| 1996-01-09 | Mike Kelly | Cincinnati Reds | Traded from Atlanta Braves to Cincinnati Reds for Chad Fox and Ray King (6/11/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-01-09 | Chad Fox | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Cincinnati Reds with Ray King to Atlanta Braves for Mike Kelly | MLB |
| 1996-01-09 | Todd Stottlemyre | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals for Allen Battle, Carl Dale, Bret Wagner and Jay Witasick | MLB |
| 1996-01-09 | Allen Battle | Oakland Athletics | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Carl Dale, Bret Wagner and Jay Witasick to Oakland Athletics for Todd Stottlemyre | MLB |
| 1996-01-09 | Carl Dale | Oakland Athletics | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Allen Battle, Bret Wagner and Jay Witasick to Oakland Athletics for Todd Stottlemyre | MLB |
| 1996-01-09 | Jay Witasick | Oakland Athletics | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Allen Battle, Carl Dale and Bret Wagner to Oakland Athletics for Todd Stottlemyre | MLB |
| 1996-01-10 | Wil Cordero | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Montreal Expos with Bryan Eversgerd to Boston Red Sox for Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier and Ryan McGuire | MLB |
| 1996-01-10 | Bryan Eversgerd | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Montreal Expos with Wil Cordero to Boston Red Sox for Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier and Ryan McGuire | MLB |
| 1996-01-10 | Shayne Bennett | Montreal Expos | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Rheal Cormier and Ryan McGuire to Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd | MLB |
| 1996-01-10 | Rheal Cormier | Montreal Expos | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Shayne Bennett and Ryan McGuire to Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd | MLB |
| 1996-01-10 | Ryan McGuire | Montreal Expos | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Shayne Bennett and Rheal Cormier to Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd | MLB |
| 1996-01-17 | Kelly Stinnett | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from New York Mets to Milwaukee Brewers for Cory Lidle | MLB |
| 1996-01-17 | Cory Lidle | New York Mets | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to New York Mets for Kelly Stinnett | MLB |
| 1996-01-18 | Aaron Ledesma | California Angels | Traded from New York Mets to California Angels for Kevin Flora | MLB |
| 1996-01-18 | Kevin Flora | New York Mets | Traded from California Angels to New York Mets for Aaron Ledesma | MLB |
| 1996-01-22 | Andrew Lorraine | Oakland Athletics | Traded from Chicago White Sox with Charles Poe to Oakland Athletics for Danny Tartabull | MLB |
| 1996-01-22 | Danny Tartabull | Chicago White Sox | Traded from Oakland Athletics to Chicago White Sox for Andrew Lorraine and Charles Poe | MLB |
| 1996-01-22 | Erik Hiljus | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from New York Mets with Eric Ludwick and Yudith Ozorio to St. Louis Cardinals for Bernard Gilkey | MLB |
| 1996-01-22 | Eric Ludwick | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from New York Mets with Erik Hiljus and Yudith Ozorio to St. Louis Cardinals for Bernard Gilkey | MLB |
| 1996-01-22 | Bernard Gilkey | New York Mets | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets for Erik Hiljus, Eric Ludwick and Yudith Ozorio | MLB |
| 1996-01-23 | Duane Singleton | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to Detroit Tigers for Henry Santos | MLB |
| 1996-01-25 | Damon Buford | Texas Rangers | Traded from New York Mets to Texas Rangers for Terrell Lowery | MLB |
| 1996-01-25 | Terrell Lowery | New York Mets | Traded from Texas Rangers to New York Mets for Damon Buford | MLB |
| 1996-01-29 | Heathcliff Slocumb | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Rickey Holifield and Larry Wimberly to Boston Red Sox for Glenn Murray, Ken Ryan and Lee Tinsley | MLB |
| 1996-01-29 | Glenn Murray | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Ken Ryan and Lee Tinsley to Philadelphia Phillies for Rickey Holifield, Heathcliff Slocumb and Larry Wimberly | MLB |
| 1996-01-29 | Ken Ryan | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Glenn Murray and Lee Tinsley to Philadelphia Phillies for Rickey Holifield, Heathcliff Slocumb and Larry Wimberly | MLB |
| 1996-01-29 | Lee Tinsley | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Glenn Murray and Ken Ryan to Philadelphia Phillies for Rickey Holifield, Heathcliff Slocumb and Larry Wimberly | MLB |
| 1996-02-13 | Steve Montgomery | Oakland Athletics | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Oakland Athletics for Dennis Eckersley | MLB |
| 1996-02-13 | Dennis Eckersley | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from Oakland Athletics to St. Louis Cardinals for Steve Montgomery | MLB |
| 1996-02-15 | Brian Anderson | Cleveland Indians | Traded from California Angels to Cleveland Indians for Pep Harris and Jason Grimsley | MLB |
