1959 Kansas City Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• December 1, 1958

  Drafted Wayne Terwilliger from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.

• December 2, 1958

  Drafted Jay Ward from the New York Yankees in the 1958 minor league draft.

• Before 1959 Season

  Signed Ray Blemker as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ken Harrelson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed John O'Donoghue as an amateur free agent.

  Signed José Santiago as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dave Thies as an amateur free agent.

  Obtained George Freese from the Chicago Cubs as part of a minor league working agreement.

  Returned Freddy Rodríguez to Buffalo (International) after expiration of minor league working agreement.

• March, 1959

  Traded Walt Craddock to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Marty Kutyna.

• April 4, 1959

  Signed Russ Meyer as a free agent.

  Billy Shantz player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• April 8, 1959

  Traded Jack Urban to the New York Yankees. Received Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman returned to original team on May 8, 1959.

• April 12, 1959

  Traded Mike Baxes and Bob Martyn to the New York Yankees. Received Tom Carroll and Russ Snyder.

• May 3, 1959

  Traded Harry Simpson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ray Boone.

• May 9, 1959

  Purchased Murry Dickson from the New York Yankees.

• May 26, 1959

  Traded Héctor López and Ralph Terry to the New York Yankees. Received Johnny Kucks, Jerry Lumpe and Tom Sturdivant.

• June 9, 1959

  Signed Jack Aker as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 1959

  Released Russ Meyer.

• August 20, 1959

  Purchased Joe Morgan from the Milwaukee Braves.

  Ray Boone selected by the Milwaukee Braves off waivers.

  Selected Ray Jablonski off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 6, 1959

  Rip Coleman selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.

• October 5, 1959

  Released Murry Dickson.

• October 12, 1959

  Purchased Bob Trowbridge from the Milwaukee Braves.

• November 21, 1959

  Traded Frank House to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Acker.

• November 30, 1959

  Drafted Bob Johnson from the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Tom Baker from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1959 minor league draft.

  Drafted Dave Wickersham from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1959 minor league draft.

• December 3, 1959

  Traded Tom Sturdivant to the Boston Red Sox. Received Pete Daley.

• December 9, 1959

  Traded Hal Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later, Dick Hall and Ken Hamlin. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

• December 11, 1959

  Traded Joe DeMaestri, Kent Hadley and Roger Maris to the New York Yankees. Received Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry.

• Before 1960 Season

  Signed Hector Martinez as a free agent.

  Signed Billy Bryan as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dick Green as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ken Sanders as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Larry Stahl as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Rupe Toppin as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dale Willis as an amateur free agent.

  George Freese obtained by Portland (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

  Ossie Chavarria received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

• March 10, 1960

  Obtained Jack Spring from Dallas (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.