Every trade between the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers
The Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers have made 45 deals with each other since 1904, 16 of them sales. The most recent, on Jul 31, 2025: Cleveland Guardians traded RHP Paul Sewald to Detroit Tigers for Future Considerations. The first on file, on Jan 1, 1904: The Cleveland Naps traded Jesse Stovall and Ed Killian to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Lush.
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| Date | Deal |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | Cleveland Guardians traded RHP Paul Sewald to Detroit Tigers for Future Considerations. |
| Jan 8, 2020 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Eric Haase from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jul 31, 2018 | The Cleveland Indians traded Willi Castro to the Detroit Tigers for Leonys Martín and Kyle Dowdy. |
| Jul 28, 2010 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jhonny Peralta to the Detroit Tigers for Giovanni Soto. |
| Mar 25, 2004 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Brent Abernathy from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Mar 29, 2003 | The Detroit Tigers purchased A. J. Hinch from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Dec 16, 2002 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Travis Chapman from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jun 24, 1998 | The Cleveland Indians traded Gerónimo Berroa to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Roberts and Tim Worrell. |
| May 14, 1996 | The Cleveland Indians traded John Farrell to the Detroit Tigers for Greg Granger. |
| May 21, 1991 | The Cleveland Indians traded Steve Cummings to the Detroit Tigers for Eric Stone. |
| Dec 9, 1977 | The Cleveland Indians traded Charlie Spikes to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Veryzer. |
| Mar 19, 1974 | In a 3-team trade, the Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians; the Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees; the New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers; the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees.(3 clubs) |
| Jun 15, 1973 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ed Farmer to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Timmermann and Kevin Collins. |
| May 22, 1970 | The Cleveland Indians traded Russ Nagelson and Billy Rohr to the Detroit Tigers for Fred Lasher. |
| May 6, 1967 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Orlando Peña from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Jan 1, 1965 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Ron Nischwitz from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Nov 27, 1962 | The Cleveland Indians traded Bubba Phillips to the Detroit Tigers for Ron Nischwitz and Gordon Seyfried. |
| Aug 3, 1960 | The Cleveland Indians traded Joe Gordon to the Detroit Tigers for Jimmy Dykes. |
| Jul 26, 1960 | The Cleveland Indians traded Hank Foiles to the Detroit Tigers for Red Wilson and Rocky Bridges. |
| Apr 17, 1960 | The Cleveland Indians traded Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. |
| Apr 12, 1960 | The Cleveland Indians traded Norm Cash to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Demeter. |
| Mar 21, 1959 | The Cleveland Indians traded Larry Doby to the Detroit Tigers for Tito Francona. |
| Nov 20, 1958 | The Cleveland Indians traded Don Mossi, Ray Narleski and Ossie Álvarez to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Martin and Al Cicotte. |
| Mar 27, 1958 | The Cleveland Indians traded Milt Bolling and Vito Valentinetti to the Detroit Tigers for Pete Wojey. |
| Feb 18, 1958 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Hegan and Hank Aguirre to the Detroit Tigers for Hal Woodeshick and Jay Porter. |
| Apr 8, 1955 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Harry Malmberg from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jun 15, 1953 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ray Boone, Al Aber, Steve Gromek and Dick Weik to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg. |
| Oct 15, 1952 | The Cleveland Indians traded Hal Erickson to the Detroit Tigers for Ben Taylor. |
| Aug 11, 1949 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for Lum Harris, Anse Moore and George Byam. |
| Apr 29, 1945 | The Cleveland Indians traded Roy Cullenbine to the Detroit Tigers for Don Ross and Dutch Meyer. |
| Jan 20, 1940 | The Cleveland Indians traded Bruce Campbell to the Detroit Tigers for Beau Bell. |
| Aug 22, 1939 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Clay Smith from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jun 14, 1939 | The Cleveland Indians traded Earl Averill to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Eisenstat. |
| Sep 3, 1936 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Joe Heving from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Jan 11, 1935 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Bob Seeds from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Dec 11, 1928 | The Cleveland Indians traded George Uhle to the Detroit Tigers for Jackie Tavener and Ken Holloway. |
| Jul 1, 1925 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Bert Cole from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Sep 2, 1916 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Marty Kavanagh from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Apr 1, 1916 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Grover Lowdermilk from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Jun 7, 1915 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Bill Steen from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Dec 13, 1906 | The Detroit Tigers purchased Claude Rossman from the Cleveland Naps. |
| Dec 24, 1905 | The Cleveland Naps traded Red Donahue to the Detroit Tigers for Happy Townsend. |
| Aug 7, 1904 | The Cleveland Naps traded Charlie Hickman to the Detroit Tigers for Charlie Carr. |
| Jul 26, 1904 | The Cleveland Naps purchased Fritz Buelow from the Detroit Tigers. |
| Jan 1, 1904 | The Cleveland Naps traded Jesse Stovall and Ed Killian to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Lush. |
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.