1976 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

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

• November 4, 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.

• 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.

• April 5, 1976

  Traded Rudy Meoli to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Merv Rettenmund.

• April 8, 1976

  Traded Danny Frisella to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Robert Stewart (minors) and Ken Reynolds.

• April 13, 1976

  Randy Hundley player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• April 29, 1976

  Signed Tom Dettore as a free agent.

• May 19, 1976

  Traded Bill Greif to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Meléndez.

• May 29, 1976

  Signed Diego Seguí as a free agent.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Bob Owchinko in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Mura in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Beswick in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Craig Stimac in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Tom Tellmann in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mark Lee in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Broderick Perkins in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gary Lucas in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• July 10, 1976

  Traded Gene Locklear to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Rick Sawyer (July 31, 1976) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• August 3, 1976

  Selected Tom Griffin off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• August 30, 1976

  Willie McCovey player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• October 22, 1976

  Dave Hilton, Dave Roberts and John Scott player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

  Diego Seguí player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• November 5, 1976

  Chuck Hartenstein player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 1, 1976

  Tito Fuentes granted Free Agency.

• December 8, 1976

  Traded Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Héctor Torres to the Cleveland Indians. Received George Hendrick.

• December 14, 1976

  Signed Rollie Fingers as a free agent.

  Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.

• Before 1977 Season

  Released Jim Shellenback.

• January 22, 1977

  Released Willie Davis.

• January 25, 1977

  Traded Mike Allen (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Paul Siebert.

• February 16, 1977

  Traded Jerry Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Roberts.

• March 22, 1977

  Ken Reynolds player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• March 23, 1977

  Rich Folkers selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.

• March 29, 1977

  Released Alan Foster.

• April 1, 1977

  Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.