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What was Tris speaker traded for?
After 1915, Red Sox president Joseph Lannin wanted Speaker to take a pay cut from about $15,000 (equal to $362,862 today) to about $9,000 .
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
Speaker refused and offered $12,000 ($290,289 today).
On April 8, 1916, Lannin traded Speaker to the Cleveland Indians.
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Question: Was Speaker happy with this?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Speaker happy with being traded to Cleveland Indians?