1971 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Freddie Velázquez from the Montreal Expos in the 1970 minor league draft.

  Traded Hal Breeden to the Chicago Cubs. Received Hoyt Wilhelm.

• December 1, 1970

  Traded Bob Aspromonte to the New York Mets. Received Ron Herbel.

• December 2, 1970

  Traded Bob Tillman to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Paul Click (minors), John Ryan (minors) and Hank Allen.

• December 22, 1970

  Released Don Cardwell.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Pete Varney in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• April, 1971

  Released Hank Allen.

• April 3, 1971

  Signed Marv Staehle as a free agent.

  Traded Richard Wilson (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Walt Hriniak.

• April 16, 1971

  Signed Luis Tiant as a free agent.

• May 15, 1971

  Released Luis Tiant.

• May 31, 1971

  Purchased Zoilo Versalles from Gomez Palacio (Mexican).

• June 2, 1971

  Released Clete Boyer.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Taylor Duncan in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ron Hodges in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Beard in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Jamie Easterly in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis Lewallyn in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Stanton in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Junior Moore in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Biff Pocoroba in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

• June 29, 1971

  Released Hoyt Wilhelm.

• July 23, 1971

  Released Walt Hriniak.

• August 14, 1971

  Purchased Tony La Russa from the Oakland Athletics.

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Luis Alcaraz from the Chicago White Sox in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

• December 2, 1971

  Traded Hal King to the Texas Rangers. Received Paul Casanova.

• December 21, 1971

  Released Zoilo Versalles.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Sam Bowen in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 11, 1972

  Released Ron Herbel.