Chicago Cubs P Lindy McDaniel and OF Don Landrum are traded to the San Francisco Giants for C Randy Hundley and P Bill Hands.
Baltimore sends 1B Norm Siebern to the Angels for OF Dick Simpson.
The Cubs trade pitcher Lindy McDaniel and outfielder Don Landrum to the Giants for catcher Randy Hundley and pitcher Bill Hands. Chicago’s new acquisitions will both play a major role in rebuilding the ‘lovable losers’ into contenders later in the decade.
1965 – Astros deal two pitchers and cash to the Chicago White Sox for catcher Bill Heath and outfielder Dave Nicholson. Heath would hit .301 with eight RBIs as a backup. Nicholson would bat .246 with ten homers in part-time duty.
The Pittsburgh Pirates acquire light-hitting outfielder Matty Alou from the San Francisco Giants for infielder Ozzie Virgil and pitcher Joe Gibbon. Alou batted only .231 for San Francisco in 1965, but will improve to a National League-leading .342 this season and have four straight seasons over .300.
Kansas City A’s re-acquire minor league outfielder Joe Rudi from the Cleveland Indians
1965 – The Red Sox trade shortstop Eddie Bressoud to the Mets for outfielder Joe Christopher.
1965 – The Yankees trade utility player Phil Linz to the Phillies for Ruben Amaro.
Future Red Sox owner Haywood Sullivan resigns as A’s manager to become the Red Sox director of player personnel and vice president of the club. The Donalsonville, Georgia native is replaced by Alvin Dark, who will lead the club to a seventh-place finish in his only full season in Kansas City.
1965 – Joe Morgan receives four votes for National League Rookie of the Year, finishing a distant second to the Dodgers’ Jim Lefebvre. Morgan bats .271 with 14 homers and 20 steals in his first full season in Houston.
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