1971 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 10, 1970

  Released Mike Hershberger.

• November 30, 1970

  Ron Tompkins drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

• December 2, 1970

  Traded Paul Click (minors), John Ryan (minors) and Hank Allen to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bob Tillman.

• Before 1971 Season

  Signed Bart Zeller as a free agent.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Don Collins in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 28, 1971

  Traded Gene Brabender to the California Angels. Received Bill Voss.

• February 2, 1971

  Traded Bob Burda to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Fred Reahm (minors).

  Traded Carl Taylor to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ellie Rodríguez.

• February 4, 1971

  Purchased Joe Nossek from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• February 10, 1971

  Released Bob Tillman.

  Traded Al Downing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Andy Kosco.

• March 19, 1971

  Dave Baldwin player rights sold to Hawaii (PCL).

• March 25, 1971

  Returned George Kopacz to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.

• March 26, 1971

  Fred Stanley player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• March 27, 1971

  Released Bob Humphreys.

  Released Bob Meyer.

  Released Russ Snyder.

• April 5, 1971

  Traded Marion Jackson (minors) and Roric Harrison to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Marcelino López.

  Traded Wayne Twitchell to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Pat Skrable (minors).

• April 6, 1971

  Released Tom Kelly.

• April 22, 1971

  Traded Pete Koegel and Ray Peters to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received John Briggs.

• May 11, 1971

  Traded John Gelnar and José Herrera to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jim Hannan.

  Traded Ted Savage to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tommy Matchick.

• June 1, 1971

  Traded Floyd Wicker to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bob Heise.

• June 7, 1971

  Traded Danny Walton to the New York Yankees. Received Bobby Mitchell and Frank Tepedino.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Tommy Bianco in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rob Ellis in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Larry Anderson in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Charlie Moore in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dan Boitano in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Hausman in the 10th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Kevin Kobel in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

• June 14, 1971

  Mike Hegan player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• June 30, 1971

  Purchased Floyd Weaver from the Chicago White Sox.

  Released Dick Ellsworth.

• July, 1971

  Traded Bart Zeller to the New York Yankees. Received Bruce Look. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• July 8, 1971

  Traded Phil Roof to the Minnesota Twins. Received Paul Ratliff.

• July 29, 1971

  Traded Chuck Loseth (minors) and Ted Kubiak to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received José Cardenal, Bob Reynolds and Dick Schofield.

• October 10, 1971

  Traded Pat Skrable (minors), Tommy Harper, Lew Krausse and Marty Pattin to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Jim Lonborg, Don Pavletich and George Scott.

• October 20, 1971

  Traded John Morris to the San Francisco Giants. Received Wes Scott (minors) and Gary Ryerson.

• October 22, 1971

  Traded Bruce Look and Tommy Matchick to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Michael Herson (minors) and Mike Ferraro.

• November 26, 1971

  Signed Eduardo Rodríguez as an amateur free agent.

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Aurelio Monteagudo from the Kansas City Royals in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded José Cardenal to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Colborn, Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson.

• December 9, 1971

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Curt Motton. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Bob Reynolds (March 25, 1972) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• December 31, 1971

  Released Jim Hannan.

• Before 1972 Season

  Jack Lind received from the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Terry Cornutt in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 26, 1972

  Traded Andy Kosco to the California Angels. Received Tommie Reynolds.

• February 8, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bobby Pfeil. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Chico Vaughns (minors) (March 25, 1972) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• March 20, 1972

  Bobby Pfeil player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• March 26, 1972

  Traded Richard Stonum (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Frank Linzy.

• March 29, 1972

  Marcelino López player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• March 31, 1972

  Frank Tepedino player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

  Released Don Pavletich.

  Traded Odis McCowan (minors) and Floyd Weaver to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ray Newman.

  Released Aurelio Monteagudo.