1977 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions

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

• November 5, 1976

  Bill Stein selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 5th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Pete Vuckovich selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 19th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Roy Thomas selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 31st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Jesse Jefferson selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 47th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Sam Ewing selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 57th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 6, 1976

  Traded Hugh Yancy to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Spencer.

• November 18, 1976

  Traded Pat Kelly to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Dave Duncan.

• November 24, 1976

  Signed Steve Stone as a free agent.

• November 26, 1976

  Signed Eric Soderholm as a free agent.

• December 2, 1976

  Signed Tim Nordbrook as a free agent.

• December 5, 1976

  Signed Royle Stillman as a free agent.

• December 10, 1976

  Traded Terry Forster and Rich Gossage to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Silvio Martínez and Richie Zisk.

• December 15, 1976

  Traded Tony La Russa to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Randy Wiles.

• January 5, 1977

  Traded Phil Roof to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Larry Anderson (January 5, 1977) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Charlie Lea in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Esser in the 8th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January).

• January 26, 1977

  Released Blue Moon Odom.

• February 15, 1977

  Signed Fritz Peterson as a free agent.

• March 23, 1977

  Traded Clay Carroll to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Lerrin LaGrow.

• March 28, 1977

  Released Tim Stoddard.

  Released Jim York.

• March 30, 1977

  Released Dave Duncan.

• April 3, 1977

  Purchased Tommy Cruz from the Texas Rangers.

• April 4, 1977

  Signed Bruce Dal Canton as a free agent.

• April 5, 1977

  Traded Bucky Dent to the New York Yankees. Received Bob Polinsky (minors), Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt and $200,000.

• April 7, 1977

  Signed Jim Bouton as a free agent.

• June 1, 1977

  Released Jim Bouton.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Harold Baines in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Hubie Brooks in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rich Barnes in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rod Allen in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rusty Kuntz in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Terry Bogener in the 17th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dewey Robinson in the 19th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ross Baumgarten in the 20th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 13, 1977

  Jerry Hairston player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Ken Brett to the California Angels. Received John Flannery, Don Kirkwood and John Verhoeven.

• June 25, 1977

  Signed Chris Nyman as an amateur free agent.

• August 18, 1977

  Signed Kevin Hickey as an amateur free agent.

  Traded Larry Anderson and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Steve Renko.

• August 20, 1977

  Traded Steve Staniland (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Don Kessinger.

• August 23, 1977

  Randy Wiles selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• August 25, 1977

  Released Bruce Dal Canton.

• August 30, 1977

  Tim Nordbrook player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• August 31, 1977

  Traded players to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Clay Carroll. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martínez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 2, 1977

  Selected Henry Cruz off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• September 8, 1977

  Selected Bill Nahorodny off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• September 22, 1977

  Selected Bob Molinaro off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• October 20, 1977

  Jack Brohamer granted Free Agency.

• October 27, 1977

  Tom Spencer granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1977

  Oscar Gamble granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1977

  Richie Zisk granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1977

  Signed Randy Scarbery as a free agent.

• November 14, 1977

  Signed Jim Hughes as a free agent.

• November 17, 1977

  Signed Ron Blomberg as a free agent.

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Mike Proly as a free agent.

• November 24, 1977

  Signed Larry Johnson as a free agent.

• November 28, 1977

  Signed Eddie Bane as a free agent.

  Signed Rich Hinton as a free agent.

  Signed Junior Moore as a free agent.

  Signed Greg Pryor as a free agent.

• December 3, 1977

  Signed Ron Schueler as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Jim Breazeale from the Atlanta Braves in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Brian Downing, Dave Frost and Chris Knapp to the California Angels. Received Bobby Bonds, Thad Bosley and Richard Dotson.

  Traded Jim Otten to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Stan Butkus (minors).

• December 12, 1977

  Signed Mike Eden as a free agent.

  Traded Bob Polinsky (minors), Tommy Cruz and Jim Spencer to the New York Yankees. Received Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash.

• January 24, 1978

  Signed Steve Luebber as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Pazik as a free agent.

• February 14, 1978

  Signed Tom Spencer as a free agent.

• February 15, 1978

  Purchased Frank Ortenzio from the Montreal Expos.

• March 29, 1978

  Released Jim Hughes.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Clay Carroll.

  Released Stan Thomas.

  Traded Jim Essian and Steve Renko to the Oakland Athletics. Received Pablo Torrealba.

• April 1, 1978

  Released Bob Coluccio.

  Released Bart Johnson.

  Released Royle Stillman.