1972 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Tom Walker from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Jim Gosger to the New York Mets. Received Billy Carthel (minors), Arsenio Diaz (minors), Don Koonce (minors) and Curtis Brown.

• December 6, 1971

  Adolfo Phillips player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Jim Cox in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Edwards in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 28, 1972

  Released Claude Raymond.

• March 24, 1972

  Purchased César Gutiérrez from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 28, 1972

  Released Ron Taylor.

• April 5, 1972

  Traded Rusty Staub to the New York Mets. Received Tim Foli, Mike Jorgensen and Ken Singleton.

• April 7, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later and Dan McGinn to the Chicago Cubs. Received Hal Breeden and Héctor Torres. The Montreal Expos sent Bill Kelso (June 24, 1972) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• May 21, 1972

  Signed Larry Parrish as an amateur free agent.

• June 6, 1972

  Drafted Craig Caskey in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Ellis Valentine in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Carter in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis Blair in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Hart in the 11th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Matula in the 16th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mark Mercer in the 17th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Keith Drumright in the 18th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 9, 1972

  Purchased Bill Kelso from the Oakland Athletics.

• June 13, 1972

  Traded Gary Sutherland to the Houston Astros. Received John Dolinsek (minors) and cash.

• June 14, 1972

  Traded John Bateman to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Tim McCarver.

• July, 1972

  Signed Billy Wynne as a free agent.

  As part of a 3-team trade, traded Dave McDonald to the New York Mets. Received Tommie Sheppard (minors) from the New York Yankees. In addition, .

• July 1, 1972

  Released Denny Lemaster.

• July 10, 1972

  Released Bobby Wine.

• November 6, 1972

  Traded Tim McCarver to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jorge Roque.

• December 7, 1972

  Traded Remy Hermoso to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Carruthers (minors).

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Dan Boitano in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 11, 1973

  Signed Don DeMola as a free agent.

• January 22, 1973

  Traded Don Koonce (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jack Whillock.

• February 11, 1973

  Signed Marcel Lachemann as a free agent.

• February 28, 1973

  Signed Andrés Mora as a free agent.

  Traded Carl Morton to the Atlanta Braves. Received Pat Jarvis.

• March 27, 1973

  Released Jim Fairey.

• March 28, 1973

  Signed Larry Landreth as an amateur free agent.

  Purchased Bob Stinson from the Houston Astros.