1915 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• Before 1915 Season

  Purchased Baby Doll Jacobson from Chattanooga (Southern Association).

• January 4, 1915

  Alex Main jumped to the Kansas City Packers.

• February 4, 1915

  Hugh High and Wally Pipp player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• May 25, 1915

  John Peters player rights sold to Chattanooga (Southern Association).

• June 7, 1915

  Purchased Bill Steen from the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 12, 1915

  Purchased George Cunningham from Chattanooga (Southern Association).

• August 16, 1915

  Purchased Babe Ellison from Clinton (Central Association).

• August 18, 1915

  Traded Baby Doll Jacobson and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns. Received Bill James.

• September 6, 1915

  Purchased Grover Lowdermilk from the St. Louis Browns.

• September 17, 1915

  Drafted George Harper from Fort Worth (Texas) in the 1915 rule 5 draft.

• September 18, 1915

  Drafted George Harper from Ft. Worth (Texas) in the 1915 rule 5 draft.

• November, 1915

  Purchased Bill McTigue from Toronto (International).

  Released George Moriarty.

• Before 1916 Season

  Signed Billy Sullivan as a free agent.

• February 10, 1916

  Purchased Jack Dalton and Howard Ehmke from the Buffalo Blues.

• April, 1916

  Grover Lowdermilk player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.