Harry Bright Trades and Transactions

The Harry Bright trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Harry Bright has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I waited seventeen years to bat in a World Series and when it finally happened, everyone was rooting for me to strike out!" - Harry Bright in The Baseball Life of Sandy Koufax (George Vecsey, 1968)

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Harry Bright

Harry Bright Autograph on a 1961 Topps (#447)

Harry Bright Autograph on a 1961 Topps (#447)
 

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Birth Name:   Harry James Bright
Nickname:   None
Born On:   09-22-1929  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Kansas City, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-13-2000
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sacramento, California
Cemetery:   Undetermined
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   07-25-1958 (Age 28)
Last Game:   06-30-1965
Draft:   Not Applicable
Harry Bright

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1946: Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees.
05-00-1947: Trade of unknown type from New York Yankees to Houma (Evangeline).
00-00-1950: Trade of unknown type from Miami (Kansas-Oklahoma-Missouri) to Chicago Cubs.
12-03-1951: Selected by York (Interstate) from Chicago Cubs in the minor league draft.
00-00-1952: Trade of unknown type from York (Interstate) to Chicago Cubs.
00-00-1953: Trade of unknown type from Chicago Cubs to Chicago White Sox.
11-30-1953: Selected by Detroit Tigers from Chicago White Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft.
05-00-1955: Sold by Detroit Tigers to Sacramento (PCL).
07-21-1958: Sold by Sacramento (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates.
11-30-1959: Selected by Chicago Cubs from Pittsburgh Pirates in the Rule 5 major league draft.
04-07-1960: Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates.
12-16-1960: Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates (with Bennie Daniels and R.C. Stevens) to Washington Senators for Bobby Shantz.
11-24-1962: Traded by Washington Senators to Cincinnati Reds for Rogelio Alvarez.
04-21-1963: Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees.
09-11-1964: Released by New York Yankees.
03-15-1965: Signed by Chicago Cubs.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Harry Bright trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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