1976 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• November 23, 1975

  Signed Luis Salazar as a free agent.

• December 4, 1975

  Signed Rafael Vásquez as an amateur free agent.

• December 11, 1975

  Traded Ken Brett, Dock Ellis and Willie Randolph to the New York Yankees. Received Doc Medich.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Tommy Helms. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Art Howe (January 6, 1976) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• Before 1976 Season

  Juan Jiménez sent to Mexico City Reds (Mexican) in an unknown transaction.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Larry Littleton in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 27, 1976

  Signed Pascual Pérez as an amateur free agent.

• March 15, 1976

  Released Dave Bennett. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 26, 1976

  Signed Greg Wells as an amateur free agent.

• April 1, 1976

  Released Mark Mercer.

• April 7, 1976

  Released Greg Wells.

• April 14, 1976

  Signed Tom Hilgendorf as a free agent.

• May 11, 1976

  Signed Willie Royster as a free agent.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Doe Boyland in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Madden in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Don Crow in the 7th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rick Honeycutt in the 17th round of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1976.

  Drafted Bob Long in the 24th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• July 2, 1976

  Released Albert Williams.

• September 8, 1976

  Ramón Hernández player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• October 15, 1976

  Jim Minshall player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• November 1, 1976

  Richie Hebner granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 1976

  Tommy Helms player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

  Traded Manny Sanguillén and $100,000 to the Oakland Athletics. Received Chuck Tanner.

• November 6, 1976

  Traded Jim Sadowski to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tom Carroll.

• November 26, 1976

  Signed Gibson Alba as an amateur free agent.

• December 7, 1976

  Traded Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton to the Seattle Mariners. Received Grant Jackson.

• December 10, 1976

  Traded Silvio Martínez and Richie Zisk to the Chicago White Sox. Received Terry Forster and Rich Gossage.

• December 13, 1976

  Signed Steve Farr as an amateur free agent.

• January 17, 1977

  Signed Eddie Vargas as an amateur free agent.

• January 18, 1977

  Signed Junior Ortiz as an amateur free agent.

• February 27, 1977

  Signed Jim Nettles as a free agent.

• March 15, 1977

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

• March 31, 1977

  Released Bob Robertson.

• April 1, 1977

  Released Willie Royster.