1898 Cleveland Spiders Trades and Transactions

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

• September 5, 1898

  Purchased Chick Fraser from the Louisville Colonels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• December 16, 1898

  Chick Fraser player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies for $900 or $1000.

• March 11, 1899

  Purchased Mike Griffin from the Brooklyn Superbas for $4,000.

• March 28, 1899

  Cy Young assigned from roster onto the St. Louis.

• March 29, 1899

  Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, George Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schrecongost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson assigned from roster onto the St. Louis.

  Kid Carsey, Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Bill Hill, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Joe Sugden, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker assigned onto roster from the St. Louis.