MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Wednesday, 10/18/1895
Wednesday 2/1/1895 :
New York (N): Free agent P Pete Meegan has been signed to a contract of $6,950,000 per year, for 4 years.
Washington: Free agent 3B Pat Callaghan has been signed to a contract of $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 2/2/1895 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 1B Joe Quinn has been signed to a contract of $3,050,500 per year, for 4 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent C Sparrow Mccaffrey has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N): Free agent P Tom Lovett has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N): Free agent 3B Jerry Sweeney has been signed to a contract of $575,000 per year, for 1 years.
Friday 2/3/1895 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Mark Baldwin has been signed to a contract of $2,600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent LF Podge Weihe has been signed to a contract of $6,750,500 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 2/5/1895 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Charlie Parsons has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1895 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Ed Seward has been signed to a contract of $1,550,500 per year, for 4 years.
Washington: Free agent CF Bob Pettit has been signed to a contract of $5,250,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1895 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Mickey Hughes has been signed to a contract of $3,250,500 per year, for 5 years.
Boston (A): Free agent 2B Parson Nicholson has been signed to a contract of $5,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 2/11/1895 :
Washington: Free agent P Darby O'brien has been signed to a contract of $8,200,000 per year, for 5 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Charlie Geggus has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/14/1895 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Matt Kilroy has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1895 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Lou Galvin has been signed to a contract of $7,237,327 per year, for 5 years.
Pittsburgh: Free agent LF Henry Larkin has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/16/1895 :
Pittsburgh: Free agent P Bob Emslie has been signed to a contract of $4,700,000 per year, for 2 years.
Columbus: Free agent P Fred Chapman has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 5 years.
Friday 2/24/1895 :
Baltimore: P Jack Wadsworth was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: P Tony Madigan was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: P Stub Brown was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: P Harry Jordan was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: P Jouett Meekin was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: 3B Jimmy Collins was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Baltimore: 2B Harry Truby was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: Free agent SS Jack O'brien has been signed to a contract of $7,000,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 2/25/1895 :
Boston (A): Free agent P Art Thompson has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Columbus: Free agent LF Elmer Cleveland has been signed to a contract of $589,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent 1B John Rudderham has been signed to a contract of $375,000 per year, for 3 years.
Sunday 2/26/1895 :
Baltimore: Free agent LF Walt Wilmot has been signed to a contract of $950,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/28/1895 :
Baltimore: Free agent LF Perry Werden has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 4 years.
Wednesday 3/1/1895 :
Baltimore: Free agent C Jocko Fields has been signed to a contract of $4,760,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 3/2/1895 :
Cleveland: Put P Bob Caruthers on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: P John Dolan was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Indianapolis: CF Eddie Burke was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: LF Charlie Abbey was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (A): Put P Frank Dwyer on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 4/1/1895 :
Philadelphia (A): Released 2B Harry Gilbert.
Philadelphia (A): Put CF Marty Sullivan on the 15 Day DL.
Washington: Put P Harry Staley on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: Released P Bob Caruthers.
Pittsburgh: Released LF Henry Larkin.
Pittsburgh: Released P Bob Emslie.
Pittsburgh: P Bill Bishop was sent down from the active roster to AAA Kingston Pirates.
Pittsburgh: Released P Henry Gruber.
Pittsburgh: Released P Jim Hyndman.
Pittsburgh: Released P George Mcmullen.
Pittsburgh: Released C Jerry Harrington.
Pittsburgh: Released 2B John Ward.
Pittsburgh: Released 3B Nick Wise.
Pittsburgh: Released SS Frank Scheibeck.
Pittsburgh: Released LF John Cahill.
Chicago (N): Released CF Tom O'brien.
New York (N): P John Hofford was put on the 15-Day DL.
Sunday 4/9/1895 :
Trade between Chicago (N) and Columbus :
Columbus gets :
P Charlie Hilsey
3B Denny Lyons
Chicago (N) gets :
1B Jake Beckley
P Ed Dugan
SS Hughie Jennings
RF Tommy Tucker
Cincinnati: Put SS Charlie Irwin on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Released C Emmett Seery.
Monday 4/17/1895 :
New York (N): Put P John Healy on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put LF Joe Daly on the 15 Day DL.
Saturday 4/22/1895 :
Chicago (N): Released P Ted Kennedy.
Chicago (N): Released P Bill Smith.
Tuesday 4/25/1895 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Dad Clarkson on the 15 Day DL.
Indianapolis: Released LF John Peltz.
Indianapolis: Released C Pat Sullivan.
Indianapolis: RF Dan Sweeney was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Indianapolis: SS Sam Gillen was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Sunday 4/30/1895 :
Cincinnati: P Warren Fitzgerald was assigned to AAA .
St. Louis (N): RF John Ewing was assigned to AAA .
Wednesday 5/3/1895 :
Trade between Chicago (N) and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
P John Reccius
LF Charlie Hamburg
Chicago (N) gets :
P Kid Nichols
SS Billy Otterson
Trade between Indianapolis and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
2B Kid Mohler
Indianapolis gets :
1B Ed Cartwright
Philadelphia (A): Released SS Cub Stricker.
Indianapolis: Put P George Haddock on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Thursday 5/11/1895 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Bill Nelson on the 60 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put P Sadie Mcmahon on the 60 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put CF Patsy Donovan on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Released 3B Charlie Kelly.
