1916 Major League Baseball Transactions

Stan Coveleski sent from Portland (PCL) to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Tom Daly from the Chicago White Sox.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Elmer Jacobs from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Larry Kopf from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Sam Agnew from the St. Louis Browns.

The New York Giants purchased Benny Kauff from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops for $35,000.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Baldy Louden from the Buffalo Blues.

The New York Giants purchased Bill McKechnie from the Newark Pepper.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Earl Moseley from the Newark Pepper for $5,000.

The New York Giants purchased Edd Roush from the Newark Pepper for $7,500.

Hal Chase jumped from the Buffalo Blues to the Cincinnati Reds.

Dave Davenport jumped from the St. Louis Terriers to the St. Louis Browns.

The Chicago White Sox signed George Moriarty as a free agent.

Mike Prendergast jumped from the Chicago Whales to the Chicago Cubs.

Ed Reulbach jumped from the Newark Pepper to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Detroit Tigers signed Billy Sullivan as a free agent.

The Buffalo Blues released Solly Hofman.

The New York Yankees signed Solly Hofman as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Bob Fisher from the Chicago Cubs.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Joe Schultz from the Chicago Cubs.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Jack Lapp from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The New York Yankees purchased Lee Magee from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops for $22,500.

The New York Yankees purchased Nick Cullop from the Kansas City Packers.

The New York Yankees purchased Germany Schaefer from the Newark Pepper.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Wilbur Good from the Chicago Cubs.

The Boston Braves purchased Frank Allen from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Nick Allen from the Buffalo Blues.

The New York Giants purchased Fred Anderson from the Buffalo Blues.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Chief Bender from the Baltimore Terrapins.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jim Bluejacket from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

The St. Louis Browns purchased Babe Borton from the St. Louis Terriers.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Mordecai Brown from the Chicago Whales.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Claude Cooper from the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Jack Dalton from the Buffalo Blues.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Clyde Engle from the Buffalo Blues.

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Jim Hickman from the Baltimore Terrapins.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Emil Huhn from the Newark Pepper.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Otto Knabe from the Baltimore Terrapins.

The Boston Braves purchased Ed Konetchy from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

The Washington Senators purchased Mike Menosky from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

The Brooklyn Robins selected Chief Meyers off waivers from the New York Giants.

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Mike Mowrey from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Gene Packard from the Kansas City Packers.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Al Schulz from the Buffalo Blues.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Tom Seaton from the Newark Pepper.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Art Wilson from the Chicago Whales.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Steve Yerkes from the Pittsburgh Rebels.

The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later, Ed Klepfer, Braggo Roth and $31,500 to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and Joe Jackson. The Chicago White Sox sent Larry Chappell (February 14, 1916) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

The New York Yankees purchased Frank Baker from the Philadelphia Athletics for $37,500.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Chick Gandil from the Washington Senators for $7,500.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Ivan Howard from the St. Louis Browns.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Tilly Walker from the St. Louis Browns for $3,500.

The Cleveland Indians traded Sam Jones, Fred Thomas and $55,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Tris Speaker.

The Boston Braves purchased Ed Reulbach from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Toledo (American Association) purchased Paul Strand from the Boston Braves.

Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Johnny Beall from the Cincinnati Reds.

Springfield (Eastern) purchased Fletcher Low from the Boston Braves.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Elmer Knetzer from the Boston Braves.

The Boston Braves purchased Larry Chappell from the Cleveland Indians.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Marty McHale from the Boston Red Sox.

The Chicago White Sox released George Moriarty.

Oakland (PCL) purchased Doc Cook from the New York Yankees.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Earl Hamilton from the St. Louis Browns.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Pete Compton from the Boston Braves.

The Pittsburgh Pirates returned Pete Compton to the Boston Braves following previous purchase.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Charlie Deal from the St. Louis Browns.

The Boston Braves signed Fred Bailey as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs released Mickey Doolan. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The New York Giants signed Mickey Doolan as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers selected Willie Mitchell off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The St. Louis Browns selected Earl Hamilton off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Ray O'Brien from Davenport (Three-I).

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Alex McCarthy from the Chicago Cubs.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Ken Penner from Marshalltown (Central Association).

