1898 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1897

  Traded Pink Hawley, Elmer Smith and $1,500 to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bill Gray, Jack McCarthy, Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver and Ace Stewart.

• December 7, 1897

  Traded Joe Sugden to the St. Louis Browns. Received Morgan Murphy.

• December 21, 1897

  Traded Jim Hughey and $1,800 to the St. Louis Browns. Received Bill Hart.

• May 27, 1898

  John Ganzel player rights sold to Detroit (Western).

• June 3, 1898

  Purchased Tom O'Brien and Frank Bowerman from the Baltimore Orioles for $2,500.

• June 11, 1898

  Released Steve Brodie.

  Released Morgan Murphy.

• July, 1898

  Signed Bill Hoffer as a free agent.

• July 9, 1898

  Harry Davis player rights sold to the Louisville Colonels.

• July 19, 1898

  Signed Fred Lake as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 29, 1898

  Released Fred Lake. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 4, 1898

  Purchased Willie Clark from the New York Giants.

• August 5, 1898

  Released Frank Killen. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• September 30, 1898

  Tully Sparks received from Richmond (Atlantic) in an unknown transaction.

• December 2, 1898

  Traded Bill Gray and Bill Hart to Milwaukee (Western). Received Ginger Beaumont.

• December 14, 1898

  Traded Jack O'Brien, Dick Padden and Jimmy Slagle to the Washington Senators. Received Henry Reitz.

• Before 1899 Season

  Purchased Jimmy Williams from Kansas City (Western).