MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Friday, 10/20/1929
Tuesday 1/31/1929 :
Chicago (N): RF Heinie Mueller was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): Designated 3B Richard Jackson for assignment.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Waite Hoyt on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Philadelphia (N): Put 1B Joe Schepner on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Philadelphia (N): Put SS Rabbit Maranville on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Wednesday 2/1/1929 :
New York (A): Free agent P George Pipgras has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C John Peters has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/2/1929 :
Philadelphia (N): Free agent LF Joe Jackson has been signed to a contract of $2,410,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit: Free agent P Lefty Stewart has been signed to a contract of $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Colonel Snover has been signed to a contract of $2,333,001 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Frank Snyder has been signed to a contract of $659,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Allen Russell has been signed to a contract of $2,250,001 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent P Logan Hensley has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Friday 2/3/1929 :
Boston (N): Free agent P Dana Fillingim has been signed to a contract of $2,100,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P George Dumont has been signed to a contract of $3,330,001 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent CF Bevo Lebourveau has been signed to a contract of $850,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 2/4/1929 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent 1B Ike Boone has been signed to a contract of $2,760,001 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/5/1929 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent LF Jim Bottomley has been signed to a contract of $8,700,000 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent 3B Topper Rigney has been signed to a contract of $4,777,001 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 2/6/1929 :
Trade between Chicago (N) and Boston (N) :
Boston (N) gets :
CF Pete Washington
Chicago (N) gets :
RF Tetelo Vargas
Trade between Chicago (N) and Boston (N) :
Boston (N) gets :
P Connie Rector
P Bill Holland
C Bill Perkins
P Joe Giard
P Myles Thomas
Chicago (N) gets :
C Josh Gibson
Chicago (N): P Charlie Henry was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): C Jack Cummings was promoted from AA Peoria Chiefs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): C Tim Griesenbeck was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): RF Heinie Mueller was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): RF Chick Fullis was sent down from the active roster to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
Cleveland: Free agent C Jimmy Lyons has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Will Koenigsmark has been signed to a contract of $777,001 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1929 :
Detroit: Free agent 3B Fred Haney has been signed to a contract of $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Jim Walsh has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Washington: Free agent CF George Bennette has been signed to a contract of $350,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1929 :
New York (A): MR Waite Hoyt has been claimed off waivers from Philadelphia (N).
Thursday 2/9/1929 :
Detroit: Free agent SS Bobby Lamotte has been signed to a contract of $8,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/10/1929 :
Boston (N): Free agent LF Freddy Leach has been signed to a contract of $3,250,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A): Free agent P Carl Mays has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/12/1929 :
Chicago (N): Free agent C Pinky Hargrave has been signed to a contract of $955,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/13/1929 :
New York (A): Free agent 1B Joe Hauser has been signed to a contract of $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N): Free agent P Phil Morrison has been signed to a contract of $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (A): Free agent LF Hack Miller has been signed to a contract of $375,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/14/1929 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Mike Kircher has been signed to a contract of $2,750,500 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1929 :
Detroit: Free agent P Charley Root has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent P Rip Collins has been signed to a contract of $550,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/16/1929 :
New York (A): Free agent P Clarence Fisher has been signed to a contract of $2,250,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/17/1929 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Speed Martin has been signed to a contract of $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A): Free agent 1B Joe Judge has been signed to a contract of $650,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/18/1929 :
Boston (N): Removed C John Peters from waivers.
Sunday 2/19/1929 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent 2B Lance Richbourg has been signed to a contract of $5,600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Detroit: Free agent SS Travis Jackson has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Monday 2/20/1929 :
New York (A): Free agent P Harry Salmon has been signed to a contract of $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/21/1929 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent P Ralph Comstock has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/24/1929 :
Trade between Boston (N) and Detroit :
Detroit gets :
LF Roy Hutson
Boston (N) gets :
2B Babe Pinelli
Saturday 2/25/1929 :
Boston (N): Free agent SS Heinie Sand has been signed to a contract of $465,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sunday 2/26/1929 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Lloyd Latimer has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 3/2/1929 :
New York (A): Released C Ed Connolly.
New York (A): Released LF Al Weston.
New York (A): Put C Bill Dickey on the 15 Day DL.
Pittsburgh: Released P Jesse Haines.
Pittsburgh: Released P Wilbur Cooper.
Brooklyn: Released P Mel Ingram.
Saturday 4/1/1929 :
Chicago (N): P Willie Foster was put on the 60-Day DL.
Chicago (N): LF Pablo Mesa was promoted from to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): P Bill Drake was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): LF Heinie Manush was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): C Pinky Hargrave was assigned to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (A): Released 3B Harry Wilke.
