1977 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions

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

• October 21, 1976

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox. Received Phil Roof. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Larry Anderson (January 5, 1977) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

• October 22, 1976

  Purchased Dave Hilton, Dave Roberts and John Scott from the San Diego Padres.

• November 5, 1976

  Purchased Chuck Hartenstein from the San Diego Padres.

  Traded Al Fitzmorris to the Cleveland Indians. Received Alan Ashby and Doug Howard.

  Drafted Bob Bailor from the Baltimore Orioles as the 2nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jerry Garvin from the Minnesota Twins as the 4th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jim Clancy from the Texas Rangers as the 6th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Gary Woods from the Oakland Athletics as the 8th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Rico Carty from the Cleveland Indians as the 10th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Butch Edge from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 12th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Al Fitzmorris from the Kansas City Royals as the 13th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Al Woods from the Minnesota Twins as the 15th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Mike Darr from the Baltimore Orioles as the 17th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Pete Vuckovich from the Chicago White Sox as the 19th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jeff Byrd from the Texas Rangers as the 21st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Steve Bowling from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 23rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Dennis DeBarr from the Detroit Tigers as the 26th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Bill Singer from the Minnesota Twins as the 28th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jim Mason from the New York Yankees as the 30th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Doug Ault from the Texas Rangers as the 32nd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Ernie Whitt from the Boston Red Sox as the 34th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Steve Staggs from the Kansas City Royals as the 37th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Steve Hargan from the Texas Rangers as the 39th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Garth Iorg from the New York Yankees as the 41st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Dave Lemanczyk from the Detroit Tigers as the 43rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Larry Anderson from the Milwaukee Brewers as the 45th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Jesse Jefferson from the Chicago White Sox as the 47th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Dave McKay from the Minnesota Twins as the 49th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Tom Bruno from the Kansas City Royals as the 51st pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Otto Vélez from the New York Yankees as the 53rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Mike Willis from the Baltimore Orioles as the 55th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Sam Ewing from the Chicago White Sox as the 57th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

  Drafted Leon Hooten from the Oakland Athletics as the 59th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

• December 6, 1976

  Traded Rico Carty to the Cleveland Indians. Received Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein.

• Before 1977 Season

  Signed Lloyd Allen as a free agent.

• January 3, 1977

  Signed Pedro García as a free agent.

• February 16, 1977

  Traded Dave Roberts to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry Johnson.

• February 24, 1977

  Traded Mike Weathers (minors) and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Ron Fairly.

• March 22, 1977

  Purchased Ken Reynolds from the San Diego Padres.

• March 29, 1977

  Released Lloyd Allen.

  Released Leon Hooten.

  Released Doug Howard.

  Traded John Lowenstein to the Cleveland Indians. Received Héctor Torres.

• March 31, 1977

  Released Ken Reynolds.

• April 14, 1977

  Signed Paul Hodgson as an amateur free agent.

• May 9, 1977

  Traded Steve Hargan, Jim Mason and $200,000 to the Texas Rangers. Received Roy Howell.

• June 7, 1977

  Drafted Jesse Barfield in the 9th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

  Drafted Danny Ainge in the 15th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

• June 8, 1977

  Purchased Doug Rader from the San Diego Padres.

• June 17, 1977

  Signed Greg Wells as a free agent.

• June 27, 1977

  Released Pedro García.

• July 27, 1977

  Purchased Tom Murphy from the Boston Red Sox.

• August 30, 1977

  Purchased Tim Nordbrook from the Chicago White Sox.

• September 2, 1977

  Selected John Hale off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

• September 14, 1977

  John Hale player rights sold to the Seattle Mariners.

• October 25, 1977

  Released Phil Roof.

• October 31, 1977

  Purchased Joe Henderson from the Cincinnati Reds.

• November 11, 1977

  Signed Luis Gómez as a free agent.

• December 5, 1977

  Drafted Willie Upshaw from the New York Yankees in the 1977 rule 5 draft.

• December 6, 1977

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

• December 8, 1977

  Purchased Tom Hutton from the Philadelphia Phillies.

  Traded Ron Fairly to the California Angels. Received Butch Alberts and Pat Kelly.

• Before 1978 Season

  Mike Cosgrove received from the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.

• January 10, 1978

  Drafted Mike Richardt in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Geno Petralli in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).

• January 16, 1978

  Signed Mark DeJohn as a free agent.

• February 15, 1978

  Signed Luis Meléndez as a free agent.

• February 25, 1978

  Purchased Steve Grilli from the Detroit Tigers.

• March 14, 1978

  Signed Charlie Puleo as an amateur free agent.

• March 15, 1978

  Traded Tom Bruno and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rick Bosetti.

  Traded Dennis DeBarr to the Cleveland Indians. Received Rico Carty.

• March 18, 1978

  Released Doug Rader.

• March 22, 1978

  Released Jerry Johnson.

• March 23, 1978

  Traded Mike Cosgrove to the California Angels. Received Mickey Scott.

• March 25, 1978

  Traded Steve Staggs to the Oakland Athletics. Received Sheldon Mallory.

• March 27, 1978

  Released Héctor Torres.

  Selected Larry Demery off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

• March 29, 1978

  Purchased Mike Stanton from the Houston Astros.

  Released Joe Henderson.

• March 31, 1978

  Signed Dave Wallace as a free agent.

  Returned Larry Demery to the Pittsburgh Pirates following previous waiver selection.