Historical Transactions Occurring on January 13
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- January 13, 2026
The Detroit Tigers signed Phil Bickford as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Andy Ibáñez as a free agent.
The Cleveland Guardians signed Carter Kieboom as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Bryan Sammons as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ryne Stanek as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Dylan Jasso (minors), Brendan Jones (minors), Dillon Lewis (minors) and Juan Matheus (minors) to the Miami Marlins for Ryan Weathers.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Francisco Loreto (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chase Shugart.
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Jack Martinez (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Nolan Arenado and cash.
The Chicago Cubs selected Justin Dean off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
- January 13, 2025
The Baltimore Orioles signed Andrew Kittredge as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Colin Rea as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Donovan Solano as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Austin Wynns as a free agent.
- January 13, 2024
The Cincinnati Reds signed Brent Suter as a free agent.
Joel Kuhnel of the Houston Astros granted free agency.
- January 13, 2023
The Boston Red Sox signed Greg Allen as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Mark Appel as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Zack Burdi as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Eric Hosmer as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jay Jackson as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Vinny Nittoli as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Luke Weaver as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Shintaro Fujinami as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles traded a player to be named later and cash to the New York Mets for James McCann. The Baltimore Orioles sent Luis De La Cruz (minors) (January 13, 2023) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
- January 13, 2021
The Texas Rangers signed Justin Anderson as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Drew Butera as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Jace Peterson as a free agent.
- January 13, 2020
The Chicago Cubs signed Carlos Asuaje as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Chris Herrmann as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Ryan LaMarre as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Iván Nova as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Trevor Rosenthal as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Braden Shipley as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Aaron Slegers as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Kevan Smith as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed D.J. Snelten as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics traded Alfonso Rivas III to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Kemp.
The San Francisco Giants selected Jake Jewell off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.
- January 13, 2019
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Lane Adams as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Brian Dozier as a free agent.
- January 13, 2018
The Los Angeles Angels released Curt Casali.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Gerrit Cole to the Houston Astros for Michael Feliz, Jason Martin, Colin Moran and Joe Musgrove.
- January 13, 2017
The Washington Nationals signed Neal Cotts as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Steve Delabar as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Chris Denorfia as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Chris Iannetta as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Yohan Pino as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Micah Johnson to the Atlanta Braves for player to be named or cash.
- January 13, 2016
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Corey Brown as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Pedro Ciriaco as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Darren Ford as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Edwin Jackson as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Mitch Maier as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Jordan Schafer as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Daniel Schlereth as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Tony Sanchez.
The San Francisco Giants traded Cody Hall to the Arizona Diamondbacks for player to be named or cash.
- January 13, 2015
The Miami Marlins signed Nick Masset as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Carlos Peguero as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Guilder Rodríguez as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Wandy Rodríguez as a free agent.
The New York Yankees purchased Chris Martin from the Colorado Rockies.
- January 13, 2014
The Cincinnati Reds signed Jeff Francis as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Eddie Gamboa as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Greg Golson as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Kameron Loe as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Yunesky Maya as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Thomas Neal as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Eddy Rodríguez as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Sandy Rosario as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Scott Sizemore as a free agent.
- January 13, 2013
The New York Mets signed Dario Álvarez as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Austin Kearns as a free agent.
- January 13, 2012
The Chicago Cubs signed Alfredo Amézaga as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Ronny Cedeño as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Kevin Kouzmanoff as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Ryan Madson as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Ron Mahay as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Jack Wilson as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Kerry Wood as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Clay Zavada as a free agent.
- January 13, 2011
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Freddie Bynum as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Raúl Chávez as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Kevin Gregg as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Osiris Matos as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Kevin Melillo as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Kevin Richardson as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Alex Romero as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Gil Velazquez as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Gabriel Guerrero as an amateur free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed José Rondón as an amateur free agent.
The Boston Red Sox released Matt Fox.
The Texas Rangers released Clay Rapada.
The Atlanta Braves selected Anthony Varvaro off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.
