1947 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1946

  Bob Gillespie drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1946

  Tommy Bridges player rights sold to Oakland (PCL).

• December 12, 1946

  Jimmy Bloodworth player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Released George Caster.

• December 20, 1946

  Released Paul Richards.

• Before 1947 Season

  Signed Babe Birrer as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Bill Macdonald as an amateur free agent.

  Barney Schultz received from the Philadelphia Phillies in an unknown transaction.

• January 14, 1947

  Purchased Saul Rogovin from the Washington Nationals.

• January 18, 1947

  Hank Greenberg player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates for $75,000.

• March, 1947

  Released Frank Carswell. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 20, 1947

  Traded Birdie Tebbetts to the Boston Red Sox. Received Hal Wagner.

• June 7, 1947

  Purchased Chet Laabs from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• July 7, 1947

  Ray Poole received from the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

• August 30, 1947

  Bobby Hogue player rights sold to the Boston Braves.

• October, 1947

  Purchased Paul Campbell from the Boston Red Sox.

• October 5, 1947

  Gene Markland player rights sold to the Boston Braves.

• October 18, 1947

  Released Skeeter Webb.

• November 10, 1947

  Clint Conatser drafted by the Boston Braves in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

• December 16, 1947

  Roy Cullenbine player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Before 1948 Season

  Signed Harold Daugherty as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Milt Jordan as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dick Marlowe as an amateur free agent.