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Announcements

Cincinnati - Announced that they were changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Cincinnati Reds



Free Agency

Bill Wight,sp - Signed a 2-year, $723,000 contract with Boston
Ed Bailey,c - Signed a 3-year, $741,766 contract with Pittsburgh
Yogi Berra,c - Signed a 3-year, $2,425,300 contract with Chicago (A)
Stan Musial,1b - Signed a 2-year, $1,732,000 contract with Boston
Pete Runnels,2b - Signed a 4-year, $1,009,300 contract with New York
Eddie Mathews,3b - Signed a 3-year, $2,744,700 contract with Chicago (A)
Eddie Basinski,ss - Signed a 1-year, $64,200 contract with Kansas City
Minnie Minoso,lf - Signed a 3-year, $2,467,200 contract with Los Angeles
Ralph Kiner,lf - Signed a 2-year, $1,336,000 contract with New York
Harvey Kuenn,cf - Signed a 3-year, $539,100 contract with San Francisco
Richie Ashburn,cf - Signed a 3-year, $435,000 contract with Baltimore
Al Kaline,cf - Signed a 3-year, $2,538,300 contract with Milwaukee
Willie Mays,cf - Signed a 6-year, $5,537,600 contract with Washington



Trades
10/09 - Milwaukee gets cf Bill Virdon (27 yrs old, .111-0-1-0) and 3b Jim Woods (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets ss Eddie Bressoud (26 yrs old, .235-2-20-0)
10/09 - Los Angeles gets 2b Jerry Lumpe (25 yrs old, .245-1-35-0), Milwaukee gets 3b Hector Lopez (29 yrs old, .245-10-33-0-2)
10/11 - Boston gets p Jim Brosnan (28 yrs old, 6-8, 3 sv, 3.41 era, 103.0 ip, 75 k), Washington gets cf Joe Hicks (25 yrs old, .290-19-50-5) and p Tom Hughes (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/16 - Pittsburgh gets p Ray Narleski (29 yrs old, 12-9, 8 sv, 5.06 era, 115.2 ip, 90 k), Washington gets rf Jackie Jensen (31 yrs old, .251-3-40-1)
10/19 - New York gets p Ramon Monzant (25 yrs old, 17-11, 5.05 era, 215.1 ip, 172 k), Kansas City gets 3b Hal Smith (27 yrs old, .254-6-48-1) and p Lefty Hayden (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip)
10/20 - San Francisco gets lf Al Smith (30 yrs old, .245-6-20-0), Kansas City gets cf Bob Will (27 yrs old, .286-9-50-3)
10/21 - New York gets c Jack Shepard (26 yrs old, .265-10-62-1) and p Tom Flanigan (24 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis gets lf Joe Adcock (30 yrs old, .233-17-64-0)
10/27 - New York gets p Art Fowler (36 yrs old, 1-2, 3.81 era, 28.1 ip, 7 k) and p Howie Reed (21 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), Chicago (N) gets 3b Johnny Goryl (25 yrs old, .233-3-43-3)
11/21 - Cincinnati gets c Earl Averill (27 yrs old, .233-3-10-0), New York gets rf Hank Bauer (36 yrs old, .262-5-23-4)
11/22 - Detroit gets p Hy Cohen (27 yrs old, 0-0, 2.70 era, 3.1 ip, 2 k), Baltimore gets 1b Bill Skowron (27 yrs old, .270-24-68-0)
11/22 - San Francisco gets p Billy Muffett (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip) and 2b Billy Moran (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets 2b Ken Aspromonte (27 yrs old, .172-1-7-0)
11/23 - San Francisco gets p George Witt (25 yrs old, 3-6, 3.48 era, 93.0 ip, 71 k) and 2b Leo Burke (24 yrs old, .333-0-1-0), Philadelphia gets lf Walt Moryn (32 yrs old, .259-9-34-0)
11/23 - Detroit gets p Wally Burnette (29 yrs old, 11-7, 4.57 era, 181.0 ip, 90 k) and lf George Alusik (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets c Charlie Lau (25 yrs old, .286-2-17-0)
02/03 - Pittsburgh gets p Frank Baumann (25 yrs old, 4-7, 8 sv, 3.76 era, 124.1 ip, 80 k), Kansas City gets c Bill Hall (30 yrs old, .304-8-43-0)
02/25 - Cleveland gets p Robin Roberts (31 yrs old, 15-22, 4.10 era, 283.0 ip, 138 k), Chicago (A) gets lf Bob Skinner (27 yrs old, .284-10-37-6)



