1972 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 3, 1971

  Traded Marty Martínez to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Stinson.

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Bobby Fenwick from the San Francisco Giants in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, César Gerónimo, Denis Menke and Joe Morgan to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tommy Helms, Lee May and Jimmy Stewart.

• December 2, 1971

  Traded David Grangaard (minors) and John Mayberry to the Kansas City Royals. Received Lance Clemons and Jim York.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Bill Greif, Mark Schaeffer and Derrel Thomas to the San Diego Padres. Received Dave Roberts.

• January 20, 1972

  Released Glenn Adams.

• April 9, 1972

  Signed Ramón de los Santos as a free agent.

• April 15, 1972

  Traded Lance Clemons and Scipio Spinks to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jerry Reuss.

• May 21, 1972

  Signed Rick Williams as an amateur free agent.

• May 25, 1972

  Signed Joe Gibbon as a free agent.

• June 6, 1972

  Drafted Roy Lee Jackson in the 12th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Crawford in the 14th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

• June 7, 1972

  Sent Wade Blasingame to the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

• June 13, 1972

  Traded John Dolinsek (minors) and cash to the Montreal Expos. Received Gary Sutherland.

• July 21, 1972

  Released Joe Gibbon.

• July 29, 1972

  Jack Hiatt player rights sold to the California Angels.

• August 8, 1972

  Keith Lampard player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• November 27, 1972

  Drafted Bob Gallagher from the Boston Red Sox in the 1972 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Rich Chiles and Buddy Harris to the New York Mets. Received Tommie Agee.

• November 28, 1972

  Traded Ray Busse and Bobby Fenwick to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Skip Jutze and Milt Ramírez.

• January 9, 1973

  Signed Luis Pujols as an amateur free agent.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Mike Stanton in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• March 26, 1973

  George Culver player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 28, 1973

  Bob Stinson player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.