1964 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• December 2, 1963

  Drafted Rudy May from the Minnesota Twins in the 1963 first-year draft.

  Drafted Steve Jones from the Minnesota Twins in the 1963 minor league draft.

• December 10, 1963

  Traded Nellie Fox to the Houston Colt .45s. Received Jim Golden, Danny Murphy and cash.

• Before 1964 Season

  Signed Greg Bollo as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Duane Josephson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Bill Melton as an amateur free agent.

• February 25, 1964

  Released Jim Brosnan.

• March 18, 1964

  Purchased Don Mossi from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 31, 1964

  Mike Joyce player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• April 8, 1964

  Signed Minnie Miñoso as a free agent.

• April 23, 1964

  Traded Charley Smith to the New York Mets. Received Bobby Catton (minors), Chico Fernández and cash.

• May 15, 1964

  Released Charlie Maxwell.

• June, 1964

  Ed Hobaugh received from the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 16, 1964

  Released Taylor Phillips.

• June 29, 1964

  Chico Fernández player rights sold to Syracuse (International). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 7, 1964

  Purchased Jeoff Long from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 13, 1964

  Traded a player to be named later and Joe Cunningham to the Washington Senators. Received Carl Bouldin and Bill Skowron. The Chicago White Sox sent Frank Kreutzer (July 28, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

• July 17, 1964

  Released Minnie Miñoso.

• September 12, 1964

  Selected Smoky Burgess off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• October 15, 1964

  Traded Rudy May to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later and Bill Heath. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Joel Gibson (minors) (November 23, 1964) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• October 19, 1964

  Released Don Mossi.

• November 24, 1964

  Fritz Ackley player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 30, 1964

  Drafted Ed Herrmann from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1964 first-year draft.

  Drafted Bill Voss from the Detroit Tigers in the 1964 first-year draft.

• December 1, 1964

  Traded Ray Herbert and Jeoff Long to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Danny Cater and Lee Elia.

  Traded Frank Baumann to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jimmie Schaffer.

• Before 1965 Season

  Signed Doug Adams as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Al Fitzmorris as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gail Hopkins as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Scott Northey as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jerry Nyman as an amateur free agent.

  Released Ed Hobaugh.

• January 20, 1965

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later, Mike Hershberger and Jim Landis to the Kansas City Athletics and Cam Carreon to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tommie Agee, Tommy John and John Romano from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

• January 26, 1965

  Signed Bill Fischer as a free agent.