LEAGUE TRANSACTION NEWS
Sunday, 10/22/1886
Tuesday 1/31/1886 :
Louisville: Put P Jim Mcelroy on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put LF Fred Lewis on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: Put C Doc Bushong on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: 1B Charlie Bastian was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cleveland: 1B Fatty Briody was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cleveland: SS Bill White was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cleveland: C Doc Bushong was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: C Doc Bushong was assigned to the active roster.
Wednesday 2/1/1886 :
Detroit: Free agent C Emil Gross has been signed to a contract of $6,125,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N): Free agent 3B Hick Carpenter has been signed to a contract of $390,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/3/1886 :
Brooklyn: Free agent SS Lou Say has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/4/1886 :
Philadelphia (N): Free agent CF Mike Mansell has been signed to a contract of $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent CF Tom Burns has been signed to a contract of $3,100,500 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 2/5/1886 :
Louisville: Free agent 2B Hardy Richardson has been signed to a contract of $8,867,001 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 2/6/1886 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent 1B Roger Connor has been signed to a contract of $12,750,000 per year, for 5 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent P Frank Mountain has been signed to a contract of $2,100,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent C Silver Flint has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 4 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1886 :
Cleveland: Free agent SS Buck Ewing has been signed to a contract of $8,250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 2/10/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent CF Tom Loftus has been signed to a contract of $333,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 2/11/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent P Lee Richmond has been signed to a contract of $6,151,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 2/12/1886 :
St. Louis (N): Designated P John Mcmullin for assignment.
St. Louis (N): Placed P John Mcmullin on irrevocable waivers.
Monday 2/13/1886 :
Cleveland: Free agent 3B King Kelly has been signed to a contract of $14,950,420 per year, for 6 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent 2B Jack Leary has been signed to a contract of $1,111,111 per year, for 1 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent SS Denny Mack has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/14/1886 :
Providence: Free agent 1B Ecky Stearns has been signed to a contract of $3,125,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1886 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent C Pop Snyder has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/16/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent 3B Frank Hankinson has been signed to a contract of $645,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 2/18/1886 :
Cleveland: 3B King Kelly was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: 3B King Kelly was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: Placed SS Buck Ewing on waivers.
St. Louis (A): Free agent CF Jim Lillie has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
New York (N): SS Buck Ewing has been claimed off waivers from Cleveland.
Sunday 2/19/1886 :
Louisville: Free agent LF Tom York has been signed to a contract of $6,677,101 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N): Free agent CF Doc Kennedy has been signed to a contract of $1,111,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/23/1886 :
Louisville: Free agent P Harry Mccormick has been signed to a contract of $1,260,001 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/24/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Designated 3B John Dailey for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed 3B John Dailey on waivers.
St. Louis (A): Designated LF Jim Tipper for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed LF Jim Tipper on waivers.
Saturday 2/25/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent P Stump Wiedman has been signed to a contract of $11,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Providence: Free agent SS Arthur Irwin has been signed to a contract of $8,125,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 3/1/1886 :
New York (N): Free agent SS Jack Leary has been signed to a minor league contract.
New York (N): Free agent 2B Ed Caskin has been signed to a minor league contract.
Louisville: Free agent CF Fred Warner has been signed to a minor league contract.
Brooklyn: Free agent C Phil Powers has been signed to a minor league contract.
Providence: C George Myers was promoted from A to AA .
Providence: C Ed Sixsmith was sent down from AA to A .
Cincinnati: CF Len Sowders was sent down from AAA to AA .
Cincinnati: C Dan Dugdale was sent down from AAA to A .
Cincinnati: 2B Joe Reilly was promoted from A to AA .
Philadelphia (N): 2B Art Benedict was sent down from AAA to AA .
Philadelphia (N): CF Charlie Waitt was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): 2B George Bryant was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): SS Chris Rickley was sent down from AAA to AA .
