The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000

The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000

ByThis Day in Baseball

1952 – The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to raise individual salaries, as long as they do not exceed a complicated formula, based on total team salaries for any one year, from 1946 to 1950, plus 10 percent.

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Boston Americans buy outfielder George Stone from the Washington Senators

ByTom

On January 16, 1905, It seems simple enough on paper: the Boston Americans buy outfielder George Stone from the Washington Senators; the St. Louis Browns reclaim Frank Huelsman from Washington, where he had been on loan, and send him along with Jesse Burkett to Boston for Stone. Boston then sends Huelsman back to Washington in…

1891 – A new national agreement is signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association, creating a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues.

ByTom

1891 – A new national agreement is signed by the National League, American Association and the Western Association, creating a three-man panel to settle problems among the leagues.

Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and three other labor leaders pledge support for the Players League at a league meeting in Philadelphia.

Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and three other labor leaders pledge support for the Players League at a league meeting in Philadelphia.

ByTom

1890 – Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and three other labor leaders pledge support for the Players League at a league meeting in Philadelphia.

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The Washington Nationals are admitted to the National League

ByTom

The Washington Nationals, also to be known as the Statesmen, are admitted to the National League. The new franchise, which will play its home games at the Swampoodle Grounds, will win only 28 games of the 120 games played, finishing 60 games behind the first-place Chicago White Stockings in their first season of the team’s four-year existence in the nation’s capital.

Benjamin Douglas is hired as the manager of the Providence Grays, and Tom Carey is signed as the team’s captain

Benjamin Douglas is hired as the manager of the Providence Grays, and Tom Carey is signed as the team’s captain

ByTom

Benjamin Douglas is hired as the manager of the Providence Grays, and Tom Carey is signed as the team’s captain. The skipper of the new National League franchise in Rhode Island will be fired for insubordination before the season begins, being replaced by left fielder Tom York, who led the team to a third-place finish with a 33-27 (.550) record.