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1973 Chicago Cubs Trades and Transactions
Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974
77-84, Finished 5th in NL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Whitey Lockman (77-84)
Scored 614 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-85
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) · Attendance: 1,351,705 (7th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 107 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 108
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1972 / 1974 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 20, 1972
Traded Tom Phoebus to the Atlanta Braves. Received Tony LaRussa.
October 27, 1972
Traded Elrod Hendricks to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Frank Estrada.
November 21, 1972
Traded Bill North to the Oakland Athletics. Received Bob Locker.
November 30, 1972
Traded Bob Maneely (minors), Joe Decker and Bill Hands to the Minnesota Twins. Received Dave LaRoche.
1973
Ossie Blanco sent to the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.
January 10, 1973
Drafted Donnie Moore in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed June 3, 1973.
March 26, 1973
Released J.C. Martin.
March 27, 1973
Sold Danny Breeden to the San Diego Padres.
April 4, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Terry Hughes to the St. Louis Cardinals.
May 19, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Joe Pepitone to the Atlanta Braves. Received Andre Thornton.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted Jerry Tabb in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1973.
Drafted Dave Geisel in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed August 24, 1973.
Drafted Joe Wallis in the 6th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1973.
Drafted Mike Krukow in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1973.
July 8, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Juan Pizarro to the Houston Astros.
Signed Bobby Fenwick as a free agent.
August 13, 1973 (Standings)
Purchased Rico Carty from the Texas Rangers.
August 29, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Pat Bourque to the Oakland Athletics. Received Gonzalo Marquez.
August 31, 1973 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers. Received Mike Paul. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
September 11, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Rico Carty to the Oakland Athletics.
October 25, 1973
Traded Fergie Jenkins to the Texas Rangers. Received Vic Harris and Bill Madlock.
November 3, 1973
Traded Bob Locker to the Oakland Athletics. Received Horacio Pina.
November 7, 1973
Traded Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick to the San Diego Padres. Received Jerry Morales.
December 3, 1973
Drafted Herb Hutson from the Baltimore Orioles in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1973
Traded Randy Hundley to the Minnesota Twins. Received George Mitterwald.
December 11, 1973
Traded Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox. Received a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, Steve Stone and Steve Swisher. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
1974
Brock Davis received from the San Diego Padres in an unknown transaction.
Sold Tony LaRussa to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
January 13, 1974
Released Jack Aker.
March 19, 1974
Traded Ken Rudolph to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie Prall.
March 23, 1974
Traded Jim Hickman to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Scipio Spinks.
April 1, 1974
Released Milt Pappas.
Traded Paul Popovich to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Tom Dettore and cash.
