1976 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• November 12, 1975

  Traded Dave Nelson to the Kansas City Royals. Received Nelson Briles.

• November 17, 1975

  Traded Fergie Jenkins to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later, Steve Barr and Juan Beníquez. The Boston Red Sox sent Craig Skok (December 12, 1975) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1975

  Tom Robson selected by the New York Yankees in the 1975 minor league draft.

• December 9, 1975

  Traded Ron Pruitt and Stan Thomas to the Cleveland Indians. Received John Ellis.

• December 10, 1975

  Traded Jim Spencer and $100,000 to the California Angels. Received Bill Singer.

• December 12, 1975

  Traded Joe Lovitto to the New York Mets. Received Gene Clines.

• January 6, 1976

  Signed Joe Hoerner as a free agent.

• January 7, 1976

  Drafted Paul Mirabella in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 24, 1976

  Traded Bill Hands to the New York Mets. Received George Stone.

• March 12, 1976

  Released Mike Kekich.

• March 24, 1976

  Released Leo Cárdenas.

• April 2, 1976

  Released Clyde Wright.

• May 10, 1976

  Signed Danny Darwin as an amateur free agent.

• May 17, 1976

  Bob Jones selected by the California Angels off waivers.

• May 28, 1976

  Traded Stan Perzanowski and cash to the Cleveland Indians. Received Fritz Peterson.

• June 1, 1976

  Traded Mike Cubbage, Jim Gideon, Bill Singer, Roy Smalley and $250,000 to the Minnesota Twins. Received Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.

• June 8, 1976

  Drafted Mike Griffin in the 3rd round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Brian Allard in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Billy Sample in the 10th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

  Drafted Andre Robertson in the 12th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Brian Snyder in the 16th round of the 1976 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 15, 1976

  Purchased Joe Lahoud from the California Angels.

• July 10, 1976

  Signed Steve Comer as an amateur free agent.

• October 22, 1976

  Traded John Sutton to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Wallace.

• October 24, 1976

  Tommy Moore player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• November 5, 1976

  Jim Clancy selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 6th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Jeff Byrd selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 21st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Doug Ault selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 32nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Steve Hargan selected by the Toronto Blue Jays as the 39th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Steve Barr selected by the Seattle Mariners as the 54th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• November 8, 1976

  Traded Art DeFilippis (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Mike Thompson.

• November 17, 1976

  Signed Bert Campaneris as a free agent.

• November 23, 1976

  Signed Doyle Alexander as a free agent.

• December 9, 1976

  Traded Jeff Burroughs to the Atlanta Braves. Received Adrian Devine, Ken Henderson, Dave May, Roger Moret, Carl Morton and $250,000.

• December 15, 1976

  Released Craig Skok.

  Traded Dave Criscione to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Bob Babcock.

• December 25, 1976

  Signed Len Whitehouse as an amateur free agent.

• Before 1977 Season

  Released Joe Hoerner.

• January 11, 1977

  Drafted Dave Righetti in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January).

• February 2, 1977

  Released Fritz Peterson.

• February 5, 1977

  Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Chicago Cubs. Received Darold Knowles. The Texas Rangers sent Gene Clines (February 15, 1977) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

• February 17, 1977

  Traded Brian Doyle, Greg Pryor and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Sandy Alomar.

• February 19, 1977

  Purchased Paul Lindblad from the Oakland Athletics for $400,000.

• March 7, 1977

  Released Joe Lahoud.

• March 15, 1977

  Traded Jeff Terpko to the Montreal Expos. Received Rodney Scott.

• March 26, 1977

  Traded Rodney Scott, Jim Umbarger and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Claudell Washington.

• April 1, 1977

  Released Carl Morton.