- January 13, 2010
The Detroit Tigers signed Kory Casto as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Brandon Duckworth as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Adam LaRoche as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Pedro López as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Jorge Sosa as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Eider Torres as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Waddell as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Charlie Zink as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Maikel Franco as an amateur free agent.
- January 13, 2009
The San Diego Padres signed Chris Burke as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Alex Cora as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Derek Lowe as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Craig Monroe as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Russ Ortiz as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Matt Palmer as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Mark Prior as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Kirk Saarloos as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Kenshin Kawakami as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Fu-Te Ni as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Koji Uehara as a free agent.
- January 13, 2008
The Boston Red Sox signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.
- January 13, 2006
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Michael Coleman as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Ryan Franklin as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Kevin Millar as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Eddy Rodriguez as a free agent.
- January 13, 2005
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Paul Bako as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Carlos Beltrán as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Dave Burba as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Jason Childers as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Ricky Gutiérrez as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Hansel Izquierdo as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Rubén Sierra as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Shawn Wooten as a free agent.
- January 13, 2004
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Luke Allen as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Eddie Oropesa as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Héctor Ortiz as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Jay Payton as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Ben Petrick as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Mike Williams as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Gregg Zaun as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres released Brandon Villafuerte.
- January 13, 2003
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Pedro Borbón as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Midre Cummings as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Marty Malloy as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Jim Rushford as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Aaron Small as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Paul Rigdon.
- January 13, 2001
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rick DeHart as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Mike Porzio as a free agent.
- January 13, 2000
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Cory Bailey as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Lance Johnson as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Jesse Levis as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Terrell Lowery as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Lenny Webster as a free agent.
- January 13, 1999
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Billy Ashley as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Darron Cox as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed John Marzano as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Derrick May as a free agent.
- January 13, 1998
The Houston Astros signed Sean Berry as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Larry Casian as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Lou Frazier as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Ray Holbert as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Ron Karkovice as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Eddie Williams as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Masato Yoshii as a free agent.
- January 13, 1997
The Montreal Expos signed Gil Heredia as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Steve Scarsone as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Jorge De Paula as an amateur free agent.
The San Diego Padres purchased Hideki Irabu from Chiba Lotte Marines (Japan Pacific).
- January 13, 1996
The San Diego Padres signed Chris Gwynn as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Bob MacDonald as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Brady Clark as an amateur free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Liván Hernández as an amateur free agent.
- January 13, 1994
The New York Yankees signed Daryl Boston as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Jim Deshaies as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Junior Félix as a free agent.
The California Angels signed Craig Lefferts as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Junior Noboa as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers traded Jeff Bronkey to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dave Pike (minors).
- January 13, 1993
The San Francisco Giants signed Todd Benzinger as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Mark Carreon as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Mario Díaz as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Lee Guetterman as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Les Lancaster as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Craig Lefferts as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Gary Redus as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Bill Doran from the Cincinnati Reds.
- January 13, 1992
The San Francisco Giants signed Cory Snyder as a free agent.
- January 13, 1991
The Atlanta Braves signed William Brennan as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Kevin Koslofski as a free agent.
The New York Yankees released Rick Cerone.
- January 13, 1989
The Detroit Tigers signed Doyle Alexander as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Chris Bando as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox released Dwayne Hosey.
The San Diego Padres traded Brad Pounders (minors) and Bill Stevenson (minors) to the New York Mets for Rich Rodriguez.
- January 13, 1987
The San Diego Padres signed Tom Gorman as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed José Hernández as an amateur free agent.
- January 13, 1986
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Victor Rodriguez as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs traded Rick Rembielak (minors) and Larry Whitford (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Mike Martin.
The Montreal Expos traded Mike Fuentes to the Oakland Athletics for Tom Romano.
- January 13, 1984
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Terry Whitfield as a free agent.
- January 13, 1983
The Philadelphia Phillies released Rowland Office.
