1954 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1953

  Chuck Kress drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1953 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Royce Lint from Portland (PCL) in the 1953 rule 5 draft.

• December 1, 1953

  Fred Hahn selected by Toronto (International) in the 1953 minor league draft.

  Drafted Brooks Lawrence from the Cincinnati Redlegs in the 1953 minor league draft.

  Drafted Bob Mabe from Reidsville (Carolina) in the 1953 minor league draft.

  Drafted Sonny Senerchia from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1953 minor league draft.

• December 2, 1953

  Traded Jack Crimian and $100,000 to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Alex Grammas.

• Before 1954 Season

  Signed Rubén Amaro Sr. as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Tom Baker as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gary Geiger as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Tom Hughes as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Howie Nunn as an amateur free agent.

  Signed John Wyatt as an amateur free agent.

  Barney Schultz received from the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

• January, 1954

  Purchased Bill Currie from the Milwaukee Braves.

• January 15, 1954

  Purchased Niles Jordan from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

• January 26, 1954

  Traded Eddie Erautt, Dick Sisler and $100,000 to San Diego (PCL). Received Tom Alston.

• February 23, 1954

  Purchased Vic Raschi from the New York Yankees for $85,000.

• March, 1954

  Bill Currie sent to the Washington Nationals in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 11, 1954

  Traded Enos Slaughter to the New York Yankees. Received Emil Tellinger (minors), Bill Virdon and Mel Wright.

• April 25, 1954

  Purchased Herb Adams from the Chicago Cubs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 30, 1954

  Steve Bilko player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs for $12,500.

• May 5, 1954

  Al Papai player rights sold to Oklahoma City (Texas).

• May 7, 1954

  Received Carl Scheib from the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• May 12, 1954

  Released Hal White.

• May 25, 1954

  Purchased Bob Boyd from the Chicago White Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 1, 1954

  Returned Carl Scheib to the Philadelphia Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• August 8, 1954

  Selected Ben Wade off waivers from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• October 19, 1954

  Released Al Brazle.

  Released Peanuts Lowrey.

• November 22, 1954

  Cloyd Boyer drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1954 rule 5 draft.

  Jim King drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1954 rule 5 draft.

• November 30, 1954

  Drafted Charlie Peete from Portsmouth (Piedmont) in the 1954 minor league draft.

  Drafted Benny Valenzuela from Bisbee-Douglas (Arizona-Texas) in the 1954 minor league draft.

• December 3, 1954

  Traded Sal Yvars to the Detroit Tigers. Received Frank Carswell.

• December 6, 1954

  Niles Jordan player rights sold to Richmond (International).

• December 8, 1954

  Traded Ray Jablonski and Gerry Staley to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Frank Smith.

• Before 1955 Season

  Signed Duke Carmel as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jim McKnight as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dick Ricketts as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Bob Sadowski as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jimmie Schaffer as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Paul Toth as an amateur free agent.

  Released John Wyatt.

• January 11, 1955

  Traded Ben Wade and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Paul LaPalme.