Major Retirements

lf Sid Gordon, age 41 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1948 when he batted .328 with 21 homers, 108 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in 138 games.
.266 avg, 2022 g, 6934 ab, 924 r, 1845 h, 210 hr, 970 rbi, 46 sb, .408 slg

lf Hank Sauer, age 41 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1951 when he batted .271 with 30 homers, 100 RBIs and 2 stolen bases in 147 games.
.236 avg, 1475 g, 3921 ab, 514 r, 924 h, 175 hr, 628 rbi, 8 sb, .411 slg



First-Year Player Draft

Team              Round One               Round Two              Round Three           Round Four             Round Five
Boston            Joe Gibbon,p            Dick McAuliffe,ss      Charley Smith,3b      Ed Rakow,p             Carl Mathias,p
Philadelphia      Bill Stafford,p         Julio Gotay,ss         Dick Bertell,c        Charlie James,lf       Georges Maranda,p
Los Angeles       Juan Marichal,p         Matty Alou,lf          Walt Bond,rf          Jim McKnight,2b        Gary Kolb,cf
Cleveland         Earl Francis,p          Julian Javier,2b       Marv Breeding,2b      Ken Mackenzie,p        Ted Sadowski,p
Chicago (N)       Art Mahaffey,p          Ty Cline,cf            Jim Brewer,p          Wynn Hawkins,p         Ed Olivares,3b
Washington        Dallas Green,p          Clay Dalrymple,c       Steve Barber,p        Ken Walters,rf         Ed Palmquist,p
New York          Don Nottebart,p         Leo Posada,rf          Arnold Earley,p       Phil Regan,p           Nelson Mathews,rf
St.Louis          Floyd Robinson,rf       Elio Chacon,2b         Chuck Estrada,p       Lou Johnson,rf         Ed Bouta,p
Cincinnati        Ron Santo,3b            Dave Wickersham,p      Terry Fox,p           Dave Nicholson,lf      Mike Lee,p
Milwaukee         Willie Davis,cf         Tony Curry,lf          Rudy Hernandez,p      Chet Boak,2b           Carl Thomas,p
Kansas City       Tony Gonzalez,cf        Don Mincher,1b         Ed Sadowski,c         Jim Maloney,p          Dimodes Olivo,p
Baltimore         Joe Torre,c             Frank Funk,p           Danny Murphy,cf       Bob Sadowski,2b        John Goetz,p
Detroit           Al Heist,cf             Doug Camilli,c         Dick Stigman,p        Sherman Jones,p        Bobby Wine,ss
Pittsburgh        Leo Cardenas,ss         Lou Clinton,rf         Bill Short,p          Tracy Stallard,p       Cal Browning,p
San Francisco     Bob Johnson,ss          Tom Borland,p          Deron Johnson,3b      Al Neiger,p            Joe Gaines,rf
Chicago (A)       Mike de la Hoz,ss       Ron Piche,p            Ray Sadecki,p         Jim Golden,p           Joe Azcue,c




Team              Round Six               Round Seven            Round Eight           Round Nine             Round Ten
Boston            Dick Barone,ss          Ray Barker,lf
Philadelphia      Marian Coughtry,2b      Jim McManus,1b
Los Angeles       Mel Nelson,p            John Glenn,lf
Cleveland         Hal Stowe,p             Sammy Drake,3b
Chicago (N)       Dick Burwell,p          Jake Jacobs,cf
Washington        Mike Krsnich,lf         Stan Johnson,lf
New York          Duane Richards,p        Em Lindbeck,1b
St.Louis          Don Choate,p            Neil Wilson,c
Cincinnati        Len Gabrielson,lf
Milwaukee         Chris Cannizzaro,c
Kansas City       Hector Maestri,p
Baltimore         Jesse Gonder,c
Detroit           Phil Ortega,p
Pittsburgh        Ray Blemker,p
San Francisco     Doug Clemens,rf
Chicago (A)       Rogelio Alvarez,1b