TEAM HISTORY Saturday, 10/11/1956

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Red Lucas Round 2 pick: RF Ethan Allen Round 3 pick: SS DICK LUNDY Round 4 pick: P George Pipgras Round 5 pick: SS ORVILLE RIGGINS Round 6 pick: 1B EDGAR WESLEY Round 7 pick: P Ownie Carroll Round 8 pick: 3B OLIVER MARCELLE Round 9 pick: RF Buzz ARLETT Round 10 pick: LF Fuzzy HUFFT Round 11 pick: P Rube Walberg Round 12 pick: 3B GEORGE SCALES Round 13 pick: C JIM BROWN Round 14 pick: CF CLINT THOMAS Round 15 pick: P Garland Buckeye Round 16 pick: P Joe Genewich Round 17 pick: 1B GEORGE GILES Round 18 pick: LF TACK SUMMERS Round 19 pick: P Tom Zachary Round 20 pick: C Jimmie Wilson Round 21 pick: 2B John MONROE Round 22 pick: P Hub Pruett Round 23 pick: CF Roy JOHNSON Round 24 pick: 2B BIENVENIDO JIMENEZ Round 25 pick: C Harry Mccurdy Round 26 pick: P Jesse Barnes Round 27 pick: P Tony Kaufmann Round 28 pick: P Paul Hopkins Round 29 pick: P Rufus Smith Round 30 pick: P Josh Billings Round 31 pick: P Luther Roy Round 32 pick: P Art Mills Round 33 pick: CF Al Nixon Round 34 pick: P Fay Thomas Round 35 pick: RF Red Barnes Round 36 pick: 2B Carl Lind Round 37 pick: LF Nick Cullop Round 38 pick: 3B Elmer Yoter

Final Record :

Wins : 85, Losses : 69, Pct. : .552, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1928 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C SPOONY PALM Round 2 pick: 1B Art Shires Round 3 pick: P Glenn Spencer Round 4 pick: RF HOMER CURRY Round 5 pick: 1B Al Van camp

Final Record :

Wins : 74, Losses : 80, Pct. : .481, Position in Division : 6, 12.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1929 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: RF Sammy Byrd Round 2 pick: P Bill POSEDEL Round 3 pick: P Ed Durham Round 4 pick: P Fred Stiely Round 5 pick: 3B Rudy Miller Round 6 pick: P Don Savidge Round 7 pick: C Cloy Mattox Round 8 pick: LF Jack Ryan

Final Record :

Wins : 93, Losses : 61, Pct. : .604, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1930 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Bill LAWRENCE Round 2 pick: P Win BALLOU Round 3 pick: LF VIC HARRIS Round 4 pick: SS Howdy Groskloss

Final Record :

Wins : 85, Losses : 69, Pct. : .552, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1931 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P LEFTY CAPERS Round 2 pick: 1B Babe DAHLGREN Round 3 pick: P Phil Gallivan Round 4 pick: LF Woody Jensen

Final Record :

Wins : 81, Losses : 73, Pct. : .526, Position in Division : 3, 4.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1932 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Bill Chamberlain Round 2 pick: P Charlie Devens Round 3 pick: C Joe Glenn Round 4 pick: P LEFTY CLAY Round 5 pick: P Izzy Goldstein

Final Record :

Wins : 48, Losses : 106, Pct. : .312, Position in Division : 5, 49.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1933 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Very Good...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P TED RADCLIFFE Round 2 pick: P Thornton Lee Round 3 pick: C ROBERT SMITH Round 4 pick: 1B JIM WEST Round 5 pick: P John Campbell

Final Record :

Wins : 74, Losses : 80, Pct. : .481, Position in Division : 3, 15.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1934 Recap :

Final Record :

Wins : 79, Losses : 75, Pct. : .513, Position in Division : 3, 17.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1935 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF BURNIS WRIGHT. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Claude Passeau. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Bill Mcgee Round 4 pick: 2B Tom Carey Round 5 pick: CF Lynn King

Final Record :

Wins : 92, Losses : 62, Pct. : .597, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1936 Recap :

Round 2 pick: RF Eddie Wilson Round 4 pick: P Cotton Pippen Round 5 pick: P Steve Sundra Round 5 pick: C Alex Sabo

Final Record :

Wins : 86, Losses : 68, Pct. : .558, Position in Division : 2, 9.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1937 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B JOHN O'NEILL. Signing Bonus: $0

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P JONAS GAINES. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: LF Dom Dallessandro Round 3 pick: 3B BAD NEWS HALL Round 4 pick: SS George Scharein Round 5 pick: 1B Jake Daniel

Final Record :

Wins : 78, Losses : 76, Pct. : .506, Position in Division : 4, 15.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1938 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Al Epperly. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 2B WILLIAM T. COOPER. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: RF Chuck Workman Round 4 pick: CF Hal Epps Round 5 pick: C Cap Clark JOHN O'NEILL was named Landis League Rookie of the Year ! He batted .339 in 407 AB, with 15 homers and 60 RBI. ROBERT SMITH won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher. Ted NORBERT won the Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 77, Losses : 77, Pct. : .500, Position in Division : 2, 14.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1939 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Eddie Lake. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Joe Dobson. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: CF Fern Bell Round 4 pick: P George Barnicle Round 5 pick: P Tom Gorman JOHN O'NEILL won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base. WILLIAM T. COOPER won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 78, Losses : 76, Pct. : .506, Position in Division : 2, 21.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1940 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Ed Fernandes. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: C Bob Swift. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: SS Gil Torres JIM WEST won the Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield. WILLIAM T. COOPER won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 75, Losses : 79, Pct. : .487, Position in Division : 3, 18.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1941 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Good...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Jake Jones. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Chuck Aleno Round 3 pick: P Emil Kush

Final Record :

Wins : 65, Losses : 89, Pct. : .422, Position in Division : 4, 27.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1942 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Russ Christopher. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Johnny Sain. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Frank Biscan Round 4 pick: P Paul Calvert Round 5 pick: SS Huck Geary Russ Christopher was named Landis League Rookie of the Year ! In 35 games started, he pitched 288.2 innings, fanning 101 and walking 128 batters. JONAS GAINES was named Landis League-Pitcher of the year ! In 42 games started, he pitched 368 innings, fanning 185 and walking 32 batters. Johnny Sain won the Slick Fielder Award at Pitcher.

