave Hillman (30 yrs old, 10-5, 4 sv, 3.72 era, 152.1 ip, 83 k) and ss Ron Hansen (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets ss Rocky Bridges (30 yrs old, .333-0-4-0)



CEI Retirements

cf Jim Landis
, age 23 - 2 seasons. His best season was in 1956 when he batted .280 with 7 homers, 52 RBI and 4 stolen bases in 137 games.
.262 avg, 248 g, 625 ab, 95 r, 164 h, 14 hr, 83 rbi, 7 sb, .394 slg


Major Retirements

ss Pee Wee Reese
, age 39 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1953 when he batted .299 with 16 homers, 80 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 149 games.
.249 avg, 2348 g, 8151 ab, 1192 r, 2028 h, 116 hr, 843 rbi, 192 sb, .351 slg

mr Fred Caligiuri
, age 38 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1953 when he compiled a 7-1 record with 6 saves, a 2.13 era and 28 strikeouts in 84.1 innings.
3.64 era, 88-76, 743 g, 1312.1 ip, 490 k, 567 bb, 116 sv

sp Virgil Trucks
, age 40 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1954 when he compiled a 16-10 record with a 2.90 era and 136 strikeouts in 269.2 innings.
4.01 era, 187-214, 529 g, 3645.0 ip, 2006 k, 1658 bb, 4 sv

rf Andy Pafko
, age 36 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1948 when he batted .318 with 34 homers, 144 RBI and 6 stolen bases in 146 games.
.270 avg, 1935 g, 6693 ab, 912 r, 1810 h, 197 hr, 1000 rbi, 33 sb, .412 slg

sp Eddie Lopat
, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1953 when he compiled a 21-12 record with a 3.00 era and 89 strikeouts in 276.0 innings.
3.54 era, 223-179, 498 g, 3551.0 ip, 1407 k, 934 bb, 2 sv

sp Bob Feller
, age 39 - 21 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1945 when he compiled a 19-11 record with a 2.87 era and 283 strikeouts in 316.2 innings.
3.65 era, 268-257, 677 g, 4832.2 ip, 3330 k, 2447 bb, 5 sv



First-Year Player Draft

Code:
Team              Round One               Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Los Angeles       Willie McCovey,1b       Dan Dobbek,rf          Jim Perry,p           John Gabler,p          Steve Demeter,3b
Kansas City       Bob Gibson,p            Wally Shannon,ss       Bob Duliba,p          Eddie Fisher,p         Duke Carmel,cf
Baltimore         Ernie Broglio,p         Fred Green,p           Bob Bruce,p           Barry Shetrone,cf      Jim Proctor,p
Cincinnati        Jack Fisher,p           Marshall Bridges,p     Chris Short,p         Sparky Anderson,2b     Gary Peters,p
Washington        Bobby Locke,p           Gene Oliver,lf         Dick Ricketts,p       Howie Nunn,p           Tom McAvoy,p
San Francisco     Jack Kralick,p          Joe Schafferoth,p      Bob Hartman,p         Jim Umbright,p         Ken Hunt,rf
Pittsburgh        Jim Baxes,2b            Wes Stock,p            Ben Johnson,p         Zoilo Versalles,ss     Cam Carreon,c
Cleveland         George Altman,cf        Cliff Cook,3b          Ken McBride,p         Ray Webster,2b         Joe Stanka,p
Chicago (A)       Russ Snyder,cf          Earl Wilson,p          Rudy Arias,p          Marty Kutyna,p         Evans Killeen,p
Philadelphia      Al Spangler,cf          Al Jackson,p           Chuck Cottier,2b      Eli Grba,p             Mike Cuellar,p
Chicago (N)       Maury Wills,ss          Gene Snyder,p          Bob Giggie,p          Ed Keegan,p            Jerry Davie,p
St.Louis          Lee Maye,lf             Jose Pagan,3b          Jim Kaat,p            Joe Christopher,rf     Claude Raymond,p
Detroit           Tommy Davis,cf          Billy Williams,lf      Mark Freeman,p        Marshall Renfroe,p     Fred Valentine,rf
Boston            Norm Sherry,c           Joe Hicks,cf           Ted Wills,p           Tom Hughes,p           Jim Bailey,p
New York          Gordy Coleman,1b        Gary Blaylock,p        Joe Morgan,2b         Jake Striker,p         Gene Leek,3b
Milwaukee         Pumpsie Green,2b        Jim Bronstad,p         Ed Donnelly,p         Don Gile,c             Buddy Gilbert,rf




Team              Round Six               Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Los Angeles       Don Dillard,rf
Kansas City       J.C. Martin,3b
Baltimore         Jerry Mallett,cf
Cincinnati        Charlie O'Rourke,1b
Washington        Roger McCardell,c
San Francisco     Jim Mahoney,ss
Pittsburgh        Tim McCarver,c
Cleveland         Don Eaddy,3b
Chicago (A)       Gordie Windhorn,lf
Philadelphia      Ron Shoop,c
Chicago (N)       Bob Saverine,2b
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