| 1996-02-15 | Pep Harris | California Angels | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Jason Grimsley to California Angels for Brian Anderson | MLB |
| 1996-02-15 | Jason Grimsley | California Angels | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Pep Harris to California Angels for Brian Anderson | MLB |
| 1996-03-11 | Randy Veres | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Florida Marlins to Detroit Tigers for Matt Brunson | MLB |
| 1996-03-13 | Tony Tarasco | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from Montreal Expos to Baltimore Orioles for Sherman Obando | MLB |
| 1996-03-13 | Sherman Obando | Montreal Expos | Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Montreal Expos for Tony Tarasco | MLB |
| 1996-03-13 | Scott Pose | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Cleveland Indians to Toronto Blue Jays for Joe Lis | MLB |
| 1996-03-17 | Roberto Petagine | New York Mets | Traded from San Diego Padres with Luis Arroyo to New York Mets for Pete Walker and Scott Adair | MLB |
| 1996-03-17 | Pete Walker | San Diego Padres | Traded from New York Mets with Scott Adair to San Diego Padres for Roberto Petagine and Luis Arroyo | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Phil Plantier | Oakland Athletics | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Oakland Athletics for Fausto Cruz and Ramon Fermin | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Fausto Cruz | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Oakland Athletics with Ramon Fermin to Detroit Tigers for Phil Plantier | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Ramon Fermin | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Oakland Athletics with Fausto Cruz to Detroit Tigers for Phil Plantier | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Sean Bergman | San Diego Padres | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Cade Gaspar and Todd Steverson to San Diego Padres for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Todd Steverson | San Diego Padres | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Sean Bergman and Cade Gaspar to San Diego Padres for Raul Casanova, Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Raul Casanova | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Richie Lewis and Melvin Nieves to Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Cade Gaspar and Todd Steverson | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Richie Lewis | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Melvin Nieves to Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Cade Gaspar and Todd Steverson | MLB |
| 1996-03-22 | Melvin Nieves | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Raul Casanova and Richie Lewis to Detroit Tigers for Sean Bergman, Cade Gaspar and Todd Steverson | MLB |
| 1996-03-23 | Mike Fyhrie | New York Mets | Traded by Kansas City Royals to New York Mets for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-03-31 | Mark Clark | New York Mets | Traded from Cleveland Indians to New York Mets for Reid Cornelius and Ryan Thompson | MLB |
| 1996-03-31 | Reid Cornelius | Cleveland Indians | Traded from New York Mets with Ryan Thompson to Cleveland Indians for Mark Clark | MLB |
| 1996-03-31 | Ryan Thompson | Cleveland Indians | Traded from New York Mets with Reid Cornelius to Cleveland Indians for Mark Clark | MLB |
| 1996-04-04 | Jesse Levis | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from Cleveland Indians to Milwaukee Brewers for Scott Nate and Jared Camp (6/9/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-04-05 | Will Pennyfeather | California Angels | Traded from Cincinnati Reds to California Angels for Eduardo Perez | MLB |
| 1996-04-05 | Eduardo Perez | Cincinnati Reds | Traded from California Angels to Cincinnati Reds for Will Pennyfeather | MLB |
| 1996-04-06 | Tom Wilson | Cleveland Indians | Traded from New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians for Ryan Martindale and Marc Marini | MLB |
| 1996-04-08 | Matt Franco | New York Mets | Traded from Chicago Cubs to New York Mets for Chris DeWitt (6/11/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-04-18 | Bryan Eversgerd | Texas Rangers | Traded from Boston Red Sox to Texas Rangers for Rudy Pemberton (4/24/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-04-23 | Mel Rosario | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from San Diego Padres to Baltimore Orioles for Keith Eaddy | MLB |
| 1996-04-24 | Rudy Pemberton | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Texas Rangers to Boston Red Sox for Bryan Eversgerd (4/18/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-04-26 | Gregg Olson | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Cincinnati Reds to Detroit Tigers for Yuri Sanchez | MLB |
| 1996-05-01 | Andy Tomberlin | New York Mets | Traded by Oakland Athletics to New York Mets for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-05-02 | J.R. Phillips | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded by San Francisco Giants to Philadelphia Phillies for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-05-14 | John Farrell | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Cleveland Indians to Detroit Tigers for Greg Granger | MLB |
