1971 Minnesota Twins Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Vic Albury from the San Diego Padres in the 1970 minor league draft.

  Drafted Jim Strickland from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970 minor league draft.

• Before 1971 Season

  Bruce Look sent to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

• March 29, 1971

  Traded Bill Zepp to the Detroit Tigers. Received a player to be named later and Mike Adams. The Detroit Tigers sent Arthur Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• March 31, 1971

  Released Luis Tiant.

• April 5, 1971

  Released Frank Quilici.

• April 9, 1971

  Released Dave Boswell.

• April 28, 1971

  Signed Tom Kelly as a free agent.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Glenn Borgmann in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Dave Edwards in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rob Wilfong in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Chuck Baker in the 36th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 20, 1971

  Signed Dave McKay as an amateur free agent.

• June 28, 1971

  Signed George Thomas as a free agent.

• July 8, 1971

  Traded Paul Ratliff to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Phil Roof.

• July 30, 1971

  Ron Perranoski selected by the Detroit Tigers off waivers.

• September 1, 1971

  Traded Stan Williams to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received players to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Fred Rico (September 14, 1971) and Dan Ford (minors) (September 14, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• October 22, 1971

  Traded Paul Powell to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Bobby Darwin.

• October 27, 1971

  Released George Thomas.

• November 29, 1971

  Brant Alyea drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

• November 30, 1971

  Traded Leo Cárdenas to the California Angels. Received Dave LaRoche.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Tom Hall to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Wayne Granger.

• December 11, 1971

  Traded Jerry Schlegelmilch (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Ronald Drake (minors) and José Arcia.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 5, 1972

  Pete Hamm player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• March 11, 1972

  Signed Ron Herbel as a free agent.