1977 Cincinnati Reds Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1976

  Don Gullett granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1976

  Traded Tom Carroll to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Sadowski.

  Traded Tom Spencer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Hugh Yancy.

• November 8, 1976

  Traded Mike Thompson to the Texas Rangers. Received Art DeFilippis (minors).

• December 6, 1976

  Ted Martínez drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 16, 1976

  Traded Will McEnaney and Tony Pérez to the Montreal Expos. Received Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.

• Before 1977 Season

  Junior Kennedy sent to the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Bill Scherrer in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Bob Dernier in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 10, 1977

  Signed Les Straker as an amateur free agent.

• February 13, 1977

  Signed Steve Christmas as an amateur free agent.

• February 16, 1977

  Traded Dave Schneck to the Chicago Cubs. Received Champ Summers.

• March 28, 1977

  Traded Joel Youngblood to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Caudill.

• March 29, 1977

  Traded Pat Darcy to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Caldwell.

• April 27, 1977

  Signed Joe Hoerner as a free agent.

• May 21, 1977

  Traded Santo Alcalá to the Montreal Expos. Received players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Shane Rawley (May 27, 1977) and Ángel Torres (May 27, 1977) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Joe Price in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Foley in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1977.

• June 15, 1977

  Purchased Rick Auerbach from the Texas Rangers.

  Traded Gary Nolan to the California Angels. Received Craig Hendrickson (minors).

  Traded Mike Caldwell to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Rick O'Keeffe (minors) and Garry Pyka (minors).

  Traded Rawly Eastwick to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Doug Capilla.

  Traded Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman and Pat Zachry to the New York Mets. Received Tom Seaver.

• September 19, 1977

  Traded Bob Bailey to the Boston Red Sox. Received Breen Newcomer (minors) and cash.

• September 28, 1977

  Rudy Meoli player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• October 3, 1977

  Released Joe Hoerner.

• October 20, 1977

  Mac Scarce granted Free Agency.

  Purchased Junior Kennedy from the San Francisco Giants.

• October 31, 1977

  Joe Henderson player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Traded Bill Caudill and Woodie Fryman to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bill Bonham.

• November 4, 1977

  Rich Hinton granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Shane Rawley to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dave Collins.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Brad Lesley in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Paul Gibson in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

• February 25, 1978

  Traded Dave Revering and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Doug Bair.

• March 6, 1978

  Traded Jack Billingham to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Valle (minors) and George Cappuzzello.

• March 28, 1978

  Purchased Dave Tomlin from the Texas Rangers.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Bill Plummer.