MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Saturday, 10/21/1885
Tuesday 1/31/1885 :
Cleveland: LF Ralph Ham was sent down from the active roster to A .
Cleveland: P Mike Corcoran was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cleveland: P John Cattanach was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Wednesday 2/1/1885 :
Boston (N): Free agent CF Paul Hines has been signed to a contract of $8,200,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N): Free agent CF Orator Shaffer has been signed to a contract of $9,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent 1B Lew Brown has been signed to a contract of $1,800,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/2/1885 :
Louisville: Free agent 2B Jack Farrell has been signed to a contract of $3,360,001 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/3/1885 :
Brooklyn: Free agent LF George Gore has been signed to a contract of $9,050,500 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N): Free agent CF Buttercup Dickerson has been signed to a contract of $4,600,001 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 2/4/1885 :
New York (N): Free agent CF Jim O'rourke has been signed to a contract of $7,100,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Charlie Bennett has been signed to a contract of $4,000,001 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/5/1885 :
New York (N): Free agent RF Mike Dorgan has been signed to a contract of $7,141,185 per year, for 4 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1885 :
Baltimore: Free agent C Ned Williamson has been signed to a contract of $4,600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/10/1885 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent CF Blondie Purcell has been signed to a contract of $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 2/11/1885 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent 2B Joe Quest has been signed to a contract of $400,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/12/1885 :
New York (N): Put P John Ryan on the 15 Day DL.
Cincinnati: Free agent CF Doug Allison has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/13/1885 :
Brooklyn: Free agent C Barney Gilligan has been signed to a contract of $465,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/16/1885 :
Baltimore: Free agent C Pop Snyder has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Baltimore: Free agent 1B Doc Kennedy has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 2/17/1885 :
Louisville: Free agent SS Jack Rowe has been signed to a contract of $16,667,001 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent LF Jack Manning has been signed to a contract of $5,086,648 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/19/1885 :
Baltimore: Free agent 3B Frank Hankinson has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 2/20/1885 :
St. Louis (A): MR Ed Smith has been claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh.
Wednesday 2/22/1885 :
Baltimore: Free agent SS Lou Say has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 4/1/1885 :
Baltimore: Put P Harry Salisbury on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Dupee Shaw on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: C Jack Clements was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): LF Ernie Burch was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): CF Charlie Waitt was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): SS Jim Pirie was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Charlie Hilsey was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P John Coleman was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: RF Bill Collver was sent down from AAA to AA .
Cleveland: CF Joe Visner was sent down from AAA to AA .
Cleveland: C Pop Tate was sent down from AAA to AA .
Pittsburgh: Released C Bill Rollinson.
Pittsburgh: Released C Al Struve.
Pittsburgh: Released SS Bill Morgan.
Pittsburgh: P Henry Porter was put on the 60-Day DL.
Sunday 4/9/1885 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Chuck Lauer on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put CF Charlie Comiskey on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put CF Blondie Purcell on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 4/17/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Put P John Valentine on the 60 Day DL.
St. Louis (A): Put SS Bill Boyd on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 5/2/1885 :
Detroit: Put SS Joe Werrick on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Dick Burns on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P George Bradley on the 15 Day DL.
Wednesday 5/10/1885 :
Trade between Philadelphia (A) and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
3B Billy Nash
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P Jim Mccormick
Thursday 5/18/1885 :
New York (N): Put P Tip O'neill on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put C Jocko Milligan on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: 3B Billy Nash was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Friday 5/26/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Released 2B Dick Pierson.
Saturday 6/3/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Placed LF Count Gedney on waivers.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Ed Seward on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 6/19/1885 :
Philadelphia (A): Put 1B Harry Stovey on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 7/3/1885 :
Providence: Released RF John Mckelvey... he retired.
Tuesday 7/4/1885 :
Philadelphia (A): Put SS Steve Bellan on the 60 Day DL.
Wednesday 7/12/1885 :
Philadelphia (N): Released SS Jim Pirie.
Detroit: SS Sadie Houck was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Thursday 7/20/1885 :
Cincinnati: Put SS Pop Corkhill on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 7/24/1885 :
St. Louis (N): Released P Frank Fleet... he retired.
Friday 7/28/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Released 3B Clipper Flynn.
Philadelphia (A) : George Bradley has been signed to a contract extension, $5,470,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 8/4/1885 :
St. Louis (N): Released CF Charlie Hodes.
St. Louis (A) : Harry Wheeler has been signed to a contract extension, $600,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 8/7/1885 :
St. Louis (N): Released SS George Wright... he retired.
Sunday 8/20/1885 :
Louisville: Put CF Dennis Casey on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 9/4/1885 :
Philadelphia (A): Released 1B Charlie Mason.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Morrie Critchley.
Philadelphia (A): Released 2B Dickie Flowers.
Philadelphia (A): Put SS Cub Stricker on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put P James Burke on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put P Toad Ramsey on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: 1B Charlie Bastian was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: C Kid Baldwin was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: C Cal Broughton was promoted from AA to AAA .
Tuesday 9/12/1885 :
St. Louis (N): Removed P John Mcmullin from waivers.
Thursday 9/28/1885 :
New York (N): Put P John Ward on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn : Tim Keefe has been signed to a contract extension, $1,650,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn : Candy Nelson has been signed to a contract extension, $290,000 per year, for 1 years.
New York (N) : Mickey Welch has been signed to a contract extension, $9,310,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : Pete Gillespie has been signed to a contract extension, $2,240,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 10/5/1885 :
Detroit : Ned Hanlon has been signed to a contract extension, $4,125,000 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit : George Wood has been signed to a contract extension, $3,950,000 per year, for 3 years.
Louisville : Sam Weaver has been signed to a contract extension, $1,530,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Juice Latham has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Jack Gleason has been signed to a contract extension, $3,250,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 10/11/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Released 2B Ross Barnes.
St. Louis (A): Released RF Gat Stires.
Sunday 10/15/1885 :
St. Louis (A): Released SS John Shetzline.
Providence : John Cassidy has been signed to a contract extension, $450,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 10/21/1885 :
Philadelphia (A) : Harry Stovey has been signed to a contract extension, $12,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (A) : Pop Smith has been signed to a contract extension, $770,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (A): Released SS Steve Bellan.

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