1956 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 27, 1955

  Bob Boyd drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Billy Muffett from the Chicago Cubs in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

  Joe Presko drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Ed Mayer from the Boston Red Sox in the 1955 minor league draft.

• December 4, 1955

  Selected Ellis Kinder off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• December 15, 1955

  Signed Walker Cooper as a free agent.

• Before 1956 Season

  Signed Nelson Chittum as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Don Choate as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jim Donohue as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jim Hickman as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Mel Nelson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gene Oliver as an amateur free agent.

  Roy Wright sent to ??? in an unknown transaction.

• January 31, 1956

  Traded Brooks Lawrence and Sonny Senerchia to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Jackie Collum.

• March 30, 1956

  Traded Pete Whisenant to the Chicago Cubs. Received Hank Sauer.

• April 1, 1956

  Jim Pearce assigned onto roster from the Cincinnati Redlegs. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 10, 1956

  Purchased Pidge Browne from the Chicago Cubs.

  Frank Smith selected by the Cincinnati Redlegs off waivers.

• May 1, 1956

  Traded Paul LaPalme to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Milt Smith.

• May 7, 1956

  Traded Luis Arroyo to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Max Surkont.

• May 11, 1956

  Purchased Grady Hatton from the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded Ben Flowers, Harvey Haddix and Stu Miller to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Murry Dickson and Herm Wehmeier.

• May 14, 1956

  Traded Solly Hemus to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bobby Morgan.

• May 16, 1956

  Traded Joe Frazier and Alex Grammas to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Chuck Harmon.

• May 17, 1956

  Traded Bill Virdon to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield.

• May 28, 1956

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Toby Atwell. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dick Rand (October 12, 1956) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

• June 4, 1956

  Signed Jim Konstanty as a free agent.

  Max Surkont player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• June 14, 1956

  Traded players to be named later, Jackie Brandt, Dick Littlefield, Bill Sarni and Red Schoendienst to the New York Giants. Received Al Dark, Ray Katt, Don Liddle, Whitey Lockman and cash. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bob Stephenson (June 17, 1956) and Gordon Jones (October 1, 1956) to the New York Giants to complete the trade.

• June 21, 1956

  Signed Chris Cannizzaro as an amateur free agent.

• July 3, 1956

  Traded Toby Atwell to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Jim Command.

• July 11, 1956

  Ellis Kinder selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• July 30, 1956

  Selected Rocky Nelson off waivers from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

• August 1, 1956

  Grady Hatton player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• October 1, 1956

  Traded a player to be named later, Jim Pearce and cash to Toronto (International). Received Frank Barnes. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Rocky Nelson (March 21, 1957) to Toronto (International) to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• October 2, 1956

  Traded Stan Jok and cash to Toronto (International). Received Lynn Lovenguth.

• October 8, 1956

  Released Walker Cooper.

  Released Jim Konstanty.

• October 16, 1956

  Released Hank Sauer.

• November 19, 1956

  Traded Bobby Morgan and Rip Repulski to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Del Ennis.

• December 3, 1956

  Drafted Lloyd Merritt from the New York Yankees in the 1956 rule 5 draft.

  Tom Patton drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1956 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Bob Smith from the Boston Red Sox in the 1956 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Chuck Essegian from Sacramento (PCL) in the 1956 minor league draft.

  Eddie Phillips selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1956 minor league draft.

• December 4, 1956

  Chuck Essegian granted Free Agency.

• December 11, 1956

  Traded Wally Lammers (minors), Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Tom Poholsky to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Davis, Sam Jones, Hobie Landrith and Eddie Miksis.

• Before 1957 Season

  Signed Bud Bloomfield as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Cal Browning as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jack Damaska as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Bob Gibson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Julio Gotay as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Jack Hamilton as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gordie Richardson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dave Ricketts as an amateur free agent.

  John Romonosky sent to Syracuse (Eastern) in an unknown transaction.

• February 26, 1957

  Traded Whitey Lockman to the New York Giants. Received Hoyt Wilhelm.