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| Tuesday, September 8th , 1953 |
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| Demoted SP Rich Lutz from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted SP Finbar Gascoine from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted C Jacob Billups from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted 1B Bernard Garnier from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted 2B Zenel Julia from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted LF Heiko Thoms from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted C Vinny Cisneros from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RF Mark Rand from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RF Steve Kleinberg from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted 1B Justin Kew from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted RP Larry Van Hoff from Class A Sicily A to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted C Ahvo Malmivaara from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Bret Haskell from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted CF Bjorn Haas from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted LF Andino Donatello from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Momcilo Anastasijevic from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted CF Roland Dickerson from Class C Sicily C to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 2B Dante Cafasso from Class C Sicily C to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 3B Georgs Aguzzi from Class C Sicily C to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted CL Jesus Rios from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 1B Roger Tomei from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted CF Willie Martinez from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted 2B Bryan Peden from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted CF Logan Cane from Class B Sicily B to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted SS Willie Alquicira from Class B Sicily B to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted 2B Victor Avelar from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted 3B Carlos Rojas from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted 1B Kelly Smith from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 2B Emanuele Capuana from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Wednesday, August 12th , 1953 |
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| SS Timo Woile (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| 2B Cecilio Sensini (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| RP Herman Crocker (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| 1B Angelo Jacopino (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| RP Jacob Brown (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| RP Armando Cedillo (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| C Maurice Newsome (B Sicily B) retired from professional baseball. |
| Monday, July 27th , 1953 |
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| Traded nothing to the Providence Anglers, getting a 5th round draft pick in return. |
| Tuesday, July 7th , 1953 |
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| Demoted SP Finbar Gascoine to Class A Sicily A. |
| Demoted SP Shane Dolan to Class A Sicily A. |
| Demoted SP Javier Herrera to Class A Sicily A. |
| Saturday, July 4th , 1953 |
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| Promoted CF Willie Martinez from Class B Sicily B to Class A Sicily A. |
| Promoted CF Logan Cane from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted LF Heiko Thoms from Class B Sicily B to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted RP Ron Peterson from Class A Sicily A to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted C Vinny Cisneros from Class B Sicily B to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted RF Steve Kleinberg from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted C Joel Kinser from Class B Sicily B to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted RP Mitsujiro Yokoyama from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted RP Blake Hachmeister from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted C Christophe Dupré from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 1B Momcilo Anastasijevic from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 1B Bret Haskell from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted RP Marco Tabarez from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted RP Pierre-Antoine Fournier from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted CF Leandro Carparelli from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted C Guilhem Deodato from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Placed RP Albert Hannila on the TOBA Class B 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/02/1953. |
| Friday, July 3rd , 1953 |
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| Signed free agent SP Steve Schlachter to a minor league contract. |
| Signed free agent SP Rich Lutz to a minor league contract. |
| Signed free agent SP Shane Dolan to a minor league contract. |
| Signed free agent SP Javier Herrera to a minor league contract. |
| Signed free agent SP Finbar Gascoine to a minor league contract. |
| Wednesday, July 1st , 1953 |
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| Promoted 1B Bernard Garnier from Class B Sicily B to Class A Sicily A. |
| Promoted C Vinny Cisneros from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted SS Willie Alquicira from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted C Milorad Stanovcic from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted 2B Victor Avelar from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted 3B Carlos Rojas from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted C Derek Funk from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Justin Kew from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 2B Adriano Catone from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 3B Branislav Djurdjuvic from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted CF Bjorn Haas from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Placed CF Cipriano Furio on the TOBA Class A 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/28/1953. |
| Placed RP Jovica Cvetkovic on the TOBA Class B 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/29/1953. |
| Drafted CF Roland Dickerson in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Ramiro Salas in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 13th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Gabe Campos in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 6, 14th overall pick). |
| Drafted 2B Dante Cafasso in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 2, 18th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Otte van Baardewijk in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 21st overall pick). |
| Drafted CL Sean Jones in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Joel Kinser in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 2, 34th overall pick). |
| Drafted 3B Georgs Aguzzi in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 37th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Jesus Rios in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 6, Pick 5, 45th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Marco Tabarez in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 7, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Pierre-Antoine Fournier in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 8, Pick 5, 61st overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Fernand Aglietti in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 9, Pick 5, 69th overall pick). |
| Drafted 1B Roger Tomei in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 5, 77th overall pick). |
| Drafted CF Leandro Carparelli in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 11, Pick 5, 85th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Gioacchino Bonaiuncta in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 12, Pick 5, 93rd overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Ezio Nieto in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 13, Pick 5, 101st overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Daniele Bragantini in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 14, Pick 5, 109th overall pick). |
