1965 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 24, 1964

  Purchased Fritz Ackley from the Chicago White Sox.

• November 30, 1964

  Drafted Steve Huntz from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1964 first-year draft.

  Chris Krug selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 1964 minor league draft.

• December 7, 1964

  Traded Johnny Lewis and Gordie Richardson to the New York Mets. Received Elio Chacón and Tracy Stallard.

• December 14, 1964

  Traded Roger Craig and Charlie James to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bob Purkey.

• December 15, 1964

  Purchased Tito Francona from the Cleveland Indians.

  Traded Ron Cox (minors) and Jack Damaska to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Earl Francis and Ted Savage.

• December 21, 1964

  Purchased Danny Breeden from the Chicago Cubs.

• Before 1965 Season

  Signed Wayne Granger as an amateur free agent.

• January 2, 1965

  Traded Glen Hobbie and Bob Lipski to the Detroit Tigers. Received Dick Egan.

• January 13, 1965

  Paul Toth player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• January 25, 1965

  Traded Jack Spring to the California Angels. Received (minors). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 1, 1965

  Signed Willie Montañez as an amateur free agent.

• April, 1965

  Traded George Williams to the San Francisco Giants. Received Moose Stubing.

• April 7, 1965

  Traded Bob Humphreys to the Chicago Cubs. Received Hal Gilson and Bobby Pfeil.

• April 25, 1965

  Signed Bill Plummer as an amateur free agent.

• May 11, 1965

  Dave Dowling selected by the Chicago Cubs off waivers as first-year waiver pick.

• June, 1965

  Dick Egan player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• June 8, 1965

  Drafted Harry Parker in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Dan McGinn in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerry Robertson in the 27th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

  Drafted Rich Hacker in the 39th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Pete Hamm in the 41st round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted John Sipin in the 55th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1965

  Traded Mike Cuellar and Ron Taylor to the Houston Astros. Received Chuck Taylor and Hal Woodeshick.

• July 24, 1965

  Carl Warwick player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• August 28, 1965

  Signed Reggie Cleveland as an amateur free agent.

• October, 1965

  Purchased Moe Drabowsky from the Kansas City Athletics. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• October 20, 1965

  Traded Ken Boyer to the New York Mets. Received Al Jackson and Charley Smith.

• October 27, 1965

  Traded Dick Groat, Bob Uecker and Bill White to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Pat Corrales, Alex Johnson and Art Mahaffey.

• November 29, 1965

  Nate Colbert drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Moe Drabowsky drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Joe Hoerner from the Houston Astros in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Willie Montañez drafted by the California Angels in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Jimy Williams from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 rule 5 draft.

• Before 1966 Season

  Signed Boots Day as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Joe Hague as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ed Sprague as an amateur free agent.

  Ron Piché received from the Minnesota Twins in an unknown transaction.