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Old 02-04-2024, 07:04 PM   #118
Lord Byron
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Offseason news leading up to the 1909 Rookie Draft...

-The Brooklyn Superbas fired manager Stephen Schraven and signed manager Arturo Ybarra to a 3-year, $510 per year contract.
-The Boston Red Sox fired manager Jimmy Collins and signed manager Jimmy McAleer to a 3-year, $780 per year contract.
-Philadelphia Athletics general manager Tony Aguilera retires and the Athletics signed general manager Vernon Parker to a 3-year, $2,375 per year contract.
-Ca Frank Bowerman retired from professional baseball.
-RP Farmer Burns retired from professional baseball.
-1B Lefty Herring retired from professional baseball.
-Ca Mike Heydon retired from professional baseball.
-RF Joe Hughes retired from professional baseball.
-RP Rube Vickers retired from professional baseball.
-Philadelphia Athletics SP Bill Bernhard, SP Chick Fraser, 3B Ed Gremminger, RF Socks Seybold, and 3B Billy Lauder retired from professional baseball.
-Pittsburgh Pirates SP Jesse Tannehill, SP Case Patten, SP Ed Poole, SP Deacon Phillippe, RP Libe Washburn, and LF Johnny Siegle retired from professional baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates retired #84 in honor of Jesse Tannehill.
-Philadelphia Phillies 3B Harry Wolverton, SP Al Orth, and SP Bill Duggleby retired from professional baseball.
-Cleveland Naps Ca George Yeager retired from professional baseball.
-St. Louis Browns SHS George Bone, CF Ed Bruyette, and Ca Pete Lamer retired from professional baseball.
-Detroit Tigers SP Emil Frisk and RP Ed High retired from professional baseball.
-Brooklyn Superbas SP Cowboy Jones and SP Doc McJames retired from professional baseball.
-Boston Red Sox SP Ted Lewis, LF Dan Kerwin, and SP Cy Vorhees retired from professional baseball.
-New York Giants Ca Jack Warner and SHS George Davis retired from professional baseball.
-Boston Doves SP Jim Gardner retired from professional baseball.
-St. Louis Cardinals SHS Joe Bean, SP Willie Sudhoff, 2B Pug Bennett, and LF Art Nichols retired from professional baseball.
-Washington Senators Ca Harry Bemis, CF Roy Clark, 1B Pop Dillon, and CF Tom Fleming retired from professional baseball.
-Chicago Cubs 2B Claude Gouzzie, RP Dick Harley, Ca Nap Shea, and SP Pop Williams retired from professional baseball.
-Chicago White Sox SP Jake Weimer, 3B Jim Cockman, SP Nixey Callahan, and SP Jack Taylor retired from professional baseball.
-Cincinnati Reds RF Bill Carney retired from professional baseball.
-The Philadelphia Phillies traded 35-year-old RP Billy Campbell and 21-year-old Ca Ed Sweeney to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 24-year-old 1B Jim Nealon in return.
-The St. Louis Cardinals traded 25-year-old LF Bob Bescher to the Boston Red Sox, getting 31-year-old SP George Winter in return.
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