MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Wednesday, 10/25/1905
Tuesday 1/31/1905 :
Cleveland: Placed P Nig Cuppy on waivers.
Cleveland: C Monte Beville was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: SS Heinie Wagner was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Thursday 2/2/1905 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Pete Wood has been signed to a contract of $420,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A): Free agent C Heinie Peitz has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent 2B Bert Myers has been signed to a contract of $750,001 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 2/4/1905 :
St. Louis (N): Free agent P Tully Sparks has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent P Al Burris has been signed to a contract of $667,001 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/5/1905 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Tom Thomas has been signed to a contract of $6,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N): Free agent LF Sam Mertes has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1905 :
Brooklyn: Free agent P Jerry Nops has been signed to a contract of $5,050,500 per year, for 5 years.
New York (A): Free agent P Charlie Hickman has been signed to a contract of $885,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N): Free agent P Doc Mcjames has been signed to a contract of $290,000 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1905 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 1B Willie Clark has been signed to a contract of $4,000,500 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland: Free agent RF Topsy Hartsel has been signed to a contract of $2,970,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 2/9/1905 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Red Donahue has been signed to a contract of $420,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/10/1905 :
Brooklyn: Free agent 3B Charlie Harris has been signed to a contract of $1,850,500 per year, for 5 years.
Saturday 2/11/1905 :
Cleveland: Free agent P Vic Willis has been signed to a contract of $990,990 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N): Free agent CF George Davis has been signed to a contract of $5,666,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 2/12/1905 :
Trade between Chicago (A) and New York (A) :
New York (A) gets :
P Harry Howell
Chicago (A) gets :
CF Dummy Stephenson
Trade between Cleveland and Philadelphia (N) :
Philadelphia (N) gets :
SS Heinie Wagner
3B Emil Batch
Cleveland gets :
2B Johnny Evers
P George Ziegler
Cleveland: P Con Lucid was assigned to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: Put P John Grimes on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Brooklyn: Free agent C John Warner has been signed to a contract of $396,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 2/13/1905 :
New York (A): Free agent 2B Paul Mcsweeney has been signed to a contract of $1,125,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A): Free agent 1B Cy Seymour has been signed to a contract of $335,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1905 :
Boston (A): Free agent C Charles Snyder has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 2/16/1905 :
Brooklyn: Free agent CF Sam Crawford has been signed to a contract of $7,505,500 per year, for 3 years.
New York (A): Free agent P Shorty Wetzel has been signed to a contract of $385,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sunday 2/19/1905 :
Detroit: Free agent LF John Anderson has been signed to a contract of $1,190,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/20/1905 :
Detroit: Free agent P John Shearon has been signed to a contract of $12,987,000 per year, for 4 years.
St. Louis (A): Free agent P Doc Parker has been signed to a contract of $1,250,001 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/21/1905 :
Cincinnati: Free agent 2B Ben Conroy has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/24/1905 :
Chicago (A): P Jimmy Dygert was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): Free agent P Leo Fishel has been signed to a contract of $430,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (N): Free agent 3B Charlie Atherton has been signed to a contract of $1,100,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 2/25/1905 :
Detroit: Free agent 1B Harry Davis has been signed to a contract of $3,640,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit: Free agent 1B George Yeager has been signed to a contract of $441,000 per year, for 2 years.
Detroit: Free agent C Farmer Steelman has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/26/1905 :
New York (N): SP Doc Scanlan has been claimed off waivers from Cincinnati.
Monday 2/27/1905 :
Detroit: Free agent P Bill Duggleby has been signed to a contract of $1,000,990 per year, for 4 years.
Detroit: Free agent C Tom Messitt has been signed to a contract of $375,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/28/1905 :
New York (N): Free agent 2B Harry Truby has been signed to a contract of $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Thursday 3/2/1905 :
Trade between Brooklyn and Cleveland :
Cleveland gets :
3B Mike Mowrey
Brooklyn gets :
P Ollie Johns
St. Louis (N): Released 1B Bill Massey.
