1977 New York Yankees Trades and Transactions

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

• November 1, 1976

  Doyle Alexander granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1976

  Grant Jackson selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 11th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Juan Bernhardt selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 20th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Jim Mason selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 30th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Garth Iorg selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 41st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Otto Vélez selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 53rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 18, 1976

  Signed Don Gullett as a free agent.

• November 29, 1976

  Signed Reggie Jackson as a free agent.

• November 30, 1976

  Purchased Jim Wynn from the Atlanta Braves.

• December 17, 1976

  Released César Tovar.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Willie McGee in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed June 6, 1977.

• January 20, 1977

  Traded Rick Bladt and Elliott Maddox to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Paul Blair.

• February 17, 1977

  Traded Sandy Alomar to the Texas Rangers. Received Brian Doyle, Greg Pryor and cash.

• February 18, 1977

  Signed José Uribe as an amateur free agent.

• March 14, 1977

  Traded Terry Whitfield to the San Francisco Giants. Received Marty Perez.

• March 26, 1977

  Traded Kerry Dineen to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Sergio Ferrer.

• April 5, 1977

  Traded Bob Polinsky (minors), Oscar Gamble, LaMarr Hoyt and $200,000 to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bucky Dent.

• April 27, 1977

  Traded Dock Ellis, Larry Murray and Marty Perez to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Torrez.

• May 23, 1977

  Purchased Dave Moates from the Texas Rangers.

• May 26, 1977

  Randy Stein received from the Baltimore Orioles in an unknown transaction.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Jack Lazorko in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Lefebvre in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft. Player signed July 6, 1977.

  Drafted Roger Holt in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Chuck Hensley in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Welsh in the 21st round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Juan Bonilla in 1977, but pick was voided.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later, Mike Fischlin and Randy Niemann to the Houston Astros. Received Cliff Johnson. The New York Yankees sent Dave Bergman (November 23, 1977) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• July 5, 1977

  Released José Uribe.

• July 14, 1977

  Released Jim Wynn.

• August 2, 1977

  Received Stan Thomas from the Seattle Mariners as part of a conditional deal.

• September 15, 1977

  Traded Randy Stein and cash to the California Angels. Received Dave Kingman.

• September 16, 1977

  Carlos May player rights sold to the California Angels.

• October 20, 1977

  Ron Blomberg granted Free Agency.

  Elrod Hendricks granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1977

  Mike Torrez granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1977

  Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1977

  Greg Pryor granted Free Agency.

• November 22, 1977

  Signed Rich Gossage as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Jesús Figueroa drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Willie Upshaw drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

  Drafted Gil Rondón from the Houston Astros in the 1977 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1977

  Purchased Andy Messersmith from the Atlanta Braves.

• December 9, 1977

  Signed Rawly Eastwick as a free agent.

  Traded Sergio Ferrer to the New York Mets. Received Roy Staiger.

• December 12, 1977

  Traded Ed Ricks (minors), Stan Thomas and cash to the Chicago White Sox. Received Bob Polinsky (minors), Tommy Cruz and Jim Spencer.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Rusty McNealy in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• March 16, 1978

  Signed Víctor Mata as an amateur free agent.