The Boston Red Sox traded Mike Torrez to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Mike Davis (minors) (February 15, 1983) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
- January 13, 1981
The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Melvin in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The New York Mets drafted Randy Milligan in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Rob Murphy in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Ron Romanick in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Houston Astros drafted Glenn Davis in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The San Diego Padres drafted Eric Bullock in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Herm Winningham in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Texas Rangers drafted Greg Tabor in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Kevin Gross in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Oakland Athletics drafted Steve Kiefer in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January).
The Boston Red Sox drafted Danny Sheaffer in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 14, 1981.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Tim Crews in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January).
The Texas Rangers drafted Dave Leiper in the 2nd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Mike Felder in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 15, 1981.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Ernie Riles in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted John Kruk in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Oddibe McDowell in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Sharperson in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Dave Johnson in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Billy Hatcher in the 6th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 22, 1981.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Russ Morman in the 7th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Doug Baker in the 9th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Bill Pecota in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January).
The Minnesota Twins drafted Ralph Bryant in the 13th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Benny Distefano in the 16th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Montreal Expos drafted Jeff Treadway in the 18th round of the 1981 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
- January 13, 1978
The Philadelphia Phillies released Dave Wallace.
- January 13, 1975
The Cleveland Indians traded Larry Johnson to the Montreal Expos for Mike Baldwin (minors).
- January 13, 1974
The California Angels signed Luis Quintana as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released Jack Aker.
The Atlanta Braves signed Jack Aker as a free agent.
- January 13, 1971
The San Diego Padres released Earl Wilson.
The San Diego Padres drafted Dave Hilton in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January).
The Oakland Athletics drafted Phil Garner in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Houston Astros drafted Doug Konieczny in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Kansas City Royals drafted John Wathan in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January).
The Chicago White Sox drafted Sam Ewing in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Don Collins in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Bob Allietta in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Washington Senators drafted Jim Kremmel in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Kansas City Royals drafted Ron Hodges in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Pete Varney in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Jim Otten in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The San Diego Padres drafted Johnny Grubb in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Chicago Cubs drafted Steve Stroughter in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Mardie Cornejo in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Steve Staggs in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted John Tamargo in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Mike Vail in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Mike Edwards in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Eric Rasmussen in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Roy Smalley in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Jim Norris in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Oakland Athletics drafted Rich Dauer in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Mike Potter in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The San Francisco Giants drafted Warren Brusstar in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Jerry Remy in the 8th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Rick Langford in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
- January 13, 1965
The New York Yankees purchased Paul Toth from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- January 13, 1962
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Al Raffo as an amateur free agent.
- January 13, 1959
Toronto (International) purchased Joe Altobelli from the Cleveland Indians.
- January 13, 1955
Toronto (International) purchased Johnny Hetki from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- January 13, 1954
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Andy Hansen, Jack Lohrke and $70,000 to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Murry Dickson.
- January 13, 1953
The New York Yankees purchased Johnny Kucab from the Philadelphia Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- January 13, 1951
Portland (PCL) purchased Marino Pieretti from the Cleveland Indians.
- January 13, 1939
Hollywood (PCL) purchased Harl Maggert from the Boston Bees.
- January 13, 1936
The Philadelphia Phillies released Dino Chiozza.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Bubber Jonnard.
- January 13, 1934
Kansas City (American Association) purchased Curt Fullerton from the Boston Red Sox.
- January 13, 1931
The Washington Nationals selected Harry Rice off waivers from the New York Yankees.
- January 13, 1927
The New York Yankees traded Aaron Ward to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Grabowski and Ray Morehart.
- January 13, 1926
Minneapolis (American Association) purchased Joe Schultz from the Cincinnati Reds.
- January 13, 1900
The Cincinnati Reds returned Kid Elberfeld to Detroit (American) as part of a conditional deal.
The Cincinnati Reds returned Emil Frisk to Detroit (American) following previous purchase.
- January 13, 1892
The Pittsburgh signed Duke Farrell as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh signed Elmer Smith as a free agent.
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