Final Record :

Wins : 78, Losses : 76, Pct. : .506, Position in Division : 2, 6.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1943 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Jim Russell Round 2 pick: 1B Heinz Becker Round 3 pick: LF Guy Curtright Round 4 pick: C Joe Stephenson Round 5 pick: P Lou Ciola JONAS GAINES was named Landis League-Pitcher of the year ! In 42 games started, he pitched 364.1 innings, fanning 164 and walking 35 batters. JOHN O'NEILL won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 92, Losses : 62, Pct. : .597, Position in Division : 1. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1944 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Hank Ruszkowski. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Tommy De la cruz Round 3 pick: 2B Frank Drews Round 4 pick: P Stan Klopp JOHN O'NEILL won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 75, Losses : 79, Pct. : .487, Position in Division : 5, 10.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1945 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: 1B Ed Stevens. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Ty Laforest Round 3 pick: 3B Nick Picciuto Round 4 pick: P Earl Jones JONAS GAINES was named Landis League-Pitcher of the year ! In 42 games started, he pitched 365.1 innings, fanning 208 and walking 44 batters. JOHN O'NEILL won the Slick Fielder Award at First Base. Dom Dallessandro won the Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield. Jim Russell won the Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 83, Losses : 71, Pct. : .539, Position in Division : 2, 2.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1946 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: C Bruce Edwards. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Ken Trinkle. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Eddie Shokes Dom Dallessandro won the Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 78, Losses : 76, Pct. : .506, Position in Division : 3, 6.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1947 Recap :

Round 3 pick: P Steve Nagy. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Scott Cary Round 5 pick: RF Willard Brown Round 6 pick: P Herb Karpel EMMETT WILSON won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 75, Losses : 79, Pct. : .487, Position in Division : 3, 21.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1948 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Carl Sawatski. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Lefty Sloat. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: SS Roy Smalley Round 4 pick: C Johnny Bucha Round 5 pick: P Woody Main Round 6 pick: P Alex Konikowski JONAS GAINES was named Landis League-Pitcher of the year ! In 41 games started, he pitched 293.1 innings, fanning 155 and walking 27 batters.

Final Record :

Wins : 85, Losses : 69, Pct. : .552, Position in Division : 2, 17.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1949 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Average... Round 2 pick: P Bobby Shantz. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 1B Fenton Mole Round 4 pick: SS Jim Baumer EMMETT WILSON won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 61, Losses : 93, Pct. : .396, Position in Division : 5, 43.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1950 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: RF Gus Bell. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 1B Tookie Gilbert. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Sandy Consuegra Round 5 pick: P Normie Roy Round 6 pick: C Bob Scherbarth Jimmy Bloodworth won the Slick Fielder Award at Third Base.

Final Record :

Wins : 69, Losses : 85, Pct. : .448, Position in Division : 4, 29.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1951 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Fair...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Tom Morgan. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: SS Roy Mcmillan. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: RF Dan Porter Round 5 pick: P Alton Brown Round 6 pick: P Harry Fisher Hal Newhouser won the Slick Fielder Award at Pitcher. Chet Ross won the Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 57, Losses : 97, Pct. : .370, Position in Division : 5, 41.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1952 Recap :

Round 4 pick: 3B Hector Rodriguez Round 5 pick: SS Jack Littrell Round 6 pick: P Marion Fricano Gus Bell won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 54, Losses : 100, Pct. : .351, Position in Division : 5, 33.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1953 Recap :

Fan loyalty drops to Poor...

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: CF Al Kaline. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Ray Jablonski. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Gene Baker. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Don Liddle Round 5 pick: C Nick Koback

Final Record :

Wins : 48, Losses : 106, Pct. : .312, Position in Division : 5, 44.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1954 Recap :

Team market falls to Slightly Above Average.

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: LF Hank Aaron. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: 3B Joey Amalfitano. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Tex Clevenger. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Frank Lary. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Bill Tremel. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 6 pick: 2B Chico Garcia Round 7 pick: SS George Bullard

Final Record :

Wins : 51, Losses : 103, Pct. : .331, Position in Division : 5, 49.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1955 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: P Herb Score. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Hank Aguirre. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: P Vicente Amor. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: LF Jim Small. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Rip Coleman Round 6 pick: C Nelson Burbrink Round 7 pick: LF Al Silvera Gus Bell won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

Final Record :

Wins : 54, Losses : 100, Pct. : .351, Position in Division : 5, 35.0 games behind leader. ----------------------------------------------------

Year 1956 Recap :

Draft Picks :

Round 1 pick: SS Luis Aparicio. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 2 pick: P Ralph Terry. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 3 pick: 2B Herb Plews. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 4 pick: P Bill Fischer. Signing Bonus: $0 Round 5 pick: P Gordie Sundin Hank Ruszkowski won the Slick Fielder Award at Catcher. Gus Bell won the Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield.

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