All Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- November 1, 1973
The Oakland Athletics released Mike Andrews.
- November 3, 1973
The Cleveland Indians traded Jerry Johnson to the Houston Astros for Cecil Upshaw.
The Chicago Cubs traded Bob Locker to the Oakland Athletics for Horacio Piña.
- November 7, 1973
The Chicago Cubs traded Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick to the San Diego Padres for Jerry Morales.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Frank Linzy to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bill Wilson.
- November 9, 1973
The Cincinnati Reds traded Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin to the San Diego Padres for Clay Kirby.
- November 13, 1973
The Montreal Expos signed Tony Bernazard as an amateur free agent.
- November 14, 1973
The Chicago Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Mike Paul. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
- November 29, 1973
The Kansas City Royals signed Luis Salazar as an amateur free agent.
- December 3, 1973
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Doug Capilla from the San Francisco Giants in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Ed Crosby from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The California Angels drafted Tom Egan from the Chicago White Sox in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Sergio Ferrer from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Herb Hutson from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Gene Lamont from the Atlanta Braves in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Mike McQueen from the Atlanta Braves in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Larry Milbourne from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Bill Moran from the Boston Red Sox in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The New York Yankees drafted Billy Parker from the California Angels in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Gary Ryerson from the California Angels in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Tony Solaita from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Earl Stephenson from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Mario Soto as an amateur free agent.
The Detroit Tigers released Tony Taylor.
The Detroit Tigers traded Fred Scherman and cash to the Houston Astros for Jim Ray and Gary Sutherland.
The Detroit Tigers traded Lawrence Elliott (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Wockenfuss.
The Cleveland Indians traded Jim Rittwage to the St. Louis Cardinals for Denny O'Toole.
The Atlanta Braves traded Ron Schueler to the Philadelphia Phillies for Barry Lersch and Craig Robinson.
- December 4, 1973
The Atlanta Braves traded Gil Garrido to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Beall.
The Kansas City Royals traded Winston Cole (minors), Kurt Bevacqua and Ed Kirkpatrick to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Nelson Briles and Fernando González.
The Chicago White Sox traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Héctor Torres. The Chicago White Sox sent Dan Neumeier (December 4, 1973) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
The Baltimore Orioles traded William Wood (minors), Junior Kennedy and Merv Rettenmund to the Cincinnati Reds for Wallace Williams (minors) and Ross Grimsley.
- December 5, 1973
The Detroit Tigers purchased Luke Walker from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Willie Davis to the Montreal Expos for Mike Marshall.
The Cleveland Indians traded Steve Hargan to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Gogolewski (March 23, 1974) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Pete Koegel to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chris Zachary.
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Pete Richert to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tommie Agee.
- December 6, 1973
The Texas Rangers purchased Terry Crowley from the Baltimore Orioles.
The New York Yankees purchased Jim Mason from the Texas Rangers.
The Chicago Cubs traded Randy Hundley to the Minnesota Twins for George Mitterwald.
The California Angels traded players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Aurelio Monteagudo (December 6, 1973) and Chris Coletta (December 6, 1973) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Denny Doyle (December 6, 1973) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
The Detroit Tigers traded Mike Strahler to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ray Newman.
The California Angels traded Jeff Torborg to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Andrews.
The Houston Astros traded Jim Wynn to the Los Angeles Dodgers for David Culpepper (minors) and Claude Osteen.
- December 7, 1973
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Felipe Alou from the Montreal Expos.
The Boston Red Sox purchased Juan Marichal from the San Francisco Giants.
The New York Yankees purchased Bill Sudakis from the Texas Rangers.
The Texas Rangers purchased César Tovar from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Eddie Watt from the Baltimore Orioles.
The Cleveland Indians traded Bill Flowers (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bob Johnson.
The Boston Red Sox traded John Curtis, Mike Garman and Lynn McGlothen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Reggie Cleveland, Terry Hughes and Diego Seguí.
The Kansas City Royals traded Lou Piniella and Ken Wright to the New York Yankees for Lindy McDaniel.
- December 8, 1973
The California Angels purchased Carlos López from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Bob Heise to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Murphy.
- December 9, 1973
The Houston Astros traded Jay Schlueter to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Nagy.
- December 10, 1973
The Baltimore Orioles signed Dennis Martínez as an amateur free agent.
The Kansas City Royals purchased Buddy Hunter from the Boston Red Sox.
The New York Yankees released Hal Lanier.
The Detroit Tigers traded Paul Jata to the Minnesota Twins for Jim Nettles.
- December 11, 1973
The New York Yankees released Ron Swoboda.
The Chicago Cubs traded Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, Steve Stone and Steve Swisher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
- December 12, 1973
The Oakland Athletics released Rico Carty.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Steve Blateric to the Cleveland Indians for Roger Freed.
The Cleveland Indians traded Lou Camilli to the San Diego Padres for Dwain Anderson.
- December 14, 1973
The Philadelphia Phillies released Darrell Brandon.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Wes Parker.
- December 15, 1973
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Gene Martin (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Ron Clark.
