Free Agent Signings ... or Trades?

Zimmerman just signed with the Tigers. Last year Scherzer signed with the Nationals. Were these free agent signings or in reality a trade?

I remember one year Will Clark, Palmeiro and another 1B just basically changed teams, although they were masqueraded as free agent signings.

Orel Hershiser once signed with a team because he wanted to be closer to his family, the team he signed with was "farther" from his family.

Then there are people like Greinke, who admitted he just wanted the most money That was commendable to admit that.

My Baseball Games Recorded (on VHS or DVD) Part 1 1952-1969

I know the list is out of date so today 11-29-15 I will a full audit/updating of the games I have ... 2 large boxes of VHS tapes and a slew of DVD recording scattered everywhere.

Some of these recordings come from the mid 1980s. I think before Comcast Sports Network was around, there was something called the Sports Channel or Sports Network or similar, (It will come to me - or I can just watch a video or 2 and be reminded). Later before ESPN ruined it, the Classic Sports Network was also very good for these items. And of course, some over the air broadcasts (live games) and The MLB Network.

These are my recordings for 1952-1969 (there may be more but I may have not updated the lists).

	1952-1969
1952.10.06	Yankees 3, Dodgers 2	1952 WSG6
1952.10.07	Yankees 4, Dodgers 2	1952 WSG7
1956.10.08	Yankees 2, Dodgers 0	1956 WSG5/Larsen PG
1960.10.13	Pirates 10, Yankees 9	1960 WSG7
1965.07.13	NL 6, AL 5	1965 ASG
1965.10.06	Twins 8, Dodgers 2	1965 WSG1
1965.10.10	Dodgers 7, Twins 2	1965 WSG4
196510.11	Dodgers 7, Twins 0	1965 WSG5
196510.14	Dodgers 2, Twins 0	1965 WSG7
1968.10.02	Cardinals 4, Tigers 0	1968 WSG1
1968.10.10	Tigers 4, Cardinals 1	1968 WSG7
1969.07.12	Cubs 7, Phillies 4
1969.10.11	Orioles 4, Mets 1	1969 WSG1
1969.10.12	Mets 2, Orioles 1	1969 WSG2
1969.10.14	Mets 5, Orioles 0	1969 WSG3
1969.10.15	Mets 2, Orioles 1	1969 WSG4
1969.10.16	Mets 5, Orioles 3	1969 WSG5

Bill James - The Guru ... sometimes

I like reading Bill James. A lot of good info, some provocative thoughts, and some tidbits to die for.

I have all 3 editions of the Historical Baseball Abstract, his Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers, and 1 or 2 other books.

Some of his articles (like the one on Ernie Lombardi) are treasured.

He has a soft place in his heart for The KC Royals and despises Charlie Finley from the old KC Athletics days.

While I despise ranking players, he really educated me on differences between eras, ball park illusions, and more.

While enjoyable he can be woefully inconsistent. With one comparison he may look at the best 3 seasons, with another comparison he may look at the best 7 seasons, etc.  He will be all over park illusions in one comparison, then almost ignore them in the next comparison.

He once had Willie Mays ranked 3rd or 4th in career/peak for CF, then had him the third best OVERALL player (only behind Ruth and Wagner). He said I can never see why Gibson was rated over Marichal and had Marichal rated higher BOTH peak and career, then rated Gibson better in a combined ranking!?! He said McCovey should be rated above Killebrew, then a few books later rated Killebrew over McCovey. ETC ETC ETC

He was all over Kaline out homering Clemente 399-240, but ignored the facts that Kaline had 3,000 more AB than Clemente and played in a MUCH easier home run park than Clemente. The same park (Forbes Field) that he eloquently described the negative home run factor in his comments on  Mazeroski.

He had Billy Martin prominently pictured on the cover of his Guide to Managers, then virtually did not say a word about him in the book.

Overall, I truly enjoy and benefit from reading him, but I take his rankings with a grain of salt.

Summer of 49 (Halberstam)

One of the tasks recently taken was to decide which of mom and dad's belongings to keep and which to give away, sell or trash. Mom was moved to an independent/assisted living facility a few weeks ago. There was SO MUCH stuff, you could not take 20% of it. One of the items I took was David Halberstam's book: "Summer of 49".

 

I have only read about 50 pages but I have learned so many tidbits.

 

In 1948, the 3 top AL teams Yankees, Red Sox and Indians were tied with 7 games to go. 

 

Of course, from the SOM oldtimer set, I have long been a fan of the 1948 Indians, 2 IF with over 30 HR and a third with a .355 BA and 18 HR and none of the three were the 1B. A .300 hitting OF and a great pitching staff.

