MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Thursday, 10/26/1901
Tuesday 1/31/1901 :
Indianapolis: 3B John Ricks was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: LF Jack O'brien was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Thursday 2/2/1901 :
Cleveland: Free agent RF George Hogriever has been signed to a contract of $990,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/6/1901 :
Philadelphia (A): Removed P Charlie Bell from waivers.
Cleveland: Free agent P Scott Stratton has been signed to a contract of $4,422,000 per year, for 5 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1901 :
Baltimore: Free agent P Charlie Getzien has been signed to a contract of $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland: Free agent 3B Oyster Burns has been signed to a contract of $3,110,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1901 :
Baltimore: Free agent SS Ed Mckean has been signed to a contract of $3,325,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 2/9/1901 :
Baltimore: Free agent P John Henry has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N): Free agent SS Farmer Weaver has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A): Free agent CF Podge Weihe has been signed to a contract of $697,000 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent LF Fred Truax has been signed to a contract of $655,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/10/1901 :
Boston (A): Free agent 2B Harry Truby has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (A): Free agent 1B John Anderson has been signed to a contract of $5,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 2/11/1901 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent P Will Sawyer has been signed to a contract of $10,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A): Free agent LF Tom Gettinger has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/12/1901 :
Washington: Free agent P Al Burris has been signed to a contract of $4,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/13/1901 :
Detroit: Free agent P John Shearon has been signed to a contract of $5,600,000 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit: Free agent 2B Pete O'brien has been signed to a contract of $588,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent P Jock Menefee has been signed to a contract of $705,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1901 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Larry Mckeon has been signed to a contract of $10,500,001 per year, for 6 years.
Boston (A): Free agent P Matt Kilroy has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/16/1901 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Bert Abbey has been signed to a contract of $2,500,500 per year, for 4 years.
Friday 2/17/1901 :
Brooklyn: Free agent C Billy Earle has been signed to a contract of $1,650,000 per year, for 2 years.
Washington: Free agent P Joe Corbett has been signed to a contract of $1,270,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/19/1901 :
Boston (A): Free agent CF Joe Donohue has been signed to a contract of $3,125,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/24/1901 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 2B Reddy Mack has been signed to a contract of $1,750,500 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent P Tom Parrott has been signed to a contract of $1,750,500 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore: Free agent C Pop Schriver has been signed to a contract of $550,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/25/1901 :
Boston (A): Free agent C Mike Goodfellow has been signed to a contract of $9,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit: Free agent 2B Harry Lyons has been signed to a contract of $3,310,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/26/1901 :
Boston (A): Free agent P Pete Wood has been signed to a contract of $9,700,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N): Free agent C Frank Connaughton has been signed to a contract of $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/27/1901 :
Detroit: Free agent 1B Bob Glenalvin has been signed to a contract of $2,151,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit: Free agent 2B Parson Nicholson has been signed to a contract of $2,800,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 3/2/1901 :
Cleveland: P Amos Rusie was assigned to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P Amos Rusie was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
St. Louis (N): Released SS Billy Clingman.
St. Louis (N): Released P Ted Breitenstein.
St. Louis (N): Released P Ed Stein.
Saturday 4/1/1901 :
Philadelphia (A): Released LF Ben Harrison.
Boston (N): Put P Bill Bernhard on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put C Joe Sugden on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Released C Emmett Rogers.
Chicago (A): 2B Hobe Ferris was promoted from AA to AAA .
Chicago (A): RF Bill Hallman was promoted from AA to AAA .
Chicago (A): 2B Truck Eagan was promoted from A to AAA .
Chicago (A): 3B Emil Haberer was promoted from A to AAA .
Chicago (A): LF Charlie Luskey was promoted from A to AAA .
Cincinnati: Released P Fred Woodcock.
Chicago (N): Released C Con Daily.
Sunday 4/9/1901 :
Boston (N) : Free agent Fred Hartman has been signed to a contract of $900,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A) : Free agent Bill Hoffer has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Baltimore: Put RF Buck Freeman on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put P Pete Wood on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put P Frank Mcpartlin on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): C John O'neill was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Monday 4/17/1901 :
Detroit: Put P Ed Seward on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put P Joe Corbett on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put LF Bill Lange on the 60 Day DL.
Saturday 4/22/1901 :
Baltimore: Released 2B Patsy Tebeau.
Baltimore: Released P Bill Sowders.
Tuesday 4/25/1901 :
Trade between Chicago (A) and Philadelphia (N) :
Philadelphia (N) gets :
P Jake Volz
Chicago (A) gets :
SS Dan Coogan
Chicago (A): Put P George Haddock on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Chicago (A): SS Dan Coogan was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: P Bill Bishop was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: P Bill Carrick was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: P Tom Colcolough was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: P Case Patten was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: P Ed Murphy was put on the 60-Day DL.
