MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Wednesday, 10/25/1899
Wednesday 2/1/1899 :
Boston (N): Free agent P Dick Conway has been signed to a contract of $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (N): Free agent C Jack Doyle has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (N): Free agent 1B Jake Beckley has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Jack Bellman has been signed to a contract of $520,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/2/1899 :
Cincinnati: Free agent RF Jack Mccarthy has been signed to a contract of $4,390,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent RF Dick Johnston has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 2/3/1899 :
Boston (A): Free agent SS Spider Clark has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Charlie Bell has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 2/4/1899 :
Boston (N): Free agent P Bill Daley has been signed to a contract of $375,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/5/1899 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent P Con Murphy has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1899 :
Boston (N): Free agent RF Jimmy Bannon has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent 3B Jud Smith has been signed to a contract of $600,000 per year, for 4 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1899 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Gus Mcginnis has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Saturday 2/11/1899 :
Philadelphia (N): Free agent P Charlie Getzien has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent 3B Bill Joyce has been signed to a contract of $7,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/13/1899 :
Boston (A): Free agent C Pop Schriver has been signed to a contract of $3,125,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A): Free agent SS Bobby Wheelock has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/14/1899 :
Philadelphia (N): Free agent RF John Grim has been signed to a contract of $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Louisville: Free agent CF Jim Donnelly has been signed to a contract of $667,001 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1899 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Frank Knauss has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/16/1899 :
Cleveland: Free agent 1B Joe Quinn has been signed to a contract of $5,420,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 2/18/1899 :
Trade between Baltimore and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
2B Harry Truby
3B Jesse Hoffmeister
C Pat Mccauley
P Elton Chamberlain
P George Hodson
$3,000,000 cash.
Baltimore gets :
CF Dummy Stephenson
SS Kip Selbach
P Lou Galvin
P Alex Jones
Louisville: Put P Ed Conley on the 60 Day DL.
Sunday 2/19/1899 :
Washington: Free agent 1B Harry Taylor has been signed to a contract of $3,040,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/23/1899 :
Washington: Free agent 2B Pete O'brien has been signed to a contract of $2,530,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/27/1899 :
Boston (A): Free agent CF Marty Sullivan has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 3/2/1899 :
Washington: Put P Hardie Henderson on the 15 Day DL.
Baltimore: Placed P Highball Wilson on waivers.
Friday 3/10/1899 :
Pittsburgh: SP Highball Wilson has been claimed off waivers from Baltimore.
Saturday 4/1/1899 :
Cleveland: Put P Bill Blair on waivers and designate for assignment for the purpose of his unconditional release.
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: CF Pete Hill was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: LF Fred Zahner was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: RF Tacks Latimer was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: P Bill Banks was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Charlie Jordan was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Boston (A) : Free agent Podge Weihe has been signed to a contract of $2,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N): Put RF Jimmy Bannon on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put RF Fred Lake on the 15 Day DL.
Baltimore: Released P Lou Galvin.
Sunday 4/9/1899 :
Boston (N) : Free agent Eddie Burke has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N) : Free agent Jim Fogarty has been signed to a contract of $1,700,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 4/20/1899 :
New York (N): CF Ginger Beaumont was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): RF Joe Daly was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N): Released C Tom O'meara.
Boston (N): Released P John Wood.
Saturday 4/22/1899 :
Cleveland: Released P Bill Blair.
Monday 5/1/1899 :
Baltimore : Free agent Ed Seward has been signed to a contract of $2,628,000 per year, for 1 years.
Washington: Removed P Art Hagan from waivers.
Washington: Removed P Dan Daub from waivers.
Tuesday 5/9/1899 :
Columbus : Free agent Mike Slattery has been signed to a contract of $904,000 per year, for 1 years.
Columbus: Put P Win Mercer on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Released 3B John O'connell.
Chicago (N): P Skel Roach was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Sal Campfield was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Nixey Callahan was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Joe Yingling was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): 3B Jimmy Williams was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): 1B Shorty Fuller was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): 2B Ben Conroy was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): SS Charles Yingling was promoted from AAA Los Angeles Angels to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Cy Young was put on the 15-Day DL.
Wednesday 5/17/1899 :
Boston (N) : Free agent Lave Cross has been signed to a contract of $2,400,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (N) : Free agent Bill Vinton has been signed to a contract of $692,000 per year, for 1 years.
Cincinnati: Put P Jim Handiboe on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Released C Jack Bellman.
Boston (N): Released RF Fred Lake.
St. Louis (N): Put CF Dan Lally on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N) : Cy Young has been signed to a contract extension, $5,750,000 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (N) : Joe Kelley has been signed to a contract extension, $7,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (N) : Ed Dugan has been signed to a contract extension, $2,990,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 5/25/1899 :
Indianapolis: P Deacon Phillippe was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: P Stub Brown was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Tuesday 5/30/1899 :
Louisville: Released P Ed Conley.
Columbus: Released C Tom Cotter.
Saturday 6/10/1899 :
Columbus: Put P Dick Cogan on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 6/19/1899 :
Baltimore : Kip Selbach has been signed to a contract extension, $5,710,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Free agent Jack Bellman has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (N): Put LF Sam Mertes on the 60 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Con Murphy on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 6/26/1899 :
Philadelphia (N): Released 3B Jerry Mccormick... he retired.
