1977 Texas Rangers Trades and Transactions

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

• 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.

• April 3, 1977

  Tommy Cruz player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• April 8, 1977

  Signed Kurt Bevacqua as a free agent.

• April 12, 1977

  Traded Steve Foucault to the Detroit Tigers. Received Willie Horton.

• April 26, 1977

  Traded Lenny Randle to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later and cash. The New York Mets sent Rick Auerbach (May 20, 1977) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• April 30, 1977

  Purchased Mike Marshall from the Atlanta Braves.

• May 9, 1977

  Traded Roy Howell to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Hargan, Jim Mason and $200,000.

• May 23, 1977

  Dave Moates player rights sold to the New York Yankees.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted John Butcher in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted George Wright in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Odie Davis in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Johnson in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Don Kainer in the 13th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Ed Lynch in the 22nd round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 15, 1977

  Rick Auerbach player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

  Purchased Dock Ellis from the Oakland Athletics.

  Steve Hargan player rights sold to the Atlanta Braves.

  Traded Jim Fregosi to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ed Kirkpatrick.

• August 20, 1977

  Traded Ed Kirkpatrick to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Gorman Thomas (October 25, 1977) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

• August 25, 1977

  Purchased Jim Umbarger from the Oakland Athletics.

• September 19, 1977

  Nelson Briles player rights sold to the Baltimore Orioles.

• November 9, 1977

  Signed Richie Zisk as a free agent.

  Mike Marshall granted Free Agency.

• November 10, 1977

  Darold Knowles player rights sold to the Montreal Expos.

• November 11, 1977

  Signed Doc Medich as a free agent.

• December 8, 1977

  As part of a 4-team trade, traded Tommy Boggs, Adrian Devine and Eddie Miller to the Atlanta Braves, a player to be named later and Tom Grieve to the New York Mets and Bert Blyleven to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Nelson Norman and Al Oliver from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Jon Matlack from the New York Mets. In addition, the Atlanta Braves sent Willie Montañez to the New York Mets; and the New York Mets sent John Milner to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Texas Rangers sent Ken Henderson (March 15, 1978) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

• December 14, 1977

  Traded John Poloni and cash to the Boston Red Sox. Received Fergie Jenkins.

• January 21, 1978

  Signed Mike Jorgensen as a free agent.

• January 25, 1978

  Traded Gaylord Perry to the San Diego Padres. Received Dave Tomlin and $125,000.

• February 8, 1978

  Gorman Thomas player rights sold to the Milwaukee Brewers.

• February 28, 1978

  Traded David Clyde and Willie Horton to the Cleveland Indians. Received Tom Buskey and John Lowenstein.

• March 1, 1978

  Signed Jackie Brown as a free agent.

  Signed Rusty Torres as a free agent.

• March 28, 1978

  Signed Mark Mercer as a free agent.

  Dave Tomlin player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• April 1, 1978

  Released Tom Buskey.