Friday, August 21st , 1896 | Activated 3B Freddie Myers from the injured list. | Saturday, August 15th , 1896 | Placed 3B Freddie Myers on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 08/13/1896. | Thursday, July 23rd , 1896 | Activated 2B George Black from the injured list. | Monday, July 20th , 1896 | Placed SP Solly Morgenstern on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/19/1896. | Monday, July 13th , 1896 | Activated SP Dwight Rathbone from the injured list. | Placed 2B George Black on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/12/1896. | Monday, July 6th , 1896 | Placed SP Dwight Rathbone on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/05/1896. | Monday, June 15th , 1896 | Placed SP Solly Morgenstern on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/14/1896. | Thursday, May 28th , 1896 | Placed SP Al Hobson on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/26/1896. | Saturday, April 4th , 1896 | Signed free agent CF Fred Battle to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent CF Joe Rohrbacher to a minor league contract. | Signed General Manager Jim Manning. | Friday, April 3rd , 1896 | Drafted SP Dave Wilson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted RP Mark Klasen in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). | Drafted SP Jay Hardin in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted 2B Dan Bloomer in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Andy Ruggio in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). | Drafted C Ben Jones in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 5, 45th overall pick). | Drafted LF Rob Cox in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | Drafted RF Ryan Muncy in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 5, 61st overall pick). | Drafted SP Dwight Rathbone in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted SP Solly Morgenstern in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). | Drafted SP Julius Forman in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted RP Charlie Aberdeen in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 | Signed Manager Jonathan Brown. | Signed Pitching Coach Jonathan Housewright. | Signed Hitting Coach Travis Hoy. | Signed Manager Oscar Camacho. | Signed Pitching Coach Matt Boozer. | Signed Hitting Coach Phil Heiss. | Drafted CF Seamus McGroarty in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Wilbur Santee in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 12th overall pick). | Drafted SP Hal Peters in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted 3B Ellsworth Tremont in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Drafted SP Dwight Rathbone in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). | Drafted LF Dutch Lenkman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 4, 44th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Leon Farber in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | Drafted RP Walter Oakley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 4, 60th overall pick). | Drafted SP Bricks Rosenbaum in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 5, 69th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Grover Meeks in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 4, 76th overall pick). | Drafted SS Joe Tolliver in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 5, 85th overall pick). | Drafted LF Edward Sexton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 4, 92nd overall pick). | Drafted C Newton Eldridge in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 5, 101st overall pick). | Drafted CF Luther Waldman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 4, 108th overall pick). | Drafted RP Jimmy Irwin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 5, 117th overall pick). | Drafted SP Mike Weston in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 4, 124th overall pick). | Drafted CF Samuel Merton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 5, 133rd overall pick). | Drafted 2B Frank Newsome in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 18, Pick 4, 140th overall pick). | Drafted RP Harry Vaughan in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 19, Pick 5, 149th overall pick). | Drafted SS James Valentine in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 20, Pick 4, 156th overall pick). | Drafted RP Benny Norcross in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 21, Pick 5, 165th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Tip Temple in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 4, 172nd overall pick). | Drafted RP Frank Underhill in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 23, Pick 5, 181st overall pick). | Drafted RP Jim Neville in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 24, Pick 4, 188th overall pick). | Drafted C Ellsworth Baldwin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 25, Pick 5, 197th overall pick). | |