1916 Major League Transactions

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 27, 1915

  Stan Coveleski sent from Portland (PCL) to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

• December, 1915

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Tom Daly from the Chicago White Sox.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Elmer Jacobs from the Philadelphia Phillies.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Larry Kopf from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• December 2, 1915

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Whitey Witt as an amateur free agent.

• December 16, 1915

  The Boston Red Sox purchased Sam Agnew from the St. Louis Browns.

• December 23, 1915

  The New York Giants purchased Benny Kauff from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops for $35,000.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased William Louden from the Buffalo Blues.

  The New York Giants purchased Bill McKechnie and Bill Rariden from the Newark Pepper.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Earl Moseley from the Newark Pepper for $5,000.

  The New York Giants purchased Edd Roush from the Newark Pepper for $7,500.

• Before 1916 Season

  Bill Bailey assigned by the Chicago Whales to the Chicago Cubs.

  The Chicago White Sox signed George Moriarty as a free agent.

  The Detroit Tigers signed Billy Sullivan as a free agent.

  The Boston Braves signed Art Rico as an amateur free agent.

  Hal Chase jumped from the Buffalo Blues to the Cincinnati Reds.

  Dave Davenport jumped from the St. Louis Terriers to the St. Louis Browns.

  Mike Prendergast jumped from the Chicago Whales to the Chicago Cubs.

  Ed Reulbach jumped from the Newark Pepper to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  The St. Louis Browns purchased Al Bridwell from the St. Louis Terriers.

  The St. Louis Browns purchased Ernie Herbert from the St. Louis Terriers.

  The St. Louis Browns purchased Art Kores from the St. Louis Terriers.

  The St. Louis Browns purchased Doc Watson from the St. Louis Terriers.

  The Philadelphia Athletics returned Dana Fillingim to Charleston (South Atlantic) following previous purchase.

  The Buffalo Blues released Solly Hofman.

• January, 1916

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Bob Fisher from the Chicago Cubs.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Joe Schultz from the Chicago Cubs.

• January 7, 1916

  The Chicago White Sox selected Jack Lapp off waivers from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• January 9, 1916

  Omaha (Western) purchased Hal Irelan from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 14, 1916

  The New York Yankees purchased Lee Magee from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops for $22,500.

• January 20, 1916

  St. Joseph (Western) purchased Walter Keating from the Chicago Cubs.

• January 21, 1916

  The New York Yankees purchased Nick Cullop from the Kansas City Packers.

  The Brooklyn Robins purchased Jimmy Johnston from Newark (FL).

  The New York Yankees purchased Germany Schaefer from the Newark Pepper.

• February 3, 1916

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Wilbur Good from the Chicago Cubs.

• February 4, 1916

  The Boston Red Sox signed Mickey Devine as a free agent.

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased Bert Humphries from the Chicago Cubs.

• February 6, 1916

  Nashville (Southern Association) purchased Al Bridwell from the St. Louis Browns.

  Nashville (Southern Association) purchased Ernie Herbert from the St. Louis Browns.

  Nashville (Southern Association) purchased Art Kores from the St. Louis Browns.

  Louisville (American Association) purchased Dee Walsh from the St. Louis Browns.

  Sioux City (Western) purchased Doc Watson from the St. Louis Browns.

• February 8, 1916

  Baltimore (International) purchased George Twombly from the Cincinnati Reds.

• February 10, 1916

  The Boston Braves purchased Frank Allen and Elmer Knetzer from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Nick Allen from the Buffalo Blues.

  The New York Giants purchased Fred Anderson from the Buffalo Blues.

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Charles Bender from the Baltimore Terrapins.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jim Bluejacket from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

  The St. Louis Browns purchased Babe Borton, Harry Chapman, Doc Crandall, Charlie Deal, Bob Groom, Grover Hartley, Ernie Johnson, Armando Marsans, Ward Miller, Eddie Plank and Jack Tobin from the St. Louis Terriers.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Mordecai Brown, Clem Clemens, Mickey Doolin, William Fischer, Max Flack, Claude Hendrix, Les Mann, George McConnell, Charlie Pechous, Joe Tinker, Rollie Zeider and Dutch Zwilling from the Chicago Whales.

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Claude Cooper from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

  The Detroit Tigers purchased Jack Dalton and Howard Ehmke from the Buffalo Blues.

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Clyde Engle from the Buffalo Blues.

  The Brooklyn Robins purchased Jim Hickman from the Baltimore Terrapins.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Emil Huhn from the Newark Pepper.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Otto Knabe and Jimmy Smith from the Baltimore Terrapins.

  The Boston Braves purchased Ed Konetchy from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

  The Washington Nationals purchased Mike Menosky from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

  The Brooklyn Robins purchased Mike Mowrey from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Gene Packard from the Kansas City Packers.

