1918 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• December 14, 1917

  Traded Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Bullet Joe Bush, Wally Schang and Amos Strunk.

• January 10, 1918

  Traded a player to be named later, Forrest Cady and Larry Gardner to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Stuffy McInnis. The Boston Red Sox sent Tillie Walker (February 20, 1918) to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete the trade.

• February 14, 1918

  Traded cash to Toronto (International) and Mickey Devine to Louisville (American Association). Received George Whiteman.

• April 1, 1918

  Traded Rube Foster to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Shean. Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• May 21, 1918

  Signed Vince Molyneaux as a free agent.

• July 14, 1918

  Purchased Walt Kinney from Dallas (Texas).

• August 9, 1918

  Purchased Jack Coffey from the Detroit Tigers.

• December 18, 1918

  Traded Dutch Leonard, Duffy Lewis and Ernie Shore to the New York Yankees. Received Ray Caldwell, Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, Roxy Walters and $15,000.

• January, 1919

  Sam Agnew player rights sold to the Washington Nationals.

• January 17, 1919

  Traded Hal Janvrin and cash to the Washington Nationals. Received Eddie Ainsmith and George Dumont.

  Traded Eddie Ainsmith, Slim Love and Chick Shorten to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ossie Vitt.

• February 28, 1919

  Wally Mayer player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns for $5,000.

• March, 1919

  Fred Thomas player rights sold to the Philadelphia Athletics for $1,500.

  Walt Kinney selected by the Philadelphia Athletics off waivers.

• March 4, 1919

  Jimmy Cooney selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.