| 1996-05-15 | Jacob Brumfield | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Toronto Blue Jays for D.J. Boston | MLB |
| 1996-05-27 | Chuck McElroy | California Angels | Traded from Cincinnati Reds to California Angels for Lee Smith | MLB |
| 1996-05-27 | Lee Smith | Cincinnati Reds | Traded from California Angels to Cincinnati Reds for Chuck McElroy | MLB |
| 1996-05-31 | Danny Bautista | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Atlanta Braves for Anton French | MLB |
| 1996-06-01 | Mike Misuraca | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded by Minnesota Twins to Milwaukee Brewers for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-06-07 | Tom Urbani | Detroit Tigers | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals with Miguel Inzunza to Detroit Tigers for Micah Franklin and Brian Maxcy | MLB |
| 1996-06-07 | Micah Franklin | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brian Maxcy to St. Louis Cardinals for Miguel Inzunza and Tom Urbani | MLB |
| 1996-06-07 | Brian Maxcy | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Micah Franklin to St. Louis Cardinals for Miguel Inzunza and Tom Urbani | MLB |
| 1996-06-09 | Blas Minor | Seattle Mariners | Traded from New York Mets to Seattle Mariners for Randy Vickers | MLB |
| 1996-06-09 | Lee Tinsley | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies to Boston Red Sox for Scott Bakkum | MLB |
| 1996-06-10 | Mike Butcher | Cleveland Indians | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Cleveland Indians for Bill Wertz | MLB |
| 1996-06-10 | Bill Wertz | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Cleveland Indians to Seattle Mariners for Mike Butcher | MLB |
| 1996-06-11 | Ray King | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Cincinnati Reds with Chad Fox to Atlanta Braves for Mike Kelly (1/9/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-06-12 | Rich Monteleone | California Angels | Traded from New York Yankees to California Angels for Mike Aldrete | MLB |
| 1996-06-12 | Mike Aldrete | New York Yankees | Traded from California Angels to New York Yankees for Rich Monteleone | MLB |
| 1996-06-15 | Pat Borders | California Angels | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to California Angels for Ben Van Ryn | MLB |
| 1996-06-15 | Ben Van Ryn | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from California Angels to St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Borders | MLB |
| 1996-06-17 | Ken Edenfield | New York Yankees | Traded by California Angels to New York Yankees for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-06-18 | Brad Ausmus | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Andujar Cedeno and Russ Spear to Detroit Tigers for John Flaherty and Chris Gomez | MLB |
| 1996-06-18 | Andujar Cedeno | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Brad Ausmus and Russ Spear to Detroit Tigers for John Flaherty and Chris Gomez | MLB |
| 1996-06-18 | John Flaherty | San Diego Padres | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Chris Gomez to San Diego Padres for Brad Ausmus, Andujar Cedeno and Russ Spear | MLB |
| 1996-06-18 | Chris Gomez | San Diego Padres | Traded from Detroit Tigers with John Flaherty to San Diego Padres for Brad Ausmus, Andujar Cedeno and Russ Spear | MLB |
| 1996-06-21 | Rusty Meacham | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Kansas City Royals to Seattle Mariners for Jose Amado | MLB |
| 1996-06-22 | Billy Brewer | New York Yankees | Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Yankees for Mike Judd | MLB |
| 1996-06-22 | Mike Judd | Los Angeles Dodgers | Traded from New York Yankees to Los Angeles Dodgers for Billy Brewer | MLB |
| 1996-06-27 | Ismael Villegas | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Chicago Cubs to Atlanta Braves for Tyler Houston | MLB |
| 1996-06-27 | Tyler Houston | Chicago Cubs | Traded from Atlanta Braves to Chicago Cubs for Ismael Villegas | MLB |
| 1996-07-09 | Jim Poole | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Cleveland Indians to San Francisco Giants for Mark Carreon | MLB |
| 1996-07-09 | Mark Carreon | Cleveland Indians | Traded from San Francisco Giants to Cleveland Indians for Jim Poole | MLB |
| 1996-07-21 | Eddie Murray | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles for Kent Mercker | MLB |
| 1996-07-21 | Kent Mercker | Cleveland Indians | Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Cleveland Indians for Eddie Murray | MLB |
| 1996-07-23 | Arquimedez Pozo | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Boston Red Sox for Jeff Manto | MLB |
| 1996-07-23 | Jeff Manto | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Boston Red Sox to Seattle Mariners for Arquimedez Pozo | MLB |
| 1996-07-23 | Rich Loiselle | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Houston Astros to Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Darwin | MLB |
