MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Thursday, 10/19/1902
Tuesday 1/31/1902 :
New York (N): P Len Swormstedt was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): P Otis Stocksdale was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): P Doc White was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): P Jay Hughes was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): C Jiggs Donahue was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): LF Dave Fultz was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): SS Otto Krueger was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): 2B Harry Steinfeldt was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): RF Lefty Davis was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
New York (N): P Jim Jones was promoted from AA to AAA .
New York (N): P Zeke Rosebraugh was promoted from A to AAA .
New York (N): P Oscar Streit was promoted from A to AAA .
New York (N): C Henry Wilson was promoted from A to AAA .
New York (N): 1B Billy Goeckel was promoted from A to AAA .
Chicago (A): P George Winter was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Chicago (A): RF Bill Hallman was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Wednesday 2/1/1902 :
Boston (N): Free agent LF Algie Mcbride has been signed to a contract of $5,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent SS Dan Coogan has been signed to a contract of $1,650,500 per year, for 5 years.
Thursday 2/2/1902 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Bill Quarles has been signed to a contract of $750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Washington: Free agent P Nixey Callahan has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): Free agent RF Jack Mccarthy has been signed to a contract of $3,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Saturday 2/4/1902 :
Boston (N): Free agent SS John Houseman has been signed to a contract of $2,800,000 per year, for 2 years.
Sunday 2/5/1902 :
Cleveland: Free agent LF Mike Tiernan has been signed to a contract of $8,660,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent P Roscoe Coughlin has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent 1B Scoops Carey has been signed to a contract of $450,001 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 2/6/1902 :
Philadelphia (A): Free agent C Mike Kahoe has been signed to a contract of $1,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1902 :
Washington: Free agent SS Ambrose Mcgann has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent P Kirtley Baker has been signed to a contract of $776,001 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/8/1902 :
Washington: Free agent P Sandy Mcdougal has been signed to a contract of $300,000 per year, for 2 years.
Boston (N): Free agent C Tub Welch has been signed to a contract of $560,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 2/9/1902 :
Milwaukee: Free agent 3B John Mcgraw has been signed to a contract of $10,300,001 per year, for 4 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent P Frank Dwyer has been signed to a contract of $333,001 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee: Free agent P Frank Knauss has been signed to a contract of $801,001 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/10/1902 :
Chicago (N): Free agent P Doc Mcjames has been signed to a contract of $4,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (N): Free agent C Sparrow Mccaffrey has been signed to a contract of $2,350,000 per year, for 2 years.
Brooklyn: Free agent 3B Fred Hartman has been signed to a contract of $1,250,500 per year, for 3 years.
Chicago (N): Free agent P George Borchers has been signed to a contract of $450,000 per year, for 1 years.
Sunday 2/12/1902 :
Trade between Brooklyn and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
CF Homer Smoot
Brooklyn gets :
P Charlie Smith
Tuesday 2/14/1902 :
Brooklyn: Free agent C Heinie Peitz has been signed to a contract of $1,350,500 per year, for 3 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1902 :
Chicago (N): Free agent C Joe Sugden has been signed to a contract of $5,670,742 per year, for 5 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent C Charles Snyder has been signed to a contract of $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Friday 2/17/1902 :
Baltimore: Free agent P Chick Fraser has been signed to a contract of $385,000 per year, for 1 years.
Philadelphia (A): Free agent RF Marty Hogan has been signed to a contract of $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Friday 2/24/1902 :
Trade between Chicago (N) and Chicago (A) :
Chicago (A) gets :
2B Danny Murphy
C Billy Maloney
P Roy Patterson
Chicago (N) gets :
P Jack Stivetts
Detroit: Free agent P Jake Boyd has been signed to a contract of $510,000 per year, for 5 years.
Sunday 2/26/1902 :
Milwaukee: Free agent P Bill Garfield has been signed to a contract of $550,001 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore: Free agent 3B Piggy Ward has been signed to a contract of $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years.
Baltimore: Free agent C Art Twineham has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 2/27/1902 :
Milwaukee: Free agent P Ted Lewis has been signed to a contract of $601,001 per year, for 2 years.
Thursday 3/2/1902 :
Cleveland: LF C.b. Burns was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: CF Roy Clark was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: RF Jimmy Sebring was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: RF Jim Murray was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: RF Bill Miller was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to A Youngstown Penguins.
Cleveland: 2B Jack Thoney was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: P Dick Scott was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: Placed RF Sam Dungan on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed RF Oyster Burns on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed CF George Hogriever on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed CF Eddie Burke on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed LF Chief Sockalexis on irrevocable waivers.
