1975 New York Mets Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 1974

  Released Jack Aker.

• December 3, 1974

  Traded Don Hahn, Tug McGraw and Dave Schneck to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mac Scarce, John Stearns and Del Unser.

• December 11, 1974

  Traded Ted Martínez to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jack Heidemann and Mike Vail.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Dave Hudgens in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gene Krug in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Marshall Brant in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Greg Harris in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Karl Pagel in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 22, 1975

  Signed Juan Berenguer as an amateur free agent.

• January 30, 1975

  Purchased Jerry Moses from the Detroit Tigers.

• February 28, 1975

  Purchased Dave Kingman from the San Francisco Giants for $150,000.

• March 22, 1975

  Traded Ike Hampton to the California Angels. Received Ken Sanders.

• April 4, 1975

  Traded Joe Nolan to the Atlanta Braves. Received Leo Foster.

• April 12, 1975

  Signed Jesús Alou as a free agent.

• April 15, 1975

  Traded Mac Scarce to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Hall.

• April 25, 1975

  Signed Bill Laxton as a free agent.

• April 28, 1975

  Jerry Moses player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• May 3, 1975

  Selected Mike Phillips off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• May 29, 1975

  Signed Gary Gentry as a free agent.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Butch Benton in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich Wortham in the 14th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Charlie Lea in the 15th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Tudor in the 21st round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 19, 1975

  Released Gary Gentry.

• June 27, 1975

  Signed Roy Lee Jackson as an amateur free agent.

• July 27, 1975

  Released Cleon Jones.

• July 28, 1975

  Purchased Skip Lockwood from the Oakland Athletics.

• August 4, 1975

  Harry Parker selected by the St. Louis Cardinals off waivers.

• December 3, 1975

  Signed Kelvin Chapman as an amateur free agent.

• December 8, 1975

  Manny Castillo selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1975 minor league draft.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Gene Clines to the Texas Rangers. Received Joe Lovitto.

  Traded Bill Laxton and Rusty Staub to the Detroit Tigers. Received Billy Baldwin and Mickey Lolich.

• December 23, 1975

  Traded Craig Cacek to the Houston Astros. Received Manny Lantigua (minors).

• December 30, 1975

  Released Orlando Sánchez.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Mickey Hatcher in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jody Davis in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). Player signed March 12, 1976.

  Drafted Kim Seaman in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Greg Harris in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 9, 1976

  Traded Jerry Cram to the Kansas City Royals. Received Randy Hammon (minors).

• February 24, 1976

  Traded George Stone to the Texas Rangers. Received Bill Hands.

• March 5, 1976

  Signed Mario Ramirez as an amateur free agent.

• March 16, 1976

  Traded Bob Gallagher to the San Francisco Giants. Received Leon Brown.

• March 26, 1976

  Released Joe Lovitto.

• March 30, 1976

  Released Jesús Alou.