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Offseason news, 1952-1953
-The Boston Braves have moved to Milwaukee and are now the Milwaukee Braves.
-The Brooklyn Dodgers traded 27-year-old 3B Willie Jones to the New York Yankees, getting 23-year-old LF Dick Williams and 24-year-old 2B Billy Martin in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 34-year-old RP Rocky Stone to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 30-year-old 2B Grady Hatton in return.
-The Brooklyn Dodgers traded 31-year-old RF Andy Pafko to the Washington Senators, getting 24-year-old RP Joe Nuxhall in return.
-The Philadelphia Athletics traded 27-year-old 2B Bobby Hofman and 22-year-old RP Ray Herbert to the Brooklyn Dodgers, getting 33-year-old RP Earl Jones and 24-year-old SSP Chico Carrasquel in return.
-The New York Giants traded 23-year-old 2B Ted Lepcio and 23-year-old SSP Jerry Snyder to the St. Louis Browns, getting 31-year-old SP Julio Moreno and 24-year-old SSP Tommy Brown in return.
-The Brooklyn Dodgers traded 36-year-old RP Johnny Gee and 24-year-old 3B Daryl Spencer to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 32-year-old 3B Hector Rodriguez in return.
-The New York Giants traded 30-year-old 3B Bobby Adams to the Chicago Cubs, getting 32-year-old SP Bob Lemon in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 31-year-old SP Dutch McCall and 23-year-old SSP Billy Klaus to the Milwaukee Braves, getting 24-year-old RP Willard Schmidt in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 27-year-old CF Irv Noren to the Chicago Cubs, getting 34-year-old RP Monk Dubiel and 24-year-old 2B Pete Runnels in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 30-year-old RP Johnny Hetki to the Chicago Cubs, getting 31-year-old CF Jim Rivera in return.
-The New York Giants traded 26-year-old SSP Bobby Morgan to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 26-year-old 2B Billy Goodman and 24-year-old 1B Steve Bilko in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 31-year-old LF Dale Mitchell to the Milwaukee Braves, getting 26-year-old RF Mel Clark in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 33-year-old RP Hal White to the St. Louis Browns, getting 30-year-old LF Russ Sullivan in return.
-The Philadelphia Athletics traded 24-year-old SP Willard Nixon to the Cleveland Guardians, getting 30-year-old LF Don Lenhardt in return.
-RF Mel Ott and SP Lon Warneke are inducted into the 1953 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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