1977 Baltimore Orioles Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 8, 1977

  Signed Tim Stoddard as a free agent.

• April 12, 1977

  Signed Terry Crowley as a free agent.

• May 22, 1977

  Signed Dave Huppert as an amateur free agent.

• May 26, 1977

  Randy Stein sent to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Drungo Hazewood in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Smith in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Martin in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Jones in the 23rd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 1977

  Traded Dyar Miller to the California Angels. Received Dick Drago.

• July 14, 1977

  Traded Fred Holdsworth to the Montreal Expos. Received a player to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Dennis Blair (September 6, 1977) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• July 27, 1977

  Purchased Ken Rudolph from the San Francisco Giants.

• September 7, 1977

  Taylor Duncan selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• September 19, 1977

  Purchased Nelson Briles from the Texas Rangers.

• October 10, 1977

  Ross Grimsley granted Free Agency.

• October 24, 1977

  Elliott Maddox granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 1977

  Dick Drago granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1977

  Signed Willie Royster as a free agent.

• November 23, 1977

  Signed Elrod Hendricks as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Andy Replogle from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

  Drafted Jeff Terpko from the Montreal Expos in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Traded Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith to the Montreal Expos. Received Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse.

  Traded Mike Parrott to the Seattle Mariners. Received Carlos López and Tommy Moore.

• January 6, 1978

  Released Ken Rudolph.

• February 21, 1978

  Released Tony Muser.

• March 22, 1978

  Released Tommy Moore.

• March 28, 1978

  Released Ed Farmer.