on this day
October 11
10 trades on this date in history
Bill Butler, Dick Colpaert and Jim Strickland changed clubs, and none of them amounted to much for either side.
Doug Griffin stayed 7 seasons and was the best of it, and it still came out close to even.
Cincinnati Reds came out ahead by 15.5 WAR, most of it from Bobby Tolan.
Houston Astros came out ahead by 3.9 WAR, most of it from Johnny Edwards.
Jay Ward, Bobby Prescott and Stan Johnson changed clubs among others, and none of them amounted to much for either side.
San Francisco Giants came out ahead by 9.8 WAR, most of it from Stu Miller.
Close to a wash — the margin never reached a full win.
New York Yankees got 21.2 WAR out of Allie Reynolds over 8 seasons. Cleveland Guardians got 19.8 from the whole return.
Bob Swift stayed 8 seasons and was the best of it, and it still came out close to even.
$3,500 is the whole of what changed hands besides Jack Taylor.