CLOSED...1961 Topps $15 Auction...Day 36

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Here's a few more to add to the kitty! As I was looking at the exploits of these three players, I noticed that Russ Kemmerer was traded from Boston to the Senators, in 1957, for Dean Stone. The Senators then traded Kemmerer to Houston in 1962...for Dean Stone. Hmmm...that can't be the only time that happened, so I poked around a bit. Believe it or not, two players have actually been traded for each other twice, in the same season. In Feb 1968, the White Sox and Senators traded Ron Hansen for Tim Cullen, then in August, traded them back again. But wait...it gets better. In 1982, two players were traded for each other in eleven days, although a bit more convoluted. It went like this:

June 15, 1982:
Philadelphia Phillies trade Dick Davis to Toronto Blue Jays for Wayne Nordhagen
Philadelphia Phillies trade Wayne Nordhagen to Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Robinson.

June 22, 1982:
Toronto Blue Jays trade Dick Davis to Pittsburgh Pirates for PTBNL.

June 25, 1982:
Pittsburgh Pirates send Wayne Nordhagen to Toronto Blue Jays to complete the June 22 deal for Dick Davis. So not only did Nordhagen get traded for Davis twice, he also went to three new teams in eleven days, with the third one being his original team.

And of course, there is the all-time best trade, when Harry Chiti was traded for a PTBNL, then later, he became the PTBNL...thus being traded for himself. And just because the day would not be complete without knowing this fact...three other players since then have been traded for themselves. So there.

Take Care,
Geno