| 1996-07-23 | Danny Darwin | Houston Astros | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Houston Astros for Rich Loiselle | MLB |
| 1996-07-24 | Mark Kiefer | Kansas City Royals | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to Kansas City Royals for Chris Eddy | MLB |
| 1996-07-24 | Chris Eddy | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from Kansas City Royals to Milwaukee Brewers for Mark Kiefer | MLB |
| 1996-07-27 | Pat Borders | Chicago White Sox | Traded from California Angels to Chicago White Sox for Robert Ellis | MLB |
| 1996-07-27 | Robert Ellis | California Angels | Traded from Chicago White Sox to California Angels for Pat Borders | MLB |
| 1996-07-27 | Kirt Manwaring | Houston Astros | Traded from San Francisco Giants to Houston Astros for Rick Wilkins | MLB |
| 1996-07-27 | Rick Wilkins | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Houston Astros to San Francisco Giants for Kirt Manwaring | MLB |
| 1996-07-29 | Carlos Baerga | New York Mets | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Alvaro Espinoza to New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino | MLB |
| 1996-07-29 | Alvaro Espinoza | New York Mets | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Carlos Baerga to New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino | MLB |
| 1996-07-29 | Jeff Kent | Cleveland Indians | Traded from New York Mets with Jose Vizcaino to Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza | MLB |
| 1996-07-29 | Jose Vizcaino | Cleveland Indians | Traded from New York Mets with Jeff Kent to Cleveland Indians for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Jamie Moyer | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Boston Red Sox to Seattle Mariners for Darren Bragg | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Darren Bragg | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Boston Red Sox for Jamie Moyer | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Kevin Mitchell | Cincinnati Reds | Traded from Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds for Roberto Mejia and Brad Tweedlie | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Roberto Mejia | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Cincinnati Reds with Brad Tweedlie to Boston Red Sox for Kevin Mitchell | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Kirk Rueter | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Montreal Expos with Tim Scott to San Francisco Giants for Mark Leiter | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Tim Scott | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Montreal Expos with Kirk Rueter to San Francisco Giants for Mark Leiter | MLB |
| 1996-07-30 | Mark Leiter | Montreal Expos | Traded from San Francisco Giants to Montreal Expos for Kirk Rueter and Tim Scott | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Mike Stanton | Texas Rangers | Traded by Red Sox with PTBNL (Dwayne Hosey) to Rangers for Mark Brandenburg and Kerry Lacy | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | John Cummings | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with Joey Eischen to Detroit Tigers for Chad Curtis | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Joey Eischen | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with John Cummings to Detroit Tigers for Chad Curtis | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Chad Curtis | Los Angeles Dodgers | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Dodgers for John Cummings and Joey Eischen | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Damion Easley | Detroit Tigers | Traded from California Angels to Detroit Tigers for Greg Gohr | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Greg Gohr | California Angels | Traded from Detroit Tigers to California Angels for Damion Easley | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Bryce Florie | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Marc Newfield and Ron Villone to Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Vaughn and Jerry Parent (9/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Marc Newfield | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Bryce Florie and Ron Villone to Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Vaughn and Jerry Parent (9/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Ron Villone | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Bryce Florie and Marc Newfield to Milwaukee Brewers for Greg Vaughn and Jerry Parent (9/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Greg Vaughn | San Diego Padres | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Jerry Parent to San Diego Padres for Bryce Florie, Marc Newfield and Ron Villone | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Ruben Sierra | Detroit Tigers | Traded from New York Yankees with Matt Drews to Detroit Tigers for Cecil Fielder | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Cecil Fielder | New York Yankees | Traded from Detroit Tigers to New York Yankees for Ruben Sierra and Matt Drews | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Terry Mulholland | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies to Seattle Mariners for Desi Relaford | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Desi Relaford | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Philadelphia Phillies for Terry Mulholland | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Mark Brandenburg | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Texas Rangers with Kerry Lacy to Boston Red Sox for Mike Stanton and Dwayne Hosey (11/4/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Kerry Lacy | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Texas Rangers with Mark Brandenburg to Boston Red Sox for Mike Stanton and Dwayne Hosey (11/4/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | Mark Hutton | Florida Marlins | Traded from New York Yankees to Florida Marlins for Dave Weathers | MLB |
| 1996-07-31 | David Weathers | New York Yankees | Traded from Florida Marlins to New York Yankees for Mark Hutton | MLB |
| 1996-08-02 | Brent Cookson | Baltimore Orioles | Traded by Boston Red Sox to Baltimore Orioles for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-08-08 | John Burkett | Texas Rangers | Traded from Florida Marlins to Texas Rangers for Ryan Dempster and Rick Helling (9/3/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-08 | Ryan Dempster | Florida Marlins | Traded from Texas Rangers with Rick Helling to Florida Marlins for John Burkett | MLB |
| 1996-08-13 | Terry Pendleton | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Florida Marlins to Atlanta Braves for Roosevelt Brown | MLB |
| 1996-08-13 | Roosevelt Brown | Florida Marlins | Traded from Atlanta Braves to Florida Marlins for Terry Pendleton | MLB |
| 1996-08-14 | Mark Whiten | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Atlanta Braves to Seattle Mariners for Roger Blanco | MLB |
| 1996-08-21 | Terry Mathews | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from Florida Marlins to Baltimore Orioles for Gregg Zaun (8/23/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-22 | Tony Castillo | Chicago White Sox | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Domingo Cedeno to Chicago White Sox for Luis Andujar and Allen Halley | MLB |
| 1996-08-22 | Domingo Cedeno | Chicago White Sox | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Tony Castillo to Chicago White Sox for Luis Andujar and Allen Halley | MLB |
| 1996-08-22 | Luis Andujar | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Chicago White Sox with Allen Halley to Toronto Blue Jays for Tony Castillo and Domingo Cedeno | MLB |
| 1996-08-23 | Gregg Zaun | Florida Marlins | Traded from Baltimore Orioles to Florida Marlins for Terry Mathews (8/21/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-23 | Bob Wickman | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from New York Yankees with Gerald Williams and Pat Listach to Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and Ricky Bones (8/29/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-23 | Gerald Williams | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from New York Yankees with Bob Wickman and Pat Listach to Milwaukee Brewers for Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and Ricky Bones (8/29/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-23 | Pat Listach | New York Yankees | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Graeme Lloyd and Ricky Bones to New York Yankees for Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams | MLB |
| 1996-08-23 | Graeme Lloyd | New York Yankees | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Pat Listach and Ricky Bones to New York Yankees for Bob Wickman, Gerald Williams and Pat Listach (10/2/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-26 | Pat Mahomes | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Minnesota Twins to Boston Red Sox for Brian Looney (12/17/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-26 | Gregg Olson | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Houston Astros for Kevin Gallaher (8/27/1996) and Pedro Santana (8/27/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-27 | Pedro Santana | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Houston Astros with Kevin Gallaher to Detroit Tigers for Gregg Olson (8/26/1996) | AAA |
| 1996-08-28 | Ron Wright | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Atlanta Braves with Corey Pointer and Jason Schmidt to Pittsburgh Pirates for Denny Neagle | MLB |
