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Clause
1973
Ron Santo becomes 1st to invoke no-trade clause of 10-year-1-club vet
1970
Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
1969
New York Times reports Curt Flood will sue baseball and challenge the reserve clause
1951
Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
1906
Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1898
Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters
1879
Cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause
1879
NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players
1824
Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar, Calvo Clause
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