1975 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1974

  Traded Henry Aaron to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received 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 8, 1974

  Traded Danny Frisella to the San Diego Padres. Received Cito Gaston.

• December 3, 1974

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received Dick Allen. The Atlanta Braves sent Jim Essian (May 15, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• December 16, 1974

  Released Lew Krausse.

• March 28, 1975

  Released Paul Casanova.

• March 29, 1975

  Traded Jack Pierce to the Detroit Tigers. Received Reggie Sanders.

• April 4, 1975

  Traded Leo Foster to the New York Mets. Received Joe Nolan.

• April 6, 1975

  Joe Niekro player rights sold to the Houston Astros for $35,000.

• April 10, 1975

  Traded Dave Cheadle to the New York Yankees. Received Dick Woodson.

• April 11, 1975

  Released Davey Johnson.

• April 17, 1975

  Traded Jimmy Freeman to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Earl Williams and cash.

• May 7, 1975

  Traded Dick Allen and Johnny Oates to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Barry Bonnell, Jim Essian and $150,000.

• May 8, 1975

  Released Gary Gentry.

• May 28, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later and Ron Reed to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ray Sadecki and Elías Sosa. The Atlanta Braves sent Wayne Nordhagen (June 2, 1975) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Larry Whisenton in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Cooper in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Hank Small in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Skube in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerry Maddox in the 8th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Duane Theiss in the 12th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Glenn Hubbard in the 20th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Nate Snell in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1975

  Traded Roric Harrison to the Cleveland Indians. Received a player to be named later and Blue Moon Odom. The Cleveland Indians sent Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• June 11, 1975

  Traded Craig Robinson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ed Goodson.

• June 16, 1975

  Signed Rick Mahler as an amateur free agent.

• June 24, 1975

  Signed Earl Stephenson as a free agent.

• June 30, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Kansas City Royals. Received players to be named later and Bruce Dal Canton. The Kansas City Royals sent Norm Angelini (September 4, 1975) and Al Autry (September 4, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade. The Atlanta Braves sent Ray Sadecki (September 4, 1975) to the Kansas City Royals to complete the trade.

• November 17, 1975

  Traded Dusty Baker and Ed Goodson to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Lee Lacy, Tom Paciorek, Jerry Royster and Jim Wynn.

• December 8, 1975

  Drafted Luis Quintana from the California Angels in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Henderson, Dan Osborn and Dick Ruthven.

  Traded Tom House to the Boston Red Sox. Received Roger Moret.

  Traded Mike Lum to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Darrel Chaney.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Mike Macha in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Dave Stegman in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bob Stoddard in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.