Saturday 4/1/1905 :
Cleveland: P John Grimes was assigned to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: 3B Mike Mowrey was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: P Dick Scott was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: C Joe Mccarthy was promoted from A Youngstown Penguins to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Boston (A): Released SS Joe Harrington.
Boston (A): Released 2B Claude Gouzzie.
Boston (A): Released LF Jack White.
Boston (A): Released CF Snapper Kennedy.
Boston (N): Released 3B Eddie Hickey.
New York (N): Put P Jack Powell on the 15 Day DL.
Cincinnati: 2B Matt Broderick was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Cincinnati: Released 2B Ben Conroy.
Philadelphia (N): P Wiley Davis was promoted from AAA Norristown to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): P Jake Volz was promoted from AAA Norristown to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): 1B John Ganzel was promoted from AAA Norristown to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): LF Harry Blake was promoted from AAA Norristown to the active roster.
Detroit: 3B Billy Kinloch was promoted from to AAA .
Sunday 4/9/1905 :
New York (A): Put P Jack Taylor on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put SS Bill Keister on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 4/17/1905 :
Philadelphia (N): Put C Ed Phelps on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Frosty Thomas was sent down from AAA to AA .
Tuesday 4/25/1905 :
New York (A): Put P Carl Lundgren on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put P Mike O'neill on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put RF Tom Donovan on the 60 Day DL.
Wednesday 5/10/1905 :
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
St. Louis (A): Put RF Jimmy Bannon on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): P Billy Ging was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Chicago (A): P John Pappalau was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Thursday 5/18/1905 :
Chicago (A) : Willie Keeler has been signed to a contract extension, $12,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Jesse Tannehill has been signed to a contract extension, $7,980,000 per year, for 6 years.
Cleveland: P George Ziegler was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: P Bill Hogg was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: 3B Pep Clark was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Boston (A): Released P Tom Parrott.
Washington: Put CF George Stone on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put SS George Mcbride on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 5/23/1905 :
St. Louis (N): Released P Frank West.
Friday 5/26/1905 :
Chicago (N): Put P Jack Stivetts on the 60 Day DL.
Chicago (N) : Fielder Jones has been signed to a contract extension, $4,620,000 per year, for 4 years.
Chicago (N) : Jimmy Williams has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 6/3/1905 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Chick Robitaille on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Released P Jake Volz.
Philadelphia (N): Released P Cal Vasbinder.
Sunday 6/11/1905 :
Trade between Cleveland and Pittsburgh :
Pittsburgh gets :
C Joe Mccarthy
C Tubby Spencer
Cleveland gets :
P Tom Lipp
Pittsburgh: RF Pop Rising was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: SS Lee Demontreville was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: LF Pete Childs was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Cleveland: Released P Tom Lipp.
Monday 6/19/1905 :
Washington: Put P Mal Eason on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N): Put P Ed Walker on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Barney Pelty on the 15 Day DL.
Trade between New York (A) and New York (N) :
New York (N) gets :
2B Frank Laporte
New York (A) gets :
P Orval Overall
New York (A): P Orval Overall was promoted from AAA Newark Bears to the active roster.
Cleveland: Released P Pete Wood.
Tuesday 6/27/1905 :
Boston (A): Put SS William Gallagher on the 15 Day DL.
Thursday 7/13/1905 :
Cleveland: P Bill Hogg was promoted from to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Boston (A) : Elmer Horton has been signed to a contract extension, $420,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Duff Cooley has been signed to a contract extension, $2,330,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Jake Gettman has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Trade between Chicago (A) and St. Louis (N) :
St. Louis (N) gets :
3B Gene Demontreville
Chicago (A) gets :
RF Harry Lumley
Chicago (A): RF Harry Lumley was assigned to AAA .
Friday 7/21/1905 :
New York (N): Put P Patsy Flaherty on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put P George Davies on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A): P George Winter was sent down from the active roster to AAA .
