1965 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1964

  Drafted Ray Newman from the Detroit Tigers in the 1964 first-year draft.

  Ron Theobald selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1964 first-year draft.

  Drafted Bobby Cox from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1964 minor league draft.

  Drafted Chris Krug from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1964 minor league draft.

• December 1, 1964

  Traded Jimmie Schaffer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Frank Baumann.

• December 9, 1964

  Traded Andre Rodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Roberto Peña and cash.

• December 21, 1964

  Danny Breeden player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• January 15, 1965

  Traded Billy Cowan to the New York Mets. Received George Altman.

• March 15, 1965

  Signed Harry Bright as a free agent.

• March 27, 1965

  Purchased Bill Faul from the Detroit Tigers.

• April 7, 1965

  Traded Hal Gilson and Bobby Pfeil to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Humphreys.

• April 9, 1965

  Released Don Elston.

• April 11, 1965

  Purchased Ted Abernathy from the Cleveland Indians.

• May, 1965

  Signed Billy Hoeft as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• May 11, 1965

  Dave Dowling selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers as first-year waiver pick.

• May 29, 1965

  Traded Dick Bertell and Len Gabrielson to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ed Bailey, Bob Hendley and Harvey Kuenn.

• May 30, 1965

  Lew Burdette player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• June 8, 1965

  Drafted Rick James in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Rudolph in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Holtzman in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Garry Jestadt in the 7th round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1965.

  Drafted Joe Decker in the 9th round of the 1965 amateur draft. Player signed June 26, 1965.

  Drafted Tom House in the 11th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Darrell Evans in the 13th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Hairston in the 16th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Williams in the 20th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

• September 11, 1965

  Released Ellis Burton.

• November 29, 1965

  Drafted Ty Cline from the Atlanta Braves in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Clarence Jones from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1965 minor league draft.

  Drafted John Upham from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1965 minor league draft.

• December 2, 1965

  Traded Don Landrum and Lindy McDaniel to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bill Hands and Randy Hundley.

• December 6, 1965

  Purchased Don Bryant from the Detroit Tigers.

• January 10, 1966

  Traded Doug Clemens to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Wes Covington.

• January 15, 1966

  Ed Bailey player rights sold to the California Angels.

• March 30, 1966

  Traded Vic Roznovsky to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Carl Warwick.