Cleveland: Placed LF Ed Pabst on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed SS Charlie Reilly on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed C John Warner on irrevocable waivers.
Cleveland: Placed P Charlie Sweeney on waivers.
Cleveland: Placed P John Grimes on irrevocable waivers.
Saturday 4/1/1902 :
Cleveland: P Lefty Hopper was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Philadelphia (N): Released C Harry Stanton.
Philadelphia (N): Released P George Nicol.
Philadelphia (N): Put P Dummy Taylor on the 60 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A) : Jim Garry has been signed to a contract extension, $3,230,000 per year, for 3 years.
Philadelphia (A) : Barry Mccormick has been signed to a contract extension, $2,260,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N): SS John Houseman was assigned to AAA .
Boston (N): SS Art Madison was assigned to AAA .
Boston (N): SS John Houseman was promoted from AAA to the active roster.
Brooklyn: P Win Mercer was assigned to AAA .
Chicago (N): Released P Bill Vinton.
Sunday 4/9/1902 :
Philadelphia (N): Released P Jack Bracken.
Brooklyn: Put C Billy Earle on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 4/10/1902 :
Brooklyn: SP Frank Dwyer has been claimed off waivers from Milwaukee.
Monday 4/17/1902 :
Pittsburgh: LF Chappie Snodgrass was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Pittsburgh: RF R.e. Hillebrand was promoted from AAA Kingston Pirates to the active roster.
Saturday 4/22/1902 :
Baltimore: Released P Charlie Getzien.
Tuesday 4/25/1902 :
Cleveland: 3B Harry Wolverton was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: SS Joe Tinker was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
St. Louis (N): Put P Nick Altrock on the 15 Day DL.
Sunday 4/30/1902 :
Detroit: Released C Lave Cross.
Monday 5/8/1902 :
Cincinnati: Released P George Blackburn.
Thursday 5/18/1902 :
Cleveland: P Harvey Bailey was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Philadelphia (A): Put P John Mcmakin on the 60 Day DL.
Friday 5/26/1902 :
Cleveland: SS Joe Tinker was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: SS Heinie Wagner was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: C Paddy Livingston was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: C Red Dooin was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Chicago (A) : Jesse Burkett has been signed to a contract extension, $13,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Saturday 6/3/1902 :
Milwaukee: Put CF George Davis on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put RF Elmer Flick on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (A) : Bobby Wallace has been signed to a contract extension, $5,240,000 per year, for 4 years.
Sunday 6/11/1902 :
St. Louis (N): Put P Ike Butler on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N) : Will Sawyer has been signed to a contract extension, $2,250,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Jim Burns has been signed to a contract extension, $3,260,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Zeke Wrigley has been signed to a contract extension, $7,520,000 per year, for 7 years.
St. Louis (N) : Bill Keister has been signed to a contract extension, $7,310,000 per year, for 3 years.
St. Louis (N) : Dan Lally has been signed to a contract extension, $520,000 per year, for 2 years.
St. Louis (N) : Joe Wright has been signed to a contract extension, $540,000 per year, for 1 years.
St. Louis (N) : Charlie Hastings has been signed to a contract extension, $750,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Cy Swaim has been signed to a contract extension, $5,990,000 per year, for 5 years.
Cleveland : Ed Pabst has been signed to a contract extension, $1,150,000 per year, for 2 years.
Cleveland : Harry Wolverton has been signed to a contract extension, $4,960,000 per year, for 5 years.
Tuesday 6/20/1902 :
Philadelphia (N) : Free agent Charlie Duffee has been signed to a contract of $916,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (A): Put CF Joe Donohue on the 60 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Willie Mills on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Lave Winham on the 15 Day DL.
Pittsburgh: Released LF Chappie Snodgrass.
Pittsburgh: Released RF R.e. Hillebrand.
Washington : Free agent Charlie Abbey has been signed to a contract of $1,484,000 per year, for 1 years.
Washington : Free agent Mike Griffin has been signed to a contract of $1,852,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 7/1/1902 :
Washington: Put 2B Frank Bonner on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Pop Williams on the 15 Day DL.
Monday 7/3/1902 :
Cincinnati: Released C Artie Clarke... he retired.
Sunday 7/9/1902 :
Baltimore: Put P Alex Jones on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put P Ike Butler on the 15 Day DL.
St. Louis (N): Put LF Emmet Heidrick on the 15 Day DL.
