Historical Transactions Occurring on December 11
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- December 11, 2025
The Baltimore Orioles signed Pete Alonso as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Akil Baddoo as a free agent.
The Cleveland Guardians signed Colin Holderman as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Trevor Richards as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Robert Suarez as a free agent.
- December 11, 2024
The Boston Red Sox drafted Jack Anderson from the Detroit Tigers in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Hobie Harris from the New York Mets in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Miami Marlins drafted Liam Hicks from the Detroit Tigers in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Los Angeles Angels drafted Garrett McDaniels from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Noah Murdock from the Kansas City Royals in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Shane Smith from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Connor Thomas from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Mike Vasil from the New York Mets in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Cleveland Guardians drafted Will Wilson from the San Francisco Giants in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Miami Marlins drafted Jack Winkler from the Athletics in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Gage Workman from the Detroit Tigers in the 2024 rule 5 draft.
The Cleveland Guardians signed Shane Bieber as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Juan Soto as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Mike Tauchman as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Jacob Webb as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays purchased Mike Vasil from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Texas Rangers traded Brayan Mendoza (minors), Echedry Vargas (minors) and Maximo Acosta to the Miami Marlins for Jake Burger.
The Boston Red Sox traded Wikelman González, Chase Meidroth, Braden Montgomery and Kyle Teel to the Chicago White Sox for Garrett Crochet.
The Boston Red Sox traded Elmer Rodríguez and future considerations to the New York Yankees for Carlos Narváez.
- December 11, 2023
The New York Mets signed Rylan Bannon as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Jeimer Candelario as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ben Heller as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Joe Kelly as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Isaac Mattson as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Hernán Pérez as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Robinson Piña as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Will Smith as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Travis Swaggerty as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Jamie Westbrook as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Taylor Widener as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Trey Sweeney to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Victor González and Jorbit Vivas.
- December 11, 2022
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Colten Brewer as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Brendan McKay as a free agent.
- December 11, 2020
The Cincinnati Reds signed R.J. Alaniz as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Jesse Biddle as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Foster Griffin as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Joe Harvey as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Jimmy Herget as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Lucas Luetge as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Brandon Morrow as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed James Pazos as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Zac Rosscup as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Carlos Sanabria as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Bubba Starling as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers for Corey Knebel. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Leo Crawford (minors) (December 11, 2020) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
- December 11, 2019
The New York Mets released Chris Flexen.
- December 11, 2018
The Kansas City Royals signed Billy Hamilton as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Chris Herrmann as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels signed Matt Ramsey as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Troy Tulowitzki.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Iván Nova to the Chicago White Sox for Yordi Rosario (minors) and international bonus slot money.
The Texas Rangers traded Drew Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Patrick Wisdom.
- December 11, 2017
The Chicago Cubs signed Alberto Baldonado as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Tim Federowicz as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Matt Ramsey as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins traded Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Yankees for Starlin Castro, José Devers and Jorge Guzmán.
The Oakland Athletics traded Joey Wendle to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later. The Tampa Bay Rays sent Jonah Heim (December 19, 2017) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
The Seattle Mariners selected Cameron Perkins off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Engelb Vielma off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.
- December 11, 2016
The San Diego Padres signed Erik Johnson as a free agent.
- December 11, 2015
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Joaquín Arias as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Dylan Axelrod as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed John Axford as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Darwin Barney as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Lisalverto Bonilla as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Jason Bourgeois as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Drake Britton as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Matt Buschmann as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Asdrúbal Cabrera as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Lendy Castillo as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed José Cisnero as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Domingo Germán as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Robbie Grossman as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Sean Kazmar Jr. as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Shawn Kelley as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Ryan Madson as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Troy Patton as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Óliver Pérez as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Tony Sipp as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Tim Stauffer as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Thad Weber as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners for José Ramírez. The Atlanta Braves sent Ryne Harper (December 11, 2015) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
- December 11, 2014
The Texas Rangers drafted Delino DeShields from the Houston Astros in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Sean Gilmartin from the Minnesota Twins in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Minnesota Twins drafted J.R. Graham from the Atlanta Braves in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Sean Halton from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Óscar Hernández from the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Odúbel Herrera from the Texas Rangers in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Brett Jackson from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Miami Marlins drafted Andrew McKirahan from the Chicago Cubs in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Andy Oliver from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Seattle Mariners drafted David Rollins from the Houston Astros in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Logan Verrett from the New York Mets in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Dan Winkler from the Colorado Rockies in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Texas Rangers signed Anthony Bass as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Justin Masterson as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Nick Noonan as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Mark Reynolds as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Scott Rice as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Antoan Richardson as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Trayvon Robinson as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Scott Snodgress as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Brayan Villarreal as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Jeremy Hermida.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Dee Strange-Gordon, Dan Haren, Miguel Rojas and cash to the Miami Marlins for Austin Barnes, Chris Hatcher, Andrew Heaney and Enrique Hernández.
