I've been traded for who?

Harry Chiti played 10 years in Major League Baseball. In 1953 and 1954, Chiti was on the Chicago Cubs roster, but wore a green uniform those two years, as a U.S. Army soldier. That’s the way it was back then – baseball players were as susceptible to the draft as was any other citizen.

The season following his two years Army service, Chiti had his most productive year in home runs (11) and second-best in RBI (41). After the 1956 season, the Kincaid, Ill., native was traded with Charlie Silvera and cash to the New York Yankees “and another player to be named in exchange for a player to be named later.”

If that trade sounds confusing, (1) it’s baseball; and, (2) Chiti was involved in an even more confusing trade in 1962. In April that year, Chiti was sold by the Cleveland Indians to the New York Mets, making him a 1962 first-season Mets, but not an original roster Mets. That transaction was not the confusing part. About six weeks later, the Mets returned Chiti to Cleveland, meaning he was traded for himself.

Chiti took it all in stride.

"No, it never bothered me to be known as the player traded for himself, but there was more to the story. (Casey) Stengel really didn't know what he wanted when he asked for me, then after changing his mind, sent me back. I was happy about it actually, my wife and kids were still back in Cleveland, plus the return deal involved cash, enough for them to buy a new scoreboard." - Chiti, Harry. Letter to Baseball Almanac. 27 September 1990.

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=chitiha01