Wednesday, August 12th , 1896 | Activated CF Joe Irving from the injured list. | Wednesday, July 15th , 1896 | Activated SP Merritt Halberd from the injured list. | Sunday, July 5th , 1896 | Placed CF Joe Irving on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/04/1896. | Tuesday, June 30th , 1896 | Activated 2B Ernest Stone from the injured list. | Tuesday, June 23rd , 1896 | Placed 2B Ernest Stone on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/22/1896. | Monday, June 22nd , 1896 | Activated SS Jimmy Bowman from the injured list. | Monday, June 15th , 1896 | Placed SS Jimmy Bowman on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/14/1896. | Tuesday, June 2nd , 1896 | Activated RF Ernest Kingman from the injured list. | Friday, May 29th , 1896 | Placed SP Merritt Halberd on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/26/1896. | Sunday, May 24th , 1896 | Placed RF Ernest Kingman on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/23/1896. | Friday, April 3rd , 1896 | Drafted RP Bryan Pickett in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). | Drafted SP Lance Miller in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 12th overall pick). | Drafted SP Adam Wilson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 20th overall pick). | Drafted RP Jesse Witt in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Drafted SP Merritt Halberd in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). | Drafted SP Hal Peterman in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 12th overall pick). | Drafted SP Henry Becker in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 20th overall pick). | Drafted CF Saul Lippmann in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Thursday, January 2nd , 1896 | Signed General Manager Randy Cushard. | Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 | Signed General Manager Todd Hankins. | Signed Manager Ryan Husband. | Signed Bench Coach Allen Toone. | Signed Pitching Coach Omar Morales. | Signed Hitting Coach Joe Maurer. | Signed Scouting Director Angel Zuniga. | Signed Team Trainer Mark Shindler. | Signed 1B Coach Steve McNabb. | Signed 3B Coach Adam Coonce. | Drafted LF Jules Tremont in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick). | Drafted RF Amos Carr in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Chester Sanders in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 4, 20th overall pick). | Drafted RP Charles Rutherford in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Drafted SP Benny Stanley in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 4, 36th overall pick). | Drafted SP Benny Neville in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 5, 45th overall pick). | Drafted C Pat Coulter in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 4, 52nd overall pick). | Drafted SP Byron Schilling in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 5, 61st overall pick). | Drafted CF Otto Redfield in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 4, 68th overall pick). | Drafted SS Milton Dorman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 5, 77th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Emory Lawton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 4, 84th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Cornelius Forbes in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 5, 93rd overall pick). | Drafted SP Benny Vernon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 4, 100th overall pick). | Drafted RP Charles Jacobs in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 5, 109th overall pick). | Drafted SP Frank Walton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 4, 116th overall pick). | Drafted SP Harry Shannon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 5, 125th overall pick). | Drafted CF Saul Lippmann in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 4, 132nd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Bill Kendrick in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 18, Pick 5, 141st overall pick). | Drafted SP Ed Hollis in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 19, Pick 4, 148th overall pick). | Drafted LF Benny Fairfax in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 20, Pick 5, 157th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Wilbur Zimmer in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 21, Pick 4, 164th overall pick). | Drafted RP Oscar Strickland in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 5, 173rd overall pick). | Drafted LF William Carson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 23, Pick 4, 180th overall pick). | Drafted SS James Hollis in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 24, Pick 5, 189th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Tommy Atkins in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 25, Pick 4, 196th overall pick). | |