February 9 in Cincinnati Reds History: Giants send versatile George Kelly to the Reds for Edd Roush (1927)

On February 9 1927 — The Giants send versatile George Kelly, along with cash, to the Reds for truculent holdout OF Edd Roush. The Giants sent Roush to the Reds in 1916. Remembering the abuse he’d received from McGraw back in 1916, Edd tried to get New York to trade him by holding out for a salary of

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