Saturday 7/1/1899 :
Baltimore: Released CF Walt Wilmot.
Wednesday 7/5/1899 :
Cleveland : Tuck Turner has been signed to a contract extension, $3,100,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Removed P Tom Lipp from waivers.
Pittsburgh: Removed P George Hemming from waivers.
Pittsburgh: Removed P Tom Colcolough from waivers.
Pittsburgh: Removed P Elton Chamberlain from waivers.
Pittsburgh: Put P Ed Murphy on the 15 Day DL.
Thursday 7/13/1899 :
Cleveland : Free agent Jake Virtue has been signed to a contract of $1,756,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 7/21/1899 :
Trade between Cleveland and Chicago (N) :
Chicago (N) gets :
RF Tuck Turner
RF Fielder Jones
3B Kid Elberfeld
P Bill Banks
Cleveland gets :
P Cy Young
CF Sam Dungan
Cleveland: P Charlie Sweeney was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: P Lefty Hopper was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): Put P Pop Williams on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N) : George Ziegler has been signed to a contract extension, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Wednesday 7/26/1899 :
Pittsburgh: Released LF Frank Huelsman.
Pittsburgh: Released C Farmer Steelman.
Saturday 7/29/1899 :
Cincinnati: Put P Pete Conway on the 15 Day DL.
Cincinnati : Piggy Ward has been signed to a contract extension, $3,260,000 per year, for 2 years.
Indianapolis: C Pete Lohman was put on the 15-Day DL.
Indianapolis: SS Sam Gillen was put on the 15-Day DL.
Indianapolis: C Morgan Murphy was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Monday 8/7/1899 :
Cleveland : Sam Dungan has been signed to a contract extension, $5,320,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : Charlie Cady has been signed to a contract extension, $1,600,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N): Put RF Dick Johnston on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put RF Topsy Hartsel on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: Put P Charlie Jordan on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: P Seth Sigsby was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Walter Thornton was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P John Slagle was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: SS Deacon Mcguire was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: C Charlie Hoover was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: CF Bug Holliday was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Wednesday 8/16/1899 :
Philadelphia (A): Put 1B Shad Barry on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): P Ed Dugan was put on the 15-Day DL.
Indianapolis : Jesse Burkett has been signed to a contract extension, $13,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Indianapolis: SS Ben Ellis was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: RF Dan Sweeney was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: LF Tom Hernon was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Saturday 8/19/1899 :
Cincinnati: Released P Bill Sullivan.
Thursday 8/24/1899 :
Cleveland: Put SS Buster Hoover on waivers and designate for assignment for the purpose of his unconditional release.
Cleveland: P Charlie Jordan was assigned to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Baltimore: Put SS Kip Selbach on the 60 Day DL.
Baltimore: Put P Vic Willis on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Bill Phillips on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Gus Mcginnis on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Nick Altrock on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A) : Nig Cuppy has been signed to a contract extension, $1,170,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Tommy Corcoran has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis (N) : Con Murphy has been signed to a contract extension, $1,080,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Jim Burns has been signed to a contract extension, $5,590,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N) : Duff Cooley has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Billy Clingman has been signed to a contract extension, $836,000 per year, for 1 years.
St. Louis (N) : Dan Lally has been signed to a contract extension, $4,180,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 9/1/1899 :
Baltimore : Free agent Patsy Tebeau has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Baltimore : Patsy Tebeau has been signed to a contract extension, $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Mike Grady has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 9/9/1899 :
St. Louis (N): Released P Al Mccauley.
St. Louis (N): Released P Ed Eiteljorge.
St. Louis (N): Put P Jim Korwan on the 15 Day DL.
Louisville : Charlie Hamburg has been signed to a contract extension, $3,900,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Dummy Hoy has been signed to a contract extension, $2,250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Louisville : Park Swartzel has been signed to a contract extension, $980,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Billy Crowell has been signed to a contract extension, $610,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Bill Burke has been signed to a contract extension, $615,000 per year, for 1 years.
Louisville : Frank Dwyer has been signed to a contract extension, $810,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 9/17/1899 :
Philadelphia (N): Put P Charlie Getzien on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put 2B Jack Doyle on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 9/25/1899 :
Brooklyn: Released 2B Jimmy Peoples.
Brooklyn: Released 3B John Meister.
Boston (N) : George Decker has been signed to a contract extension, $5,300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N) : Tommy Mccarthy has been signed to a contract extension, $2,260,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N) : Dave Anderson has been signed to a contract extension, $6,760,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N) : Clark Griffith has been signed to a contract extension, $1,130,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 10/5/1899 :
Cleveland: Released SS Buster Hoover.
Philadelphia (A): Released P John Weyhing.
Monday 10/16/1899 :
St. Louis (N): Released P Ed Knouff.
Wednesday 10/25/1899 :
Cincinnati : Pete Conway has been signed to a contract extension, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cincinnati : Jake Stenzel has been signed to a contract extension, $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh : Red Donahue has been signed to a contract extension, $810,000 per year, for 5 years.

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