1975 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 6, 1975

  Purchased Joe Niekro from the Atlanta Braves for $35,000.

• April 8, 1975

  Purchased Tom Dixon from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• April 9, 1975

  Purchased Jerry DaVanon from the Cleveland Indians.

• May 26, 1975

  Released Rafael Batista.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Bo McLaughlin in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bruce Bochy in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Joe Pittman in the 5th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kim Seaman in the 23rd round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 8, 1975

  Fred Scherman player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• June 25, 1975

  Traded Mike Easler to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Barlow (September 30, 1975) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• October 24, 1975

  Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joaquín Andújar. The Houston Astros sent Luis Sánchez (December 12, 1975) and Carlos Alfonso (minors) (December 12, 1975) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1975

  Traded Jim Crawford, Milt May and Dave Roberts to the Detroit Tigers. Received Terry Humphrey, Mark Lemongello, Gene Pentz and Leon Roberts.

• December 8, 1975

  Drafted Gil Rondón from the California Angels in the 1975 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1975

  Released Wayne Granger.

• December 11, 1975

  Traded Doug Rader to the San Diego Padres. Received Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Art Howe (January 6, 1976) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• December 23, 1975

  Traded Manny Lantigua (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Craig Cacek.

• Before 1976 Season

  Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Gary Wilson in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January).

• January 8, 1976

  Jim York player rights sold to the New York Yankees.