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Al Schulz from the Buffalo Blues.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Tom Seaton from the Newark Pepper.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Art Wilson from the Chicago Whales.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Steve Yerkes from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

  The Brooklyn Robins selected Jack Meyers off waivers from the New York Giants.

• February 14, 1916

  The Philadelphia Phillies released Beals Becker.

  The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later, Ed Klepfer, Braggo Roth and $31,500 to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Jackson. The Chicago White Sox sent Larry Chappell (February 14, 1916) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• February 15, 1916

  The New York Yankees purchased Home Run Baker from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500.

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Chick Gandil from the Washington Nationals for $7,500.

• February 17, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Charlie Pick from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

• February 19, 1916

  Toronto (International) purchased Lena Blackburne from the Chicago White Sox.

• February 20, 1916

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Ivan Howard from the St. Louis Browns.

• February 24, 1916

  The St. Louis Cardinals released Hub Perdue. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 2, 1916

  Eddie Grant retired from the New York Giants.

• March 23, 1916

  Indianapolis (American Association) purchased Cozy Dolan from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• March 27, 1916

  The Washington Nationals signed Marv Goodwin as an amateur free agent.

• April, 1916

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Grover Lowdermilk from the Detroit Tigers.

• April 6, 1916

  The Boston Red Sox purchased Tillie Walker from the St. Louis Browns for $3,500.

• April 8, 1916

  Toledo (American Association) purchased Bill Bailey from the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 9, 1916

  The Boston Red Sox traded Tris Speaker to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas and $55,000.

• April 12, 1916

  The Boston Braves purchased Ed Reulbach from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• April 22, 1916

  Toledo (American Association) purchased Paul Strand from the Boston Braves.

• April 26, 1916

  Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Johnny Beall from the Cincinnati Reds.

• April 29, 1916

  Springfield (Eastern) purchased Fletcher Low from the Boston Braves.

  New Haven (Eastern) purchased Joe Shannon from the Boston Braves.

  New Haven (Eastern) purchased Red Shannon from the Boston Braves.

• April 30, 1916

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Elmer Knetzer from the Boston Braves.

• May, 1916

  The Boston Red Sox released Marty McHale.

  The Chicago White Sox released George Moriarty.

• May 7, 1916

  The Detroit Tigers returned Bill McTigue to Toronto (International) following previous purchase. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 15, 1916

  Oakland (PCL) purchased Doc Cook from the New York Yankees.

• May 23, 1916

  The Cleveland Indians signed Marty McHale as a free agent.

• May 29, 1916

  The Detroit Tigers purchased Earl Hamilton from the St. Louis Browns.

• May 30, 1916

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased Charlie Deal from the St. Louis Browns.

• June, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Ralph Carroll as an amateur free agent.

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Jing Johnson as an amateur free agent.

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Lee King as an amateur free agent.

  The Cleveland Indians signed Jack Bradley as a free agent.

• June 1, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates released Otto Knabe.

• June 9, 1916

  The Boston Braves signed Fred Bailey as a free agent.

  The Chicago Cubs signed Otto Knabe as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 14, 1916

  The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Milt Watson from Paris (Western Association).

  The Chicago Cubs released Mickey Doolin. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 15, 1916

  The New York Giants signed Mickey Doolin as a free agent.

• June 20, 1916

  The Detroit Tigers selected Willie Mitchell off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

• June 22, 1916

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Fred Beebe from Buffalo (International) for $5,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

  The St. Louis Browns selected Earl Hamilton off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• June 25, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Ray O'Brien from Davenport (Three-I).

• June 27, 1916

  The New York Giants signed George Smith as an amateur free agent.

• July, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Val Picinich as an amateur free agent.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Alex McCarthy from the Chicago Cubs.

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Ken Penner from Marshalltown (Central Association).

  Louisville (American Association) sent Jim Middleton (August 25, 1916) to the New York Giants to complete the trade. The New York Giants sent Rube Schauer (July 22, 1916) and Hank Ritter (November 9, 1916) to Louisville (American Association) to complete the trade.

• July 1, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics released Rube Oldring. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 3, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Pete Compton from the Boston Braves.

  (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 7, 1916

  The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Stuffy Stewart from Jacksonville (South Atlantic).

• July 13, 1916

  The New York Yankees signed Rube Oldring as a free agent.

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Joe Kelly from Indianapolis (American Association) for cash plus 2 players to be named.

• July 14, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates returned Pete Compton to the Boston Braves following previous purchase.

• July 15, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs sent Eddie Mulligan (July 20, 1916) to Kansas City (American Association) to complete the trade.

• July 20, 1916

  The Cincinnati Reds traded Buck Herzog and Red Killefer to the New York Giants for Christy Mathewson, Bill McKechnie and Edd Roush.

• July 22, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Roy Grover from Butte (Northwestern).

