B-R on Twitter / Facebook
S-R.com: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Teams > Franchise Encyclopedia > 1973 Trades and Transactions
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
77-85, Finished 5th in AL West
View League Standings and Leaders
Scored 652 runs, Allowed 705 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-87
Manager: Chuck Tanner (77-85)
Ballpark: Comiskey Park (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,302,527 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105; one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
BaseballAmerica.com: Franchise Executives
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)
Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms
Our primary support comes from users like you. Sponsor this page for $10. Your message will replace this ad.
- Franchise Encyclopedia
- 1973
- Stats
- Roster
- Batting [+]
- Detailed Stats
- Game Logs
- Splits
- Major & Minor Leaguers
- Pitching [+]
- Detailed Stats
- Game Logs
- Splits
- Major & Minor Leaguers
- Fielding
- Schedule & Results
- Scoring
- Other [+]
1972 / 1974 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 6, 1972
Released Moe Drabowsky.
October 19, 1972
Traded Walt Williams to the Cleveland Indians. Received Eddie Leon.
October 28, 1972
Traded Vicente Romo to the San Diego Padres. Received Johnny Jeter.
November 29, 1972
Traded Tom Bradley to the San Francisco Giants. Received Ken Henderson and Steve Stone.
February 1, 1973
Traded Jim Lyttle to the Kansas City Royals. Received Joe Keough.
February 7, 1973
Traded Chuck Hartenstein and Glenn Redmon to the San Francisco Giants. Received Skip Pitlock.
March 7, 1973
Released Jay Johnstone.
Released Ed Spiezio.
March 17, 1973
Purchased Dave Baldwin from Hawaii (PCL).
March 20, 1973
Purchased Dick Baney from the San Diego Padres.
April 5, 1973 (Standings)
Released Dick Baney.
May 26, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Rich Morales to the San Diego Padres.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted Steve Swisher in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 1973.
Drafted Jim Otten in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Ken Kravec in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Mike Squires in the 18th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Chris Nyman in the 21st round of the 1973 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 28, 1973 (Standings)
Released Rick Reichardt.
July 16, 1973 (Standings)
Released Mike Andrews.
August 15, 1973 (Standings)
Selected Jim Kaat off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
August 29, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Eddie Fisher to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Traded a player to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Jim McGlothlin. The Chicago White Sox sent Steve Kealey (October 2, 1973) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
September 24, 1973 (Standings)
Purchased Dave Marshall from the San Diego Padres.
October 14, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Joe Keough to the Minnesota Twins.
October 23, 1973
Traded a player to be named later to the Houston Astros. Received Hector Torres. The Chicago White Sox sent Dan Neumeier (December 4, 1973) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
October 26, 1973
Traded Dennis O'Toole to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Kremmel.
December 3, 1973
Tom Egan drafted by the California Angels in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Bill Moran from the Boston Red Sox in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1973
Traded Rudy Hernandez to Jalisco (Mexican). Received Manuel Lugo (minors) and Francisco Barrios.
December 11, 1973
Traded a player to be named later, Ken Frailing, Steve Stone and Steve Swisher to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ron Santo. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
1974
Steve Huntz received from the Los Angeles Dodgers in an unknown transaction.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Kevin Bell in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
January 16, 1974
Purchased John Lamb from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 17, 1974
Traded Ken Hottman to the Cleveland Indians. Received Mike Hedlund.
March 27, 1974
Sold John Lamb to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 29, 1974
Released Jim McGlothlin.
