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Notable Free Agent Signings
RF Jocko Halligan (BLO)
LF Tommy McCarthy (BLO)
SS Bob Allen (BLO)
P Frank Dwyer (BLO)

CF Mike Griffin (BOS)
1B Jake Virtue (BRO)
3B Ned Hanlon (BRO)

CF Ratsy Wright (BSN)
RF Count Campau (BSN)
P Amos Rusie (BSN)

LF Walt Wilmot (CHN)
3B Piggy Ward (CHN)
1B Jake Beckley (CHN)

2B Bob Glenalvin (CIN)
RF Hugh Duffy (CIN)

LF Bobby Lowe (CKK)

RF Steve Brodie (CLV)
SS Ollie Beard (CLV)

LF Patsy Donovan (COL)

1B Harry Moore (LOU)
2B Oyster Burns (LOU)

C Tub Welch (PHA)

P Bob Emslie (PHI)
SS Jimmy Cooney (PHI)

SS Herman Long (PIT)
SS Frank Shugart (PIT)

P Bob Black (WAS)

Trades
11/8: Brooklyn trades 29-year old 1B Joe Werrick (.245, 40 RBI) to Philadelphia (AA) for 27-year old P Art Hagan (40 G, 3.70 ERA, 8-7 WL) and 23-year old 1B Bill Hughes (rookie).
11/21: Boston (NL) trades 27-year old 2B Parson Nicholson (.233, 3 HR, 26 RBI) to Cleveland for 29-year old C Amos Cross (.237, 33 RBI) and $1,510.
12/9: New York trades 25-year old C Artie Clarke (.295, 3 RBI) to St. Louis for 26-year old P Bob Caruthers (33 G, 2.99 ERA, 10-6 WL).
12/9: New York trades 27-year old 1B Al McCauley (.286, 2 HR, 69 RBI) to Cincinnati for 26-year old P Ed Dugan (24 G, 3.08 ERA, 5-6 WL).
12/10: Brooklyn trades 27-year old C Deacon McGuire (.336, 16 RBI) to Boston (NL) for 29-year old P John Connor (38 G, 3.62 ERA, 1-5 WL).


Notable Retirements
P George Bradley (38) (16 seasons ('75-'90), 634 G, 278-278 record, 2 SV, 2.74 ERA, 4757.2 IP, 928 K, 368 CG, 23 SHO, 1.25 WHIP
LF Orator Shaffer (39) (17 seasons ('74-'90), .272 average, 1126 G, 1006 H, 2 HR, 415 RBI, 445 R, 47.3 VORP
1B Jim O'Rourke (40) (19 seasons ('72-'90), .304 average, 1555 G, 1938 H, 481 2B, 27 HR, 1029 RBI, 1243 R, 325.0 VORP
CF Paul Hines (35) (19 seasons, ('72-'90), .256 average, 1229 G, 1097 H, 16 HR, 560 RBI, 629 R, 62.8 VORP
*2B Al Myers (27) (7 seasons, ('84-'90), .238 average, 588 G, 475 H, 4 HR, 180 RBI, 177 R, 6.3 VORP
P Jack Neagle (30) (11 seasons, ('79-'89), 244 G, 88-79 record, 11 SV, 2.75 ERA, 1434.1 IP, 423 K, 91 CG, 4 SHO, 1.23 WHIP
1B Fred Carroll (26) (6 seasons, ('84-'89), .299 average, 629 G, 711 H, 24 HR, 363 RBI, 369 R, 92.5 VORP
P Ed Morris (28) (6 seasons, ('84-'89), 254 G, 97-100 record, 5 SV, 2.65 ERA, 1726.2 IP, 847 K, 140 CG, 12 SHO, 1.25 WHIP