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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1940 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1939/1941)
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
December 4, 1939
Purchased Gibby Brack from the Philadelphia Phillies.
December 6, 1939
Sold Merv Connors to the Syracuse (International).
December 8, 1939
Sold Marv Owen to the Boston Red Sox.
Traded Rip Radcliff to the St. Louis Browns. Received Moose Solters.
Traded Gee Walker to the Washington Senators. Received Taffy Wright and Pete Appleton.
December 15, 1939
Sold Johnny Marcum to the St. Louis Browns.
December 29, 1939
Traded Tony Rensa, Jesse Landrum, and cash to the Oklahoma City (Texas). Received Don Kolloway.
Sold Norm Schlueter to the St. Louis Browns.
Sold Hank Steinbacher to the St. Louis Browns.
January 10, 1940
Traded Ollie Bejma and Johnny Gerlach to the Cleveland Indians. Received Skeeter Webb.
January 29, 1940
Signed Ed Weiland as a free agent.
March, 1940
Signed Damon Phillips as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
March 20, 1940
Sold Lloyd Brown to the Philadelphia Phillies.
May 15, 1940 (Standings)
Purchased Bill Swift from the Boston Bees.
October 1, 1940 (Standings)
Bill Swift drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940 rule 5 draft.
November 6, 1940
Signed Orville Jorgens as a free agent.
Purchased Thurman Tucker from the Oklahoma City (Texas).
December 4, 1940
Released Jackie Hayes.
December 16, 1940
Traded Jack Knott to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Dario Lodigiani.
December 18, 1940
Eric McNair selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.
December 31, 1940
Traded Ken Silvestri to the New York Yankees. Received Bill Knickerbocker.
1941
Signed Morrie Martin as an amateur free agent.
January 4, 1941
Purchased Joe Haynes from the Washington Senators.
February 7, 1941
Traded Clint Brown to the Cleveland Indians. Received Johnny Humphries.
March 14, 1941
Purchased Ed Fernandes from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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