1972 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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).

• April 9, 1972

  Released Jim Maloney.

  Released Art Shamsky.

  Released Stan Williams.

• April 15, 1972

  Traded Jerry Reuss to the Houston Astros. Received Lance Clemons and Scipio Spinks.

• May 15, 1972

  Traded Don Shaw to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dwain Anderson.

• May 16, 1972

  Traded Santiago Guzmán to the Chicago White Sox. Received Lowell Palmer.

• May 19, 1972

  Traded Joe Hague to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bernie Carbo.

• May 28, 1972

  Traded Marty Martínez to the Oakland Athletics. Received Brant Alyea. Brant Alyea returned to original team on July 23, 1972.

• June 6, 1972

  Drafted Dan Larson in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.

  Drafted Mike Proly in the 9th round of the 1972 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1972.

• June 7, 1972

  Received Diego Seguí from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• June 16, 1972

  Traded Jeffrey Mason (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received John Cumberland.

• June 20, 1972

  Traded Bob Chlupsa and Mike Fiore to the San Diego Padres. Received Rafael Robles. Mike Fiore returned to original team on July 3, 1972.

• July 26, 1972

  Released Tony Cloninger.

• August 7, 1972

  Released Donn Clendenon.

• August 8, 1972

  Purchased Keith Lampard from the Houston Astros. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• August 9, 1972

  Released Moe Drabowsky.

• August 27, 1972

  Traded Matty Alou to the Oakland Athletics. Received Stephen Easton (minors) and Bill Voss.

• August 30, 1972

  Traded Dal Maxvill to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Joe Lindsey (minors). The Oakland Athletics sent Gene Dusan (minors) (October 27, 1972) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 1, 1972

  Dennis Higgins player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• September 18, 1972

  Lowell Palmer selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.

• October 10, 1972

  Signed Tito Landrum as an amateur free agent.

• October 26, 1972

  Traded Greg Millikan (minors) and Rudy Arroyo to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Larry Hisle.

• October 27, 1972

  Released Jerry McNertney.

• November 6, 1972

  Traded Jorge Roque to the Montreal Expos. Received Tim McCarver.

• November 28, 1972

  Drafted Larry Milbourne from the California Angels in the 1972 minor league draft.

  Traded Skip Jutze and Milt Ramírez to the Houston Astros. Received Ray Busse and Bobby Fenwick.

  Traded Bill Voss to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Jacquez.

• November 29, 1972

  Traded John Cumberland and Larry Hisle to the Minnesota Twins. Received Wayne Granger.

• December 18, 1972

  Traded Keith Lampard to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Byron Browne.

• Before 1973 Season

  Signed Cardell Camper as an amateur free agent.

• January 24, 1973

  Traded a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox. Received Mike Nagy. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Lance Clemons (March 29, 1973) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

• February 1, 1973

  Traded a player to be named later and Charlie Hudson to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Nagy (March 31, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade. The Texas Rangers sent Mike Thompson (March 31, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• March 30, 1973

  Received Wade Blasingame from the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.