1973 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 30, 1972

  Traded Paul Lindblad to the Oakland Athletics. Received a player to be named later and Bill McNulty. The Oakland Athletics sent Brant Alyea (November 30, 1972) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

  Traded Tom Ragland to the Cleveland Indians. Received Vince Colbert.

  Traded Horacio Piña to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mike Epstein.

• December 1, 1972

  Traded Jim Driscoll and Hal King to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim Merritt.

• January 10, 1973

  Drafted Jim Sundberg in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Jeff Schneider in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

• January 25, 1973

  Released Dalton Jones.

• February 1, 1973

  Traded a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Charlie Hudson. 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 8, 1973

  Traded Vince Colbert and Rich Hinton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Alex Johnson.

• March 28, 1973

  Traded Bill McNulty to the New York Mets. Received Bill Sudakis.

• April 8, 1973

  Signed Doug Ault as an amateur free agent.

• May 4, 1973

  Received Sonny Siebert from the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

• May 10, 1973

  Traded Dick Bosman and Ted Ford to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steve Dunning.

• May 20, 1973

  Traded Mike Epstein, Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek to the California Angels. Received Lloyd Allen and Jim Spencer.

• June 5, 1973

  Drafted David Clyde in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Len Barker in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ken Pape in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

  Drafted Billy Sample in the 28th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Dan Duran in the 30th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

• June 6, 1973

  Traded Mike Nagy and John Wockenfuss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Bibby.

• June 22, 1973

  Signed Greg Mahlberg as an amateur free agent.

• July 11, 1973

  Purchased Jim Fregosi from the New York Mets.

• July 16, 1973

  Traded Jim Kremmel to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Don Durham.

• July 23, 1973

  Signed Mike Bacsik as an amateur free agent.

• August 13, 1973

  Rico Carty player rights sold to the Chicago Cubs.

• August 31, 1973

  Traded Mike Paul to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• October 25, 1973

  Traded Vic Harris and Bill Madlock to the Chicago Cubs. Received Fergie Jenkins.

• October 26, 1973

  Traded Sonny Siebert to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Tommy Cruz and cash.

• December 5, 1973

  Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Steve Hargan. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Gogolewski (March 23, 1974) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• December 6, 1973

  Purchased Terry Crowley from the Baltimore Orioles.

  Jim Mason player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• December 7, 1973

  Bill Sudakis player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

  Purchased César Tovar from the Philadelphia Phillies.

• December 20, 1973

  Traded Larry Biittner to the Montreal Expos. Received Pat Jarvis.

• January 9, 1974

  Drafted Roy Smalley in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

  Drafted John Sutton in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

• February 12, 1974

  Traded Ken Suarez to the Cleveland Indians. Received Leo Cárdenas.

• March, 1974

  Signed Larry Brown as a free agent.

• March 19, 1974

  Terry Crowley player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• March 23, 1974

  Elliott Maddox player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• March 27, 1974

  Released Pat Jarvis.