1970 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• December 1, 1969

  Drafted Gene Rounsaville from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

• December 2, 1969

  Dan Osinski player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• December 13, 1969

  Traded Don Pavletich and Gary Peters to the Boston Red Sox. Received Billy Farmer (minors) and Syd O'Brien. The Boston Red Sox sent Gerry Janeski (March 9, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• December 15, 1969

  Traded Ángel Bravo to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Gerry Arrigo.

• December 18, 1969

  Traded Pete Ward to the New York Yankees. Received Mickey Scott and cash.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted Duane Kuiper in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Tamargo in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 28, 1970

  Ron Hansen player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• March 30, 1970

  Traded Jerry Nyman to the San Diego Padres. Received Tommie Sisk.

• April 6, 1970

  Signed Darrell Brandon as a free agent.

• May 4, 1970

  Traded Cotton Nash to the Minnesota Twins. Received a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Jerry Crider (May 4, 1970) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• June 4, 1970

  Drafted Bucky Dent in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Lee Richard in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Forster in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jerry Hairston in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Geddes in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich Gossage in the 9th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bruce Miller in the 20th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1970

  Traded Buddy Bradford and Tommie Sisk to the Cleveland Indians. Received Bob Miller and Barry Moore.

• June 29, 1970

  Purchased Lee Stange from the Boston Red Sox.

• September 1, 1970

  Bob Miller player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• September 9, 1970

  Selected Steve Hamilton off waivers from the New York Yankees.

• September 11, 1970

  Selected Lee Maye off waivers from the Washington Senators.

• September 23, 1970

  Traded Mickey Scott to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mickey McGuire.

• October 9, 1970

  Traded Fred Rath to the California Angels. Received John Purdin.

• October 13, 1970

  Traded Gail Hopkins and John Matias to the Kansas City Royals. Received Pat Kelly and Don O'Riley.

• November 30, 1970

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

  Traded Ken Berry, Syd O'Brien and Billy Wynne to the California Angels. Received Tom Bradley, Tom Egan and Jay Johnstone.

• December 1, 1970

  Traded Luis Aparicio to the Boston Red Sox. Received Luis Alvarado and Mike Andrews.

• December 3, 1970

  Traded Barry Moore to the New York Yankees. Received Bill Robinson.

• December 12, 1970

  Released Lee Stange.

• December 31, 1970

  Purchased Chuck Hartenstein from the Boston Red Sox.

• Before 1971 Season

  Signed Mike Buskey as an amateur free agent.

  Purchased Cy Acosta from Jalisco (Mexican).

• January 12, 1971

  Traded Darrell Brandon to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rick Joseph.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Sam Ewing in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 9, 1971

  Traded Gerry Janeski to the Washington Senators. Received Rick Reichardt.

• March 15, 1971

  Traded Art Kusnyer to the California Angels. Received Dave Adlesh and Steve Kealey.

• March 23, 1971

  Traded Steve Hamilton to the San Francisco Giants. Received Steve Huntz.

• March 24, 1971

  Traded Bobby Knoop to the Kansas City Royals. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Kansas City Royals sent Luis Alcaraz (March 30, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• March 29, 1971

  Traded Tommy McCraw to the Washington Senators. Received Ed Stroud.

• March 31, 1971

  Released Don O'Riley.

  Traded Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy to the Boston Red Sox. Received Tony Muser and Vicente Romo.

• April 1, 1971

  Signed Mike Hershberger as a free agent.