1976 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 2, 1976

  Traded Bill VanBommel (minors), Ken Holtzman and Reggie Jackson to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Don Baylor, Paul Mitchell and Mike Torrez.

• April 5, 1976

  Signed Ken McMullen as a free agent.

• April 8, 1976

  Selected Tom Bradley off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

• April 19, 1976

  Selected Tim Hosley off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.

• May 7, 1976

  Released Ted Martínez.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Ernie Camacho in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Bob Stoddard in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rickey Henderson in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 1976.

  Drafted Mike Chris in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bobby Moore in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• June 9, 1976

  Signed Nate Colbert as a free agent.

• June 15, 1976

  Vida Blue player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

  Rollie Fingers player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

  Joe Rudi player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• June 18, 1976

  Previous purchase of Vida Blue by the New York Yankees voided and player returned.

  Previous purchase of Rollie Fingers by the Boston Red Sox voided and player returned.

  Previous purchase of Joe Rudi by the Boston Red Sox voided and player returned.

• August 25, 1976

  Released César Tovar.

• August 30, 1976

  Purchased Willie McCovey from the San Diego Padres.

• September 14, 1976

  Purchased Ron Fairly from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• November 1, 1976

  Sal Bando granted Free Agency.

  Don Baylor granted Free Agency.

  Bert Campaneris granted Free Agency.

  Nate Colbert granted Free Agency.

  Rollie Fingers granted Free Agency.

  Willie McCovey granted Free Agency.

  Joe Rudi granted Free Agency.

  Gene Tenace granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1976

  Purchased Tommy Helms from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  Traded Chuck Tanner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Manny Sanguillén and $100,000.

  Gary Woods selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 8th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Glenn Abbott selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 24th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Leon Hooten selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 59th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 9, 1976

  Released Billy Williams.

• December 6, 1976

  Larry Haney player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• Before 1977 Season

  Milt Ramírez received from the Kansas City Royals in an unknown transaction.

• January 9, 1977

  Signed Craig Minetto as a free agent.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Hubie Brooks in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• January 31, 1977

  Signed Ed Crosby as a free agent.

• February 19, 1977

  Paul Lindblad player rights sold to the Texas Rangers for $400,000.

• February 24, 1977

  Traded Ron Fairly to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Mike Weathers (minors) and cash.

• February 25, 1977

  Ken McMullen player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 15, 1977

  Purchased Jerry Tabb from the Chicago Cubs.

  Traded Jim Todd to the Chicago Cubs. Received Joe Coleman.

  Traded Chris Batton, Phil Garner and Tommy Helms to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, Doc Medich and Mitchell Page.

  Traded Gaylen Pitts to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Tyrone.

• March 16, 1977

  Signed Dick Allen as a free agent.

• March 26, 1977

  Tommy Sandt player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

  Traded Claudell Washington to the Texas Rangers. Received Rodney Scott, Jim Umbarger and cash.

• March 28, 1977

  Released Ed Crosby.

• March 29, 1977

  Purchased Pablo Torrealba from the Atlanta Braves.

  Released Dick Bosman.