- December 17, 1973
The Atlanta Braves signed Lew Krausse as a free agent.
- December 19, 1973
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Tony Taylor as a free agent.
- December 20, 1973
The Montreal Expos traded Pat Jarvis to the Texas Rangers for Larry Biittner.
The New York Mets traded Jim McAndrew to the San Diego Padres for Steve Simpson.
- December 24, 1973
The Montreal Expos signed Byron McLaughlin as an amateur free agent.
- December 27, 1973
The Milwaukee Brewers released Rick Austin.
- December 30, 1973
The Atlanta Braves signed Rufino Linares as an amateur free agent.
- Before 1974 Season
The Oakland Athletics signed John Donaldson as a free agent.
The Boston Red Sox signed Bob Veale as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Tony Chevez as an amateur free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds signed Dan Dumoulin as an amateur free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Sam Hinds as an amateur free agent.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ryan Kurosaki as an amateur free agent.
The Detroit Tigers signed Frank MacCormack as an amateur free agent.
The Kansas City Royals signed Luis Silverio as an amateur free agent.
The Oakland Athletics signed Herb Washington as an amateur free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Tony La Russa from the Chicago Cubs.
The San Diego Padres released John Donaldson.
The Minnesota Twins released Bob Gebhard.
Dick Colpaert sent from the Minnesota Twins to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.
Brock Davis sent from the San Diego Padres to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
Larry Fritz sent from the New York Mets to the Philadelphia Phillies in an unknown transaction.
Steve Huntz sent from the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox in an unknown transaction.
Milt Ramírez sent from the Houston Astros to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Butch Alberts.
The California Angels signed Butch Alberts as a free agent.
- January 3, 1974
The Atlanta Braves signed Ron Swoboda as a free agent.
Chris Short retired from the Milwaukee Brewers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- January 7, 1974
The Houston Astros signed Chris Cannizzaro as a free agent.
- January 9, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Jay Johnstone from the Oakland Athletics.
The Texas Rangers drafted Roy Smalley in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The San Diego Padres drafted Tucker Ashford in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The San Diego Padres drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted John Caneira in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Larry McWilliams in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Chicago White Sox drafted Kevin Bell in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Boston Red Sox drafted Bob Stanley in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Montreal Expos drafted Joe Kerrigan in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Minnesota Twins drafted Jerry Garvin in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The New York Yankees drafted Ken Phelps in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted John Urrea in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Houston Astros drafted Joe Cannon in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Kansas City Royals drafted Mark Souza in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Pate in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Chuck Rainey in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Mike Armstrong in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Boston Red Sox drafted Steve Burke in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Atlanta Braves drafted Mike Davey in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Tom Chism in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Jim Dorsey in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Montreal Expos drafted Ned Yost in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Fred Breining in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Texas Rangers drafted John Sutton in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Dan Graham in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Warren Brusstar in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 17, 1974.
The California Angels drafted Steve Hammond in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Shane Rawley in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Danny Boone in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Paul Moskau in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Montreal Expos drafted Randy Niemann in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Bobby Castillo in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Mark Lee in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Garry Hancock in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
- January 13, 1974
The California Angels signed Luis Quintana as a free agent.
The Chicago Cubs released Jack Aker.
The Atlanta Braves signed Jack Aker as a free agent.
- January 14, 1974
The Montreal Expos signed Bob Gebhard as a free agent.
- January 15, 1974
The Minnesota Twins purchased Jerry May from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- January 16, 1974
The Chicago White Sox purchased John Lamb from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- January 22, 1974
The Baltimore Orioles released Larry Brown.
- January 31, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies traded Mike Ryan to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jackie Hernández.
- February 12, 1974
The Cleveland Indians traded Leo Cárdenas to the Texas Rangers for Ken Suarez.
- February 14, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies released Tom Haller.
- February 16, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Tom Dixon as an amateur free agent.
- February 18, 1974
The New York Mets signed Orlando Sánchez as an amateur free agent.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Denis Menke to the Houston Astros for Pat Darcy and cash.
- February 23, 1974
The California Angels traded Vada Pinson to the Kansas City Royals for Barry Raziano and cash.
- March, 1974
The Texas Rangers signed Larry Brown as a free agent.
- March 12, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Alberto Lois as an amateur free agent.
- March 14, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Silvio Martínez as an amateur free agent.
The Houston Astros signed Alex Taveras as an amateur free agent.
The Montreal Expos released Andrés Mora.
- March 17, 1974
The Chicago White Sox traded Ken Hottman to the Cleveland Indians for Mike Hedlund.
- March 19, 1974
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Terry Crowley from the Texas Rangers.
The Chicago Cubs traded Ken Rudolph to the San Francisco Giants for Willie Prall.
As part of a 3-team trade: The Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians. The New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers.
- March 21, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Ed Farmer from the New York Yankees.
- March 23, 1974
The New York Yankees purchased Elliott Maddox from the Texas Rangers.
The Chicago Cubs traded Jim Hickman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Scipio Spinks.
- March 25, 1974
The Cleveland Indians purchased Jack Heidemann from the Oakland Athletics.
