1960 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1959

  Drafted Clay Dalrymple from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Bobby Malkmus from Denver (American Association) in the 1959 rule 5 draft.

• December 4, 1959

  Traded Carl Sawatski to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Smith and Bobby Smith.

• December 5, 1959

  Traded Chico Fernández and Ray Semproch to the Detroit Tigers. Received Alex Cosmidis (minors), Ted Lepcio and Ken Walters.

• December 9, 1959

  Traded Gene Freese to the Chicago White Sox. Received Johnny Callison.

• Before 1960 Season

  Signed Dick Allen as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jesse Hickman as an amateur free agent.

• January 11, 1960

  Traded Richie Ashburn to the Chicago Cubs. Received John Buzhardt, Al Dark and Jim Woods.

• February 3, 1960

  Signed Paul Brown as an amateur free agent.

• February 18, 1960

  Signed Ted Savage as an amateur free agent.

• March 15, 1960

  Jim Bolger player rights sold to the Milwaukee Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 10, 1960

  Signed Hank Allen as an amateur free agent.

• May 12, 1960

  Dave Philley player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

  Valmy Thomas player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• May 13, 1960

  Traded Ed Bouchee and Don Cardwell to the Chicago Cubs. Received Cal Neeman and Tony Taylor.

• May 17, 1960

  Released Curt Simmons.

• May 19, 1960

  Released Bob Conley. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 9, 1960

  Signed John Morris as an amateur free agent.

• June 15, 1960

  Traded Fred Hopke (minors), Harry Anderson and Wally Post to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tony González and Lee Walls.

• June 23, 1960

  Traded Al Dark to the Milwaukee Braves. Received Joe Morgan.

• July 16, 1960

  Signed Costen Shockley as an amateur free agent.

• July 28, 1960

  Signed Bill Heath as an amateur free agent.

• August 9, 1960

  Joe Morgan player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• September 10, 1960

  Signed Jeff James as an amateur free agent.

• September 13, 1960

  Signed Mike Marshall as an amateur free agent.

• September 17, 1960

  Purchased Carl Thomas from the Cleveland Indians.

• September 19, 1960

  Traded Don Landrum to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later and Bob Sadowski. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Wally Shannon (September 20, 1960), Billy Harrell (September 20, 1960), Jim Frey (September 20, 1960) and Dick Ricketts (September 20, 1960) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• September 21, 1960

  Signed Adolfo Phillips as an amateur free agent.

• September 26, 1960

  Released John Kennedy. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• November 28, 1960

  Drafted Choo-Choo Coleman from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

  Billy Harrell drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

  Ed Keegan drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jack Hamilton from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960 minor league draft.

  Drafted Jack Baldschun from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1960

  Traded Gene Conley to the Boston Red Sox. Received Frank Sullivan.

• Before 1961 Season

  Signed Ron Clark as an amateur free agent.

  Clarence Jones sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

  Félix Torres received from the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.

• April 1, 1961

  Purchased Don Ferrarese from the Chicago White Sox.