For only the fifth time in Major League Baseball history, a player was traded as compensation for a manager.
The Boston Red Sox sent Mike Aviles to the Toronto Blue Jays and in return received a pitcher and the Blue Jays manager John Farrell.
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However, the most unique baseball trade involved the legendary Ernie Harwell. In 1948 he became the only broadcaster to ever be traded for a player when Branch Rickey acquired him from Atlanta (source: USAToday).