The Atlanta Braves released Dick Dietz.
The Atlanta Braves released Ron Swoboda.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Jeff Torborg.
- March 26, 1974
The Atlanta Braves purchased Buzz Capra from the New York Mets.
The Oakland Athletics purchased Larry Haney from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Tommie Agee.
The Boston Red Sox released Luis Aparicio.
The Boston Red Sox released Bobby Bolin.
The Boston Red Sox released Orlando Cepeda.
The New York Yankees released Wayne Granger.
The Cincinnati Reds released Joe Hague.
The Kansas City Royals released Gail Hopkins.
The St. Louis Cardinals released Jay Johnstone.
The Cleveland Indians released Ray Lamb.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Mike Strahler.
The Kansas City Royals released Carl Taylor.
The Atlanta Braves traded Chuck Goggin to the Boston Red Sox for Vic Correll.
- March 27, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased John Lamb from the Chicago White Sox.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Steve Barber.
The New York Mets released Jim Beauchamp.
The Oakland Athletics released Billy Conigliaro.
The Texas Rangers released Pat Jarvis.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Bill Wilson.
- March 28, 1974
The Houston Astros purchased Ollie Brown from the California Angels.
The Boston Red Sox purchased Bob Didier from the Detroit Tigers.
The Oakland Athletics released Chuck Dobson.
The Cleveland Indians released Mike Kekich.
The Cincinnati Reds released Larry Stahl.
The Kansas City Royals traded Wayne Simpson to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Foor.
The Cleveland Indians selected Leron Lee off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
- March 29, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Ed Crosby from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Chicago White Sox released Jim McGlothlin.
- March 30, 1974
The Houston Astros traded Don Stratton (minors) and Larry Yount to the Milwaukee Brewers for Wilbur Howard.
- April 1, 1974
The Cleveland Indians released Rich Hinton.
The Chicago Cubs released Milt Pappas.
The Montreal Expos traded John Boccabella to the San Francisco Giants for Don Carrithers.
The Chicago Cubs traded Paul Popovich to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Dettore and cash.
The Atlanta Braves selected Ivan Murrell off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
- April 2, 1974
The San Diego Padres signed Bob Barton as a free agent.
- April 3, 1974
The Chicago White Sox signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jay Johnstone as a free agent.
The Cleveland Indians traded Pedro Guerrero to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bruce Ellingsen.
The California Angels traded Bill Stein to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago White Sox sent Steve Blateric (August 1, 1974) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
- April 4, 1974
The California Angels purchased Bill Stoneman from the Montreal Expos.
The Montreal Expos traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for John Montague. The Montreal Expos sent Mickey Scott (April 4, 1974) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
- April 6, 1974
The New York Mets released Rich Chiles.
- April 9, 1974
The Houston Astros released Juan Pizarro.
- April 10, 1974
The New York Yankees released Mike Ferraro.
- April 11, 1974
The Oakland Athletics purchased Lew Krausse from the Atlanta Braves.
The Kansas City Royals released Rick Reichardt.
- April 15, 1974
The Chicago White Sox signed Rich Hinton as a free agent.
- April 20, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Dal Maxvill.
- April 23, 1974
The Kansas City Royals released Jeff Cox.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Jackie Hernández.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Jackie Hernández as a free agent.
- April 24, 1974
The Cleveland Indians traded Ted Ford to the Texas Rangers for Charlie Hudson.
- April 25, 1974
The Texas Rangers signed Mike Kekich as a free agent.
- April 26, 1974
The Cleveland Indians traded Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to the New York Yankees for Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson.
- April 27, 1974
The Chicago White Sox traded Luis Alvarado to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Tatum.
- April 28, 1974
The Chicago Cubs released Mike Paul.
- April 29, 1974
The Milwaukee Brewers released Felipe Alou.
- April 30, 1974
The California Angels traded Richie Scheinblum to the Kansas City Royals for Paul Schaal.
- May 3, 1974
The Oakland Athletics released Vic Davalillo.
The New York Yankees traded Ken Wright to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mike Wallace.
- May 4, 1974
The California Angels released Mike Epstein.
The Minnesota Twins traded Dick Woodson to the New York Yankees for Mike Pazik and cash.
- May 5, 1974
The New York Yankees purchased Fernando González from the Kansas City Royals.
- May 7, 1974
The California Angels signed Julio Cruz as an amateur free agent.
The New York Yankees traded Duke Sims to the Texas Rangers for Larry Gura and cash.
- May 10, 1974
The Oakland Athletics signed Dal Maxvill as a free agent.
- May 11, 1974
The Houston Astros purchased Jay Schlueter and Roe Skidmore from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- May 13, 1974
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Mike Hegan from the New York Yankees.
- May 15, 1974
The San Diego Padres signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.
- May 16, 1974
The Atlanta Braves purchased Lew Krausse from the Oakland Athletics.
- May 19, 1974
The Montreal Expos signed Craig Minetto as an amateur free agent.
- May 20, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Glenn Brummer as an amateur free agent.
