Historical Transactions Occurring on July 20

Edwin Ríos of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.

The Seattle Mariners released Heath Hembree.

The Kansas City Royals released Jordan Lyles.

The Philadelphia Phillies signed Shaun Anderson as a free agent.

The Atlanta Braves released Joe Harvey.

Sergio Romo of the Toronto Blue Jays granted free agency.

The San Francisco Giants signed Aaron Blair as a free agent.

The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Kyle Backhus as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers released Andy Burns.

The Chicago White Sox released Keyvius Sampson.

The Atlanta Braves signed Matt Adams as a free agent.

The Miami Marlins released Ryan Cook.

The Cincinnati Reds released Derek Dietrich.

The Colorado Rockies released Ubaldo Jiménez.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Anthony Swarzak.

The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Mike Morin from the Minnesota Twins.

The Boston Red Sox released Eduardo Núñez.

The Los Angeles Angels selected Adalberto Mejía off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

The Chicago White Sox signed Mauricio Cabrera as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers signed Rymer Liriano as a free agent.

The Los Angeles Angels released Danny Espinosa.

The Tampa Bay Rays released Danny Farquhar.

The Chicago Cubs released Casey Kelly.

The Miami Marlins traded David Phelps to the Seattle Mariners for Brayan Hernandez (minors), Brandon Miller (minors), Lukas Schiraldi (minors) and Pablo López.

The San Diego Padres signed Jorge Oña as an amateur free agent.

The Texas Rangers purchased Scott Carroll from the Chicago White Sox.

The Seattle Mariners traded Jordan Pries (minors) and Mike Montgomery to the Chicago Cubs for Paul Blackburn and Daniel Vogelbach.

The Washington Nationals released Evan Meek.

The New York Yankees released Nick Noonan.

The Atlanta Braves released Alex White.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Keibert Ruiz as an amateur free agent.

The Detroit Tigers released Trevor Crowe.

The Texas Rangers released Kensuke Tanaka.

The Miami Marlins released Scott Maine.

The New York Mets sent Omar Quintanilla to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

Eric Hurley of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.

The Arizona Diamondbacks released Geoff Blum.

The Atlanta Braves released Adam Russell.

The Colorado Rockies traded Jeremy Guthrie to the Kansas City Royals for Jonathan Sánchez.

The Houston Astros traded David Carpenter, J.A. Happ and Brandon Lyon to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later, Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Joe Musgrove, Carlos Pérez, David Rollins and Asher Wojciechowski. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Kevin Comer (minors) (August 16, 2012) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Brad Bergesen off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Mike Parisi as a free agent.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Jason Grilli.

The Kansas City Royals traded Wilson Betemit to the Detroit Tigers for Antonio Cruz (minors) and Julio Rodriguez (minors).

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Matt Hensley as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Matt Herges as a free agent.

The New York Mets released Emil Brown.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Pablo Ozuna as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles released Esteban Yan.

The San Francisco Giants traded Ray Durham to the Milwaukee Brewers for Steve Hammond (minors) and Darren Ford.

The Atlanta Braves released Graham Koonce.

The Toronto Blue Jays released Jason Phillips.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Ricardo Rodríguez.

The Cincinnati Reds signed Chad Bentz as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox released Cliff Politte.

The Cleveland Indians traded Bob Wickman to the Atlanta Braves for Max Ramírez.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Trenidad Hubbard as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Bobby Jones from Newark (Atlantic).

The Washington Nationals released Wil Cordero.

The St. Louis Cardinals released Anthony Ferrari.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Jason Roach.

The Texas Rangers released Ryan Snare.

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays released Reggie Taylor.

The Chicago White Sox released Eduardo Villacis.

The Washington Nationals selected Kenny Kelly off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Colorado Rockies selected Anderson Machado off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.

The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Pat Mahomes as a free agent.

Darren Bragg of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.

The Chicago White Sox released Donnie Sadler.

The Anaheim Angels signed Rafael Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Michael Tucker to the Chicago Cubs for Ben Shaffar (minors) and Chris Booker.

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Mike Garcia.

The Florida Marlins released Scott Sanders.

Jaime Cerda of the New York Mets granted free agency.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded Marty Barnett (minors) to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Scott Aldred (July 25, 1999) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

The Detroit Tigers released Billy Ripken.

The Texas Rangers signed Sam Horn as a free agent.

The Colorado Rockies signed Matt Nokes as a free agent.

The Houston Astros signed Wilfredo Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

The Boston Red Sox released Pat Lennon.

The Houston Astros selected Erik Bennett off waivers from the California Angels.

The Cincinnati Reds released Cecil Espy.

The Cincinnati Reds released Gerald Young.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ricky Horton as a free agent.

