Pee Wee Reese Trades and Transactions

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

"I don't think legalizing the spitter would make much difference. They never stopped throwing it anyway." - Hall of Fame Shortstop Pee Wee Reese
Pee Wee Reese

Pee Wee Reese Autograph on a 1995 Topps Dodger Archive (#333)

Pee Wee Reese Autograph on a 1995 Topps Dodger Archive (#333)
 

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Birth Name:   Harold Henry Reese
Nickname:   Pee Wee or The Little Colonel or The Captain
Born On:   07-23-1918  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ekron, Kentucky
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-14-1999
Place of Death Data Died In:   Louisville, Kentucky
Cemetery:   Resthaven Memorial Park, Louisville, Kentucky Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Manual High School (Louisville, KY)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-23-1940 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-26-1958
Draft:   Not Applicable
Pee Wee Reese

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1938: Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates.
00-00-1939: Returned to Louisville (American Association) - working agreement with minor league team (Pittsburgh Pirates) ended.
00-00-1939: Obtained rights when entering into working agreement with a minor league team (Boston Red Sox).
07-18-1939: Sold by Boston Red Sox to Brooklyn Dodgers for $35000 and 4 players.
12-30-1958: Released by Los Angeles Dodgers.


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 Pee Wee Reese 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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