The Montreal Expos signed Hal Dues as an amateur free agent.
- May 21, 1974
The San Francisco Giants signed Don McMahon as a free agent.
- May 22, 1974
The New York Mets purchased Alex Treviño from Cuidad Victoria (Mexican Center).
The Chicago White Sox traded Johnny Jeter to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Blateric.
- May 23, 1974
The Minnesota Twins traded Dan Monzon to the Montreal Expos for Earl Stephenson.
- May 25, 1974
The San Francisco Giants signed Steve Barber as a free agent.
- May 29, 1974
The New York Mets purchased Jim Lyttle from the Montreal Expos.
- May 31, 1974
The San Diego Padres purchased Horace Clarke and Lowell Palmer from the New York Yankees.
- June, 1974
The Cincinnati Reds signed Rafael Santo Domingo as an amateur free agent.
- June 1, 1974
The San Diego Padres released Jim McAndrew.
The Cleveland Indians traded Jack Heidemann to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Alvarado and Ed Crosby.
- June 5, 1974
The Cleveland Indians purchased Joe Lis from the Minnesota Twins.
The San Diego Padres drafted Bill Almon in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Tommy Boggs in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted John Caneira in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Lonnie Smith in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1974.
The Houston Astros drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Tom Brennan in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Garry Hancock in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Dale Murphy in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Butch Edge in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Rob Picciolo in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Scot Thompson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1974.
The New York Mets drafted Ned Yost in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).
The Chicago White Sox drafted Larry Monroe in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted Mike Miley in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Rod Scurry in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Yankees drafted Dennis Sherrill in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Garry Templeton in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Lance Parrish in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Mets drafted Cliff Speck in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Willie Wilson in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Ken Phelps in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Rick Sutcliffe in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Rich Dauer in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Yankees drafted Dave Bergman in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Mets drafted Dwight Bernard in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Jeff Byrd in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Jerry Fry in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Mike Grace in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Moose Haas in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Gary Hargis in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Jack Kucek in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Joey McLaughlin in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Shane Rawley in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed July 15, 1974.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Kevin Saucier in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1974.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Mike Sember in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1974.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Steve Shirley in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Sandy Wihtol in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).
The Minnesota Twins drafted Butch Wynegar in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
The Houston Astros drafted Alan Knicely in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Mike LaCoss in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted Rance Mulliniks in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Pete Vuckovich in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Alan Wirth in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Dave Tobik in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Thad Bosley in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Tom Chism in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).
The Texas Rangers drafted Jim Clancy in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Barry Cort in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Mike Darr in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Don McCormack in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1974.
The New York Mets drafted John Pacella in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted George Riley in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1974.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Gary Beare in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted Stan Cliburn in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Steve Henderson in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Baltimore Orioles drafted Randy Miller in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Jim Morrison in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1974.
The San Diego Padres drafted Lenn Sakata in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The New York Yankees drafted Jerry Narron in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted Gary Wheelock in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Ed Whitson in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Craig Eaton in the 6th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Ralph Botting in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Sam Bowen in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Steve Bowling in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Rick Camp in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Mike Edwards in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Bobby Ramos in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The San Diego Padres drafted Jim Wilhelm in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Don Kainer in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Ron Roenicke in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Bill Caudill in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1974.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Mark Clear in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1974.
The California Angels drafted Floyd Chiffer in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Dan Morogiello in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Denny Walling in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Boston Red Sox drafted Joel Finch in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Ron Oester in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Jim Farr in the 9th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Bryan Clark in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Fidrych in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Lynn Jones in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Atlanta Braves drafted Mickey Mahler in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Guy Sularz in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Bobby Bonner in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Greg Harris in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Scott Sanderson in the 11th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Jim Gantner in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The California Angels drafted John Verhoeven in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Darrell Woodard in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Mets drafted Pat Putnam in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The San Diego Padres drafted Bump Wills in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Texas Rangers drafted Rick Lisi in the 13th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Tony Johnson in the 13th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Terry Bulling in the 14th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Houston Astros drafted Mickey Hatcher in the 14th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Bob Welch in the 14th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Jerry Augustine in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted John Henry Johnson in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Dan Norman in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Jim Umbarger in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Stew Cliburn in the 16th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Dave Frost in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Cleveland Indians drafted Orlando González in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Gary Gray in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Mets drafted Steve Baker in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Oakland Athletics drafted Rick Lysander in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Sykes in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The New York Yankees drafted Dennis Werth in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Montreal Expos drafted Hubie Brooks in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Bob Myrick in the 20th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Neil Fiala in the 22nd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Dave Rozema in the 22nd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Dave Baker in the 23rd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Jeff Yurak in the 24th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Tim Stoddard in the 25th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Derek Botelho in the 26th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Paul Molitor in the 28th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Kansas City Royals drafted Sammy Stewart in the 28th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Texas Rangers drafted Bobby Cuellar in the 29th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
The Texas Rangers drafted Al Holland in the 30th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Gene Krug in the 31st round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Rick Sweet in the 31st round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Andy McGaffigan in the 36th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Eric Show in the 36th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
- June 6, 1974
The Montreal Expos released Byron McLaughlin.
