The New York Giants buy center fielder Edd Roush from the Newark Peppers of the defunct Federal League for $7,500
1916 – The New York Giants buy center fielder Edd Roush from the Newark Peppers of the defunct Federal League for $7,500. Roush will hit just .188 in New York before being packaged to Cincinnati, where he will blossom into a Hall of Famer.