TEAM NEWS Thursday, 10/26/1944 |
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Tom Winsett retires ... Tommy Thompson retires ... Frank Skaff retires ... Dee Miles retires ... Ewald Pyle retires ... Schoolboy Rowe retires ... Fan loyalty increases to Good! John Williams becomes a free agent. George Puccinelli becomes a free agent. Bill Swift becomes a free agent. Buzz Boyle becomes a free agent. Ed Madjeski becomes a free agent. Lonny Frey becomes a free agent. Mort Cooper gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration. Sammy t. Hughes gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration. Gene Hasson gets a new one-year contract worth $4,700,000 through salary arbitration. Bill Nicholson gets a new one-year contract worth $7,164,286 through salary arbitration. Ed Head gets a new one-year contract worth $3,650,000 through salary arbitration. Bill Brubaker gets a new one-year contract worth $571,429 through salary arbitration.
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Mort Cooper pitches a 5-hit shutout against St. Louis (N)!!
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Bill Nicholson was named Player of the Week! He batted .500 in 20 AB, with 6 HR and 13 RBI.
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Bill Nicholson was named Player of the Week! He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 14 RBI.
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Bill Nicholson was named National League-Batter of the Month! He batted .406 in 96 AB, with 14 homers and 36 RBI.
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Bill Nicholson was named Player of the Week! He batted .529 in 17 AB, with 4 HR and 9 RBI.
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Johnny Sain pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (N)!!
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Augie Galan was named Player of the Week! He batted .481 in 27 AB, with 4 HR and 4 RBI.
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Ed Head sets a new season Team-Record for Bases on Balls with 142! Bill Nicholson slams 2 homers against Chicago (N).
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Gene Hasson sets a new season Team-Record for Bases on Balls with 134! Bill Brubaker drives in 5 runs against Pittsburgh.
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Milt Byrnes was named National League Rookie Of The Year ! He batted .302 in 473 AB, with 16 homers and 93 RBI.
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