1898 Washington Senators Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 10, 1898

  Released Roger Bresnahan.

• May 16, 1898

  Cooney Snyder player rights sold to the Louisville Colonels for $500.

• May 19, 1898

  Received John Anderson from the Brooklyn Grooms as part of a conditional deal.

• June 8, 1898

  Bob McHale player rights sold to Rochester (Eastern).

• July 8, 1898

  Jack Doyle player rights sold to the New York Giants for $2,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 18, 1898

  Tom Kinslow player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns.

• September 21, 1898

  Returned John Anderson to the Brooklyn Grooms as part of a conditional deal.

  Loaned Butts Wagner to the Brooklyn Grooms.

• October 25, 1898

  Butts Wagner returned by the Brooklyn Grooms as part of earlier loan. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• December 14, 1898

  Traded Henry Reitz to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jack O'Brien, Dick Padden and Jimmy Slagle.

• December 25, 1898

  Kip Selbach player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds for $5,000.