1973 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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 Texas Rangers sent Mike Thompson (March 31, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Nagy (March 31, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• March 30, 1973

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

• April 4, 1973

  Purchased Terry Hughes from the Chicago Cubs.

• April 5, 1973

  Purchased Alan Foster from the California Angels.

• May 8, 1973

  Traded Al Santorini to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tom Murphy.

• May 21, 1973

  Signed Dick Selma as a free agent.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted Joe Edelen in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Randy Wiles in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Tamargo in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Eric Rasmussen in the 32nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Gil Patterson in the 42nd round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bryn Smith in the 49th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 6, 1973

  Traded Jim Bibby to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Nagy and John Wockenfuss.

• June 7, 1973

  Traded Dwain Anderson to the San Diego Padres. Received Dave Campbell.

• June 8, 1973

  Traded Ray Busse to the Houston Astros. Received Stan Papi.

• June 12, 1973

  Released Bobby Fenwick.

• June 15, 1973

  Purchased Orlando Peña from the Baltimore Orioles.

• July 16, 1973

  Traded Don Durham to the Texas Rangers. Received Jim Kremmel.

• July 27, 1973

  Traded Gene Dusan (minors) and Ed Crosby to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later and Ed Sprague. The Cincinnati Reds sent Roe Skidmore (September 30, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• August 7, 1973

  Traded Wayne Granger to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later and cash. The New York Yankees sent Ken Crosby (September 12, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• August 18, 1973

  Traded Dave Campbell and cash to the Houston Astros. Received Tommie Agee.

• August 29, 1973

  Purchased Eddie Fisher from the Chicago White Sox.

• September 1, 1973

  Purchased Larry Haney and Lew Krausse from the Oakland Athletics.

• September 4, 1973

  Ed Sprague player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• September 6, 1973

  Purchased Matty Alou from the New York Yankees.

• September 25, 1973

  Traded Bill Stein to the California Angels. Received Jerry DaVanon.

• September 26, 1973

  Dick Selma player rights sold to the California Angels.

• October 2, 1973

  Purchased Ken Reynolds from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• October 23, 1973

  Mick Kelleher player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• October 25, 1973

  Matty Alou player rights sold to the San Diego Padres.

• October 26, 1973

  Released Eddie Fisher.

  Released Lew Krausse.

  Traded Tommy Cruz and cash to the Texas Rangers. Received Sonny Siebert.

  Traded Jim Kremmel to the Chicago White Sox. Received Denny O'Toole.

  Traded Bernie Carbo and Rick Wise to the Boston Red Sox. Received Reggie Smith and Ken Tatum.

• December 3, 1973

  Drafted Doug Capilla from the San Francisco Giants in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Larry Milbourne drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1973 rule 5 draft.

  Traded John Wockenfuss to the Detroit Tigers. Received Lawrence Elliott (minors).

  Traded Denny O'Toole to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jim Rittwage.

• December 5, 1973

  Traded Tommie Agee to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Pete Richert.

• December 6, 1973

  Traded John Andrews to the California Angels. Received Jeff Torborg.

• December 7, 1973

  Traded Reggie Cleveland, Terry Hughes and Diego Seguí to the Boston Red Sox. Received John Curtis, Mike Garman and Lynn McGlothen.

• December 8, 1973

  Traded Tom Murphy to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bob Heise.

• December 9, 1973

  Traded Mike Nagy to the Houston Astros. Received Jay Schlueter.

• Before 1974 Season

  Signed Ryan Kurosaki as an amateur free agent.

• January 9, 1974

  Purchased Jay Johnstone from the Oakland Athletics.

  Drafted John Urrea in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

• February 16, 1974

  Signed Tom Dixon as an amateur free agent.

• March 23, 1974

  Traded Scipio Spinks to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Hickman.

• March 25, 1974

  Released Jeff Torborg.

• March 26, 1974

  Larry Haney player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

  Released Jay Johnstone.

• March 29, 1974

  Purchased Ed Crosby from the Philadelphia Phillies.