Historical Transactions Occurring on December 12
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- December 12, 2023
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Ryan Burr as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Andrew Chafin as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Nabil Crismatt as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Dylan Floro as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Daniel Hudson as a free agent.
The Cleveland Guardians signed Ben Lively as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Joe Ross as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Tayler Scott as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Nick Senzel as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Edwin Uceta as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Trey Wingenter as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Rob Zastryzny as a free agent.
- December 12, 2022
The Atlanta Braves signed Ehire Adrianza as a free agent.
The Cleveland Guardians signed Josh Bell as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Aaron Brooks as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Kervin Castro as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Sam Clay as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Ben DeLuzio as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Chi Chi González as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Deolis Guerra as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Jakson Reetz as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Víctor Reyes as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Tanner Tully as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Ryan Weber as a free agent.
As part of a 3-team trade: The Oakland Athletics sent Sean Murphy to the Atlanta Braves. The Oakland Athletics sent Joel Payamps to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Atlanta Braves sent Royber Salinas (minors), Kyle Muller, Manny Piña and Freddy Tarnok to the Oakland Athletics. The Atlanta Braves sent Justin Yeager (minors) and William Contreras to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Esteury Ruiz to the Oakland Athletics.
- December 12, 2021
The Washington Nationals signed Maikel Franco as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Dee Strange-Gordon as a free agent.
- December 12, 2020
The New York Yankees signed Rob Brantly as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Luis García as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Ian Krol as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Ryan LaMarre as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Nick Ramirez as a free agent.
- December 12, 2019
The Boston Red Sox drafted Jonathan Araúz from the Houston Astros in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Brandon Bailey from the Houston Astros in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Raynel Espinal from the New York Yankees in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Rony García from the New York Yankees in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Hobie Harris from the New York Yankees in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Dany Jiménez from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Jason Krizan from the New York Mets in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Trevor Megill from the San Diego Padres in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Seattle Mariners drafted Brian O'Keefe from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Adam Oller from the San Francisco Giants in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Mark Payton from the Oakland Athletics in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Seattle Mariners drafted Yohan Ramírez from the Houston Astros in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Michael Rucker from the Chicago Cubs in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Miami Marlins drafted Sterling Sharp from the Washington Nationals in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Brock Stewart from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Danny Young from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Kyle Crockett as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Eduardo Jiménez as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Kyle Lobstein as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres traded a player to be named later and Austin Allen to the Oakland Athletics for Jurickson Profar. The San Diego Padres sent Michael Reed (minors) (December 12, 2019) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
The San Francisco Giants traded a player to be named later and cash to the Los Angeles Angels for Will Wilson (minors) and Zack Cozart. The San Francisco Giants sent Garrett Williams (minors) (December 12, 2019) to the Los Angeles Angels to complete the trade.
The Boston Red Sox selected Jose Espada off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Vimael Machín from the Chicago Cubs in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
The Oakland Athletics purchased Vimael Machín from the Philadelphia Phillies.
- December 12, 2018
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Andrew McCutchen as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals traded Tanner Roark to the Cincinnati Reds for Tanner Rainey.
- December 12, 2017
The Los Angeles Angels signed Rymer Liriano as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Brandon Morrow as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Drew Smyly as a free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Chase Headley, Bryan Mitchell and cash to the San Diego Padres for Jabari Blash.
The San Diego Padres traded Ryan Schimpf to the Tampa Bay Rays for Deion Tansel (minors).
- December 12, 2016
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Sean Burnett as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Iván De Jesús as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Matt Dominguez as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed A.J. Ellis as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Pedro Florimón as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Eric Fryer as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Héctor Gómez as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Jeff Locke as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Dustin McGowan as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Daniel Nava as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Bobby Parnell as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Wilson Ramos as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Jordan Schafer as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Daniel Schlereth as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Rubén Tejada as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Christian Villanueva as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmy Cordero. The Washington Nationals sent Mario Sanchez (minors) (December 12, 2016) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
- December 12, 2015
The New York Mets signed Duane Below as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Stephen Fife as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Marc Krauss as a free agent.
