1977 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• May 11, 1977

  Released Jerry DaVanon.

• May 17, 1977

  Traded John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon to the San Diego Padres. Received Butch Metzger.

• May 24, 1977

  Traded Eddie Solomon to the Atlanta Braves. Received Mike Beard.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Terry Kennedy in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ricky Wright in the 2nd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Joe DeSa in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Gott in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Andy Rincon in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Doyle in the 6th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Floyd Chiffer in the 23rd round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Mike Jeffcoat in the 30th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Neil Fiala in the 32nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1977

  Traded Doug Capilla to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Rawly Eastwick.

  Traded Joel Youngblood to the New York Mets. Received Mike Phillips.

  Traded Bake McBride and Steve Waterbury to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Rick Bosetti, Dane Iorg and Tom Underwood.

• August 12, 1977

  Traded Steve Dunning to the Oakland Athletics. Received Randy Scarbery.

• August 20, 1977

  Traded Don Kessinger to the Chicago White Sox. Received Steve Staniland (minors).

• August 23, 1977

  Selected Randy Wiles off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

• August 31, 1977

  Traded Clay Carroll to the Chicago White Sox. Received players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Nyls Nyman (September 2, 1977), Dave Hamilton (November 28, 1977) and Silvio Martínez (November 28, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• September 7, 1977

  Selected Taylor Duncan off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

• September 13, 1977

  Signed Jim Dwyer as a free agent.

• September 29, 1977

  Released Tony La Russa.

• October 20, 1977

  Randy Scarbery granted Free Agency.

• October 25, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later to the San Francisco Giants. Received Frank Riccelli. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jim Dwyer (June 15, 1978) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

• October 26, 1977

  Purchased Aurelio López from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

• November 2, 1977

  Rawly Eastwick granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 1977

  Signed Luis DeLeón as an amateur free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Taylor Duncan drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Andy Replogle drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  John Sutton drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Stan Butkus (minors) to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jim Otten.

• December 6, 1977

  Traded Víctor Cruz and Tom Underwood to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received a player to be named later and Pete Vuckovich. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Scott (December 16, 1977) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1977

  Traded Héctor Cruz and Dave Rader to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jerry Morales, Steve Swisher and cash.

  Traded Buck Martinez to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Frazier.

  Traded Al Hrabosky to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mark Littell and Buck Martinez.

• December 9, 1977

  Traded Randy Wiles to the Houston Astros. Received Ron Selak (minors).

• January 3, 1978

  Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Dave Meier in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Gary Gaetti in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• February 2, 1978

  Signed Ken Rudolph as a free agent.

• March 15, 1978

  Traded Rick Bosetti to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Tom Bruno and cash.

• March 28, 1978

  Released Mike Anderson.

  Released Larry Dierker.