One of the storylines I thought about doing, but didn't, was the signing of 4 key 'free agents'. See, the way I distributed the players, Arky Vaughan, Johnny Mize, Schoolboy Rowe and Hooks Wyse were not assigned a team for 1946. Those 4 were clearly the best available, and I thought the pursuit of them would be a good read. Well, nothing I wrote made it sound like a good story--frankly, it was some really stinky writing. So, surprise: Vaughan is a Cubs, Wyse a Yank, Rowe an Indian and Mize a Giant.
Anyhoo, another club with some money to spend, but it doesn't look like it was spent well. Lefties, like Vaughan, don't benefit from Wrigley like a righty would. Chadler is an even money shot to end up hurt. Couple guys from the all-time Cub team but I just don't see the support squad here.
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Fielders Age Pos AVE HR RBI Salary
Clyde McCullough 29 C .223 9 54 5,800
Bob Scheffing 32 C .242 1 20 5,300
Eddie Waitkus 26 1B .179 0 0 5,500
Lou Stringer 28 2B .246 5 53 8,600
Stan Hack 36 3B .304 43 455 30,300
Rip Russell 31 3B .266 14 113 5,000
Lennie Merullo 28 SS .353 0 1 6,300
Bobby Sturgeon 26 SS .242 0 27 5,000
Arky Vaughan 34 SS .324 84 764 108,200
Phil Cavarretta 29 OF .275 32 290 10,600
Dom Dallessandro 32 OF .264 7 132 6,500
Charlie Gilbert 26 OF .259 2 20 6,000
Bill Nicholson 31 OF .276 56 234 13,200
Lou Novikoff 30 OF .241 5 24 5,000
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Pitchers Age W- L ERA SO Salary
Russ Bauers 31 29- 29 3.53 278 14,100
Spud Chandler 38 42- 20 3.77 187 85,000
Ben Chapman 37 Played 12 years as an OF 6,600
Vallie Eaves 34 4- 8 4.46 46 8,000
Paul Erickson 30 5- 7 3.70 85 5,700
Emil Kush 29 0- 0 2.25 2 6,000
Bill Lee 36 123-101 3.45 772 22,000
Russ Meers 27 0- 1 1.13 5 6,200
Vern Olsen 28 24- 17 3.00 147 12,400
Claude Passeau 36 85- 92 3.59 662 21,000
Ray Prim 39 3- 7 5.54 36 6,600
Johnny Schmitz 25 2- 0 1.31 11 6,800
At the major league camp, but no major league contract
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Toby Atwell C 22
Cliff Dapper C 26
Heinz Becker 1B 30
Don Johnson 2B 34
Danny Lynch 2B 20
Bill Serena 3B 21
Roy Smalley SS 19
Cliff Aberson OF 24
Hal Jeffcoat OF 21
Peanuts Lowrey OF 28
Stan Wentzel OF 29
Russ Meyer P 22
Bob Rush P 20
George Zuverink P 21
At the minor league camp
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Rube Novotney C 21
Rube Walker C 19
Wayne Terwilliger 2B 20
Cy Block 3B 26
Bubba Floyd SS 28
Bob Borkowski OF 20
Nick Goulish OF 28
Jack Graham OF 29
Marv Rickert OF 25
Bob Alexander P 23
Don Carlsen P 19
Claude Crocker P 21
Warren Hacker P 21
Ed Hanyzewski P 25
Don Hendrickson P 32
Harley Hisner P 19
Tony Jacobs P 20
Paul LaPalme P 22
John Mackinson P 22
Ray Moore P 19
Mario Picone P 19
Bill Zinser P 28