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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1976 / 1978)
88-74, Finished 2nd in NL West
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Scored 802 runs, Allowed 725 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-74
Manager: Sparky Anderson (88-74)
Ballpark: Riverfront Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,519,670 (3rd of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 101; one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
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1976 / 1978 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
November 1, 1976
Don Gullett granted Free Agency.
November 6, 1976
Traded Tom Spencer to the Chicago White Sox. Received Hugh Yancy.
Traded Tom Carroll to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Jim Sadowski.
November 8, 1976
Traded Mike Thompson to the Texas Rangers. Received Art DeFilippis (minors).
December 6, 1976
Ted Martinez drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1976 rule 5 draft.
December 16, 1976
Traded Will McEnaney and Tony Perez to the Montreal Expos. Received Woodie Fryman and Dale Murray.
1977
Junior Kennedy sent to the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.
January 11, 1977
Drafted Bill Scherrer in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Bob Dernier in the 12th round of the 1977 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 10, 1977
Signed Les Straker as an amateur free agent.
February 13, 1977
Signed Steve Christmas as an amateur free agent.
February 16, 1977
Traded Dave Schneck to the Chicago Cubs. Received Champ Summers.
March 28, 1977
Traded Joel Youngblood to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bill Caudill.
March 29, 1977
Traded Pat Darcy to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Mike Caldwell.
April 27, 1977 (Standings)
Signed Joe Hoerner as a free agent.
May 21, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Santo Alcala to the Montreal Expos. Received players to be named later. The Montreal Expos sent Shane Rawley (May 27, 1977) and Angel Torres (May 27, 1977) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
June 7, 1977 (Standings)
Drafted Joe Price in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Drafted Tom Foley in the 7th round of the 1977 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1977.
June 15, 1977 (Standings)
Purchased Rick Auerbach from the Texas Rangers.
Traded Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, Dan Norman and Pat Zachry to the New York Mets. Received Tom Seaver.
Traded Gary Nolan to the California Angels. Received Craig Hendrickson (minors).
Traded Rawly Eastwick to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Doug Capilla.
Traded Mike Caldwell to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Dick O'Keefe (minors) and Garry Pyka (minors).
September 19, 1977 (Standings)
Traded Bob Bailey to the Boston Red Sox. Received Frank Newcomer (minors) and cash.
September 28, 1977 (Standings)
Sold Rudy Meoli to the Chicago Cubs.
October 3, 1977 (Standings)
Released Joe Hoerner.
October 20, 1977
Purchased Junior Kennedy from the San Francisco Giants.
Mac Scarce granted Free Agency.
October 31, 1977
Sold Joe Henderson to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Traded Bill Caudill and Woodie Fryman to the Chicago Cubs. Received Bill Bonham.
November 4, 1977
Rich Hinton granted Free Agency.
December 9, 1977
Traded Shane Rawley to the Seattle Mariners. Received Dave Collins.
January 10, 1978
Drafted Brad Lesley in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Paul Gibson in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft (January).
February 25, 1978
Traded Dave Revering and cash to the Oakland Athletics. Received Doug Bair.
March 6, 1978
Traded Jack Billingham to the Detroit Tigers. Received John Valle (minors) and George Cappuzzello.
March 28, 1978
Purchased Dave Tomlin from the Texas Rangers.
March 30, 1978
Released Bill Plummer.
