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| Friday, April 3rd , 1896 |
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| Drafted SP Chris Smith in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Jack Rice in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 15th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Justin Rivard in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). |
| Drafted C Ray Mazzarese in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 31st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Paul Grant in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Chris Hayes in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 7, 47th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Ken Bogan in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Ben Thomas in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Frank Spears in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 15th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Benny Morrisey in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SS Edward Todd in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 31st overall pick). |
| Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 |
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| Signed Manager Joe Gubler. |
| Signed Pitching Coach Cole Mittelstaedt. |
| Signed Hitting Coach Bobby Collins. |
| Drafted LF Red Moxley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). |
| Drafted RF Bunny Throckmorton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 2, 10th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Alphonse Dupray in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Wallace Latham in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 26th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Charlie Crow in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Ezra Runkle in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 2, 42nd overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Burton Tolliver in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Sherry Forstall in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 2, 58th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Barton Kingsley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Elwood Shipe in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 2, 74th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Harlan Selkirk in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Clyde Runkle in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 2, 90th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Norris Halford in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Irving Getzel in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 2, 106th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Clifford Rollins in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). |
