1975 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1975

  Signed Randy Hundley as a free agent.

  Purchased Héctor Torres from the Chicago White Sox.

• April 7, 1975

  Released Bill Laxton.

• April 28, 1975

  Purchased Jerry Moses from the New York Mets.

  Released Glenn Beckert.

• May 16, 1975

  Traded Sonny Siebert to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ted Kubiak.

• May 23, 1975

  Signed Chuck Hartenstein as a free agent.

• June 3, 1975

  Drafted Tony Castillo in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Victor Bernal in the 6th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Reynolds in the 18th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

• June 24, 1975

  Purchased Don Hahn from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• July 18, 1975

  Jerry Moses player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• September 17, 1975

  Traded Gary Ross to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Bobby Valentine. The California Angels sent Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• October 20, 1975

  Traded Dick Sharon to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Willie Davis.

• December 11, 1975

  Traded Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh to the Houston Astros. Received Doug Rader.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Bob Shirley in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Danny Boone in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Roger Slagle in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• February 12, 1976

  Released Bobby Tolan.

• February 26, 1976

  Released Randy Elliott.