1906 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• December 13, 1905

  Traded Jack O'Neill and Big Jeff Pfeffer to the Boston Nationals. Received Pat Moran.

• December 15, 1905

  Traded Buttons Briggs, James Casey, Billy Maloney, Jack McCarthy and $2,000 to the Brooklyn Superbas. Received Jimmy Sheckard.

• January 3, 1906

  Hans Lobert player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 9, 1906

  Traded Charles Miller (minors) and Louis Schaub (minors) to Wheeling (Central). Received Bull Smith.

• April 28, 1906

  Traded Hub Knolls to the Brooklyn Superbas. Received Doc Gessler.

• May 7, 1906

  Selected Jack Harper off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 2, 1906

  Traded Bob Wicker to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Orval Overall and $2,000.

• July 1, 1906

  Traded Fred Beebe, Pete Noonan and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jack Taylor.

• August, 1906

  Purchased Blaine Durbin from Joplin (Western Association).

• September, 1906

  Drafted Bill Sweeney from Portland (PCL) in the 1906 rule 5 draft. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• September 1, 1906

  Drafted Newt Randall from Denver (Western) in the 1906 rule 5 draft.

• October, 1906

  Traded a player to be named later, Jack Harper and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Chick Fraser (January 16, 1907) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Doc Gessler (January 16, 1907) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.