1940 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• December 6, 1939

  Merv Connors player rights sold to Syracuse (International).

• December 8, 1939

  Marv Owen player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded Rip Radcliff to the St. Louis Browns. Received Moose Solters.

  Traded Gee Walker to the Washington Nationals. Received Pete Appleton and Taffy Wright.

• December 15, 1939

  Johnny Marcum player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns.

• December 29, 1939

  Norm Schlueter player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns.

  Hank Steinbacher player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns.

  Traded Jesse Landrum, Tony Rensa and cash to Oklahoma City (Texas). Received Don Kolloway.

• January 10, 1940

  Traded Ollie Bejma and Johnny Gerlach to the Cleveland Indians. Received Skeeter Webb.

• January 29, 1940

  Signed Ed Weiland as a free agent.

• March, 1940

  Signed Dee Phillips as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 20, 1940

  Lloyd Brown player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• April 19, 1940

  Frank Metha player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• May 10, 1940

  Returned Vallie Eaves to Shreveport (Texas) following previous purchase. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 15, 1940

  Purchased Bill Swift from the Boston Bees.

• August 15, 1940

  Purchased George Dickey from Oklahoma City (Texas).

  Purchased Jack Hallett from Shreveport (Texas).

• October 1, 1940

  Bill Swift drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

• November 6, 1940

  Signed Orville Jorgens as a free agent.

  Purchased Thurman Tucker from Oklahoma City (Texas).

• December 4, 1940

  Released Jackie Hayes.

• December 16, 1940

  Traded Jack Knott to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Dario Lodigiani.

• December 18, 1940

  Eric McNair selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• December 31, 1940

  Traded Ken Silvestri to the New York Yankees. Received Bill Knickerbocker.

• Before 1941 Season

  Signed Morrie Martin as an amateur free agent.

• January 4, 1941

  Purchased Joe Haynes from the Washington Nationals.

• February 7, 1941

  Traded Clint Brown to the Cleveland Indians. Received Johnny Humphries.

• March 14, 1941

  Purchased Ed Fernandes from the Pittsburgh Pirates.