LEAGUE TRANSACTION NEWS
Sunday, 10/22/1903
Tuesday 1/31/1903 :
Boston (N): 3B Billy Lauder was put on the 60-Day DL.
Boston (N): 2B Pete O'brien was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Boston (N): C Lew Drill was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): C Lew Drill was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N): SS Art Madison was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Wednesday 2/1/1903 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Fred Chapman has been signed to a contract of $14,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent RF Chick Stahl has been signed to a contract of $7,385,500 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 3B Jiggs Parrott has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cincinnati: Free agent P Gussie Gannon has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (N): Free agent 3B Bill Everitt has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/2/1903 :
Philadelphia (N): Free agent P Dale Gear has been signed to a contract of $12,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Washington: Free agent P Doc Amole has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent P Ned Garvin has been signed to a contract of $4,050,500 per year, for 5 years.
Boston (N): Free agent 1B Scoops Carey has been signed to a contract of $250,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/3/1903 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Amos Rusie has been signed to a contract of $330,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/4/1903 :
Chicago (A): Free agent P Joe Corbett has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N): Free agent P John Hollison has been signed to a contract of $2,710,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland: Free agent P George Borchers has been signed to a contract of $722,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/6/1903 :
Philadelphia (A): Put C Tom Terrell on the 60 Day DL.
Wednesday 2/8/1903 :
Boston (A): Free agent SS Joe Sullivan has been signed to a contract of $2,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Jake Stenzel has been signed to a contract of $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N): Free agent 2B Lew Camp has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/9/1903 :
Cleveland: Free agent CF Mike Griffin has been signed to a contract of $4,010,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 2/11/1903 :
Cincinnati: Free agent 2B Jack Doyle has been signed to a contract of $8,123,456 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/12/1903 :
Cleveland: CF Mike Griffin was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: CF Mike Griffin was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: P George Borchers was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: P Amos Rusie was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: Placed P George Borchers on irrevocable waivers.
Cleveland: Placed P Amos Rusie on irrevocable waivers.
Boston (N): P John Hollison was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P John Hollison was assigned to the active roster.
Boston (N): C Jake Stenzel was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): C Jake Stenzel was assigned to the active roster.
Boston (N): 1B Scoops Carey was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 1B Scoops Carey was assigned to the active roster.
Boston (N): P Chief Bender was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Chief Bender was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (A): P Joe Corbett was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (A): P Joe Corbett was assigned to the active roster.
Monday 2/13/1903 :
New York (N): Free agent P Tom Smith has been signed to a contract of $312,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1903 :
New York (N): Free agent SS Bill Dahlen has been signed to a contract of $3,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/16/1903 :
Cleveland: Free agent RF Joe Peitz has been signed to a contract of $4,420,000 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore: Free agent P Willie Sudhoff has been signed to a contract of $675,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/17/1903 :
Boston (A): Free agent CF George Hogriever has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/18/1903 :
Trade between Boston (N) and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
P Jack Taylor
Boston (N) gets :
C Jake Stahl
P Harry Kane
P Dike Varney
Boston (N): C Jake Stahl was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): C Jake Stahl was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N): P Harry Kane was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Dike Varney was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 3B Charlie Dearmond was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 3B Charlie Dearmond was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (A): Designated P Bill Garfield for assignment.
St. Louis (A): Placed P Bill Garfield on irrevocable waivers.
Chicago (A): P Red Ames was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (A): P Red Ames was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Detroit: Free agent 1B Spider Clark has been signed to a contract of $3,200,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/20/1903 :
New York (A): Free agent P Jock Menefee has been signed to a contract of $333,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/21/1903 :
New York (N): Free agent 2B Harry Lyons has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/23/1903 :
New York (N): Free agent SS Bill Hallman has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/24/1903 :
Cleveland: P Amos Rusie was assigned to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: RF Joe Peitz was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: RF Joe Peitz was assigned to the active roster.
New York (N): Free agent P Alex Jones has been signed to a contract of $645,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 3/1/1903 :
Pittsburgh: 2B Frank Eustace was promoted from AA Rocherster Wasp to AAA Kingston Pirates.
Pittsburgh: P Ed Taylor was sent down from AAA Kingston Pirates to AA Rocherster Wasp.
Pittsburgh: 3B Ed Hilley was sent down from AAA Kingston Pirates to A Denver Deamons.
Pittsburgh: SS Lee Demontreville was sent down from AAA Kingston Pirates to AA Rocherster Wasp.
Thursday 3/2/1903 :
St. Louis (A): Removed P Bill Garfield from waivers.
Saturday 4/1/1903 :
St. Louis (A) : Free agent Bill Magee has been signed to minor league deal.
New York (N) : Free agent Sam Dungan has been signed to minor league deal.
Philadelphia (N) : Free agent Frank Martin has been signed to minor league deal.
Cleveland: Put P John Grimes on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was promoted from to the active roster.
Cleveland: Put P Charlie Jordan on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: P George Borchers was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: Released RF Pete Cregan.
