1942 Brooklyn Dodgers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 11, 1941

  Roy Hughes player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• December 4, 1941

  Traded Tony Giuliani and Van Mungo to Minneapolis (American Association). Received Joe Hatten.

• December 9, 1941

  Purchased Emmett Mueller from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• December 10, 1941

  Mace Brown player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

  Purchased Johnny Rizzo from the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Traded Jack Burman (minors), Kemp Wicker and $7,500 to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Don Padgett.

• December 12, 1941

  Traded Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Arky Vaughan.

• Before 1942 Season

  Signed Cal Abrams as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Monty Basgall as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Paul Burris as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Turk Lown as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Steve Nagy as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Leo Thomas as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dick Whitman as an amateur free agent.

  Returned Andy Seminick to Elizabethton (Appalachian) after expiration of minor league working agreement.

  Purchased Ferrell Anderson from the New York Yankees.

  Released George Kell.

  Moe Burtschy sent to the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.

• January, 1942

  Previous purchase of Emmett Mueller from the Philadelphia Phils voided and player returned. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• February 7, 1942

  Purchased Charlie Gelbert from the Boston Red Sox.

• February 24, 1942

  Purchased Gene Moore from the New York Yankees.

• March 13, 1942

  Purchased Billy Sullivan from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 23, 1942

  Purchased Frenchy Bordagaray from the New York Yankees.

• April 29, 1942

  Purchased Les McCrabb from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• April 30, 1942

  Purchased Schoolboy Rowe from the Detroit Tigers.

• May 19, 1942

  Purchased Babe Dahlgren from the Chicago Cubs.

• May 24, 1942

  Released Freddie Fitzsimmons.

• August 30, 1942

  Purchased Bobo Newsom from the Washington Nationals for $25,000.

• August 31, 1942

  Gene Moore player rights sold to the Washington Nationals.

• September 29, 1942

  Purchased Hal Peck from the Chicago Cubs.

• October 1, 1942

  Purchased Luis Olmo from Richmond (Piedmont).

• November 2, 1942

  Ed Albosta drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Dee Moore from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 1942

  Traded Johnny Allen and $30,000 to the Philadelphia Phils. Received Rube Melton.

• Before 1943 Season

  Signed Freddie Fitzsimmons as a free agent.

  Signed Ray Hayworth as a free agent.

  Signed Rex Barney as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ralph Branca as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Billy DeMars as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Herb Gorman as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gene Mauch as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Duke Snider as an amateur free agent.

  Signed George Strickland as an amateur free agent.

  Obtained Jack Bolling from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a minor league working agreement.

  Les McCrabb sent to Lancaster (Interstate) in an unknown transaction.

• January 21, 1943

  Signed Johnny Cooney as a free agent.

  Signed Paul Waner as a free agent.

• February 1, 1943

  Selected Steve Mesner off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• February 2, 1943

  Previous waiver selection of Steve Mesner from the Cincinnati Reds voided and player returned.

• March 9, 1943

  Traded Babe Dahlgren to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Al Glossop and Lloyd Waner.

  Selected Roberto Ortiz off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 24, 1943

  Schoolboy Rowe player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Traded Jack Kraus and cash to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bobby Bragan.