Dale Long Trades and Transactions

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

"You can shake a dozen glove men out of a tree, but the bat separates the men from the boys." - Dale Long

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Dale Long

Dale Long Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#414)

Dale Long Autograph on a 1959 Topps (#414)
 

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Birth Name:   Richard Dale Long
Nickname:   None
Born On:   02-06-1926  (Aquarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Springfield, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   01-27-1991
Place of Death Data Died In:   Palm Coast, Florida
Cemetery:   Cheshire Cemetery, Cheshire, Massachusetts
High School:   Adams High School (Adams, MA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-04   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   04-21-1951 (Age 25)
Last Game:   07-18-1963
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dale Long

Trades & Transactions

05-00-1945: Traded by Middletown (Ohio State) to Cincinnati Reds.
06-00-1947: Released by Cincinnati Reds.
06-00-1947: Signed by Boston Red Sox.
11-24-1948: Selected by Detroit Tigers from Boston Red Sox in the minor league draft.
12-05-1949: Selected by New York Yankees from Detroit Tigers in the minor league draft.
11-16-1950: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft.
06-01-1951: Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from Pittsburgh Pirates.
07-19-1951: Released by St. Louis Browns.
10-15-1953: Obtained rights when entering into working agreement with a minor league team (Pittsburgh Pirates).
05-01-1957: Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates (with Lee Walls) to Chicago Cubs for Dee Fondy and Gene Baker.
04-05-1960: Sold by Chicago Cubs to San Francisco Giants.
08-21-1960: Sold by San Francisco Giants to New York Yankees.
12-14-1960: Selected by Washington Senators — expansion draft.
07-11-1962: Traded by Washington Senators to New York Yankees for Don Lock.
08-02-1963: Released by New York Yankees.


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 Dale Long 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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