1977 Milwaukee Brewers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 7, 1977

  Signed Mark Bomback as a free agent.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Paul Molitor in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1977.

  Drafted Kevin Bass in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave LaPoint in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Hudgens in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Bando in the 22nd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Rick O'Keeffe (minors) and Garry Pyka (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Mike Caldwell.

• July 11, 1977

  Signed Frank DiPino as an amateur free agent.

• July 15, 1977

  Released Mike Hegan.

• July 26, 1977

  Signed Jim Wynn as a free agent.

• August 20, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Ed Kirkpatrick. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Gorman Thomas (October 25, 1977) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 28, 1977

  Released Jim Wynn.

• November 2, 1977

  Tom Hausman granted Free Agency.

• November 17, 1977

  Signed Larry Hisle as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Ned Yost from the New York Mets in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

  Jesús Vega selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1977 minor league draft.

  Kevin Kobel player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• December 8, 1977

  Traded George Frazier to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Buck Martinez.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Rich Folkers and Jim Slaton to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ben Oglivie.

• December 14, 1977

  Released Ken McMullen.

• December 15, 1977

  Purchased Andy Etchebarren from the California Angels.

• December 31, 1977

  Signed Ray Fosse as a free agent.

• Before 1978 Season

  Released Rob Ellis.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Doug Loman in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Doug Jones in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 18, 1978.

• January 16, 1978

  Signed Randy Stein as a free agent.

• February 8, 1978

  Purchased Gorman Thomas from the Texas Rangers.

• February 10, 1978

  Signed Gary Nolan as a free agent.

• February 22, 1978

  Traded Art Kusnyer to the Kansas City Royals. Received Lynn McKinney (minors).

• March 1, 1978

  Released Gary Nolan.

• March 21, 1978

  Released Ed Kirkpatrick.

• March 30, 1978

  Released Steve Brye.

  Released Larry Haney.

  Released Von Joshua.

• April 1, 1978

  Signed Ed Farmer as a free agent.

  Signed Bob Galasso as a free agent.