Every trade between the Cleveland Guardians and the Texas Rangers
The Cleveland Guardians and the Texas Rangers have made 50 deals with each other since 1961, 11 of them sales. The most recent, on Apr 30, 2025: Texas Rangers traded RHP Matt Festa to Cleveland Guardians for cash. The first on file, on Sep 6, 1961: The Cleveland Indians traded Ken Retzer to the Washington Senators for Chet Boak.
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| Date | Deal |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2025 | Texas Rangers traded RHP Matt Festa to Cleveland Guardians for cash. |
| Mar 28, 2024 | Texas Rangers traded RHP Zak Kent to Cleveland Guardians for cash. |
| Dec 15, 2019 | The Cleveland Indians traded Corey Kluber to the Texas Rangers for Emmanuel Clase and Delino DeShields. |
| Jun 7, 2019 | The Cleveland Indians traded Tim Federowicz to the Texas Rangers. |
| Jun 1, 2017 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Josh Wilson from the Texas Rangers. |
| May 4, 2016 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Chris Gimenez from the Texas Rangers. |
| Aug 21, 2015 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Michael Choice from the Texas Rangers. |
| Aug 23, 2014 | The Texas Rangers traded Chris Gimenez to the Cleveland Indians. |
| May 4, 2012 | The Texas Rangers purchased Ryan Spilborghs from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jul 27, 2007 | The Cleveland Indians traded Max Ramírez to the Texas Rangers for Kenny Lofton. |
| Jul 18, 2003 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ricardo Rodríguez and Shane Spencer to the Texas Rangers for Ryan Ludwick. |
| Dec 6, 2002 | The Cleveland Indians traded Einar Díaz and Ryan Drese to the Texas Rangers for Travis Hafner and Aaron Myette. |
| Apr 4, 2002 | The Cleveland Indians traded Rashad Eldridge to the Texas Rangers for Chris Magruder. |
| Dec 18, 2001 | The Cleveland Indians traded John Rocker to the Texas Rangers for Dave Elder. |
| Jul 28, 2000 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ricky Ledée to the Texas Rangers for David Segui. |
| Jun 22, 1995 | The Cleveland Indians traded Dennis Cook to the Texas Rangers for Guillermo Mercedes. |
| Mar 23, 1994 | The Cleveland Indians traded Junior Ortiz to the Texas Rangers for Igor Oropeza and Andreaus Lewis. |
| Aug 4, 1993 | The Cleveland Indians traded Dave Eiland to the Texas Rangers for Gerald Alexander and Allan Anderson. |
| Dec 6, 1988 | The Cleveland Indians traded Julio Franco to the Texas Rangers for Pete O'Brien, Oddibe McDowell and Jerry Browne. |
| Apr 4, 1985 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jeff Moronko to the Texas Rangers for Kevin Buckley. |
| Sep 8, 1981 | The Texas Rangers purchased Bob Lacey from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Aug 25, 1981 | The Cleveland Indians purchased Dennis Lewallyn from the Texas Rangers. |
| Jan 4, 1980 | The Cleveland Indians traded David Clyde and Jim Norris to the Texas Rangers for Larry McCall, Gary Gray and Mike Bucci. |
| Dec 8, 1978 | The Cleveland Indians traded Buddy Bell to the Texas Rangers for Toby Harrah. |
| Oct 3, 1978 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks to the Texas Rangers for Bobby Bonds and Len Barker. |
| Aug 31, 1978 | The Cleveland Indians traded Johnny Grubb to the Texas Rangers for Bobby Cuellar and Dave Rivera. |
| Feb 28, 1978 | The Cleveland Indians traded Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein to the Texas Rangers for Willie Horton and David Clyde. |
| May 28, 1976 | The Cleveland Indians traded Fritz Peterson to the Texas Rangers for Stan Perzanowski. |
| Dec 9, 1975 | The Cleveland Indians traded John Ellis to the Texas Rangers for Stan Thomas and Ron Pruitt. |
| Jun 13, 1975 | The Cleveland Indians traded Gaylord Perry to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and Rick Waits. |
| Apr 24, 1974 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ted Ford to the Texas Rangers for Charlie Hudson. |
| Feb 12, 1974 | The Cleveland Indians traded Leo Cárdenas to the Texas Rangers for Ken Suarez. |
| Dec 5, 1973 | The Cleveland Indians traded Steve Hargan to the Texas Rangers for Bill Gogolewski. |
| May 10, 1973 | The Cleveland Indians traded Steve Dunning to the Texas Rangers for Dick Bosman and Ted Ford. |
| Mar 8, 1973 | The Cleveland Indians traded Alex Johnson to the Texas Rangers for Rich Hinton and Vince Colbert. |
| Nov 30, 1972 | The Cleveland Indians traded Vince Colbert to the Texas Rangers for Tom Ragland. |
| Apr 3, 1972 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ted Ford to the Texas Rangers for Roy Foster and Tommy McCraw. |
| Dec 2, 1971 | The Cleveland Indians traded Roy Foster, Ken Suarez, Mike Paul and Rich Hand to the Texas Rangers for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones. |
| Oct 23, 1970 | The Washington Senators purchased Richie Scheinblum from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Dec 5, 1969 | The Cleveland Indians traded Dave Nelson, Horacio Piña and Ron Law to the Washington Senators for Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore. |
| Jul 26, 1969 | The Washington Senators purchased Zoilo Versalles from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Jun 20, 1969 | The Cleveland Indians traded Lee Maye to the Washington Senators for Bill Denehy. |
| Mar 31, 1969 | The Cleveland Indians traded Woody Woodson to the Washington Senators for Cap Peterson. |
| Apr 5, 1966 | The Washington Senators purchased Al Closter from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Dec 1, 1964 | The Cleveland Indians traded Bob Chance and Woodie Held to the Washington Senators for Chuck Hinton. |
| Aug 10, 1963 | The Washington Senators purchased Cal Neeman from the Cleveland Indians. |
| May 3, 1962 | The Cleveland Indians traded Steve Hamilton and Don Rudolph to the Washington Senators for Willie Tasby. |
| Oct 14, 1961 | The Washington Senators purchased Joe Schaffernoth and Dave Tyriver from the Cleveland Indians. |
| Oct 5, 1961 | The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Piersall to the Washington Senators for Dick Donovan, Gene Green and Jim Mahoney. |
| Sep 6, 1961 | The Cleveland Indians traded Ken Retzer to the Washington Senators for Chet Boak. |
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.