The Miami Marlins traded Dan Jennings to the Chicago White Sox for André Rienzo.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Mat Latos to the Miami Marlins for Anthony DeSclafani and Chad Wallach.
The Detroit Tigers traded Rick Porcello to the Boston Red Sox for Yoenis Céspedes, Gabe Speier and Alex Wilson.
The Colorado Rockies traded Josh Rutledge to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Jairo Díaz.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Alfredo Simón to the Detroit Tigers for Jonathon Crawford (minors) and Eugenio Suárez.
The Colorado Rockies drafted Mark Canha from the Miami Marlins in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Taylor Featherston from the Colorado Rockies in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Jason García from the Boston Red Sox in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Jandel Gustave from the Houston Astros in the 2014 rule 5 draft.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim purchased Taylor Featherston from the Chicago Cubs.
The Baltimore Orioles purchased Jason García from the Houston Astros.
The Kansas City Royals purchased Jandel Gustave from the Boston Red Sox.
The Colorado Rockies traded Mark Canha to the Oakland Athletics for Austin House (minors) and cash.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Andrew Heaney to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Howie Kendrick.
- December 11, 2013
The Detroit Tigers signed Duane Below as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ángel Castro as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Rajai Davis as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Thad Weber.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded a player to be named later to the New York Yankees for Chris Stewart. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Kyle Haynes (minors) (December 11, 2013) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
The San Diego Padres traded Anthony Bass and cash to the Houston Astros for a player to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Patrick Schuster (December 12, 2013) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
The Oakland Athletics traded Jerry Blevins to the Washington Nationals for Billy Burns.
The Miami Marlins traded Logan Morrison to the Seattle Mariners for Carter Capps.
- December 11, 2012
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Buddy Carlyle as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Scott Elarton as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Luis Jiménez as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Logan Kensing as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Brandon McCarthy as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Sean O'Sullivan as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Juan Pérez as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Greg Smith as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Willy Taveras as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Clete Thomas as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Rich Thompson as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Claudio Vargas as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Virgil Vasquez as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Eugenio Vélez as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Dan Wheeler as a free agent.
As part of a 3-team trade: The Cincinnati Reds sent Drew Stubbs to the Cleveland Indians. The Cincinnati Reds sent Didi Gregorius to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Matt Albers, Trevor Bauer and Bryan Shaw to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Shin-Soo Choo, Jason Donald and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cleveland Indians sent Lars Anderson and Tony Sipp to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- December 11, 2011
The Washington Nationals signed Jason Michaels as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Ronald Herrera as an amateur free agent.
- December 11, 2010
The Boston Red Sox signed Carl Crawford as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Tony Gwynn as a free agent.
- December 11, 2009
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Jeff Bennett as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Nate Bump as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Marlon Byrd as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Shane Costa as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Melvin Dorta as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed John Ennis as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Matt Ginter as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Paul Hoover as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Philip Humber as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Jason Kendall as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Donnie Murphy as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Laynce Nix as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed J.J. Putz as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Nate Spears as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Scott Strickland as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Jon Switzer as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Erick Threets as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Chris Waters as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jake Woods as a free agent.
Joe Thurston of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded Jesse Chavez to the Atlanta Braves for Rafael Soriano.
