1897 Boston Trades and Transactions

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

• April 18, 1897

  Released Cozy Dolan.

• May 5, 1897

  Signed Mike Mahoney as an amateur free agent.

• June 3, 1897

  Tommy Tucker player rights sold to the Washington Senators for $2,000.

• July 1, 1897

  Purchased Fred Lake from Kansas City (Western).

• July 9, 1897

  Released Mike Mahoney.

• July 12, 1897

  Signed Bob Allen as a free agent.

• August 6, 1897

  Purchased Charlie Hickman from New Castle (Interstate).

• September 15, 1897

  Traded Fred Lake and $1,000 to Syracuse (Eastern). Received Vic Willis.

• October 1, 1897

  Drafted Bill Keister from Paterson (Atlantic) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

• Before 1898 Season

  Signed Kitty Bransfield as a free agent.