1937 St. Louis Browns Trades and Transactions

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

• December 2, 1936

  Purchased Ethan Allen from the Chicago Cubs.

  Ray Pepper player rights sold to Buffalo (International).

• Before 1937 Season

  Signed Red Barkley as a free agent.

  Signed Johnny Berardino as an amateur free agent.

• January 9, 1937

  Traded Roy Mahaffey and cash to Seattle (PCL). Received Lou Koupal.

• January 17, 1937

  Traded Ivy Andrews, Lyn Lary and Moose Solters to the Cleveland Indians. Received Oral Hildebrand, Bill Knickerbocker and Joe Vosmik.

• January 23, 1937

  Signed Sheriff Blake as a free agent.

• March 30, 1937

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to Toledo (American Association). Received Harry Davis. The St. Louis Browns sent Ed Coleman (March 30, 1937) to Toledo (American Association) to complete the trade.

• April 21, 1937

  Signed Bill Trotter as a free agent.

• May, 1937

  Signed George Hennessey as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 1, 1937

  Earl Caldwell player rights sold to Toronto (International).

• July 15, 1937

  Signed Bill Strickland as a free agent.

  Released Sheriff Blake.

  Released Tommy Thomas.

• August 11, 1937

  Signed Ed Baecht as a free agent.

• October 5, 1937

  Drafted George McQuinn from the New York Yankees in the 1937 rule 5 draft.

• December, 1937

  Traded Stan Keyes (minors) to the New York Yankees. Received Bob Swift and cash.

• December 1, 1937

  Traded Elon Hogsett to the Washington Nationals. Received Ed Linke.

• December 2, 1937

  Traded Joe Vosmik to the Boston Red Sox. Received Red Kress, Buster Mills and Bobo Newsom.

• December 3, 1937

  Gerard Lipscomb player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• December 4, 1937

  Traded Harry Davis to the New York Yankees. Received Vito Tamulis.

• December 15, 1937

  Lou Koupal player rights sold to San Francisco (PCL).

• Before 1938 Season

  Signed Floyd Baker as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Vern Stephens as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Al Zarilla as an amateur free agent.

• January 20, 1938

  Purchased Jim Weaver from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• February 10, 1938

  Traded Rollie Hemsley to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ed Cole, Roy Hughes and Billy Sullivan.

• February 15, 1938

  Traded Bill Knickerbocker to the New York Yankees. Received Don Heffner and $10,000.

• March 24, 1938

  Tony Giuliani player rights sold to the Washington Nationals.

• March 25, 1938

  Ollie Bejma player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.