1973 Detroit Tigers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1972

  Purchased Rich Reese from the Minnesota Twins.

  Traded Jim Foor and Norm McRae to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Dick Sharon.

• January 22, 1973

  Traded Jack Whillock to the Montreal Expos. Received Don Koonce (minors).

• March 25, 1973

  Traded Bobby Brooks to the California Angels. Received Bruce Kimm.

• March 27, 1973

  Traded Danny Fife and cash to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jim Perry.

• April 2, 1973

  Traded Chris Zachary to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Charlie Sands.

• April 3, 1973

  Traded Tim Hosley to the Oakland Athletics. Received Don Shaw.

• April 19, 1973

  Traded Charlie Sands to the California Angels. Received Mike Strahler.

• May 14, 1973

  Traded Gene Lamont to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bob Didier.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Bob Adams in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Charlie Puleo in the 13th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1973

  Traded Kevin Collins and Tom Timmermann to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ed Farmer.

• June 22, 1973

  Selected Bob Miller off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• July 2, 1973

  Signed Ron LeFlore as an amateur free agent.

• July 11, 1973

  Signed Mark Lemongello as an amateur free agent.

• August 7, 1973

  Joe Niekro selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• August 17, 1973

  Released Rich Reese.

• September 23, 1973

  Bob Miller player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• September 24, 1973

  Duke Sims selected by the New York Yankees off waivers.

• October 23, 1973

  Traded Dick McAuliffe to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ben Oglivie.

• October 25, 1973

  Released Frank Howard.

• December 3, 1973

  Drafted Gene Lamont from the Atlanta Braves in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Released Tony Taylor.

  Traded Fred Scherman and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Jim Ray and Gary Sutherland.

  Traded Lawrence Elliott (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received John Wockenfuss.

• December 5, 1973

  Purchased Luke Walker from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded Mike Strahler to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Ray Newman.

• December 10, 1973

  Traded Paul Jata to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jim Nettles.

• Before 1974 Season

  Signed Frank MacCormack as an amateur free agent.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Bob Pate in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 19, 1974

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

• March 28, 1974

  Bob Didier player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.