1887 Brooklyn Trades and Transactions

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

• December, 1886

  Purchased Jack O'Brien from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• September 25, 1887

  Purchased Mickey Hughes from Newark (International Association).

• October 20, 1887

  Purchased Bill Fagan, Frank Hankinson, Bill Holbert, Al Mays, Darby O'Brien, Dave Orr, Paul Radford and Jim Donahue from the New York Metropolitans for $25000 (perhaps less).

• November 21, 1887

  Purchased Doc Bushong from the St. Louis Browns for $4,500.

• November 26, 1887

  Purchased Bob Caruthers from the St. Louis Browns for $8,250.

• November 29, 1887

  Purchased Dave Foutz from the St. Louis Browns for $5,500.

• January 22, 1888

  Bill Fagan, Ed Greer, Frank Hankinson, Jim McTamany, Bill Phillips, Henry Porter, Ed Swartwood, Steve Toole and Jim Donahue player rights sold to the Kansas City Cowboys for $7,000.

• February, 1888

  Bert Cunningham and John Harkins player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)