- June 7, 1974
The New York Yankees released Jim Ray Hart.
- June 10, 1974
The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Corcoran as an amateur free agent.
- June 11, 1974
The Kansas City Royals signed Doug Corbett as an amateur free agent.
- June 12, 1974
The Atlanta Braves signed Dave Campbell as an amateur free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles released Gil Rondón.
- June 14, 1974
The New York Mets purchased Jack Aker from the Atlanta Braves.
- June 15, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Jeff Schneider as an amateur free agent.
The New York Yankees purchased Rudy May from the California Angels.
The San Diego Padres traded Steve Arlin to the Cleveland Indians for players to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Brent Strom (June 21, 1974) and Terry Ley (June 21, 1974) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
- June 17, 1974
The Chicago Cubs purchased Oscar Zamora from the Houston Astros.
The Cleveland Indians released Ken Sanders.
- June 20, 1974
??? signed Bobby Ramos as an amateur free agent.
- June 21, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Pete Richert from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cleveland Indians traded Dwain Anderson to the New York Mets for Brian Ostrosser.
- June 24, 1974
The California Angels signed Ken Sanders as a free agent.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Marshall Edwards as an amateur free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Bill Parsons and cash to the Oakland Athletics for Deron Johnson.
The Philadelphia Phillies selected Ollie Brown off waivers from the Houston Astros.
- June 25, 1974
The Cincinnati Reds signed Harry Spilman as an amateur free agent.
- June 28, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies released George Culver.
- June 29, 1974
The California Angels purchased Chuck Dobson from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).
- July, 1974
The Boston Red Sox released Dick Colpaert.
- July 1, 1974
The Cincinnati Reds returned Mike McQueen (earlier draft pick) to the Atlanta Braves.
The Chicago White Sox selected Lloyd Allen off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
The Texas Rangers selected Bob Johnson off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
- July 2, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies signed John Poff as an amateur free agent.
- July 3, 1974
The San Francisco Giants released Don McMahon.
- July 5, 1974
The Montreal Expos signed Gerry Hannahs as an amateur free agent.
- July 8, 1974
The New York Yankees purchased Sandy Alomar from the California Angels.
The Kansas City Royals released Luis Salazar.
The Kansas City Royals traded Calvin Meier (minors) and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kurt Bevacqua.
- July 10, 1974
The Chicago Cubs purchased Billy Grabarkewitz from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Los Angeles Dodgers purchased Gail Hopkins from Hawaii (PCL).
The San Diego Padres purchased Steve Huntz from the Chicago White Sox.
- July 11, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Chuck Brinkman from the Chicago White Sox.
The San Diego Padres released Matty Alou.
- July 12, 1974
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Gene Garber from the Kansas City Royals.
The California Angels released Bill Stoneman.
- July 13, 1974
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Willie Mueller as an amateur free agent.
- July 16, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals released Jim Hickman.
- July 17, 1974
The Cleveland Indians purchased Tommy McCraw from the California Angels.
- July 26, 1974
The Detroit Tigers signed Sheldon Burnside as an amateur free agent.
- July 28, 1974
The California Angels traded Rick Stelmaszek to the Chicago Cubs for Horacio Piña.
- July 29, 1974
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Dick Selma from the California Angels.
- July 31, 1974
The Montreal Expos released Bob Babcock.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Bob Heise to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Doug Howard (October 7, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
- August 1, 1974
The San Diego Padres purchased Chris Cannizzaro from the Houston Astros.
- August 5, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Richie Scheinblum from the Kansas City Royals.
- August 6, 1974
The Kansas City Royals signed Orlando Cepeda as a free agent.
- August 7, 1974
The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Northrup to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.
The Baltimore Orioles signed Bob Babcock as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers released Norm Cash.
The Atlanta Braves traded Mike McQueen to the Baltimore Orioles for Edward Watts (minors).
- August 11, 1974
The San Francisco Giants released Steve Barber.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Steve Barber as a free agent.
- August 12, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Dick Billings from the Texas Rangers.
The Milwaukee Brewers returned Dick Selma to the California Angels following previous purchase.
- August 15, 1974
The Houston Astros traded Claude Osteen to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later and Ron Selak (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dan Larson (October 14, 1974) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
- August 17, 1974
The Cleveland Indians purchased Rico Carty from Cordoba (Mexican).
- August 19, 1974
The Minnesota Twins traded Jim Holt to the Oakland Athletics for Pat Bourque.
- August 20, 1974
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Juan Pizarro as a free agent.
- August 22, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Tom Herr as an amateur free agent.
- August 26, 1974
The Kansas City Royals purchased Germán Barranca from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
- August 29, 1974
The Boston Red Sox signed Juan Agosto as an amateur free agent.
The Kansas City Royals purchased Aurelio López from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
- September 1, 1974
The Boston Red Sox purchased Tim McCarver from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- September 2, 1974
The Cincinnati Reds signed Geoff Combe as an amateur free agent.
