MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Sunday, 10/22/1925
Wednesday 2/1/1925 :
Cincinnati: Free agent P Jesse Barnes has been signed to a contract of $15,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Bob Shawkey has been signed to a contract of $1,175,996 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent SS Dave Bancroft has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit: Free agent C Cy Perkins has been signed to a contract of $540,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/2/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent 1B Jack Fournier has been signed to a contract of $3,900,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Carl Mays has been signed to a contract of $2,800,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 1B Joe Judge has been signed to a contract of $4,667,001 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/3/1925 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent RF Jack Smith has been signed to a contract of $3,330,001 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/4/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Guy Morton has been signed to a contract of $1,000,001 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent C Val Picinich has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/5/1925 :
St. Louis (A): Free agent SS Swede Risberg has been signed to a contract of $2,600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent P Dick Mccabe has been signed to a contract of $1,616,000 per year, for 5 years.
Detroit: Free agent P Chick Holmes has been signed to a contract of $376,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/6/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Tim Mccabe has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1925 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Tom Johnson has been signed to a contract of $420,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent LF Lee Magee has been signed to a contract of $400,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Frank Withrow has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/9/1925 :
New York (N): Free agent P Pol Perritt has been signed to a contract of $8,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent C Wally Schang has been signed to a contract of $4,450,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N): Free agent CF Happy Felsch has been signed to a contract of $1,200,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/11/1925 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Bunny Hearn has been signed to a contract of $590,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sunday 2/12/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Jim Shaw has been signed to a contract of $1,000,001 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/14/1925 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 1B Thurman Jennings has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1925 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Roy Sanders has been signed to a contract of $3,333,301 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N): Free agent P George Smith has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 2/16/1925 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Art Nehf has been signed to a contract of $6,510,100 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent RF Casey Stengel has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (A): Free agent 3B Aaron Ward has been signed to a contract of $3,910,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N): Free agent RF Jimmy Johnston has been signed to a contract of $600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/20/1925 :
Brooklyn: Free agent LF Zack Wheat has been signed to a contract of $2,050,550 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 2/24/1925 :
Chicago (N): LF Leo Durocher was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): 3B E.c. Turner was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): 3B Heinie Odom was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): 2B Newt Allen was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): 2B Bob Miller was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): C Hugh Mcmullen was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Bill Tyler was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Chet Brewer was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Joe Giard was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Detroit: Removed C Cy Perkins from waivers.
Detroit: Removed C Val Picinich from waivers.
Wednesday 3/1/1925 :
Brooklyn: Free agent RF Sam Rice has been signed to a contract of $1,505,000 per year, for 1 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Rube Bressler has been signed to a contract of $333,001 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 3/2/1925 :
Chicago (N): 1B Walter Holke was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): 3B Larry Gardner was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): RF George Shively was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): 3B Richard Jackson was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Saturday 4/1/1925 :
Chicago (A): Released 2B Ed Hemingway.
Chicago (A): Released LF Vern Spencer.
Pittsburgh: Removed P Rube Bressler from waivers.
Cincinnati: P Bert Cole was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cincinnati: 1B Dizzy Nutter was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cincinnati: LF Sam White was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cincinnati: RF Tom Mcnamara was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): C Bennie Tate was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Chicago (N): SS Willie Wells was promoted from to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Wayne Carr was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): RF George Shively was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): CF Eddie Brown was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Philadelphia (A): SS Pat Patterson was assigned to AAA .
Philadelphia (A): Released P Jim Shaw.
Boston (N): P Art Decatur was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Boston (N): P Shovel Hodge was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Monday 4/17/1925 :
Boston (A): Released 2B Joe Cobb.
Boston (A): Removed P Ferdie Schupp from waivers.
Tuesday 4/18/1925 :
Detroit: C Cy Perkins was assigned to AAA .
Detroit: C Val Picinich was assigned to AAA .
St. Louis (A): P Bill Sherdel was assigned to AAA .
Tuesday 4/25/1925 :
Detroit: Put P Win Ballou on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put P Art Nehf on the 15 Day DL.
Wednesday 5/3/1925 :
Boston (A): Removed P Hugh Mcquillan from waivers.
Chicago (A): Put P Eddie Rommel on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put P Jim Jeffries on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 5/6/1925 :
Chicago (N): Designated SS Bernardo Baro for assignment.
Chicago (N): Designated P Lawrence Terrell for assignment.
