1967 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 28, 1966

  Drafted Bo Belinsky from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Alonzo Harris from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 rule 5 draft.

  Released Félix Mantilla.

• November 29, 1966

  Drafted Dave Eilers from the New York Mets in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Drafted Pat House from the Atlanta Braves in the 1966 minor league draft.

  Drafted Hal King from the California Angels in the 1966 minor league draft.

• December 31, 1966

  Traded Bob Bruce and Dave Nicholson to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later, Eddie Mathews and Arnold Umbach. The Atlanta Braves sent Sandy Alomar (February 25, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• Before 1967 Season

  Signed Ed Acosta as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ed Armbrister as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ray Busse as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Enzo Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• January 4, 1967

  Traded Lee Maye and Ken Retzer to the Cleveland Indians. Received Doc Edwards, Jim Landis and Jim Weaver.

• January 28, 1967

  Drafted Pete Varney in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Johnson in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 10, 1967

  Ron Taylor player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• February 24, 1967

  Jim Ray player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• March 24, 1967

  The New York Mets returned Jim Ray following previous purchase.

  Traded Sandy Alomar to the New York Mets. Received Derrell Griffith.

• March 26, 1967

  Released Gene Freese. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• April 28, 1967

  Signed Bob Lillis as a free agent.

• May 8, 1967

  Turk Farrell player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Bill Heath player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• June 1, 1967

  Purchased Marv Breeding from the Atlanta Braves. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 6, 1967

  Drafted John Mayberry in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jay Schlueter in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft.

  Drafted Pete Varney in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jack Lind in the 7th round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary).

• June 9, 1967

  Purchased Jackie Brandt from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• June 15, 1967

  Traded a player to be named later and Claude Raymond to the Atlanta Braves. Received a player to be named later and Wade Blasingame. The Houston Astros sent Derrell Griffith (June 20, 1967) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade. The Atlanta Braves sent Brian Murphy (minors) (June 20, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• June 27, 1967

  Traded Marv Breeding to the Chicago Cubs. Received Arnold Earley.

• June 29, 1967

  Traded Jim Landis to the Detroit Tigers. Received Larry Sherry.

• July 14, 1967

  Released Jim Owens.

• July 20, 1967

  Gary Kroll player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• August 7, 1967

  Traded Jim Weaver to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Héctor Torres (November 21, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• August 17, 1967

  Traded Eddie Mathews to the Detroit Tigers. Received players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• August 19, 1967

  Released Barry Latman.

• September 9, 1967

  Released Jackie Brandt.

• September 25, 1967

  Purchased John Buzhardt from the Baltimore Orioles.

• October 8, 1967

  Traded Chuck Harrison and Sonny Jackson to the Atlanta Braves. Received Denny Lemaster and Denis Menke.

• October 17, 1967

  Released Bob Lillis.

• October 25, 1967

  Signed César Cedeño as an amateur free agent.

• November 28, 1967

  Drafted Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Joe Moeller from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1967 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Rafael Batista from the Atlanta Braves in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Drafted Ron Cook from the New York Yankees in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Doc Edwards selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1967 minor league draft.

  Drafted Ted Martínez from the New York Mets in the 1967 minor league draft.

• January 27, 1968

  Drafted Glenn Adams in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Sandy Vance in the 2nd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 9, 1968

  Traded Lee Brown (minors) and Tommy Murray (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Lee Thomas.

• April 1, 1968

  Returned Joe Moeller (earlier draft pick) to the Los Angeles Dodgers.