The minimum ip's and ab's are designed somewhat to keep owners "honest" and not overusing players. I don't know if they should be changed. To make up shortages we might need to allow for more AAA players for one year contracts . For missing seasons the waiver wire and/or AAA could be expanded

Gotta leave early - 10:30 pick - P Earl Caldwell

Jim Russell OF

Outfielder Jim Russell spent the first five years (1938-1942) of his pro baseball career working his way up the ladder to the major leagues with teams like the Beaver Falls Browns of the Pennsylvania State Association where the 19-year-old hit .320 in 77 games in his first season. It would be 1942 and with the Pittsburgh Pirates before he got his first look at big league pitching, getting into the tail-end of the season with 15 plate appearances with no base hits.

He had contracted rheumatic fever as a child, apparently from playing baseball while inappropriately dressed on a cold wet day and almost died as a result. He was left with a weakened heart and as a result was medically ineligible for the World War II draft. The disease resurfaced in 1948, as he was hospitalized in Cincinnati, OH on July 22nd with what was originally reported as a slight fever or an infected tooth. In fact, it was a much more serious infection that required serious intervention, such as removing a tooth and part of his jawbone, while doctors used the newly-discovered wonder drug of penicillin to stop the infection, which spread to a valve in his heart. A few years earlier, he would have surely died, but he was able to recover, although he missed the remainder of the season and the 1948 World Series.

His call-up at the end of the 1942 season marked the beginning of a ten-year major league run for the switch-hitting outfielder. He would become a lifetime .267 hitter for the Pirates from 1942 through 1947, with the Boston Braves in 1948 and 1949 and finished up his big league time with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 and 1951. Russell had two good seasons during this stretch, hitting .312 with eight home runs in a career high 152 games in 1944 and following that up with a .284 average and a personal high of twelve home runs and 77 RBIs in 1945.

R8 - Philly A's
OF - Dick Wakefield

R9 - Philly A's
OF - Augie Galan

Posted by dirtbag13 on 7/19/2025 10:36:00 AM (view original):
R9 - Philly A's
OF - Augie Galan

GREAT pick -

damn it

Joe Dobson not available

Posted by dirtbag13 on 7/19/2025 10:35:00 AM (view original):
R8 - Philly A's
P - Joe Dobson

joe dobson selected in third round

pick again

Pitcher Mickey Haefner

Left-handed knuckleballer Mickey Haefner pitched eight seasons in the major leagues beginning at age 30 in 1943. As a rookie with the Washington Senators, his 2.29 ERA was third best in the American League that year. He went 16-14 in 1945, and when the pre-war stars returned, he went 14-11 in 1946.

On July 3, 1943, he took over in the 7th inning as the third pitcher of the day for the Senators against the St. Louis Browns. Ray Scarborough had started the game and given up 4 runs in 2 innings, but reliever Ewald Pyle had kept his team in the game with four hitless innings. Mickey did not allow any hits either over the last three frames and received credit for the 6-4 win when the Sens scored some late-inning runs. What made the game remarkable was that it was the first time in major league history that two relievers pitching for the same team had both thrown three or more hitless innings in a nine-inning game. This would not happen again until July 28, 2015, when Diego Moreno and Adam Warren did it for the New York Yankees in a 21-5 win over the Texas Rangers.

Haefner had pitched in 1941 and 1942 for the Minneapolis Millers in the American Association, going 12-16 and 18-17. He pitched a six-inning no-hitter for Minneapolis against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 26, 1940.

In 1944 and 1945, the Senators had four knuckleballers (including Haefner) on their staff. They finished second in the American League in 1945.

On September 24, 1946, Haefner hit Ted Williams with a pitch, a famous HBP because it is supposed to have affected Williams' hitting in the 1946 World Series, his only Series, when he hit .200.

Out of 179 games that Haefner started in the majors, 91 were complete games.

Posted by cmcafeeky on 7/19/2025 10:56:00 AM (view original):

Posted by dirtbag13 on 7/19/2025 10:35:00 AM (view original):
R8 - Philly A's
P - Joe Dobson

joe dobson selected in third round

pick again

Resolved.

I believe we are on the clock now. The Braves will go with Hugh Casey - P to a 2 year contract.

There are a few missed picks but coyote follows me, ku is on deck and rifton in the hole

		94		Razorhawg1 - (STL)		Buddy Kerr
		95		benfc - (SLB)		Bert Haas
8:30 PM		96		dirtbag13 - (PHA)		Dick Wakefield
SAT. 7/19		ROUND 9				2 YEAR CONTRACT
9:00 AM		97		dirtbag13 - (PHA)		Augie Galan
9:30 AM		98		benfc - (SLB)		Snuffy Stirnweiss
10:00 AM		99		Razorhawg1 - (STL)		Jim Russell
10:30 AM		100		grayfoxx - (WSH)		Earl Caldwell
11:00 AM		101		Ribbentrop - (PHI)		Mickey Haefner
11:30 AM		102		strubrosII - (CHW)
12:00 PM		103		Husker75 - (BSN)		Hugh Casey
12:30 PM		104		coyote522 - (NYG)
1:00 PM		105		kujhawker - (NYY)
1:30 PM		106		riftonapple - (CLE)
2:00 PM		107		cmcafeeky - (BRO)
2:30 PM		108		Rino65 - (CIN)
SAT. 7/19		ROUND 10				1 YEAR CONTRACT
3:00 PM		109		Rino65 - (CIN)
3:30 PM		110		cmcafeeky - (BRO)
4:00 PM		111		riftonapple - (CLE)
4:30 PM		112		kujhawker - (NYY)
5:00 PM		113		coyote522 - (NYG)

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