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Offseason news, 1956-1957
-The Washington Senators traded 25-year-old 3B Hal Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates, getting 29-year-old LHP Luis Arroyo and 20-year-old 1B Harmon Killebrew in return.
-The Chicago White Sox traded 31-year-old 3B Willie Jones to the Baltimore Orioles, getting 19-year-old 2B Clete Boyer in return.
-The Milwaukee Braves traded 23-year-old C Jay Porter and 24-year-old RHP Vicente Amor to the Brooklyn Dodgers, getting 30-year-old RHP Murray Wall in return.
-The St. Louis Cardinals traded 26-year-old C Gus Triandos and 24-year-old 3B Sammy Esposito to the Detroit Tigers, getting 19-year-old 3B Wayne Causey and 21-year-old SSP Dick Schofield in return.
-The Kansas City Athletics traded 26-year-old CF Bob Speake to the Milwaukee Braves, getting 30-year-old LF Walt Moryn in return.
-The Brooklyn Dodgers traded 21-year-old 3B Reno Bertoia to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 30-year-old RHP Robin Roberts in return.
-The Detroit Tigers traded 21-year-old CF Marty Keough to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 32-year-old LHP Jim Davis and 21-year-old LHP George Brunet in return.
-The Cincinnati Redlegs traded 30-year-old 1B Dale Long and 23-year-old RHP Ramon Monzant to the Chicago Cubs, getting 28-year-old 2B Nellie Fox and 23-year-old RF Marv Throneberry in return.
-The Boston Red Sox traded 36-year-old RF Stan Musial to the New York Yankees, getting 19-year-old 3B Brooks Robinson and 23-year-old C Charley Lau in return.
-The Milwaukee Braves traded 18-year-old 3B Bob Aspromonte and 21-year-old RHP Bob Blaylock to the Chicago White Sox, getting 30-year-old RHP Lew Burdette in return.
-The Cleveland Guardians traded 24-year-old SSP Chico Fernandez to the Cincinnati Redlegs, getting 30-year-old LHP Lou Sleater and 23-year-old RHP Ted Abernathy in return.
-CF Joe DiMaggio and 3B Stan Hack are inducted into the 1957 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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