Chicago (A): 1B Art Williams was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (A): RF Harry Lumley was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Boston (N) : Roy Thomas has been signed to a contract extension, $8,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (A) : Bill Donovan has been signed to a contract extension, $7,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
Saturday 7/29/1905 :
Trade between Chicago (A) and St. Louis (N) :
St. Louis (N) gets :
RF Harry Lumley
Chicago (A) gets :
3B Gene Demontreville
Trade between Chicago (A) and St. Louis (N) :
St. Louis (N) gets :
3B Gene Demontreville
Chicago (A) gets :
RF Harry Lumley
St. Louis (N) : Gene Demontreville has been signed to a contract extension, $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland : Nig Cuppy has been signed to a contract extension, $2,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Cleveland : George Ziegler has been signed to a contract extension, $630,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Scott Stratton has been signed to a contract extension, $2,340,000 per year, for 2 years.
Saturday 8/5/1905 :
St. Louis (A) : Jimmy Bannon has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (A) : Jocko Halligan has been signed to a contract extension, $480,000 per year, for 1 years.
St. Louis (A) : Tom O'brien has been signed to a contract extension, $594,000 per year, for 1 years.
Chicago (A) : Dummy Stephenson has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Chicago (A) : Marty Hogan has been signed to a contract extension, $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 8/13/1905 :
Cleveland: P Bill Hogg was put on the 60-Day DL.
Boston (N): Put 2B Gene Steere on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Released P Tom Smith.
Monday 8/21/1905 :
Washington: Put C Billy Sullivan on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Released RF Bill Gannon.
Philadelphia (N): Released 3B Paddy Greene.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Harry Maupin on the 15 Day DL.
New York (N): Put P Ed Seward on the 60 Day DL.
Saturday 8/26/1905 :
St. Louis (A): Released SS Dusty Miller.
Friday 9/1/1905 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Jack Chesbro on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Wiley Davis on the 60 Day DL.
Saturday 9/9/1905 :
Philadelphia (A) : Jack Chesbro has been signed to a contract extension, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
New York (N) : Jack Powell has been signed to a contract extension, $1,300,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Hugh Duffy has been signed to a contract extension, $7,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn : Danny Green has been signed to a contract extension, $7,980,000 per year, for 7 years.
Brooklyn : Charlie Frisbee has been signed to a contract extension, $3,550,000 per year, for 4 years.
Brooklyn : John Warner has been signed to a contract extension, $390,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 9/25/1905 :
Washington: Put C Howard Berry on the 15 Day DL.
Brooklyn: Released C Nig Fuller.
St. Louis (N): Put P Nick Altrock on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (N) : Jack Gilbert has been signed to a contract extension, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Monday 10/2/1905 :
Boston (N): Put P Ernie Groth on the 60 Day DL.
Thursday 10/5/1905 :
New York (A): Put P Jock Menefee on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Released P Frank Mcpartlin.
Boston (A): Released 3B Harry Hogan.
New York (N): Put CF Ginger Beaumont on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: RF Joe Peitz was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Monday 10/16/1905 :
Boston (N): Released 1B Scoops Carey.
Boston (N): Released 3B Will Smalley.
Wednesday 10/25/1905 :
Cleveland : Walter Thornton has been signed to a contract extension, $600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Brooklyn : Dan Mcfarlan has been signed to a contract extension, $380,000 per year, for 1 years.
New York (A) : Clark Griffith has been signed to a contract extension, $650,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : Shorty Wetzel has been signed to a contract extension, $330,000 per year, for 2 years.
New York (A) : Jock Menefee has been signed to a contract extension, $600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Pittsburgh : John Dobbs has been signed to a contract extension, $1,230,000 per year, for 2 years.
Pittsburgh : Ed Murphy has been signed to a contract extension, $950,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh : Christy Mathewson has been signed to a contract extension, $6,500,000 per year, for 6 years.

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