Every trade between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees

The Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees have made 42 deals with each other since 1913, 14 of them sales. The most recent, on Jan 15, 2025: Chicago Cubs traded RHP Michael Arias to New York Yankees for cash. The first on file, on Sep 23, 1913: The Chicago Cubs purchased George McConnell from the New York Yankees.

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Trades between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees
DateDeal
Jan 15, 2025Chicago Cubs traded RHP Michael Arias to New York Yankees for cash.
Dec 17, 2024Chicago Cubs traded CF Cody Bellinger and cash to New York Yankees for RHP Cody Poteet.
Jul 30, 2024Chicago Cubs traded RHP Mark Leiter Jr. to New York Yankees for SS Benjamin Cowles and RHP Jack Neely.
Aug 1, 2022Chicago Cubs traded RHP Scott Effross to New York Yankees for RHP Hayden Wesneski.
Jul 29, 2021The Chicago Cubs traded Anthony Rizzo to the New York Yankees for Kevin Alcantara and Alexander Vizcaino.
Nov 28, 2018The New York Yankees traded Ronald Torreyes to the Chicago Cubs.
Mar 31, 2018The New York Yankees purchased Dan Camarena from the Chicago Cubs.
Jul 25, 2016The Chicago Cubs traded Adam Warren, Gleyber Torres, Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford to the New York Yankees for Aroldis Chapman.
Dec 8, 2015The Chicago Cubs traded Starlin Castro to the New York Yankees for Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan.
Jul 26, 2013The Chicago Cubs traded Alfonso Soriano to the New York Yankees for Corey Black.
Jun 21, 2013The New York Yankees purchased Brent Lillibridge from the Chicago Cubs.
May 9, 2013The New York Yankees purchased Alberto González from the Chicago Cubs.
Aug 27, 2005The Chicago Cubs traded Matt Lawton to the New York Yankees for Justin Berg.
Jul 21, 2000The Chicago Cubs traded Glenallen Hill to the New York Yankees for Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena.
Aug 16, 1997The Chicago Cubs traded Rey Sánchez to the New York Yankees for Frisco Parotte.
Jul 30, 1993In a 3-team trade, the Kansas City Royals sent Karl Rhodes to the Chicago Cubs; the New York Yankees sent John Habyan to the Kansas City Royals; the Chicago Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the New York Yankees.(3 clubs)
Jun 26, 1991The Chicago Cubs traded David Rosario to the New York Yankees for Steve Adkins.
Jul 13, 1987The Chicago Cubs traded Steve Trout to the New York Yankees for Bob Tewksbury, Rich Scheid and Dean Wilkins.
Dec 4, 1984The Chicago Cubs traded Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, Henry Cotto and Ron Hassey to the New York Yankees for Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett.
Aug 19, 1981The Chicago Cubs traded Bill Caudill and Jay Howell to the New York Yankees for Pat Tabler.
Jun 12, 1981The Chicago Cubs traded Rick Reuschel to the New York Yankees for Doug Bird and Mike Griffin.
Apr 27, 1981The Chicago Cubs traded Barry Foote to the New York Yankees for Tom Filer.
Jun 26, 1979The Chicago Cubs traded Bobby Murcer to the New York Yankees for Paul Semall.
May 23, 1979The Chicago Cubs traded Ray Burris to the New York Yankees for Dick Tidrow.
Jun 10, 1978The Chicago Cubs traded Ron Davis to the New York Yankees for Ken Holtzman.
Jan 23, 1976The Chicago Cubs traded Rick Stelmaszek to the New York Yankees for Gerry Pirtle.
Jan 20, 1972The Chicago Cubs traded Johnny Callison to the New York Yankees for Jack Aker.
Sep 11, 1969The Chicago Cubs traded Terry Bongiovanni and Rick Bladt to the New York Yankees for Jimmie Hall.
Aug 11, 1969The Chicago Cubs purchased Ken Johnson from the New York Yankees.
Apr 19, 1969The Chicago Cubs traded Lee Elia to the New York Yankees for Nate Oliver.
Dec 2, 1967The New York Yankees purchased John Boccabella from the Chicago Cubs.
May 19, 1960The Chicago Cubs traded Art Ceccarelli to the New York Yankees for Mark Freeman.
Sep 10, 1957The New York Yankees purchased Bobby Del Greco from the Chicago Cubs.
Dec 11, 1956The Chicago Cubs traded Harry Chiti to the New York Yankees for Charlie Silvera.
Feb 12, 1953The Chicago Cubs purchased Joe Ostrowski from the New York Yankees.
Feb 10, 1950The Chicago Cubs purchased Frank Hiller from the New York Yankees.
Jun 25, 1947The New York Yankees purchased Lonny Frey from the Chicago Cubs.
Jul 27, 1945The Chicago Cubs purchased Hank Borowy from the New York Yankees.
Sep 8, 1939The Chicago Cubs purchased Clyde McCullough from the New York Yankees.
Jan 24, 1939The Chicago Cubs purchased Jim Gleeson from the New York Yankees.
Jul 1, 1935The Chicago Cubs purchased Joe Berry from the New York Yankees.
Sep 23, 1913The Chicago Cubs purchased George McConnell from the New York Yankees.

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.