12/31/1958
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Tuesday, December 31st , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent RP Doc Wright to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Monday, December 30th , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Andy Black to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones: Signed free agent 2B Gene Meeker to a minor league contract.
The Chicago Cougars traded 30-year old minor league RHP Ted Beaven and 22-year old RHP Sammy Whipps to the Detroit Dynamos, getting 19-year old minor league 1B Carlos Morales, 23-year old minor league CF Doug Stearns, and 22-year old minor league RHP Roy Ellis in return.
Saturday, December 28th , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Wally Polaski to a minor league contract.
Montreal Saints: Released SP Ray McKinney.
Los Angeles Stars: Released RP Russ Francis.
Chicago Cougars: Signed free agent RP Pug Williams to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones: Signed free agent RP Hank Kopper to a minor league contract.
Friday, December 27th , 1957
Boston Minutemen: Released SP Jack Gordon.
Toronto Wolves: Released SP Earl Jaeger.
Tuesday, December 24th , 1957
Philadelphia Keystones: 1B Dick Green was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: RP Ben Snedden was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: Released LF Jack Welch.
San Francisco Sailors: RP Jimmy Isgro was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent RP Sammy Low to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent 3B Lew Proux to a minor league contract.
Pittsburgh Miners: Signed free agent RP Cy Smith to a minor league contract.
Monday, December 23rd , 1957
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent SP George Polk to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones: Signed free agent SP Cliff McGuire to a minor league contract.
Saturday, December 21st , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Earl Stark to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Lou Kalmbach to a minor league contract.
Friday, December 20th , 1957
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP Alex Milillo to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Frank Wilson to a minor league contract.
Thursday, December 19th , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent RP Dick Rutledge to a minor league contract with a major league option.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent RP Pete Williams to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Released SP Hank Kopper.
Wednesday, December 18th , 1957
Chicago Cougars: Released CL Pug Williams.
Cincinnati Cannons: Released SS Cliff Page.
Cincinnati Cannons: Released 1B Joe Lowry.
Tuesday, December 17th , 1957
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent RP Bernie Murphy to a minor league contract.
New York Gothams: Released SP Cliff McGuire.
Toronto Wolves: Signed free agent RP Jackie Baker to a minor league contract.
Monday, December 16th , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent RP Gene Owens to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent 3B Jimmy Miller to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Howard Miller Jr. to a minor league contract.
Philadelphia Keystones: Released RP Vince Hudson.
Philadelphia Keystones: Released SP Jackie Baker.
Pittsburgh Miners: Released RP Dick Reynolds.
Pittsburgh Miners: Released CL Ken Palmer.
Kansas City Kings: Signed free agent RP Ken Palmer to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars: Signed free agent RP Vince Hudson to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP Dick Reynolds to a minor league contract.
Sunday, December 15th , 1957
Chicago Chiefs: Released SP Bill Brown.
Saturday, December 14th , 1957
Montreal Saints: Released SS Chick Sprouse.
Friday, December 13th , 1957
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP Bob Hayward to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Chet Williams to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen: Released SS Fred Waters.
Toronto Wolves: Released CL Bill Boone.
Thursday, December 12th , 1957
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP Johnny Atkinson to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, December 11th , 1957
Philadelphia Keystones: Signed free agent RP Jesse Iverson to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen: LF William Roberts was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Boston Minutemen: RP Gene Smith was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Chiefs: CF Tom Sexton was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Chiefs: LF Gene Rader was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Chiefs: SP Mack Roberts was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: C Milt Payne was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: LF Jim Barton was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: 1B Monty Brown was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: SP Marty Czyzewski was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: RP Ted Beaven was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: 1B Cal Jaeger was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Chicago Cougars: C Alex O'Dailey was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Boston Minutemen: Released RP Andy Thomas.
Boston Minutemen: Released SP Andy Smith.
Chicago Cougars: Released SP Chet Komer.
Chicago Cougars: Released SS Bugs Horner.
Montreal Saints: 2B Babe Booth was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Montreal Saints: SP Red Blanchard was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Montreal Saints: LF Rip Perry was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Montreal Saints: C Ed Holt was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Montreal Saints: CL Jerry Duncan was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: LF Turk Ramsey was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: SP Charlie Rushing was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: 1B Ted Cummings was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: SS Cecil Cummings was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: C Hank Mortell was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Philadelphia Keystones: C Artie Smith was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: LF Ray Waggoner was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: 2B Charlie Smyth was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: C Cy Moody was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: 3B Roy Rutter was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: C Ellis Joiner was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: LF Al Jarvis was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
San Francisco Sailors: 3B Bob Gray was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Pittsburgh Miners: SP Don Honeycutt was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Pittsburgh Miners: SP Ted Kukulski was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Pittsburgh Miners: SP Rex Conner was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Pittsburgh Miners: 1B John Willis was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Detroit Dynamos: SS Mike Forst was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Detroit Dynamos: SP Jack Brown was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
New York Gothams: SP Joe Smith was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: LF Emil Grenier was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: RF Ralph Butler was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: CF Malcolm Strong was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: RP Chet Reed was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: 1B Ed Sharp was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: 2B Earl Goodman was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: 1B Joe Parker was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: 1B Ford Duncan was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: RP Doc Kidney was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: SS Jim Turnage was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Toronto Wolves: SS Charlie Haynes was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
The Los Angeles Stars traded 28-year old minor league LHP Billy Zimmermann to the Philadelphia Keystones, getting 22-year old minor league 1B Andy Clark in return.
