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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
71-91, Finished 6th in AL East
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 826 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95
Manager: Ken Aspromonte (71-91)
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 615,107 (12th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100
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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 19, 1972
Traded Eddie Leon to the Chicago White Sox. Received Walt Williams.
November 2, 1972
Traded Kurt Bevacqua to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Hedlund.
November 27, 1972
Traded Jerry Moses and Graig Nettles to the New York Yankees. Received John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres.
Traded Phil Hennigan to the New York Mets. Received Bob Rauch and Brent Strom.
November 28, 1972
Drafted Dick Colpaert from the Kansas City Royals in the 1972 rule 5 draft.
November 30, 1972
Traded Vince Colbert to the Texas Rangers. Received Tom Ragland.
Traded Terry Wedgewood (minors) and Del Unser to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Roger Freed and Oscar Gamble.
December 7, 1972
Traded Mike Carruthers (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received Remy Hermoso.
1973
Ossie Blanco received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
January 15, 1973
Signed Pedro Guerrero as an amateur free agent.
March 6, 1973
Selected Jerry Johnson off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.
March 8, 1973
Traded Alex Johnson to the Texas Rangers. Received Vince Colbert and Rich Hinton.
March 24, 1973
Traded Ray Fosse and Jack Heidemann to the Oakland Athletics. Received Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.
April 2, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Bob Marcano (minors) and Tommy McCraw to the California Angels. Received Leo Cardenas.
May 4, 1973 (Standings)
Released Jerry Kenney.
May 10, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Steve Dunning to the Texas Rangers. Received Dick Bosman and Ted Ford.
May 25, 1973 (Standings)
Released Rick Austin.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted Tom McMillan in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Dave Oliver in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
June 8, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Steve Mingori to the Kansas City Royals. Received Mike Jackson.
June 12, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Lowell Palmer to the New York Yankees. Received Mike Kekich.
June 15, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Ed Farmer to the Detroit Tigers. Received Kevin Collins and Tom Timmermann.
August 3, 1973 (Standings)
Selected Ken Sanders off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
August 22, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Alfredo Griffin as an amateur free agent.
October 11, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Bill Butler and Dick Colpaert to the Minnesota Twins. Received Mike Brooks (minors) and Jim Strickland.
November 3, 1973
Traded Jerry Johnson to the Houston Astros. Received Cecil Upshaw.
December 3, 1973
Traded Jim Rittwage to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Dennis O'Toole.
December 5, 1973
Traded Steve Hargan to the Texas Rangers. Received a player to be named later. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Gogolewski (March 23, 1974) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.
December 7, 1973
Traded Burnel Flowers (minors) to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Bob Johnson.
December 12, 1973
Traded Roger Freed to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Steve Blateric.
Traded Lou Camilli to the San Diego Padres. Received Dwain Anderson.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Paul Moskau in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Garry Hancock in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
February 12, 1974
Traded Leo Cardenas to the Texas Rangers. Received Ken Suarez.
March 17, 1974
Traded Mike Hedlund to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ken Hottman.
March 19, 1974
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the New York Yankees. Received Jim Perry from the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers; and the Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to the New York Yankees.
March 25, 1974
Purchased Jack Heidemann from the Oakland Athletics.
March 26, 1974
Released Ray Lamb.
March 28, 1974
Released Mike Kekich.
Selected Leron Lee off waivers from the San Diego Padres.
April 1, 1974
Released Rich Hinton.
