1896 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 16, 1895

  Signed Denny Lyons as a free agent.

• January, 1896

  Traded Monte Cross, Bill Hart and $750 to the St. Louis Browns. Received Bones Ely.

• May 2, 1896

  Traded Billy Clingman to the Louisville Colonels. Received Eddie Boyle and Joe Wright.

• May 30, 1896

  Purchased Tom Delahanty from the Cleveland Spiders. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 4, 1896

  Purchased Harry Truby from the Chicago Colts.

• July 25, 1896

  Traded Jake Beckley to the New York Giants. Received Harry Davis and $1,000.

• September 26, 1896

  Drafted Jesse Tannehill from Richmond (Virginia) in the 1896 rule 5 draft.

• November 11, 1896

  Traded Elmer Horton, Tom O'Brien, Jake Stenzel and Harry Truby to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Steve Brodie and Jim Donnelly.

• March 3, 1897

  Lou Bierbauer player rights sold to the St. Louis Browns. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)