1939 New York Giants Trades and Transactions

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

• December 6, 1938

  Bill Cissell player rights sold to Hollywood (PCL).

  Traded Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber and Gus Mancuso to the Chicago Cubs. Received Frank Demaree, Billy Jurges and Ken O'Dea.

• December 7, 1938

  Les Powers player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Traded Mickey Haslin and cash to San Diego (PCL). Received Manny Salvo.

• December 11, 1938

  Traded Tom Baker, Jim Carlin and $20,000 to the Washington Nationals. Received Zeke Bonura.

• December 15, 1938

  Purchased Bill Harris from the Boston Red Sox.

• Before 1939 Season

  Released Tom Ferrick.

• February 23, 1939

  Purchased Al Glossop from the Cincinnati Reds.

• April 10, 1939

  Purchased Johnny Dickshot from the Boston Bees.

• May 9, 1939

  Purchased Red Lynn from the Detroit Tigers.

• May 14, 1939

  Signed Tony Lazzeri as a free agent.

• June 7, 1939

  Released Tony Lazzeri.

• June 11, 1939

  Purchased Woody Jensen from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• July 21, 1939

  Signed Skeeter Scalzi as a free agent.

• August 17, 1939

  Purchased Rae Blaemire from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• August 23, 1939

  Purchased Johnny Rucker from Atlanta (Southern Association).

• September 1, 1939

  Traded players to be named later and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Mickey Witek. The New York Giants sent Alex Kampouris (December 27, 1939) and Tom Padden (December 27, 1939) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• September 7, 1939

  Traded Jimmy Ripple to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Received a player to be named later. The Brooklyn Dodgers sent Ray Hayworth (September 9, 1939) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

• September 10, 1939

  Released Dick Coffman. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• October 3, 1939

  Drafted Paul Dean from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1939 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1939

  Tom Hafey player rights sold to Atlanta (Southern Association).

  Red Jones player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• December 7, 1939

  Purchased Wayne Ambler from the Philadelphia Athletics.

• January 26, 1940

  Skeeter Scalzi player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.