Chicago (N): SS Willie Wells was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Thursday 5/11/1925 :
Trade between Cincinnati and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
1B Julio Rojo
Cincinnati gets :
CF Edd Roush
Trade between Chicago (N) and Boston (N) :
Boston (N) gets :
SS Bernardo Baro
P Lawrence Terrell
Chicago (N) gets :
CF Charles Smith
Boston (A) : Free agent Joe Bush has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (N): CF Eddie Brown was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): CF Charles Smith was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Detroit: Released C Cy Perkins.
Detroit: Put P Vic Keen on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (A): Put C Mickey Cochrane on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put LF Zack Wheat on the 15 Day DL.
Friday 5/19/1925 :
Boston (A) : Free agent George Burns has been signed to a contract of $1,004,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (N): 3B Dobie Moore was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (N): C Bubber Jonnard was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Fred Bell was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Philadelphia (N): P Lewis Hampton was promoted from AA Reading Phillies to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Ed Corey was promoted from AA Reading Phillies to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Ed Corey was sent down from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to AA Reading Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P George Blaeholder was sent down from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to AA Reading Phillies.
Pittsburgh: Put P Wilbur Cooper on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 5/20/1925 :
Boston (N): P Frank Woodward was assigned to AAA .
Boston (N): P Charles Corbett was put on the 60-Day DL.
Saturday 5/27/1925 :
Chicago (N): C Bubber Jonnard was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (N): C Luke Sewell was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (A): Put P Arthur Henderson on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put CF Oscar Charleston on the 60 Day DL.
Sunday 5/28/1925 :
Boston (A): Released P Hugh Mcquillan.
Boston (N): P Roy Parker was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Saturday 6/3/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Released 2B L. Hamilton.
Philadelphia (A): Released SS Pete Turgeon.
Philadelphia (A): Released SS Wally Dashiell.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Spencer Pumpelly.
Detroit: Put P Bill Bayne on the 15 Day DL.
Sunday 6/11/1925 :
New York (A): SS Carter Elliott was put on the 60-Day DL.
New York (A): CF Pete Washington was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (A): 1B Jimmie Foxx was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (A): 1B Robert Hudspeth was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): P Dazzy Vance was put on the 15-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): P Phil Cockrell was put on the 15-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): P Clarence Winters was put on the 60-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): P Lucas Boada was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): P Lefty Grove was put on the 15-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): P Earl Howard was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): P Buckshot May was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): P George Murray was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): SS Harry Pearce was put on the 60-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): C Roy Luebbe was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): RF Chick Fewster was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): LF Lee King was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): SS Les Bell was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): 3B Bienvenido Jimenez was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): 1B Ray Knode was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): 2B Ernie Padgett was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Cleveland : Bill Lamar has been signed to a contract extension, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland : Bill Lamar has been signed to a contract extension, $4,300,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (A) : Free agent Jim Shaw has been signed to a contract of $516,000 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn : Biz Mackey has been signed to a contract extension, $6,050,000 per year, for 5 years.
Brooklyn : Harry Heilmann has been signed to a contract extension, $7,510,000 per year, for 5 years.
Brooklyn : Thurman Jennings has been signed to a contract extension, $320,000 per year, for 1 years.
Pittsburgh : Walton Cruise has been signed to a contract extension, $627,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Red Smyth has been signed to a contract extension, $1,760,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cincinnati : Joe Sewell has been signed to a contract extension, $5,300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : Frank Wickware has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (N) : Bob Steele has been signed to a contract extension, $1,850,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N) : Poindexter Williams has been signed to a contract extension, $500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 6/19/1925 :
Boston (A): Put 2B Aaron Ward on the 60 Day DL.
Cleveland : Walter Johnson has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 6/20/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Red Faber.
Tuesday 6/27/1925 :
Boston (A): Removed P Ferdie Schupp from waivers.
Chicago (A): Released P Willie Haynes.
Chicago (A): Released P Cy Morgan.
Chicago (A): Released C John Barnes.
Chicago (A): Released C Frank Mccrea.
Chicago (A): Released P Tige Stone.
Chicago (A): Released P Bert Lewis.
Detroit: Put P Cliff Bell on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A) : Rasty Wright has been signed to a contract extension, $684,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A) : Ray Schalk has been signed to a contract extension, $600,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A) : Charlie Grimm has been signed to a contract extension, $3,290,000 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (A) : Stuffy Mcinnis has been signed to a contract extension, $600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (A) : Joe Dugan has been signed to a contract extension, $760,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (A) : Stan Coveleski has been signed to a contract extension, $4,720,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Dan Kennard has been signed to a contract extension, $5,460,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N): P Percy Miller was put on the 15-Day DL.
