1974 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1974

  Traded Pedro Guerrero to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Bruce Ellingsen.

• April 24, 1974

  Traded Ted Ford to the Texas Rangers. Received Charlie Hudson.

• April 26, 1974

  Traded Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to the New York Yankees. Received Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson.

• May 22, 1974

  Traded Steve Blateric to the Chicago White Sox. Received Johnny Jeter.

• June 1, 1974

  Traded Jack Heidemann to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Alvarado and Ed Crosby.

• June 5, 1974

  Purchased Joe Lis from the Minnesota Twins.

  Drafted Tom Brennan in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Sandy Wihtol in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Orlando González in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1974

  Traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Steve Arlin. The Cleveland Indians sent Brent Strom (June 21, 1974) and Terry Ley (June 21, 1974) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• June 17, 1974

  Released Ken Sanders.

• June 21, 1974

  Traded Dwain Anderson to the New York Mets. Received Brian Ostrosser.

• July 1, 1974

  Bob Johnson selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

• July 17, 1974

  Purchased Tommy McCraw from the California Angels.

• August 17, 1974

  Purchased Rico Carty from Cordoba (Mexican).

• September 12, 1974

  Traded Charlie Hudson to the California Angels. Received Bill Gilbreth.

  Traded a player to be named later, Ken Suarez and cash to the California Angels. Received Frank Robinson. The Cleveland Indians sent Rusty Torres (October 10, 1974) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

• January 13, 1975

  Traded Larry Johnson to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Baldwin (minors).

• February 11, 1975

  Released Bill Gogolewski.

  Released Johnny Jeter.

• February 13, 1975

  Signed Ken Berry as a free agent.

• February 19, 1975

  Signed Jerry DaVanon as a free agent.

• February 25, 1975

  Traded Milt Wilcox to the Chicago Cubs. Received Brock Davis and Dave LaRoche.

  Traded Alvin McGrew (minors) and Dave Duncan to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Don Hood and Boog Powell.

• March 11, 1975

  Traded Tom Hilgendorf to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Nelson Garcia (minors).