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1921 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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November 9, 1920

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Les Mann from the Boston Braves.

November 17, 1920

The San Francisco (PCL) traded Bert Cole to the Detroit Tigers for Babe Ellison.

November 22, 1920

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Eppa Rixey to the Cincinnati Reds for Jimmy Ring and Greasy Neale.

December, 1920

The Cincinnati Reds selected Dode Paskert off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

December 15, 1920

The Cincinnati Reds traded Dutch Ruether to the Brooklyn Robins for Rube Marquard.

The New York Yankees traded Muddy Ruel, Del Pratt, Sammy Vick, and Hank Thormahlen to the Boston Red Sox for Waite Hoyt, Harry Harper, Wally Schang, and Mike McNally.

December 31, 1920

The Washington Senators traded Braggo Roth to the New York Yankees for Duffy Lewis and George Mogridge.

1921

The Detroit Tigers signed Heinie Manush as a free agent.

January 23, 1921

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Billy Southworth, Fred Nicholson, Walter Barbare, and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Rabbit Maranville.

February 7, 1921

The Chicago Cubs released Claude Hendrix.

March 4, 1921

The Chicago White Sox traded Shano Collins and Nemo Leibold to the Boston Red Sox for Harry Hooper.

April 16, 1921 (Standings)

The Rochester (International) purchased Maurice Archdeacon from the Boston Braves.

May, 1921 (Standings)

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Cliff Lee off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 11, 1921 (Standings)

The Chicago Cubs purchased John Sullivan from the Boston Braves.

The Brooklyn Robins selected Sweetbreads Bailey off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

May 20, 1921 (Standings)

The Boston Red Sox selected Allen Sothoron off waivers from the St. Louis Browns.

May 31, 1921 (Standings)

The Washington Senators traded Frank Ellerbe to the St. Louis Browns for Earl Smith.

June, 1921 (Standings)

The Detroit Tigers purchased Pol Perritt from the New York Giants.

The Cleveland Indians selected Allen Sothoron off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 2, 1921 (Standings)

The Cleveland Indians selected Dave Keefe off waivers from the Philadelphia Athletics.

The Cincinnati Reds selected Greasy Neale off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

June 18, 1921 (Standings)

The St. Louis Cardinals traded Ferdie Schupp and Hal Janvrin to the Brooklyn Robins for Jeff Pfeffer.

June 28, 1921 (Standings)

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Jimmy Smith from the Cincinnati Reds.

July, 1921 (Standings)

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Tony Brottem from the Washington Senators.

July 1, 1921 (Standings)

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Casey Stengel and Johnny Rawlings to the New York Giants for Goldie Rapp, Lee King, and Lance Richbourg.

The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Elmer Ponder to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Robertson.

July 4, 1921 (Standings)

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Ed Konetchy off waivers from the Brooklyn Robins.

July 10, 1921 (Standings)

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Red Causey to the New York Giants for Jesse Winters and John Monroe.

July 25, 1921 (Standings)

The New York Giants traded Curt Walker, Butch Henline, and $30,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Irish Meusel.

August 20, 1921 (Standings)

The Washington Senators selected Donie Bush off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

August 31, 1921 (Standings)

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Eddie Eayrs from the Boston Braves.

September, 1921 (Standings)

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Kiki Cuyler from the Bay City (Michigan-Ontario).

The Washington Senators purchased Goose Goslin from the Columbia (South Atlantic) for $7,000.

November, 1921

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Ed Hock from the Richmond (Virginia) in the 1921 rule 5 draft.

December, 1921

The Chicago White Sox purchased Ferdie Schupp from the Brooklyn Robins.

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Frank Bruggy from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Detroit Tigers traded Jim Middleton, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland, Sammy Hale, Roy Crumpler, and $30,000 to the Portland (PCL) for Syl Johnson and Herman Pillette.

December 6, 1921

The New York Giants traded Mike Gonzalez, George Burns, and $150,000 to the Cincinnati Reds for Heinie Groh.

December 7, 1921

The New York Giants purchased Jimmy O'Connell from the San Francisco (PCL) for $75,000.

December 14, 1921

The St. Louis Browns selected Chick Shorten off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

December 19, 1921

The Los Angeles (PCL) traded a player to be named later and Jigger Statz to the Chicago Cubs for players to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Elmer Ponder (December 19, 1922), John Sullivan (December 19, 1922), Babe Twombly (December 19, 1922), Tom Daly (December 19, 1922), and 4 other players (December 19, 1922) to the Los Angeles (PCL) to complete the trade. The Los Angeles (PCL) sent Vic Aldridge (December 19, 1922) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

December 20, 1921

The New York Yankees traded Roger Peckinpaugh, Jack Quinn, Rip Collins, and Bill Piercy to the Boston Red Sox for Everett Scott, Joe Bush, and Sam Jones.

December 24, 1921

The Cleveland Indians traded George Burns, Joe Harris, and Elmer Smith to the Boston Red Sox for Stuffy McInnis.

December 29, 1921

The Detroit Tigers selected George Cutshaw off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1922

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Dazzy Vance from the New Orleans (Southern Association).

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Dave Robertson.

The Little Rock (Southern Association) traded an option on any player on team to the New York Giants for Joe Connolly.

Gabby Hartnett sent from the Worcester (Eastern) to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

January 10, 1922

As part of a 3-team trade: The Washington Senators sent Frank O'Rourke to the Boston Red Sox. The Washington Senators sent Jose Acosta and Bing Miller to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Boston Red Sox sent Roger Peckinpaugh to the Washington Senators. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Joe Dugan to the Boston Red Sox.

January 14, 1922

The Louisville (American Association) purchased Lyman Lamb from the St. Louis Browns.

January 24, 1922

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Sam Crane from the Cincinnati Reds.

February 4, 1922

The Chicago White Sox purchased Jose Acosta from the Philadelphia Athletics.

February 16, 1922

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Doc Johnston from the Cleveland Indians.

February 18, 1922

The Cincinnati Reds traded Rube Marquard and Larry Kopf to the Boston Braves for Jack Scott.

February 24, 1922

The Boston Red Sox selected Alex Ferguson off waivers from the New York Yankees.

March 14, 1922

The Brooklyn Robins purchased Possum Whitted from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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