- September 5, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Orlando Peña to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Rich Hand (October 15, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
The St. Louis Cardinals selected Ron Hunt off waivers from the Montreal Expos.
- September 6, 1974
The New York Yankees signed Dave Rajsich as an amateur free agent.
- September 7, 1974
The Boston Red Sox purchased Deron Johnson from the Milwaukee Brewers.
- September 9, 1974
The New York Yankees purchased Alex Johnson from the Texas Rangers.
The Texas Rangers selected Bill Hands off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
- September 10, 1974
The Atlanta Braves purchased Mike Thompson from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- September 11, 1974
The Baltimore Orioles traded a player to be named later and cash to the California Angels for Bob Oliver. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mickey Scott (October 3, 1974) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
- September 12, 1974
The California Angels traded Bill Gilbreth to the Cleveland Indians for Charlie Hudson.
The California Angels traded Frank Robinson to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Ken Suarez and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Rusty Torres (October 10, 1974) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
- September 14, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Barry Lersch from the Atlanta Braves.
- September 16, 1974
The California Angels purchased Larry McCall from the Baltimore Orioles.
The Baltimore Orioles purchased Jim Northrup from the Montreal Expos.
- September 18, 1974
The Montreal Expos released Craig Minetto.
- September 27, 1974
The Kansas City Royals released Orlando Cepeda.
The San Diego Padres released Pat Corrales.
- September 29, 1974
The New York Yankees signed Jesús Figueroa as an amateur free agent.
- September 30, 1974
The New York Mets released Jim Lyttle.
- October 1, 1974
The New York Mets released Jim Gosger.
The New York Mets released Bob Miller.
- October 3, 1974
The San Diego Padres released Bob Barton.
The San Diego Padres released Horace Clarke.
The San Diego Padres released Rich Morales.
- October 8, 1974
The Detroit Tigers released Ike Brown.
- October 13, 1974
The New York Mets traded Tommy Moore and Ray Sadecki to the St. Louis Cardinals for Joe Torre.
- October 14, 1974
The San Francisco Giants traded Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marc Hill.
The San Francisco Giants traded Jim Willoughby to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Heintzelman.
- October 21, 1974
The Texas Rangers released Larry Brown.
- October 22, 1974
The Houston Astros released Jerry Johnson.
The New York Mets traded Duffy Dyer to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Gene Clines.
The New York Yankees traded Bobby Murcer to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Bonds.
The Cincinnati Reds traded Pat Osburn to the Milwaukee Brewers for John Vukovich.
- October 23, 1974
The Chicago White Sox released Wayne Granger.
The Atlanta Braves released Sonny Jackson.
The Atlanta Braves released Norm Miller.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Mike Ryan.
The Minnesota Twins traded Pat Bourque to the Oakland Athletics for Dennis Myers (minors) and Dan Ford.
The Chicago Cubs traded Billy Williams to the Oakland Athletics for Darold Knowles, Bob Locker and Manny Trillo.
- October 24, 1974
The Houston Astros purchased José Cruz from the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Oakland Athletics released John Donaldson.
The Boston Red Sox released John Kennedy.
The Boston Red Sox released Juan Marichal.
The Boston Red Sox released Dick McAuliffe.
The California Angels released Paul Schaal.
The Boston Red Sox released Bob Veale.
- October 25, 1974
The Chicago White Sox purchased Roger Nelson from the Cincinnati Reds.
The California Angels returned Larry McCall to the Baltimore Orioles following previous purchase.
The Cincinnati Reds released Phil Gagliano.
The Los Angeles Dodgers released Gail Hopkins.
The Minnesota Twins released Randy Hundley.
The Boston Red Sox released Deron Johnson.
The Cincinnati Reds released Andy Kosco.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Frank Linzy.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Pete Richert.
- October 29, 1974
The Houston Astros traded Bob Gallagher to the New York Mets for Ken Boswell.
- November 2, 1974
The Atlanta Braves traded Henry Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later and Dave May. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Roger Alexander (minors) (December 2, 1974) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
- November 4, 1974
The New York Mets released Jack Aker.
- November 8, 1974
The Atlanta Braves traded Danny Frisella to the San Diego Padres for Cito Gaston.
- November 11, 1974
The Oakland Athletics released Dal Maxvill.
- November 18, 1974
The Detroit Tigers traded Ed Brinkman, Dick Sharon and Bob Strampe to the San Diego Padres for Nate Colbert.
The San Diego Padres traded a player to be named later and Ed Brinkman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rich Folkers, Alan Foster and Sonny Siebert. The San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden (December 10, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
- November 22, 1974
The Boston Red Sox signed Win Remmerswaal as an amateur free agent.
- November 25, 1974
The California Angels released Tony Conigliaro.
- December 1, 1974
The New York Yankees purchased Bob Oliver from the Baltimore Orioles.
- December 2, 1974
The Boston Red Sox drafted Kim Andrew from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1974 rule 5 draft.
The Chicago Cubs drafted Tim Hosley from the Oakland Athletics in the 1974 rule 5 draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Doug Clarey from the Minnesota Twins in the 1974 minor league draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Bill Parsons from the Oakland Athletics.
