1970 Washington Senators Trades and Transactions

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

• December 1, 1969

  Purchased Bob Schroder from the San Francisco Giants.

• December 4, 1969

  Traded Dave Baldwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received George Brunet.

• December 5, 1969

  Traded Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore to the Cleveland Indians. Received Ron Law, Dave Nelson and Horacio Piña.

• December 15, 1969

  Released Cal Neeman. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• December 31, 1969

  Signed John Roseboro as a free agent.

• January 17, 1970

  Drafted Bill Fahey in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary).

  Drafted Mardie Cornejo in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bill Madlock in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1970.

• March, 1970

  Purchased Ron Theobald from the Minnesota Twins.

• March 21, 1970

  Traded Brant Alyea to the Minnesota Twins. Received Joe Grzenda and Charlie Walters.

• March 30, 1970

  Signed Pedro Ramos as a free agent.

• April 6, 1970

  Released Zoilo Versalles.

• April 27, 1970

  Released Pedro Ramos.

  Traded Ken McMullen to the California Angels. Received Rick Reichardt and Aurelio Rodríguez.

• May 11, 1970

  Traded Hank Allen and Ron Theobald to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Wayne Comer.

• June 4, 1970

  Drafted Lenny Randle in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).

  Drafted Mardie Cornejo in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Rick Waits in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

  Drafted Joe Simpson in the 14th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Jerry Remy in the 19th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bruce Sutter in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• June 13, 1970

  Released Bob Humphreys.

• July 14, 1970

  Purchased Greg Goossen from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• August 19, 1970

  Released John Roseboro.

• August 31, 1970

  Traded George Brunet to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Denny Riddleberger and cash.

• September 11, 1970

  Lee Maye selected by the Chicago White Sox off waivers.

• October 9, 1970

  Traded Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodríguez to the Detroit Tigers. Received Elliott Maddox, Denny McLain, Norm McRae and Don Wert.

• October 23, 1970

  Purchased Richie Scheinblum from the Cleveland Indians.

• November 3, 1970

  Traded Greg Goossen, Gene Martin and Jeff Terpko to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received a player to be named later and Curt Flood. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Jeff Terpko (April 10, 1971) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

• November 30, 1970

  Drafted Joe Foy from the New York Mets in the 1970 rule 5 draft.

• December 5, 1970

  Wayne Comer player rights sold to the Detroit Tigers.

• January 13, 1971

  Drafted Jim Kremmel in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• February 9, 1971

  Traded Rick Reichardt to the Chicago White Sox. Received Gerry Janeski.

• March 29, 1971

  Traded Ed Stroud to the Chicago White Sox. Received Tommy McCraw.