TEAM NEWS Sunday, 10/22/1940 |
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Gene Connell retires ... Freddie Maguire retires ... Fan loyalty increases to Fair! Bill Swift gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration. Bobby Doerr gets a new one-year contract worth $1,685,714 through salary arbitration. Willard Brown gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration. Steve Larkin gets a new one-year contract worth $6,742,857 through salary arbitration. Harry Davis becomes a free agent. Ray Pepper gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration. Randy Reese gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration. Les Mallon gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration. Doc Cramer gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration. Orville Riggins becomes a free agent. Hank Leiber gets a new one-year contract worth $4,300,000 through salary arbitration. Joe Dimaggio gets a new one-year contract worth $6,042,857 through salary arbitration. Les Tietje gets a new one-year contract worth $1,680,000 through salary arbitration. Bill Zuber gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration.
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Joe Callahan was named American League-Pitcher of the Month ! He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.68.
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Willard Brown was named Player of the Week! He batted .560 in 25 AB, with 2 HR and 7 RBI.
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Les Tietje pitches a 6-hit shutout against New York (A)!!
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Les Tietje pitches a 4-hit shutout against St. Louis (A)!!
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Les Tietje was named American League-Pitcher of the Month ! He had a record of 6-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 3.03 and 2 shutouts.
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Steve Larkin sets a new season AL-Record for Bases on Balls with 213!
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Bobby Doerr was named Player of the Week! He batted .526 in 19 AB, with 4 HR and 11 RBI.
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Bill Swift sets a new season Team-Record for Losses with 25.
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Bobby Doerr sets a new season Team-Record for Strikeouts with 118. Hank Leiber sets a new season AL-Record for RBI with 168! Bobby Doerr drives in 5 runs against Boston (A).
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Hank Leiber was named American League-Batter of the Month! He batted .307 in 101 AB, with 14 homers and 35 RBI.
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Hank Leiber sets a new season AL-Record for Homeruns with 67!
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