| 1996-08-28 | Denny Neagle | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Atlanta Braves for Ron Wright, Corey Pointer and Jason Schmidt (8/30/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-29 | Ricky Bones | New York Yankees | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers with Pat Listach and Graeme Lloyd to New York Yankees for Bob Wickman (8/23/1996), Gerald Williams (8/23/1996) and Pat Listach (10/2/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-29 | Pete Incaviglia | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Todd Zeile to Baltimore Orioles for Calvin Maduro (9/4/1996) and Garrett Stephenson (9/4/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-29 | Todd Zeile | Baltimore Orioles | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Pete Incaviglia to Baltimore Orioles for Calvin Maduro (9/4/1996) and Garrett Stephenson (9/4/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-29 | Dave Hollins | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Minnesota Twins to Seattle Mariners for David Ortiz (9/13/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-30 | Jason Schmidt | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Atlanta Braves with Ron Wright and Corey Pointer to Pittsburgh Pirates for Denny Neagle (8/28/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-30 | Charlie Hayes | New York Yankees | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to New York Yankees for Chris Corn (8/31/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-08-31 | Jeromy Burnitz | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from Indians to Brewers for Kevin Seitzer | MLB |
| 1996-08-31 | Don Slaught | Chicago White Sox | Traded from California Angels to Chicago White Sox | MLB |
| 1996-08-31 | Kevin Seitzer | Cleveland Indians | Traded from Milwaukee Brewers to Cleveland Indians for Jeromy Burnitz | MLB |
| 1996-08-31 | Dave Clark | Los Angeles Dodgers | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Los Angeles Dodgers for Carl South | MLB |
| 1996-09-03 | Rick Helling | Florida Marlins | Traded from Texas Rangers with Ryan Dempster to Florida Marlins for John Burkett (8/8/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-09-04 | Calvin Maduro | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Baltimore Orioles with Garrett Stephenson to Philadelphia Phillies for Pete Incaviglia (8/29/1996) and Todd Zeile (8/29/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-09-04 | Garrett Stephenson | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from Baltimore Orioles with Calvin Maduro to Philadelphia Phillies for Pete Incaviglia (8/29/1996) and Todd Zeile (8/29/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-09-11 | Andujar Cedeno | Houston Astros | Traded by Detroit Tigers to Houston Astros for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-09-13 | David Ortiz | Minnesota Twins | Traded from Seattle Mariners to Minnesota Twins for Dave Hollins (8/29/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-10-28 | Mike Bovee | Anaheim Angels | Traded from Kansas City Royals with Mark Gubicza to Anaheim Angels for Chili Davis | MLB |
| 1996-10-28 | Mark Gubicza | Anaheim Angels | Traded from Kansas City Royals with Mike Bovee to Anaheim Angels for Chili Davis | MLB |
| 1996-10-28 | Chili Davis | Kansas City Royals | Traded from Anaheim Angels to Kansas City Royals for Mike Bovee and Mark Gubicza | MLB |
| 1996-10-28 | Ruben Sierra | Cincinnati Reds | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Cincinnati Reds for Ben Bailey and Decomba Conner | MLB |
| 1996-10-29 | Trey Moore | Montreal Expos | Traded from Seattle Mariners with Matt Wagner and Chris Widger to Montreal Expos for Jeff Fassero and Alex Pacheco | MLB |
| 1996-10-29 | Matt Wagner | Montreal Expos | Traded from Seattle Mariners with Trey Moore and Chris Widger to Montreal Expos for Jeff Fassero and Alex Pacheco | MLB |
| 1996-10-29 | Chris Widger | Montreal Expos | Traded from Seattle Mariners with Trey Moore and Matt Wagner to Montreal Expos for Jeff Fassero and Alex Pacheco | MLB |
| 1996-10-29 | Jeff Fassero | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Montreal Expos with Alex Pacheco to Seattle Mariners for Trey Moore, Matt Wagner and Chris Widger | MLB |
| 1996-10-29 | Alex Pacheco | Seattle Mariners | Traded from Montreal Expos with Jeff Fassero to Seattle Mariners for Trey Moore, Matt Wagner and Chris Widger | MLB |
| 1996-11-01 | Clint Sodowsky | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates for Dan Miceli | MLB |
| 1996-11-01 | Dan Miceli | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Detroit Tigers for Clint Sodowsky | MLB |
| 1996-11-04 | Dwayne Hosey | Texas Rangers | Traded from Boston Red Sox with Mike Stanton to Texas Rangers for Mark Brandenburg (7/31/1996) and Kerry Lacy (7/31/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-13 | Jeff Kent | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Julian Tavarez, Jose Vizcaino and Joe Roa to San Francisco Giants for Matt Williams and Trenidad Hubbard (12/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-13 | Julian Tavarez | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Jeff Kent, Jose Vizcaino and Joe Roa to San Francisco Giants for Matt Williams and Trenidad Hubbard (12/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-13 | Jose Vizcaino | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Jeff Kent, Julian Tavarez and Joe Roa to San Francisco Giants for Matt Williams and Trenidad Hubbard (12/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-13 | Matt Williams | Cleveland Indians | Traded from San Francisco Giants with Trenidad Hubbard to Cleveland Indians for Jeff Kent, Julian Tavarez, Jose Vizcaino and Joe Roa (12/16/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-14 | Jose Silva | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Mike Halperin, Abraham Nunez and Craig Wilson to Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Garcia, Dan Plesac and Orlando Merced | MLB |