Michael Cuddyer voluntarily retired from the New York Mets.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Jonathan Araúz and Ken Giles to the Houston Astros for Harold Arauz (minors), Mark Appel, Thomas Eshelman, Brett Oberholtzer and Vince Velasquez.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Charlie Morton to the Philadelphia Phillies for David Whitehead (minors).
- December 12, 2014
The New York Yankees signed Cole Figueroa as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Jake Fox as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Ben Francisco as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Caleb Gindl as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Luke Gregerson as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Jason Hammel as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Francisco Liriano as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Radhames Liz as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Wilton López as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Pat Neshek as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Clint Robinson as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Chaz Roe as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Alberto Rosario as a free agent.
The Miami Marlins signed Scott Sizemore as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Ian Stewart as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Eugenio Vélez as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Rays signed Bobby Wilson as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Danny Worth as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Francisco Pérez as an amateur free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded a player to be named later to the Tampa Bay Rays for Sean Rodríguez. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Buddy Borden (minors) (December 12, 2014) to the Tampa Bay Rays to complete the trade.
The Washington Nationals traded Ross Detwiler to the Texas Rangers for Christopher Bostick and Abel De Los Santos.
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Wade Miley to the Boston Red Sox for Raymel Flores (minors), Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster.
The Arizona Diamondbacks traded Zeke Spruill to the Boston Red Sox for Myles Smith (minors).
- December 12, 2013
The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Richard Bleier from the Texas Rangers in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Julio Borbon from the Chicago Cubs in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Miami Marlins drafted Justin Bour from the Chicago Cubs in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Evan Crawford from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Tampa Bay Rays drafted Enderson Franco from the Houston Astros in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Colorado Rockies drafted Tommy Kahnle from the New York Yankees in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Marcos Mateo from the Chicago Cubs in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Kevin Mattison from the Miami Marlins in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted A.J. Morris from the Chicago Cubs in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Omar Narváez from the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Adrián Nieto from the Washington Nationals in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The New York Mets drafted Seth Rosin from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Wei-Chung Wang from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Clint Barmes as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Robinson Canó as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Sam Demel as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Kevin Kouzmanoff as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Brent Lillibridge as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Nate McLouth as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Mike Napoli as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Manny Piña as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Yohan Pino as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Josh Wilson as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased Seth Rosin from the New York Mets.
The Oakland Athletics traded a player to be named later and Jemile Weeks to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Johnson. The Oakland Athletics sent David Freitas (December 12, 2013) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
The Miami Marlins traded Justin Ruggiano to the Chicago Cubs for Brian Bogusevic.
The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Brian Moran from the Seattle Mariners in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Patrick Schuster from the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2013 rule 5 draft.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim purchased Brian Moran from the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Houston Astros traded a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Anthony Bass and cash. The Houston Astros sent Patrick Schuster (December 12, 2013) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
- December 12, 2012
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Joe Blanton as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Sean Burnett as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Cole Gillespie as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Jeff Gray as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jason Grilli as a free agent.
The Colorado Rockies signed Mike McClendon as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed Gregorio Petit as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres signed René Rivera as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Brandon Snyder as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Yangervis Solarte as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs signed Ian Stewart as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Skip Schumaker to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jake Lemmerman (minors).
The Chicago Cubs selected Sandy Rosario off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
- December 12, 2011
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Rafael Furcal as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Travis Ishikawa as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Steven Lerud as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Lucas May as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Garrett Olson as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Félix Pie as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Aaron Rowand as a free agent.
Mike Baxter of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Fabio Castillo of the Texas Rangers granted free agency.
Pedro Ciriaco of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Brooks Conrad of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Dan Cortes of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Willie Eyre of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Cole Garner of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Chris Gimenez of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Clay Hensley of the Florida Marlins granted free agency.
Jeremy Hermida of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Koyie Hill of the Chicago Cubs granted free agency.
Rich Hill of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.
Jason Jaramillo of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Jeff Keppinger of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.
Hung-Chih Kuo of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Aaron Laffey of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
José Mijares of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.
Peter Moylan of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Micah Owings of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Ronny Paulino of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Jo-Jo Reyes of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Will Rhymes of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Joe Saunders of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Luke Scott of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Doug Slaten of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Andy Sonnanstine of the Tampa Bay Rays granted free agency.
