1975 California Angels Trades and Transactions

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

• November 25, 1974

  Released Tony Conigliaro.

• December 2, 1974

  Traded Bob Heise to the Boston Red Sox. Received Tommy Harper.

• December 3, 1974

  Traded Skip Lockwood to the New York Yankees. Received Bill Sudakis.

• January 3, 1975

  Signed Gil Rondón as a free agent.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Willie Aikens in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Gil Kubski in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Jim Dorsey in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Derek Botelho in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bobby Clark in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Bob Walk in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 22, 1975

  Traded Ken Sanders to the New York Mets. Received Ike Hampton.

• March 31, 1975

  Released Horacio Piña.

• April, 1975

  Released Charlie Sands.

• May 5, 1975

  Released Orlando Peña.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Danny Goodwin in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Garry Hancock in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Anderson in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Carney Lansford in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Floyd Rayford in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Flannery in the 9th round of the 1975 amateur draft. Player signed September 2, 1975.

  Drafted Paul Hartzell in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Eddy in the 19th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ron Musselman in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 14, 1975

  Traded Denny Doyle to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Chuck Ross (minors) (March 5, 1976) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• June 15, 1975

  Purchased Andy Etchebarren from the Baltimore Orioles.

  Purchased Balor Moore from the Montreal Expos.

• June 16, 1975

  Signed Mark Clear as a free agent.

• June 23, 1975

  Released Bill Sudakis.

• June 30, 1975

  Signed Kim Allen as an amateur free agent.

  Released Tom Egan.

• July 15, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jim Brewer. The California Angels sent Dave Sells (July 22, 1975) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• July 31, 1975

  Purchased Adrian Garrett from the Chicago Cubs.

• August 13, 1975

  Tommy Harper player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• September 12, 1975

  Purchased Joe Pactwa from Tampico (Mexican).

• September 17, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later and Bobby Valentine to the San Diego Padres. Received Gary Ross. The California Angels sent Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• October 24, 1975

  Purchased Steve Stroughter from the San Francisco Giants.

• November 23, 1975

  Signed Dickie Thon as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 1975

  Luis Quintana drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

  Gil Rondón drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

• December 10, 1975

  Traded Bill Singer to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Spencer and $100,000.

• December 11, 1975

  Traded Ed Figueroa and Mickey Rivers to the New York Yankees. Received Bobby Bonds.

  Traded Morris Nettles and Jim Spencer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Steve Dunning and Bill Melton.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Mike Chris in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Brouhard in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Ernie Camacho in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Keith Comstock in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Ron Johnson in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 12, 1976

  Traded William Rothan (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dick Sharon.

• February 20, 1976

  Purchased Ed Herrmann from the New York Yankees.

• March 3, 1976

  Traded John Balaz, Dave Machemer and Dick Sharon to the Boston Red Sox. Received Dick Drago.

• March 4, 1976

  Signed Randy Elliott as a free agent.

• March 31, 1976

  Traded Ellie Rodríguez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Orlando Álvarez and cash.