1971 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Ron Tompkins from the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Frank Coggins from the Cleveland Indians in the 1970 minor league draft.

  Traded Hoyt Wilhelm to the Atlanta Braves. Received Hal Breeden.

  Traded Pat Jacquez, Dave Lemonds and Roe Skidmore to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ossie Blanco and José Ortiz.

  Traded Willie Smith to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Danny Breeden.

• December 1, 1970

  Jack Hiatt player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• December 3, 1970

  Traded Phil Gagliano to the Boston Red Sox. Received Carmen Fanzone.

• December 28, 1970

  Released Tommy Davis.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Steve Stroughter in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• May 10, 1971

  Released Bob Miller.

• May 19, 1971

  Traded Garry Jestadt to the San Diego Padres. Received Chris Cannizzaro.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Burt Hooton in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Jim Otten in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dennis Lamp in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1971.

  Drafted Rob Sperring in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1971.

  Drafted Jim Tyrone in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Bergman in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 1971

  Purchased Ramon Webster from the Oakland Athletics.

• August 30, 1971

  Signed Al Spangler as a free agent.

• August 31, 1971

  Traded Adrian Garrett to the Oakland Athletics. Received Frank Fernández.

• September 9, 1971

  Signed Bruce Sutter as an amateur free agent.

• October 16, 1971

  Released Al Spangler.

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Clint Compton from the California Angels in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Ken Holtzman to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rick Monday.

• December 1, 1971

  Released Ernie Banks.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Jim Colborn, Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received José Cardenal.

• December 17, 1971

  Chris Cannizzaro selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• January 18, 1972

  Signed Steve Hamilton as a free agent.

• January 20, 1972

  Traded Johnny Callison to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Jack Aker (May 17, 1972) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• February 14, 1972

  Signed Julio González as an amateur free agent.

• March 31, 1972

  Traded Ray Newman to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Odis McCowan (minors) and Floyd Weaver.