We need two owners for the 1955 season of the Team Icon League. Basic rules are that you can only draft or trade for players who played for your team at some point in their career. The open teams are the Indians and the Red Sox.

1955 Boston Red Sox
23 Keepers
Need 2 Picks

C Sammy White (BOS, MLN, PHI)
C Matt Batts (DET, BOS, BAL, CHW, CIN)
1B Norm Zauchin RED SOX TI
1B Vic Wertz (BOS, BAL, CLE, DET)
2B Pete Runnels RED SOX TI
2B Billy Goodman (BOS, CHW, BAL)
3B George Kell (BOS,DET, CHW, BAL)
3B Vern Stephens (BOS, BAL)
OF Ted Williams RED SOX CK
OF Jim Piersall (BOS, CLE)
OF Faye Throneberry RED SOX CK
OF Roman Mejias RED SOX TI
 
P Johnny Schmitz (BOS, BRO, CIN, NYY)
P Billy Hoeft (BOS, DET, CHC, SFG, BAL)
P Frank Sullivan (BOS, PHI)
P Willard Nixon RED SOX CK
P Tom Brewer RED SOX CK
P Dean Stone (STL, BOS, BAL, CHW)
P Mel Parnell RED SOX CK
P Ellis Kinder (BAL, BOS, STL, CHW)
P Dave Hillman RED SOX TI
P Tom Hurd RED SOX CK

AAA:
C Pete Dailey RED SOX TI
 
IR
3B Floyd Baker (BOS, CHW, PHI, BAL)
SS Milt Bolling RED SOX CK Until '56
OF Karl Olson RED SOX TI Until '56
P Russ Kemmerer (CHW, BOS) IR until '57

The Red Sox pick 2nd in the 1955 Draft and own the rights to the Indians 1st and 2nd Round Picks as well (#10.) They have the following rookies available. There will be more availables based on cuts and undrafted players from previous drafts.

Billy Klaus (BOS, PHI, MLN, BAL)
Frank Baumann (BOS, CHW)
Rudy Minarcin (BOS, CIN)
Tom Sturdivant (NYY, BOS, DET)
George Susce (BOS, DET)

Due to the nature of the draft trading is pretty active so if none of those guys interest you trading the pick to another team for players/future picks is definitely doable.

1955 Cleveland Indians
23 Keepers
Need 2 Picks

C Jim Hegan INDIANS TI
C Sherm Lollar (CHW, BAL, NYY, CLE)
C Ed Fitz Gerald INDIANS TI
C Hal Naragon INDIANS TI
1B Mickey Vernon (CLE, BOS, MLN)
2B Bobby Avila INDIANS CK
SS Billy Hunter (BAL, NYY, BAL, CLE)
3B Al Rosen INDIANS CK
3B Fred Marsh (BAL, CHW, BAL, CLE)
OF Wally Post (CIN, PHI, CLE, MIN)
OF Ralph Kiner INDIANS TI
OF Gene Woodling (CLE, NYY, BAL)
OF Harry Simpson (NYY, CLE, CHW)
OF Sam Mele (BOS, CHW, CLE, CIN, BAL)

P Bob Feller INDIANS CK
P Bob Lemon INDIANS CK
P Mike Garcia INDIANS TI
P Bud Podbielan (BRO, CIN, CLE)
P Art Houtteman (CLE, DET)
P Sam Jones (CLE, STL, NYG, DET)
P Jack Harshman (CHW, CLE, BAL, NYG, BOS)
P Don Mossi (CLE, DET, CHW)
P Bob Grim (NYY, STL, CIN, CLE)

AAA
1B Joe Altobelli INDIANS TI
OF Dale Mitchell INDIANS CK
P Jose Santiago INDIANS CK

The Indians traded away their 1st and 2nd Round Picks to the Red Sox last season but if you take over this team you will get a compensation pick at the end of the 1st Round to make up for that.

Available Rookies
C Hank Foiles (CLE, CIN, BAL, DET)
1B Bob Hale (BAL, CLE, NYY)
OF Jim Bolger (CIN, PHI, CLE)
OF Jim King (NYG, STL, CLE, CHW)
OF Bubba Phillips (CHW, CLE, DET)
P Ted Abernathy (CIN, CLE, MLN, STL)
P Pedro Ramos (CLE, NYY, CIN, PHI)
P Humberto Robinson (MLN, PHI, CLE)
P Herb Score (CLE, CHW)
P Bobby Tiefenauer (MLN, STL, CLE, NYY)
 

Also if anyone is interested in one of the other two defunct AL teams we have already developed a system of moving teams so you could pick either of these two teams and move them to Washington or Kansas City. The Senators have Killebrew starting in 1955 so you'd get him for free if you moved one of these teams to Washington.

I would like the Red Sox if you'll have me for this league.

I'll take the redsox

aww crap, just missed it

The Indians are still available. They are a pretty strong team in the AL with a lot of solid talent.

I will take the Indians, hope they are available. Please PM me with league # and I will enter soon. ht.

Both teams have been filled for 1955. Thanks for your interest though!!