Gordon Rhodes, minor leaguer George Savino and $150,000. December 12 – The Boston Braves trade Ed Brandt and Randy Moore to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al López and Bobby Reis. They also sell the contracts of Flint Rhem and Johnny Vander Meer to the Cincinnati Reds. December 17 – The Boston Red Sox acquire Heinie Manush from the Washington Senators for Roy Johnson and Carl Reynolds. Movies Alibi Ike Births January January 5 – Earl Battey January 6 – Ed Bauta January 7 – Dick Schofield January 8 – Reno Bertoia January 9 – Bob Duliba January 10 – Ted Bowsfield January 17 – Dick Brown January 19 – Fred Valentine January 26 – Bob Uecker January 27 – Steve Demeter February February 3 – Don Kaiser February 3 – Dick Tracewski February 10 – Sherman Jones February 11 – George Alusik February 17 – Whammy Douglas February 19 – Russ Nixon February 28 – Bill Haller March March 13 – Bill Dailey March 13 – Joan LeQuia March 19 – Fritz Brickell March 22 – Gene Oliver March 22 – Frank Pulli March 28 – Jeanie Descombes March 28 – Garland Shifflett April April 1 – Tom Qualters April 8 – Dick Luebke April 10 – Joe Gibbon April 13 – Bill Deegan April 14 – Gene Hayden April 14 – Katie Horstman April 19 – Don Gile April 19 – Héctor Maestri April 19 – John Wyatt April 21 – Mack Burk April 21 – Dolores Lee April 23 – Ron Blackburn April 26 – Nate Smith April 28 – Bob Botz April 28 – Pedro Ramos May May 5 – José Pagán May 9 – Joe Shipley May 12 – Felipe Alou May 18 – Ken Hamlin May 20 – Gloria McCloskey May 22 – Ron Piché May 26 – Eddie Haas May 27 – Jerry Kindall May 30 – Ed Rakow June June 1 – Hal Kolstad June 1 – Jack Kralick June 8 – George Brunet June 12 – Bob Thorpe June 14 – Neil Wilson June 19 – Chet Boak June 24 – Charlie Dees June 25 – Don Demeter June 28 – Bob Blaylock June 29 – Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager June 30 – Paul Toth July July 3 – Mutsuo Minagawa July 12 – Dave Ricketts July 14 – Earl Francis July 15 – Donn