1977 Montreal Expos Trades and Transactions

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

• November 2, 1976

  Released Chuck Taylor.

• November 6, 1976

  Traded Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Greif, Sam Mejías and Ángel Torres.

• November 17, 1976

  Signed Dave Cash as a free agent.

• December 2, 1976

  Released Clay Kirby.

• December 6, 1976

  Roger Freed drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 7, 1976

  Traded Rudy Kinard (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Frank Ortenzio.

• December 10, 1976

  Traded Andre Thornton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jackie Brown.

• December 16, 1976

  Traded Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Will McEnaney and Tony Pérez.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Dan Firova in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 9, 1977

  Released Wayne Granger.

• March 15, 1977

  Traded Rodney Scott to the Texas Rangers. Received Jeff Terpko.

• March 17, 1977

  Signed Rick Engle as an amateur free agent.

• March 28, 1977

  Released Earl Williams.

• March 30, 1977

  Released Bill Greif.

• April 6, 1977

  Don Carrithers player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• April 10, 1977

  Signed Tom Walker as a free agent.

• April 27, 1977

  Traded Tim Foli to the San Francisco Giants. Received Chris Speier.

• May 21, 1977

  Traded players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Santo Alcalá. The Montreal Expos sent Shane Rawley (May 27, 1977) and Ángel Torres (May 27, 1977) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

• May 22, 1977

  Traded Mike Jorgensen to the Oakland Athletics. Received Stan Bahnsen.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Bill Gullickson in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Scott Sanderson in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tim Raines in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tony Johnson in the 26th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Barry Foote and Dan Warthen to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Tim Blackwell and Wayne Twitchell.

• June 22, 1977

  Signed Joe Pettini as an amateur free agent.

• July 13, 1977

  Tom Walker selected by the California Angels off waivers.

• July 14, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Fred Holdsworth. The Montreal Expos sent Dennis Blair (September 6, 1977) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

• September 29, 1977

  Selected Rick Sawyer off waivers from the San Diego Padres.

• October 25, 1977

  Bombo Rivera player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

• November 2, 1977

  Larry Johnson granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1977

  Purchased Darold Knowles from the Texas Rangers.

• December 6, 1977

  Jeff Terpko selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Traded Joe Kerrigan, Gary Roenicke and Don Stanhouse to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Rudy May, Randy Miller and Bryn Smith.

• December 21, 1977

  Signed Ross Grimsley as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Tony Phillips in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed March 10, 1978.

• January 14, 1978

  Released Tim Blackwell.

• January 27, 1978

  Released Jackie Brown.

• January 30, 1978

  Purchased Tito Fuentes from the Detroit Tigers.

• February 15, 1978

  Frank Ortenzio player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• March 22, 1978

  Released Tito Fuentes.

• March 23, 1978

  Santo Alcalá selected by the Seattle Mariners off waivers.

• March 29, 1978

  José Morales player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.

  Traded Will McEnaney to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Timothy Jones.

• March 31, 1978

  Released Rick Sawyer.