Washington Eagles: SP Pat Andrews was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Kansas City Kings: Lost RP Alex Vaughan in the Rule 5 Draft to the Washington Eagles.
Washington Eagles: Drafted SP Alex Vaughan in the 1957 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall Pick) from the Kansas City Kings.
Los Angeles Stars: RP Chris Sargent was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Chicago Chiefs: Lost RP Tony Bonelli in the Rule 5 Draft to the Los Angeles Stars.
Los Angeles Stars: Drafted SP Tony Bonelli in the 1957 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 3, 3rd overall Pick) from the Chicago Chiefs.
Philadelphia Keystones: Lost SP Carl Pritchett in the Rule 5 Draft to the Pittsburgh Miners.
Pittsburgh Miners: Drafted SP Carl Pritchett in the 1957 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall Pick) from the Philadelphia Keystones.
San Francisco Sailors: RP Ed Richardson was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Washington Eagles: Lost CL Jack Kessler in the Rule 5 Draft to the San Francisco Sailors.
San Francisco Sailors: Drafted RP Jack Kessler in the 1957 Rule 5 Draft (Round 1, Pick 8, 8th overall Pick) from the Washington Eagles.
Los Angeles Stars: C Clyde Scott was designated for assignment and placed on waivers.
Kansas City Kings: Lost SS Russ Hawkins in the Rule 5 Draft to the Los Angeles Stars.
Los Angeles Stars: Drafted SS Russ Hawkins in the 1957 Rule 5 Draft (Round 2, Pick 3, 19th overall Pick) from the Kansas City Kings.
Tuesday, December 10th , 1957
Cincinnati Cannons: 1B Jim Upchurch was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Al Vaughan to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP Al Smith to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: SS Cal Randall was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
St. Louis Pioneers: LF Dale Arter was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
St. Louis Pioneers: SP Doc Carver was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
St. Louis Pioneers: 3B Steve Schultz was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
St. Louis Pioneers: LF Bill Bather was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
St. Louis Pioneers: CF Dixie Amodei was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Montreal Saints: Released CF Vito Harrell.
Washington Eagles: 3B Ken Hudson was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: C Don Coe was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: 2B Amos Weatherby was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: LF Dick Bishop was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Washington Eagles: LF Billy Lucas was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent SP Rudy Thomas to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars: 1B Johnny Robarge was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: CF Lou Allen was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: LF Jack Welch was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: SS Alberto Acuna was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Los Angeles Stars: RP Ira Roach was designated for assignment, placed on waivers and taken off the secondary (40-man) roster.
Monday, December 9th , 1957
Montreal Saints: Signed free agent RP Jack Tyler to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP Dewey Carpenter to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP Clint Rogers to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP George Emmons to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP George Lusby to a minor league contract.
San Francisco Sailors: Released CL Jack Humphrey.
Pittsburgh Miners: Signed free agent C Curt Mullins to a minor league contract.
Sunday, December 8th , 1957
Cincinnati Cannons: Signed free agent 3B Bob Lewiston to a minor league contract.
Los Angeles Stars: Signed free agent RP Reuben Johnson to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos: Released RP Hy Coffey.
Saturday, December 7th , 1957
Detroit Dynamos: Released SS Pete Hershman.
Toronto Wolves: Released SS Earle Joya.
Toronto Wolves: Released C Walt Shaw.
Friday, December 6th , 1957
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent RP Bud Kovacs to a minor league contract.
Detroit Dynamos: Released RP Sammy Low.
Pittsburgh Miners: Released C Curt Mullins.
Los Angeles Stars: Released RP Alex Milillo.
Los Angeles Stars: Released SP Chris Gladden.
Thursday, December 5th , 1957
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent CL Kid Moore to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent CL Freddie Dixon to a minor league contract.
Boston Minutemen: Released SP Rudy Thomas.
Wednesday, December 4th , 1957
Detroit Dynamos: Signed free agent CL Cliff Harmon to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent RP Buzz Turner to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Philadelphia Keystones: Signed free agent RP Pat Shackelford to a minor league contract.
Cincinnati Cannons: Released RP Cy Smith.
Washington Eagles: RP Jack Cornell was added to the secondary (40-man) roster.
Kansas City Kings: Released CF Dean Brown.
Tuesday, December 3rd , 1957
Washington Eagles: Released RP Jack Brown.
The Washington Eagles traded 27-year old minor league RHP Harvey Stephens, 24-year old minor league LF Hugh Ferebee, and $3,000 in cash to the Philadelphia Keystones, getting 24-year old RHP Jack Cornell and 21-year old minor league CF Dave Price in return.
Monday, December 2nd , 1957
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP Tom Gholson to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Henry Hunter to a minor league contract.
Washington Eagles: Signed free agent SP Wally Mears to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent SP Lefty Jones to a minor league contract.
St. Louis Pioneers: Released LF Ken Tracy.
Los Angeles Stars: Released SS Bob Brown.
Kansas City Kings: Signed free agent SP Jay Adams to a minor league contract.
Chicago Cougars: Signed free agent C Ernie Norris to a minor league contract.
The Philadelphia Keystones traded 33-year old C Roger Cleaves and 23-year old minor league CF Charlie Pierre to the Chicago Cougars, getting 30-year old RF Sparky Williams in return.
Sunday, December 1st , 1957
St. Louis Pioneers: Signed free agent RP Dee Whitler to a minor league contract with a major league option.
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