 

I did  not know Gene Bearden (sensational rookie in 1948) was a knuckleballer, and his quick drop off (from 20-7, 2.43 ERA in 1948 to 8-8, 5.10 ERA and then just 24 ML wins after that) was due to the hitters adjusting by moving well up in the batters box to get the knuckleball before it darted and danced and fluttered.

 

Johnny Pesky's real last name was Paveskovich.

 

The sharpest dresser on the Red Sox was Jack Kramer, who wore (and laundered himself) silk underwear and expensive suits.

 

In the last game of the regular season at Fenway, with the Red Sox winning, late in the game, Bucky Harris  sent in a replacement for Joe DiMaggio after he took his position just prior to the inning starting. The Red Sox fans gave Joe D a thundering ovation and DiMaggio said it was the single greatest thrill in his career.

 

Mel Parnell, a LH Boston ace in 1948, had a 2.29 ERA in Fenway but a 4.13 ERA on the road.

There was a game in June 8 (1948) between the Indians and Red Sox in Fenway where Bearden beat Parnell 2-0, the only 2 runs being scored on a HR that was obviously foul to everyone but the 1B ump. If Boston wins that game, no playoff.

 

After losing the playoff game 8-3, Red Sox surprise starter Denny Galehouse never started another game, and pitched just 2 more ML innings.

 

In 1946, Me Allen of the Yankees became the first announcer to travel to away games and give live radio broadcasts from these away games.

 

Joe McCarthy was said to have pulled Hack Wilson aside to lecture him about his drinking. He poured a shot of whiskey into a glass filled with worms and the worms all quickly died. McCarthy asked Wilson what he thought about that. Wilson said If I drink, I won't have worms. 

 

McCarthy signaled bonus boy Chuck Stobbs to come over to him late in spring training after ignoring him all ST and started talking about the pivot at 2B. Stobbs told him he was a pitcher. McCarthy replied I thought you were Goodman, get the hell out of here.  He only pitched him 9 innings all year.

 

In the spring of 1949, with DiMaggio having trouble with his heel, he limped through some late spring games in Texas and then 70 year old Owner Del Webb accompanied him to the doctor as the injury worsened. The doctor took x-rays of both DiMaggio AND Webb, then showed the x-rays to Webb, saying one showed the body of a young man, the other is an older man. Webb replied that was perfectly understandable. Then the doctor said the "old man's" x-rays were not Webb, but DiMaggio.

 

DiMaggio was asked to sign a photo of Gionfriddo making the famous 1947 world series catch and after refusing, he finally relented. As the photographer walked away, DiMag leaned over to a small group of writers and said "if he was playing me right, he would have made it look easy".

1980s SOM baseball tournament "in development "

I am better at creating projects than completing them, I sold all of my 1980-2013 sets a while ago, but managed to get 1980 back and have designs on the other 9 seasons 1981-1989 (but this may take awhile). I do not anticipate creating another 36 team - 6 league 1980s decades   project (like my 1960s and 1970s and even oldtimer leagues - 17 leagues is already a monster) but maybe I can play a 32 team tournament - if I get those other 9 seasons. I "recently" did a 2000-2009 32 team tournament which was won by the 2003 Marlins.

I take the 20 pennant winners and add 6 "wild cards" for each league, the 12 at large teams are obviously subjective choices. Teams are seeded with world champs, followed by pennant winners getting the higher seeds. Bubble teams who did not make it include 1980 Orioles, 1980 Astros, 1981 Expos, 1982 Braves, 1985 Dodgers, 1985 Yankees, 1986 Angels, 1987 Blue Jays, 1989 Cubs

So rough draft here are my brackets, definitely subject to change - all series best of 7

1984 Tigers (A1) - 1986 Astros (N4)
1980 Royals (A3) - 1989 Giants (N2)
1987 Twins (A2) - 1988 Mets (N3)
1983 White Sox (A4) - 1981 Dodgers (N1)

1983 Orioles (A1) - 1981 Reds (N4)
1980 Yankees (A3) - 1985 Cardinals (N2)
1988 A's (A2) - 1984 Padres (N3)
1982 Angels (A4) - 1980 Phillies (N1)

1989 A's (A1) - 1985 Mets (N4)
1981 Yankees (A3) - 1987 Cardinals (N2)
1986 Red Sox (A2) - 1984 Cubs (N3)
1987 Tigers (A4) - 1988 Dodgers (N1)

1985 Royals (A1) - 1987 Giants (N4)
1985 Blue Jays (A3) - 1982 Cardinals (N2)
1982 Brewers (A2) - 1983 Phillies (N3)
1981 A's (A4) - 1986 Mets (N1)

Lost ... and found

I think I have one major pet peeve in life - losing things.