The Boston Red Sox traded Tommy Harper to the California Angels for Bob Heise.
- December 3, 1974
Tampico (Mexican) purchased Joe Pactwa from the New York Yankees.
The Atlanta Braves traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Dick Allen. The Atlanta Braves sent Jim Essian (May 15, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Stephen McCartney (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ed Farmer.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Rob Andrews and Enos Cabell to the Houston Astros for Lee May and Jay Schlueter.
The California Angels traded Skip Lockwood to the New York Yankees for Bill Sudakis.
The New York Mets traded Don Hahn, Tug McGraw and Dave Schneck to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mac Scarce, John Stearns and Del Unser.
- December 4, 1974
The Detroit Tigers traded Woodie Fryman to the Montreal Expos for Terry Humphrey and Tom Walker.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Bill Kirkpatrick (minors), Rich Coggins and Dave McNally to the Montreal Expos for Ken Singleton and Mike Torrez.
- December 5, 1974
The Montreal Expos traded Willie Davis to the Texas Rangers for Pete Mackanin and Don Stanhouse.
The Chicago White Sox traded Eddie Leon to the New York Yankees for Cecil Upshaw.
The Chicago Cubs traded Tom Lundstedt to the Minnesota Twins for Mike Adams.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded Clyde Wright to the Texas Rangers for Pete Broberg.
- December 6, 1974
The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Ray to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
The Montreal Expos traded Ron Fairly to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rudy Kinard (minors) and Ed Kurpiel (minors).
The San Diego Padres traded Derrel Thomas to the San Francisco Giants for Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger.
- December 9, 1974
The Kansas City Royals released Joe Hoerner.
The Cincinnati Reds released Paul Thormodsgard.
The Boston Red Sox traded Bob Didier to the Houston Astros for Roe Skidmore.
The Detroit Tigers traded John Young to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ike Brookens.
- December 11, 1974
The New York Mets traded Ted Martínez to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jack Heidemann and Mike Vail.
- December 13, 1974
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Mick Kelleher from the Houston Astros.
The Chicago Cubs released Carmen Fanzone.
The Minnesota Twins released Earl Stephenson.
- December 16, 1974
Catfish Hunter of the Oakland Athletics granted free agency.
The Atlanta Braves released Lew Krausse.
The Chicago White Sox traded Mike Hedlund to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Osborn.
- December 18, 1974
The Baltimore Orioles signed Bryn Smith as an amateur free agent.
- December 19, 1974
The Milwaukee Brewers signed Rick Austin as a free agent.
- December 20, 1974
The New York Yankees released Sam McDowell.
- December 26, 1974
The New York Yankees signed Juan Espino as an amateur free agent.
- December 28, 1974
The Chicago White Sox signed Jim Lyttle as a free agent.
- December 31, 1974
The New York Yankees signed Catfish Hunter as a free agent.
- Before 1975 Season
The San Diego Padres purchased Jim Shellenback from the Texas Rangers.
The San Francisco Giants released Jimmy Rosario.
Curtis Brown sent from the Montreal Expos to Union Laguna (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.
Buddy Hunter sent from the Kansas City Royals to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.
Milt Ramírez sent from the Los Angeles Dodgers to Reynosa (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.
- January 2, 1975
The Cincinnati Reds purchased Joe Henderson from the Chicago White Sox.
- January 3, 1975
The California Angels signed Gil Rondón as a free agent.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Jerry DaVanon from the St. Louis Cardinals.
- January 6, 1975
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Nelson Norman as an amateur free agent.
- January 9, 1975
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Barry Bonnell in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The San Diego Padres drafted Gene Richards in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
The California Angels drafted Willie Aikens in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
The Detroit Tigers drafted Dave Tobik in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Chicago Cubs drafted Ed Putman in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 21, 1975.
The Detroit Tigers drafted Tom Brookens in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
The Oakland Athletics drafted Rob Picciolo in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The New York Mets drafted Dave Hudgens in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Texas Rangers drafted Bump Wills in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Lenn Sakata in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Gil Kubski in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Houston Astros drafted Darrell Brown in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Victor Bernal in 1975, but pick was voided.
The San Diego Padres drafted Juan Eichelberger in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Hosken Powell in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The San Diego Padres drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Jim Dorsey in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
The Chicago White Sox drafted Tim Stoddard in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Texas Rangers drafted Tony Johnson in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Gene Krug in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The San Diego Padres drafted Rick Sweet in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The Minnesota Twins drafted Randy Niemann in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Marshall Brant in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
The Detroit Tigers drafted Dave Rozema in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Derek Botelho in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Greg Harris in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The San Diego Padres drafted Al Holland in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
The San Francisco Giants drafted Dave Hostetler in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The California Angels drafted Bobby Clark in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
The California Angels drafted Bob Walk in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Mark Corey in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Minnesota Twins drafted Vance McHenry in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The New York Mets drafted Karl Pagel in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Chicago White Sox drafted Bruce Bochy in the 8th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Jack Lazorko in the 8th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
- January 13, 1975
The Cleveland Indians traded Larry Johnson to the Montreal Expos for Mike Baldwin (minors).
