1976 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• December 8, 1975

  Drafted Manny Castillo from the New York Mets in the 1975 minor league draft.

  Traded Ken Reitz to the San Francisco Giants. Received Pete Falcone.

• December 9, 1975

  Traded Ron Reed to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Mike Anderson.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Buddy Bradford and Greg Terlecky to the Chicago White Sox. Received Lee Richard.

• December 22, 1975

  Traded Mick Kelleher to the Chicago Cubs. Received Vic Harris.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted John Butcher in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dan O'Brien in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• January 9, 1976

  Signed Víctor Cruz as an amateur free agent.

  Purchased Terry Hughes from the Boston Red Sox.

• January 12, 1976

  Traded Dick Sharon to the California Angels. Received William Rothan (minors).

• February 3, 1976

  Purchased Tom Walker from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 2, 1976

  Traded Ted Sizemore to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Willie Crawford.

• April 2, 1976

  Purchased Lerrin LaGrow from the Detroit Tigers.

• April 5, 1976

  Traded a player to be named later and Mike Garman to the Chicago Cubs. Received Don Kessinger. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Bobby Hrapmann (minors) (April 5, 1976) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• April 7, 1976

  Traded Harry Parker to the Cleveland Indians. Received Roric Harrison.

• April 8, 1976

  Traded Robert Stewart (minors) and Ken Reynolds to the San Diego Padres. Received Danny Frisella.

• April 9, 1976

  Wayne Nordhagen player rights sold to the Philadelphia Phillies.

• May 19, 1976

  Traded Luis Meléndez to the San Diego Padres. Received Bill Greif.

• May 23, 1976

  Traded Cardell Camper to the Cleveland Indians. Received Nelson Garcia (minors).

• May 29, 1976

  Traded Mario Guerrero to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Edward Jordan (minors). The California Angels sent Ed Kurpiel (minors) (July 30, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• June 7, 1976

  Traded Danny Frisella to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Sam Mejías (June 23, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Leon Durham in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1976.

  Drafted John Fulgham in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Charlie Lea in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gene Roof in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ray Searage in the 22nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted John Littlefield in the 30th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1976

  Traded Reggie Smith to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Freddie Tisdale (minors), Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson.

• July 23, 1976

  Sergio Robles sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

• September 3, 1976

  Traded Mike Easler to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Ronnie Farkas (minors) (September 7, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 14, 1976

  Ron Fairly player rights sold to the Oakland Athletics.

• October 20, 1976

  Traded Willie Crawford, John Curtis and Vic Harris to the San Francisco Giants. Received Mike Caldwell, John D'Acquisto and Dave Rader.

• October 22, 1976

  Traded Mike Wallace to the Texas Rangers. Received John Sutton.

• November 6, 1976

  Luis Alvarado player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

  Released Lloyd Allen.

  Released Lee Richard.

  Traded Bill Greif, Sam Mejías and Ángel Torres to the Montreal Expos. Received Steve Dunning, Pat Scanlon and Tony Scott.

• November 23, 1976

  Traded Bob Detherage and Joe Ferguson to the Houston Astros. Received Jerry DaVanon and Larry Dierker.

• December 6, 1976

  Drafted Roger Freed from the Montreal Expos in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

  Mike Proly drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1976 rule 5 draft.

• December 9, 1976

  Traded Ed Kurpiel (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Leon Brown and Brock Pemberton.

• December 10, 1976

  Traded Lynn McGlothen to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ken Reitz.

• December 15, 1976

  Traded Randy Wiles to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tony La Russa.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Ty Waller in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 11, 1977.

  Drafted Jesse Orosco in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 28, 1977

  Traded Mark Covert (minors) to the Chicago Cubs. Received Buddy Schultz.

• March 23, 1977

  Traded Lerrin LaGrow to the Chicago White Sox. Received Clay Carroll.

• March 24, 1977

  Released Tom Walker.

• March 26, 1977

  Purchased Tommy Sandt from the Oakland Athletics.

• March 28, 1977

  Traded Bill Caudill to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joel Youngblood.

• March 29, 1977

  Released Roric Harrison.

  Traded Mike Caldwell to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Pat Darcy.

• March 30, 1977

  Traded Doug Clarey to the New York Mets. Received Benny Ayala.

• March 31, 1977

  Ken Rudolph player rights sold to the San Francisco Giants.