1976 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions

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

• December 22, 1975

  Traded Vic Harris to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mick Kelleher.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Ron Davis in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

• January 23, 1976

  Traded Rick Stelmaszek to the New York Yankees. Received Gerry Pirtle.

• April 5, 1976

  Traded Don Kessinger to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Mike Garman. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bobby Hrapmann (minors) (April 5, 1976) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• April 8, 1976

  Purchased Tim Ireland from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• April 13, 1976

  Purchased Randy Hundley from the San Diego Padres.

• April 19, 1976

  Tim Hosley selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• April 22, 1976

  Released Tom Dettore.

• May 17, 1976

  Traded Andre Thornton to the Montreal Expos. Received Larry Biittner and Steve Renko.

• June 8, 1976

  Purchased Joe Coleman from the Detroit Tigers.

  Drafted Herman Segelke in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1976.

  Drafted Karl Pagel in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed July 1, 1976.

  Drafted Kurt Seibert in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Keith Drumright in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1976.

  Drafted Greg Keatley in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Odie Davis in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Steve Davis in the 14th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• June 10, 1976

  Milt Wilcox player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• September 8, 1976

  Purchased Ramón Hernández from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• November 1, 1976

  Steve Stone granted Free Agency.

• December 6, 1976

  Drafted Willie Hernández from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1976

  Traded Julio González to the Houston Astros. Received Greg Gross.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Pete LaCock to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jim Dwyer from the New York Mets. In addition, the Kansas City Royals sent a player to be named later to the New York Mets. The Kansas City Royals sent Sheldon Mallory (December 13, 1976) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• January 11, 1977

  Traded Mike Garman and Rick Monday to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Jeff Albert (minors), Bill Buckner and Iván de Jesús.

  Drafted Jim Tracy in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January).

• January 17, 1977

  Released Geoff Zahn.

• February 5, 1977

  Traded Darold Knowles to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Texas Rangers sent Gene Clines (February 15, 1977) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• February 11, 1977

  Traded Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring to the San Francisco Giants. Received Andrew Muhlstock (minors), Bobby Murcer and Steve Ontiveros.

• February 16, 1977

  Traded Champ Summers to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dave Schneck.

• February 28, 1977

  Traded Buddy Schultz to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mark Covert (minors).

• March 15, 1977

  Jerry Tabb player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

  Traded Joe Coleman to the Oakland Athletics. Received Jim Todd.

  Traded Jim Tyrone to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gaylen Pitts.

• March 20, 1977

  Signed Joe Decker as a free agent.