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Fritz Mollwitz from the Cincinnati Reds.

• July 23, 1916

  The New York Giants purchased Slim Sallee from the St. Louis Cardinals for $10,000.

• July 24, 1916

• July 25, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Rowdy Elliott from Oakland (Pacific Coast).

• July 27, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Carson Bigbee from Tacoma (Northwestern).

• July 28, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Charlie Grimm as an amateur free agent.

• July 29, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs traded William Fischer and Frank Schulte to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Art Wilson.

• July 31, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Ed Sicking from Norfolk (Virginia).

• August, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Ray Bates from Vernon (PCL).

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Bob Gandy from Portsmouth (Virginia).

  The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Ellis Johnson from Vernon (PCL).

  The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Fred Smith from St. Paul (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

  The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Buck Thrasher from Atlanta (Southern Association) for $2000 plus players to be named.

  The Philadelphia Athletics sent Charlie Pick (1917) to San Francisco (PCL) to complete the trade.

  The Philadelphia Athletics sent Lee King (October, 1916) to Harrisburg (New York State) to complete the trade.

• August 1, 1916

  The Detroit Tigers purchased Johnny Couch from San Francisco (Pacific Coast).

  The St. Louis Cardinals sent Art Butler (December 7, 1916) to Los Angeles (PCL) to complete the trade.

• August 2, 1916

  The New York Yankees signed Solly Hofman as a free agent.

• August 3, 1916

  The Brooklyn Robins purchased John Kelleher from Denver (Western).

  The Pittsburgh Pirates released Babe Adams.

• August 4, 1916

  The Detroit Tigers signed Tubby Spencer as a free agent.

• August 5, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Larry Douglas (September 12, 1916), Barney Cleveland (minors) (September 12, 1916), Doc Johnston (October 13, 1916) and Carmen Hill (1917) to Birmingham (Southern Association) to complete the trade.

• August 7, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Bill Evans from Morgantown (Western North Carolina).

• August 9, 1916

  The Washington Nationals sent optional assignment of Pat Flaherrty and other consideration (February, 1917) to Des Moines (Western) to complete the trade.

• August 13, 1916

  Tacoma (Northwestern) sent Sam Bohne to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal for $2,000.

• August 14, 1916

  The New York Giants purchased Ross Youngs from Sherman (Western Association) for $2,000.

• August 15, 1916

  The Chicago White Sox purchased Joe Jenkins from Houston (Texas).

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Sam Mayer and Scott Perry from Atlanta (Southern Association).

  The New York Giants selected George Gibson off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• August 18, 1916

  The Cleveland Indians traded Joe Leonard and Elmer Smith to the Washington Nationals for Joe Boehling and Danny Moeller.

• August 19, 1916

  The Boston Braves purchased Cal Crum from Terre Haute (Central).

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Manuel Cueto from Portsmouth (Virginia).

  The Boston Braves purchased Joe Mathes from Terre Haute (Central).

• August 20, 1916

  Los Angeles (Pacific Coast) purchased Joe Schultz from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• August 21, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs signed Solly Hofman as a free agent.

• August 25, 1916

  The New York Giants purchased Pete Kilduff and Ernie Krueger from Omaha (Western Association).

  The Brooklyn Robins traded Lew McCarty to the New York Giants for Fred Merkle.

• August 26, 1916

  The New York Yankees signed Bob McGraw as an amateur free agent.

  The Boston Braves purchased Larry Chappell from the Cleveland Indians for $18,000.

• August 28, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs purchased Vic Aldridge from Indianapolis (American Association).

  The Chicago Cubs traded Heinie Zimmerman to the New York Giants for Larry Doyle, Herb Hunter and Merwin Jacobson.

• August 30, 1916

  The Boston Red Sox traded Raymond Haley to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmy Walsh.

• September, 1916

  The Chicago Cubs signed Marty Shay as an amateur free agent.

• September 1, 1916

  The New York Yankees signed Mike Cantwell as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• September 2, 1916

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Erv Kantlehner from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Marty Kavanagh from the Detroit Tigers.

• September 5, 1916

  The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Hal Carlson from Rockford (Three-I) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago Cubs drafted Charlie Deal from Kansas City (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago Cubs drafted Pickles Dillhoefer from Milwaukee (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Paul Fittery from Salt Lake City (PCL) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

• September 9, 1916

  The New York Yankees released Rube Oldring.