Even meaningless things like a sock or a dime store pen. Something of value? OMG. A needed electronic item? The worst would be something of a cherished memory or nostalgic (and irreplaceable) item.

Something from my Strat-O-Matic hobby? Noooohhhhhh!

One year back in the mid to late 70s I put together some franchise teams combining just a few years and then lost both the A's and Astros which had players from 1971 and 1972 as I recall. Lost my beloved 1971 Vida Blue card. Very perturbed. Then one day in the mid eighties I went into a game / hobby store in Palo Alto and they had a used SOM game for sale, I think it had 6 or 7 1971 teams, including the A's and I bought it for like 10 bucks. Later when I joined the SOM review (or maybe even ebay) I was able to replace a few other missing teams including the 1972 A's and those Astros teams.

So it seems I am missing three games that I played in one of my 1970s leagues, but I have online capsules of the games, so I knew who won, what were the scores, and who the pitchers were. But no play by play sheet - hence no way to have full stats. A dilemma.

Last year I sold a lot of my collection and it is easy to see when I sold certain items and for how much as ebay invoices go back forever. But I am "missing" the one 1962 original team I had. I do not recall selling it, but there is a possibility I did. There is no ebay transaction in my invoices, perhaps I made a private deal? Or maybe I just lost it or misplaced  it in all the shuffling during de-sleeving, re-organizing, and re-selling. I also have a set of nice copies of original 1962, and again a vague memory of putting the "real" team with that set, and getting rid of the duplicate/copied team. Maybe I made a mistake and threw the wrong team out.

Anyway, bothers me to this day.

So the other day, I rekindled my 3 sets of leagues (oldtimers, 1960s, 1970s) - 17 leagues total,. I went through a few of the binders and updated some of the league sheets to change results from pencil to typed etc. Thought I had it all covered. Then I read on my forum, I had played 6 more games in my 1920-1930s league, and thought I did not have the boxscore/play sheets. I looked everywhere, tearing apart several rooms, looking in folders for other non SOM games etc. Looked and looked and looked. Said oh well - another problem with missing games and missing stats.  Then I retrieved my oldtimers binder and flipped to the back of the 1920s-1930s section and all 6 games were there?!? The 1931 A's and 1927 Yankees played a 3 game series, which they both entered tied for first place with 6-3 records. The A's took 2 of 3 but the Yankees took game 3 scoring 17 runs. The 5-4 1935 Cubs took 3 from the 2-7 1924 Senators, vaulting the Cubs to a first place tie at 8-4 with  the 1931 A's. The 1934 cards and 1922 Giants will play the last series of round 4 tied with 4-5 records.

Did I forget to look there - seems that would be the first place I would have looked?  Weird. But almost OK again, except for those 3 missing 1970s games.

Perhaps my all time best series and definitey my best game ever

This was the first series in a project I never completed, but what a first series.

1960 Pirates vs 1953 Dodgers (basic oldtimers)

Game 1: Dodgers 3, Pirates 1
Game 2: Dodgers 7, Pirates 2
Game 3: Dodgers 4, Pirates 2
Game 4: Pirates 10, Dodgers 2
Game 5: Pirates 1, Dodgers 0
Game 6: Pirates 4, Dodgers 2
Game 7: ???

I decided to rekindle a project I previously did as a single-elimination tournament, this time making it a best of 7 tournament. I call it my Nostalgia Tournament. In 1969 I received my first Strat Game - an 8 team selector set (1968 teams). I skipped buying anything in 1970 due to variety of circumstances but then returned in 1971 to buy 24 1970 teams and the then 28 team old timer set. So I will have a 32 team tournament (basic of course). I take 27 of the 28 old timer teams (no 1962 Mets, add the 2 1968 pennant winners, add the 2 1970 pennant winners, and the 1970 Twins as a wild card. There are 17 NL teams and 15 AL teams so I move the 1953 Dodgers to the AL “side” and then seed the 32 teams into 8 four team brackets. My first series pits the 1960 Pirates (a 2 seed) vs. the 1953 Dodgers (a 3 seed).

             The Dodgers take a commanding 3-0 lead in the series. The Pirates avoid elimination with a convincing 10-2 Game 4 win. Game 5 matches aces Carl Erskine and Vernon Law. In a superb pitching duel, the Pirates get just 2 hits but prevail 1-0 because both hits were in the same inning and led to the game’s only run. The Dodgers had a 2-1 8th inning Game 6 lead when Don Hoak ripped a 3 run home run off Clem Labine to stave off elimination. It also set up Game 7 and what a memorable game that turned out to be. 

