[Lord Byron]

Here are the trades before the 1901 trading deadline:
• The Baltimore Orioles traded 23-year-old LF Jim Jackson and 22-year-old RF Slats Jordan to the New York Giants, getting 35-year-old RHP Al Maul in return.
• The St. Louis Cardinals traded 24-year-old RHP Ed Murphy and 21-year-old 1B Lefty Herring to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 30-year-old RHP Dummy Leitner and 20-year-old LF Jack Hayden in return.
• The Cleveland Blues traded 34-year-old RHP Gus Weyhing to the Philadelphia Phillies, getting 21-year-old RHP Bert Conn and 24-year-old RHP Patsy Dougherty in return.
• The Philadelphia Phillies traded 22-year-old C Ed Phelps to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 31-year-old 2B Frank Bonner in return.
• The Cincinnati Reds traded 32-year-old RHP Bill Phillips to the Boston Americans, getting 20-year-old RHP Weldon Henley in return.
• The Boston Beaneaters traded 31-year-old RHP Kid Nichols and 24-year-old RF Fred Crolius to the Brooklyn Superbas, getting 26-year-old RF Lefty Davis in return.
• The Baltimore Orioles traded 37-year-old C Wilbert Robinson and 16-year-old 1B George Moriarty to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 30-year-old RHP Bill Bernhard in return.
• The Brooklyn Superbas traded 34-year-old C Duke Farrell, 24-year-old RF Fred Crolius, and 22-year-old RHP Gene Wright to the Milwaukee Brewers, getting 25-year-old 3B Mike Jacobs in return.
• The Chicago Orphans traded 33-year-old RHP Jock Menefee to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 24-year-old SSP Rudy Hulswitt in return.
• The Cleveland Blues traded 31-year-old CF Ollie Pickering to the Brooklyn Superbas, getting 24-year-old RHP Mordecai Brown in return.
• The Boston Americans traded 20-year-old C Larry McLean to the Cleveland Blues, getting 32-year-old LF Jack McCarthy, 20-year-old RHP Jack Bracken, and 24-year-old RHP Mordecai Brown in return.