Chicago (N): C Luke Sewell was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Zack Foreman was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Wednesday 7/5/1925 :
Boston (A) : Jim Shaw has been signed to a contract extension, $1,050,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 7/13/1925 :
Detroit: Released P Joe Martina.
Friday 7/21/1925 :
Detroit: Put RF Willie Miles on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 7/29/1925 :
Detroit: Put P Charley Root on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 8/5/1925 :
Detroit: Put P Ren Kelly on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put CF Carson Bigbee on the 15 Day DL.
Sunday 8/13/1925 :
Boston (A): Removed P Ferdie Schupp from waivers.
Pittsburgh : Al Mamaux has been signed to a contract extension, $350,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Wilbur Cooper has been signed to a contract extension, $8,550,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Jesse Haines has been signed to a contract extension, $3,990,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 8/21/1925 :
Philadelphia (A): Removed P Carl Mays from waivers.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Tim Mccabe on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Vic Keen on the 60 Day DL.
Tuesday 8/29/1925 :
Boston (A) : Free agent Tom Rogers has been signed to a contract of $1,840,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (A): Put 2B Frankie Frisch on the 60 Day DL.
Pittsburgh: Put 2B Charles Wesley on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 9/5/1925 :
Chicago (A): Put P Harry Salmon on the 15 Day DL.
Washington : George Sisler has been signed to a contract extension, $13,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Washington : Bert Gallia has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Washington : Pie Traynor has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Washington : Doc Prothro has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Washington : John Peters has been signed to a contract extension, $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Washington : Bob Geary has been signed to a contract extension, $585,000 per year, for 1 years.
Washington : Webster Mcdonald has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A) : Benny Kauff has been signed to a contract extension, $2,400,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (N): P Lewis Hampton was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Willie Powell was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Clay Roe was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Garland Braxton was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Logan Drake was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Cactus Keck was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): Put RF Sammy Vick on waivers and designate for assignment for the purpose of his unconditional release.
Philadelphia (N): LF Roy Massey was promoted from AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): Placed P Jimmy Ring on irrevocable waivers.
Philadelphia (N): Placed P Dick Redding on irrevocable waivers.
Chicago (N): P George Pipgras was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Charlie Henry was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Bonnie Hollingsworth was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): P Joe Matthews was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): P Joel Newkirk was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): LF Pablo Mesa was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): RF Walter Mueller was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): CF Eddie Brown was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): LF Bernie Friberg was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): 1B Lem Hawkins was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): P Edgar Barnhart was promoted from AA Peoria Chiefs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): C Tim Griesenbeck was promoted from AA Peoria Chiefs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): CF Mickey O'neil was promoted from AA Peoria Chiefs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Wednesday 9/13/1925 :
Brooklyn: Released 1B Burlin White.
Brooklyn: Released SS Chick Sorrells.
Brooklyn: Released C Dixie Parker.
Brooklyn: Released C Bert Adams.
St. Louis (A) : Ben Tincup has been signed to a contract extension, $3,510,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 9/14/1925 :
Chicago (N): SP Dicta Johnson has been claimed off waivers from Boston (A).
Thursday 9/21/1925 :
Detroit : Allen Russell has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (A) : Bibb Falk has been signed to a contract extension, $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : Colonel Snover has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Monty Swartz has been signed to a contract extension, $3,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Pete Kilduff has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N) : George Scales has been signed to a contract extension, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Charlie Jamieson has been signed to a contract extension, $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 9/22/1925 :
Philadelphia (N): Released RF Sammy Vick.
Saturday 9/30/1925 :
Boston (A): P Slicker Parks was assigned to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Thursday 10/5/1925 :
Boston (A): P Rasty Wright was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): P Tom Grubbs was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): P Jim Walsh was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): 3B Rube Lutzke was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): RF George Watson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Philadelphia (N): P Willie Powell was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Lewis Hampton was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Walter Beall was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Garland Braxton was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Cactus Keck was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Jimmy Ring was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): P Dick Redding was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Philadelphia (N): LF Roy Massey was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Sunday 10/8/1925 :
Chicago (N): Released P Bonnie Hollingsworth.
Sunday 10/15/1925 :
Pittsburgh : Hooks Dauss has been signed to a contract extension, $2,890,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn : Muddy Ruel has been signed to a contract extension, $3,505,500 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn : Heinie Groh has been signed to a contract extension, $7,060,500 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn : Zack Wheat has been signed to a contract extension, $3,050,500 per year, for 1 years.
Washington: Put 1B Curt Walker on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A) : Joe Bush has been signed to a contract extension, $4,890,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 10/22/1925 :
Cleveland : Frank Brower has been signed to a contract extension, $3,480,000 per year, for 3 years.

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