Hal Epps Trades and Transactions

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

"You don't live to 90 without a few blessings, not without making an enemy or two. But everyone who knew him described (Hal) Epps as a gentleman and a sportsman. He was so popular that long after he retired he received an average of three letters a week." - Sportswriter Mickey Herskowitz in the Houston Chronicle (Obituary, August 2004)

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Hal Epps

Hal Epps Autograph on a St. Louis Browns Tribute (#35)

Hal Epps Autograph on a St. Louis Browns Tribute (#35)
 

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Birth Name:   Harold Franklin Epps
Nickname:   Hal
Born On:   03-26-1914  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Athens, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-25-2004
Place of Death Data Died In:   Houston, Texas
Cemetery:   Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas
High School:   Undetermined
College:   University of Georgia (DNP)
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-09-1938 (Age 24)
Last Game:   09-20-1944
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hal Epps

Trades & Transactions

11-07-1942: Selected by St. Louis Browns from St. Louis Cardinals in the minor league draft.
12-13-1946: Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Philadelphia Athletics.


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 Hal Epps 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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