[Lord Byron]

There were 3 trades in baseball before the trading deadline (on July 31st, 1901):
On July 30th, the Boston Americans traded relief pitcher Highball Wilson (22) and starting pitcher Ben Benville (23) to the Cleveland Blues for relief pitcher Bill Hoffer.
On July 31st, the Boston Beaneaters traded starting pitcher Kid Nichols (31) to the Detroit Tigers for starting pitcher Roscoe Miller (24).
In addition, the St. Louis Cardinals traded relief pitcher Bob Wicker (23) and first baseman Bill Richardson (23) to the Cleveland Blues for relief pitcher Ed Scott (30).