Ryan Spilborghs of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Ryan Theriot of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Eli Whiteside of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.
The Florida Marlins traded Burke Badenhop to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jake Jefferies (minors).
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Ben Francisco to the Toronto Blue Jays for Frank Gailey (minors).
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded José Veras to the Milwaukee Brewers for Casey McGehee.
The New York Mets selected Jeremy Hefner off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Jim Hoey off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
- December 12, 2010
The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Oxspring as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released David Patton.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Brendan Ryan to the Seattle Mariners for Maikel Cleto.
- December 12, 2009
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Joey Gathright as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Devon Lowery as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Brandon Lyon as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Marcus McBeth as a free agent.
Alfredo Amézaga of the Florida Marlins granted free agency.
Brian Anderson of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.
Josh Anderson of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
José Arredondo of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.
Garrett Atkins of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Brian Bass of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Lance Broadway of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Matthew Brown of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.
John Buck of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Matt Capps of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
D.J. Carrasco of the Chicago White Sox granted free agency.
Raúl Chávez of the Toronto Blue Jays granted free agency.
Ryan Church of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Clay Condrey of the Philadelphia Phillies granted free agency.
Neal Cotts of the Chicago Cubs granted free agency.
Jack Cust of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.
Mark DiFelice of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
Phil Dumatrait of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Ryan Garko of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.
Jonny Gomes of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Gabe Gross of the Tampa Bay Rays granted free agency.
Kelly Johnson of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Ryan Langerhans of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Mike MacDougal of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Seth McClung of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
Dustin Moseley of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.
Scott Olsen of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Tim Redding of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Jeremy Reed of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Anthony Reyes of the Cleveland Indians granted free agency.
Shawn Riggans of the Tampa Bay Rays granted free agency.
Mike Rivera of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
Cory Sullivan of the New York Mets granted free agency.
José Veras of the Cleveland Indians granted free agency.
Chien-Ming Wang of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Josh Whitesell of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Mark Worrell of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Boof Bonser. The Boston Red Sox sent Chris Province (minors) (December 12, 2009) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
- December 12, 2008
The San Francisco Giants signed Francis Beltrán as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed A.J. Burnett as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Matt Clement as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim signed Luis Figueroa as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Raúl Ibañez as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Lance Niekro as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Arthur Rhodes as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Eider Torres as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Ramón Vázquez as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Dayán Viciedo as an amateur free agent.
Reggie Abercrombie of the Houston Astros granted free agency.
John Bale of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Denny Bautista of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Matt Belisle of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Ángel Berroa of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Yhency Brazobán of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Chris Britton of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Ambiorix Burgos of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Chris Burke of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Jamie Burke of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Daniel Cabrera of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Chris Capuano of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
Kevin Cash of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.
Justin Christian of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Lance Cormier of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Randy Flores of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Joey Gathright of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Jonny Gomes of the Tampa Bay Rays granted free agency.
Charlie Haeger of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Robby Hammock of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Clay Hensley of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Jonathan Herrera of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Norris Hopper of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Chuck James of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Tyler Johnson of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Wil Ledezma of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Aquilino López of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Gary Majewski of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Doug Mathis of the Texas Rangers granted free agency.
Scott Mathieson of the Philadelphia Phillies granted free agency.
Aaron Miles of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Joe Nelson of the Florida Marlins granted free agency.
Scott Proctor of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Tim Redding of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Argenis Reyes of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Takashi Saito of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Jeff Salazar of the Arizona Diamondbacks granted free agency.
Jason Smith of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Willy Taveras of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Ty Wigginton of the Houston Astros granted free agency.
The New York Mets traded Scott Schoeneweis to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Connor Robertson.
- December 12, 2007
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Brian Falkenborg as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Chris Gomez as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed John-Ford Griffin as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Joe Nelson as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed Andy Pettitte as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Aaron Rowand as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mike Thompson as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Jason Waddell as a free agent.
Sean Barker of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
T.J. Beam of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Emil Brown of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Kiko Calero of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.
Jack Cassel of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Darren Clarke of the Colorado Rockies granted free agency.
