on this day
May 23
21 trades on this date in history
Brian Matusz changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.
Eric Surkamp and Blake Smith changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Neil Weber changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.
Washington Nationals came out ahead by 3.2 WAR, most of it from Henry Rodríguez.
Esteban Beltré and John Cangelosi changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Nobody in this deal stayed long. It was settled inside a season.
Cardell Camper changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.
Earl Stephenson and Dan Monzon changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Miguel de la Hoz and Grover Powell changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Atlanta Braves came out ahead by 8.1 WAR, most of it from Ken Johnson.
Bob Skinner and Jerry Lynch changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Jim Piersall and Gil Hodges changed clubs, and neither amounted to much for either side.
Chicago Cubs came out ahead by 5.6 WAR, most of it from Don Elston.
$100,000 is the whole of what changed hands besides George Kell.
Cincinnati Reds came out ahead by 4.8 WAR, most of it from Jackie Collum.
Johnny Wyrostek stayed 3 seasons and was the best of it, and it still came out close to even.
$60,000 is the whole of what changed hands besides Mort Cooper.
Boston Red Sox came out ahead by 2.3 WAR, most of it from Bill Barrett.
Bob O'Farrell stayed 4 seasons and was the best of it, and it still came out close to even.
Pittsburgh Pirates got 17.6 WAR out of Lee Meadows over 7 seasons. Philadelphia Phillies got 4.1 from the whole return.