1971 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Cecil Cooper from the Boston Red Sox in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Jerry DaVanon to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Moe Drabowsky.

• December 2, 1970

  Traded Tom Hilgendorf to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ike Brookens.

• Before 1971 Season

  Signed John Andrews as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ángel Torres as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Steve Waterbury as an amateur free agent.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Mike Vail in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mike Potter in the 6th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Rick Langford in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 29, 1971

  Traded Nelson Briles and Vic Davalillo to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Matty Alou and George Brunet.

• February 2, 1971

  Traded Fred Reahm (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bob Burda.

• February 4, 1971

  Joe Nossek player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• April 5, 1971

  Returned Cecil Cooper (earlier draft pick) to the Boston Red Sox.

• May 10, 1971

  Released George Brunet.

• June 8, 1971

  Drafted Roy Smalley in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Larry Herndon in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jerry Mumphrey in the 4th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Dwyer in the 11th round of the 1971 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 1971.

  Drafted Keith Hernandez in the 42nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

• June 11, 1971

  Traded Leron Lee and Fred Norman to the San Diego Padres. Received Al Santorini.

• June 15, 1971

  Traded Mike Torrez to the Montreal Expos. Received Bob Reynolds.

• June 25, 1971

  Purchased Daryl Patterson from the Oakland Athletics.

• July 20, 1971

  Traded Gaylen Pitts to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dennis Higgins.

• July 29, 1971

  Traded José Cardenal, Bob Reynolds and Dick Schofield to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Chuck Loseth (minors) and Ted Kubiak.

• September 1, 1971

  Traded players to be named later to the Minnesota Twins. Received Stan Williams. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Fred Rico (September 14, 1971) and Dan Ford (minors) (September 14, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

• September 13, 1971

  Purchased Mike Jackson from the Kansas City Royals.

• September 15, 1971

  Traded Bobby Etheridge to the New York Mets. Received Ron Allen.

• October 18, 1971

  Returned Mike Jackson to the Kansas City Royals following previous purchase.

  Traded Jim Beauchamp, Chip Coulter, Harry Parker and Chuck Taylor to the New York Mets. Received Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers, Charlie Hudson and Art Shamsky.

• October 21, 1971

  Returned Daryl Patterson to the Oakland Athletics following previous purchase.

• November 3, 1971

  Traded Ted Kubiak to the Texas Rangers. Received Joe Grzenda.

  Traded Bob Stinson to the Houston Astros. Received Marty Martínez.

• December 7, 1971

  Traded Chris Zachary to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bill Denehy.

• December 9, 1971

  Signed Donn Clendenon as a free agent.

• December 14, 1971

  Traded Carroll Sembera to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Danny Godby.

• January 4, 1972

  Signed Jim Maloney as a free agent.

• January 12, 1972

  Drafted Dan Boitano in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Keith Smith in the 7th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 25, 1972

  Traded Steve Carlton to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rick Wise.

• March 20, 1972

  Traded Bob Burda to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Fiore.

• March 24, 1972

  Traded Julián Javier to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Tony Cloninger.

• March 26, 1972

  Traded Frank Linzy to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Richard Stonum (minors).