            The Dodgers send out Billy Loes to face the Pirates Vinegar Bend Mizell. Brooklyn strikes first when Campanella leads off the second with a home run. The Dodgers add 2 walks and a hit but score no more. In the top of the third, Pee Wee Reese walks but is caught stealing. Duke Snider then walks and Campanella connects again for a 3-0 Brooklyn lead. In the bottom of the third, after retiring the first 8, Mizell rolls a fielding chance off Loes card for Gil Hodges, but the “1” rated fielder bobbles it for an error. Dick Groat follows with a single then Bill Virdon rolls a HR chance off Loes card and the error comes back and bites the Dodgers as the score is tied 3-3.

            In the Dodger 5th, Hodges redeems himself with a 2 out 2 run HR to give The Boys of Summer a 5-3 lead. After an error and walk, Billy Cox also connects for a 3 run HR and suddenly it is 8-3 Brooklyn. Bill Mazeroski homers in the bottom of the 5th to make it 8-4. There have been 6 homers in the first 5 innings. The Dodgers load the bases with 1 out in the 6th but Hodges grounds into an inning ending double play. Don Hoak rolls a fielding chance for Billy Cox to lead off the Pirates 6th and the normally sure handed “1” rated fielder makes an error. Dick Stuart then rolls the rare 2-12 for a 2 run HR and the Dodger lead is narrowed to 8-6. After this, I had an inkling something special might happen, little did I know. Bob Skinner and Smokey Burgess follow with walks. Bill Mazeroski singles home Skinner and then pinch hitter Rocky Nelson walks. The Pirates have come back from an 8-3 deficit to make it 8-7 and have the bases loaded and no outs. Dick Groat hits a sac fly for an RBI to tie the game at 8, Bill Virdon singles, then Roberto Clemente lifts a sac fly to give the Pirates a 9-8 lead. Wow.

            The Dodgers do not score in the 7th but Stuart rolls a 1-11 for another home run in the bottom of the 7th and Pittsburgh leads it 10-8. In the top of the 8th, all 3 Dodger batters strike out. In the bottom of the 8th, Clemente doubles with 2 outs and Don Hoak drills a HR and Pittsburgh now leads it 12-8. There have now been 9 home runs in the game. Brooklyn comes to bat in the 9th trailing 12-8 after leading 8-3. Pirate relief ace Roy Face enters the game. Campanella greets him with his third HR of the game, making it 12-9. Gil Hodges and Carl Furillo single, then Jim Gilliam walks. Brooklyn now trails it 12-9 but has the bases loaded and 0 out. I decide to pinch hit Wayne Belardi for Billy Cox. Belardi has high potential to either homer or strike out (avoiding a double play). Belardi hits a sac fly, it is now 12-10. Pinch-hitter George Shuba walks reloading the bases. Jackie Robinson singles in one run making it 12-11. Pee Wee Reese singles in a run tieing the game at 12-12. Then Duke Snider hits a sac fly and Brooklyn leads it 13-12. (Campanella flies out to end the inning). Unbelievable 5 run rally.

            Bob Skinner grounds out to start the Pirate 9th. Smokey Burgess then rolls a 2-8 for a HR 1-7 chance and GETS the HR, knotting the game at 13. We now have 11 home runs in the game. In the Dodger 10th a leadoff single is wasted. The Pirate 10th sees Dick Groat fly out to lead off the inning, but Virdon and Clemente follow with singles. Don Hoak grounds out for the second out but Hal Smith, pinch hitting for Face who was inserted into the lineup here, strokes a single, winning the wild game for the Pirates and eliminating the Dodgers. The 1953 Dodgers had made the final game of the previous 32-team, single-elimination tournament.
 

GAME SEVEN

1953 Dodgers 012 050 005 0 - 13 14 2

1960 Pirates    003 015 121 1 - 14 15 1

Loes, Hughes (5), Milliken (6), Labine (7), Podres (9) and Campanella

Mizell, Green (6), Gibbon (7), Face (9) and Burgess

 

WP Face … LP Podres

HR Campanella (3), Virdon, Hodges, Cox, Mazeroski, Stuart (2), Hoak, Burgess

 

            Some notable accomplishments:
 

1) Pirates come back from a 3-0 series deficit to win series.

2) Pirates won game 5 with only 2 hits, 1-0.

3) 13 runs tied my all-time record for most runs by a losing team. The 1971 A’s once lost to the 1974 Dodgers also 14-13, scoring 7 runs in the B9 and just missing a game winning 3 run HR on the last batter of the game

4) 11 combined home runs is close to my all-time record (I know in one game the 1972 A’s hit 9 home runs by themselves)

5) Campanella’s 3 home runs tied for my second best HR performance ever. The best ever was 1970 Boog Powell who hit for the home run cycle (grand slam, 3 run HR, 2 run HR and solo shot). Others with 3 home runs from memory 1975 Johnny Bench, 1975 Bobby Bonds, (I played a huge 1975 season way back when), 1927 Lou Gehrig and I think 1977 George Foster. Maybe 1-3 others.

