1897 St. Louis Browns Trades and Transactions

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

• Before 1897 Season

  Traded Bert Myers to Milwaukee (Western). Received Fred Hartman.

• February 28, 1897

  Selected Duke Esper off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 3, 1897

  Purchased Lou Bierbauer from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 23, 1897

  Traded Bill Hutchison to Minneapolis (Western). Received Dan Lally. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 1, 1897

  Traded Tommy Dowd to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bill Hallman, Dick Harley and $300.

  Traded Ed McFarland to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Kid Carsey and Mike Grady.

• June 23, 1897

  Signed Error as an amateur free agent.

• June 24, 1897

  Released Bill Kissinger. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 17, 1897

  Signed Mike McDermott as a free agent.

• October, 1897

  Purchased Jack Crooks from Columbus (Western).

  Purchased Pete Daniels from Columbus (Western).

• November 10, 1897

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

• November 11, 1897

  Traded Mike Grady and Fred Hartman to the New York Giants. Received Jim Donnelly, Ducky Holmes and $3,500.

• November 12, 1897

  Traded Bill Hallman to the Brooklyn Grooms. Received George Shoch and $1,000.

• December 7, 1897

  Traded Morgan Murphy to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Joe Sugden.

• December 21, 1897

  Traded Bill Hart to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Hughey and $1,800.