The Baltimore Orioles traded John Habyan to the New York Yankees for Stan Jefferson.

The Minnesota Twins signed Mike Misuraca as an amateur free agent.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Julio Cruz as a free agent.

The Chicago White Sox purchased Vicente Palacios from Veracruz (Mexican).

The San Diego Padres traded Al Newman to the Montreal Expos for Greg Harris.

The Chicago Cubs released Ken Henderson.

The Montreal Expos traded a player to be named later and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Rusty Staub. The Montreal Expos sent Randall Schafer (minors) (December 3, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

The Montreal Expos purchased Tom Hutton from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Chicago White Sox released Phil Regan.

The Texas Rangers traded Ted Kubiak and Don Mincher to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martínez. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

The Oakland Athletics traded Dennis Higgins to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gaylen Pitts.

The San Francisco Giants traded Mike McCormick to the New York Yankees for John Cumberland.

The California Angels traded Woodie Held to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Causey.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Gary Kroll from the Houston Astros.

The Houston Astros traded Jim Mahoney and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Gene Freese.

The Cincinnati Reds released Johnny Temple.

The Los Angeles Angels signed Mike Lee as a free agent.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Don Buddin from the Houston Colt .45s.

The New York Mets signed Paul Blair as an amateur free agent.

The Chicago Cubs signed Curt Motton as an amateur free agent.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Ted Abernathy from the Milwaukee Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Cincinnati Reds traded players to be named later and Jesse Gonder to the New York Yankees for players to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Zack Monroe (October 20, 1960) and cash (October 20, 1960) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade. The Cincinnati Reds sent Luis Arroyo (July 20, 1960) and Ted Wieand (October 20, 1960) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

The Cleveland Indians traded Stu Locklin to the Boston Red Sox for unknown compensation. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Bob Aspromonte as an amateur free agent.

The New York Yankees released Ted Gray.

The Milwaukee Braves signed Dave Koslo as a free agent.

The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Bob Dillinger from the Philadelphia Athletics.

(Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Eric McNair from the Detroit Tigers.

Springfield (Eastern) sent Jim Carlin to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

The Philadelphia Phillies released Wally Millies.

The New York Giants purchased Bill Lohrman and Hy Vandenberg from Baltimore (International).

The Pittsburgh Pirates released Guy Bush.

The Chicago White Sox selected Bill Dietrich off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

Toledo (American Association) purchased Error from the Chicago White Sox.

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Sheriff Blake off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

The Boston Red Sox purchased Marty Griffin from Fort Worth (Texas).

The Washington Nationals returned Lefty Willis to the Philadelphia Athletics following previous waiver selection.

The Boston Braves purchased Eddie Moore from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Philadelphia Athletics selected Red Shannon off waivers from the Washington Nationals.

The Cleveland Indians purchased Ad Brennan from the Washington Nationals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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

The Boston Braves signed Ed Walsh as a free agent.

The New York Giants traded Christy Mathewson, Bill McKechnie and Edd Roush to the Cincinnati Reds for Buck Herzog and Red Killefer.

The Chicago Cubs sent Eddie Mulligan (July 20, 1916) to Kansas City (American Association) to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The New York Yankees purchased Ed Barney from Jersey City (International).

The New York Yankees purchased Gene Layden from Columbia (South Atlantic).

The New York Yankees released Jay Rogers.

The Cincinnati Reds traded Claud Derrick to the Chicago Cubs for Fritz Mollwitz.

The Washington Nationals selected Mike Mitchell off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Detroit Tigers purchased Frank Gibson from Dallas (Texas). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Boston Braves released Bill Brady. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Cleveland Naps traded Jake Thielman to the Boston Red Sox for Tex Pruiett.

The New York Giants purchased Larry Doyle from Springfield (Central) for $4,500. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Washington Nationals loaned Malachi Kittridge to the Cleveland Naps.

The New York Highlanders signed Fred Curtis as a free agent.

Louisville (American Association) purchased Davy Dunkle from the Washington Senators.

The Philadelphia Phillies traded John Barry to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Corridon.

The Washington Senators traded Al Orth to the New York Highlanders for Tom Hughes and Barney Wolfe.

The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Washington Senators for Ducky Holmes. The Chicago White Sox sent Davy Dunkle (July 20, 1903) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

The St. Louis Browns signed Mike Kahoe as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

The Philadelphia Athletics signed Lewis Wiltse as a free agent.

The Milwaukee Brewers released Phil Geier.

Dad Clarke jumped from Omaha (Western Association) to the Columbus Solons.

Larry Twitchell jumped from Omaha (Western Association) to the Columbus Solons.

The Allegheny City purchased Bill Sowders from the Boston for $1,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)