- January 14, 1975
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Joe Hoerner as a free agent.
- January 16, 1975
The Minnesota Twins released Harmon Killebrew.
- January 21, 1975
The New York Yankees released Gene Michael.
- January 22, 1975
The New York Mets signed Juan Berenguer as an amateur free agent.
- January 23, 1975
The Detroit Tigers released Jerry DaVanon.
The Texas Rangers released Duke Sims.
- January 24, 1975
The Kansas City Royals signed Harmon Killebrew as a free agent.
The Milwaukee Brewers released Ken Berry.
- January 29, 1975
The San Francisco Giants selected Von Joshua off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- January 30, 1975
The Philadelphia Phillies signed José Moreno as an amateur free agent.
The New York Mets purchased Jerry Moses from the Detroit Tigers.
- February, 1975
The San Diego Padres signed Frank Linzy as a free agent.
- February 1, 1975
The Detroit Tigers signed Gene Michael as a free agent.
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Norm Miller as a free agent.
- February 4, 1975
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Orlando Isales as an amateur free agent.
- February 6, 1975
The Detroit Tigers released Jim Nettles.
- February 10, 1975
The Houston Astros signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.
- February 11, 1975
The Cleveland Indians released Bill Gogolewski.
The Cleveland Indians released Johnny Jeter.
- February 13, 1975
The Cleveland Indians signed Ken Berry as a free agent.
- February 14, 1975
The Oakland Athletics signed Lew Krausse as a free agent.
The Montreal Expos traded Craig Caskey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Stan Papi.
- February 18, 1975
The Chicago White Sox signed Bill Gogolewski as a free agent.
- February 19, 1975
The Cleveland Indians signed Jerry DaVanon as a free agent.
- February 20, 1975
The San Diego Padres signed Jerry Johnson as a free agent.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed Albert Williams as an amateur free agent.
- February 25, 1975
The Chicago Cubs traded Brock Davis and Dave LaRoche to the Cleveland Indians for Milt Wilcox.
The Chicago White Sox traded Stan Perzanowski to the Texas Rangers for Steve Dunning.
The Baltimore Orioles traded Don Hood and Boog Powell to the Cleveland Indians for Alvin McGrew (minors) and Dave Duncan.
- February 28, 1975
The New York Mets purchased Dave Kingman from the San Francisco Giants for $150,000.
- March 4, 1975
The Baltimore Orioles signed Byron McLaughlin as a free agent.
- March 5, 1975
The Boston Red Sox signed Tony Conigliaro as a free agent.
The New York Yankees released Fernando González.
- March 6, 1975
The Milwaukee Brewers purchased Kurt Bevacqua from the Kansas City Royals.
The Oakland Athletics released Dick Green.
- March 10, 1975
The New York Yankees signed Dámaso García as an amateur free agent.
- March 11, 1975
The Cleveland Indians traded Tom Hilgendorf to the Philadelphia Phillies for Nelson Garcia (minors).
- March 15, 1975
The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Juan Marichal as a free agent.
- March 16, 1975
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased Sergio Robles from the Baltimore Orioles.
- March 17, 1975
The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Cy Acosta from the Chicago White Sox.
- March 22, 1975
The California Angels traded Ken Sanders to the New York Mets for Ike Hampton.
- March 25, 1975
The Chicago White Sox released Roger Nelson.
- March 26, 1975
The St. Louis Cardinals released Ron Hunt.
The Texas Rangers released Bob Johnson.
- March 27, 1975
Mexico City Reds (Mexican) purchased Aurelio López from the Kansas City Royals.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released Steve Blass.
- March 28, 1975
The Oakland Athletics purchased Don Hopkins from the Montreal Expos.
The Oakland Athletics released Jesús Alou.
The Atlanta Braves released Paul Casanova.
The San Diego Padres released Vicente Romo.
- March 29, 1975
The Kansas City Royals purchased Gary Martz from the Milwaukee Brewers.
The San Diego Padres released Rich Chiles.
The Chicago Cubs released Billy Grabarkewitz.
The New York Yankees released Mel Stottlemyre.
The Boston Red Sox traded Danny Cater to the St. Louis Cardinals for Danny Godby.
The Atlanta Braves traded Jack Pierce to the Detroit Tigers for Reggie Sanders.
- March 30, 1975
The St. Louis Cardinals released Craig Caskey. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
- March 31, 1975
The San Francisco Giants released John Morris.
The California Angels released Horacio Piña.
The Montreal Expos traded Bob Stinson to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Rodney Scott (December 22, 1975) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
- April, 1975
The Oakland Athletics signed Charlie Sands as a free agent.
The Philadelphia Phillies released Ron Diorio.
The California Angels released Charlie Sands.
- April 1, 1975
The Chicago White Sox traded Ed Herrmann to the New York Yankees for Fred Anyzeski (minors), Kenneth Bennett (minors), John Narron (minors), Terry Quinn (minors) and cash.
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