MAJOR TRANSACTION NEWS
Thursday, 10/5/1959
Sunday 2/5/1959 :
Free agent RF Hal Jeffcoat has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Monday 2/6/1959 :
Free agent LF Carmen Mauro has been signed to a contract of $500,000 per year, for 1 years.
Tuesday 2/7/1959 :
Free agent P Marv Rotblatt has been signed to a contract of $3,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
Wednesday 2/15/1959 :
Hal Jeffcoat was assigned to the active roster.
Carmen Mauro was assigned to the active roster.
Marv Rotblatt was assigned to the active roster.
Friday 2/17/1959 :
Free agent LF Hal Rice has been signed to a contract of $600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Tuesday 2/21/1959 :
Hal Rice was assigned to the active roster.
Released 1B Harry Agganis.
Released LF Danny Schell.
Released 2B Spook Jacobs.
Released CF Carmen Mauro.
Released LF Hal Rice.
Released P Jose Santiago.
Released SS Bob Stephenson.
Released P Frank Barnes.
Dale Long has been signed to a contract extension, $2,600,000 per year, for 2 years.
Don Elston has been signed to a contract extension, $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years.
Jack Harshman has been signed to a contract extension, $900,000 per year, for 1 years.
Free agent Rex Barney has been signed to a contract of $1,750,000 per year, for 1 years.
Trade with Kansas City :
Kansas City gets :
P Marv Rotblatt
LF Hal Jeffcoat
We get :
P Jim Stump
P Jim Stump was promoted from A to AAA .
Trade with New York (A) :
We get :
3B George Kell
1B Al Rosen
C Sammy White
P Hal Newhouser
P Art Fowler
New York (A) gets :
3B Gene Baker
RF Stan Hollmig
SS Fred Marsh
Trade with New York (A) :
We get :
P Jim Bunning
SS Gil Mcdougald
P Murray Wall
New York (A) gets :
3B Eddie Mathews
Trade with Baltimore :
We get :
RF Richie Ashburn
1B R.c. Stevens
$2,000,000 cash.
Baltimore gets :
LF Gary Geiger
CF Lee Maye
LF Russ Sullivan
2B Tommy Glaviano
Trade with Baltimore :
We get :
P Robin Roberts
Baltimore gets :
P Jim Bronstad
2B Roy Hartsfield
Released P Jim Stump.
Released P Marcelino Solis.
Released P Virgil Jester.
Released P Jim Willis.
Released C Valmy Thomas.
Rex Barney was assigned to the active roster.
Robin Roberts was assigned to the active roster.
George Kell was assigned to the active roster.
Sammy White was assigned to the active roster.
Hal Newhouser was assigned to the active roster.
Art Fowler was assigned to the active roster.
Robin Roberts has been signed to a contract extension, $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years.
George Kell has been signed to a contract extension, $650,000 per year, for 2 years.
Ray Herbert was put on the 15 Day DL.
Tuesday 8/22/1959 :
Free agent Dave Ferriss has been signed to a contract of $180,000 per year, for 1 years.
Dave Ferriss has been signed to a contract extension, $400,000 per year, for 1 years.
Thursday 9/14/1959 :
Steve Ridzik has been signed to a contract extension, $525,000 per year, for 1 years.
Released P Bob Giggie.
Don Elston was put on the 15 Day DL.

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