Cleveland: 3B Hugh Hill was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: SS Simon Nicholls was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: C Jack Coveney was promoted from A Youngstown Penguins to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: CF Pete Hill was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: RF Jimmy Sebring was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: CF Charlie Dexter was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: LF Ed Pabst was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: Put CF Eddie Burke on waivers and designate for assignment for the purpose of his unconditional release.
Cleveland: P Charlie Jordan was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: P Charlie Jordan was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: P John Grimes was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: P John Grimes was assigned to the active roster.
Philadelphia (A): Released C Ed Hughes.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Dave Williams on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put 3B John Walsh on the 15 Day DL.
Cincinnati: Released P Gussie Gannon.
Cincinnati: Released 2B Jack Doyle.
New York (N): Designated RF Biff Sheehan for assignment.
New York (N): Placed RF Biff Sheehan on irrevocable waivers.
Chicago (A): Released P Tom Hughes.
New York (N) : Free agent Win Mercer has been signed to minor league deal.
New York (N) : Free agent Tom Colcolough has been signed to minor league deal.
Boston (A): SS Joe Sullivan was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (A): SS Joe Sullivan was assigned to the active roster.
Boston (A): CF George Hogriever was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (A): CF George Hogriever was assigned to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: 3B Jiggs Parrott was put on the 40-man roster.
Pittsburgh: 3B Jiggs Parrott was assigned to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: Designated 3B Jiggs Parrott for assignment.
Pittsburgh: P Fred Chapman was put on the 40-man roster.
Pittsburgh: P Fred Chapman was assigned to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: 3B Jiggs Parrott was put on the 40-man roster.
Brooklyn: P Ned Garvin was put on the 40-man roster.
Brooklyn: P Ned Garvin was assigned to the active roster.
Brooklyn: RF Chick Stahl was put on the 40-man roster.
Brooklyn: RF Chick Stahl was assigned to the active roster.
Sunday 4/9/1903 :
Boston (A): Designated P Pete Wood for assignment.
Boston (A): Placed P Pete Wood on waivers.
St. Louis (N): Put SS Bill Keister on the 60 Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put C Frank Connaughton on the 60 Day DL.
Cleveland: 2B Jack Thoney was promoted from to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Monday 4/17/1903 :
St. Louis (N): Put C Tom Kinslow on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A) : Free agent John Warner has been signed to minor league deal.
Boston (A) : Free agent Candy Lachance has been signed to minor league deal.
Saturday 4/22/1903 :
Cleveland: Designated RF Fred Ketchum for assignment.
Cleveland: CF Eddie Burke was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: CF Eddie Burke was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: Designated CF Eddie Burke for assignment.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was assigned to the active roster.
Cleveland: CF Eddie Burke was put on the 40-man roster.
Pittsburgh: SS Billy Hulen was put on the 15-Day DL.
Pittsburgh: 3B Jiggs Parrott was assigned to the active roster.
Tuesday 4/25/1903 :
Boston (N): C Jake Stahl was put on the 15-Day DL.
Boston (N): P Harry Kane was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N): P Jack Doscher was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Red Long was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P George Merritt was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Lou Polchow was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Welcome Gaston was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 3B Billy Lauder was put on the 40-man roster.
Sunday 4/30/1903 :
Boston (A): P Pete Wood was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (A): P Pete Wood was assigned to the active roster.
Tuesday 5/2/1903 :
Boston (N): P Bill Bernhard was put on the 15-Day DL.
Boston (N): P Charlie Shields was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): P Charlie Shields was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N): P Clay Fauver was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Boston (N): P George Merritt was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (A): Designated C Bill Moran for assignment.
Boston (A): Placed C Bill Moran on irrevocable waivers.
Chicago (A): P Red Ames was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Billy Ging was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Bob Blewett was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (A): P Bob Blewett was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (A): P Charlie Hickman was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Wednesday 5/10/1903 :
Detroit: Put 1B Spider Clark on the 60 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Harry Maupin on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 5/13/1903 :
Cleveland: Released CF Eddie Burke.
Tuesday 5/23/1903 :
Boston (A): Released C Bill Moran.
Friday 5/26/1903 :
Philadelphia (A): Put CF Tom Mccreery on the 60 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put C Marty Bergen on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put LF Fielder Jones on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Billy Ging was promoted from to the active roster.
Friday 6/2/1903 :
Boston (A): Put P Bill Hoffer on the 60 Day DL.
Chicago (N) : Elmer Flick has been signed to a contract extension, $7,720,000 per year, for 6 years.
Chicago (N) : Frank Connaughton has been signed to a contract extension, $1,050,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): P Dick Conway was put on the 15-Day DL.
Boston (N): P Bill Bernhard was promoted from to the active roster.
Boston (N): P George Merritt was put on the 15-Day DL.
Sunday 6/4/1903 :
Chicago (A): P Bob Blewett was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Saturday 6/10/1903 :
Cleveland: P Cy Young was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: P Walter Thornton was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Chicago (N): Put P Jack Stivetts on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 6/13/1903 :
Pittsburgh: 1B Larry Battam was sent down from AAA Kingston Pirates to AA Rocherster Wasp.
Sunday 6/18/1903 :
New York (A): Put C Art Twineham on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: CF Mike Griffin was put on the 15-Day DL.
