[Lord Byron]

-The Boston Red Sox traded 23-year-old SP Cloyd Boyer to the Boston Braves, getting 30-year-old 2B Jerry Priddy in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 34-year-old SP Murry Dickson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, getting 32-year-old 3B Billy Johnson in return.
-The Pittsburgh Pirates traded 20-year-old C Frank House to the Boston Red Sox, getting 30-year-old SP Steve Gromek in return.
-The Boston Red Sox traded 39-year-old RP Connie Marrero to the Chicago Cubs, getting 32-year-old CF Sam Jethroe in return.
-The Washington Senators traded 24-year-old 3B Randy Jackson to the Cleveland Guardians, getting 32-year-old 1B Mickey Vernon in return.
-The St. Louis Browns traded 24-year-old RP Don Johnson to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 34-year-old SP Willie Ramsdell and 22-year-old 2B Billy Martin in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 24-year-old SSP George Strickland to the Washington Senators, getting 30-year-old RP Dan Bankhead in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 32-year-old RP Mel Queen and 24-year-old C Joe Ginsberg to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 28-year-old RF Carl Furillo in return.
-The Chicago Cubs traded 28-year-old RF Joe Collins to the Cincinnati Reds, getting 29-year-old RP Lou Kretlow in return.
-The Philadelphia Athletics traded 23-year-old RP Jim McDonald to the Brooklyn Dodgers, getting 32-year-old RP Russ Meers and 21-year-old SP Ray Herbert in return.
-The Philadelphia Athletics failed to sign 7th round draft pick Dan Porter.
-The Washington Senators failed to sign 1st round draft pick Bob Friend. Did not receive compensation (no offer given).
-No one was inducted in the 1951 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.