Philadelphia (N): P John Kirby was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): LF Willie Murphy was sent down from AAA to AA .
Philadelphia (N): 1B Pop Joy was sent down from AAA to AA .
Philadelphia (N): P Frank Gilmore was promoted from AA to AAA .
Thursday 3/2/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Designated 3B Dick Phelan for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed 3B Dick Phelan on waivers.
Washington: Designated 3B Deacon White for assignment.
Washington: Placed 3B Deacon White on waivers.
St. Louis (N): Released P John Mcmullin.
Saturday 4/1/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Released LF Jim Tipper.
St. Louis (A): Designated CF Rudy Kemmler for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed CF Rudy Kemmler on irrevocable waivers.
St. Louis (A): Designated 1B Sam King for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed 1B Sam King on waivers.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Alonzo Breitenstein on the 60 Day DL.
New York (N): Put 1B Hick Carpenter on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 4/1/1886 :
Cincinnati: CF Jim Manning was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: C Charlie Robinson was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: P Mac Macarthur was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: P Al Mays was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: P Fleury Sullivan was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Providence: C George Moolic was promoted from A to AA .
Washington: Released 3B Deacon White.
Cincinnati: CF Len Sowders was promoted from AA to AAA .
Cincinnati: CF Jim Manning was sent down from AAA to A .
Philadelphia (N): 2B Art Benedict was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): C Abe Wolstenholme was promoted from A to AA .
Philadelphia (N): P John Kirby was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): P Con Murphy was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): CF Unknown Joyce was promoted from A to AA .
Sunday 4/9/1886 :
St. Louis (N): Put P Bill Hutchison on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 4/15/1886 :
Providence: C George Moolic was promoted from A to AA .
Monday 4/17/1886 :
Cincinnati: Put P Perry Werden on the 15 Day DL.
Wednesday 5/3/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Released CF Joe Straub.
Philadelphia (A): Put 2B Holly Hollingshead on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A) : Bobby Mathews has been signed to a contract extension, $970,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Ed Cogswell has been signed to a contract extension, $260,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 5/27/1886 :
New York (N) : Buck Ewing has been signed to a contract extension, $10,580,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (A) : Harry Wheeler has been signed to a contract extension, $900,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N): P Con Murphy was promoted from AA to AAA .
Tuesday 5/30/1886 :
Philadelphia (N): 2B Art Benedict was sent down from AAA to AA .
Saturday 6/3/1886 :
Trade between Philadelphia (A) and St. Louis (N) :
St. Louis (N) gets :
P Jim Mccormick
RF Bill Crowley
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P John Greason
Sunday 6/11/1886 :
Providence: Put C Amos Cross on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P George Bradley on the 60 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put CF Paul Radford on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put RF Tommy Mccarthy on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A) : Mike Moynahan has been signed to a contract extension, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : Free agent Joe Battin has been signed to minor league deal.
Tuesday 6/27/1886 :
St. Louis (A) : Free agent Joe Straub has been signed to minor league deal.
Trade between New York (N) and St. Louis (A) :
St. Louis (A) gets :
P John Ward
New York (N) gets :
P Ed Kent
Detroit: Put P Jack (da) Jones on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Dupee Shaw on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 7/8/1886 :
Cincinnati: CF Jim Manning was promoted from A to AA .
Thursday 7/13/1886 :
Washington : George Derby has been signed to a contract extension, $5,410,000 per year, for 5 years.
Friday 7/21/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Designated SS Denny Mack for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed SS Denny Mack on waivers.
Philadelphia (A): Put C Tom Barlow on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N) : Bill Crowley has been signed to a contract extension, $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N) : Hugh Nicol has been signed to a contract extension, $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 7/29/1886 :
Providence: Put P Charlie Daniels on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (A): Designated CF Tom Loftus for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed CF Tom Loftus on irrevocable waivers.