6) The Pirates overcame a 5 run deficit and then the Dodgers overcame a 9th inning 4 run deficit

7) Quite possibly my wildest, most exciting, event-filled game in 45 years of SOM baseball

Back in the swing of things ... and a triple play

Been too long.

Grabbed my 1900-1910 oldtimer teams ... I need to play 6 games (2 series) to have all 6 teams have 9 games played. 3 of my other 4 oldtimer leagues have all 6 teams with 9 games played and my 1920-30B league also needs just 6 games to make all 6 teams have 9 games played.

So the 1905 New York Giants (6-0) visit the 1909 Detroit Tigers (2-4) for a three game series.

Game 1 sees Ed Summers hurls a shutout and Sam Crawford have a big triple in a 2 run 4th to propel the Tigers to a 3-0 win, giving the  Giants their first loss.

In the Giants 6th, a single and an error get 2 runners on with no outs, then the rare roll for Roger Bresnahan - lineout into as many outs as possible - produce the ultra rare triple play. It has been a long LONG time since this has happened in a game for me.

Too cool.

1950 Johnny Mize and an Incredible Start

Check this out from my Oldtimers 1950-1959 League


Johnny Mize, 1950

Game 1 vs 1957 Braves (league game #004)
   1x2 HR, RBI, BB, 2 runs scored in 2-0 victory

Game 2 vs 1957 Braves (league game #005)
  3x5, HR, RBI, 3 runs scored, HR was bottom of 9th walk off HR in 8-7 victory

Game 3 vs 1957 Braves (league game #006)
  4x5, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 2 runs scored in 13-3 victory

Game 4 vs 1953 Dodgers (league game #010)
  1x5, HR 2 RBI, run in 9-7 victory

Game 5 vs 1953 Dodgers (league game #011)
  1x3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB, run in 8-1 victory

Game 6 vs 1953 Dodgers (league game #012)
  4x4, 3 HR, 8 RBI including grand slam, 2 BB, 3 runs scored in 13-1 victory

9 HR in first 6 games

Game 7 vs 1950 Phillies (league game #22)
2x5, 2 HR 5 RBI, 3 runs scored in 9-2 victory

