1977 Los Angeles Dodgers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1976

  Released Jim Lyttle.

• November 2, 1976

  Released Leron Lee.

  Traded Steve Patchin (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ron Washington.

• December 6, 1976

  Mike Dimmel drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Ted Martínez from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 20, 1976

  Traded Ted Sizemore to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later and Johnny Oates. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Quency Hill (minors) (January 4, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• January 11, 1977

  Traded Jeff Albert (minors), Bill Buckner and Iván de Jesús to the Chicago Cubs. Received Mike Garman and Rick Monday.

• February 7, 1977

  Traded Rick Auerbach to the New York Mets. Received Richard Sander (minors) and Hank Webb.

• April 5, 1977

  Signed Boog Powell as a free agent.

  Released Keith MacWhorter.

• May 2, 1977

  Released Ellie Rodríguez.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Ron Roenicke in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 10, 1977.

  Drafted Bob Welch in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Beckwith in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mickey Hatcher in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bobby Mitchell in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mitch Webster in the 23rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Niedenfuer in the 36th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 16, 1977

  Purchased Bobby Castillo from the Kansas City Royals.

• July 5, 1977

  Signed Ron Kittle as an amateur free agent.

• July 21, 1977

  Released Al Downing.

• August 17, 1977

  Purchased Vic Davalillo from Aguascalientes (Mexican).

• August 31, 1977

  Released Boog Powell.

  Traded players to be named later to the New York Mets. Received Jerry Grote. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Daniel Smith (minors) (October 24, 1977) and Randy Rogers (minors) (October 24, 1977) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• September 2, 1977

  Henry Cruz selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

  John Hale selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• September 5, 1977

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

• September 8, 1977

  Kevin Pasley player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• October 20, 1977

  Ubaldo Heredia granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Terry Forster as a free agent.

• November 23, 1977

  Dennis Lewallyn player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• December 15, 1977

  Traded Rex Hudson to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bill Butler.

• December 20, 1977

  Signed Germán Rivera as an amateur free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Brian Holton in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Bryan Little in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 18, 1978

  Signed Leo Hernández as an amateur free agent.

• January 31, 1978

  Elías Sosa player rights sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• February 3, 1978

  Signed Willie Crawford as a free agent.

• March 2, 1978

  Signed Wayne Simpson as a free agent.

• March 14, 1978

  Released Bob Detherage.

• March 15, 1978

  The Minnesota Twins returned Dennis Lewallyn following previous purchase.

• March 17, 1978

  Released Ed Goodson.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Willie Crawford.

• April, 1978

  Signed Enzo Hernández as a free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)