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1918 Major League Baseball Transactions

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

December, 1917
December 11, 1917
December 14, 1917

The Boston Red Sox traded Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas and $60,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Joe Bush, Wally Schang and Amos Strunk.

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

December 15, 1917

The Washington Senators traded Bert Gallia and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Doc Lavan and Burt Shotton.

December 26, 1917
December 28, 1917

The Boston Braves released Ed Walsh.

1918

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Earl Hamilton from the St. Louis Browns.

The Chicago Cubs purchased Charlie Hollocher from Portland (PCL).

The Philadelphia Athletics signed Rube Oldring as a free agent.

January 4, 1918

The Chicago Cubs traded Larry Doyle, Art Wilson and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Lefty Tyler.

January 8, 1918
January 9, 1918
January 10, 1918

The Philadelphia Athletics traded Stuffy McInnis to the Boston Red Sox for Hick Cady and Larry Gardner. The Boston Red Sox sent Tilly Walker (February 20, 1918) to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete the trade.

January 22, 1918
February, 1918

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded players to be named later to Kansas City (American Association) for players to be named later and Fritz Mollwitz. Kansas City (American Association) sent Roy Sanders (August 26, 1917) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Alex McCarthy (February, 1918), Ray Miller (February, 1918) and Ike McAuley (February, 1918) to Kansas City (American Association) to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

February 14, 1918

The Boston Braves purchased John Henry from the Washington Senators.

February 15, 1918

The Cleveland Indians selected Bob Groom off waivers from the St. Louis Browns.

February 25, 1918

The Boston Braves purchased Jimmy Smith from the New York Giants.

March, 1918

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Bill McKechnie from the Cincinnati Reds for $20,000.

March 8, 1918
March 10, 1918

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jimmy Archer as a free agent.

March 18, 1918

As part of a 3-team trade: The New York Yankees sent Tim Hendryx to the St. Louis Browns. The Cincinnati Reds sent a player to be named later to the New York Yankees. The St. Louis Browns sent Lee Magee to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds sent Tommy Clarke (April 25, 1918) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

March 22, 1918

The Boston Braves purchased Bunny Hearn from Toronto (International).

April, 1918
April 1, 1918 Standings

The Boston Red Sox traded cash to the Cincinnati Reds for . Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Rube Foster to the Cincinnati Reds for Rube Foster. Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Dave Shean to the Boston Red Sox for Rube Foster. Rube Foster refused to report to his new team. The Boston Red Sox sent cash (April 1, 1918) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

April 4, 1918 Standings
April 23, 1918 Standings

The Brooklyn Robins signed Mickey Doolan as a free agent.

April 26, 1918 Standings

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Scott Perry from Atlanta (Southern Association).

May 2, 1918 Standings

The Cincinnati Reds purchased George Smith from the New York Giants.

May 6, 1918 Standings

Indianapolis (American Association) traded Dana Fillingim to the Boston Braves for Tex Covington and Cal Crum.

May 8, 1918 Standings

New London (Eastern) purchased Frank O'Rourke from the Brooklyn Robins. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 18, 1918 Standings

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Gus Getz off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

The New York Giants selected Bert Niehoff off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

May 19, 1918 Standings

Happy Finneran sent from the Detroit Tigers to St Paul (American Association) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 24, 1918 Standings

The New York Yankees purchased Happy Finneran from St Paul (American Association).

May 25, 1918 Standings
May 29, 1918 Standings

The Boston Braves purchased Bill Upham from St Paul (American Association).

June, 1918 Standings
June 1, 1918 Standings
June 17, 1918 Standings

The Brooklyn Robins signed Jake Hehl as an amateur free agent.

June 19, 1918 Standings

The New York Yankees purchased Ham Hyatt from the Boston Braves.

June 20, 1918 Standings

The New York Yankees purchased Hank Robinson from Little Rock (Southern Association).

The New York Giants purchased George Smith from the Cincinnati Reds.

July, 1918 Standings

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jesse Haines from Hutchinson (Western).

July 1, 1918 Standings
July 15, 1918 Standings

The Brooklyn Robins purchased George Smith from the New York Giants.

The New York Giants purchased Fred Toney from the Cincinnati Reds.

July 16, 1918 Standings

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Jimmy Archer.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Gus Getz to Indianapolis (American Association) for Roy Ellam.

July 20, 1918 Standings

The New York Giants purchased Bob Steele from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 22, 1918 Standings

The Boston Braves purchased Jake Northrop from Indianapolis (American Association).

July 28, 1918 Standings

The Brooklyn Robins signed Jimmy Archer as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

Wilbur Good sent from Kansas City (American Association) to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.

July 29, 1918 Standings

The New York Giants purchased Jay Kirke from Louisville (American Association). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August, 1918 Standings
August 9, 1918 Standings

The Boston Red Sox purchased Jack Coffey from the Detroit Tigers.

August 21, 1918 Standings

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jimmy Archer from the Brooklyn Robins.

October, 1918 Standings

The New York Giants purchased George Smith from the Brooklyn Robins.

December 9, 1918
December 18, 1918
1919

The New York Giants released Jean Dubuc.

The Boston Braves signed Hod Ford as an amateur free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Vic Saier from the Chicago Cubs.

January, 1919
January 2, 1919

The New York Giants traded Bill Kelly (minors), Waite Hoyt, Jack Ogden, Jose Rodriguez, Joe Wilhoit and cash to Rochester (International) for Earl Smith.

January 17, 1919
January 21, 1919
January 30, 1919
February 1, 1919
February 5, 1919

The Boston Braves purchased Lee King from Springfield (Eastern).

February 11, 1919
February 19, 1919
February 22, 1919

The Boston Braves traded Jimmy Smith and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Walter Holke.

February 28, 1919

The St. Louis Browns purchased Wally Mayer from the Boston Red Sox for $5,000.

March 1, 1919
March 6, 1919

The Boston Braves purchased Ray Keating from the New York Yankees.

March 11, 1919

St Paul (American Association) purchased Ed Fitzpatrick from the Boston Braves.

March 15, 1919

The Cincinnati Reds selected Ray Fisher off waivers from the New York Yankees.

March 18, 1919

The Cincinnati Reds selected Slim Sallee off waivers from the New York Giants.

April, 1919
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