- December 11, 2008
The San Diego Padres drafted Everth Cabrera from the Colorado Rockies in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Rocky Cherry from the Baltimore Orioles in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Miguel González from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Florida Marlins drafted Zach Kroenke from the New York Yankees in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Robert Mosebach from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The San Diego Padres drafted Iván Nova from the New York Yankees in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Darren O'Day from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Luis Perdomo from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Guilder Rodríguez from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Donnie Veal from the Chicago Cubs in the 2008 rule 5 draft.
The Houston Astros signed Matt Kata as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Felipe López as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Nick Punto as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Horacio Ramírez as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Doug Waechter as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers for Wes Littleton. The Boston Red Sox sent Beau Vaughan (minors) (December 11, 2008) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
As part of a 3-team trade: The Cleveland Indians sent Franklin Gutiérrez to the Seattle Mariners. The Seattle Mariners sent Luis Valbuena to the Cleveland Indians. The Seattle Mariners sent Sean Green, J.J. Putz and Jeremy Reed to the New York Mets. The New York Mets sent Mike Carp, Ezequiel Carrera, Endy Chávez, Maikel Cleto, Aaron Heilman and Jason Vargas to the Seattle Mariners. The New York Mets sent Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted David Patton from the Colorado Rockies in the 2008 minor league draft.
The Chicago Cubs purchased David Patton from the Cincinnati Reds.
- December 11, 2007
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Ángel Chávez as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Luis Cruz as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Luis Rivas as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Wilkin Ruan as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks released Clay Zavada.
- December 11, 2006
The Chicago Cubs signed Cory Bailey as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jeff Farnsworth as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Eric Junge as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Josh Kroeger as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed José Mesa as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Wes Obermueller as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Darren Oliver as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Jay Payton as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Prentice Redman as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Jorge Vásquez as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Tyler Walker as a free agent.
Jason Bulger of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.
- December 11, 2005
The Kansas City Royals signed Steve Stemle as a free agent.
- December 11, 2004
The Anaheim Angels signed Steve Finley as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Troy Glaus as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Russ Ortiz as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Kelly Wunsch as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Danny Kolb to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later and José Capellán. The Atlanta Braves sent Alec Zumwalt (minors) (December 14, 2004) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Arthur Rhodes to the Cleveland Indians for Matt Lawton.
- December 11, 2003
The Colorado Rockies signed Vinny Castilla as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed David Cortés as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Doug Nickle as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Eduardo Pérez as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Benito Santiago as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres released Donaldo Méndez.
- December 11, 2002
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Brian Boehringer as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Royce Clayton as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Dave Hansen as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Joe Lawrence as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Wilkin Castillo as an amateur free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released Angel Echevarria.
- December 11, 2001
The Atlanta Braves signed Vinny Castilla as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Jason Isringhausen as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Barry Wesson as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Gregg Zaun as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners traded Tom Lampkin, Brett Tomko, Ramón Vázquez and cash to the San Diego Padres for Alex Arias, Ben Davis and Wascar Serrano.
The Cleveland Indians traded Danny Peoples (minors), Roberto Alomar and Mike Bacsik to the New York Mets for players to be named later, Alex Escobar, Matt Lawton and Jerrod Riggan. The New York Mets sent Earl Snyder (December 13, 2001) and Billy Traber (December 13, 2001) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
The Detroit Tigers traded Juan Encarnación and Luis Pineda to the Cincinnati Reds for Dmitri Young.
The Florida Marlins traded Jesús Sánchez to the Chicago Cubs for Nate Teut.
- December 11, 2000
The Kansas City Royals drafted Endy Chávez from the New York Mets in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Scott Chiasson from the Oakland Athletics in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Jermaine Clark from the Seattle Mariners in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Jay Gibbons from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Brandon Knight from the New York Yankees in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The San Diego Padres drafted Donaldo Méndez from the Houston Astros in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Aaron Miles from the Houston Astros in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted José Núñez from the New York Mets in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Chris Piersoll from the Chicago Cubs in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Julio Santana from the San Francisco Giants in the 2000 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Tim Corcoran from the New York Mets in the 2000 minor league draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Yurendell de Caster from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2000 minor league draft.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Tim Hamulack from the Houston Astros in the 2000 minor league draft.
The San Diego Padres drafted Jason Pearson from the Cincinnati Reds in the 2000 minor league draft.
The Seattle Mariners drafted Jorge Sosa from the Colorado Rockies in the 2000 minor league draft.
