1973 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• November 21, 1972

  Traded Bill North to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bob Locker.

• November 30, 1972

  Traded Bob Maneely (minors), Joe Decker and Bill Hands to the Minnesota Twins. Received Dave LaRoche.

• Before 1973 Season

  Ossie Blanco sent to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Donnie Moore in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed June 3, 1973.

• March 26, 1973

  Released J.C. Martin.

• March 27, 1973

  Danny Breeden player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• April 4, 1973

  Terry Hughes player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• May 19, 1973

  Traded Joe Pepitone to the Atlanta Braves. Received Andre Thornton.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Jerry Tabb in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1973.

  Drafted Dave Geisel in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 1973.

  Drafted Joe Wallis in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1973.

  Drafted Mike Krukow in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1973.

• July 8, 1973

  Juan Pizarro player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

  Signed Bobby Fenwick as a free agent.

• August 13, 1973

  Purchased Rico Carty from the Texas Rangers.

• August 29, 1973

  Traded Pat Bourque to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gonzalo Márquez.

• August 31, 1973

  Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Paul. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• September 11, 1973

  Rico Carty player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• October 25, 1973

  Traded Fergie Jenkins to the Texas Rangers. Received Vic Harris and Bill Madlock.

• November 3, 1973

  Traded Bob Locker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Horacio Piña.

• November 7, 1973

  Traded Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry Morales.

• December 3, 1973

  Drafted Herb Hutson from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded Randy Hundley to the Minnesota Twins. Received George Mitterwald.

• December 11, 1973

  Traded Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, Steve Stone and Steve Swisher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• Before 1974 Season

  Tony La Russa player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Brock Davis received from the San Diego Padres in an unknown transaction.

• January 13, 1974

  Released Jack Aker.

• March 19, 1974

  Traded Ken Rudolph to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie Prall.

• March 23, 1974

  Traded Jim Hickman to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Scipio Spinks.

• April 1, 1974

  Released Milt Pappas.

  Traded Paul Popovich to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tom Dettore and cash.