1896 Boston Trades and Transactions

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

• November 14, 1895

  Traded Billy Nash to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Billy Hamilton.

• November 18, 1895

  Tommy McCarthy player rights sold to the Brooklyn Grooms for $6,000.

• Before 1896 Season

  Drafted Willard Mains from Lewiston (New England) in the 1896 rule 5 draft.

  Jimmy Collins returned by the Louisville Colonels as part of earlier loan.

• May 19, 1896

  Released Jack Ryan.

• June 13, 1896

  Willard Mains player rights sold to Bangor (New England).

• June 27, 1896

  Signed Ted Lewis as a free agent.

• July 28, 1896

  Released Joe Harrington.

• August, 1896

  Purchased Dan McGann from Lynchburg (Virginia).

• August 15, 1896

  Purchased Fred Klobedanz from Fall River (New England).

• August 18, 1896

  Released Jimmy Bannon.

• September 1, 1896

  Released Bill Yerrick.

• October 2, 1896

  Drafted Chick Stahl from Buffalo (Eastern) in the 1896 rule 5 draft.