1977 Pittsburgh Pirates Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 4, 1977

  Traded Randy Sealy (minors) to the California Angels. Received Mike Easler.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Stew Cliburn in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rick Lancellotti in the 11th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Wayne Tolleson in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dennis Rasmussen in the 18th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 10, 1977

  Signed Bobby Tolan as a free agent.

• June 13, 1977

  Purchased Jerry Hairston from the Chicago White Sox.

• June 14, 1977

  Released Tommy Helms.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Fregosi.

• July 27, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dave Pagan. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Rick Honeycutt (August 22, 1977) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

• August 18, 1977

  Signed Doug Frobel as an amateur free agent.

• October 20, 1977

  Terry Forster granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 1977

  Bobby Tolan granted Free Agency.

• October 28, 1977

  Rich Gossage granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1977

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded Nelson Norman and Al Oliver to the Texas Rangers. Received Bert Blyleven from the Texas Rangers and John Milner from the New York Mets. In addition, the Texas Rangers sent Tommy Boggs, Adrian Devine and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves; ; and the New York Mets sent Jon Matlack to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 9, 1977

  Jim Nettles player rights sold to the Kansas City Royals.

• Before 1978 Season

  Signed Carl Morton as a free agent.

• January 31, 1978

  Purchased Elías Sosa from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• March 2, 1978

  Jerry Hairston player rights sold to Durango (Mexican).

• March 15, 1978

  Signed Jim Bibby as a free agent.

• March 18, 1978

  Released Carl Morton.

• March 27, 1978

  Larry Demery selected by the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers.

• March 29, 1978

  Traded Timothy Jones to the Montreal Expos. Received Will McEnaney.

• March 30, 1978

  Signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.

  Traded Dave Augustine to the Houston Astros. Received Jim Fuller.

• March 31, 1978

  The Toronto Blue Jays returned Larry Demery following previous waiver selection.

• April, 1978

  Signed Clay Carroll as a free agent.