1971 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted John Gamble from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1970

  Purchased Wayne Comer from the Washington Senators.

• March 29, 1971

  Traded a player to be named later and Mike Adams to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bill Zepp. The Detroit Tigers sent Arthur Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• March 30, 1971

  Traded Jerry Robertson to the New York Mets. Received Dean Chance and Bill Denehy.

• April 5, 1971

  Received Wayne Redmond from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

• April 9, 1971

  Signed Dave Boswell as a free agent.

• May 11, 1971

  Traded Jim Hannan to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received John Gelnar and José Herrera.

• May 22, 1971

  Traded Daryl Patterson to the Oakland Athletics. Received John Donaldson.

• May 28, 1971

  Released Dave Boswell.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Tom Veryzer in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis DeBarr in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Danny Fife in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Ron Cash in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Gene Pentz in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Christenson in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

• June 12, 1971

  Traded Carl Cavanaugh (minors) and Michael Fremuth (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Tony Taylor.

• July 30, 1971

  Selected Ron Perranoski off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

• August 31, 1971

  Released John Hiller.

• September 9, 1971

  Signed John Hiller as a free agent.

• September 25, 1971

  Signed Ed Glynn as an amateur free agent.

• September 30, 1971

  Released John Hiller.

• October 6, 1971

  Released Dean Chance.

• December 2, 1971

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Tom Haller. The Detroit Tigers sent Bernie Beckman (minors) (March 31, 1972) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1971

  Traded Bill Denehy to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Chris Zachary.

• Before 1972 Season

  Signed Billy Baldwin as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Tom Makowski as an amateur free agent.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Dan Gonzales in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Art James in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January).

• February, 1972

  Traded John Donaldson to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Bill Burbach.

• March 24, 1972

  César Gutiérrez player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.