Rudy York Trades and Transactions

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

"The booming bat of 24 year old Rudy York, Detroit's late entry into the home run race, spoke in tones heard 'round the baseball world this afternoon as one of Babe Ruth's proudest and supposedly invincible records went crashing into discard." - Sportswriter Shirley Povich in the Washington Post (08/31/1937)

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Rudy York
 
 
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Birth Name:   Preston Rudolph York
Nickname:   Rudy
Born On:   08-17-1913  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Ragland, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-05-1970
Place of Death Data Died In:   Rome, Georgia
Cemetery:   Sunset Memory Gardens, Cartersville, Georgia
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   209
First Game:   08-22-1934 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-20-1948
Draft:   Not Applicable
Rudy York

Trades & Transactions

01-03-1946: Traded by Detroit Tigers to Boston Red Sox for Eddie Lake.
06-14-1947: Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago White Sox for Jake Jones.
02-02-1948: Released by Chicago White Sox.
10-04-1948: Released by 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 Rudy York 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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