Monday 6/26/1903 :
Chicago (N) : Sammy Strang has been signed to a contract extension, $290,000 per year, for 1 years.
Wednesday 7/5/1903 :
Philadelphia (N): Released P Walter Ball.
Thursday 7/13/1903 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Willie Mills on the 60 Day DL.
Friday 7/21/1903 :
Cleveland: P Cy Young was promoted from to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was put on the 60-Day DL.
Cleveland: 3B Pep Clark was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: 3B Pep Clark was put on the 60-Day DL.
Cleveland: Released P Charlie Jordan.
Cleveland: CF Mike Griffin was promoted from to the active roster.
Trade between Chicago (A) and Chicago (N) :
Chicago (N) gets :
SS Charlie Irwin
Chicago (A) gets :
P Billy Milligan
Chicago (A): 2B Hobe Ferris was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (A): P Billy Milligan was put on the 40-man roster.
Chicago (A): P Billy Milligan was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (A): Put SS Danny Shay on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 7/29/1903 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Jack Sutthoff.
Philadelphia (A) : Tom Mccreery has been signed to a contract extension, $5,320,000 per year, for 5 years.
Saturday 8/5/1903 :
St. Louis (A): Put P King Bailey on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (A): Put P Ed Poole on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Removed P Pete Wood from waivers.
Chicago (N): Put CF Tuck Turner on the 15 Day DL.
Sunday 8/13/1903 :
Detroit: Put C Kitty Bransfield on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Kid Madden.
Boston (N) : Free agent Harry Davis has been signed to a contract of $344,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N) : Free agent Jack Doyle has been signed to a contract of $2,096,000 per year, for 1 years.
Wednesday 8/16/1903 :
Pittsburgh: P Bill Cristall was sent down from AAA Kingston Pirates to AA Rocherster Wasp.
Monday 8/21/1903 :
Boston (A): Put 2B Harry Truby on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 8/29/1903 :
St. Louis (N): Put P Jim Korwan on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put RF Jim Burns on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: SS Joe Tinker was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: RF Rube Ward was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Chicago (N) : Tuck Turner has been signed to a contract extension, $7,390,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 9/3/1903 :
Boston (N): 2B Jack Doyle was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 2B Jack Doyle was assigned to the active roster.
Boston (N): 1B Harry Davis was put on the 40-man roster.
Boston (N): 1B Harry Davis was assigned to the active roster.
Tuesday 9/5/1903 :
New York (N): Designated 2B Lew Camp for assignment.
New York (N): Placed 2B Lew Camp on waivers.
St. Louis (A) : Dusty Miller has been signed to a contract extension, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N) : Nick Altrock has been signed to a contract extension, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis (N) : Joe Wright has been signed to a contract extension, $1,050,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Bill Massey has been signed to a contract extension, $736,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : Dan Mcgann has been signed to a contract extension, $3,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Dick Padden has been signed to a contract extension, $700,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Ginger Beaumont has been signed to a contract extension, $5,850,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : Jay Hughes has been signed to a contract extension, $1,350,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : Charlie Cady has been signed to a contract extension, $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Seth Sigsby has been signed to a contract extension, $1,530,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland : Billy Hamilton has been signed to a contract extension, $3,350,000 per year, for 1 years.
Cleveland : Chief Sockalexis has been signed to a contract extension, $550,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : Charlie Reilly has been signed to a contract extension, $340,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 9/13/1903 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Willie Mills.
St. Louis (A) : Jocko Halligan has been signed to a contract extension, $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N) : George Ziegler has been signed to a contract extension, $2,800,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland: 1B Bill Richardson was put on the 40-man roster.
Cleveland: 1B Bill Richardson was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Thursday 9/21/1903 :
Cleveland: SS Joe Tinker was promoted from to the active roster.
Saturday 9/23/1903 :
Pittsburgh: SS Lee Demontreville was promoted from AA Rocherster Wasp to AAA Kingston Pirates.
Tuesday 9/26/1903 :
New York (N): Released 2B Lew Camp.
Friday 9/29/1903 :
Cleveland: P Cy Young was put on the 15-Day DL.
New York (A) : Fred Clarke has been signed to a contract extension, $7,700,000 per year, for 6 years.
New York (A) : Buck Freeman has been signed to a contract extension, $7,280,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (A) : Jimmy Collins has been signed to a contract extension, $5,390,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 10/5/1903 :
Cleveland: 1B Bill Richardson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
St. Louis (N): Designated P Charlie Hastings for assignment.
St. Louis (N): Placed P Charlie Hastings on irrevocable waivers.
St. Louis (N): Designated 2B Ducky Holmes for assignment.
St. Louis (N): Placed 2B Ducky Holmes on irrevocable waivers.
Saturday 10/7/1903 :
New York (A): CF Bill Friel was sent down from the active roster to AAA Newark Bears.
New York (A): C Art Twineham was sent down from the active roster to AAA Newark Bears.
Saturday 10/14/1903 :
Cleveland: P Lefty Hopper was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P Cy Young was promoted from to the active roster.

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