1974 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 4, 1973

  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.

• 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.

• April 9, 1974

  Released Juan Pizarro.

• May 11, 1974

  Purchased Jay Schlueter and Roe Skidmore from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 5, 1974

  Drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Alan Knicely in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Kainer in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tony Johnson in the 13th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mickey Hatcher in the 14th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 17, 1974

  Oscar Zamora player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• June 24, 1974

  Ollie Brown selected by the Philadelphia Phillies off waivers.

• August 1, 1974

  Chris Cannizzaro player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• August 15, 1974

  Traded Claude Osteen to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Ron Selak (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dan Larson (October 14, 1974) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• October 22, 1974

  Released Jerry Johnson.

• October 24, 1974

  Purchased José Cruz from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• October 29, 1974

  Traded Bob Gallagher to the New York Mets. Received Ken Boswell.

• December 3, 1974

  Traded Lee May and Jay Schlueter to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rob Andrews and Enos Cabell.

• December 9, 1974

  Traded Roe Skidmore to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bob Didier.

• December 13, 1974

  Mick Kelleher player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Darrell Brown in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 10, 1975

  Signed Wayne Granger as a free agent.