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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
69-92, Finished 6th in AL West
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Scored 534 runs, Allowed 609 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-90
Manager: Dave Bristol (69-92)
Ballpark: County Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 731,531 (10th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100; one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103
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1970 / 1972 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 1, 1970
Signed Sixto Lezcano as an amateur free agent.
October 6, 1970
Traded Bobby Bolin to the Boston Red Sox. Received a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Al Yates (October 6, 1970) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.
October 16, 1970
Received George Kopacz from the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
October 20, 1970
Released Max Alvis.
Purchased Larry Bearnarth from the New York Mets.
Traded Jesse Huggins (minors), George Lauzerique and Jerry McNertney to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jim Ellis and Carl Taylor.
October 24, 1970
Signed Bill Castro as an amateur free agent.
Signed Sam Mejias as an amateur free agent.
October 27, 1970
Released Tito Francona.
November 10, 1970
Released Mike Hershberger.
November 30, 1970
Ron Tompkins drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1970 rule 5 draft.
December 2, 1970
Traded John Ryan (minors), Paul Click (minors) and Hank Allen to the Atlanta Braves. Received Bob Tillman.
1971
Signed Bart Zeller as a free agent.
January 13, 1971
Drafted Don Collins in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
January 28, 1971
Traded Gene Brabender to the California Angels. Received Bill Voss.
February 2, 1971
Traded Bob Burda to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Fred Reahm (minors).
Traded Carl Taylor to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ellie Rodriguez.
February 4, 1971
Purchased Joe Nossek from the St. Louis Cardinals.
February 10, 1971
Released Bob Tillman.
Traded Al Downing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Andy Kosco.
March 19, 1971
Sold Dave Baldwin to Hawaii (PCL).
March 25, 1971
Returned George Kopacz to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a conditional deal.
March 26, 1971
Sold Fred Stanley to the Cleveland Indians.
March 27, 1971
Released Bob Humphreys.
Released Bob Meyer.
Released Russ Snyder.
April 5, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Marion Jackson (minors) and Roric Harrison to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Marcelino Lopez.
Traded Wayne Twitchell to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Pat Skrable (minors).
April 6, 1971 (Standings)
Released Tom Kelly.
April 22, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Pete Koegel and Ray Peters to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Johnny Briggs.
May 11, 1971 (Standings)
Traded John Gelnar and Jose Herrera to the Detroit Tigers. Received Jim Hannan.
Traded Ted Savage to the Kansas City Royals. Received Tom Matchick.
June 1, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Floyd Wicker to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bob Heise.
June 7, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Danny Walton to the New York Yankees. Received Bobby Mitchell and Frank Tepedino.
June 8, 1971 (Standings)
Drafted Tommy Bianco in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Rob Ellis in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary).
Drafted Larry Anderson in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Charlie Moore in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Dan Boitano in the 7th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Tom Hausman in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
Drafted Kevin Kobel in the 10th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
June 14, 1971 (Standings)
Sold Mike Hegan to the Oakland Athletics.
June 30, 1971 (Standings)
Released Dick Ellsworth.
Purchased Floyd Weaver from the Chicago White Sox.
July, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Bart Zeller to the New York Yankees. Received Bruce Look. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
July 8, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Phil Roof to the Minnesota Twins. Received Paul Ratliff.
July 29, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Charlie Loseth (minors) and Ted Kubiak to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Jose Cardenal, Bob Reynolds and Dick Schofield.
October 10, 1971 (Standings)
Traded Pat Skrable (minors), Tommy Harper, Lew Krausse and Marty Pattin to the Boston Red Sox. Received Ken Brett, Billy Conigliaro, Joe Lahoud, Jim Lonborg, Don Pavletich and George Scott.
October 20, 1971
Traded John Morris to the San Francisco Giants. Received Wes Scott (minors) and Gary Ryerson.
October 22, 1971
Traded Bruce Look and Tom Matchick to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mike Herson (minors) and Mike Ferraro.
November 26, 1971
Signed Eduardo Rodriguez as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1971
Drafted Aurelio Monteagudo from the Kansas City Royals in the 1971 rule 5 draft.
December 3, 1971
Traded Jose Cardenal to the Chicago Cubs. Received Jim Colborn, Brock Davis and Earl Stephenson.
December 9, 1971
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Curt Motton. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Bob Reynolds (March 25, 1972) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
December 31, 1971
Released Jim Hannan.
1972
Jack Lind received from the Cincinnati Reds in an unknown transaction.
January 12, 1972
Drafted Terry Cornutt in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
January 26, 1972
Traded Andy Kosco to the California Angels. Received Tommie Reynolds.
February 8, 1972
Traded a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Bobby Pfeil. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Chico Vaughns (minors) (March 25, 1972) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
March 20, 1972
Sold Bobby Pfeil to the Boston Red Sox.
March 26, 1972
Traded Rich Stonum (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Frank Linzy.
March 29, 1972
Sold Marcelino Lopez to the Cleveland Indians.
March 31, 1972
Released Don Pavletich.
Sold Frank Tepedino to the New York Yankees.
Traded Odis McCowan (minors) and Floyd Weaver to the Chicago Cubs. Received Ray Newman.
Released Aurelio Monteagudo.
