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All Star
OVR: 20
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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1903-04 Offseason
Announcements
MLB - Announced that the number of games played during the regular season is being increased from 140 to 154.
Free Agency
Here is where the major free agents are heading.
Clark Griffith, sp - Signed a 2-year, $46,640 contract with New York (A)
Buck Freeman, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $104,320 contract with Boston (A)
Jake Beckley, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $157,000 contract with Cincinnati
Frank Shugart, 1b - Signed a 1-year, $4,470 contract with Chicago (A)
Harry Davis, 1b - Signed a 6-year, $333,600 contract with Philadelphia (A)
Nixey Callahan, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $4,230 contract with Chicago (A)
Harry Steinfeldt, 3b - Signed a 4-year, $190,690 contract with Cleveland
Tommy Leach, 3b - Signed a 2-year, $12,960 contract with Pittsburgh
Fred Clarke, lf - Unsigned - rehabbing a major injury
Billy Lush, cf - Signed a 7-year, $206,920 contract with Boston (N)
Willie Keeler, rf - Signed a 5-year, $153,830 contract with St.Louis (A)
Winter Trades
10/09 - St.Louis (N) gets cf Fielder Jones (32 yrs old, .313-1-25-2) and c Gabby Street (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets 2b Danny Murphy (27 yrs old, .280-4-59-20)
10/09 - Washington gets 1b John Ganzel (29 yrs old, .229-1-18-4), New York (N) gets c Harry Bemis (28 yrs old, .237-0-32-2)
10/31 - Chicago (A) gets 3b Germany Schaefer (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets rf Frank Isbell (28 yrs old, .243-0-10-2)
11/11 - Detroit gets p Farmer Burns (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.0 ip), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Joe Yeager (28 yrs old, .324-0-9-0)
11/20 - Detroit gets p Tully Sparks (28 yrs old, 10-7, 3.99 era, 137.2 ip, 45 k), Cincinnati gets lf Herm McFarland (33 yrs old, .282-1-52-23)
11/20 - New York (A) gets p Bill Donovan (27 yrs old, 26-7, 1.53 era, 306.1 ip, 170 k), Detroit gets c Ed McFarland (29 yrs old, .227-1-10-2)
11/23 - Cincinnati gets p Alex Pearson (25 yrs old, 18-11, 2.38 era, 275.2 ip, 114 k), Brooklyn gets 2b George Magoon (28 yrs old, .277-0-5-0) and 3b Tom Stankard (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/27 - Chicago (N) gets p Alex Hardy (25 yrs old, 13-17, 3.20 era, 258.2 ip, 131 k), Pittsburgh gets 2b Cupid Childs (36 yrs old, .235-3-39-21)
02/06 - St.Louis (A) gets p George Winter (25 yrs old, 10-14, 2.72 era, 218.0 ip, 68 k) and c Larry McLean (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets lf Jesse Burkett (35 yrs old, .333-0-4-1)
02/14 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Ham Iburg (25 yrs old, 5-15, 3.14 era, 166.1 ip, 72 k), Chicago (N) gets ss Jack Dunn (31 yrs old, .200-0-9-1)
Retirements
ss Lew Carr, age 31 - 2 seasons
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
lf Ed Delahanty, age 36 - 15 seasons - Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .404 with 11 homers, 106 rbi and 46 sb in 116 games.
.343 avg, 96 hr, 1378 rbi, 2542 h, 508 2b, 175 3b, 1497 r, 483 sb
lf Ben Harrison, age 33 - 2 seasons
.163 avg, 1 hr, 9 rbi, 8 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb
3b Fred Hartman, age 35 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .306 with 2 homers, 67 rbi and 18 sb in 124 games.
.285 avg, 8 hr, 248 rbi, 539 h, 59 2b, 35 3b, 260 r, 81 sb
3b Eddie Hickey, age 31 - 2 seasons
.250 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 2 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb
ss Joe Quinn, age 39 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .311 with 2 homers, 74 rbi and 22 sb in 134 games.
.261 avg, 24 hr, 773 rbi, 1706 h, 212 2b, 65 3b, 788 r, 252 sb
c Wilbert Robinson, age 40 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .353 with 1 homer, 98 rbi and 12 sb in 109 games.
.295 avg, 9 hr, 493 rbi, 923 h, 141 2b, 29 3b, 400 r, 84 sb
ss Frank Scheibeck, age 38 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .272 with 1 homer, 27 rbi and 18 sb in 80 games.
.252 avg, 1 hr, 68 rbi, 166 h, 15 2b, 10 3b, 116 r, 30 sb
sp Kid Carsay, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a 19-16 record with 1 save, a 3.12 era and 76 k in 317.2 innings.
102-102, 6 sv, 4.91 era, 1826.0 ip, 646 bb, 317 k
3b Lave Cross, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .386 with 7 homers, 125 rbi and 21 sb in 119 games.
