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The Blues had some bright spots in 1919 despite falling from the heights of previous seasons:
Seaver and Three-finger Brown won 33 games between them, and Hong-Chih Kuo was brilliant in the bullpen as our Stopper. We lost Satchel Paige, obtained in the previous year first-year player draft at age 43 for more than half the season to injuries, and Satchel ended up with a 4.18 ERA and only 23 IP.
Mize had an off-year: .244 with 18 homers. Roy Campanella hit .261 with 26 homers. Centerfielder Bobby Thomson hit .280 with 31 home runs.
Another bit of good news: the Boston Beaneaters proposed a trade of unhappy 35 year old outfielder Dave Parker, who hit only .250 for them, for Austin McHenry who had also been unproductive for Cleveland in 1919. We happily agreed, and hope that Parker can bring experience, leadership and the last bits of baseball talent he had for his remaining seasons as we try to look for younger talent to build for the future. Now, time for the 1919 first-year player draft.
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