| Drafted SP Monte Merlini in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 15, Pick 5, 117th overall pick). |
| Drafted C Guilhem Deodato in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 16, Pick 5, 125th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Calogero Ambrogi in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 17, Pick 5, 133rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Sal Eremitani in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 18, Pick 5, 141st overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Nario Gallizio in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 19, Pick 5, 149th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Amadeo Guaneri in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 20, Pick 5, 157th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Pasquale Wangler in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 21, Pick 5, 165th overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Cesar Caredda in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 22, Pick 5, 173rd overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Davide Cipolloni in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 23, Pick 5, 181st overall pick). |
| Drafted RP Armond Cognasso in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 24, Pick 5, 189th overall pick). |
| Drafted LF Savino Perrone in the 1953 first-year player draft (Round 25, Pick 5, 197th overall pick). |
| Sunday, June 14th , 1953 |
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| Designated RP Giobbe Borghese for assignment. |
| Promoted SP Larry Van Hoff from Class D Sicily D to Class A Sicily A. |
| Promoted LF Wei-kang Gong from Class B Sicily B to Class A Sicily A. |
| Demoted RP Ju-ao Woo from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted LF Heiko Thoms from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted RP Ari Heinonen from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Momcilo Anastasijevic from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 2B Federico Calderon from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted 1B Justin Kew from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 2B Eddy Brunkow from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Placed 1B Marx Schultz on the TOBA Class A 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/11/1953. |
| Placed C Dan Stranix on the TOBA Class B 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/11/1953. |
| Placed SS Borenko Sainovic on the TOBA Class C 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/11/1953. |
| Tuesday, June 9th , 1953 |
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| Signed RF Carmelo Marsuppini to a 15-year contract extension worth a total of $1,225,000. |
| Thursday, June 4th , 1953 |
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| 1B Kari Turunen did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Sicily organization. |
| RF Quentin Léger did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Sicily organization. |
| Sunday, May 31st , 1953 |
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| Signed Scouting Director David Vinson to a 4-year, $5,770 per year contract. |
| Tuesday, May 5th , 1953 |
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| Demoted 2B Donato Marciano to Class A Sicily A. |
| Designated RP Ignazio Giocondi for assignment. |
| Designated LF Fidelio Francioni for assignment. |
| Designated RF Quentin Léger for assignment. |
| Designated 1B Kari Turunen for assignment. |
| Promoted CL Sima Belic from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted 1B Henrik Frandson from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted SP Dustin Squire from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted SP Albert Hannila from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted C Antonio Bea from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted CF Bjorn Haas from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Justin Kew from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 2B Emanuele Capuana from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted RP Ari Heinonen from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted C Ahvo Malmivaara from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted CF Vas Nerezov from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 1B Momcilo Anastasijevic from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 3B Sandro Falatti from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted SS Clay Thompson from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
| Wednesday, April 1st , 1953 |
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| Purchased the contract of SP Baldassario Scuderi from Class B Sicily B. |
| Designated RP Angel Ramos for assignment. |
| Designated RP Estevan Perez for assignment. |
| Designated SS Yasuo Oda for assignment. |
| Promoted SP Ron Peterson from Class C Sicily C to Class A Sicily A. |
| Promoted C Ryan Sergi from Class B Sicily B to Class A Sicily A. |
| Promoted RF Danny Cisneros from Class B Sicily B to Class A Sicily A. |
| Demoted CL Josh Pinkerton from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted SP Elmo Scala from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted RP Giobbe Borghese from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted C Dan Stranix from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Demoted 2B Rocco Bedeschi from Class A Sicily A to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted LF Wei-kang Gong from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted RF Edmondo Lucchetti from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted 1B Bernard Garnier from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted 3B Adam Miller from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted 3B Hector Martinez from Class C Sicily C to Class B Sicily B. |
| Promoted SP Kyle Haas from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted CL Tim Bridwell from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted SP Matt McDonald from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Djodja Boskovic from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Sung-min Jeon from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Bryan Palmer from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Hanus Divis from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Djodja Chacic from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted SS Kalevi Kangas from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted CF Vitezslav Silhavy from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted 1B Argus Brondun from Class B Sicily B to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted LF Willie Bodabalho from Class D Sicily D to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted 3B Auno Ilonen from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted SS Borenko Sainovic from Class B Sicily B to Class C Sicily C. |
| Promoted RP Dusan Suljic from Class R Sicily R to Class C Sicily C. |
| Demoted SP Shane Smith from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted SP Larry Van Hoff from Class C Sicily C to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted RP Blake Hachmeister from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted SP Leandro Boccherini from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted SP Bill Stong from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted CF Massimiliano Propenzicotti from Class B Sicily B to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted CF Vas Nerezov from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 1B Momcilo Anastasijevic from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted 2B Eddy Brunkow from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Promoted SS Clay Thompson from Class R Sicily R to Class D Sicily D. |
| Demoted SS Giovannino Bragantini from Class C Sicily C to Class R Sicily R. |
| Demoted 1B Justin Kew from Class D Sicily D to Class R Sicily R. |
