1974 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• November 7, 1973

  Traded Jerry Morales to the Chicago Cubs. Received Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick.

• November 9, 1973

  Traded Clay Kirby to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin.

• December 12, 1973

  Traded Dwain Anderson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Lou Camilli.

• December 15, 1973

  Traded Ron Clark to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gene Martin (minors).

• December 20, 1973

  Traded Steve Simpson to the New York Mets. Received Jim McAndrew.

• Before 1974 Season

  Released John Donaldson.

  Brock Davis sent to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Tucker Ashford in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• March 28, 1974

  Leron Lee selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• April 1, 1974

  Ivan Murrell selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.

• April 2, 1974

  Signed Bob Barton as a free agent.

• May 15, 1974

  Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.

• May 31, 1974

  Purchased Horace Clarke and Lowell Palmer from the New York Yankees.

• June 1, 1974

  Released Jim McAndrew.

• June 5, 1974

  Drafted Bill Almon in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Lenn Sakata in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jim Wilhelm in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bump Wills in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1974

  Traded Steve Arlin to the Cleveland Indians. Received players to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Brent Strom (June 21, 1974) and Terry Ley (June 21, 1974) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• July 10, 1974

  Purchased Steve Huntz from the Chicago White Sox.

• July 11, 1974

  Released Matty Alou.

• August 1, 1974

  Purchased Chris Cannizzaro from the Houston Astros.

• September 27, 1974

  Released Pat Corrales.

• October 3, 1974

  Released Bob Barton.

  Released Horace Clarke.

  Released Rich Morales.

• November 8, 1974

  Traded Cito Gaston to the Atlanta Braves. Received Danny Frisella.

• November 18, 1974

  Traded Nate Colbert to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ed Brinkman, Dick Sharon and Bob Strampe.

  Traded a player to be named later and Ed Brinkman to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rich Folkers, Alan Foster and Sonny Siebert. The San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden (December 10, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1974

  Traded Derrel Thomas to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger.

• Before 1975 Season

  Purchased Jim Shellenback from the Texas Rangers.

• January 9, 1975

  Drafted Gene Richards in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted Juan Eichelberger in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Rick Sweet in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Al Holland in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February, 1975

  Signed Frank Linzy as a free agent.

• February 20, 1975

  Signed Jerry Johnson as a free agent.

• March 28, 1975

  Released Vicente Romo.

• March 29, 1975

  Released Rich Chiles.