Indianapolis: P Rex Smith was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Indianapolis: P Al Orth was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (N) : Cy Young has been signed to a contract extension, $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N) : Jake Beckley has been signed to a contract extension, $7,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N) : Tommy Tucker has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 5/20/1895 :
Trade between Boston (N) and Chicago (N) :
Chicago (N) gets :
SS Bill Dahlen
Boston (N) gets :
P Larry Corcoran
P Clark Griffith
SS Charlie Jones
Chicago (N) : Free agent Cub Stricker has been signed to a contract of $355,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Doggie Miller has been signed to a contract extension, $4,200,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Bill Nelson has been signed to a contract extension, $2,420,000 per year, for 2 years.
Indianapolis : Ed Delahanty has been signed to a contract extension, $8,680,000 per year, for 6 years.
Wednesday 5/24/1895 :
Indianapolis: P George Haddock was assigned to AAA .
Sunday 5/28/1895 :
New York (N): Put P George Davies on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 5/29/1895 :
Boston (N): CF John Leighton has been claimed off waivers from Boston (A).
Tuesday 6/6/1895 :
Chicago (N) : Jack Doyle has been signed to a contract extension, $7,700,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland: 2B Buster Hoover was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: 2B Ace Stewart was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Pat Whitaker on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put P Dupee Shaw on the 15 Day DL.
Louisville : Mox Mcquery has been signed to a contract extension, $3,170,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : John Horan has been signed to a contract extension, $960,000 per year, for 2 years.
Louisville : Jim Donnelly has been signed to a contract extension, $1,760,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : John Cattanach has been signed to a contract extension, $1,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 6/14/1895 :
New York (N) : Toad Ramsey has been signed to a contract extension, $12,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
New York (N) : Farmer Weaver has been signed to a contract extension, $3,140,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 6/18/1895 :
Chicago (N): Released LF Jackie Hayes.
Thursday 6/22/1895 :
Boston (A): Put RF Jocko Halligan on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put P John Shearon on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn : Fred O'neill has been signed to a contract extension, $4,505,000 per year, for 5 years.
Saturday 7/1/1895 :
Philadelphia (A) : Steve Brodie has been signed to a contract extension, $4,410,000 per year, for 2 years.
Indianapolis : Mike Tiernan has been signed to a contract extension, $21,100,000 per year, for 6 years.
Wednesday 7/5/1895 :
New York (N): Released LF Gracie Pierce.
Monday 7/17/1895 :
Chicago (N) : Free agent Scott Stratton has been signed to a contract of $1,180,000 per year, for 1 years.
Columbus: Put P Charlie Hilsey on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put P John Henry on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P John Johnson on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Put CF Podge Weihe on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 7/25/1895 :
Louisville: Put 3B John Mcgraw on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Released P Silver King.
Philadelphia (A): Put P George Meakim on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Released 2B Shorty Howe.
Philadelphia (N): Released SS Ed Clements.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Jack Stivetts on the 15 Day DL.
Sunday 7/30/1895 :
Washington: Released P Ed Crane.
Wednesday 8/2/1895 :
Brooklyn: Put P Larry Mckeon on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N) : George Van haltren has been signed to a contract extension, $6,400,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 8/7/1895 :
Boston (A): Released 1B Jim Toy... he retired.
Chicago (N): Released P Jack Taylor.
Thursday 8/10/1895 :
Boston (A): Put LF Bill Johnson on the 15 Day DL.
Friday 8/18/1895 :
Cleveland: P John Dolan was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Wednesday 8/23/1895 :
Columbus: Released P John Roach.
New York (N): Released P Tom Lovett.
Saturday 8/26/1895 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Kid Madden on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Bill Daley on the 15 Day DL.
Louisville : Babe Doty has been signed to a contract extension, $901,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 9/10/1895 :
Boston (A) : Bill Johnson has been signed to a contract extension, $13,800,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (A) : Bobby Wheelock has been signed to a contract extension, $2,650,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (A) : Ben Sanders has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (A) : King Kelly has been signed to a contract extension, $650,000 per year, for 1 years.
Washington : Pete Browning has been signed to a contract extension, $9,350,000 per year, for 4 years.
Cleveland: P Walter Thornton was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P John Slagle was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Seth Sigsby was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P John Stafford was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: C John Warner was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Carney Flynn was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: C Louis Graff was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: C Fred Zahner was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: C Jack Clements was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: C Connie Mack was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: CF Bill Wilson was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Monday 9/18/1895 :
Chicago (N): Released SS Joe Woerlin.
Chicago (N): Released C Fred Donovan.
Philadelphia (A) : Tom Terrell has been signed to a contract extension, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn : Mike Goodfellow has been signed to a contract extension, $3,505,000 per year, for 5 years.
Indianapolis : Bill Joyce has been signed to a contract extension, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 9/25/1895 :
Indianapolis : Ed Fuller has been signed to a contract extension, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N) : Ed Dugan has been signed to a contract extension, $6,250,000 per year, for 4 years.
Thursday 10/5/1895 :
Philadelphia (A): Released RF Dick Johnston.
Philadelphia (A): Released LF Steve Behel.
Indianapolis : Harry Lyons has been signed to a contract extension, $7,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Cleveland : George Pinkney has been signed to a contract extension, $2,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 10/13/1895 :
New York (N) : Ed Morris has been signed to a contract extension, $666,000 per year, for 1 years.
Wednesday 10/18/1895 :
Brooklyn: Released 1B Jim Tray.
Brooklyn: Released SS Joe Werrick.

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