The New York Mets signed Kevin Appier as a free agent.
The Anaheim Angels signed Kimera Bartee as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Joe Borowski as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Darren Dreifort as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jeff Frye as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Doug Henry as a free agent.
The Anaheim Angels signed Pat Rapp as a free agent.
The New York Mets purchased Tsuyoshi Shinjo from Hanshin Tigers (Japan Central).
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Florida Marlins for Amaury García. The Chicago White Sox sent Mark Roberts (minors) (December 11, 2000) to the Florida Marlins to complete the trade.
The Detroit Tigers traded Brad Ausmus, Doug Brocail and Nelson Cruz to the Houston Astros for Roger Cedeño, Chris Holt and Mitch Meluskey.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded John Bale to the Baltimore Orioles for Jayson Werth.
The New York Mets traded Bubba Trammell to the San Diego Padres for Donne Wall.
- December 11, 1999
The New York Mets signed Todd Zeile as a free agent.
- December 11, 1998
The Oakland Athletics signed Joel Adamson as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed José Canseco as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Mark Portugal as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Rey Sánchez as a free agent.
The Anaheim Angels signed Mo Vaughn as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Eddie Zosky as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers released Trey Beamon.
The Baltimore Orioles released Rich Becker.
The Texas Rangers released Domingo Cedeño.
- December 11, 1997
The Detroit Tigers signed Frank Castillo as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Doug Drabek as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed José Herrera as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Otis Nixon as a free agent.
The Anaheim Angels signed Omar Olivares as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Sandy Martínez to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Trevor Schaffer (minors) (December 19, 1997) to the Toronto Blue Jays to complete the trade.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Gerald Williams to the Atlanta Braves for Chad Fox.
- December 11, 1996
The Chicago White Sox signed Tony Castillo as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Mark Holzemer as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Jaime Navarro as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Mark Parent as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Mike Stanton as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded players to be named later, Brandon Cromer (minors), Jose Pett (minors) and José Silva to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos García, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Núñez (December 11, 1996) and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.
The Detroit Tigers traded Brent Stentz (minors) to the Minnesota Twins for Matt Walbeck.
The Detroit Tigers traded Anton French (minors) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roberto Durán.
- December 11, 1995
The Minnesota Twins signed Rick Aguilera as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Harold Baines as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Rob Deer as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Mariano Duncan as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Chad Kreuter as a free agent.
- December 11, 1994
The Oakland Athletics signed Andy Tomberlin as a free agent.
- December 11, 1992
The California Angels signed Chili Davis as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Krueger as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Candy Maldonado as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Harold Reynolds as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Juan Samuel as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox released Tony Fossas.
The Baltimore Orioles released Billy Ripken.
- December 11, 1991
The Detroit Tigers signed William Brennan as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Butch Davis as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Carlton Fisk as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released Yorkis Pérez.
The Kansas City Royals traded Todd Benzinger to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Domingo Mota (minors) and Chris Gwynn.
The Kansas City Royals traded Storm Davis to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Melvin.
The Montreal Expos traded Willie Greene, Dave Martinez and Scott Ruskin to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Risley and John Wetteland.
The New York Mets traded Gregg Jefferies, Kevin McReynolds and Keith Miller to the Kansas City Royals for Bill Pecota and Bret Saberhagen.
The San Diego Padres traded Steve Rosenberg to the New York Mets for Jeff Gardner.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Dale Sveum to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bruce Ruffin.
The Seattle Mariners traded Dave Burba, Mike Jackson and Bill Swift to the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Mitchell and Mike Remlinger.
- December 11, 1990
The Oakland Athletics signed Dave Henderson as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds released Tim Birtsas.
- December 11, 1989
The Montreal Expos signed Joaquín Andújar as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Mark Davis as a free agent.
- December 11, 1988
The New York Mets signed José Martínez as an amateur free agent.
- December 11, 1987
The New York Mets signed Ken Dowell as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles traded a player to be named later and Blaine Beatty to the New York Mets for Doug Sisk. The Baltimore Orioles sent Greg Talamantez (minors) (December 11, 1987) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
The New York Yankees traded Steve Frey, Phil Lombardi and Darren Reed to the New York Mets for Victor Garcia (minors) and Rafael Santana.
