Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Post 99: The First 50 (59 Transactions!)

This being post 99 (and thank you for reading) I thought I should start listing out the found transactions so far. This is Part 1, Part 2 will come in post 100.

(*) - Denotes a corrected transaction from Retrosheet and/or Baseball Reference.



Before the 1966 Season: New York Mets purchased Ron Nischwitz from the Detroit Tigers.
May 20, 1966: New York Mets purchased Gerry Arrigo from the Cincinnati reds for cash and a player to be named later. Ron Locke sent from New York Mets to Cincinnati Reds to complete deal, May 23, 1966.*
May 20, 1960: Cleveland Indians purchased Ted Kazanski and Earl Hersh form the Milwaukee Braves
Before the 1964 season: New York Yankees traded Bill Kunkel to the Milwaukee Braves for Ted Kazansk.
Oct. 24, 1970: Milwaukee Brewers traded Gary Timberlake to the Oakland Athletics for Bill McNulty.
June, 1973: Padres trade Frank Johnson to the Giants for Danny Breeden and Steve Simpson.
May 11, 1961: Minnesota Twins purchase Frank Leja from the New York Yankees
Oct. 1, 1961: New York Yankees purchase Frank Leja from the Minnesota Twins (date is approximate)
Dec. 15, 1981: Montreal Expos signed Pepe Frias as a free agent
Oct. 16, 1966: Cleveland Indians traded George Banks to the California Angels for Willie Smith*
May 8, 1969: Detroit Tigers purchase Roland Sheldon and Bob Lasko (minors) from the Seattle Pilots
July, 1965: New York Mets traded Bill Wakefield to the Chicago Cubs for Jack Warner (date is approximate)
August 16, 1966: Atlanta Braves purchase Joe Christopher from the Detroit Tigers
July 15, 1967: San Francisco Giants traded Norm Siebern to the Boston red Sox for George Smith and $20,000*
July, 1962: St. Louis Cardinals traded Mike Shannon to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Muffett and David Mann (minors) (date is approximate)
Oct. 16, 1971: Chicago White Sox traded Bob Spence and Don Bolte (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Lowell Palmer*
June 2, 1964: Chicago Cubs trade Glen Hobbie and a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lou Burdette and a player to be named later. One June 5, 1964 the Chicago Cubs sent Bob Will to the St. Louis Cardinals for Corky Withrow to complete the trade.*
Feb. 15, 1962: New York Yankees traded Jim Pisoni and Tony Asaro (minors) to the Cincinnati reds for Danny Kravitz
During the 1962 season: New York Yankees trade Danny Kravitz to the Baltimore Orioles for Joe Christian (minors) (date is approximate)
July 6, 1966: Pittsburgh Pirates traded Bob Perry to the Cincinnati Reds for Tim Harkness
During the 1968 season: Oakland Athletics traded Larry Elliot to the California Angels for Charlie Vinson  (exact date unknown)
June 10, 1967: Cleveland Indians trade Bob Sadowski (infielder) to the California Angels for Johnnie Seale
June 21, 1963: Los Angeles Angels trade John Anderson to the Milwaukee Braves for Joe Hannah (minors)
May 14, 1964: San Francisco Giants purchased Ted Sadowski from the Minnesota Twins
May 11, 1971: New York Mets purchased Dennis Saunders form the Detroit Tigers
March 29, 1972: Minnesota Twins purchased Dennis Saunders from the New York Mets
Oct. 14, 1958: San Francisco Giants traded Jim Finigan to Vancouver (PCL) for Jim Bridewiser and Art Ceccarelli*
Oct. 15, 1958: Baltimore Orioles purchased Jim Finigan from Vancouver (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement*
May 26, 1971: New York Yankees traded Curt Blefary to the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner and Darrell Osteen*
February 19, 1968 The New York Mets traded John Sullivan and a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later.  February 27, 1968 The New York Mets sent Johnny Lewis to the Philadelphia Phillies for Billy Sorrell to complete the trade.*
Jan. 25, 1972: The Minnesota Twins traded Cotton Nash to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Derrick.
April 26, 1959: The San Francisco Giants traded Don Taussig to the Chicago Cubs for Marcelino Lopez.
April 11, 1960: Portland (PCL) purchased Don Taussig from the San Francisco Giants*
June 22, 1962: Cleveland Indians sold Valmy Thomas to Rochester (IL). Sale voided by Minor League Commissioner and Thomas returned to Cleveland.
July 21, 1962: Cleveland Indians sold Valmy Thomas to Atlanta (IL).
Aug. 14, 1967: Cincinnati Reds sold Dick Stigman to San Diego (IL).
June 30, 1973: Cincinnati Reds sold Ted Uhlaender to Iowa (AA).
May 14, 1968: Seattle Pilots purchased the right to trade Chuck Cottier from Seattle (PCL) to the Cleveland Indians for Gus Gil. *
Aug. 7, 1968: California Angels purchased Chuck Cottier from the Cleveland Indians.*
Jan. 3, 1961: Cleveland Indians purchased Joe Shipley from the San Francisco Giants*
June 7, 1961: Cleveland Indians release Joe Shipley
 May 31, 1965: Los Angeles Angels purchase Joe Shipley from Reynosa (Mexican League)
September 19, 1960: Philadelphia Phillies trade Don Landrum to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Sadowski and players to be named later. After 1960 season:  St. Louis Cardinals assign Jim Frey (minors), Billy Harrell, Wally Shannon and Dick Ricketts to Philadelphia Phillies to complete the deal.
June 27, 1967: Cincinnati Reds sold Gordy Coleman to Spokane (PCL)
April  5, 1965: Chicago Cubs trade Billy Ott to the Baltimore Orioles for Earl Robinson
Feb. 25, 1972: Los Angeles Dodgers sold Joe Moeller to the San Diego Padres’ Hawaii (PCL) club
During 1972 season: San Diego Padres traded Joe Moeller and John Werhas to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Martin. Moeller and Werhas sent to Eugene (PCL), Martin to Hawaii (PCL).
Before the 1968 season: Washington Senators purchase John Werhas from the California Angels
Nov. 19, 1970: San Diego Padres sold John Werhas from Hawaii (PCL) to the Taiyo Whales of the Japanese Central League
Before the 1972 season: San Diego Padres traded Clete Boyer from their Hawaii (PCL) team to the Taiyo Whales of the Japanese Central League for John Werhas
July 17, 1970: California Angels purchase John Purdin from the Los Angeles Dodgers*
April 2, 1971: Chicago White Sox sold John Purdin to Hawaii (PCL)
Feb. 22, 1962: Cleveland Indians purchased Don Bessent from the Los Angeles Dodgers
During the 1962 season: Baltimore Orioles purchased Don Bessent from the Cleveland Indians
June 4, 1959: Los Angeles Dodgers traded Ron Negray and Bob Wilson to Toronto (IL) for Mike Goliat and Angel Scull (minors)

50 posts and 59 transactions! 

2 comments:

  1. Eric, I just found this blog tonight. Great idea!

    I know you are already 99 posts into the blog, but a helpful addition would be to include the players named in the posts as labels, so we could drill down your sidebar to find out every transaction involving, say for example, George Brunet.

    Good job! (Hope to see your '74 football cards soon.)

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    1. Thank you Jim! I have the names in the individual posts, but there were far too many for the 99th and 100th. As soon as I can get a scanner working again, I will get the football cards going again!

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