1973 California Angels Trades and Transactions

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

• November 27, 1972

  Drafted Terry Wilshusen from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1972 rule 5 draft.

• November 28, 1972

  Drafted Gil Flores from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1972 minor league draft.

  Larry Milbourne selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1972 minor league draft.

  Traded Ken McMullen and Andy Messersmith to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Billy Grabarkewitz, Frank Robinson, Bill Singer, Mike Strahler and Bobby Valentine.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Mike Overy in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 29, 1973

  Rickey Clark player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 25, 1973

  Traded Bruce Kimm to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bobby Brooks.

• March 27, 1973

  Released Jack Hiatt.

• April 2, 1973

  Traded Leo Cárdenas to the Cleveland Indians. Received Robert Marcano (minors) and Tommy McCraw.

• April 5, 1973

  Alan Foster player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• April 6, 1973

  Signed Ron Perranoski as a free agent.

• April 14, 1973

  Traded Bruce Miller to the San Francisco Giants. Received Al Gallagher.

• April 19, 1973

  Traded Mike Strahler to the Detroit Tigers. Received Charlie Sands.

• May 20, 1973

  Traded Lloyd Allen and Jim Spencer to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek.

• June, 1973

  Traded Jim Hutto to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Dave Leonhard.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Pat Kelly in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Burke in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brian Kingman in the 12th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Danny Boone in the 15th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Dorsey in the 21st round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1973

  Traded Ron Clark to the San Diego Padres. Received Aurelio Monteagudo.

• June 15, 1973

  Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Richie Scheinblum. The California Angels sent Terry Wilshusen (June 19, 1973) and Thor Skogan (minors) (June 19, 1973) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• July 1, 1973

  Signed John Cumberland as a free agent.

• July 6, 1973

  Traded Bruce Christensen and Don Rose to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ed Figueroa.

• July 16, 1973

  Released Curt Motton.

• August 14, 1973

  Traded players to be named later and Billy Grabarkewitz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Aurelio Monteagudo (December 6, 1973) and Chris Coletta (December 6, 1973) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Denny Doyle (December 6, 1973) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• September 25, 1973

  Traded Jerry DaVanon to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Stein.

• September 26, 1973

  Purchased Dick Selma from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• October 4, 1973

  Released Ron Perranoski.

• October 22, 1973

  Traded Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, Clyde Wright and cash to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, Ellie Rodríguez and Gary Ryerson.

• December 3, 1973

  Drafted Tom Egan from the Chicago White Sox in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Billy Parker drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Gary Ryerson drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded Jeff Torborg to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Andrews.

• December 8, 1973

  Purchased Carlos López from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

• Before 1974 Season

  Signed Butch Alberts as a free agent.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Steve Hammond in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Danny Boone in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 13, 1974

  Signed Luis Quintana as a free agent.

• February 23, 1974

  Traded Vada Pinson to the Kansas City Royals. Received Barry Raziano and cash.

• March 28, 1974

  Ollie Brown player rights sold to the Houston Astros.