1948 – The Evaders trade Pete Reiser to the Braves for outfielder Myron McCormick. The wonderfully talented but reckless Reiser crashed into too many walls in the outfield and was carted off on a stretcher 11 times, according to Red Smith.
1960 – The Braves acquire shortstop Roy McMillan and a player to be named later from the Reds in exchange for pitchers Joey Jay and Juan Pizarro.
1961 – The Braves send third baseman Ed Charles, catcher Joe Azcue and outfielder Manny Jimenez to the Athletics for Bob Shaw and Lou Klimchock. With Eddie Mathews in third place, Charles was expendable. He hit .288 with 17 home runs as a rookie in 1962.
1920 – The National League reveals that 27,924 baseballs were used during the season. That is an increase of 10,248 compared to the previous season.
1933 – The major leagues agree that a uniform ball should be livelier than the ball used in the National League in recent seasons. Owners also agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15.
1961 – Charles Comiskey Jr. sells its 46 percent stake in the White Sox to a group of 11 investors.
1980 – Dave Winfield becomes the highest-paid player in sports history when he agrees to a ten-year contract with the Yankees worth $16 million.
1993 – The White Sox sign free agent DH Julio Franco.
1997 – The Marlins trade Kevin Brown to the Padres in exchange for first baseman Derrek Lee and pitcher Rafael Medina and Steve Hoff.
2009 – The White Sox acquire OF Juan Pierre from the Dodgers for two minor leaguers.
2017- The Phillies Carlos Santana signs free agent first baseman to a three-year, $60 million contract, the largest awarded so far this season.
2019 – The Diamond ridges agrees to a five-year, $85 million deal with free agent starter Madison Bumgarner.
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