Thursday, September 17th , 1896 | Placed RF Jimmy Powell on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 09/16/1896. | Thursday, June 25th , 1896 | Placed SP George Bednar on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/24/1896. | Wednesday, June 24th , 1896 | Placed RF Jimmy Powell on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/23/1896. | Thursday, June 18th , 1896 | Activated DH Freddie Colton from the injured list. | Sunday, June 14th , 1896 | Activated CF Henry Fryer from the injured list. | Thursday, June 11th , 1896 | Placed DH Freddie Colton on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/10/1896. | Activated RF Jimmy Powell from the injured list. | Friday, May 29th , 1896 | Placed RF Jimmy Powell on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/27/1896. | Sunday, May 17th , 1896 | Placed CF Henry Fryer on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 05/16/1896. | Friday, April 3rd , 1896 | Drafted 2B Matt Williams in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall pick). | Drafted C David Chapman in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 1, 9th overall pick). | Drafted RP Josh Doxsee in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 1, 17th overall pick). | Drafted SS Rich Brode in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 1, 25th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Stephen Suddarth in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 1, 33rd overall pick). | Drafted LF Connor Dillon in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 6, Pick 1, 41st overall pick). | Drafted SP Jason Combs in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 7, Pick 1, 49th overall pick). | Drafted SP Ryan Warda in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 8, Pick 1, 57th overall pick). | Drafted SP Samuel Hendricks in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall pick). | Drafted SP Jimmy Hanson in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 2, Pick 1, 9th overall pick). | Drafted 1B Walter Yancy in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 3, Pick 1, 17th overall pick). | Drafted LF Edward Love in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 4, Pick 1, 25th overall pick). | Drafted C Tommy Murray in the 1896 free agent draft (Round 5, Pick 1, 33rd overall pick). | Thursday, January 2nd , 1896 | Signed General Manager Ken Hughes. | Wednesday, January 1st , 1896 | Signed Manager John Meader. | Signed Pitching Coach Adrian Ochoa. | Signed Hitting Coach Harry Lennan. | Drafted RP Will Langdon in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 1, Pick 1, 1st overall pick). | Drafted C Leon Dupree in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 2, Pick 8, 16th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Charlie Atkins in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 3, Pick 1, 17th overall pick). | Drafted RP Ben Oakes in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 4, Pick 8, 32nd overall pick). | Drafted RP Frank Perry in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 5, Pick 1, 33rd overall pick). | Drafted RP Joe York in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 6, Pick 8, 48th overall pick). | Drafted RP Charlie Irwin in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 7, Pick 1, 49th overall pick). | Drafted SP George Ewing in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 8, Pick 8, 64th overall pick). | Drafted CF Charlie Delgado in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 9, Pick 1, 65th overall pick). | Drafted RP Jim Finch in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 10, Pick 8, 80th overall pick). | Drafted RP Fred Delaney in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 11, Pick 1, 81st overall pick). | Drafted 1B Lemuel Eckert in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 12, Pick 8, 96th overall pick). | Drafted RP Jimmy Callahan in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 13, Pick 1, 97th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Jim Kendrick in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 14, Pick 8, 112nd overall pick). | Drafted C Ben Norcross in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 15, Pick 1, 113rd overall pick). | Drafted 1B Hyman Feldman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 16, Pick 8, 128th overall pick). | Drafted 2B Al Rutherford in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 17, Pick 1, 129th overall pick). | Drafted 3B Tom Fairfax in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 18, Pick 8, 144th overall pick). | Drafted C Milt Lederman in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 19, Pick 1, 145th overall pick). | Drafted LF Charlie Wickham in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 20, Pick 8, 160th overall pick). | Drafted CF Harry Yeager in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 21, Pick 1, 161st overall pick). | Drafted C Ernest Knox in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 22, Pick 8, 176th overall pick). | Drafted LF James Quade in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 23, Pick 1, 177th overall pick). | Drafted LF Joseph Tucker in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 24, Pick 8, 192nd overall pick). | Drafted SS Harry Mercer in the 1896 inaugural draft (Round 25, Pick 1, 193rd overall pick). | |