1897 Washington Senators Trades and Transactions

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

• June 3, 1897

  Purchased Tommy Tucker from the Boston for $2,000.

• August 10, 1897

  Purchased Roger Bresnahan from Lima (Ohio State).

  Released Les German.

• August 21, 1897

  Released Charlie Abbey.

  Released Silver King.

  Released John O'Brien.

  Released Charlie Reilly.

• August 25, 1897

  Signed Charlie Reilly as a free agent.

• September 22, 1897

  Purchased Bill Dinneen from Toronto (Eastern).

  Purchased Dan McGann, Bob McHale, Cooney Snyder and Butts Wagner from Toronto (Eastern) for $8,500.

  Released Billy Lush.

  Released Effie Norton.

• October 1, 1897

  Drafted Bill Donovan from Waterbury (Connecticut State) in the 1897 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1897

  Traded Gene DeMontreville, Dan McGann and James McJames to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Doc Amole, Jack Doyle and Henry Reitz.

• March 5, 1898

  Tommy Tucker player rights sold to the Brooklyn Grooms for $800.