1897 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• June 1, 1897

  Traded Bill Hallman, Dick Harley and $300 to the St. Louis Browns. Received Tommy Dowd.

  Traded Kid Carsey and Mike Grady to the St. Louis Browns. Received Ed McFarland.

• August 5, 1897

  Traded Sam Gillen to St. Paul (Western). Received Frank Shugart. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 29, 1897

  Purchased Gus Klopf (minors), Tom Hess and Tully Sparks from Galveston (Texas) for $450. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 31, 1897

  Purchased Bob Becker from Montreal (Eastern). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• September, 1897

  Purchased Kohly Miller from New Castle (Interstate).

• September 2, 1897

  Signed Ed Abbaticchio as a free agent.

• September 8, 1897

  Purchased Kid Elberfeld from Richmond (Atlantic).

• October, 1897

  Drafted Elmer Flick from Dayton (Interstate) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Wiley Piatt from Dayton (Interstate) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

• November 10, 1897

  Traded Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Jack Taylor and $1,000 to the St. Louis Browns. Received Monte Cross, Red Donahue and Klondike Douglass.