Friday, September 11th , 1896 | Activated 3B Ed King from the injured list. | Monday, August 24th , 1896 | Placed 3B Ed King on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/23/1896. | Thursday, August 13th , 1896 | Activated LF Joe Devine from the injured list. | Wednesday, August 5th , 1896 | Placed LF Joe Devine on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/04/1896. | Thursday, July 2nd , 1896 | Activated C Dwight Seward from the injured list. | Friday, June 26th , 1896 | Placed C Dwight Seward on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/24/1896. | Saturday, April 4th , 1896 | Signed free agent CF Jack Orton to a minor league contract. | Signed General Manager Ray Gorgone. | Friday, April 3rd , 1896 | Drafted SP Pete Staudacher in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | Drafted RP J.D. Buchholz in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 15th overall pick). | Drafted LF Tommy Doup in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). | Drafted SS Joe David in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | Drafted C Dwight Seward in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 7, 15th overall pick). | Drafted SP Frank Phillips in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). | Drafted RF Jim Lyttle in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 31st overall pick). | Thursday, January 2nd , 1896 | Signed General Manager Pat Landi. | Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 | Signed Manager Rich DiCesare. | Signed Pitching Coach Devon Clayton. | Signed Hitting Coach Johnny Blankenship. | Signed Manager Alberto Rodriguez. | Signed Pitching Coach Jeff Hammons. | Signed Hitting Coach Elias Gutierrez. | Drafted 2B Alonzo Goodwin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Delbert Rankin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 2, 10th overall pick). | Drafted C Abel Ashby in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 7, 23rd overall pick). | Drafted RP Hollis Spence in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 2, 26th overall pick). | Drafted RP Al Sexton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 7, 39th overall pick). | Drafted RP Clive Hartzell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 2, 42nd overall pick). | Drafted SP Owen Donnelly in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 7, 55th overall pick). | Drafted SS Thomas Rooney in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 2, 58th overall pick). | Drafted RP Al Rutherford in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 7, 71st overall pick). | Drafted SP Chester Yerrick in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 2, 74th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Reuben Demarest in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 7, 87th overall pick). | Drafted RP Benedict Ullman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 2, 90th overall pick). | Drafted RP Walter Lytle in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 7, 103rd overall pick). | Drafted RF Royce Albright in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 2, 106th overall pick). | Drafted SP Samuel Trent in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 7, 119th overall pick). | Drafted 2B James Harkness in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 2, 122nd overall pick). | Drafted 3B Amos Drennan in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 7, 135th overall pick). | Drafted CF Jack Powers in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 18, Pick 2, 138th overall pick). | Drafted RP George Parsons in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 19, Pick 7, 151st overall pick). | Drafted 1B Hugh Cantwell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 20, Pick 2, 154th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Martin Koenig in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 21, Pick 7, 167th overall pick). | Drafted C Charlie Zorn in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 2, 170th overall pick). | Drafted RP Henry Finch in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 23, Pick 7, 183rd overall pick). | Drafted SS Jim Floyd in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 24, Pick 2, 186th overall pick). | Drafted SP Al Grover in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 25, Pick 7, 199th overall pick). | |