Historical Transactions Occurring on January 20

The New York Mets signed Bo Bichette as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Hans Crouse as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Jakob Junis as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Jorge Mateo as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed J.T. Realmuto as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Josh Sborz as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed CJ Stubbs as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Patrick Wisdom as a free agent.

The New York Mets traded Truman Pauley (minors) and Luisangel Acuña to the Chicago White Sox for Luis Robert Jr..

The Miami Marlins traded Jake Brooks (minors) to the Colorado Rockies for Bradley Blalock.

The Washington Nationals selected Mickey Gasper off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Anthony Santander as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Austin Adams as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Wynton Bernard as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Trey Mancini as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Andrew McCutchen as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Rays signed Jaime Schultz as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Chasen Shreve as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Luis Torrens as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins traded Byron Chourio (minors), Jose Salas (minors) and Pablo López to the Minnesota Twins for Luis Arraez.

The Kansas City Royals signed Wade Davis as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Bryan Mitchell as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Chris Owings as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Kirby Yates as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Welinton Herrera as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Ryan Dull as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Caleb Joseph as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Joe Panik as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Josh Phegley as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed René Rivera as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Rubén Tejada as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Cody Allen as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Deolis Guerra as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Fernando Salas as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Trevor Cahill as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Alejandro De Aza as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Santiago Casilla as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Josh Hamilton as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Gregory Infante as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Mark Trumbo as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Argenis Díaz as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Gerardo Parra as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Justin Upton as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Josh Prince as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Colby Rasmus as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Ben Rowen as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers purchased Gonzalez Germen from the New York Yankees.

The Chicago Cubs signed Lars Anderson as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Chris Coghlan as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Chris Getz as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Édgar González as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Lyle Overbay as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Yohan Pino as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Chris Volstad as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Chris Aguila as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Jordan Brown as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Tim Corcoran as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Gary Glover as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Brad Hawpe as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Dennys Reyes as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Bobby Scales as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Chris Snyder as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Ryan Spilborghs as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins signed Terry Tiffee as a free agent.

The New York Mets released Casey Fossum.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim released Chris Pettit.

The Colorado Rockies traded Kevin Slowey and cash to the Cleveland Indians for Zach Putnam.

The Seattle Mariners signed Jody Gerut as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Scott Hairston as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Warner Madrigal as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Nate Robertson as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Jeff Suppan as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Chris Young as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Rafael Montero as an amateur free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed D.J. Carrasco as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Octavio Dotel as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Juan Mateo as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Joel Piñeiro as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rabelo as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Cory Sullivan as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays purchased Merkin Valdez from the San Francisco Giants.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Eric Byrnes.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Luke Carlin as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Jason Dubois as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Brandon Fahey as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Rommie Lewis as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Tom Martin as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Rincón as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Luis Rivas as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mike Stanton as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Cory Sullivan as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox traded David Aardsma to the Seattle Mariners for Fabian Williamson (minors).

The Colorado Rockies signed Cedrick Bowers as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Chan Ho Park as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Jason Kershner as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed José Reyes as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Randy Ruiz as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Troy Cate as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Roberto Alomar as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Jason Gilfillan as a free agent.

The Florida Marlins signed Frank Gracesqui as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Wilton Guerrero as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Keith McDonald as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Alex Prieto as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Cody Ransom as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Carlos Peguero as an amateur free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Adrian Brown as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Sandy Martínez as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Mike Matthews as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed José Parra as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Willis Roberts as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Glendon Rusch as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Esteban Yan as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Rafael Betancourt as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Tony Clark as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Mark Guthrie as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Haselman as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Dustin Hermanson as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Marcus Jensen as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Brian Moehler as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Jim Parque as a free agent.

The Texas Rangers signed Ismael Valdez as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Carlos Almánzar as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Rick Helling as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed David Manning as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Pedro Santana as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.

The Anaheim Angels signed Brendan Donnelly as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Scott Radinsky as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Trenidad Hubbard as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Chad Kreuter as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Terry Mathews as a free agent.

The New York Yankees signed Juan Melo as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Mark Portugal as a free agent.

The New York Mets signed Curtis Pride as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Chris Prieto as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Johnny Ruffin as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Deion Sanders as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Steve Cooke as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Chance Sanford as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Everett Stull as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Marc Valdes as a free agent.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Bobby Witt as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Terry Pendleton as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Phil Plantier as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Chris Seelbach as a free agent.

