1976 Atlanta Braves Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 7, 1976

  Traded Mike Thompson to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Terry Crowley.

• April 10, 1976

  Signed Andy Messersmith as a free agent.

• May 6, 1976

  Released Terry Crowley.

• May 27, 1976

  Earl Stephenson player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Ken Smith in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ron Roenicke in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dan Morogiello in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Butcher in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bruce Benedict in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Wessinger in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Peters in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rick Matula in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ricky Jones in the 18th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 1976

  Traded Darrell Evans and Marty Perez to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jake Brown, Mike Eden, Willie Montañez and Craig Robinson.

• June 15, 1976

  Traded Blue Moon Odom to the Chicago White Sox. Received Pete Varney.

• June 23, 1976

  Traded Lee Lacy and Elías Sosa to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Mike Marshall.

• July 22, 1976

  Signed Joe Cowley as an amateur free agent.

• July 24, 1976

  Earl Williams player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• September 28, 1976

  Signed Rafael Ramírez as an amateur free agent.

• November 17, 1976

  Signed Gary Matthews as a free agent.

• November 30, 1976

  Jim Wynn player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• December 9, 1976

  Traded Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Carl Morton and $250,000 to the Texas Rangers. Received Jeff Burroughs.

• December 13, 1976

  Purchased Steve Kline from the Cleveland Indians.

• February 24, 1977

  Signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.

• March 28, 1977

  Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent.

• March 29, 1977

  Pablo Torrealba player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

  Released Wayne Granger.

• March 30, 1977

  Released Bruce Dal Canton.

• April 1, 1977

  Released Steve Kline.