1888 Kansas City Cowboys Trades and Transactions

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

• Before 1888 Season

  Signed Charley Jones as a free agent.

• January 22, 1888

  Purchased Bill Fagan, Ed Greer, Frank Hankinson, Jim McTamany, Bill Phillips, Henry Porter, Ed Swartwood, Steve Toole and Jim Donahue from the Brooklyn for $7,000.

• February 13, 1888

  Purchased Jumbo Davis from the Baltimore Orioles for $700.

• April 25, 1888

  Purchased Sam Barkley from the Allegheny City. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 1, 1888

  Purchased Law Daniels from the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

  Purchased Henry Easterday from the Louisville Colonels for $1,200. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 31, 1888

  Purchased Billy Hamilton from Worcester (New England).

• January 6, 1889

  Jim McTamany player rights sold to the Columbus Solons for $1,000.

• March 8, 1889

  Red Ehret player rights sold to the Louisville Colonels for $500.