"Dear Mr. Kuhn, After twelve years in the major leagues,
I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold
irrespective of my wishes."
-Curt
Flood-
DMBATL 2005
Free Agent Watch
The Free Agent Signings
12/13/04
NY Yankees:
drop Billy Goodman 2B
drop George Kelly 1B
drop Vic Raschi SP
drop Mickey Rivers CF
drop Andy Seminick CA
sign Amos Otis CF
sign Vada Pinson CF
sign Sam Rice RF
San Francisco: drop Will
Clark 1B
drop Jim Ray
Hart 3B
sign
Ken Boyer 3B
sign Joe
Tinker SS
12/16/04
Chicago WSox: drop Lee
May 1B
drop Mule Suttles 1B
drop Rube Walberg SP
sign Richie Hebner 3B
sign Norihiro Nakamura 3B
sign Scott McGregor SP
Houston:
(unable to sign Will Clark)
Montreal:
drop Howard Johnson 3B
sign Will Clark 1B
NY Giants:
drop Mark Belanger SS
drop Sam Jones SP
drop Bill White 1B
sign Bill Buckner 1B
sign Hiroma Makihara SP
sign Lloyd Waner CF
12/19/04
Boston:
drop Dick McAuliffe 2B
sign Brett Butler CF
Houston:
drop Tom Tresh OF
sign Howard Johnson 3B
NY Yankees:
sign Paul Derringer SP
sign Burleigh Grimes SP
sign George Mullin SP
Pittsburgh:
drop Bob
Rush SP
sign Carl Weilman SP
San Francisco: drop Willie
Davis CF
sign Happy Felsch CF
01/02/05
Philadelphia: drop Travis
Fryman 3B
sign Leon Ruffin CA
01/09/05
Pittsburgh: drop
Joe Adcock 1B
sign Al Oliver CF
01/16/05
Keokuk: drop Greg
Luzinski LF
sign Chick
Hafey LF
01/19/05
Cincinnati: drop
Jimmy Wynn CF
sign Tommie Agee CF
Philadelphia: drop Pete
Runnels 2B
sign Manny Trillo 2B
01/23/05
Washington: drop Bob
Tewksbury SP
sign Danny Darwin MR
01/26/05
Pittsburgh: drop Matt
Williams 3B
sign Pie Traynor 3B
01/30/05
NY
Yankees: drop Frankie Crosetti SS
sign Tatsunori Hara 3B
Orix:
drop Don Baylor
DH
sign Jimmy Wynn CF
Toronto: drop
Juan Guzman SP
sign Lon Warneke SP
02/02/05
Keokuk:
drop Charlie Root SP
sign Joel Horlen SP
Orix:
drop Pat Hentgen SP
sign Lefty Tyler SP
Seattle:
drop Tony Kubek SS
sign Danny Murphy 2B
Toronto:
drop Roy Partlow SP
sign Larry Jansen SP
02/06/05
Cincinnati: drop Darell Porter CA
sign Mike Scioscia CA
Keokuk: sign Vinegar Bend Mizell SP
Pittsburgh: drop Firpo Marberry CL
sign Charlie Root SP
Washington: drop Danny Darwin MR
02/15/05
NY Mets: drop Marty McManus 3B
sign Hideji Kato 1B
02/20/05
Cincinnati: drop Eric Davis CF
sign Tommy Leach 3B
NY Mets: drop Don Gullett SP
sign Jeff Pfeffer SP
02/23/05
Homestead: drop Leon Lee 1B
sign Eric Davis CF
Montreal: drop Ron Fairly 1B
sign Cecil Cooper 1B
NY Mets: drop Hideji Kato 3B
sign Alonzo Perry 1B
Toronto: drop Travis Jackson SS
sign Lenny Dykstra CF
02/27/05
Montreal: drop Country Jake Stephens SS
sign Toby
Harrah
3B
NY Mets: drop Muddy Ruel CA
sign Terry Steinbach CA
03/02/05
Cincinnati: drop Hiromichi Ishige SS
sign Country Jake Stephens SS
NY Mets: drop Masaji Hiramatsu SP
sign Schoolboy
Rowe SP
03/06/05
Cincinnati: drop Jim Delahanty 2B
sign Crush Holloway RF
NY Mets: (unable to sign Crush Holloway)
03/09/05
Cincinnati: drop Gary Nolan SP
sign Neck Stanley SP
NY Mets: drop Darrell Evans 3B
sign Ed Konetchy 1B
03/13/05
Cincinnati: drop Tommie Agee CF
sign Marquis Grissom CF
Montreal: drop Willie Wilson CF
sign Lonnie Smith LF
NY Mets: drop Hiroshi Oshita OF
sign Terry Pendleton 3B
NY Yankees: drop Bobby Richardson 2B
