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One of many Yankee prospects exiled to the Browns in exchange for the occasional competent St. Louis player, Starr was traded with two others and $100,000 in the 1949 deal that put Fred Sanford and Roy Partee in Yankee uniforms. Illness handicapped Starr, and Sanford, a flop in New York, was sent on to the Senators. In 1951 Starr was traded to Washington even up for Sanford. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 13, 1948: After a year in New York, Red Embree is traded, along with young C Sherm Lollar, Dick Starr and $100,000, to the Browns. Embree will slump to 3–13 in St. Louis after having his only winning ML season in NY. Lollar is the prize, and will catch in the majors through 1963. The Yankees receive Fred Sanford and Roy Partee. Partee is ticketed for the minors, but Sanford will help the Yanks as a starter/reliever in 1949.