Matt DeSalvo of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Brendan Donnelly of the Boston Red Sox granted free agency.
Cory Doyne of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Chad Durbin of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Brad Eldred of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Morgan Ensberg of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Johnny Estrada of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Adam Everett of the Houston Astros granted free agency.
José García of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.
Jerry Gil of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Andy González of the Chicago White Sox granted free agency.
Nick Gorneault of the Texas Rangers granted free agency.
Willie Harris of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Mark Hendrickson of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Ben Johnson of the New York Mets granted free agency.
Jason Lane of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Nook Logan of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Dallas McPherson of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim granted free agency.
Kevin Mench of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
Aaron Miles of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Scott Munter of the San Francisco Giants granted free agency.
Roberto Novoa of the Baltimore Orioles granted free agency.
Mike O'Connor of the Washington Nationals granted free agency.
Miguel Olivo of the Florida Marlins granted free agency.
Akinori Otsuka of the Texas Rangers granted free agency.
Juan Padilla of the New York Mets granted free agency.
John Parrish of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Heath Phillips of the Chicago White Sox granted free agency.
Mark Prior of the Chicago Cubs granted free agency.
Darrell Rasner of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Brian Rogers of the Pittsburgh Pirates granted free agency.
Brad Salmon of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Bronson Sardinha of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Josh Towers of the Toronto Blue Jays granted free agency.
Jason Tyner of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.
Matt Wise of the Milwaukee Brewers granted free agency.
The Chicago Cubs signed Kosuke Fukudome as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals released Paul Phillips.
The Seattle Mariners traded Ben Broussard to the Texas Rangers for Tug Hulett.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for Matt Albers, Mike Costanzo, Troy Patton, Dennis Sarfate and Luke Scott.
- December 12, 2006
The Boston Red Sox signed John Barnes as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Don Kelly as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Kenny Lofton as a free agent.
The Washington Nationals signed Abraham Núñez as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Mike Venafro as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Brandon Watson as a free agent.
Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Brandon Claussen of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Scott Dohmann of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Brandon Duckworth of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
Willie Eyre of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.
Marcus Giles of the Atlanta Braves granted free agency.
Alexis Gómez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Aaron Guiel of the New York Yankees granted free agency.
Jon Knott of the San Diego Padres granted free agency.
Miguel Pérez of the Cincinnati Reds granted free agency.
Joel Piñeiro of the Seattle Mariners granted free agency.
Luis Rodríguez of the Minnesota Twins granted free agency.
Jorge Sosa of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
Jayson Werth of the Los Angeles Dodgers granted free agency.
Mike Wood of the Texas Rangers granted free agency.
Víctor Zambrano of the New York Mets granted free agency.
The Colorado Rockies traded Miguel Asencio and Jason Jennings to the Houston Astros for Taylor Buchholz, Jason Hirsh and Willy Taveras.
The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Franquelis Osoria off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- December 12, 2005
The Atlanta Braves signed Cody Clark as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Elmer Dessens as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Julio Franco as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Orlando Palmeiro as a free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Earl Snyder as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed José Valentín as a free agent.
The New York Yankees signed José Veras as a free agent.
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Alfredo Marte as an amateur free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Michael Pineda as an amateur free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Vicente Padilla to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Ricardo Rodríguez (December 19, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
- December 12, 2004
The Texas Rangers signed Richard Hidalgo as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays traded Chad Gaudin to the Toronto Blue Jays for Kevin Cash.
- December 12, 2003
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Brian Bowles as a free agent.
Kia Tigers (Korean) purchased Julio Mañón from the Montreal Expos.
- December 12, 2002
The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Chris Donnels as a free agent.
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays signed Charlie Greene as a free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Fernando Abad as an amateur free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Todd Walker to the Boston Red Sox for players to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Josh Thigpen (minors) (December 16, 2002) and Tony Blanco (December 16, 2002) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
- December 12, 2001
The Seattle Mariners signed Norm Charlton as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays released Alberto Castillo.
The Cleveland Indians released Steve Woodard.
The Texas Rangers traded Darren Oliver to the Boston Red Sox for Carl Everett.
