1966 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 29, 1965

  Drafted Marv Breeding from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Ty Cline drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Gary Geiger from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Jesse Gonder drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1965

  Traded Dan Osinski and Bob Sadowski to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Arnold Earley and Lee Thomas. The Boston Red Sox sent Jay Ritchie (January 11, 1966) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• Before 1966 Season

  Signed Wenty Ford as an amateur free agent.

• January 29, 1966

  Drafted Tom Seaver in 1966, but pick was voided.

• April 4, 1966

  Purchased Marty Keough from the Cincinnati Reds.

• April 5, 1966

  Released Frank Thomas.

  Traded Don Dillard to the New York Mets. Received Chris Cannizzaro.

• April 28, 1966

  Traded Billy Cowan to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bobby Cox and cash.

• May 5, 1966

  Traded Marv Breeding and $15,000 to the San Francisco Giants. Received Gil Garrido.

• May 28, 1966

  Traded Lee Thomas to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ted Abernathy.

• May 29, 1966

  Traded Arnold Earley and Marty Keough to the Chicago Cubs. Received John Herrnstein.

• June 7, 1966

  Drafted Oscar Brown in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Al Santorini in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Neibauer in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Frank Duffy in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted George Stone in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

  Drafted Buddy Harris in the 13th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gary Ross in the 33rd round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Roe Skidmore in the 47th round of the 1966 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1966.

• June 15, 1966

  Traded Hank Fischer to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joey Jay.

  Traded Billy O'Dell to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Don Schwall.

• July 26, 1966

  Purchased Ty Cline from the Chicago Cubs.

• October, 1966

  Released Frank Bolling.

• October 13, 1966

  Released Ed Sadowski.

  Traded Lee Bales, Tom Dukes and Dan Schneider to the Houston Astros. Received Ed Pacheco (minors), John Hoffman and Gene Ratliff.

• November 19, 1966

  Traded Ethan Blackaby to the California Angels. Received Del Bates.

• November 28, 1966

  Ted Abernathy drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Ramón Hernández from the California Angels in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Marty Martínez from the Minnesota Twins in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

• November 29, 1966

  Pat House selected by the Houston Astros in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Drafted Mike Page from the Boston Red Sox in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Traded Chi-Chi Olivo and Bill Robinson to the New York Yankees. Received Clete Boyer.

• December 2, 1966

  Released Joey Jay.

• December 7, 1966

  Traded Chris Cannizzaro and John Herrnstein to the Boston Red Sox. Received Julio Navarro and Ed Rakow.

• December 15, 1966

  Signed Pablo Torrealba as an amateur free agent.

• December 31, 1966

  Traded a player to be named later, Eddie Mathews and Arnold Umbach to the Houston Astros. Received Bob Bruce and Dave Nicholson. The Atlanta Braves sent Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• Before 1967 Season

  Signed Remy Hermoso as an amateur free agent.

  Marv Breeding received from the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.

• January 28, 1967

  Drafted Ron Schueler in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed February 3, 1967.

  Drafted Chuck Scrivener in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Kurt Bevacqua in the 6th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gerry Pirtle in the 7th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Greg Garrett in the 10th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.