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TIGERS ALL-TIME TRADES
1931
March 31 Acquired C Muddy Ruel from the Red Sox for INF Marty McManus
1932
June 12 Acquired OF Earl Webb from the Red Sox for INF Dale Alexander and OF Roy Johnson
December 14 Acquired RHP Firpo Marberry and LHP Carl Fischer from the Senators for LHP Earl Whitehill
1933
June 2 Acquired RHP Vic Frasier from the White Sox for RHP Whit Wyatt
December 12 Acquired C Mickey Cochrane from the Athletics for C Johnny Pasek and cash considerations
December 20 Acquired OF Goose Goslin from the Senators for OF John Stone
1936
April 30 Acquired INF Jack Burns from the Browns for LHP Chief Hogsett
1937
December 2 Acquired RHP Vern Kennedy, INF Tony Piet and OF Dixie Walker from the White Sox for C Mike Tresh, INF Marv Owen and OF Gee Walker
1938
December 15 Acquired LHP Archie McKain and INF Pinky Higgins from the Red Sox for RHP Eldon Auker, LHP Jake Wade and OF Chet Morgan
1939
May 13 Acquired RHPs Bobo Newsom and Jim Walkup, INF Red Kress and OF Beau Bell from the Browns for RHPs Vern Kennedy,
Bob Harris, George Gill and Roxie Lawson, INF Mark Christman and OF Chet Laabs
June 14 Acquired OF Earl Averill from the Indians for LHP Harry Eisenstat and cash considerations
December 6 Acquired INF Dick Bartell from the Cubs for INF Billy Rogell
1940
January 20 Acquired OF Bruce Campbell from the Indians for OF Beau Bell
1941
December 12 Acquired INF Jimmy Bloodworth and OF Doc Cramer from the Senators for INF Frank Croucher and OF Bruce Campbell
1942
July 17 Acquired RHP Jack Wilson from the Senators for INF Eric McNair (McNair refused to report)
1943
October 11 Acquired C Bob Swift and INF Don Heffner from the Athletics for OF Rip Radcliff
1944
December 12 Acquired INF Skeeter Webb from the White Sox for INF Joe Orengo
1945
January 27 Acquired OF Roy Cullenbine from the Indians for INFs Don Ross and Dutch Meyer
1946
January 3 Acquired INF Eddie Lake from the Red Sox for INF Rudy York
May 18 Acquired INF George Kell from the Athletics for OF Barney McCosky
1947
May 20 Acquired C Hal Wagner from the Red Sox for C Birdie Tebbetts
1948
November 10 Acquired C Aaron Robinson from the White Sox for LHP Billy Pierce and cash considerations
1949
May 7 Acquired INF Don Kolloway from the White Sox for C Vern Rapp
December 14 Acquired INF Gerry Priddy from the Browns for RHP Lou Kretlow and cash considerations
December 17 Acquired INF Dick Kryhoski from the Yankees for OF Dick Wakefield
1951
May 15 Acquired LHP Bob Cain from the White Sox for RHP Saul Rogovin
1952
February 14 Acquired LHP Dick Littlefield, C Matt Batts, INF Ben Taylor and OF Cliff Mapes from the Browns for LHPs Gene Bearden and Bob Cain
June 3 Acquired LHP Bill Wight, INFs Johnny Pesky, Walt Dropo and Fred Hatfield and OF Don Lenhardt from the Red Sox for
RHP Dizzy Trout, INFs George Kell and Johnny Lipon and OF Hoot Evers
August 14 Acquired RHPs Ned Garver, Dave Madison and Bud Black and OF Jim Delsing from the Browns for RHP Marlin Stuart, LHP Dick
Littlefield and OFs Vic Wertz and Don Lenhardt
October 27 Acquired OF Jake Crawford from the Browns for INF Neil Berry and OF Cliff Mapes
December 4 Acquired INF Owen Friend, INF/OF J.W. Porter and OF Bob Nieman from the Browns for RHPs Virgil Trucks and Hal White and
OF Johnny Groth
1953
January 29 Acquired INF Billy Hitchcock from the Athletics for INF Don Kolloway
June 15 Acquired RHPs Steve Gromek and Dick Weik, LHP Al Aber and INF Ray Boone from the Indians for RHP Art Houtteman, LHP Bill Wight,
C Joe Ginsberg and INF Owen Friend
1954
May 29 Acquired C Robert Wilson from the White Sox for C Matt Batts
June 9 Acquired INF Wayne Belardi from the Dodgers for RHP Ernie Nevel, C John Bucha, INF Charley Kress and cash considerations
December 6 Acquired RHP Leo Cristante and INFs Ferris Fain and Jack Phillips from the White Sox for LHP Ted Gray, INF Walt Dropo and OF Bob Nieman
1955
November 30 Acquired RHP Virgil Trucks from the White Sox for OF Bubba Phillips
1956
May 15 Acquired INF Jim Brideweser and INF/OF Bob Kennedy from the White Sox for INF Fred Hatfield and OF Jim Delsing
December 3 Acquired RHPs Jack Crimian and Bill Harrington and INFs Eddie Robinson and Jim Finigan from the Athletics for RHPs Virgil Trucks and
Ned Garver, LHP Gene Host and INF Wayne Belardi
1957
February 12 Acquired INF Jack Dittmer from the Braves for OF Charles King and cash considerations
April 30 Acquired OF Karl Olson from the Red Sox for INF Jack Phillips
June 13 Acquired OF Dave Philley and cash considerations from the White Sox for INF Earl Torgeson
November 20 Acquired RHP Tom Morgan, LHP Maury McDermott, C Charlie Thompson, INF Billy Martin and OFs Gus Zernial and Lou Skizas from
the Athletics for RHPs Duke Maas and John Tsitouris, C Frank House, INF Kent Hadley, OFs Bill Tuttle and Jim Small and a player to
be named (INF Jim McManus)
1958
January 28 Acquired INFs Ozzie Virgil and Gail Harris from the Giants for INF Jim Finigan and cash considerations
February 18 Acquired LHP Hank Aguirre and C Jim Hegan from the Indians for LHP Hal Woodeshick and C J.W. Porter
March 31 Acquired RHP Vito Valentinetti and INF Milt Bolling from the Indians for RHP Pete Wojey and cash considerations
June 15 Acquired RHP Bill Fischer and OF Tito Francona from the White Sox for RHP Bob Shaw and INF Ray Boone
June 23 Acquired RHP Al Cicotte from the Senators for RHP Vito Valentinetti
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