1977 Boston Red Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1976

  Dick Pole selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 7th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Rick Jones selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 22nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Ernie Whitt selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 34th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Steve Burke selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 44th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Luis Delgado selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 56th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 6, 1976

  Signed Bill Campbell as a free agent.

• November 22, 1976

  Signed Darryl Cias as a free agent.

• December 6, 1976

  Bob Heise player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

  Traded Cecil Cooper to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bernie Carbo and George Scott.

• January 4, 1977

  Traded Dave Machemer to the California Angels. Received John Doherty.

• March 26, 1977

  Released Rico Petrocelli.

• April 5, 1977

  Released Darryl Cias.

• April 7, 1977

  Released Mark Bomback.

• May 28, 1977

  Tom House player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

  Traded Bobby Darwin to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ramón Hernández.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Bobby Sprowl in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Roger LaFrancois in the 8th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Shields in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Redus in the 17th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gerry Davis in the 22nd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Pete Ladd in the 25th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Lee Graham in the 26th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 21, 1977

  Signed Tommy Helms as a free agent.

  Released Doug Griffin.

• July 27, 1977

  Tom Murphy player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• August 5, 1977

  Signed Rich Gedman as an amateur free agent.

• August 20, 1977

  Released Ramón Hernández.

• September 12, 1977

  Signed Keith MacWhorter as a free agent.

• September 19, 1977

  Traded Breen Newcomer (minors) and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bob Bailey.

• November 2, 1977

  Rick Miller granted Free Agency.

• November 23, 1977

  Signed Mike Torrez as a free agent.

• November 30, 1977

  Signed Jack Brohamer as a free agent.

• December 8, 1977

  Traded Don Aase and cash to the California Angels. Received Jerry Remy.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Jack Baker to the Cleveland Indians. Received Garry Hancock.

• December 14, 1977

  Traded Fergie Jenkins to the Texas Rangers. Received John Poloni and cash.

• December 27, 1977

  Signed Dick Drago as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Brian Denman in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Matt Young in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 14, 1978

  Signed Jackie Gutiérrez as an amateur free agent.

• January 30, 1978

  Traded Steve Dillard to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Burns (minors), Frank Harris (minors) and cash.

• February 17, 1978

  Signed Tom Burgmeier as a free agent.

• March 24, 1978

  Traded Rick Kreuger to the Cleveland Indians. Received Frank Duffy.

• March 25, 1978

  Released Tommy Helms.

• March 28, 1978

  Released Denny Doyle.

• March 29, 1978

  Traded Jim Burton to the New York Mets. Received Leo Foster.

• March 30, 1978

  Traded Ted Cox, Bo Díaz, Mike Paxton and Rick Wise to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dennis Eckersley and Fred Kendall.