1972 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• December 3, 1971

  Traded Dave Roberts to the Houston Astros. Received Bill Greif, Mark Schaeffer and Derrel Thomas.

• December 11, 1971

  Traded Ronald Drake (minors) and José Arcia to the Minnesota Twins. Received Jerry Schlegelmilch (minors).

• December 16, 1971

  Purchased John Matias from the Kansas City Royals.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Rich Troedson in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• March 1, 1972

  Purchased Dick Baney from the Baltimore Orioles.

• March 31, 1972

  Signed Aurelio Monteagudo as a free agent.

• April, 1972

  Purchased John Donaldson from the Baltimore Orioles.

• April 20, 1972

  Signed Ron Taylor as a free agent.

  Tom Phoebus player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• May 17, 1972

  Traded Ollie Brown to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later, Curt Blefary and Mike Kilkenny. The Oakland Athletics sent Greg Schubert (minors) (September 11, 1972) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• May 30, 1972

  Purchased Larry Haney from the Oakland Athletics.

• June 6, 1972

  Drafted Dave Roberts in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1972.

  Drafted Warren Cromartie in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Randy Jones in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dave Heaverlo in the 9th round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerry Turner in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rusty Gerhardt in the 12th round of the 1972 amateur draft.

• June 11, 1972

  Traded Bob Barton to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Corrales.

  Traded Mike Kilkenny to the Cleveland Indians. Received Fred Stanley.

• June 20, 1972

  Traded Rafael Robles to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Chlupsa and Mike Fiore. Mike Fiore returned to original team on July 3, 1972.

• July 9, 1972

  Traded Ed Spiezio to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later and cash. The Chicago White Sox sent Don Eddy (July 16, 1972) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• September 1, 1972

  Purchased Dennis Higgins from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• September 6, 1972

  Larry Haney player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• October 24, 1972

  Traded Fred Stanley to the New York Yankees. Received George Pena (minors).

• October 28, 1972

  Traded Johnny Jeter to the Chicago White Sox. Received Vicente Romo.

• November 30, 1972

  Larry Stahl player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

  Traded Al Severinsen to the New York Mets. Received Dave Marshall.

• December 27, 1972

  Released Curt Blefary.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Dave Wehrmeister in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 24, 1973.

  Drafted Mike Dupree in the 4th round of the 1973 amateur draft (January).

• March 20, 1973

  Dick Baney player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• March 27, 1973

  Purchased Danny Breeden from the Chicago Cubs.