1971 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 11, 1971

  Signed Vic Correll as a free agent.

• April 14, 1971

  Released Jack Hamilton. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Pete Varney in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Danny Goodwin in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Sharp in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jack Kucek in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Barry Bonnell in the 8th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Holly in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

• June 30, 1971

  Floyd Weaver player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• July 7, 1971

  Released Lee Maye.

• July 13, 1971

  Traded Alfredo Mariscal (minors) to Union Laguna (Mexican). Received a player to be named later. Union Laguna (Mexican) sent Joe Henderson (August 6, 1971) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• October 13, 1971

  Traded Rich Hinton to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Lyttle.

• October 16, 1971

  Traded Don Bolte (minors) and Bob Spence to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Lowell Palmer.

• November 29, 1971

  Luis Alcaraz drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Jim Magnuson drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Vic Correll selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1971 minor league draft.

• November 30, 1971

  Purchased Jorge Orta from Mexicali (Mexican Northern).

• December 2, 1971

  Traded Steve Huntz and Tommy John to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Dick Allen.

  Traded Rich McKinney to the New York Yankees. Received Stan Bahnsen.

• December 13, 1971

  Traded Bill Robinson to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gerardo Rodriguez (minors).

• December 14, 1971

  Traded Pat Jacquez to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Qualls.

• January 18, 1972

  Released Mike Hershberger.

• February 5, 1972

  Purchased Pete Hamm from the Minnesota Twins.

• February 7, 1972

  Purchased Rich Robertson from the San Francisco Giants.

• March 19, 1972

  Returned Rich Robertson to the San Francisco Giants following previous purchase.

• March 25, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Buddy Bradford. The Chicago White Sox sent Roe Skidmore (April 28, 1972) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.