1975 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• November 11, 1974

  Released Dal Maxvill.

• December 2, 1974

  Tim Hosley drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1974 rule 5 draft.

  Bill Parsons player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• December 16, 1974

  Catfish Hunter granted Free Agency.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Rob Picciolo in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 14, 1975

  Signed Lew Krausse as a free agent.

• March 6, 1975

  Released Dick Green.

• March 28, 1975

  Purchased Don Hopkins from the Montreal Expos.

  Released Jesús Alou.

• April, 1975

  Signed Charlie Sands as a free agent.

• April 5, 1975

  Signed Roger Nelson as a free agent.

• April 6, 1975

  Signed Billy Grabarkewitz as a free agent.

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Todd. The Oakland Athletics sent Champ Summers (April 29, 1975) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• April 14, 1975

  Signed Skip Lockwood as a free agent.

• April 28, 1975

  Traded Buddy Copeland (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Matt Alexander.

• May 5, 1975

  Released Herb Washington.

• May 16, 1975

  Traded Ted Kubiak to the San Diego Padres. Received Sonny Siebert.

• May 18, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later and Steve Staniland (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ted Martínez. The Oakland Athletics sent Mike Barlow (May 23, 1975) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• May 20, 1975

  Traded Blue Moon Odom and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dick Bosman and Jim Perry.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Denny Walling in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Bruce Robinson in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Wieghaus in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

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

  Drafted Mike Chris in the 24th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1975

  Traded Dave Hamilton and Chet Lemon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Stan Bahnsen and Skip Pitlock.

• June 16, 1975

  Signed Jeff Cox as a free agent.

• June 18, 1975

  Signed Brian Kingman as an amateur free agent.

• June 30, 1975

  Signed Mike Patterson as an amateur free agent.

• July 28, 1975

  Skip Lockwood player rights sold to the New York Mets.

• August 5, 1975

  Released Roger Nelson.

• August 13, 1975

  Purchased Tommy Harper from the California Angels.

  Released Jim Perry.

• August 29, 1975

  Signed Dal Maxvill as a free agent.

• August 31, 1975

  Purchased César Tovar from the Texas Rangers.

• September 15, 1975

  Traded Richard Ingalls (minors) to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Williams.

• October 10, 1975

  Released Dal Maxvill.

• October 24, 1975

  Purchased Jeff Newman from the Cleveland Indians.

• October 28, 1975

  Traded Charlie Chant to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Larry Lintz.

• November 20, 1975

  Released Tommy Harper.

• December 9, 1975

  Ray Fosse player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• December 17, 1975

  Released Sonny Siebert.

• December 18, 1975

  Released Billy Grabarkewitz.