11 HR in first 7 games

Game 8 vs 1950 Phillies (league game #23)
  0x4, BB, run, RBI in 10-5 victory

Game 9 vs 1950 Phillies (league game #24)
  0x4 in 6-5 loss

Players Included in The Franchise All Star Sets for History Maker Baseball

Triandos, Gus	1957	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Gentile, Jim	1961	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Wilhelm, Hoyt	1962	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Powell, Boog	1964	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Robinson, Brooks	1964	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Miller, Stu	1965	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Robinson, Frank	1966	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
McNally, Dave	1968	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Blair, Paul	1969	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Cuellar, Mike	1969	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Grich, Bobby	1974	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Palmer, Jim	1975	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Belanger, Mark	1976	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Singleton, Ken	1977	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Stone, Steve	1980	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Lowenstein, John	1982	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Murray, Eddie	1982	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Martinez, Tippy	1983	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Boddicker, Mike	1984	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Olson, Greg	1989	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Ripken, Jr., Cal	1991	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Mussina, Mike	1992	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Hoiles, Chris	1993	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Alomar, Roberto	1996	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Anderson, Brady	1996	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Mora, Melvin	2004	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Huff, Aubrey	2008	Baltimore Orioles	FAS
Holmes, Tommy	1945	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Mathews, Eddie	1953	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Spahn, Warren	1953	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Burdette, Lew	1956	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Aaron, Hank	1961	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Menke, Dennis	1964	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Torre, Joe	1966	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Niekro, Phil	1969	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Evans, Darrell	1973	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Garr, Ralph	1974	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Bedrosian, Steve	1982	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Hubbard, Glenn	1983	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Murphy, Dale	1983	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Smith, Lonnie	1989	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Glavine, Tom	1991	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
McGriff, Fred	1994	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Maddux, Greg	1995	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Smoltz, John	1996	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Galarraga, Andres	1998	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Jones, Andruw	2000	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Giles, Marcus	2003	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Lopez, Javy	2003	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Furcal, Rafael	2005	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Jones, Chipper	2008	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Wagner, Billy	2010	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
O'Flaherty, Eric	2011	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Kimbrel, Craig	2012	Bos-Mil-Atl Braves	FAS
Young, CY	1901	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Speaker, Tris	1912	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Ruth, Babe	1916	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Grove, Lefty	1936	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Foxx, Jimmie	1938	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Willams, Ted	1941	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Doerr, Bobby	1944	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Kinder, Ellis	1953	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Yastrzemski, Carl	1967	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Petrocelli, Rico	1969	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Tiant, Luis	1972	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Lynn, Fred	1975	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Fisk, Carlton	1977	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Rice, Jim	1978	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Evans, Dwight	1981	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Boggs, Wade	1987	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Clemens, Roger	1990	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Gordon, Tom	1998	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Garciaparra, Nomar	2000	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Martinez, Pedro	2000	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Ramirez, Manny	2004	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Varitek, Jason	2004	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Ortiz, David	2006	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Papelbon, Jonathan	2006	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Lowell, Mike	2007	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Pedroia, Dustin	2008	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Uehara, Koji	2013	Boston Red Sox	FAS
Vance, Dazzy	1928	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Herman, Babe	1930	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Robinson, Jackie	1949	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Campanella, Roy	1953	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Snider, Duke	1953	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Hodges, Gil	1954	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Reese, Pee Wee	1954	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Davis, Tommy	1962	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Wills, Maury	1962	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Drysdale, Don	1964	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Koufax, Sandy	1966	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Regan, Phil	1966	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Sutton, Don	1972	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Marshall, Mike	1974	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Garvey, Steve	1975	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Lopes, Davey	1978	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Cey, Ron	1979	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Guerrero, Pedro	1985	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Hershiser, Orel	1988	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Piazza, Mike	1997	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Sheffield, Gary	2000	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Green, Shawn	2001	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Gagne, Eric	2003	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Beltre, Adrian	2004	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Kemp, Matt	2011	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Jansen, Kenley	2013	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Kershaw, Clayton	2013	Bro-LA Dodgers	FAS
Brown, Mordecai	1906	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Vaughn, Hippo	1918	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Alexander, Pete	1920	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Hornsby, Rogers	1929	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Cuyler, Kiki	1930	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Wilson, Hack	1930	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Hartnett, Gabby	1935	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Pafko, Andy	1950	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Banks, Ernie	1959	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Santo, Ron	1967	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Kessinger, Don	1969	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Jenkins, Fergie	1971	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Williams, Billy	1972	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Madlock, Bill	1975	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Sutter, Bruce	1977	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Kingman, Dave	1979	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Davis, Jody	1983	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Smith, Lee	1983	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Sandberg, Ryne	1984	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Dawson, Andre	1987	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Maddux, Greg	1992	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Grace, Mark	1993	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Sosa, Sammy	1998	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Prior, Mark	2003	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Lee, Derrek	2005	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Marmol, Carlos	2007	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Wood, Kerry	2008	Chicago Cubs	FAS
