1973 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1972

  Traded Kurt Bevacqua to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Hedlund.

• November 27, 1972

  Drafted Dick Colpaert from the Kansas City Royals in the 1972 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Phil Hennigan to the New York Mets. Received Bob Rauch and Brent Strom.

  Traded Jerry Moses and Graig Nettles to the New York Yankees. Received John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres.

• November 30, 1972

  Traded Vince Colbert to the Texas Rangers. Received Tom Ragland.

  Traded Terry Wedgewood (minors) and Del Unser to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Roger Freed and Oscar Gamble.

• December 7, 1972

  Traded Mike Carruthers (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Remy Hermoso.

• Before 1973 Season

  Ossie Blanco received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

• January 15, 1973

  Signed Pedro Guerrero as an amateur free agent.

• March 6, 1973

  Selected Jerry Johnson off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• March 8, 1973

  Traded Alex Johnson to the Texas Rangers. Received Vince Colbert and Rich Hinton.

• March 24, 1973

  Traded Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.

• April 2, 1973

  Traded Robert Marcano (minors) and Tommy McCraw to the California Angels. Received Leo Cárdenas.

• May 4, 1973

  Released Jerry Kenney.

• May 10, 1973

  Traded Steve Dunning to the Texas Rangers. Received Dick Bosman and Ted Ford.

• May 25, 1973

  Released Rick Austin.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Tom McMillan in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Oliver in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

• June 8, 1973

  Traded Steve Mingori to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Jackson.

• June 9, 1973

  Roy Foster player rights sold to Hawaii (Pacific Coast).

  Marcelino López player rights sold to Hawaii (Pacific Coast).

• June 12, 1973

  Traded Lowell Palmer to the New York Yankees. Received Mike Kekich.

• June 15, 1973

  Traded Ed Farmer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Kevin Collins and Tom Timmermann.

• August 3, 1973

  Selected Ken Sanders off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• August 22, 1973

  Signed Alfredo Griffin as an amateur free agent.

• October 11, 1973

  Traded Bill Butler and Dick Colpaert to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Brooks (minors) and Jim Strickland.

• November 3, 1973

  Traded Jerry Johnson to the Houston Astros. Received Cecil Upshaw.

• December 3, 1973

  Traded Jim Rittwage to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Denny O'Toole.

• December 5, 1973

  Traded Steve Hargan to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Gogolewski (March 23, 1974) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1973

  Traded Bill Flowers (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bob Johnson.

• December 12, 1973

  Traded Roger Freed to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Steve Blateric.

  Traded Lou Camilli to the San Diego Padres. Received Dwain Anderson.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Paul Moskau in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Garry Hancock in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 12, 1974

  Traded Leo Cárdenas to the Texas Rangers. Received Ken Suarez.

• March 17, 1974

  Traded Mike Hedlund to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Hottman.

• March 19, 1974

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Perry from the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers; and the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees.

• March 25, 1974

  Purchased Jack Heidemann from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 26, 1974

  Released Ray Lamb.

• March 28, 1974

  Released Mike Kekich.

  Selected Leron Lee off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• April 1, 1974

  Released Rich Hinton.