1970 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• December 4, 1969

  Traded Joe Niekro to the Detroit Tigers. Received Dave Campbell and Pat Dobson.

• December 5, 1969

  Traded Frank Reberger to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bob Barton, Bobby Etheridge and Ron Herbel.

• January 7, 1970

  Purchased Aurelio Monteagudo from the Kansas City Royals.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted John Scott in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Doug Ault in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 24, 1970

  Traded Roberto Peña to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ramon Webster.

• March 30, 1970

  Traded Tommie Sisk to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jerry Nyman.

• April 2, 1970

  Traded Billy McCool to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Steve Huntz.

• April 5, 1970

  Returned Aurelio Monteagudo to the Kansas City Royals following previous purchase.

• May 26, 1970

  Received Roberto Rodríguez from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• June 4, 1970

  Drafted Mike Ivie in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dan Spillner in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Simpson in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Davis in the 6th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Dillard in the 13th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Ralph Garcia in the 18th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Larry Hardy in the 23rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1970

  Bobby Etheridge player rights sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.

  Purchased Ron Willis from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• June 23, 1970

  Returned Roberto Rodríguez to the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• July 15, 1970

  Purchased Earl Wilson from the Detroit Tigers.

• August 25, 1970

  Purchased Paul Doyle from the California Angels.

• September 1, 1970

  Traded Ron Herbel to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later. The New York Mets sent Rod Gaspar (October 20, 1970) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• October 19, 1970

  Ramon Webster player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• October 20, 1970

  Sent Sonny Ruberto to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Bill Laxton from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

  Vic Albury selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1970 minor league draft.

• December 1, 1970

  Traded Pat Dobson and Tom Dukes to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Fred Beene, Enzo Hernández, Tom Phoebus and Al Severinsen. Fred Beene returned to original team on May 16, 1971.

• December 4, 1970

  Traded Steve Huntz to the San Francisco Giants. Received William Frost (minors) and Don Mason.

• January 13, 1971

  Released Earl Wilson.

  Drafted Dave Hilton in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Johnny Grubb in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).