Jim Golden Trades and Transactions

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

"In 1960, the league was back to eight teams, as Dallas and Fort Worth merged and Charleston dropped out. Jim Golden won 20 games for St. Paul (the last twenty-game winner ever in the American Association) and led the league with a 2.32 earned run average." - Author Stew Thornley in Baseball in Minnesota: A Definitive History (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 03/01/2006, Page 96)

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Jim Golden

Jim Golden Autograph on a 1963 Topps (#297)

Jim Golden Autograph on a 1963 Topps (#297)
 

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Birth Name:   James Edward Golden
Nickname:   Jim
Born On:   03-20-1936  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Eldon, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   09-30-1960 (Age 24)
Last Game:   04-23-1963
Draft:   Not Applicable
Jim Golden

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1954: Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies.
12-23-1958: Traded by Philadelphia Phillies (with Rip Repulski and Gene Snyder) to Los Angeles Dodgers for Sparky Anderson.
10-10-1961: Selected by Houston Astros — expansion draft.
12-10-1963: Traded by Houston Astros (with Danny Murphy) to Chicago White Sox for Nellie Fox.


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 Jim Golden 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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