1977 Houston Astros Trades and Transactions

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

• November 23, 1976

  Traded Jerry DaVanon and Larry Dierker to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson.

• November 29, 1976

  Signed Jim Fuller as a free agent.

• December 6, 1976

  Rich Chiles drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 8, 1976

  Traded Greg Gross to the Chicago Cubs. Received Julio González.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted John Butcher in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 12, 1977

  Traded Skip Jutze to the Seattle Mariners. Received Alan Griffin (minors) and cash.

• January 25, 1977

  Traded Paul Siebert to the San Diego Padres. Received Mike Allen (minors).

• March 26, 1977

  Traded Rob Andrews and cash to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie Crawford and Rob Sperring.

• March 30, 1977

  Traded Larry Milbourne to the Seattle Mariners. Received Roy Thomas.

• April 9, 1977

  Signed Jim Obradovich as a free agent.

• May 2, 1977

  Signed Bert Peña as an amateur free agent.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Ricky Adams in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Loucks in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Billy Smith in the 14th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Willie Crawford to the Oakland Athletics. Received Denny Walling and cash.

  Traded Cliff Johnson to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later, Mike Fischlin and Randy Niemann. The New York Yankees sent Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• September 5, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later and Alex Taveras to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Danny Walton. The Houston Astros sent Bob Detherage (September 16, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• October 13, 1977

  Traded Al Javier to the Chicago Cubs. Received Keith Drumright.

• October 27, 1977

  Ken Boswell granted Free Agency.

• November 18, 1977

  Signed Oscar Zamora as a free agent.

• November 28, 1977

  Art Gardner player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.

• December 5, 1977

  Traded Leon Roberts to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jimmy Sexton.

• December 6, 1977

  Mike Cosgrove drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Gil Rondón selected by the New York Yankees in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Ron Selak (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Randy Wiles.

• December 19, 1977

  Signed Jesús Alou as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Pat Perry in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

• March 27, 1978

  Released Danny Walton.

• March 28, 1978

  Signed Vern Ruhle as a free agent.

• March 29, 1978

  Mike Stanton player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• March 30, 1978

  Traded Jim Fuller to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Dave Augustine.