As part of a 3-team trade: The New York Mets sent Jesse Orosco to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Oakland Athletics sent Kevin Tapani and Wally Whitehurst to the New York Mets. The Oakland Athletics sent Alfredo Griffin and Jay Howell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Bob Welch and Matt Young to the Oakland Athletics. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Jack Savage to the New York Mets.
- December 11, 1986
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jeff Knox (minors) and Charles Hudson to the New York Yankees for Tommy Barrett and Mike Easler.
The San Diego Padres traded Adam Ging (minors), Kevin McReynolds and Gene Walter to the New York Mets for Kevin Armstrong (minors), Kevin Brown (minors), Shawn Abner, Stan Jefferson and Kevin Mitchell.
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later and Gene Nelson to the Oakland Athletics for Donnie Hill. The Chicago White Sox sent Bruce Tanner (December 18, 1986) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
- December 11, 1985
The Chicago White Sox drafted Roy Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1985 minor league draft.
The California Angels drafted Vance Lovelace from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1985 minor league draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Wilfredo Tejada from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1985 minor league draft.
The New York Yankees released Juan Bonilla.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants for David Green. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Hector Quinones (minors) (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
The Boston Red Sox traded Mark Clear to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Romero.
The Cleveland Indians traded Mike Fischlin to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Kevin Trudeau (minors) (April 11, 1986) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Candy Maldonado to the San Francisco Giants for Alex Treviño.
The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer and Bob Melvin to the San Francisco Giants for Eric King, Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later, Ed Correa and Scott Fletcher to the Texas Rangers for Dave Schmidt and Wayne Tolleson. The Chicago White Sox sent José Mota (December 11, 1985) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
The Chicago Cubs traded Dave Owen to the San Francisco Giants for Manny Trillo.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Tom Hume and Gary Redus to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Denny and Jeff Gray.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Steve Yeager to the Seattle Mariners for Ed Vande Berg.
- December 11, 1984
The Baltimore Orioles signed Fred Lynn as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Matt Sinatro as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers traded players to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Dickie Noles. The Texas Rangers sent Tim Henry (minors) (December 11, 1984) and George Gomez (minors) (December 11, 1984) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- December 11, 1981
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Mark Belanger as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed César Gerónimo as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Dorn Taylor as an amateur free agent.
The Montreal Expos traded Steve Ratzer and cash to the New York Mets for Frank Taveras.
The Kansas City Royals traded Rich Gale and Bill Laskey to the San Francisco Giants for Jerry Martin.
The San Francisco Giants traded Tom Griffin to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Doe Boyland.
The California Angels traded Brian Harper to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tim Foli.
The Kansas City Royals traded Clint Hurdle to the Cincinnati Reds for Scott Brown.
The Texas Rangers traded Jim Kern to the New York Mets for Dan Boitano and Doug Flynn.
The Seattle Mariners traded Tom Paciorek to the Chicago White Sox for Rod Allen, Todd Cruz and Jim Essian.
- December 11, 1980
The California Angels signed John D'Acquisto as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics traded Mike King (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Keith Drumright and Cliff Johnson.
- December 11, 1979
The New York Mets released Bob Apodaca.
- December 11, 1977
The Seattle Mariners signed Reggie Walton as a free agent.
- December 11, 1975
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Tack Wilson as an amateur free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Bobby Bonds to the California Angels for Ed Figueroa and Mickey Rivers.
The San Diego Padres traded Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh to the Houston Astros for Doug Rader.
The Chicago White Sox traded Steve Dunning and Bill Melton to the California Angels for Morris Nettles and Jim Spencer.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Ken Brett, Dock Ellis and Willie Randolph to the New York Yankees for Doc Medich.
- December 11, 1974
The New York Mets traded Ted Martínez to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Heidemann and Mike Vail.
- December 11, 1973
The New York Yankees released Ron Swoboda.
The Chicago Cubs traded Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, Steve Stone and Steve Swisher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- December 11, 1971
The San Diego Padres traded Ronald Drake (minors) and José Arcia to the Minnesota Twins for Jerry Schlegelmilch (minors).