The Kansas City Royals signed Lee Smith as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Jesús Tavárez as a free agent.

The Chicago Cubs traded Jon Ratliff to the Atlanta Braves for Ray King.

The New York Yankees selected Héctor Ramírez off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

The Anaheim Angels signed Steve Ontiveros as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rivera as an amateur free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Vince Coleman as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners signed Leslie Brea as an amateur free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Jim Corsi as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves signed Mike Sharperson as a free agent.

The Cleveland Indians signed Joe Slusarski as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Anthony Telford as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Agustín Montero as an amateur free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Gerónimo Berroa as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Tony Fossas as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Todd Frohwirth as a free agent.

The Boston Red Sox signed Chris Howard as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles signed Lee Smith as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres released Jeff Gardner.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jim Eisenreich as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jerry Goff as a free agent.

The California Angels signed Jim Walewander as a free agent.

Franklin Stubbs of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.

The Montreal Expos traded Ron Gerstein (minors) and Todd Samples (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers for Oreste Marrero and Charlie Montoyo.

The Texas Rangers released Dan Rohrmeier.

The Cleveland Indians signed Ron Kittle as a free agent.

The San Diego Padres signed Melvin Rosario as an amateur free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Joe Kmak as a free agent.

The San Francisco Giants signed Randy O'Neal as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Dave Hostetler as a free agent.

The Oakland Athletics signed Vida Blue as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed U L Washington as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers traded Dion James to the Atlanta Braves for Brad Komminsk.

The Oakland Athletics signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Tony Pérez as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Pete Rose as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox chose Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as a free agent compensation pick.

The Atlanta Braves signed José Canó as a free agent.

The Seattle Mariners chose Danny Tartabull from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent compensation pick.

The Cleveland Indians signed Bill Nahorodny as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Ron Reed as a free agent.

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Dale Murray as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Rusty Torres as a free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds signed John Hale as a free agent.

The Montreal Expos signed Angel Salazar as an amateur free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Steve Waterbury as a free agent.

The New York Yankees traded Rick Bladt and Elliott Maddox to the Baltimore Orioles for Paul Blair.

The Houston Astros released Glenn Adams.

The Chicago Cubs traded Johnny Callison to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Jack Aker (May 17, 1972) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Clay Dalrymple to the Baltimore Orioles for Ron Stone.

The Chicago White Sox traded Rube Rubilotta (minors) and Bill Voss to the California Angels for Sammy Ellis.

The Chicago White Sox released Warren Hacker.

As part of a 3-team trade: The Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later, Mike Hershberger and Jim Landis to the Kansas City Athletics. The Cleveland Indians sent Tommie Agee, Tommy John and John Romano to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

The Houston Colt .45s traded Jim Dickson, Wally Wolf and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Eddie Kasko.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Rubén Gómez from the Philadelphia Phillies.

The Cleveland Indians selected Bob Hale off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

The Cleveland Indians traded Joe Tipton to the Washington Nationals for Mickey Grasso.

The Chicago White Sox traded Dixie Upright and $25,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Fred Marsh.

Toledo-Charleston (American Association) purchased Nino Escalera from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The St. Louis Browns signed Johnny Berardino as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Don Lund from the St. Louis Browns for $15,000.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Tommy O'Brien from the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Detroit Tigers traded Beau Bell to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Campbell.

The St. Louis Browns purchased Jim Weaver from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The New York Yankees released Pat Malone.

The Boston Red Sox signed Herb Pennock as a free agent.

The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Wally Gilbert from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Cleveland Indians released Joe Sewell.

Sacramento (Pacific Coast) purchased Earl Sheely from the Chicago White Sox.

Los Angeles (Pacific Coast) purchased Art Jahn from the Chicago Cubs.

The New York Yankees purchased Spencer Adams from the Washington Nationals.

St. Joseph (Western) purchased Walter Keating from the Chicago Cubs.

Howie Camnitz jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Pittsburgh Rebels.

Russ Ford jumped from the New York Yankees to the Buffalo Buffeds.

Ed Willett jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Terriers.

The Boston Braves signed King Brady as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Frank Corridon and Harry Coveleski to the Cincinnati Reds for Ad Brennan and Bob Ewing.

The Cincinnati Reds purchased Lefty Marr from the Columbus Solons for $2,000.