| 1996-11-14 | Carlos Garcia | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Dan Plesac and Orlando Merced to Toronto Blue Jays for Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Jose Silva, Mike Halperin (12/11/1996), Abraham Nunez (12/11/1996) and Craig Wilson (12/11/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-14 | Dan Plesac | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Orlando Merced to Toronto Blue Jays for Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Jose Silva, Mike Halperin (12/11/1996), Abraham Nunez (12/11/1996) and Craig Wilson (12/11/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-14 | Orlando Merced | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Dan Plesac to Toronto Blue Jays for Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Jose Silva, Mike Halperin (12/11/1996), Abraham Nunez (12/11/1996) and Craig Wilson (12/11/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-20 | Miguel Cairo | Chicago Cubs | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays to Chicago Cubs for Jason Stevenson | MLB |
| 1996-11-21 | Dustin Hermanson | Florida Marlins | Traded from San Diego Padres to Florida Marlins for Quilvio Veras | MLB |
| 1996-11-21 | Quilvio Veras | San Diego Padres | Traded from Florida Marlins to San Diego Padres for Dustin Hermanson | MLB |
| 1996-11-25 | Lee Tinsley | Seattle Mariners | Traded by Boston Red Sox to Seattle Mariners for future considerations | MLB |
| 1996-11-25 | Paul Byrd | Atlanta Braves | Traded from New York Mets with Andy Zwirchitz to Atlanta Braves for Greg McMichael | MLB |
| 1996-11-25 | Greg McMichael | New York Mets | Traded from Atlanta Braves to New York Mets for Paul Byrd and Andy Zwirchitz (5/25/1997) | MLB |
| 1996-11-25 | Jesus Tavarez | Boston Red Sox | Traded from Florida Marlins to Boston Red Sox for Bobby Rodgers (12/10/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-25 | Joel Adamson | Milwaukee Brewers | Traded from Florida Marlins to Milwaukee Brewers for Ed Collins (12/10/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-26 | Jamie Brewington | Kansas City Royals | Traded from San Francisco Giants to Kansas City Royals for Ramon Martinez (12/9/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-11-26 | J.T. Snow | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Anaheim Angels to San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey | MLB |
| 1996-11-26 | Allen Watson | Anaheim Angels | Traded from San Francisco Giants with Fausto Macey to Anaheim Angels for J.T. Snow | MLB |
| 1996-11-27 | Armando Reynoso | New York Mets | Traded from Colorado Rockies to New York Mets for Jerry Dipoto | MLB |
| 1996-11-27 | Jerry Dipoto | Colorado Rockies | Traded from New York Mets to Colorado Rockies for Armando Reynoso | MLB |
| 1996-11-27 | Ricardo Jordan | New York Mets | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Toby Borland to New York Mets for Rico Brogna | MLB |
| 1996-11-27 | Toby Borland | New York Mets | Traded from Philadelphia Phillies with Ricardo Jordan to New York Mets for Rico Brogna | MLB |
| 1996-11-27 | Rico Brogna | Philadelphia Phillies | Traded from New York Mets to Philadelphia Phillies for Ricardo Jordan and Toby Borland | MLB |
| 1996-12-05 | Jim Leyritz | Anaheim Angels | Traded from New York Yankees to Anaheim Angels for Jeremy Blevins (12/9/1996) and Ryan Kane (12/9/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-12-06 | Sterling Hitchcock | San Diego Padres | Traded from Seattle Mariners to San Diego Padres for Scott Sanders | MLB |
| 1996-12-06 | Scott Sanders | Seattle Mariners | Traded from San Diego Padres to Seattle Mariners for Sterling Hitchcock | MLB |
| 1996-12-09 | Ramon Martinez | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Kansas City Royals to San Francisco Giants for Jamie Brewington (11/26/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Jeff Berblinger | Los Angeles Dodgers | Traded from Detroit Tigers to Los Angeles Dodgers for Deivi Cruz and Juan Hernaiz | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Deivi Cruz | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Los Angeles Dodgers with Juan Hernaiz to Detroit Tigers for Jeff Berblinger | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Brad Ausmus | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Jose Lima, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Jose Lima | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Trever Miller | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | C.J. Nitkowski | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Daryle Ward | Houston Astros | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller and CJ Nitkowski to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Doug Brocail | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Houston Astros with Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller to Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Brian L. Hunter | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Houston Astros with Doug Brocail, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller to Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Todd Jones | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Houston Astros with Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter and Orlando Miller to Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward | MLB |
