1898 St. Louis Browns Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 18, 1898

  Received George Decker as a loan from the Chicago Orphans.

• June 10, 1898

  Traded Ducky Holmes and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Joe Quinn and Jake Stenzel.

• July, 1898

  Released George Decker. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 19, 1898

  Purchased Tommy Tucker from the Brooklyn Grooms.

• August 14, 1898

  Purchased Jack Stivetts from the Boston.

• August 18, 1898

  Purchased Tom Kinslow from the Washington Senators.

• October 11, 1898

  Traded Jack Taylor to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bill Hill and $3,500.

• March 28, 1899

  Cy Young assigned onto roster from the Cleveland Spiders.

• March 29, 1899

  Frank Bates, Harry Blake, Jesse Burkett, Jimmy Burke, Cupid Childs, Lou Criger, George Cuppy, Emmet Heidrick, Cowboy Jones, Pete McBride, Ed McKean, Jack O'Connor, Jack Powell, Ossee Schrecongost, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Wallace and Zeke Wilson assigned onto roster from the Cleveland Spiders.

  Kid Carsey, Jack Clements, Lave Cross, Tommy Dowd, Dick Harley, Bill Hill, Jim Hughey, Harry Lochhead, Harry Maupin, Joe Quinn, Jack Stivetts, Willie Sudhoff, Joe Sugden, Suter Sullivan and Tommy Tucker assigned from roster onto the Cleveland Spiders.