sign Todd Hundley CA
03/16/05
Cincinnati: drop Marquis Grissom CF
sign Willie Wilson CF
NY Mets: drop Virgil Trucks SP
sign Clark Griffith SP
03/20/05
NY Mets: drop Joe Dobson SP
sign Connie Rector SP
03/23/05
Brooklyn: drop Tetsuya Yoneda SP
sign Burt Hooten SP
C. Cubs: drop Andres Galarraga 1B
sign Jimmy Sheckard LF
Montreal: drop Dave McNally SP
sign Leon Lee 1B
Newark: drop Taigen Kaku SP
sign Joe Dobson SP
NY Mets: drop Gil Hodges 1B
sign Travis Jackson SS
03/27/05
C. Cubs: drop Dave Parker RF
sign Takuro Ishii SS
NY Mets: drop Rico Petrocelli SS
sign George Uhle
SP
Philadelphia: drop Pig Greene CA
sign Masaji Hiramatsu SP
Tokyo: drop Masatoshi Gondo SP
sign Tetsuya Yoneda SP
03/30/05
C. Cubs: drop José Canseco RF
sign Billy Goodman 2B
Cincinnati: drop Mike Garcia SP
sign Dave Parker RF
Havana: drop Cesar Tovar RF
sign Darrell Porter CA
NY Mets: drop Ellis Burks CF
sign Bud Black SP
04/03/05
Brooklyn: drop Jake Beckley 1B
sign Joe Adcock 1B
C. Cubs: drop Sal Bando 3B
sign Johnny Podres SP
Cincinnati: drop Dave Parker RF
sign José Canseco RF
NY Mets: drop Bernie Williams CF
sign Paul Blair CF
NY Yankees: drop Todd Hundley CA
sign Luis Gonzalez LF
Orix: drop Cecil Fielder 1B
sign Vern
Law SP
04/06/05
Havana: drop Tony Peña CA
sign Topsy Hartsel LF
NY Mets: drop Bobby Doerr 2B
sign Claude Ritchey 2B
04/10/05
Brooklyn: drop John Tudor SP
sign Gary Nolan SP
Havana: drop Mario Soto SP
sign Curt Davis SP
Houston: drop Johnny Edwards CA
sign Tony Peña CA
NY Mets: drop Hisashi Yamada SP
sign Bob Rush SP
04/13/05
Havana: drop José Deleon SP
sign Dizzy Dismukes SP
Houston: drop Mike Torrez SP
sign John Tudor SP
Montreal: Sign Bob O'Farrell CA
NY Mets: drop Connie Rector SP
sign Ben McDonald SP
Tokyo: drop Keishi Suzuki SP
sign Hisashi Yamada SP
Toronto: drop John Sipin 2B
04/18/05
Homestead: drop Jelly Jackson SS
sign Cupid Childs 2B
Houston: drop Howard Johnson 3B
MY Mets: drop Fumio Fujimura 3B
sign Jimmy Barrett CF
Orix: sign Ray Caldwell SP
04/24/05
Boston: drop Akiro Eto 3B
sign Willie Kamm 3B
Havana: drop Juan Pizarro SP
sign Edgar Wesley 1B
Homestead: drop Joe Medwick LF
sign Roy Cullenbine RF
NY Mets: drop George Uhle SP
sign Virgil Trucks SP
Philadelphia: drop Roosevelt Davis SP
sign Chet Lemon CF
Tokyo: drop Yoshinori Hirose CF
sign Keishi Suzuki SP
04/30/05
Boston: drop Ray Brown SP
sign Firpo Marberry CL
Brooklyn: drop Yoshiyuki Iwamoto OF
sign Andy Van Slyke CF
Chicago WS: drop Norihiro Nakamura 3B
Cincinnati: drop Bucky Walters SP
sign Joe Medwick LF
Havana: drop Javy Lopez CA
sign Koichiro Yoshinaga CA
sign Gil Hodges 1B
sign Akiro
Eto 3B
Homestead: drop Rick Reed SP
sign Mario Soto SP
Houston: drop Alan Ashby CA
sign Jeff Fassero SP
Montreal: drop Toby Harrah 3B
sign Hiromichi Ishige SS
NY Mets: drop Paul Blair CF
drop Travis Jackson SS
sign Johnny Callison CF
Pittsburgh: sign Bernie Williams CF
Washington: drop Jeff Heath LF
End of the 2005 Free Agent Season
"The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker.
But blue squeezed me, and I went full.
I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and chalk flies for two bases.
Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby."
-Ed Lynch-