| 1996-12-10 | Orlando Miller | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Houston Astros with Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter and Todd Jones to Detroit Tigers for Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller, CJ Nitkowski and Daryle Ward | MLB |
| 1996-12-11 | Abraham O. Nunez | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Jose Silva, Mike Halperin and Craig Wilson to Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Garcia (11/14/1996), Dan Plesac (11/14/1996) and Orlando Merced (11/14/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-12-11 | Craig Wilson | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays with Brandon Cromer, Jose Pett, Jose Silva, Mike Halperin and Abraham Nunez to Pittsburgh Pirates for Carlos Garcia (11/14/1996), Dan Plesac (11/14/1996) and Orlando Merced (11/14/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-12-11 | Matt Walbeck | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Minnesota Twins to Detroit Tigers for Brent Stentz | MLB |
| 1996-12-11 | Roberto Duran | Detroit Tigers | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays to Detroit Tigers for Anton French | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Yorkis Perez | Atlanta Braves | Traded from Florida Marlins to Atlanta Braves for Martin Sanchez | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Jeff Granger | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Kansas City Royals with Jeff Martin, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace to Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Joe Randa | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Kansas City Royals with Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin and Jeff Wallace to Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Jeff Wallace | Pittsburgh Pirates | Traded from Kansas City Royals with Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin and Joe Randa to Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Bell and Jeff King | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Jay Bell | Kansas City Royals | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Jeff King to Kansas City Royals for Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace | MLB |
| 1996-12-13 | Jeff King | Kansas City Royals | Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates with Jay Bell to Kansas City Royals for Jeff Granger, Jeff Martin, Joe Randa and Jeff Wallace | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Joe Roa | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Cleveland Indians with Jeff Kent, Julian Tavarez and Jose Vizcaino to San Francisco Giants for Matt Williams (11/13/1996) and Trenidad Hubbard | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Trenidad Hubbard | Cleveland Indians | Traded from San Francisco Giants with Matt Williams to Cleveland Indians for Jeff Kent (11/13/1996), Julian Tavarez (11/13/1996), Jose Vizcaino (11/13/1996) and Joe Roa | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Cory Bailey | Texas Rangers | Traded from St. Louis Cardinals to Texas Rangers for David Chavarria | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Mark Lewis | San Francisco Giants | Traded from Detroit Tigers to San Francisco Giants for Jesse Ibarra | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Joey Eischen | San Diego Padres | Traded from Detroit Tigers with Cam Smith to San Diego Padres for Willie Blair and Brian Johnson | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Willie Blair | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Brian Johnson to Detroit Tigers for Joey Eischen and Cam Smith | MLB |
| 1996-12-16 | Brian Johnson | Detroit Tigers | Traded from San Diego Padres with Willie Blair to Detroit Tigers for Joey Eischen and Cam Smith | MLB |
| 1996-12-17 | Brian Looney | Minnesota Twins | Traded from Boston Red Sox to Minnesota Twins for Pat Mahomes (8/26/1996) | MLB |
| 1996-12-19 | Tom Lampkin | St. Louis Cardinals | Traded from San Francisco Giants to St. Louis Cardinals for Rene Arocha (2/12/1997) | MLB |
| 1996-12-20 | John Olerud | New York Mets | Traded from Toronto Blue Jays to New York Mets for Robert Person | MLB |
| 1996-12-20 | Robert Person | Toronto Blue Jays | Traded from New York Mets to Toronto Blue Jays for John Olerud | MLB |
| 1996-12-23 | Rikkert Faneyte | Cincinnati Reds | Traded by Texas Rangers to Cincinnati Reds for future considerations | MLB |
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