1916 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• December, 1915

  Purchased Elmer Jacobs from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• Before 1916 Season

  Ed Reulbach jumped from the Newark Pepper.

• January, 1916

  Purchased Joe Schultz from the Chicago Cubs.

• February 10, 1916

  Purchased Otto Knabe and Jimmy Smith from the Baltimore Terrapins.

  Purchased Art Wilson from the Chicago Whales.

• April 12, 1916

  Ed Reulbach player rights sold to the Boston Braves.

• June 1, 1916

  Released Otto Knabe.

• June 25, 1916

  Purchased Ray O'Brien from Davenport (Three-I).

• July, 1916

  Purchased Alex McCarthy from the Chicago Cubs.

• July 3, 1916

  Purchased Pete Compton from the Boston Braves.

  Traded Ed Barney to Louisville (American Association). Received Jack Farmer. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 14, 1916

  Returned Pete Compton to the Boston Braves following previous purchase.

• July 27, 1916

  Purchased Carson Bigbee from Tacoma (Northwestern).

• July 29, 1916

  Traded Art Wilson to the Chicago Cubs. Received William Fischer and Frank Schulte.

• August 3, 1916

  Released Babe Adams.

• August 5, 1916

  Traded players to be named later to Birmingham (Southern Association). Received Burleigh Grimes. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Larry Douglas (September 12, 1916), Barney Cleveland (minors) (September 12, 1916), Doc Johnston (October 13, 1916) and Carmen Hill (1917) to Birmingham (Southern Association) to complete the trade.

• August 7, 1916

  Purchased Bill Evans from Morgantown (Western North Carolina).

• August 15, 1916

  George Gibson selected by the New York Giants off waivers.

• August 20, 1916

  Joe Schultz player rights sold to Los Angeles (Pacific Coast).

• September 2, 1916

  Erv Kantlehner player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• September 5, 1916

  Drafted Hal Carlson from Rockford (Three-I) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

• September 15, 1916

  Drafted Billy Gleason from Lynn (Eastern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Lee King from Wheeling (Central) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

• January, 1917

  Jimmy Smith selected by the New York Giants off waivers.

• March 25, 1917

  Received Billy Southworth from Portland (Pacific Coast) as part of a conditional deal.