Pittsburgh: CF John Dobbs was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: 3B Larry Battam was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Tuesday 5/2/1901 :
Trade between Chicago (A) and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
LF Tom Hernon
Chicago (A) gets :
2B Phil Geier
Cleveland: Released LF Tom Hernon.
Cleveland: LF Sam Dungan was put on the 15-Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Davey Dunkle on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): 2B Phil Geier was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Wednesday 5/10/1901 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Gus Mcginnis on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A) : Ed Delahanty has been signed to a contract extension, $10,180,000 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (A) : Jack Stivetts has been signed to a contract extension, $15,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Tuesday 5/16/1901 :
Baltimore: Released P Ed Mars.
Detroit: Released 3B John Newell.
Chicago (A): Released P George Haddock.
Tuesday 5/23/1901 :
Boston (A): Released 2B Jack Crooks.
Friday 5/26/1901 :
Cleveland: P Cy Young was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put P Roy Patterson on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 6/3/1901 :
St. Louis (N): Put LF Emmet Heidrick on the 15 Day DL.
Thursday 6/8/1901 :
Milwaukee: Released P Harry Staley.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Davey Dunkle.
Sunday 6/11/1901 :
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was put on the 15-Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Released P George Meakim.
Brooklyn: Released 2B Bobby Rothermel.
Brooklyn: Released 3B John Hinton.
Brooklyn: Released 2B Jim Miller.
Brooklyn: Released LF George Grossart.
Brooklyn: Put SS Joe Sullivan on the 60 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put C Fred Fagin on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 6/19/1901 :
Detroit: Put P Earl Moore on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): Put RF Dan Sweeney on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Chicago (A): P Bill Phyle was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Tuesday 6/27/1901 :
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): Put P Nick Altrock on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: Put P John Slagle on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: P John Grimes was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: Placed 1B Joe Quinn on irrevocable waivers.
Cleveland: Placed P Charlie Sweeney on waivers.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: LF Chief Sockalexis was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: C Paddy Livingston was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: RF Bob Lindemann was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Wednesday 7/5/1901 :
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Philadelphia (N) : Free agent Billy Rhines has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 7/10/1901 :
Chicago (A): Released RF Dan Sweeney.
Thursday 7/13/1901 :
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was promoted from to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Milwaukee : Bill Husted has been signed to a contract extension, $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : Jim Donnelly has been signed to a contract extension, $646,000 per year, for 1 years.
Milwaukee : Jake Virtue has been signed to a contract extension, $1,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : Jocko Halligan has been signed to a contract extension, $2,800,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : Charlie Hamburg has been signed to a contract extension, $410,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : Heinie Reitz has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 7/18/1901 :
Chicago (N): Released C Tub Welch.
Saturday 7/29/1901 :
Cleveland : Free agent Charlie Abbey has been signed to a contract of $1,292,000 per year, for 1 years.
Cleveland: Put LF Chief Sockalexis on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Baltimore: Put P Toad Ramsey on the 60 Day DL.
Baltimore : Al Mays has been signed to a contract extension, $3,390,000 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : Paul Mcsweeney has been signed to a contract extension, $3,390,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 8/5/1901 :
St. Louis (N): Put SS Bill Keister on the 15 Day DL.
Trade between Cleveland and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
SS Charlie Irwin
Cleveland gets :
SS Truck Eagan
Sunday 8/13/1901 :
St. Louis (N): Put 2B Lew Camp on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Charlie Hickman was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Monday 8/21/1901 :
Washington: Put P Ed Siever on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put P Al Burris on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put C Buster Burrell on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 9/9/1901 :
Detroit: Put P Togie Pittinger on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N) : Duff Cooley has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis (N) : Bill Massey has been signed to a contract extension, $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 9/17/1901 :
Washington: Put C Billy Sullivan on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put 2B Frank Bonner on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Lefty Hopper was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Sunday 10/1/1901 :
Philadelphia (N) : Jake Beckley has been signed to a contract extension, $6,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 10/5/1901 :
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P Lefty Hopper was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Philadelphia (A) : Tom Terrell has been signed to a contract extension, $960,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee: Designated P Bill Garfield for assignment.
Milwaukee: Designated P Frank Dwyer for assignment.
Sunday 10/8/1901 :
Washington: Released P Hardie Henderson.
Washington: Released SS Tom Sexton.
Thursday 10/19/1901 :
Boston (A) : Harley Payne has been signed to a contract extension, $340,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 10/26/1901 :
Detroit : Nap Lajoie has been signed to a contract extension, $10,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N): P Pete Dowling was put on the 60-Day DL.
New York (N) : Pete Meegan has been signed to a contract extension, $748,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : Tim Shinnick has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : Hugh Duffy has been signed to a contract extension, $8,550,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Jim Adams has been signed to a contract extension, $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.

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