- December 12, 2000
The Colorado Rockies signed Mike Hampton as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Phil Hiatt as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Kevin Orie as a free agent.
The Texas Rangers signed Rubén Sierra as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins purchased Tim Hamulack from the Kansas City Royals.
- December 12, 1999
The Detroit Tigers sent Kimera Bartee to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
The Baltimore Orioles sent Jeff Reboulet to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.
The Colorado Rockies signed Butch Henry as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Rudy Seánez as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs traded a player to be named later, Chad Ricketts (minors) and Terry Adams to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Ismael Valdez and Eric Young Sr.. The Chicago Cubs sent Brian Stephenson (minors) (December 16, 1999) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
The Chicago Cubs traded Manny Alexander to the Boston Red Sox for Damon Buford.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Bobby Estalella to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brock.
- December 12, 1998
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Kevin Brown as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Pete Tucci (minors), Carlos Almánzar and Woody Williams to the San Diego Padres for Joey Hamilton.
- December 12, 1997
The Baltimore Orioles signed Joe Carter as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Bip Roberts as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed David Segui as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins released Alex Arias.
The Detroit Tigers released Kevin Jarvis.
The Minnesota Twins traded Rich Becker to the New York Mets for Alex Ochoa.
The Montreal Expos traded Henry Rodríguez to the Chicago Cubs for Miguel Batista.
- December 12, 1996
The Florida Marlins signed Moisés Alou as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Pat Borders as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Todd Haney as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Michael Jackson as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Mark Leiter as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Mark Portugal as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Dan Rohrmeier as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Bob Tewksbury as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos selected Marc Valdes off waivers from the Florida Marlins.
- December 12, 1995
The Boston Red Sox signed Alex Delgado as a free agent.
The Florida Marlins signed Alejandro Peña as a free agent.
- December 12, 1994
The Chicago Cubs signed Larry Casian as a free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Mark Gubicza as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Tom Henke as a free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Danny Jackson as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mackey Sasser as a free agent.
The Seattle Mariners signed Gary Thurman as a free agent.
Félix José of the Kansas City Royals granted free agency.
- December 12, 1993
The Baltimore Orioles signed Rafael Palmeiro as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles released Mark Leonard.
- December 12, 1992
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Keith Lockhart as a free agent.
- December 12, 1991
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Steve Buechele as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Wayne Kirby as a free agent.
The Atlanta Braves signed Otis Nixon as a free agent.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Eric Plunk as a free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Gus Polidor as a free agent.
- December 12, 1990
The California Angels signed Floyd Bannister as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Todd Frohwirth as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Charlie Hough as a free agent.
The Minnesota Twins signed Carl Willis as a free agent.
The San Diego Padres traded Mark Parent to the Texas Rangers for Scott Coolbaugh.
- December 12, 1989
The San Francisco Giants signed Mark Bailey as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Terry Francona as a free agent.
The New York Mets signed Orlando Mercado as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Manny Francois (minors) and Joe Kesselmark (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Davis.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Tim Leary and Van Snider to the New York Yankees for Rod Imes (minors) and Hal Morris.
- December 12, 1988
The Minnesota Twins signed Randy Bush as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox released Mike Diaz.
- December 12, 1987
The Oakland Athletics traded José Tolentino to the Texas Rangers for Tom Duggan (minors) and Kirk Killingsworth (minors).
- December 12, 1986
The San Francisco Giants signed Chris Speier as a free agent.
- December 12, 1985
The Cleveland Indians signed Tom Candiotti as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox signed Brian Giles as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Brad Gulden as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Randy Johnson as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians signed Ron Musselman as a free agent.
Mike Jorgensen of the St. Louis Cardinals granted free agency.
The Philadelphia Phillies released José Escobar.
The New York Yankees traded Joe Cowley and Ron Hassey to the Chicago White Sox for Glenn Braxton (minors), Mike Soper (minors) and Britt Burns.
The Boston Red Sox traded Charlie Mitchell to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Stenhouse.
The Detroit Tigers traded Rich Monteleone to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.
