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