• September 15, 1916

  The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Walter Anderson from South Bend (Central) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The St. Louis Browns drafted Ivan Bigler from Gettysburg (Blue Ridge) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The New York Giants drafted Red Causey from Waco (Texas) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Tony DeFate from Topeka (Western) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Cleveland Indians drafted George Dickerson from Dothan (Dixie) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Brooklyn Robins drafted Rich Durning from Portland (Eastern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Detroit Tigers drafted Ben Dyer from Denver (Western) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Cincinnati Reds drafted Hod Eller from Moline (Three-I) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Brooklyn Robins drafted Bunny Fabrique from Providence (International) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Brooklyn Robins drafted Tom Fitzsimmons from Butte (Northwestern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Cincinnati Reds drafted Ed Gerner from Reading (New York State) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Billy Gleason from Lynn (Eastern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Cleveland Indians drafted Joe Harris from Chattanooga (Southern Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Cliff Hill from Waco (Texas) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The St. Louis Browns drafted Duke Kenworthy from Oakland (PCL) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Lee King from Wheeling (Central) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Brooklyn Robins drafted Lew Malone from St Paul (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Boston Braves drafted Mike Massey from New Orleans (Southern Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The New York Yankees drafted Ed Monroe from Memphis (Southern Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago White Sox drafted Eddie Mulligan from Kansas City (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Rollie Naylor from McAlester (Western Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Win Noyes from Portland (PCL) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago Cubs drafted Bob O'Farrell from Peoria (Three-I) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The St. Louis Browns drafted Kewpie Pennington from Lawrence (New England) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Cincinnati Reds drafted Jimmy Ring from Utica (New York State) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago Cubs drafted Dutch Ruether from Spokane (Northwestern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Rube Schauer from Louisville (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The New York Yankees drafted Ben Shaw from Macon (South Atlantic) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Brooklyn Robins drafted Jack Snyder from Macon (South Atlantic) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  The Chicago Cubs drafted Harry Wolfe from Duluth (Northern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

• September 19, 1916

  The Boston Braves drafted Johnny Rawlings from Toledo (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

• October 5, 1916

  The New York Giants released Red Dooin. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• November 8, 1916

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased George McQuillan from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• November 9, 1916

  The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Paddy Livingston from Sioux City (Western).

• November 22, 1916

  The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Patsy McGaffigan from Vernon (Pacific Coast) for $400.

• November 30, 1916

  Denver (Western) purchased John Kelleher from the Brooklyn Robins.

• December, 1916

  Portland (PCL) purchased Fred Beebe from the Cleveland Indians.

• December 14, 1916

  The Boston Braves traded a player to be named later and Fred Mitchell to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Kelly and cash. The Boston Braves sent Earl Blackburn (January, 1917) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• December 31, 1916

  The Chicago White Sox released Ed Walsh.

• Before 1917 Season

  The Philadelphia Athletics signed Dave Keefe as an amateur free agent.

  Newark (International) purchased Mike Cantwell from the New York Yankees.

  Chattanooga (Southern Association) purchased Jean Dubuc from the Detroit Tigers.

  Durham (North Carolina State) purchased Charlie Grimm from the Philadelphia Athletics.

  The New York Giants purchased John Middleton from Louisville (American Association).

  The Chicago White Sox purchased Swede Risberg from Vernon (PCL).

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Roy Sanders from Kansas City (American Association) for $7,500.

  The Boston Braves released George Davis.

  The Philadelphia Athletics released Shag Thompson.

  Mickey Doolin sent from the New York Giants to ??? in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

  Dick Egan retired from the Boston Braves.

• January, 1917

  The New York Giants selected Jimmy Smith off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• January 8, 1917

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Ray Miller from Columbus (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 10, 1917

  Atlanta (Southern Association) purchased Rube Bressler from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• January 11, 1917

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased Wilbur Good from the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased George McConnell from the Chicago Cubs.

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased George Pierce from the Chicago Cubs.

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased Ed Sicking from the Chicago Cubs.

• January 17, 1917

  Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Walter Barbare from the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 19, 1917

• January 25, 1917

  The Boston Braves returned Joe Mathes to Terre Haute (Central) following previous purchase.

• January 27, 1917

• January 29, 1917

  The Boston Braves purchased George Twombly from Baltimore (International).

• February, 1917

  The Chicago Cubs released Otto Knabe. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• February 16, 1917

  The Cincinnati Reds purchased Dave Shean from Providence (International).

• February 17, 1917

  Indianapolis (American Association) purchased Joe Connolly from the Boston Braves.

• February 18, 1917

  The Boston Braves released Fred Snodgrass.

• February 24, 1917

  The Cleveland Indians purchased Smoky Joe Wood from the Boston Red Sox for $15,000.

• February 25, 1917

  The Chicago White Sox purchased Chick Gandil from the Cleveland Indians for $3,500.

• March 2, 1917

  Indianapolis (American Association) purchased Erv Kantlehner from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 22, 1917

  New London (Eastern) purchased Bob Gandy from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 23, 1917

  Kansas City (American Association) purchased Fritz Mollwitz from the Chicago Cubs.

• March 25, 1917

  Portland (Pacific Coast) sent Billy Southworth to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• April, 1917

  The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Gene Packard from the Chicago Cubs.