Walsh, Ed	1910	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Cicotte, Eddie	1917	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Jackson, Joe	1920	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Collins, Eddie	1923	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Reynolds, Carl	1930	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Appling, Luke	1936	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Lyons, Ted	1939	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Minoso, Minnie	1954	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Pierce, Billy	1955	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Lollar, Sherm	1956	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Fox, Nellie	1959	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Aparicio, Luis	1960	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Agee, Tommie	1966	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Wilhelm, Hoyt	1967	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Melton, Bill	1971	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Wood, Wilbur	1971	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Allen, Dick	1972	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Lemon, Chet	1979	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Fisk, Carlton	1983	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Thigpen, Bobby	1990	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Thomas, Frank	1994	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Ventura, Robin	1995	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Hernandez, Roberto	1996	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Belle, Albert	1998	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Marte, Damaso	2003	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Buehrle, Mark	2005	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Dye, Jermaine	2006	Chicago White Sox	FAS
Groh, Heinie	1919	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Luque, Dolf	1923	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Roush, Edd	1923	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Rixey, Eppa	1924	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Derringer, Paul	1938	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Lombardi, Ernie	1938	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Walters, Bucky	1939	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Blackwell, Ewell	1947	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Kluszewski, Ted	1954	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Post, Wally	1955	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Robinson, Frank	1962	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Maloney, Jim	1965	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Abernathy, Ted	1967	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Bench, Johnny	1970	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Perez, Tony	1970	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Rose, Pete	1973	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Morgan, Joe	1976	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Foster, George	1977	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Concepcion, Dave	1978	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Oester, Ron	1985	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Davis, Eric	1987	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Franco, John	1988	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Dibble, Rob	1990	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Larkin, Barry	1995	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Griffey, Jr., Ken	2000	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Votto, Joey	2010	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Chapman, Aroldis	2012	Cincinnati Reds	FAS
Lajoie, Nap	1904	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Joss, Addie	1908	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Jackson, Shoeless Joe	1912	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Speaker, Tris	1916	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Averill, Earl	1936	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Trosky, Hal	1936	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Feller, Bob	1946	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Boudreau, Lou	1948	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Rosen, Al	1953	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Colavito, Rocky	1958	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Romano, John	1961	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Tiant, Luis	1968	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Perry, Gaylord	1972	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Monge, Sid	1979	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Spillner, Dan	1982	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Belle, Albert	1995	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Mesa, Jose	1995	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Alomar, Sandy	1997	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Jackson, Michael	1998	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Alomar, Roberto	1999	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Ramirez, Manny	1999	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Vizquel, Omar	1999	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Fryman, Travis	2000	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Thome, Jim	2002	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Hafner, Travis	2006	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Sabathia, CC	2007	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Lee, Cliff	2008	Cleveland Indians	FAS
Cobb, Ty	1911	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Heilmann, Harry	1923	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Cochrane, Mickey	1934	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Gehringer, Charlie	1937	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Greenberg, Hank	1937	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Trout, Dizzy	1944	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Newhouser, Hal	1946	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Kell, George	1950	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Kuenn, Harvey	1956	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Cash, Norm	1961	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Colavito, Rocky	1961	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Kaline, Al	1961	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Horton, Willie	1968	Detroit Tigers	FAS
McLain, Denny	1968	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Lolich, Mickey	1971	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Hiller, John	1973	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Fidrych, Mark	1976	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Lopez, Aurelio	1979	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Whitaker, Lou	1983	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Hernandez, Willie	1984	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Lemon, Chet	1984	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Gibson, Kirk	1985	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Trammell, Alan	1987	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Rodriquez, Ivan	2006	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Valverde, Jose	2011	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Verlander, Justin	2011	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Cabrera, Miguel	2012	Detroit Tigers	FAS
Chesbro, Jack	1904	New York Yankees	FAS
Ruth, Babe	1923	New York Yankees	FAS
Gehrig, Lou	1927	New York Yankees	FAS
Lazzeri, Tony	1929	New York Yankees	FAS
DiMaggio, Joe	1939	New York Yankees	FAS
Keller, Charlie	1941	New York Yankees	FAS
Chandler, Spud	1943	New York Yankees	FAS
Rizzuto, Phil	1950	New York Yankees	FAS
Berra, Yogi	1954	New York Yankees	FAS
Mantle, Mickey	1956	New York Yankees	FAS
Ford, Whitey	1958	New York Yankees	FAS
Maris, Roger	1961	New York Yankees	FAS
McDaniel, Lindy	1970	New York Yankees	FAS
Munson, Thurman	1970	New York Yankees	FAS
Lyle, Sparky	1974	New York Yankees	FAS
Hunter, Catfish	1975	New York Yankees	FAS
Gossage, Rich	1978	New York Yankees	FAS
Guidry, Ron	1978	New York Yankees	FAS
Nettles, Graig	1978	New York Yankees	FAS
Jackson, Reggie	1980	New York Yankees	FAS
Winfield, Dave	1982	New York Yankees	FAS
Mattingly, Don	1985	New York Yankees	FAS
Righetti, Dave	1986	New York Yankees	FAS
Jeter, Derek	1999	New York Yankees	FAS
Rodriguez, Alex	2007	New York Yankees	FAS
Rivera, Mariano	2008	New York Yankees	FAS
Cano, Robinson	2012	New York Yankees	FAS
Bresnahan, Roger	1903	NY-SF Giants	FAS
McGinnity, Joe	1904	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Mathewson, Christy	1909	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Frisch, Frankie	1923	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Jackson, Travis	1930	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Hubbell, Carl	1933	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Ott, Mel	1936	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Cooper, Walker	1947	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Mize, Johnny	1947	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Thompson, Hank	1953	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Antonelli, Johnny	1954	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Mays, Willie	1965	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Marichal, Juan	1969	NY-SF Giants	FAS
McCovey, Willie	1969	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Bonds, Bobby	1973	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Clark, Jack	1978	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Minton, Greg	1982	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Mitchell, Kevin	1989	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Beck, Rod	1993	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Williams, Matt	1993	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Kent, Jeff	2000	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Nen, Robb	2000	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Aurilia, Rich	2001	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Bonds, Barry	2001	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Affeldt, Jeremy	2009	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Lincecum, Tim	2009	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Posey, Buster	2012	NY-SF Giants	FAS