Philadelphia (A): Designated 3B Bob Blakiston for assignment.
Philadelphia (A): Placed 3B Bob Blakiston on irrevocable waivers.
St. Louis (N): Designated 2B Hugh Nicol for assignment.
St. Louis (N): Placed 2B Hugh Nicol on irrevocable waivers.
Providence: C George Moolic was promoted from A to AA .
Saturday 8/5/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Released SS Denny Mack.
Sunday 8/13/1886 :
Philadelphia (A): Removed 3B Bob Blakiston from waivers.
St. Louis (N): Removed 2B Hugh Nicol from waivers.
Monday 8/14/1886 :
Philadelphia (N): RF John Tener was sent down from AA to A .
Monday 8/21/1886 :
Chicago (N): P Buck Becannon was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (N): P Buck Becannon was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P A Mccaffery was put on the 60-Day DL.
Chicago (N): 2B Charlie Jones was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (N): 2B Charlie Jones was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cincinnati: 1B John Smith was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: P Perry Werden was promoted from to the active roster.
Tuesday 8/29/1886 :
St. Louis (N): Put LF John Kiley on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (A) : Jack Leary has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (N): 3B Charlie Kelly was sent down from AAA to A .
Philadelphia (N): RF John Tener was sent down from AA to A .
Philadelphia (N): CF Charlie Waitt was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): 2B George Bryant was promoted from AA to AAA .
Philadelphia (N): C Abe Wolstenholme was sent down from AAA to AA .
Philadelphia (N): 3B Harry Koons was sent down from AAA to AA .
Tuesday 9/5/1886 :
Cleveland: P Jim Devlin was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: P Jim Devlin was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: C Connie Mack was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: C Connie Mack was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: LF Tom Ryder was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: LF Tom Ryder was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland: RF Scrappy Carroll was sent down from AAA to AA .
Cleveland: 1B Fatty Briody was sent down from AAA to AA .
Cleveland: C Pop Tate was sent down from AA to A .
Cleveland: C Frank Graves was promoted from A to AA .
Cleveland: RF Gene Moriarity was promoted from AA to AAA .
Wednesday 9/13/1886 :
St. Louis (A): Designated P John Ward for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed P John Ward on irrevocable waivers.
Thursday 9/21/1886 :
Brooklyn : Steve Brady has been signed to a contract extension, $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn : Jack Lynch has been signed to a contract extension, $2,305,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn : John Richmond has been signed to a contract extension, $305,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 9/22/1886 :
Boston (N): SP John Ward has been claimed off waivers from St. Louis (A).
Saturday 9/23/1886 :
Providence: P Chris Mcfarland was promoted from AA to AAA .
Friday 9/29/1886 :
Providence: Released C Sandy Nava.
Providence: Released RF Fraley Rogers.
Providence : Jerry Denny has been signed to a contract extension, $1,810,000 per year, for 2 years.
Providence : Cliff Carroll has been signed to a contract extension, $1,600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Providence : Bill Stearns has been signed to a contract extension, $690,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 10/5/1886 :
Chicago (N) : Larry Corcoran has been signed to a contract extension, $1,990,000 per year, for 2 years.
Washington: Put 1B Dan Brouthers on the 15 Day DL.
Providence : John Cassidy has been signed to a contract extension, $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Ed Swartwood has been signed to a contract extension, $13,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Friday 10/13/1886 :
Brooklyn: Designated C Bill Holbert for assignment.
Brooklyn: Placed C Bill Holbert on irrevocable waivers.
Washington : Dan Brouthers has been signed to a contract extension, $17,600,000 per year, for 5 years.
Detroit : Sam Trott has been signed to a contract extension, $710,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit : Martin Powell has been signed to a contract extension, $7,950,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 10/22/1886 :
New York (N) : Jim O'rourke has been signed to a contract extension, $6,020,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N) : John Morrill has been signed to a contract extension, $1,650,000 per year, for 3 years.

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