| BASEBALL BLOCKBUSTERS A chronological list of some of the biggest trades in baseball history: |
| April 12, 1916 |
The Boston Red Sox trade Tris Speaker to the Cleveland Indians for Sad Sam Jones, Fred Thomas and $55,000. |
| Jan. 3, 1920 |
The Boston Red Sox trade Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $300,000 loan to Boston owner Harry Frazee. |
| Dec. 20, 1926 |
The New York Giants trade Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring to the St.Louis Cardinals for Rogers Hornsby. |
| Dec. 12, 1933 |
The Philadelphia Athletics trade Lefty Grove, Rube Wallberg and Max Bishop to the Boston Red Sox for Bob Kline, Rabbit Warstler and $125,000. |
| Dec. 10, 1935 |
The Philadelphia Athletics trade Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum to the Boston Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, minor-leaguer George Savino and $150,000. |
| April 17, 1960 |
The Detroit Tigers trade Harvey Kuenn to the Cleveland Indians for Rocky Colavito. |
| Dec. 9, 1965 |
The Cincinnati Reds trade Frank Robinson to the Baltimore Orioles for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson. |
| April 2, 1976 |
The Oakland Athletics trade Reggie Jackson, Ken Holtzman and a minor leaguer to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell. |
| June 15, 1977 |
The New York Mets trade Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Steve Henderson, Doug Flynn and Dan Norman. |
| Dec. 5, 1990 |
The Toronto Blue Jays trade Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez to the San Diego Padres for Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar. |
| Aug. 31, 1992 |
The Oakland Athletics trade Jose Canseco to the Texas Rangers for Ruben Sierra, Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell, and an undisclosed amount of money. |
| May 15, 1998 |
The Florida Marlins trade Gary Sheffield, Bobby Bonilla, Charles Johnson, Jim Eisenreich and Manuel Barrios to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Piazza and Todd Zeile. |
| Feb. 18, 1999 |
The Toronto Blue Jays trade Roger Clemens to the New York Yankees for David Wells, Graeme Lloyd and Homer Bush. |
| Feb. 10, 2000 |
The Seattle Mariners trade Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds for Brett Tomko, Mike Cameron, Antonio Perez and Jake Meyer. |
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