1975 Cleveland Indians Trades and Transactions

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

• 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).

• April 3, 1975

  Purchased Ernie McAnally from the Montreal Expos.

• April 9, 1975

  Jerry DaVanon player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• May 15, 1975

  Released Leron Lee.

• May 20, 1975

  Traded Dick Bosman and Jim Perry to the Oakland Athletics. Received Blue Moon Odom and cash.

• May 27, 1975

  Traded Luis Alvarado to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Doug Howard (September 30, 1975) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Rick Cerone in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Macha in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dave Schuler in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Leo Sutherland in the 16th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later and Blue Moon Odom to the Atlanta Braves. Received Roric Harrison. The Cleveland Indians sent Rob Belloir (June 16, 1975) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• June 8, 1975

  Released Ken Berry.

• June 13, 1975

  Traded Gaylord Perry to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits and $100,000.

• June 30, 1975

  Signed Bill Sudakis as a free agent.

  Released Tommy McCraw.

• August 11, 1975

  Released Bill Sudakis.

• August 26, 1975

  Selected Bob Reynolds off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

• October 24, 1975

  Jeff Newman player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• November 22, 1975

  Traded Oscar Gamble to the New York Yankees. Received Pat Dobson.

• December 9, 1975

  Purchased Ray Fosse from the Oakland Athletics.

  Traded John Ellis to the Texas Rangers. Received Ron Pruitt and Stan Thomas.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Jack Brohamer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Larvell Blanks.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Garry Hancock in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 1, 1976

  Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.