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December 11, 1917
The Chicago Cubs traded Mike Prendergast, Pickles Dillhoefer, and $55,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pete Alexander and Bill Killefer.
December 14, 1917
The Boston Red Sox traded Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp, Pinch Thomas, and $60,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Amos Strunk, Joe Bush, and Wally Schang.
December 15, 1917
The Washington Senators traded Bert Gallia and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Burt Shotton and Doc Lavan.
December 26, 1917
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Dode Paskert to the Chicago Cubs for Cy Williams.
1918
The Chicago Cubs purchased Charlie Hollocher from the Portland (PCL).
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Earl Hamilton from the St. Louis Browns.
January 4, 1918
The Chicago Cubs traded Larry Doyle, Art Wilson, and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Lefty Tyler.
January 8, 1918
The New York Giants traded Buck Herzog to the Boston Braves for Larry Doyle and Jesse Barnes.
January 9, 1918
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Chuck Ward, Burleigh Grimes, and Al Mamaux to the Brooklyn Robins for Casey Stengel and George Cutshaw.
January 10, 1918
The Philadelphia Athletics traded Stuffy McInnis to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later, Larry Gardner, and Hick Cady. The Boston Red Sox sent Tilly Walker (February 20, 1918) to the Philadelphia Athletics to complete the trade.
January 22, 1918
The New York Yankees traded Les Nunamaker, Fritz Maisel, Nick Cullop, Urban Shocker, Joe Gedeon, and $15,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Eddie Plank and Del Pratt.
February, 1918
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded players to be named later to the Kansas City (American Association) for a player to be named later and Fritz Mollwitz. The 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 the 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
The New York Yankees purchased George Burns from the Detroit Tigers.
The Philadelphia Athletics traded Ping Bodie to the New York Yankees for George Burns.
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 the Toronto (International).
April, 1918
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Roy Mitchell from the Chicago White Sox.
April 1, 1918 (Standings)
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.
The Boston Red Sox traded Rube Foster to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Shean. 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)
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Bert Niehoff and $500 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Milt Watson.
April 26, 1918 (Standings)
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Scott Perry from the Atlanta (Southern Association).
May, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Yankees purchased Happy Finneran from the Detroit Tigers.
May 6, 1918 (Standings)
The Indianapolis (American Association) traded Dana Fillingim to the Boston Braves for Cal Crum and Tex Covington.
May 18, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Giants selected Bert Niehoff off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 25, 1918 (Standings)
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Merito Acosta from the Washington Senators.
June, 1918 (Standings)
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Marty Kavanagh from the Cleveland Indians.
The Cleveland Indians purchased Ad Brennan from the Washington Senators.
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Gus Getz off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
June 1, 1918 (Standings)
The Cleveland Indians purchased Pinch Thomas from the Philadelphia Athletics.
June 19, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Yankees purchased Ham Hyatt from the Boston Braves.
June 20, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Giants purchased George Smith from the Cincinnati Reds.
The New York Yankees purchased Hank Robinson from the St. Louis Cardinals.
July, 1918 (Standings)
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jesse Haines from the Hutchinson (Western).
July 1, 1918 (Standings)
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Elmer Jacobs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Erskine Mayer.
July 15, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Giants purchased Fred Toney from the Cincinnati Reds.
The Brooklyn Robins purchased George Smith from the New York Giants.
July 20, 1918 (Standings)
The New York Giants purchased Bob Steele from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
July 28, 1918 (Standings)
Wilbur Good sent from the Kansas City (American Association) to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
August, 1918 (Standings)
The Detroit Tigers purchased Marty Kavanagh from the St. Louis Cardinals.
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
The New York Yankees purchased Pete Schneider from the Cincinnati Reds.
December 18, 1918
The New York Yankees signed George Halas as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Frank Gilhooley, Slim Love, Ray Caldwell, Roxy Walters, and $15,000 to the Boston Red Sox for Ernie Shore, Duffy Lewis, and Dutch Leonard.
1919
The Boston Braves signed Hod Ford as an amateur free agent.
January, 1919
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Fred Thomas from the Boston Red Sox.
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Walter Barbare from the Boston Red Sox.
The Washington Senators purchased Sam Agnew from the Boston Red Sox.
The New York Yankees purchased Al Wickland from the Boston Braves.
The New York Giants purchased Lee King from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Philadelphia Athletics selected Terry Turner off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
January 2, 1919
The New York Giants traded Waite Hoyt, Joe Wilhoit, Jose Rodriguez, Jack Ogden, Bill Kelly (minors), and cash to the Rochester (International) for Earl Smith.
January 17, 1919
The Boston Red Sox traded Hal Janvrin and cash to the Washington Senators for Eddie Ainsmith and George Dumont.
The Detroit Tigers traded Ossie Vitt to the Boston Red Sox for Eddie Ainsmith, Chick Shorten, and Slim Love.
January 21, 1919
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Doug Baird, Stuffy Stewart, and Gene Packard to the Philadelphia Phillies for Milt Stock, Pickles Dillhoefer, and Dixie Davis.
February, 1919
The Cincinnati Reds traded Lena Blackburne to the Boston Braves for Wally Rehg.
February 1, 1919
The Cincinnati Reds traded Tommy Griffith to the Brooklyn Robins for Jake Daubert.
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Burt Shotton off waivers from the Washington Senators.
February 11, 1919
The St. Louis Browns traded Les Nunamaker to the Cleveland Indians for Josh Billings.
February 19, 1919
The New York Giants traded Bill Rariden and Walter Holke to the Cincinnati Reds for Hal Chase.
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
The Philadelphia Athletics traded Larry Gardner, Elmer Myers, and Charlie Jamieson to the Cleveland Indians for Braggo Roth.
March 6, 1919
The Boston Braves purchased Ray Keating from the New York Yankees.
March 11, 1919
The 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
The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Snooks Dowd from the Detroit Tigers.
Stats updated through May 16, 2008.
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