1974 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 27, 1974

  Traded Ken Tatum to the Chicago White Sox. Received Luis Alvarado.

• May 11, 1974

  Jay Schlueter and Roe Skidmore player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• May 20, 1974

  Signed Glenn Brummer as an amateur free agent.

• June 1, 1974

  Traded Luis Alvarado and Ed Crosby to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jack Heidemann.

• June 5, 1974

  Drafted Garry Templeton in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bill Caudill in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1974.

  Drafted Neil Fiala in the 22nd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dave Baker in the 23rd round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Paul Molitor in the 28th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 21, 1974

  Pete Richert player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• July 16, 1974

  Released Jim Hickman.

• July 31, 1974

  Traded Bob Heise to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Doug Howard (October 7, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• August 5, 1974

  Purchased Richie Scheinblum from the Kansas City Royals.

• August 11, 1974

  Signed Steve Barber as a free agent.

• August 12, 1974

  Purchased Dick Billings from the Texas Rangers.

• August 15, 1974

  Traded a player to be named later and Ron Selak (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Claude Osteen. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Dan Larson (October 14, 1974) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

• August 22, 1974

  Signed Tom Herr as an amateur free agent.

• September 1, 1974

  Tim McCarver player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.

• September 5, 1974

  Traded Orlando Peña to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Rich Hand (October 15, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

  Selected Ron Hunt off waivers from the Montreal Expos.

• September 10, 1974

  Mike Thompson player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

• September 14, 1974

  Purchased Barry Lersch from the Atlanta Braves.

• October 13, 1974

  Traded Joe Torre to the New York Mets. Received Tommy Moore and Ray Sadecki.

• October 14, 1974

  Traded Marc Hill to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ken Rudolph and Elías Sosa.

  Traded Tom Heintzelman to the San Francisco Giants. Received Jim Willoughby.

• October 24, 1974

  José Cruz player rights sold to the Houston Astros.

• November 18, 1974

  Traded Rich Folkers, Alan Foster and Sonny Siebert to the San Diego Padres. Received a player to be named later and Ed Brinkman. The San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden (December 10, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• December 2, 1974

  Drafted Doug Clarey from the Minnesota Twins in the 1974 minor league draft.

  Purchased Bill Parsons from the Oakland Athletics.

• December 6, 1974

  Traded Rudy Kinard (minors) and Ed Kurpiel (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Ron Fairly.

• December 9, 1974

  Traded Ike Brookens to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Young.

• December 11, 1974

  Traded Jack Heidemann and Mike Vail to the New York Mets. Received Ted Martínez.

• December 13, 1974

  Purchased Mick Kelleher from the Houston Astros.

• January 3, 1975

  Jerry DaVanon player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• February 14, 1975

  Traded Stan Papi to the Montreal Expos. Received Craig Caskey.

• March 16, 1975

  Purchased Sergio Robles from the Baltimore Orioles.

• March 26, 1975

  Released Ron Hunt.

• March 29, 1975

  Traded Danny Godby to the Boston Red Sox. Received Danny Cater.

• March 30, 1975

  Released Craig Caskey. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)