Wednesday, September 9th , 1896 | Activated LF Charlie Garner from the injured list. | Wednesday, September 2nd , 1896 | Placed LF Charlie Garner on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/01/1896. | Tuesday, August 11th , 1896 | Activated 2B Jesse Bell from the injured list. | Saturday, July 11th , 1896 | Placed 2B Jesse Bell on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/09/1896. | Saturday, April 4th , 1896 | Signed General Manager Billy Ryba. | Friday, April 3rd , 1896 | Drafted RP Matt Miller in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted RP Dustin Howard in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). | Drafted LF Steve McWilliams in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted C David Boyd in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Drafted CF Andy Mull in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Dustin Southard in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 5, 45th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Dan Young in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | Drafted RP John Smith in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 5, 61st overall pick). | Drafted SS Tim Bartle in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 9, Pick 5, 69th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Sam Selby in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted SS Al Davenport in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). | Drafted SS Ben Griffin in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted C Jack Waddell in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Drafted CF Jimmy Farmer in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). | Thursday, January 2nd , 1896 | Signed General Manager Danny Ruiz. | Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 | Signed Manager Mike Hodson. | Signed Pitching Coach Alex Esparza. | Signed Hitting Coach Scott Branan. | Drafted SP Will Weston in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted RP Tom Sexton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 4, 12th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Joe Cuthbert in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). | Drafted RP Benny Briggs in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 4, 28th overall pick). | Drafted RP Clifford Fullerton in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). | Drafted SS Jim Perry in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 4, 44th overall pick). | Drafted RF Will Grover in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | Drafted RP William Leland in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 4, 60th overall pick). | Drafted RP Benny Fairfax in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 5, 69th overall pick). | Drafted RP Franklin Eldridge in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 4, 76th overall pick). | Drafted RP Charles Burling in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 5, 85th overall pick). | Drafted LF Sam Langdon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 4, 92nd overall pick). | Drafted RP Freddie Quick in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 5, 101st overall pick). | Drafted 1B Joseph Caldwell in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 4, 108th overall pick). | Drafted C Joe Iverson in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 5, 117th overall pick). | Drafted LF Jim Wickham in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 4, 124th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Edward Norcross in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 5, 133rd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Ernest Pritchett in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 18, Pick 4, 140th overall pick). | Drafted C Ward Vollmer in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 19, Pick 5, 149th overall pick). | Drafted SS Tom Edwards in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 20, Pick 4, 156th overall pick). | Drafted CF Ed Ursin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 21, Pick 5, 165th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Victor Nehring in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 4, 172nd overall pick). | Drafted LF Jesse Justice in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 23, Pick 5, 181st overall pick). | Drafted LF Ernest Kingsman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 24, Pick 4, 188th overall pick). | Drafted LF Harry Vernon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 25, Pick 5, 197th overall pick). | |