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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Barrington, RI
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1904-05 Winter
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Free Agency
Nap Lajoie, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $39,570 contract with Boston (N)
Mike Donlin, cf - Unsigned as of Opening day, 1905
Roy Thomas, cf - Signed a 3-year, $36,930 contract with Cleveland
Noodles Hahn, sp - Signed a 3-year, $79,550 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Bill Bradley, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $102,060 contract with New York (A)
George Davis, ss - Signed a 2-year, $19,500 contract with Brooklyn
Roger Bresnahan, ss - Signed a 3-year, $109,110 contract with Detroit
Deacon Phillippe, sp - Signed a 4-year, $96,960 contract with Pittsburgh
Ginger Beaumont, cf - Signed a 3-year, $93,180 contract with Chicago (A)
Claude Ritchey, 2b - Signed a 5-year, $121,450 contract with Chicago (N)
Sam Crawford, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $58,170 contract with St.Louis (N)
Bill Bernhard, sp - Signed a 4-year, $79,320 contract with Cincinnati
Trades
10/20 - St.Louis (N) gets lf Spike Shannon (26 yrs old, .277-0-22-3), Cincinnati gets 2b Pete O'Brien (27 yrs old, .186-0-3-0)
10/20 - Philadelphia (N) gets 2b George Rohe (30 yrs old, .234-1-32-11), New York (A) gets rf Cozy Dolan (31 yrs old, .215-3-49-15)
10/22 - Cleveland gets c Fred Jacklitsch (28 yrs old, .204-1-35-11), Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Danny Shay (27 yrs old, .230-1-26-36)
10/22 - Chicago (N) gets sp Bill Dinneen (28 yrs old, 18-18, 0 sv, 2.69 era, 164 k), Chicago (A) gets 1b Jake Beckley (37 yrs old, .279-2-19-2)
10/26 - Boston (N) gets cf Chick Stahl (31 yrs old, .252-0-46-19), New York (A) gets c Pat Moran (30 yrs old, .227-5-54-7)
12/03 - Chicago (N) gets cl Mike O'Neill (27 yrs old, 8-4, 0 sv, 1.50 era, 21 k), St.Louis (N) gets lf Jim Delahanty (25 yrs old, .265-3-43-4)
12/04 - St.Louis (N) gets sp Gus Thompson (27 yrs old, 14-13, 0 sv, 1.91 era, 110 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Jack Dunleavy (25 yrs old, .219-2-32-23)
Major Retirements
2b Gene DeMontreville, age 31 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .343 with 8 homers, 77 RBI and 28 stolen bases in 133 games.
.292 avg, 1077 g, 3990 ab, 566 r, 1167 h, 18 hr, 511 rbi, 239 sb, .362 slg
2b Herman Long, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .324 with 12 homers, 79 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 104 games.
.277 avg, 1979 g, 7662 ab, 1489 r, 2124 h, 97 hr, 1057 rbi, 536 sb, .386 slg
2b Harry McCormick, age 29 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .295 with 0 homers, 12 RBI and 2 stolen bases in 90 games.
.238 avg, 819 g, 2517 ab, 334 r, 598 h, 10 hr, 305 rbi, 122 sb, .305 slg
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