The Philadelphia Athletics released Rube Oldring. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Chicago Cubs purchased Joe Kelly from Indianapolis (American Association) for cash plus 2 players to be named. cash plus 2 players to be named

The New York Yankees signed Rube Oldring as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Chuck Wortman from Kansas City (American Association) for $8000 plus 2 players to be named.

The New York Giants traded Christy Mathewson, Bill McKechnie and Edd Roush to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Fritz Mollwitz from the Cincinnati Reds.

Louisville (American Association) purchased Rube Schauer from the New York Giants.

The New York Giants purchased Slim Sallee from the St. Louis Cardinals for $10,000.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Otto Knabe and Art Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for William Fischer and Frank Schulte.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Ed Sicking from Norfolk (Virginia).

The Cleveland Indians purchased Grover Lowdermilk from the Detroit Tigers.

The Brooklyn Robins purchased John Kelleher from Denver (Western).

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Burleigh Grimes from Birmingham (Southern Association).

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Bill Evans from Morgantown (Western North Carolina).

The New York Giants purchased Ross Youngs from Sherman (Western Association) for $2,000.

The New York Giants selected George Gibson off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Scott Perry from Atlanta (Southern Association).

The Washington Senators traded Joe Boehling and Danny Moeller to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Leonard and Elmer Smith.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Manuel Cueto from Portsmouth (Virginia).

The Boston Braves purchased Joe Mathes from Terre Haute (Central).

The New York Giants traded Fred Merkle to the Brooklyn Robins for Lew McCarty.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Vic Aldridge from Indianapolis (American Association).

The New York Giants traded Larry Doyle, Herb Hunter and Merwin Jacobson to the Chicago Cubs for Heinie Zimmerman.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Erv Kantlehner from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Marty Kavanagh from the Detroit Tigers.

The Philadelphia Athletics traded Jimmy Walsh to the Boston Red Sox for Ray Haley.

The New York Yankees released Rube Oldring.

The St. Louis Browns drafted Pete Bigler from Gettysburg (Blue Ridge) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The New York Giants drafted Red Causey from Waco (Texas) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Tony DeFate from Topeka (Western) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Cleveland Indians drafted George Dickerson from Dothan (Dixie) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Hod Eller from Moline (Three-I) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Brooklyn Robins drafted Bunny Fabrique from Providence (International) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Billy Gleason from Lynn (Eastern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Red Hill from Waco (Texas) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Lee King from Wheeling (Central) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Boston Braves drafted Mike Massey from New Orleans (Southern Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Rollie Naylor from McAlester (Western Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The St. Louis Browns drafted Kewpie Pennington from Lawrence (New England) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Jimmy Ring from Utica (New York State) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Chicago Cubs drafted Dutch Ruether from Spokane (Northwestern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Philadelphia Athletics drafted Rube Schauer from Louisville (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Brooklyn Robins drafted Jack Snyder from Macon (South Atlantic) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Chicago Cubs drafted Harry Wolfe from Duluth (Northern) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The Boston Braves drafted Johnny Rawlings from Toledo (American Association) in the 1916 rule 5 draft.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Paddy Livingston from Sioux City (Western).

The Chicago Cubs traded Joe Kelly and cash to the Boston Braves for . The Boston Braves sent Fred Mitchell (December 14, 1917) and Earl Blackburn (January, 1917) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

The Chicago White Sox released Ed Walsh.

Mickey Doolan sent from the New York Giants to ??? in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Chattanooga (Southern Association) purchased Jean Dubuc from the Detroit Tigers.

The New York Giants purchased John Middleton from Louisville (American Association).

The Chicago White Sox purchased Swede Risberg from Vernon (PCL).

The New York Giants selected Jimmy Smith off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Boston Braves returned Joe Mathes to Terre Haute (Central) following previous purchase.

The Boston Braves purchased George Twombly from Baltimore (International).

The Washington Senators purchased Sam Crane from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The Boston Braves released Fred Snodgrass.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Joe Wood from the Boston Red Sox for $15,000.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Chick Gandil from the Cleveland Indians for $3,500.

Kansas City (American Association) purchased Fritz Mollwitz from the Chicago Cubs.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Gene Packard from the Chicago Cubs.