Cleveland: C Sport Mcallister was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: CF George Hogriever was put on the 15-Day DL.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Monday 7/17/1902 :
Chicago (A) : Willie Keeler has been signed to a contract extension, $12,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Tuesday 7/25/1902 :
Philadelphia (N): Put RF Mike Donlin on the 15 Day DL.
Wednesday 8/2/1902 :
Boston (A): Put P Doc Parker on the 15 Day DL.
Boston (A): Put 1B Spider Clark on the 15 Day DL.
Thursday 8/10/1902 :
Cleveland: C John Warner was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Sunday 8/20/1902 :
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was put on the 15-Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Removed P Charlie Bell from waivers.
Wednesday 8/23/1902 :
Washington: Released 2B Frank Bonner.
Thursday 8/31/1902 :
Milwaukee: Released LF Charlie Hamburg.
Friday 9/1/1902 :
St. Louis (N): Put P Charlie Hastings on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N): Put SS Bill Dahlen on the 15 Day DL.
Chicago (N) : Fielder Jones has been signed to a contract extension, $4,620,000 per year, for 3 years.
Washington : Adonis Terry has been signed to a contract extension, $5,440,000 per year, for 1 years.
Saturday 9/9/1902 :
St. Louis (N) : Jake Hewitt has been signed to a contract extension, $8,180,000 per year, for 4 years.
Pittsburgh : Christy Mathewson has been signed to a contract extension, $6,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland: P Crese Heismann was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Harvey Bailey was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Charlie Jordan was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: 1B Skyrocket Smith was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: LF Fred Brown was sent down from AAA Buffalo Bisons to AA Canton-Akron Indians.
Cleveland: LF Rube Ward was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: SS Joe Tinker was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: RF Fred Ketchum was promoted from AAA Buffalo Bisons to the active roster.
Cleveland: P Dick Scott was promoted from AA Canton-Akron Indians to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Sunday 9/17/1902 :
Philadelphia (A): Put P Gus Mcginnis on the 15 Day DL.
Philadelphia (A): Put P Charlie Bell on the 60 Day DL.
Brooklyn : Kid Carsey has been signed to a contract extension, $390,000 per year, for 2 years.
Milwaukee : Jimmy Bannon has been signed to a contract extension, $5,250,000 per year, for 3 years.
Milwaukee : John Pickett has been signed to a contract extension, $1,250,000 per year, for 1 years.
Milwaukee : King Bailey has been signed to a contract extension, $2,010,000 per year, for 2 years.
Baltimore : Rube Waddell has been signed to a contract extension, $6,000,000 per year, for 5 years.
Baltimore : Dummy Stephenson has been signed to a contract extension, $6,600,000 per year, for 3 years.
Monday 9/25/1902 :
Milwaukee : Jack Mcmahon has been signed to a contract extension, $667,000 per year, for 2 years.
Monday 10/2/1902 :
Cleveland: P Watty Lee was put on the 15-Day DL.
Thursday 10/5/1902 :
Philadelphia (N) : John Grim has been signed to a contract extension, $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Harry Maupin has been signed to a contract extension, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland: P Harvey Bailey was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: Put P Kid Nichols on waivers and designated him for assignment.
Cleveland: Designated P Charlie Sweeney for assignment.
Cleveland: LF Rube Ward was sent down from the active roster to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Cleveland: Released CF George Hogriever.
Cleveland: Designated RF Oyster Burns for assignment.
Cleveland: P Leo Fishel was promoted from to AAA Buffalo Bisons.
Friday 10/13/1902 :
Cleveland: Designated P Charlie Cady for assignment.
Cleveland: Designated P Kid Nichols for assignment.
Cleveland: Designated P Charlie Sweeney for assignment.
Cleveland: Designated RF Oyster Burns for assignment.
New York (N) : Jack Powell has been signed to a contract extension, $900,000 per year, for 3 years.
New York (N) : Jack Fifield has been signed to a contract extension, $500,000 per year, for 2 years.
Philadelphia (N) : Sam Leever has been signed to a contract extension, $5,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Boston (N) : Clark Griffith has been signed to a contract extension, $390,000 per year, for 1 years.
Boston (N) : George Decker has been signed to a contract extension, $5,640,000 per year, for 4 years.
Boston (N) : Dick Conway has been signed to a contract extension, $4,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 10/19/1902 :
Philadelphia (A): Released P Gus Mcginnis.
Cincinnati : Billy Lush has been signed to a contract extension, $7,640,000 per year, for 3 years.
Cleveland: Released C John Warner.

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