1974 Cleveland Indians

Trades and Transactions

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

77-85, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ken Aspromonte (77-85)
Scored 662 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-84

Ballparks: Cleveland Stadium · Attendance: 1,114,262 (7th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 102

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

October 11, 1973

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 Denny 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 (Standings)

Released Rich Hinton.

April 3, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Pedro Guerrero to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Bruce Ellingsen.

April 24, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Ted Ford to the Texas Rangers. Received Charlie Hudson.

April 26, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Chris Chambliss, Dick Tidrow and Cecil Upshaw to the New York Yankees. Received Fred Beene, Tom Buskey, Steve Kline and Fritz Peterson.

May 22, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Steve Blateric to the Chicago White Sox. Received Johnny Jeter.

June 1, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Jack Heidemann to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Alvarado and Ed Crosby.

June 5, 1974 (Standings)

Purchased Joe Lis from the Minnesota Twins.

Drafted Tom Brennan in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

Drafted Sandy Wihtol in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary).

Drafted Orlando Gonzalez in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft.

June 15, 1974 (Standings)

Traded players to be named later to the San Diego Padres. Received Steve Arlin. The Cleveland Indians sent Brent Strom (June 21, 1974) and Terry Ley (June 21, 1974) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

June 17, 1974 (Standings)

Released Ken Sanders.

June 21, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Dwain Anderson to the New York Mets. Received Brian Ostrosser.

July 1, 1974 (Standings)

Bob Johnson selected by the Texas Rangers off waivers.

July 17, 1974 (Standings)

Purchased Tommy McCraw from the California Angels.

August 17, 1974 (Standings)

Purchased Rico Carty from Cordoba (Mexican).

September 12, 1974 (Standings)

Traded Charlie Hudson to the California Angels. Received Bill Gilbreth.

Traded Ken Suarez, Rusty Torres and cash to the California Angels. Received Frank Robinson.

January 13, 1975

Traded Larry Johnson to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Baldwin (minors).

February 11, 1975

Released Bill Gogolewski.

Released Johnny Jeter.

February 13, 1975

Signed Ken Berry as a free agent.

February 19, 1975

Signed Jerry DaVanon as a free agent.

February 25, 1975

Traded Al McGrew (minors) and Dave Duncan to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Don Hood and Boog Powell.

Traded Milt Wilcox to the Chicago Cubs. Received Brock Davis and Dave LaRoche.

March 11, 1975

Traded Tom Hilgendorf to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Nellie Garcia (minors).

1973 / 1975 Trades and Transactions