1976 Baltimore Orioles Trades and Transactions

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

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Wayne Krenchicki in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mark Corey in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

• February 12, 1976

  Released Tommy Davis.

• March 31, 1976

  Released Byron McLaughlin.

• April, 1976

  Purchased Tom Kelly from the Minnesota Twins.

• April 2, 1976

  Traded Don Baylor, Paul Mitchell and Mike Torrez to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bill VanBommel (minors), Ken Holtzman and Reggie Jackson.

• April 8, 1976

  Released Bobby Brown.

  Released Willie Royster.

• April 9, 1976

  Signed Tommy Harper as a free agent.

• April 10, 1976

  Released Larry McCall.

• May 26, 1976

  Signed Terry Crowley as a free agent.

• May 27, 1976

  Purchased Earl Stephenson from the Atlanta Braves.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Dallas Williams in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jerry Don Gleaton in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

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

• June 15, 1976

  Traded Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freeman, Elrod Hendricks, Ken Holtzman and Grant Jackson to the New York Yankees. Received Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez, Rudy May, Scott McGregor and Dave Pagan.

• September 5, 1976

  Signed Nate Snell as an amateur free agent.

• September 9, 1976

  Tim Nordbrook player rights sold to the California Angels.

• October 1, 1976

  Dave Johnson player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• October 15, 1976

  Released Jim Fuller.

• November 1, 1976

  Wayne Garland granted Free Agency.

  Bobby Grich granted Free Agency.

  Reggie Jackson granted Free Agency.

  Royle Stillman granted Free Agency.

  Released Darryl Cias.

• November 5, 1976

  Bob Bailor selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 2nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Mike Darr selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 17th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Dave Pagan selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 29th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Bob Galasso selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 42nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Mike Willis selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 55th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 18, 1976

  Traded Dave Duncan to the Chicago White Sox. Received Pat Kelly.

• December 6, 1976

  Drafted Mike Dimmel from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  Marshall Edwards drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1976

  Traded Bob Babcock to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Criscione.

• December 17, 1976

  Released Tommy Harper.

• December 21, 1976

  Released Mike Cuellar.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted John Shelby in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January).

• January 20, 1977

  Traded Paul Blair to the New York Yankees. Received Rick Bladt and Elliott Maddox.

• February 8, 1977

  Signed Billy Smith as a free agent.

• February 11, 1977

  Signed Victor Rodriguez as an amateur free agent.

• March 2, 1977

  Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.

• March 26, 1977

  Released Terry Crowley.