1966 California Angels Trades and Transactions

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

• November 29, 1965

  Drafted Willie Montañez from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Signed Lew Burdette as a free agent.

• November 30, 1965

  Signed Frank Malzone as a free agent.

• December 2, 1965

  Traded Dick Simpson to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Norm Siebern.

• December 15, 1965

  Traded Barry Latman to the Houston Astros. Received Ed Pacheco (minors) and cash.

• December 22, 1965

  Received Mike White from the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• Before 1966 Season

  Received Minnie Rojas from Jalisco (Mexican) as part of a conditional deal for $20,000.

  Signed Steve Kealey as an amateur free agent.

  Released Luis Peraza. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 15, 1966

  Purchased Ed Bailey from the Chicago Cubs.

• January 29, 1966

  Drafted Vern Geishert in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Randy Bobb in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Oscar Brown in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February, 1966

  Received Chuck Estrada from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• April 1, 1966

  Released Vic Power.

  Released Al Spangler.

• April 6, 1966

  Traded Dave Marshall to the San Francisco Giants. Received Héctor Torres.

• May, 1966

  Signed Al Spangler as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 5, 1966

  Returned Willie Montañez (earlier draft pick) to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 7, 1966

  Released Ed Bailey.

• May 15, 1966

  Returned Chuck Estrada to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 27, 1966

  Traded a player to be named later and Dick Egan to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Howie Reed. The California Angels sent John Butler (minors) (December 7, 1966) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• June 3, 1966

  Purchased Bobby Locke from the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 7, 1966

  Drafted Andy Messersmith in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Ken Tatum in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Ken Forsch in the 9th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Barr in the 11th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bruce Christensen in the 17th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

  Drafted Randy Brown in the 18th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave LaRoche in the 20th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Bonham in the 31st round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steve Hovley in the 35th round of the 1966 amateur draft.

• June 27, 1966

  Traded Julio Gotay to the Houston Astros. Received Thomas Arruda (minors).

• July, 1966

  Aubrey Gatewood player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• July 25, 1966

  Released Albie Pearson.

• August, 1966

  Elrod Hendricks received from Jalisco (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

• August 9, 1966

  Purchased Ramón López from Monterrey (Mexican).

• August 12, 1966

  Purchased Aurelio Rodríguez from Jalisco (Mexican).

• October 5, 1966

  Purchased Bobby Treviño from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

• October 9, 1966

  Traded Howie Reed to the Houston Astros. Received Tony Curry.

• October 17, 1966

  Traded Willie Smith to the Cleveland Indians. Received George Banks.

• October 18, 1966

  Released Joe Adcock.

  Released Frank Malzone.

  Released Jim Piersall.

• November 19, 1966

  Traded Del Bates to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ethan Blackaby.

• November 28, 1966

  Drafted Rickey Clark from the Detroit Tigers in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Ramón Hernández drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jim Hibbs from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Don Wallace from the New York Yankees in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

• November 29, 1966

  Hal King selected by the Houston Astros in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Drafted Wally Wolf from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Traded Donald Furnald (minors) and Mike White to the Chicago Cubs. Received Chris Krug and Wayne Schurr.

• December 2, 1966

  Traded a player to be named later and Dean Chance to the Minnesota Twins. Received Pete Cimino, Jimmie Hall and Don Mincher. The California Angels sent Jackie Hernández (April 10, 1967) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• December 14, 1966

  Traded Norm Siebern to the San Francisco Giants. Received Len Gabrielson.

• December 15, 1966

  Traded Bob Lee to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Nick Willhite.

• Before 1967 Season

  Bob Heffner received from the New York Mets in an unknown transaction.

  Moose Stubing received from the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

• January 28, 1967

  Drafted Tom Murphy in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Bill Bonham in the 4th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dave LaRoche in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 9, 1967.

• February 13, 1967

  Released Al Spangler.

• February 16, 1967

  Purchased Chuck Cottier from the Washington Senators.