Chicago (A): Released 1B Speed Walker.
Chicago (A): Released P Milt Steengrafe.
Chicago (A): Released CF Joe Bratcher.
Detroit: Released P Dan Jessee.
Detroit: Put P Ray Benge on the 60 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put P Paul Castner on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Boston (A): P Paul Castner was assigned to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): LF Denver Grigsby was put on the 15-Day DL.
Boston (A): 2B Fresco Thompson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Boston (A): 1B Johnny Neun was sent down from the active roster to AAA Louisville Colonels.
Philadelphia (A): P Norm Lehr was put on the 15-Day DL.
New York (A): Released CF Happy Felsch.
New York (A): Released LF Hack Miller.
St. Louis (N): P Harry Hulihan was put on the 15-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): P Ralph Comstock was put on the 15-Day DL.
St. Louis (N): SS Les Bell was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
St. Louis (N): P George Murray was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Sunday 4/9/1929 :
Detroit: Released P Jack Ogden.
Thursday 4/20/1929 :
St. Louis (A): Released P Joe Dawson.
St. Louis (A): Released P Bill Sherdel.
St. Louis (A): Released P Tom Zachary.
St. Louis (A): Released P George Abrams.
St. Louis (A): Released P Joe Kiefer.
St. Louis (A): Released P Dutch Stryker.
Tuesday 4/25/1929 :
Trade between New York (A) and Philadelphia (A) :
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P Ed Walsh
1B Joe Hauser
2B Earl Webb
New York (A) gets :
2B Woody English
C Wattie Holm
2B Jack Rothrock
Trade between New York (A) and Philadelphia (A) :
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P Clarence Fisher
P Harry Salmon
1B Joe Judge
New York (A) gets :
P Sheriff Blake
P Speed Martin
Philadelphia (A): Put P Firpo Marberry on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 5/2/1929 :
Washington: Put P Carl Hubbell on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Released 1B Lyman Lamb.
Detroit: Put CF Phil Voyles on the 15 Day DL.
Wednesday 5/10/1929 :
Cleveland: Put P Bill Bishop on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: Put RF Johnny Holt on the 60 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put RF Paul Waner on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): P Satchel Paige was put on the 15-Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put 1B Joe Schepner on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Friday 5/12/1929 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Walt Kinney.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Pat Malone.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Guy Morton.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Jesse Winters.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Jim Wright.
Thursday 5/18/1929 :
Chicago (N): P Zack Foreman was put on the 60-Day DL.
Detroit: Put 3B Mark Koenig on the 60 Day DL.
Detroit: Put C Mitch Murray on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put LF Al Wingo on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit : Harvey Hendrick has been signed to a contract extension, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A) : Free agent Pat Malone has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 5/26/1929 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Jim Lindsey.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Benny Frey on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Ray Moss on the 15 Day DL.
Detroit: Put P Bert Cole on the 15 Day DL.
Pittsburgh: Put RF Jack Smith on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 5/27/1929 :
Philadelphia (N): 1B Joe Schepner was assigned to AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre Phillies.
New York (A): LF S. r. Dewitt has been claimed off waivers from Detroit.
Saturday 6/3/1929 :
Washington: Put P Carl Hubbell on the 15 Day DL.
Pittsburgh : Frank Ellerbe has been signed to a contract extension, $2,300,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Bob Fothergill has been signed to a contract extension, $1,170,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 6/11/1929 :
Boston (N) : Babe Pinelli has been signed to a contract extension, $2,810,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit : Branch Russell has been signed to a contract extension, $2,090,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : Sam Jones has been signed to a contract extension, $350,000 per year, for 1 years.
New York (A) : Everett Scott has been signed to a contract extension, $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : Braggo Roth has been signed to a contract extension, $450,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 6/19/1929 :
Chicago (N): P Charlie Henry was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N) : Bob Steele has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : Jud Wilson has been signed to a contract extension, $3,350,000 per year, for 5 years.
Chicago (N) : Willie Wells has been signed to a contract extension, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N) : Dobie Moore has been signed to a contract extension, $300,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 6/27/1929 :
St. Louis (A): Put 2B Abie Hood on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A) : Milt Stock has been signed to a contract extension, $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (A) : Stuffy Mcinnis has been signed to a contract extension, $800,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N) : Charlie Gehringer has been signed to a contract extension, $7,125,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 7/13/1929 :
Cleveland: Released P Ralph Miller.
Cleveland: Put P Speed Martin on the 60 Day DL.
