1976 Kansas City Royals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1975

  Released Harmon Killebrew.

• November 12, 1975

  Traded Nelson Briles to the Texas Rangers. Received Dave Nelson.

• December 15, 1975

  Released Vada Pinson.

• December 22, 1975

  Traded Kenzie Davis (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Pat Osburn.

  Traded a player to be named later to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Stinson. The Kansas City Royals sent Rodney Scott (December 22, 1975) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

• Before 1976 Season

  Milt Ramírez received from Reynosa (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Hubie Brooks in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Paschall in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 9, 1976

  Traded Randy Hammon (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Cram.

• March 3, 1976

  Signed Roger Nelson as a free agent.

• March 10, 1976

  Signed Onix Concepción as an amateur free agent.

• April, 1976

  Signed Bill Sudakis as a free agent.

• May 5, 1976

  Released Ray Sadecki.

• May 7, 1976

  Traded Bryan Jones (minors) and cash to the New York Mets. Received Tom Hall.

• May 16, 1976

  Traded Fran Healy to the New York Yankees. Received Larry Gura.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Jim Gaudet in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Phelps in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• June 22, 1976

  Signed Bob Johnson as a free agent.

• June 25, 1976

  Signed Craig Eaton as an amateur free agent.

• July 5, 1976

  Purchased Andy Hassler from the California Angels.

• July 14, 1976

  Tony Solaita selected by the California Angels off waivers.

• September 14, 1976

  Released Bob Johnson.

• September 17, 1976

  Purchased Ken Sanders from the New York Mets.

• September 20, 1976

  Purchased Tommy Davis from the California Angels.

• November 2, 1976

  Traded Ron Washington to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Steve Patchin (minors).

• November 5, 1976

  Ruppert Jones selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 1st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Al Fitzmorris selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 13th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Bob Stinson selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 25th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Steve Staggs selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 37th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Tom Bruno selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 51st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• December 6, 1976

  Charlie Beamon drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  Purchased Bob Heise from the Boston Red Sox.

  Traded a player to be named later, Jamie Quirk and Jim Wohlford to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Jim Colborn and Darrell Porter. The Kansas City Royals sent Bob McClure (March 15, 1977) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 7, 1976

  Traded Frank Ortenzio to the Montreal Expos. Received Rudy Kinard (minors).

• December 8, 1976

  Mark Souza drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded a player to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Pete LaCock from the Chicago Cubs. In addition, the New York Mets sent Jim Dwyer to the Chicago Cubs. The Kansas City Royals sent Sheldon Mallory (December 13, 1976) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 13, 1976

  Released Ken Sanders.

• Before 1977 Season

  Milt Ramírez sent to the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction.

• January 3, 1977

  Released Lindy McDaniel.

• January 17, 1977

  Released Tommy Davis.

• March 22, 1977

  Signed Joe Lahoud as a free agent.