Lajoie, Nap	1901	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Bender, Chief	1910	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Collins, Eddie	1911	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Baker, Home Run	1912	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Simmons, Al	1925	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Grove, Lefty	1931	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Foxx, Jimmie	1932	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Cochrane, Mickey	1933	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Johnson, Bob	1939	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Chapman, Sam	1941	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Joost, Eddie	1951	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Shantz, Bobby	1952	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Bando, Sal	1969	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Jackson, Reggie	1969	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Blue, Vida	1971	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Hunter, Catfish	1972	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Fingers, Rollie	1973	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
McGwire, Mark	1987	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Canseco, Jose	1988	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Eckersley, Dennis	1990	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Henderson, Rickey	1990	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Nelson, Gene	1990	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Stewart, Dave	1990	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Steinbach, Terry	1996	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Giambi, Jason	2000	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Tejada, Miguel	2002	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Foulke, Keith	2003	Phi-KC-Oak A's	FAS
Delehanty, Ed	1899	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Alexander, Pete	1915	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Klein, Chuck	1932	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Camilli, Dolph	1936	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Konstanty, Jim	1950	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Roberts, Robin	1952	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Ashburn, Richie	1958	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Short, Chris	1964	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Allen, Dick	1966	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Bunning, Jim	1967	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Farrell, Turk	1967	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Carlton, Steve	1972	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Maddox, Garry	1976	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Garber, Gene	1977	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Luzinski, Greg	1977	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Boone, Bob	1978	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Bowa, Larry	1978	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Reed, Ron	1978	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
McGraw, Tug	1980	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Schmidt, Mike	1980	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Samuel, Juan	1987	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Dykstra, Lenny	1990	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Lieberthal, Mike	1999	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Abreu, Bobby	2000	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Howard, Ryan	2006	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Rollins, Jimmy	2007	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Utley, Chase	2007	Philadelphia Phillies	FAS
Wagner, Honus	1908	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Adams, Babe	1913	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Grantham, George	1930	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Traynor, Pie	1930	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Vaughan, Arky	1935	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Kiner, Ralph	1949	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Mazeroski, Bill	1958	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Face, Roy	1959	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Law, Vern	1960	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Stuart, Dick	1961	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Friend, Bob	1963	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Clemente, Roberto	1966	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Blass, Steve	1968	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Hebner, Richie	1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Sanguillen, Manny	1975	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Candelaria, John	1977	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Gossage, Goose	1977	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Parker, Dave	1978	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Stargell, Willie	1979	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Madlock, Bill	1982	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Scurry, Rod	1982	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Tekulve, Kent	1983	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Bonds, Barry	1990	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Kendall, Jason	1998	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Giles, Brian	1999	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
McCutchen, Andrew	2012	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Melancon, Mark	2013	Pittsburgh Pirates	FAS
Hornsby, Rogers	1922	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Bottomley, Jim	1928	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Frisch, Frankie	1930	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Dean, Dizzy	1934	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Medwick, Joe	1937	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Cooper, Mort	1942	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Slaughter, Enos	1946	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Musial, Stan	1948	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
McDaniel, Lindy	1960	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Boyer, Ken	1961	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Gibson, Bob	1968	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Torre, Joe	1971	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Simmons, Ted	1973	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Brock, Lou	1974	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Hrabosky, Al	1975	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Sutter, Bruce	1984	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
McGee, Willie	1985	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Tudor, John	1985	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Worrell, Todd	1986	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Smith, Ozzie	1987	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
McGwire, Mark	1998	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Renteria, Edgar	2003	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Edmonds, Jim	2004	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Carpenter, Chris	2005	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Isringhausen, Jason	2005	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Pujols, Albert	2009	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Molina, Yadier	2012	St. Louis Cardinals	FAS
Johnson, Walter	1913	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Goslin, Goose	1928	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Cronin, Joe	1930	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Leonard, Dutch	1945	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Vernon, Mickey	1953	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Hyde, Dick	1958	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Allison, Bob	1963	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Battey, Earl	1963	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Pascual, Camilo	1963	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Versalles, Zoilo	1965	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Killebrew, Harmon	1969	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Oliva, Tony	1970	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Blyleven, Bert	1973	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Carew, Rod	1977	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Hisle, Larry	1977	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Corbett, Doug	1980	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Gaetii, Gary	1986	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Puckett, Kirby	1988	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Viola, Frank	1988	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Aguilera, Rick	1991	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Knoblauch, Chuck	1996	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Walker, Todd	1998	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Hunter, Torii	2002	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Santana, Johan	2004	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Morneau, Justin	2006	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Nathan, Joe	2006	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS
Mauer, Joe	2009	Wash Sen - Min Twins	FAS