1976 Philadelphia Phillies Trades and Transactions

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

• December 9, 1975

  Traded Mike Anderson to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Ron Reed.

• December 10, 1975

  Traded Alan Bannister, Dick Ruthven and Roy Thomas to the Chicago White Sox. Received Mike Buskey and Jim Kaat.

• December 27, 1975

  Signed Luis Aguayo as an amateur free agent.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Jack Lazorko in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Derek Botelho in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 5, 1976.

  Drafted Bob Walk in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jeff Lahti in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• April 1, 1976

  Signed Bobby Tolan as a free agent.

• April 8, 1976

  Wayne Simpson player rights sold to the California Angels.

  Released Tom Hilgendorf.

• April 9, 1976

  Purchased Wayne Nordhagen from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• April 10, 1976

  Purchased Bob Oliver from the Chicago White Sox.

• April 16, 1976

  Signed Orlando Sánchez as a free agent.

• April 17, 1976

  Signed Nardi Contreras as a free agent.

• April 19, 1976

  Purchased Tim Blackwell from the Boston Red Sox.

• May 14, 1976

  Signed Bobby Brown as a free agent.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Jack Lazorko in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe Charboneau in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 10, 1976.

  Drafted Bob Walk in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed September 7, 1976.

  Drafted Len Matuszek in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1976.

  Drafted Ozzie Virgil in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1976.

• July 14, 1976

  Traded Wayne Nordhagen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich Coggins.

• November 1, 1976

  Dave Cash granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 1976

  Released Tony Taylor.

• November 5, 1976

  Dick Allen granted Free Agency.

• November 6, 1976

  John Montague player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• December 6, 1976

  Willie Hernández drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 15, 1976

  Signed Richie Hebner as a free agent.

  Signed Marty Bystrom as an amateur free agent.

• December 20, 1976

  Traded a player to be named later and Johnny Oates to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ted Sizemore. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Quency Hill (minors) (January 4, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

• February 3, 1977

  Signed Davey Johnson as a free agent.

• March 26, 1977

  Traded Sergio Ferrer to the New York Yankees. Received Kerry Dineen.

• March 31, 1977

  Ron Schueler player rights sold to the Minnesota Twins.