- December 11, 1970
The Cleveland Indians traded Duke Sims to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Alan Foster and Ray Lamb.
- December 11, 1967
Jalisco (Mexican) purchased Tony Curry from the California Angels. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- December 11, 1962
The Los Angeles Angels traded Earl Averill to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jacke Davis.
The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later, Pumpsie Green and Tracy Stallard to the New York Mets for Félix Mantilla. The Boston Red Sox sent Al Moran (January 14, 1963) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.
- December 11, 1959
The New York Yankees signed Elmer Valo as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry to the Kansas City Athletics for Joe DeMaestri, Kent Hadley and Roger Maris.
- December 11, 1957
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Dave Philley from the Detroit Tigers.
- December 11, 1956
The New York Yankees traded Charlie Silvera and cash and another player to be named to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Harry Chiti (December 14, 1956) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
The Chicago Cubs traded Jim Davis, Sam Jones, Hobie Landrith and Eddie Miksis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Lammers (minors), Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Tom Poholsky.
- December 11, 1954
The Washington Nationals purchased Bruce Edwards from the Chicago Cubs for $15,000.
- December 11, 1952
The Cleveland Indians signed Earl Averill as an amateur free agent.
- December 11, 1951
The New York Giants traded Eddie Stanky to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chuck Diering and Max Lanier.
- December 11, 1950
The Washington Nationals traded Bud Stewart to the Chicago White Sox for Mike McCormick.
- December 11, 1947
The Cleveland Indians traded Red Embree to the New York Yankees for Allie Clark.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Tommy Hughes to the Cincinnati Reds for Bert Haas.
- December 11, 1946
The New York Yankees signed Joe Medwick as a free agent.
Seattle (Pacific Coast) purchased Charlie Ripple from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- December 11, 1945
Los Angeles (Pacific Coast) purchased Bill Schuster from the Chicago Cubs.
- December 11, 1941
The Cleveland Indians purchased Vern Kennedy from the Washington Nationals.
The New York Giants traded Bill Lohrman, Johnny McCarthy, Ken O'Dea and $50,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Johnny Mize.
- December 11, 1938
The New York Giants traded Tom Baker, Jim Carlin and $20,000 to the Washington Nationals for Zeke Bonura.
- December 11, 1935
The Cleveland Indians released Shanty Hogan. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The New York Yankees traded Johnny Allen to the Cleveland Indians for Monte Pearson and Steve Sundra.
- December 11, 1931
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Burleigh Grimes to the Chicago Cubs for Bud Teachout and Hack Wilson.
- December 11, 1929
The Boston Braves released Joe Dugan.
The Philadelphia Athletics traded Sammy Hale and $2,500 to the St. Louis Browns for Wally Schang.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Grover Alexander and Harry McCurdy to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob McGraw and Homer Peel.
- December 11, 1928
Toledo (American Association) purchased Johnny Neun from the Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit Tigers traded Ken Holloway and Jackie Tavener to the Cleveland Indians for George Uhle.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Glenn Wright to the Brooklyn Robins for Jesse Petty and Harry Riconda.
- December 11, 1925
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Jimmy Cooney to the Chicago Cubs for Vic Keen.
- December 11, 1924
The Washington Nationals traded Doc Prothro to the Boston Red Sox for Mike McNally.
- December 11, 1923
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Carl Mays from the New York Yankees.
- December 11, 1919
Ed Sicking returned to the New York Giants by the Philadelphia Phillies as part of earlier loan. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- December 11, 1917
The Chicago Cubs traded Pickles Dillhoefer, Mike Prendergast and $55,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Grover Alexander and Bill Killefer.
- December 11, 1912
The Chicago Cubs purchased Al Bridwell from the Boston Braves.
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Red Corriden from the Detroit Tigers for $7,500.
Springfield (Central) purchased John Kelleher from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The New York Highlanders selected Frank Chance off waivers from the Cincinnati Reds.
- December 11, 1906
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Ginger Beaumont, Patsy Flaherty and Claude Ritchey to the Boston Nationals for Ed Abbaticchio.
- December 11, 1902
The Brooklyn Superbas signed Sammy Strang as a free agent.
- December 11, 1901
The Boston Nationals purchased Ed Gremminger from Rochester (Eastern).
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