Transactions
Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
- 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.
- April 7, 1976
Released Jim Nettles.
Traded Roric Harrison to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Harry Parker.
- May 23, 1976
Traded Nelson Garcia (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Cardell Camper.
- May 28, 1976
Traded Fritz Peterson to the Texas Rangers. Received Stan Perzanowski and cash.
- June 8, 1976
Drafted Dave Hostetler in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Bill Scherrer in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Joe Beckwith in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Ron Hassey in the 18th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
- October 1, 1976
Signed Ramón Romero as an amateur free agent.
- November 5, 1976
Traded Alan Ashby and Doug Howard to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Al Fitzmorris.
Rico Carty selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 10th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Stan Thomas selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 18th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Tom McMillan selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 33rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Joe Lis selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 46th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
Tommy Smith selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 58th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
- November 19, 1976
Signed Wayne Garland as a free agent.
- December 3, 1976
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the California Angels. Received Bill Melton. The Cleveland Indians sent Stan Perzanowski (March 28, 1977) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
- December 6, 1976
Traded Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Rico Carty.
- December 8, 1976
Traded George Hendrick to the San Diego Padres. Received Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Héctor Torres.
- December 10, 1976
Ed Crosby granted Free Agency.
Traded Jackie Brown to the Montreal Expos. Received Andre Thornton.
- December 13, 1976
Steve Kline player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.
- February 10, 1977
Signed Paul Dade as a free agent.
- February 14, 1977
Signed Greg Wells as a free agent.
- March 24, 1977
Released Greg Wells.
- March 29, 1977
Traded Héctor Torres to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received John Lowenstein.
- March 30, 1977
Released Boog Powell.
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