The Baltimore Orioles traded a player to be named later and Gary Roenicke to the New York Yankees for Rich Bordi and Rex Hudler. The Baltimore Orioles sent Leo Hernández (December 16, 1985) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
- December 12, 1984
The Oakland Athletics released Les Straker.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Steve Barnard (minors) and George Hendrick to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Harper and John Tudor.
- December 12, 1983
Bob Lacey of the California Angels granted free agency.
- December 12, 1980
The Montreal Expos signed Willie Montañez as a free agent.
Mike Edwards of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.
The Oakland Athletics released Dave Hamilton.
The Atlanta Braves traded Doyle Alexander to the San Francisco Giants for Craig Landis (minors) and John Montefusco.
The Toronto Blue Jays traded Bob Bailor to the New York Mets for Roy Lee Jackson.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded David Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano and Lary Sorensen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons and Pete Vuckovich.
The Seattle Mariners traded Byron McLaughlin to the Minnesota Twins for Willie Norwood.
The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Kinney.
The San Francisco Giants traded Phil Nastu and Joe Strain to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Jesús Figueroa and Jerry Martin. The Chicago Cubs sent Mike Turgeon (minors) (August 11, 1981) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
The Chicago Cubs traded Mike Vail to the Cincinnati Reds for Héctor Cruz.
The Chicago White Sox traded Rich Wortham to the Montreal Expos for Tony Bernazard.
The Texas Rangers traded Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk to the Seattle Mariners for Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, Mario Mendoza and Leon Roberts.
- December 12, 1979
The San Francisco Giants signed Milt May as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Rennie Stennett as a free agent.
The San Francisco Giants signed Jim Wohlford as a free agent.
The Chicago White Sox purchased Bill Atkinson from the Montreal Expos.
The Kansas City Royals released Jim Nettles.
- December 12, 1978
The Minnesota Twins released Mark Souza.
- December 12, 1977
The Chicago White Sox signed Mike Eden as a free agent.
The New York Mets released Mark DeJohn.
The New York Yankees traded Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Bob Polinsky (minors), Tommy Cruz and Jim Spencer.
- December 12, 1976
The Detroit Tigers released Bill Freehan.
- December 12, 1975
The Boston Red Sox signed Julio Valdez as an amateur free agent.
The Montreal Expos traded Bob Bailey to the Cincinnati Reds for Clay Kirby.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky to the Chicago White Sox for Lee Richard.
The Cleveland Indians traded Jack Brohamer to the Chicago White Sox for Larvell Blanks.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Clay Carroll to the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Sovern (minors) and Rich Hinton.
The New York Mets traded Gene Clines to the Texas Rangers for Joe Lovitto.
The Atlanta Braves traded Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Henderson, Dan Osborn and Dick Ruthven.
The Houston Astros traded Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Art Howe (January 6, 1976) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
The Atlanta Braves traded Tom House to the Boston Red Sox for Roger Moret.
The Atlanta Braves traded Mike Lum to the Cincinnati Reds for Darrel Chaney.
The Houston Astros traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for Joaquín Andújar. The Houston Astros sent Luis Sánchez (December 12, 1975) and Carlos Alfonso (minors) (December 12, 1975) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
The Boston Red Sox traded a player to be named later, Steve Barr and Juan Beníquez to the Texas Rangers for Fergie Jenkins. The Boston Red Sox sent Craig Skok (December 12, 1975) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
The New York Mets traded Bill Laxton and Rusty Staub to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Baldwin and Mickey Lolich.
- December 12, 1973
The Oakland Athletics released Rico Carty.
The San Diego Padres traded Dwain Anderson to the Cleveland Indians for Lou Camilli.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Steve Blateric to the Cleveland Indians for Roger Freed.
- December 12, 1970
The Chicago White Sox released Lee Stange.
- December 12, 1969
The California Angels released Error. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
The New York Mets traded Jim Gosger and Bob Heise to the San Francisco Giants for Dave Marshall and Ray Sadecki.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Dick Simpson and Steve Whitaker to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bolin.
- December 12, 1968
The California Angels traded Ed Kirkpatrick and Dennis Paepke to the Kansas City Royals for Hoyt Wilhelm.
