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Old 04-13-2025, 01:02 AM   #18
Lord Byron
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Offseason news, 1901-1902

• The Milwaukee Brewers have moved to St. Louis and are now the St. Louis Browns.
• The Cleveland Blues changed their name to the Cleveland Bronchos.
• The Cincinnati Reds traded 26-year-old 2B George Magoon to the New York Giants, getting 26-year-old RHP Harry Felix and 24-year-old RF Jim Jones in return.
• The Chicago White Sox traded 22-year-old C Tom Needham and 24-year-old LF Frank Dupee to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 32-year-old SSP Tommy Corcoran in return.
• The St. Louis Browns traded 23-year-old CF Billy Maloney to the Washington Senators, getting 33-year-old C Boileryard Clarke in return.
• The Washington Senators traded 21-year-old 3B Bob Unglaub to the Boston Beaneaters, getting 32-year-old C Malachi Kittridge in return.
• The Washington Senators traded 22-year-old LF Hugh Hill to the Detroit Tigers, getting 32-year-old RF Ducky Holmes in return.
• The Cleveland Bronchos traded 36-year-old C Bob Wood to the New York Giants, getting 24-year-old 2B Tim Flood and 23-year-old LF Jim Jackson in return.
• The Philadelphia Phillies traded 28-year-old LF Jimmy Slagle to the Detroit Tigers, getting 27-year-old RHP Roy Evans and 21-year-old RHP Frank Owen in return.
• The Chicago Orphans traded 25-year-old 2B Charlie Dexter to the New York Giants, getting 26-year-old RHP Bill Phyle in return.
• The Cincinnati Reds traded 32-year-old 3B Charlie Irwin and 24-year-old CF Harry Bay to the Boston Beaneaters, getting 22-year-old LF Josh Clarke and 22-year-old 3B Jack Thoney in return.
• The Boston Beaneaters traded 31-year-old 1B Scoops Carey to the Detroit Tigers, getting 25-year-old RHP Roscoe Miller in return.
• St. Louis Cardinals 1B Dan McGann becomes a free agent.
• The Boston Americans signed free agent SP George Wheeler to a 1-year contract worth a total of $730.
• The Washington Senators signed free agent LF Dan Lally to a 1-year contract worth a total of $560.
• The Philadelphia Athletics signed free agent RP Ernie Ross to a 1-year contract worth a total of $740.
• The Philadelphia Athletics signed free agent SP Oscar Streit to a 1-year contract worth a total of $610.
• The Cleveland Bronchos signed free agent SP Frank McLean to a 1-year contract worth a total of $730.
• The Cleveland Bronchos signed free agent SP Red Long to a 1-year contract worth a total of $730.
• The Chicago Orphans signed free agent 1B Frank Herbert to a 1-year contract worth a total of $580.
• The St. Louis Browns signed free agent CF Monte McFarland to a 1-year contract worth a total of $700.
• The Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 1B Mike Kelley to a 1-year contract worth a total of $950.
• The Cleveland Bronchos signed free agent SP George Hemming to a 1-year contract worth a total of $630.
• The Boston Beaneaters signed free agent 3B Jack Thoney to a 1-year contract worth a total of $550.
• The Washington Senators signed free agent 3B Ed Wheeler to a 1-year contract worth a total of $750.
• The Detroit Tigers signed free agent SP Jim Hughey to a 1-year contract worth a total of $740.
• The Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RF Lew Post to a 1-year contract worth a total of $750.
• The Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SSP Billy Nattress to a 1-year contract worth a total of $790.
• The Chicago Orphans signed free agent SP Doc Sechrist to a 1-year contract worth a total of $494.
• The St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent 1B Bill Massey to a 1-year contract worth a total of $700.
• The Baltimore Orioles signed Chesty Cox to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $30.
• The Chicago White Sox signed free agent SP Harvey Bailey to a 1-year contract worth a total of $800.
• The Philadelphia Athletics signed free agent RF Jack Rothfuss to a 1-year contract worth a total of $690.
• The Washington Senators signed free agent 3B Charlie Babb to a 1-year contract worth a total of $690.
• SP Bobby Mathews, SP Tim Keefe, SP Pud Galvin, SP Charley Radbourn, SP John Clarkson, SP Tony Mullane, SP Charlie Buffinton, SP Mickey Welch, and SP John Ward are inducted into the 1902 (and inaugural) class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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