1973 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 15, 1972

  Released Joe Azcue.

• November 16, 1972

  Signed Chris Short as a free agent.

• February 14, 1973

  Billy Conigliaro player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• March 27, 1973

  Traded Mike Ferraro to the Minnesota Twins. Received Ken Reynolds.

• March 29, 1973

  Released Chuck Taylor.

• April 24, 1973

  Traded Rick Auerbach to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Tim Johnson.

• May 31, 1973

  Purchased Rob Gardner from the Oakland Athletics.

• June, 1973

  Brock Davis sent to the San Diego Padres in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• June 2, 1973

  Signed Rick Austin as a free agent.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Robin Yount in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

• July 16, 1973

  Previous purchase of Rob Gardner from the Oakland Athletics voided and player returned.

• September 4, 1973

  Purchased Rick Auerbach from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  Purchased Ed Sprague from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 11, 1973

  Traded Greg Erardi to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Lafayette Currence.

• October 2, 1973

  Ken Reynolds player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• October 22, 1973

  Traded Ollie Brown, Joe Lahoud, Skip Lockwood, Ellie Rodríguez and Gary Ryerson to the California Angels. Received Steve Barber, Ken Berry, Art Kusnyer, Clyde Wright and cash.

• October 23, 1973

  Released John Felske.

• October 27, 1973

  Rick Auerbach player rights sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• November 7, 1973

  Traded Frank Linzy to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bill Wilson.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded Ray Newman to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Strahler.

• December 7, 1973

  Purchased Felipe Alou from the Montreal Expos.

• December 8, 1973

  Traded Bob Heise to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tom Murphy.

• December 27, 1973

  Released Rick Austin.

• Before 1974 Season

  Signed Sam Hinds as an amateur free agent.

• January 3, 1974

  Chris Short retired. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted John Caneira in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Tom Chism in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 26, 1974

  Released Mike Strahler.

• March 27, 1974

  Released Steve Barber.

  Released Bill Wilson.

• March 30, 1974

  Traded Wilbur Howard to the Houston Astros. Received Don Stratton (minors) and Larry Yount.