Doug Clemens retired from the Philadelphia Phillies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- December 12, 1960
The Los Angeles Angels signed Del Rice as a free agent.
- December 12, 1957
The Detroit Tigers purchased Jim Delsing from the Chicago White Sox.
The Detroit Tigers purchased George Spencer from the Chicago White Sox.
- December 12, 1946
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Jimmy Bloodworth from the Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit Tigers released George Caster.
- December 12, 1945
San Diego (Pacific Coast) purchased Error from the Chicago Cubs.
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Skeeter Newsome from the Boston Red Sox.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Bill Crouch.
The Boston Red Sox traded Vic Johnson and cash to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Bagby.
- December 12, 1944
The Cleveland Indians traded Oris Hockett to the Chicago White Sox for Eddie Carnett.
The Detroit Tigers traded Joe Orengo to the Chicago White Sox for Skeeter Webb.
- December 12, 1942
The New York Giants purchased Bill Sayles from the Boston Red Sox.
The Brooklyn Dodgers traded Johnny Allen and $30,000 to the Philadelphia Phils for Rube Melton.
- December 12, 1941
The Washington Nationals traded Jimmy Bloodworth and Doc Cramer to the Detroit Tigers for Bruce Campbell and Frank Croucher.
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Arky Vaughan to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, Babe Phelps and Jimmy Wasdell.
- December 12, 1940
The Boston Red Sox purchased Pete Fox from the Detroit Tigers.
The New York Giants traded Wayne Ambler to the Cincinnati Reds for Milt Shoffner.
The Cleveland Indians traded Joe Dobson, Odell Hale and Frankie Pytlak to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Bagby, Gene Desautels and Gee Walker.
The Washington Nationals traded Gee Walker to the Boston Red Sox for Doc Cramer.
- December 12, 1938
- December 12, 1935
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Flint Rhem from the Boston Braves.
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Tommy Thevenow from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Johnny Vander Meer from the Boston Braves.
The Brooklyn Dodgers traded Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, Al Lopez and Bobby Reis to the Boston Braves for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.
- December 12, 1934
The New York Giants traded Jack Salveson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Leon Chagnon.
- December 12, 1933
The Boston Red Sox traded Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Max Bishop, Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg.
The Detroit Tigers traded Johnny Pasek and $100,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Mickey Cochrane.
The Chicago White Sox traded Charlie Berry and $20,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for George Earnshaw and Johnny Pasek.
- December 12, 1932
As part of a 3-team trade: The New York Giants sent Freddie Lindstrom to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Giants sent Chick Fullis to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Glenn Spencer to the New York Giants. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Gus Dugas to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Kiddo Davis to the New York Giants.
- December 12, 1929
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Bob Linton (December 12, 1929) to Baltimore (International) to complete the trade.
- December 12, 1925
The New York Giants sent Earl Webb (December 12, 1925) to Louisville (American Association) to complete the trade.
- December 12, 1924
The Washington Nationals traded Carr Smith and By Speece to the Cleveland Indians for Stan Coveleski.
- December 12, 1917
Frank Allen retired from the Boston Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- December 12, 1913
The New York Giants traded Grover Hartley and Buck Herzog to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Bescher.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Bob Harmon, Ed Konetchy and Mike Mowrey to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Art Butler, Cozy Dolan, Dots Miller, Hank Robinson and Owen Wilson.
- December 12, 1911
The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Moroney as a free agent.
- December 12, 1908
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Art Fromme and Ed Karger to the Cincinnati Reds for Admiral Schlei.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Red Murray, Bugs Raymond and Admiral Schlei to the New York Giants for Roger Bresnahan.
- December 12, 1907
The Chicago White Sox purchased John Anderson from the Washington Nationals.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Ira Thomas from the New York Highlanders.
- December 12, 1903
The New York Giants traded Charlie Babb, Jack Cronin and $6,000 to the Brooklyn Superbas for Bill Dahlen.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Mordecai Brown and Jack O'Neill to the Chicago for Larry McLean and Jack Taylor.
- December 12, 1899
The Chicago Orphans purchased Jack McCarthy from the Pittsburgh Pirates for $2,000.
- December 12, 1891
The New York Giants signed Denny Lyons as a free agent.
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