Thursday, January 16, 2003

1954 Free Agent Draft

First Round
1. St. Louis--Hank Aaron, of
2. San Diego--Frank Lary, p
3. Washington--Harmon Killebrew,
4. N.Y. Mets (from Pittsburgh)--Wally Moon, of
5. Houston--Camilo Pascual, p
6. Detroit (from Boston)--Bill Skowron, 1b
7. Cleveland--Don Mossi, p
8. Philadelphia--Vic Power, of-1b
9. Chicago--Billy O'Dell, p
10. N.Y. Gems--Don Hoak, 3b
11. Boston (from Detroit)--Bob Skinner, of
12. N.Y. Mets--Frank Bolling, 2b

Second Round
13. San Diego--Joe Cunningham, 1b
14. Washington--Woodie Held, ss
15. Houston--Bob Purkey, p
16. Cleveland (from St. Louis)--Ray Narleski, p
17. Boston--Tom Brewer, p
18. Cleveland--Jerry Lynch, of
19. Pittsburgh--Brooks Lawrence, p
20, Philadelphia--Bob Grim, p
21. Chicago--Ray Crone, p
22. N.Y. Gems--Jim Finigan, 3b
23. Detroit--Gordon Jones, p
24. N.Y. Mets--Art Fowler, p

Third Round
25. San Diego--Bill Sarni, c
26. Cleveland (from Washington)--Billy Cox, 3b
27. St. Louis--Art Ditmar, p
28. Cleveland (from Houston)--Jack Shepard, c
29. Boston--Jim Davis, p
30. Cleveland--Windy McCall, p
31. Pittsburgh--Arnie Portocarrero, p
32. Philadelphia--Vern Thies, p
33. Chicago--Grady Hatton, 3b
34. N.Y. Gems--Moe Burtschy, p
35. San Diego (from Detroit through Cleveland)--Walt Moryn, of
36. N.Y. Mets--Leo Kiely, p

Fourth Round
37. San Diego--Jim Brosnan, p
38. Washington--Corky Valentine, p
39. Houston--Ryne Duren, p
40. St. Louis--Alex Grammas, inf
41. St. Louis (from Boston)--Lou Berberet, c
42. Cleveland--Karl Spooner, p
43. Pittsburgh--Del Rice, c
44. Philadelphia--Billy Shantz, c
45. Chicago--Nellie King, p
46. N.Y. Gems--Tex Clevenger, p
47. Detroit--Johnny Groth, of
48. N.Y. Mets--Fred Marsh, inf

Fifth Round
49. Cleveland (from San Diego)--Joe Frazier, of
50. Washington--Ray Katt, c
51. St. Louis--Chet Nichols, p
52. Houston--Hal Naragon, c
53. Boston--Mickey Owen, c
54. Chicago (from Cleveland)--Spook Jacobs, 2b
55. Pittsburgh--Bill Renna, of
56. Philadelphia--Bob Greenwood, p
57. Houston (from Chicago)--Don Zimmer, ss
58. N.Y. Gems--Preston Ward, 1b
59. Detroit--Tom Hurd, p
60. N.Y. Mets--Jim Delsing, of

Sixth Round
61. San Diego--Vic Raschi, p
62. Washington--Phil Cavarretta, 1b
63. Houston--Lou Limmer, 1b
64. St. Louis--Sam Dente, inf
65. Boston--Gus Keriazakos, p
66. Houston (from Cleveland)--Chuck Harmon, 3b-1b
67. Pittsburgh--Billy Gardner, inf
68. Philadelphia--Ron Harris, 1b
69. Chicago--Bill Tremel, p
70. N.Y. Gems-Russ Kemmerer, p
71. Detroit--Frank Kellert, 1b
72. N.Y. Mets--Rocky Bridges, inf

Seventh Round
73. San Diego--Marion Fricano, p
74. Washington--Howie Judson, p
75. St. Louis--Lloyd Merriman, of
76. Houston--Dick Marlowe, p
77. Boston--Dave Pope, of
78. Cleveland--Eddie Miksis, inf
79. Pittsburgh--Curt Roberts, 2b
80. Philadelphia--Danny Schell, of
81. Chicago--Gair Allie, ss
82. N.Y. Gems--Ralph Beard, p
83. Detroit--Wayne Terwilliger, inf
84. N.Y. Mets--Howie Fox, p

Eighth Round
85. San Diego--Catfish Metkovich, of
86. Washington--Karl Olson, of
87. Houston--Billy Consolo, ss
88. St. Louis--Hank Majeski, 2b-3b
89. Boston--Del Wilber, c
90. Cleveland--Chet Nichols, p
91. Pittsburgh--Bob Kuzava, p
92. Philadelphia--Rudy Regalado, 2b
93. Chicago--Royce Lint, p
94. N.Y. Gems--Bob Hooper, p
95. Detroit--Dick Schofield, ss
96. N.Y. Mets--Connie Marrero, p

Ninth Round
97. San Diego--Jim Fridley, of
98. Washington--Don Lenhardt, of-3b
99. St. Louis--Hobie Landrith, c
100. San Diego (from Houston)--George O'Donnell, p
101. Boston--Preacher Roe, p
102. Cleveland--Jerry Snyder, inf
103. Pittsburgh--Eddie Pellagrini, inf
104. Philadelphia--Clyde McCullough, c
105. N.Y. Gems--Sam Calderone, c
106. N.Y. Mets--Floyd Baker, inf

Tenth Round
107. San Diego--Mike Blyzka, p
108. Washington--Jim Robertson, c
109. Houston--Mel Clark, of
110. St. Louis--Bob Borkowski, of
111. San Diego (from Boston)--Pete Wojey, p
112. Pittsburgh--Ebba St. Claire, c
113. Chicago--Charlie Silvera, c
114. N.Y. Gems--Al Corwin, p
115. N.Y. Mets--Dave Hoskins, p

Wednesday, January 01, 2003

1953 Final Standings

Red                         WON LOST  PCT   GB
1953 Chicago CHI 87 69 .558 ----
1953 Detroit DET 86 71 .548 1.5
1953 Houston HOU 74 82 .474 13.0
1953 Washington WAS 63 93 .404 24.0

White WON LOST PCT GB
1953 N.Y. Gems NYG 89 67 .571 ----
1953 Pittsburgh PIT 83 73 .532 6.0
1953 Cleveland CLE 78 78 .500 11.0
1953 Boston BOS 76 80 .487 13.0

Blue WON LOST PCT GB
1953 N.Y. Mets NYM 87 69 .558 ----
1953 Philadelphia PHI 85 72 .541 2.5
1953 St. Louis STL 74 82 .474 13.0
1953 Milwaukee MIL 55 101 .353 32.0



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