1976 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 14, 1975

  Signed Ed Romero as an amateur free agent.

• December 22, 1975

  Traded Pat Osburn to the Kansas City Royals. Received Kenzie Davis (minors).

• January 14, 1976

  Signed Vada Pinson as a free agent.

• March 20, 1976

  Signed Tim Ireland as a free agent.

• April 4, 1976

  Released Ed Farmer.

  Released Vada Pinson.

• April 8, 1976

  Tim Ireland player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• May 13, 1976

  Signed Ray Sadecki as a free agent.

• June 2, 1976

  Purchased Von Joshua from the San Francisco Giants.

• June 3, 1976

  Traded Bobby Darwin and Tom Murphy to the Boston Red Sox. Received Bernie Carbo.

• June 7, 1976

  Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Danny Frisella. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Sam Mejías (June 23, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Bill Bordley in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Darrell Brown in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Lary Sorensen in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted George Frazier in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Holle in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• June 10, 1976

  Traded Pedro García to the Detroit Tigers. Received Gary Sutherland.

• June 15, 1976

  Released Ed Sprague.

• June 20, 1976

  Released Bill Champion.

• June 22, 1976

  Traded Tom Deidel (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Jack Heidemann.

• October 22, 1976

  Kurt Bevacqua player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• November 5, 1976

  Butch Edge selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 12th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Steve Bowling selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 23rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Pete Broberg selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 35th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Larry Anderson selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 45th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Greg Erardi selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 60th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 19, 1976

  Signed Sal Bando as a free agent.

• December 6, 1976

  Drafted Marshall Edwards from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  Purchased Larry Haney from the Oakland Athletics.

  Traded Bernie Carbo and George Scott to the Boston Red Sox. Received Cecil Cooper.

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

• December 7, 1976

  Drafted Jeff Yurak from the San Francisco Giants in the 1976 minor league draft.

• December 14, 1976

  Released Ray Sadecki.

• January 4, 1977

  Signed Ken Sanders as a free agent.

• February 17, 1977

  Released Gary Sutherland.

• February 25, 1977

  Purchased Ken McMullen from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 21, 1977

  Purchased Steve Brye from the Minnesota Twins.

• March 23, 1977

  Selected Rich Folkers off waivers from the San Diego Padres.