1975 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• December 3, 1974

  Traded Dick Allen to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Atlanta Braves sent Jim Essian (May 15, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• December 5, 1974

  Traded Eddie Leon to the New York Yankees. Received Cecil Upshaw.

• December 16, 1974

  Traded Mike Hedlund to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dan Osborn.

• December 28, 1974

  Signed Jim Lyttle as a free agent.

• January 2, 1975

  Joe Henderson player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Tim Stoddard in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Bruce Bochy in the 8th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 18, 1975

  Signed Bill Gogolewski as a free agent.

• February 25, 1975

  Traded Stan Perzanowski to the Texas Rangers. Received Steve Dunning.

• March 17, 1975

  Cy Acosta player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• March 25, 1975

  Released Roger Nelson.

• April 1, 1975

  Traded Ed Herrmann to the New York Yankees. Received Fred Anyzeski (minors), Kenneth Bennett (minors), John Narron (minors), Terry Quinn (minors) and cash.

• April 3, 1975

  Héctor Torres player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• April 5, 1975

  Signed Deron Johnson as a free agent.

• April 7, 1975

  Signed Tony La Russa as a free agent.

• April 11, 1975

  Signed Claude Osteen as a free agent.

• May 8, 1975

  Traded Bill Sharp to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bob Coluccio.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Chris Knapp in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dan O'Brien in the 16th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Marv Foley in the 17th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Harry Chappas in the 21st round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1975

  Traded Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dave Hamilton and Chet Lemon.

  Traded Tony Muser to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jesse Jefferson.

• June 30, 1975

  Traded Buddy Bradford to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and cash. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bill Parsons (July 7, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• July 18, 1975

  Jim Lyttle player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

  Purchased Jerry Moses from the San Diego Padres.

• August 1, 1975

  Lloyd Allen player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 11, 1975

  Released Jerry Moses.

• September 21, 1975

  Traded Deron Johnson to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Boston Red Sox sent Chuck Erickson (minors) (November 7, 1975) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• December 10, 1975

  Traded Mike Buskey and Jim Kaat to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Alan Bannister, Dick Ruthven and Roy Thomas.

• December 11, 1975

  Traded Steve Dunning and Bill Melton to the California Angels. Received Morris Nettles and Jim Spencer.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Ken Henderson, Dan Osborn and Dick Ruthven to the Atlanta Braves. Received Larvell Blanks and Ralph Garr.

  Traded Jeff Sovern (minors) and Rich Hinton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Clay Carroll.

  Traded Lee Richard to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky.

  Traded Larvell Blanks to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jack Brohamer.

• January 4, 1976

  Signed Bob Oliver as a free agent.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Leo Sutherland in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Rich Wortham in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Andy McGaffigan in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Harry Chappas in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Fred Howard in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Mark Esser in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 30, 1976

  Released Cecil Upshaw.