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Blockbuster Baseball Trades
Posted: Thursday February 10, 2000 05:54 PM
A chronological list of some blockbuster 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 along with Johnny Marcum to the Boston Red Sox for Gordon Rhodes, minor-leaguer George Savino and $150,000. Dec. 11, 1941 -- The St. Louis Cardinals trade Johnny Mize to the New York Giants for Ken O'Dea, Bill Lohrman, Johnny McCarthy and $50,000. 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 -- 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 traded Fred McGriff, first baseman and Tony Fernandez, shortstop, to the San Diego Padres for Joe Carter, outfielder and Roberto Alomar, second baseman. Aug. 31, 1992 -- The Oakland Athletics traded Jose Canseco, outfielder, to the Texas Rangers for Ruben Sierra, outfielder; Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell, pitchers, and undisclosed amount of money. May 15, 1998 -- The Florida Marlins traded Gary Sheffield, outfielder; Bobby Bonilla, third baseman; Charles Johnson, catcher; Jim Eisenreich, outfielder and RHP Manuel Barrios to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Piazza, catcher and Todd Zeile, third baseman. Feb. 18, 1999 -- The Toronto Blue Jays traded Roger Clemens, pitcher, to the New York Yankees for David Wells, pitcher; Graeme Lloyd, pitcher, and Homer Bush, second baseman. 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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