[Lord Byron]

-The New York Giants traded 31-year-old SP Ken Raffensberger to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 31-year-old LF Pat Mullin in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 31-year-old CF Dom DiMaggio to the Chicago Cubs, getting 24-year-old LF Hal Rice in return.
-The New York Yankees traded 24-year-old RF Ken Wood to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 30-year-old RP Forrest Thompson and 24-year-old C Ed Fitz Gerald in return.
-The Boston Braves traded 22-year-old C Rube Walker to the Washington Senators, getting 30-year-old CF Jim Russell in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 30-year-old RP Charlie Gassaway and 24-year-old 1B Ted Kluszewski to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 27-year-old CF Clyde Vollmer in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 30-year-old 2B Bill Rigney and 23-year-old 1B Ed Stevens to the St. Louis Browns, getting 29-year-old SP Vic Raschi in return.
-The Cincinnati Reds traded 31-year-old RP Walker Cress and 22-year-old SP Carl Erskine to the Cleveland Guardians, getting 27-year-old CF Hoot Evers and 24-year-old 2B Jack Lohrke in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 23-year-old RP Windy McCall to the Washington Senators, getting 30-year-old RP Lefty Sloat in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 28-year-old 1B Dick Sisler and 24-year-old C Charlie Silvera to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 25-year-old SSP Ray Boone in return.
-C Gabby Hartnett, C Bill Dickey, and C Mickey Cochrane are inducted into the 1949 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.