1973 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 4, 1973

  Purchased Héctor Torres from the Montreal Expos.

• April 22, 1973

  Traded Norm Miller to the Atlanta Braves. Received Cecil Upshaw.

• May 22, 1973

  Traded Larry Howard to the Atlanta Braves. Received Tom Heierle (minors).

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Mike Mendoza in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Landreaux in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bobby Clark in the 14th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Sambito in the 17th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Davey in the 18th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 8, 1973

  Traded Stan Papi to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ray Busse.

• June 12, 1973

  Signed Bobby Fenwick as a free agent.

• June 30, 1973

  Signed Gordie Pladson as an amateur free agent.

• July 8, 1973

  Purchased Juan Pizarro from the Chicago Cubs.

  Released Bobby Fenwick.

• July 31, 1973

  Jesús Alou player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• August 18, 1973

  Traded Tommie Agee to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dave Campbell and cash.

• September 19, 1973

  Signed Terry Puhl as an amateur free agent.

• October 9, 1973

  Released Fred Gladding.

• October 23, 1973

  Purchased Mick Kelleher from the St. Louis Cardinals.

  Released Jimmy Stewart.

  Traded Héctor Torres to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Dan Neumeier (December 4, 1973) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• October 31, 1973

  Traded Jerry Reuss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Milt May.

• November 3, 1973

  Traded Cecil Upshaw to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jerry Johnson.

• December 3, 1973

  Drafted Larry Milbourne from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Jim Ray and Gary Sutherland to the Detroit Tigers. Received Fred Scherman and cash.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded Jim Wynn to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received David Culpepper (minors) and Claude Osteen.

• December 9, 1973

  Traded Jay Schlueter to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Nagy.

• Before 1974 Season

  Milt Ramírez sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

• January 7, 1974

  Signed Chris Cannizzaro as a free agent.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Joe Cannon in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

• February 18, 1974

  Traded Pat Darcy and cash to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Denis Menke.

• March 14, 1974

  Signed Alex Taveras as an amateur free agent.

• March 28, 1974

  Purchased Ollie Brown from the California Angels.

• March 30, 1974

  Traded Don Stratton (minors) and Larry Yount to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Wilbur Howard.