.295 avg, 37 hr, 867 rbi, 1637 h, 248 2b, 77 3b, 885 r, 192 sb
sp Bill Hart, age 38 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a 9-12 record with 1 save, a 3.28 era and 65 k in 195.0 innings.
53-102, 4 sv, 4.86 era, 1363.2 ip, 631 bb, 341 k
ss Herman Long, age 37 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .324 with 12 homers, 79 rbi and 24 in 104 games.
.285 avg, 88 hr, 910 rbi, 1803 h, 284 2b, 85 3b, 1253 r, 412 sb
sp Amos Rusie, age 32 - 11 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1897 when he compiled a 28-10 record with a 2.54 era and 135 k in 322.1 innings.
245-173, 5 sv, 3.04 era, 3760.1 ip, 1702 bb, 1928 k
sp Crazy Schmit, age 38 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 6-8 record with 2 saves, a 4.77 era and 25 k in 145.1 innings.
13-42, 2 sv, 5.34 era, 495.2 ip, 233 bb, 117 k
mr Archie Stimmel, age 30 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 1-1 record with a 3.60 era and 4 k in 5 innings.
2-2, 0 sv, 5.33 era, 25.1 ip, 7 bb, 7 k
sp Gus Weyhing, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a 32-21 record with 3 saves, a 2.66 era and 202 k in 469.2 innings.
123-132, 4 sv, 4.49 era, 2225.0 ip, 767 bb, 675 k
First-Year Player Draft
Code:
Team Round One Round Two Round Three Round Four Round Five
Boston (A) Orval Overall,p Ed Kinsella,p Hank Olmsted,p Mickey Doolan,ss Buck Washer,p
Pittsburgh Irv Young,p Harry Hardy,p Charlie Jackson,p Ollie Johns,p Art Goodwin,p
Philadelphia (N) Jim Buchanan,p Bill Hogg,p Frank LaPorte,3b Ed Hahn,rf Ike Rockenfield,2b
Chicago (A) **** Harley,p Rick Adams,p Bris Lord,cf Bob Ganley,rf George Moore,p
Chicago (N) Joe Harris,p Lefty Leifield,p John Hummel,2b Moxie Manuel,p Ernie Baker,p
New York (A) Jake Thielman,p Big Jeff Pfeffer,p John Knight,3b Eddie Grant,3b Walt Justis,p
St.Louis (N) Billy Campbell,p Harry McIntire,p Louis Leroy,p George Gibson,c Jack Himes,cf
Washington John Eubank,p Ed Barry,p Otis Clymer,rf Ben Koehler,cf Frank Delahanty,lf
Brooklyn Jimmy Dygert,p Buster Brown,p Mike Mowrey,3b Wilbur Good,p Phil Lewis,ss
Philadelphia (A) Ty Cobb,rf Hal Chase,1b Del Howard,lf Jap Barbeau,3b Frank Owens,c
St.Louis (A) Hi West,p Al Bridwell,ss Otto Knabe,2b Nig Clarke,c Art Hoelskoetter,2b
Cincinnati Charlie Chech,p Frosty Thomas,p Eddie Cicotte,p Branch Rickey,c Rube DeGroff,cf
Cleveland Rip Vowinkel,p Bill Hinchman,lf John Halla,p Denny Sullivan,cf Tubby Spencer,c
New York (N) King Brady,p Frank Hershey,p George Disch,p Andy Bruckmiller,p Chris Lindsay,1b
Boston (N) Ed Reulbach,p Rube Oldring,cf Myron Grimshaw,1b Charlie Starr,2b Homer Hillebrand,1b
Detroit Harry Ables,p Joseph Myers,p Gene Ford,p Charlie Malay,2b Howard Wakefield,c
Team Round Six Round Seven Round Eight Round Nine Round Ten
Boston (A) John Godwin,3b Shag Shaughnessy,rf Ad Yale,1b
Pittsburgh Allie Strobel,2b John Sullivan,c Charlie Fallon,1b
Philadelphia (N) Cliff Blankenship,1b Bill McCarthy,c
Chicago (A) Bud Sharpe,rf Red Munson,c
Chicago (N) Bill Clancy,1b Fred Curtis,1b
New York (A) Punch Knoll,rf Offa Neal,3b
St.Louis (N) Harry Barton,c Pop Rising,rf
Washington Johnny Siegle,rf Dave Murphy,ss
Brooklyn Nick Kahl,2b Steamer Flanagan,cf
Philadelphia (A) Hub Hart,c Emil Leber,3b
St.Louis (A) Charlie ARmbruster,c Phil Cooney,3b
Cincinnati Hughie Tate,lf Charlie Gibson,c
Cleveland Gerry Shea,c Joe McCarthy,c
New York (N) Jim Wallace,rf Ed MacGamwell,1b
Boston (N) Claude Rothgeb,rf Moonlight Graham,rf
Detroit Jim Cockman,3b Art McGovern,c
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