Every trade between the Athletics and the Boston Red Sox

The Athletics and the Boston Red Sox have made 52 deals with each other since 1902, 21 of them sales. The most recent, on Jul 1, 2026: Athletics traded 3B Brett Harris to Boston Red Sox for RHP Ben Hansen. The first on file, on Apr 29, 1902: The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Bert Husting from the Boston Americans.

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Trades between the Athletics and the Boston Red Sox
Date	Deal
Jul 1, 2026	Athletics traded 3B Brett Harris to Boston Red Sox for RHP Ben Hansen.
Dec 10, 2025	Athletics traded RHP Ryan Watson to Boston Red Sox for 2B Justin Riemer and cash.
May 27, 2025	Boston Red Sox traded LHP Sean Newcomb to Athletics for cash.
May 12, 2023	Oakland Athletics traded 3B Pablo Reyes to Boston Red Sox for cash.
Aug 23, 2017	The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Rincones to the Oakland Athletics for Rajai Davis.
Jul 31, 2015	The Oakland Athletics traded Ryan Cook to the Boston Red Sox.
May 9, 2015	The Boston Red Sox traded Edward Mujica to the Oakland Athletics.
Jul 31, 2014	The Boston Red Sox traded Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes to the Oakland Athletics for Yoenis Céspedes.
Nov 28, 2012	The Boston Red Sox traded Sandy Rosario to the Oakland Athletics for Graham Godfrey.
Dec 28, 2011	The Boston Red Sox traded Josh Reddick, Raúl Alcántara and Miles Head to the Oakland Athletics for Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney.
Aug 31, 2011	The Boston Red Sox traded Jason Rice to the Oakland Athletics for Conor Jackson.
Jun 26, 2010	The Boston Red Sox traded Fabian Williamson to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Patterson.
Jul 13, 2005	The Boston Red Sox traded Jay Payton to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Bradford.
Jun 21, 2002	The Boston Red Sox purchased Rob Ryan from the Oakland Athletics.
Jan 27, 1997	The Boston Red Sox traded José Canseco to the Oakland Athletics for John Wasdin.
Jan 17, 1983	The Boston Red Sox purchased Brian Kingman from the Oakland Athletics.
Dec 6, 1982	The Boston Red Sox traded Carney Lansford, Garry Hancock and Jerry King to the Oakland Athletics for Tony Armas and Jeff Newman.
Jun 15, 1976	The Boston Red Sox purchased Rollie Fingers from the Oakland Athletics.
Jun 15, 1976	The Boston Red Sox purchased Joe Rudi from the Oakland Athletics.
May 7, 1969	The Oakland Athletics purchased José Tartabull from the Boston Red Sox.
Jul 31, 1968	The Boston Red Sox purchased Floyd Robinson from the Oakland Athletics.
Jun 13, 1966	The Boston Red Sox traded Jim Gosger, Ken Sanders and Guido Grilli to the Kansas City Athletics for John Wyatt, Rollie Sheldon and José Tartabull.
May 12, 1966	The Boston Red Sox traded Bob Duliba and Frederick Holmes to the Kansas City Athletics for Syd O'Brien, David Burge and Stan Bledsoe.
Oct 15, 1965	The Boston Red Sox purchased José Santiago from the Kansas City Athletics.
Dec 3, 1959	The Boston Red Sox traded Pete Daley to the Kansas City Athletics for Tom Sturdivant.
Dec 13, 1950	The Boston Red Sox purchased Mike Guerra from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Oct 8, 1949	The Boston Red Sox traded Billy Hitchcock to the Philadelphia Athletics for Buddy Rosar.
Nov 14, 1944	The Boston Red Sox purchased Bob Garbark from the Philadelphia Athletics.
May 7, 1944	The Boston Red Sox traded Ford Garrison to the Philadelphia Athletics for Hal Wagner.
Feb 4, 1944	The Boston Red Sox purchased Jimmy Ripple from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Sep 27, 1943	The Boston Red Sox traded Norm Brown to the Philadelphia Athletics for Eddie Mayo and Johnny Welaj.
Jun 30, 1941	The Boston Red Sox purchased Nels Potter from the Philadelphia Athletics.
May 8, 1939	The Boston Red Sox purchased Lou Finney from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Dec 9, 1936	The Boston Red Sox traded Billy Werber to the Philadelphia Athletics for Pinky Higgins.
Jan 4, 1936	The Boston Red Sox traded Hank Johnson and Al Niemiec to the Philadelphia Athletics for Doc Cramer and Eric McNair.
Dec 10, 1935	The Boston Red Sox traded Gordon Rhodes and George Savino to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmie Foxx and Johnny Marcum.
Jun 30, 1935	The Boston Red Sox purchased Joe Cascarella from the Philadelphia Athletics.
May 1, 1935	The Boston Red Sox purchased Dib Williams from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Dec 12, 1933	The Boston Red Sox traded Bob Kline and Rabbit Warstler to the Philadelphia Athletics for Lefty Grove, Rube Walberg and Max Bishop.
Feb 3, 1931	The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Phil Todt from the Boston Red Sox.
Jun 15, 1926	The Boston Red Sox traded Howard Ehmke to the Philadelphia Athletics for Fred Heimach, Slim Harriss and Baby Doll Jacobson.
Dec 10, 1925	The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Bill Wambsganss from the Boston Red Sox.
Jun 27, 1919	The Boston Red Sox traded Amos Strunk and Jack Barry to the Philadelphia Athletics for Braggo Roth and Red Shannon.
Mar 1, 1919	The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Fred Thomas from the Boston Red Sox.
Jan 10, 1918	The Boston Red Sox traded Larry Gardner, Forrest Cady and Tillie Walker to the Philadelphia Athletics for Stuffy McInnis.
Dec 14, 1917	The Boston Red Sox traded Vean Gregg, Merlin Kopp and Pinch Thomas to the Philadelphia Athletics for Amos Strunk, Bullet Joe Bush and Wally Schang.
Sep 2, 1916	The Boston Red Sox traded Raymond Haley to the Philadelphia Athletics for Jimmy Walsh.
Jul 2, 1915	The Boston Red Sox purchased Jack Barry from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Jun 10, 1910	The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Pat Donahue from the Boston Red Sox.
Jun 5, 1909	The Boston Red Sox purchased Victor Schlitzer from the Philadelphia Athletics.
Jun 7, 1907	The Boston Americans traded Jimmy Collins to the Philadelphia Athletics for John Knight.
Apr 29, 1902	The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Bert Husting from the Boston Americans.

Trades and sales between the two franchises under every name they have had. To May 2022 from Retrosheet, since then from MLB's transaction feed. The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.