The New York Yankees buy pitcher Nick Cullop from the Kansas City Packers (Federal League) and three others

The New York Yankees buy pitcher Nick Cullop from the Kansas City Packers (Federal League) and three others

1916 – The New York Yankees buy pitcher Nick Cullop from the Kansas City Packers (Federal League), infielder Joe Gedeon from the Salt Lake Bees (Pacific Coast League), and infielder Germany Schaefer from the Newark Peppers (FL). Schaefer will announce that he is changing his nickname to “Liberty” because of the war. He noticed that “sauerkraut” had been renamed “liberty cabbage”.