Cleveland: Put P Jack Wisner on the 60 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Ralph Comstock on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): CF George Sweatt was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): LF Pablo Mesa was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): RF Ted Page was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): RF Lefty Atkinson was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Chicago (N): CF George Sweatt was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): P Oscar Estrada was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): C Josh Gibson was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): 1B Earl Sheely was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Chicago (N): C Josh Gibson was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): C Josh Gibson was promoted from AA Peoria Chiefs to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): LF Carl Sumner was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to AA Peoria Chiefs.
Chicago (N): Placed C Bubber Jonnard on irrevocable waivers.
Chicago (N): LF Pablo Mesa was sent down from the active roster to AAA Iowa Cubs.
Chicago (N): RF Walter Mueller was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Friday 7/14/1929 :
Detroit: Released P Jesse Barnes.
St. Louis (A): Released P Molly Craft.
Pittsburgh: Released P Colonel Snover.
Friday 7/21/1929 :
Chicago (N): RF Walter Mueller was put on the 60-Day DL.
Chicago (N): LF Pablo Mesa was promoted from AAA Iowa Cubs to the active roster.
Detroit: Put P Bert Cole on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 7/22/1929 :
St. Louis (N): Released P Bill Pertica.
Saturday 7/29/1929 :
Pittsburgh: Put P William Bell on the 15 Day DL.
Trade between Philadelphia (N) and Chicago (N) :
Chicago (N) gets :
SS Orville Riggins
CF Clint Thomas
Philadelphia (N) gets :
SS Willie Wells
3B Howard Berry
Philadelphia (N): Put 3B Pete Kilduff on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Chicago (N): C Josh Gibson was sent down from AAA Iowa Cubs to A Madison Cubs.
Sunday 8/13/1929 :
Detroit: Put P Vic Sorrell on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put SS Bernardo Baro on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 8/15/1929 :
Boston (N): Released C John Peters.
Philadelphia (N): Released 3B Pete Kilduff.
Monday 8/21/1929 :
St. Louis (A) : Bibb Falk has been signed to a contract extension, $5,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A): P Lucas Turk was put on the 60-Day DL.
New York (A): C William Ewing was put on the 15-Day DL.
New York (A): C Bill Dickey was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (A): 2B Woody English was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (A): P Pat Malone was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
New York (A): P Rube Ehrhardt was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
New York (A): 2B Jack Rothrock was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (A): 2B Hod Kibbie was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Friday 9/1/1929 :
Chicago (A): Put P Lewis Wolfolk on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A) : Andy Cooper has been signed to a contract extension, $9,300,000 per year, for 5 years.
Boston (A) : Charlie Grimm has been signed to a contract extension, $2,090,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A) : George Harper has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A) : Tom Grubbs has been signed to a contract extension, $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (A) : Julio Rojo has been signed to a contract extension, $390,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A) : Jose Rodriguez has been signed to a contract extension, $3,750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N) : Heinie Sand has been signed to a contract extension, $330,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N) : Hal Kime has been signed to a contract extension, $650,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 9/17/1929 :
St. Louis (N): Put 3B Bienvenido Jimenez on the 15 Day DL.
Thursday 10/5/1929 :
Detroit: Put P Charley Root on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 10/14/1929 :
St. Louis (N) : Harry Mccurdy has been signed to a contract extension, $2,950,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Frank Welch has been signed to a contract extension, $576,000 per year, for 1 years.
Pittsburgh : Dick Burrus has been signed to a contract extension, $3,330,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Norman Stearnes has been signed to a contract extension, $20,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Cleveland : Bill Knowlton has been signed to a contract extension, $4,740,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 10/20/1929 :
Philadelphia (N) : Poindexter Williams has been signed to a contract extension, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Clay Roe has been signed to a contract extension, $6,330,000 per year, for 5 years.
Washington : Pete Donohue has been signed to a contract extension, $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Washington : Doc Prothro has been signed to a contract extension, $400,000 per year, for 1 years.
Washington : Webster Mcdonald has been signed to a contract extension, $480,000 per year, for 1 years.
Brooklyn : Clyde Barnhart has been signed to a contract extension, $2,505,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn : Ray Roberts has been signed to a contract extension, $440,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Released 1B William Green.
New York (N) : Jack Marshall has been signed to a contract extension, $7,480,000 per year, for 6 years.
New York (N) : Chief Yellow horse has been signed to a contract extension, $770,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Dewey Creacy has been signed to a contract extension, $3,100,000 per year, for 5 years.
New York (N) : Hod Ford has been signed to a contract extension, $810,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : Jigger Statz has been signed to a contract extension, $720,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N) : Dick Cox has been signed to a contract extension, $450,000 per year, for 3 years.

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