1974 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 29, 1974

  Released Felipe Alou.

• May 13, 1974

  Purchased Mike Hegan from the New York Yankees.

• June 5, 1974

  Drafted Butch Edge in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Moose Haas in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Barry Cort in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Beare in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Bowling in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Gantner in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jerry Augustine in the 15th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

• June 24, 1974

  Traded Bill Parsons and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Deron Johnson.

• July 13, 1974

  Signed Willie Mueller as an amateur free agent.

• July 29, 1974

  Purchased Dick Selma from the California Angels.

• August 12, 1974

  Returned Dick Selma to the California Angels following previous purchase.

• September 7, 1974

  Deron Johnson player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• October 22, 1974

  Traded John Vukovich to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Osburn.

• November 2, 1974

  Traded a player to be named later and Dave May to the Atlanta Braves. Received Henry Aaron. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Roger Alexander (minors) (December 2, 1974) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

• December 3, 1974

  Traded Stephen McCartney (minors) to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Ed Farmer.

• December 5, 1974

  Traded Clyde Wright to the Texas Rangers. Received Pete Broberg.

• December 19, 1974

  Signed Rick Austin as a free agent.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Lenn Sakata in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 24, 1975

  Released Ken Berry.

• March 6, 1975

  Purchased Kurt Bevacqua from the Kansas City Royals.

• March 29, 1975

  Gary Martz player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.