1972 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 29, 1971

  Drafted Brant Alyea from the Minnesota Twins in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Steve Hovley drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Rick Monday to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ken Holtzman.

• November 30, 1971

  Released Mudcat Grant.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Rich Dauer in the 9th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bob Lacey in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January).

• March 4, 1972

  Traded Jim Panther and Don Stanhouse to the Texas Rangers. Received Denny McLain.

• March 30, 1972

  Released Tommy Davis.

• April 15, 1972

  Signed Tim Cullen as a free agent.

• April 19, 1972

  Signed Joe Horlen as a free agent.

• April 28, 1972

  Jim Roland player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• May 9, 1972

  Traded Reggie Sanders to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Kilkenny.

• May 15, 1972

  Signed Gary Waslewski as a free agent.

  Bobby Brooks player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

  Traded Dwain Anderson to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Don Shaw.

• May 17, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later, Curt Blefary and Mike Kilkenny to the San Diego Padres. Received Ollie Brown. The Oakland Athletics sent Greg Schubert (minors) (September 11, 1972) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• May 22, 1972

  Released Ron Klimkowski.

• May 28, 1972

  Traded Brant Alyea to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Marty Martínez. Brant Alyea returned to original team on July 23, 1972.

• May 30, 1972

  Larry Haney player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• June 6, 1972

  Drafted Chet Lemon in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dennis Littlejohn in the 9th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Chris Batton in the 12th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Pate in the 15th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 7, 1972

  Sent Diego Seguí to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.

• June 9, 1972

  Bill Kelso player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• June 20, 1972

  Traded Ron Clark to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bill Voss.

• June 28, 1972

  Purchased Art Shamsky from the Chicago Cubs.

• June 29, 1972

  Traded Denny McLain to the Atlanta Braves. Received Orlando Cepeda.

  Ollie Brown selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• July 7, 1972

  Signed Claudell Washington as an amateur free agent.

• July 19, 1972

  Released Art Shamsky.

• July 20, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later, Vic Harris and Marty Martínez to the Texas Rangers. Received Ted Kubiak and Don Mincher. The Oakland Athletics sent Steve Lawson (July 26, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• August 27, 1972

  Traded Stephen Easton (minors) and Bill Voss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Matty Alou.

• August 30, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later and Joe Lindsey (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dal Maxvill. The Oakland Athletics sent Gene Dusan (minors) (October 27, 1972) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 6, 1972

  Purchased Larry Haney from the San Diego Padres.

• September 19, 1972

  Adrian Garrett player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• October 30, 1972

  Traded a player to be named later and Bill McNulty to the Texas Rangers. Received Paul Lindblad. The Oakland Athletics sent Brant Alyea (November 30, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• November 21, 1972

  Traded Bob Locker to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bill North.

• November 24, 1972

  Traded Matty Alou to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later and Rob Gardner. The New York Yankees sent Rich McKinney (December 1, 1972) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• November 30, 1972

  Traded Mike Epstein to the Texas Rangers. Received Horacio Piña.

• December 18, 1972

  Released Orlando Cepeda.

• December 21, 1972

  Released Larry Brown.

• December 27, 1972

  Released Joe Horlen.

• Before 1973 Season

  Daryl Patterson sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Norris in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January).

• January 22, 1973

  Released Marcel Lachemann.

• January 23, 1973

  Signed Jerry McNertney as a free agent.

• February 14, 1973

  Purchased Billy Conigliaro from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 24, 1973

  Traded Dave Duncan and George Hendrick to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann.

• March 31, 1973

  Signed Jay Johnstone as a free agent.

  Signed Lew Krausse as a free agent.