1970 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1969

  Signed Ramón Avilés as an amateur free agent.

• November 25, 1969

  Fred Wenz player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• December 1, 1969

  Drafted Mike Derrick from the Detroit Tigers in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Hal King drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

  Ken Wright drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

• December 13, 1969

  Traded Dalton Jones to the Detroit Tigers. Received Tommy Matchick.

  Traded Billy Farmer (minors) and Syd O'Brien to the Chicago White Sox. Received Don Pavletich and Gary Peters. The Boston Red Sox sent Gerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• Before 1970 Season

  Signed Dave Coleman as an amateur free agent.

  Released Ron Kline.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted Rick Burleson in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• April 4, 1970

  Russ Gibson player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• May 20, 1970

  Signed Jay Ritchie as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 28, 1970

  Traded Tommy Matchick to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Fiore.

• June 4, 1970

  Drafted John LaRose in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Tim Blackwell in the 13th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

• June 8, 1970

  Purchased Cal Koonce from the New York Mets.

• June 26, 1970

  Purchased John Kennedy from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• June 29, 1970

  Lee Stange player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• July 14, 1970

  Received Chuck Hartenstein from the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• September 10, 1970

  Traded a player to be named later to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bobby Bolin. The Boston Red Sox sent Al Yates (October 6, 1970) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• October 6, 1970

  Traded Bill Landis to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Billy McCool. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• October 11, 1970

  Traded Tony Conigliaro, Ray Jarvis and Jerry Moses to the California Angels. Received Doug Griffin, Jarvis Tatum and Ken Tatum.

• October 21, 1970

  Traded Dick Schofield to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Campbell.

• November 30, 1970

  Cecil Cooper drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

• December 1, 1970

  Traded Luis Alvarado and Mike Andrews to the Chicago White Sox. Received Luis Aparicio.

• December 3, 1970

  Purchased Don Bryant from the Houston Astros.

  Traded Carmen Fanzone to the Chicago Cubs. Received Phil Gagliano.

• December 25, 1970

  Signed Bo Díaz as an amateur free agent.

• December 31, 1970

  Chuck Hartenstein player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• Before 1971 Season

  Signed Rick Kreuger as an amateur free agent.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Jim Otten in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Tamargo in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Eric Rasmussen in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Roy Smalley in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 19, 1971

  Traded Billy McCool to the Kansas City Royals. Received Hawk Taylor.

• March 31, 1971

  Traded Tony Muser and Vicente Romo to the Chicago White Sox. Received Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy.